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Tho lady was a widow and rich vet)-, rich aa.thD French novelist
says richissimo, writes Walter' Beeant. i The gentleman was a
widower pastsixty.cxtrcmely.'eYchtfdiculdtisiy poor anU'tHeUast'df a
, noble and historical housei.' "History U ftill .bf tho achijjemlnts bf
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He looked into her lustrous eyes with an expression of increased
endearment. ., . .
" ' "'Riiivl mv nrlin J" M hV bo ad I We owe the Bonlid land-
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When they took a sido thoy meant it. Whichever side they took iy.
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Froissart mentions their exploits in every other page; they were f...AftW
always taking this sido or tho other, for the King or against tho Hi' W "PSfe u.j , , (... , ,, ; ,t j ' V
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it always ended in their being captured and decapitated for high l '.I i.M
treason or else killed in battlo. ,
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From father to son, from generation to generation, for long ccn-
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(J.y,rhohlastf,timjQ,0uLhi,wa8 jn, London sho was wandering along St.
turies, none of them ever went out of tho world from an inglorious , ames. place, jvhen a, big yellow house up a side street caught her
feather bed-it was al ways frdm the jjrasBy field of honor or from a .oyo, ,he. walked up,. anil looked at it tnougiiuuiiy. one was a
scaffold. A gray beard was unknown Iri tnat'houso nor had any of qH0crlr6guro of a Ismalahi;unken women of advanced years, with a
them over experienced tho" tender em'o'tidris" ofa'grandfather. ..seanied, and. wrinkJedJace, old-fashioned ringlets hanging in front
The lady besides being a" widW and' richissimo, was of ignoble Qfher1car8,(ap, pdd; 4ttlp .bonnet cocked askew on her head, hppp
origin and her late husband had'maUel his1 Vifdhby"tn trade. ReHec- 'Skirto, and.pld.-fashiouehngressgaiters. f , , t,
tions upon this" point mad6 her unhappy." J" "' it.M She leaned4oi;ward,pn,hcr bjg umbrefia and gazed at the hpuse
She was so rich that Bhemu'ght'Bhtfdllglit'aWto bo noble, just I for.a.longjWjjile, .FinaUy ho beckoned a policeman to her and ask
to correspond. It is 'a' 'common' bonriisioVof th'Jught. Sho desired .edihim whpjUyedithcmi Tho, policeman touched his cap and;re
above all things to connect her riches.withtan.BBcifnt namo and she wniarkod jhat4t was, tfeqtpwn, bouse of the,Primo Minister., There
made a proposal to the noMemamf rMarry moi? pho said. Give mo m.uppapvida, walked up to , tho door, rang tho , bell, and, told, the
tho right to use youn namev.i-, f u. ,r ,t,f w,r; b.flunky, whq opened .the, door to announce, to Lady Salisbury ttiat she
"In return I willgiveopuMBR.handBoqio.an.anuity as you can fKWP8 Jtbcre Thetflppky looked, her,over carefully and sent ( a second
possibly. desire ii roaishallhave ihe.uienns!pf j living as you please, vfwtuum p.stairs wtb "pxe message while he kent his(eye upon the
and of obtaining allithat-ou desiro-l Inwiijinptjask you to live in ...pddpoking visitor. ,,.,, t ,, , ,, , ,
my house. You shall live where you please. I will only ask that, I .ml-adj' Salisbury, I jko. moat .English women, had adored Ouidajin
for appearance sake, you will takeyourplace at my dinners, and that ,i.hflr,schopl days,, and she,camedown stairs and se about tho wor of
you'wmiBhoTipthelorfDPUlojhouseatmyirecflptinsJT.IiiM j.maipg.thstnpvejiHf welcome. Shq wascut .short, in her speech,
TDwas arranged "irf thisi sensei THe lady itookland fUrnishedior jr-.hweRer, by ,a torso (iqqury from her visitor concerning the Prjmo
herBelf a'great'hotel. 'Sho'hadithe rooms deborated iri hodor of ithis uMinistqr,,,,, , , f , -j . jr t i 1 ,,.'- lt , v.
and thaHllustriduBanceetor. n'Thdnfmsi of.i4he ihousq, Were, every- m:, "If.be at home," said th,e noyelist, 1 should be greatly obliged
where: the Dortraits. busts and statute of Ith.VhrtiiReHKeM id,alI.tho II M iyou wilLbring (him, down and I, wijl look at. him. . I .have never
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seen him, and as I am going -away from London shortly ,1 shall pro
bably never have another opportunity of seeing him unless you
bring him in now." , ,, ,
t .She.seemofl to regard tne Alarquis ol balisbury as a sort ol prize
jPJgjto Jap exhibited, and sho talked about him in such a curious
fashion that Lady Salisbury went back to his study and brought1 in
that exalted personage. Ouida looked at him' through her specta
cles with the same air of examining a prize exhibit that was suggest-
When madame'."thd 'Du'btieBS.'was'hov'at'homoheHvedtiri'hig'oXvn ''ell ltt' he' talkand 'anally, ended by expressing' her approval rot the
chambers at the club after his own fashion. An excellent harglin, "''Premier." '" " J t I i . . I . . i i(ii,
was it not, and one that seems perfectly fair to both parties? '""" Shews invited to como and dine in ah informal way two nights
' 'ftvftlif atld'the Prime' Minister,' who had been enormously tickled, by
A TFST fir'VrtVr?'"1 ",' a"1''"""'-''! '"tWinteVvlew; invited a number of lofty personages to hjs house that
..I'll umlii'i ,.. iir i i4.i jO. ' p7Tlighl! "Th'dinri6rh6ur came, but no Ouida. jTho guests sat down
,, , . x. , , . . , . . . .. .. "'and'talk'fed'about'the novelist, but not a word was heard from her
, ?, lfJm.Tlay Su8 ! J . T,6. V alnd,aU 'antfitiwaSBot discorered until the following uay that she had,read
fulbeydria'th'e drtaWpf -anyt! ' -" JpU ofthe'Marqhis of Salisbury on the morniof the day of
He was strong and brave as any knigfct that dveMjoolod..on.!the .,ttic.antfcd it had-displeased her so much that she pad decided
plain superb aad handsome as the sculptured gods of Greece. l.-td'haWnothin to'do with theSalisburys thereafter.
It happened by a propitious fate, that sometimes brings the brave j .r,,.,,.! i 4: o..:,i. ; : ;ki a-- n i.
a iu il ..'i !Lu jj u ju n ui -vii '"M'the rirescnt time Ouida is in a pitiable condition Her house
'andfcebdautifiAtog (faiItu havo,beea, M to hcr
a fashionable suite of rooms ,n- theonost faBh,ouabldhotel.,o,.ltho alniast de8tituto.of (money, Her eccentricities have
most fashionable city of all the land. - becdTne'taWan J more pronounced, and. it is said that the people
It is really not much use tojJtovf -.. brought into contact wither find -it almost impossible, to
ryw'a&ffiu? ;,!tain thdir1 composure under'tho sharp and'biting-comments which
Ttnf enflFioA frk aov thav maf ?inrl t)inv lnTwl liritTl nn llnllttnrsillln .. . K '
rooms; the pictures represented scenes and episodes in the history of
tho house.
Tho servants wore the ancicntJivery-ptho well-known livery of tho
house. Tho hotel became a museum of the house, and at dinners
and on reception nights the Duke himself was always present, grave
'dignified 'aria stately,' with hc Iobkidt bde'who'haffsteTJedlbutfof a
picture frame 500 years old and had put on the clothes of tho nkie-
teentrrbenturV.but'bbtthemaribeiy. "S" "' l-i nwl7 wit
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nut suiuctt uj Buy luey mui, uuu iui'y iuveu wiiu uu uuuiiurctuiu l(j
and infinite devotion. t ,.. ,.
"Darling," said he--not'al'once.'of courso;1ie"was"n'61 grunip liko,H, 0
that but-1 like to get at the denouement of a story at the begin
ning and get it out of of .tbQWayi i'DarJui,76a$;h9,,wh1eo tho
proper time had arrived, "I love you beyond expression, with a devo
tion that can never end. Be mine; oh, say that you will be mine,
i j A look of ineffable sadnee8,ofainfinite,grie,c,m,eiHjfl ,h,er yjazure .
eyes. ' " l-'i- 1 ' Tml -rl t i.invi lilt iu ui
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"Peter." she.said. you.knpwl!npt,.wha,l,yW.Wkt ,Thexe,is(ft dead , , , After ftoyU will make the best set of Teeth for $5.
secret in my life, which if you knew you would spurn me from thee Teetl,v "f'f11! Without Pain. All Work Guaranteed atlsfactory
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