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I was going to suggest that you
could have both nt certain ilxed peri
ods whenever I am out
I am glad you did not suggest it
Why she asked sharply
Because 1 should have had to go
into explanations 1 did not say all
Mrs Iiamborough was looking into
the lire only half listening to him
There was something in the nature of
a duel between these two Each
thought more of the next stroke than
of the present parry
Do you ever say all XI de Chaux
Yillor she asked
The baron laughed Perhaps he was
vain of the reputation that was his
for this man was held to be a finished
diplomatist A finished diplomatist
be it known is one who is a danger
ous foe and an unreliable friend
Perhaps now that I reflect upon
it continued the clever woman
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Paul came into the room
liking the clever mans silence the
person who said all would be intoler
able
There are some things which go
without it said De Chauxville
lie was cautious for he was lighting
on a field which women may rightly
claim for their own He really loved
Etta He was trying to gauge the
meaning of a little change in her tone
toward him a change so subtle that
few men could have detected it But
Claude de Chauxville accomplished
steersman through the shoals of hu
man nature especially through those
very pronounced shoals who call them
selves women of the world Claude de
Chauxville knew the value of the
slightest change of manner should that
change manifest itself more than once
The ring of indifference or some
thing dangerously near it in Ettas
voice had first been noticeable the pre
vious evening and the attache knew it
It had been in her voice whenever she
spoke to him then It was there now
Some things he continued in a
voice she had never heard before for
this man was innately artificial
which a woman usualljr knows before
they are told to her
What sort of things XI le Baron
He gave a little laugh It was so
strange a thing to him to be sincere
that he felt awkward and abashed He
was surprised at his own sincerity
That I love you You have known it
long
The face which he could not see was
not quite the face of a good woman
Etta was smiling
No o she almost whispered
I think you must have known If
he corrected suavely Will you do me
the honor of becoming my wife
It was very correctly done Claude
le Chauxville had regained control
over himself He was able to think
about the riches which were evidently
hers But through the thought he loved
the woman
The lady lowered the feather screen
which she was holding between her
face and the fire Regardless of the im
mediate danger in which she was plac
ing her complexion she studied the
glowing cinders for some moments
weighing something or some persons
in her mind
No my friend she answered in
French at length
He came nearer to her leaning one
hand on the back of her chair looking
down He could only see the beauti
fully dressed hair Jhe clean cut pro
file She continued to look into the
fire conscious of the hand close to her
shoulder
No my friend she repeated We
know each other too well for that It
would never do
But when I tell you that I love
you he said quietly with his voice
well in control
I did not know that the word was
in your vocabulary you a diplomat
And a man you put the word there
Etta
The hand screen was raised for a mo
ment in objection presumably to the
Christian name of which he had made
use
Then with a graceful movement she
swung suddenly round in her chair
looking up at him She broke into a
merry laugh
I believe you are actually in ear
nest she cried
He looked quietly down into her face
without moving a muscle in response
to her change of humor
Very clever he said
What she asked still smiling
The attitude the voice everything
You have known all along that I am in
earnest you have known it for the last
six months You have seen me often
enough when I was well not in ear
nest to know the difference
Etta rose quickly It was some lightning-like
womans instinct that made
her do so Standing she was taller
than XI de Chauxville
Do not let us be tragic she said
ImetramsLcoltt Jburnallr
f til probably transpire later I appre
iate the honor but I beg to decline it
All Is said
He Hpread out apologetic hands
All is not said he corrected with
a dangerous suavity I acknowledge
the claim enjoyed by yorr sex to the
last word In this matter however I
am inclined to deny it to the individ
ual
De Chauxville was vain but ho was
clever enough to conceal his vanity
He was hurt but he was man enough
to hide it Under the passivity which
was his by nature and practice he had
learned to think very quickly But
now he was at a disadvantage He
was unnerved by his love for Etta by
the sight of Etta before him daringly
audaciously beautiful by the thought
that she might never be his
It Is not only that I love you he
said that I have a certain position to
offer you These I beg you to take at
their poor value But there are other
circumstances known to both of us
which are worthy of your attention
circumstances which may dispose you
to reconsider your determination
Nothing will do that she replied
not any circumstance
Etta was speaking to De Chauxville
and thinking of Paul Alexis
I should like to know since when
you have discovered that you never
could under any circumstances marry
me pursued XI de Chauxville Not
that it matters since it is too late I
am not going to allow you to draw
back now You have gone too far All
this winter you have allowed me to
pay you conspicuous and marked at
tentions You have conveyed to me
and to the world at large the impres
sion that I had merely to speak in or
der to obtain your hand
I doubt said Etta whether the
world at large is so deeply interested
in the matter as you appear to im
agine I am sony that I have gone
too far but I reserve to myself the
right of retracing my footsteps wher
ever and whenever I please I am sor
ry I conveyed to you or to any one else
the impression that you had only to
speak in order to obtain my hand and
I can only conclude that your over
weening vanity has led you into a
mistake which I will be generous
enough to hold my tongue about
The diplomatist was for a moment
taken aback
But he exclaimed with indignant
arms outspread and even in his own
language he could find nothing to add
to the expressive monosyllable
I think you had better go said
Etta quietly She went toward the
fireplace and rang the bell
XI de Chauxville took up his hat and
gloves
Of course he said coldly his voice
shaking with suppressed rage there
is some reason for this There Is I
presume some one else some one has
been interfering No one interferes
with me with impunity I shall make
it my business to find out who is
this
He did not finish for the door was
thrown open by the butler who an
nounced
XIr Alexis
Paul came into the room with a bow
toward De Chauxville who was going
out and whom he knew slightly
I came back he said to ask what
evening next week you are free I
have a box for The Huguenots
Paul did not stay The thing was ar
ranged in a few moments and as he
left the drawing room he heard the
wheels of De Chauxvilles carriage
In a few minutes XIaggie came into
the room She was carrying a bundle
of flannel
The weakest thing I ever did she
said cheerfully was to join Lady
Crewels working guild Two flannel
petticoats for the young by Thursday
morning 1 chose the young because
the petticoats are so ludicrously small
If you never do anything weaker
than that said Etta looking into the
fire you will not come to much
liarm
Perhaps not What have you been
doing something weaker
Yes I have been quarreling with
XI de Chauxville
XIaggie held up a petticoat and look
ed at her cousin through the orifice in
tended for the waist of the young
If one could manage it without low
ering ones dignity she said I think
that that is the best thing one could
possibly do with XI de Chauxville
Etta had taken up a magazine and
was protending to read it
Yes but he knows too much about
everybody she said
T
CHAPTER YI
HE Talleyrand as its name im
plies is a diplomatic club but
ambassadors and ministers en
ter not its portals They send
their juniors Some of these latter are
in the habit of stating that London is
the hub of Europe and the Talleyrand
smoking room its grease box Certain
is it that such men as Claude de Chaux
ville as Karl Steinmetz and a hundred
others who are or have been political
scene shifters are to be found in the
Talleyrand rooms
The atmosphere is vivacious with the
light sound of many foreign tongues
It bristles with the ephemeral impor
tance of cheap titles One never knows
whether ones neighbor is an ornament
to the Almanach de Gotha or a dis
grace to a degenerate colony of refu
gees
Some are plain messieurs senores or
herren bluff foreigners with upright
hair and melancholy eyes who put up
philosophically with a cheaper brand
of cigar than their souls love Among
the latter may be classed Karl Stein
metz the bluffest of the bluff innocent
even of his own innocence
Karl Steinmetz in due course reached
England and in natural sequence the
smoking room of the Talleyrand
He was there one evening after an
resignation smoking the largest cigar
the waiter could supply when Claude
de Chauxville happened to have noth
ing better or nothing worse to do
Do Chauxville looked through the
glass door for some seconds then he
twisted his waxed mustache and
lounged in Steinmetz was alone in tho
room and De Chauxville was evident
ly almost obviously unaware of his
presence He went to the table and
proceeded to search In vain for a news
paper that Interested him He raised
his eyes casually and met the quiet
gaze of Karl Steinmetz
You in London
Steinmetz nodded gravely
Yes he repeated
One never knows where one has
you Claude de Chauxville went on
seating himself in a deep armchair
newspaper In hand You are a bird of
passage
A little heavy on the wing now
said Steinmetz
He laid his newspaper down on his
stout knees and looked at De Chaux
ville over his gold eyeglasses He did
not attempt to conceal the fact that he
was wondering what this man wanted
with him The baron seemed to be
wondering what object Steinmetz had
in view in getting stout He suspected
some motive in the obesity
Ah he said deprecatlngly That
is nothing Time leaves its mark upon
all of us It Avas not yesterday that
Ave were In Petersburg together
No answered Steinmetz It was
before the German empire many years
ago
De Chauxville counted back with his
slim fingers on the table delightfully
innocent
Yes lie said the years seem to fly
in coveys Do you ever see any of our
friends of that time you who are in
Russia
Who were our friends of that time
parried Steinmetz polishing his glasses
with a silk handkerchief Xly mem
ory is a broken reed You remember
For a moment Claude de Chauxville
met the full quiet gray eyes
Yes he said significantly I re
member Well for instance Prince
Dawoff
Dead I never see him thank heav
en
The princess
I never see She keeps a gambling
house in Paris
The Count Lanovitch pursued De
Chauxville where is he
Banished for his connection with
the Charity league
Catrina
Catrina is living in the province of
Tver We are neighbors she and her
mother the countess
De Chauxville nodded None of the
details really interested him His in
difference was obvious
Ah the Countess Lanovitch he
said reflectively she was a foolish
woman
And is
And er the Sydney Bamboroughs
said the Frenchman as if the name
had almost left his memory
Karl Steinmetz lazily stretched out
his arm and took up the Xlorning Post
ne unfolded the sheet slowly and hav
ing found what he sought he read
aloud
His excellency the Roumanian am
bassador gave a select dinner party at
4 Craven Gardens yesterday Among
the guests were the Baron de
Iou in London
ville Feneer Pasha Lord and Lady
Standover XIrs Sydney Bamborough
and others
Steinmetz threw the paper down
and leaned back in his chair
So my dear friend he said it is
probable that you know more about
the Sydney Bamboroughs than I do
If Claude de Chauxville was discon
certed he certainly did not show it
His was a face eminently calculated to
conceal whatever thought or feeling
might be passing through his mind
Of an even white complexion verging
on pastiness he was handsome in a
certain statuesque way His features
were always composed and dignified
His hair thin and straight was nevei
out of order but ever smooth and
sleek upon his high narrow brow
Not necessarily he said in cold
even tones XIrs Sydney Bambor
ough does not habitually take into her
confidence all who happen to dine at
the same table as herself Your confi
dential woman is usually a liar
Steinmetz was filling his pipe This
man had the evil habit of smoking a
wooden pipe after a cigar
Xly very dear De Chauxville he
said without looking up your epi
grams are lost on me I know most of
them I have heard them before If
you have anything to tell me about
XIrs Sydney Bamborough for heavens
sake tell It to me quite plainly I like
plain dishes and unvarnished stories
I am a German you know tliat Is to
say a person with a dull Dalate nnd a
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Receipts of cattle thus far this week
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56100 Mondays market was weak to
ten cents lower for beeves cows mostly
ten cents lower stockers and feeders ten
to fifteen cents lower On Tuesday
early sales of beeves were steady but
sagged later Cows heifers bull veals
stockers and feeders were generally un
changed On beef steers trade today
was steady while cows ruled weak to ten
cents lower Best stockers and feeders
were steady others verxlraggy Veals
and bulls were dull but unchanged
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ruling
Extra prime corufed steers S 40 to r si
Good W to -iii
Ordinary 1 it to o 00
Choice corufed heifers 4 to 4i
Good 4 10 to 4 7
Medium TA to 4 10
Choice corufed cows 4 00 to 4 1T
Good Tt i si
Medium to 2
Caiinerd 1 to i
Choice stas 4 J to 4 0
Choice fed bulls - to s T
Good 5onto rii
Bologna bulls 2 00 to 2
Voal calves o to MA
Good to choice native or western
s tockers r0 to 4 t
Fair - to V
Common 2 to i it
Good to choice heavy native feelers 4 00 to 4 4k
Fair 3 r0 to I
Good to ciioice heavy branded
honied feeders -
Fair 3 l to --
Common - to
Good to choice stock heifers 2 75 to in
Fair 2 Ji to -
Good to choice stock calves steers I oil to 4 25
Fair t M
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Fair - 0 to
Choice wintered jrass steer- i 4 i
Good 3 Till to 3
Fair 3 25 to 3 Xt
Choice grass cows 2 75 to 3 2
Good 2 50 to 2 75
Common 2 mi to 2 50
Receipts of hogs thus far this wek
are 25200 last week 11200 last year
19100 Mondays market was five tot
ten cents lower Tuesday five cents low
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of sales ruling from 8515 to 523 top
535
Receipts of sheep thus far this week
are 3S100 last week 11200 last year
40600 Mondays market was steady to
ten cents lower Tuesday mortly ten
Wo quote choice lambs 8650 to 8075
choice yearlings 8 173 to 8300 choice
wethers 150 to 8473 choice ews 125
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