The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, October 12, 1878, Image 1
TI-WEEK.L Y EIDITION.} WINNISBORO. S. C., SAT URDAY, OCTO
MADAME L'AMBASSADRICE,
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THEr RUDE OLD MAN SIE MET AT
BA D>ltEIM.
How the Wife of an Ambassador at
Paris Resented the Advances of a
Fashionable Man and the 8oquol
Thoreto.
Before proceoding to his now
post, the ambassador, with his
pretty wife, paid a flying visit to
tho wators of Badhcim. The sover
eign to whom the ambassador was
ace':edited was at Badhein, and had
received the new plen ipotentiary's
credentials.
It was ton o'clock on the day
after thoir arrival when tho Mar
qise arose ; nevortholoss she in
sisted on taking her first bath be
foro breakfast. People were leaving
the building as she ontored it, and
when she left it everybody was at
breakfast. The road leading from
the town to the spring was abso
lutely deserted.
A walk after one's bath is the
correct thing, and the Marquise
liked walking, so after reaching the
town she turned back, and even
wandered asido to a row of little
booths beneath tho trees, where
were exposed for salo the special pro
ducts of the neighborhood, gowgaws
ugly enough, anLd lorriblo Caskets,
things not to be looked at at home,
but to be bought at any place whoro
one has spent a wook, though as a
rule the stereotypod inscription,
"Souvenir do Badheim," only ro.is
things that would have been quite
as pleasant anywhere else.
11.
Mine, do N. was examining a neck
lace of rock crystal and turquoises
and a casket of lapislazoili, when a
gentleman stopped before the same
booth. The shopkeeper went to
wards him obsequiously, but with a
peremptory gesture the now cus
tomor woved him ofr.
Ho might have been from Afty
five to sixty years of age, the new
customer; his eye was yet keen,
though lie had gray hair and here
ond there a wrinklo; ho w:is lanid
somely dressed and had an air of
distinction. He watched the lady
with undisguised intorost but,
bless you, sho is used to that, and
when one appears in a satin glilet
embroidered with gay flowers, a
Charles II. hat, step-ladder-heelod
boots an( cornucopic skirts, one
cannot expect to oscapo being ob.,
served.
"Take the necklace to th3 hotel,"
she finally said ; then turning where
the casket lay on the showcase, she
continued: "That's rather pretty
what's"-w hen the now customer
picked it up and presented it to her
with a respectful bow and the
word3:
'Pormit me, madame, to offe you
this souvenir of Badheimn; it will r*e
anind you of our first meeting."
She looked at him chillingly with
out speaking, and lie smiled benevo
lently as he still hold the casket out
to her', and added;:
"I see, madame, that yon do not
recognize me, and yet I have had
the honor of seeing you once boforo
III.
With a look more of surprise
than of anger she swvept to the door,
looking him full in the face, how,
ever, to show him tbat the second
attack had failed.
He followed her out -into the road
-followed her closely.
"Not so fast, madaino, I beg of
you," said he ; "my legs are not
what they were twenty years ago.
Will you not, then, sufl'er me to
gratif the passionate desire I have
to malto your acquaintance ?" (This,
5n a tone of the greatest courtesy,
and as if his request had Dot boon
mnalignantly impertinent.)
Having followed her for a little
distance, he quickened his pace and
walked on at her side.
She stopped short. "Is this
.stupid pleasantry to last much
longer ?" she said: "are there no0
policemen in this p)eonliar country'?"
"You would have me arreste d?
'Pray, look at me, madame. Is my
face that of a man who would wish
any one harm ? Do you not recall
It? Think now."
She had a very vague idea of
having seen him somewhere, but
whei'e or wheu---.-"It is none of my
business, sir,", she said, "to read
your cominteatde, but I can under
brutal misolence'
"If the co*mpliment were noit a
trifle stale I shiouild say that you are
as severe as you are beautiful.
'Brutal insolone,' indced. That's
I coiplilentary," and le ho laughed
heartily, but with Sulich a provoking
an(1 sullorior cahil that she lost all
pationco.
"Go your road, sir," she said
"this must end."
"MLy road, malaino, is yours.
Whorever you go I will."
"But I do not grant you permiF
Sion to accollpally m1e. "
"I askod you for none; I permit
vself."
This is too much," said the lady,
jiiig her umbrella--a traveling,
..ubrella with a business-liko han
dio.
IV.
"Srike, but hear me," said the un-.
known, laugihing pleasantly. "In a
passion you ire absolutoly charni
ing. Why do you fear mo ?"
"I fear, sir, to be soon in company
with any one with whom I am not
acquainted. Furthor, whittover
your ! object may b), such a forcing
of your comp:my upon mno is-I
cannot find words to qulify it.
You know who I am and yet you
lare
"As you say, I dare. And if you
wore not what you are, believo 'eic
madame, in spite of your boauty
and grace, I would not bo seen
walking with you. I am hard to
please, and unless a woman is ab,
solntely porfect she has iotling to
hopo for from me. As for you, you
pleaso mel more than I can tell, and
it will not be iy faul if wo ire
not soon Onl pleasantor and more
intimate ternis. At a watering
place, you know, we are not quite so
strict in these matters--"
"You may not be, sir; but I give
you warning that if you daro to
present yourself at my door it will
be closeid in your face."
"That niakes no differcinco. If
you donl't wish me1 to visit you,
sup 0oso you como and soo me."
S io stared at him with all her
eyes
"T1o-night-to sipper-,what say
youl ? I have a French cook- '."
Ihe insult was not to be brooked.
Wlack ! wont the handle of Mine.
do N.'s umbrella across his face.
V.
The blow was a hearty one, but
withi a gracious smile ho picked up
his hat, bowed ats he replaced it, and
resumed :
"You will su1p with me to-night
then ? Indeed, it is the least you
could do by way of atonement for
this little display of vivacity. You
had 10 right-.-"
"I had a right--.."
"Pardon ime ; no words justify a
blow, though you may resent vio,
lence with equal violence. That is
the law as any one will toll you.
No apologies 1 You may think me
vain, but I assuro you that no
woman over refused to sup with me
and when you once have accepted
anl invitation you will want to come
again."
"'Sir I"
"Please don't be angry, I am
simply stating a wvell known fact."
"My husband---"
"Your husband will niot object.
WoT will have him to dinner with you
somletimes, but in wvarm weather
like this, suipper is infinitely jollier
than dinner. I shall expect you
to-night. Good-day," and w.ith a
profound obeisance the unknown
departed,
vi
The amlbassador was finishing
breakfast when his wvife entered and
told 1him1 her odd adventure.
"My child," said thle Marquis,
"when you wvill insist on going out
on stilis, and with your skirts glued
to you, you nieedn't b~e surprised
if"
"But there was no mistake about
it ; he knew who I wvas."
"Then, probably, he thought you
were rather a giddy reprospntative
of France."
"Still I can't go and sheath mysolf
in a black moire scabbard, as the
wvomen used to do at Louis Phillipe's
court."
"Not a bad ideai, by the, way, as
representing a bourgeois simplicity,
and inasmuch as we arc leopubli
cans"-.
Between her bath, her walk and
her excitement the lady had acquired
an appetite ; she ate two outlets and
half a trout, and wvas about t oeat
som1eth1ing else, when a servant
brought in a huge official envelope.
The King informed the ambassa
dor that he would receive the new
member of the diplonatic corps and
tihe Marquisc that evening at a
private audience., and that a lbr
date would be assigned for his of.
eial receptione
Two ooncldslens reight be drawn
from this: Either the King intond
ed to signify his oxtraordinary
friendship for M. and Mm. do N., or
he desire(l to break as gently as
might bo ini a social interview such
unpleasant news as could not vorv
well be comununicated on a forimi
occasion. Alas, tho not entr .y
cordial relations between the two
powers loft it to be feared that the
latter supposition was the correct
0110,
one,.
At 1.1 p. in. the Marquise was
ready. Simplo toilet of embroider
od whito cropo, ruches and fanfrel
iches, but no jewelry--not a Ilower,
this presentation bing of the most
friendly and least formal charactor.
At the last minute sho put on the
rock-crystal necklace, indicating her
desire for the prosperity of tho in
dustries of the country.
The chamberlain awaited thoin at
the head of the palace stairs.
"His Majesty," ho said to the amn,
bassador, "desirous of establi.hing
friendly porsonal rolations with yoht
beforo your official recoption at
court, has condesconded to receive
you to-night en.fnille."
"I am. sir, profoundly gratoly to
thle King for his goodness, said 'the
Murquis, bowing.
The chainborlain offer(!d Iis arm
to IMme. do N., and they traversed a
long hall, filled with statues and
paintings, and entered tho room
where stood the King, surrounded
by his family, his litICs and prUcipal
officers.
Suddonly the Marquis saw his
wife start, tremble, shudder, and
fall half fainting into the chamber
lain's arms.
8,mniling, and as if this was an
every-day affair at his audiences,
the King advanced to her, anld of
foring her his arm, said pleasantly to
her husband t
"Do you know, Marquis, that
your wife valiantly defends, sword
or, at k-ast, unibrella-in hand, your
honor and that of lFrance? This
m1oriing she thought I ofWended her,
and-seo ! I still boar the marks of
her vengeance."
And the King pointed to a red and
swollen wolt across his faco.
"Aind, Marquiso," added the Kir g,
turning to her, "I was right. You
have come to supper after all. And
you will como again, and your hljs
band will not object,"
Tihe King ofYerod hor his arm and
escorted hur to tho t.blo, whore
she found beside her plate the lpsi
lazuli casket, and in it the King's
portrait set in diamonds.
"Pernit ie, madame," ho said, as
he had said in the morning, to offer
you this souvenir of Badheim ; it
will remind you of our first met
ing.
She accepted it this time.
O'L-,4Iuv's L.\TEsT IcTORY.-The
six days walk for the long distance
championship between Daniel
O'Leary and John Hughes, in New
York, terminated hist Satirday
night in an easy victory for the for
mnor. During the evening thoro'
were at least 6,000 persons in at
tendan11'ce. Ab)out nine o'clock
Hughes retir'ed fronm the trttck
utterly broken dowvn, having ac,
conmplished 310 miles during the six
(days' walk. wihilst O'Leary, still
fr'esh, completed 403 miles. O'Leary
intends to sail for Europe in the
steamer Wisconsin on~ tho 15th~ of
this month, but will not take part
in tho contest for the champion belt
of England. The receipts during
tihe week amnounted to betwveen
$15,000 and $16,000, O'Leary
receives three-oeighths and Hughe8
one-eighthI of the receipts, so that,
although defeated the~ latter will
have about *2,000 as a salve to heal
his wounded felings'-I-there had
been a good nmai pitted against
O'Leary, the rOcip)ts would proba.
bly have reached $25,000.
Is 'asi Cynous InnonAL ?--A coun..
try edlitor says, after discussing the
question all winter, he comes to the
conclusion eyory spring that the
circus is immoreial; but when the
bill-poster comes along wvith the
big pictures, his mind ohanges, He
adds: As wov gaze at the lions,
tigers and amonkeys, and think that
nature made all of them, we are not
sure. And wihen we Look at the
beautiful young lady, with nothing
but a blue ribbon around her waist,
with one leg pointing to six o'cloci
and the other to high noon, we
think that nature made her, too,
just as she wasB except the ribbon
we begin to lean up to th e ircus.
B3ut when the brass band bogins t<
play, and the elephants go. 'oind
we rush for a front seat to get it
ahead of the decous, why ,lyay
wear stove- pipe batis, anA won't .il
down in frQnkt
FEDEOl AI4 .152 OB.
Attorney-Goneral Dov. ha ia"
sued a circular letter ca.L, the
attention of the distriot attolha to
Section 5,5'20 of the Revised Sbitu'
which roads as follows : "If two o
more persons, in any Stato or Ter
ritory, conspiro to prevent by force,
intimidation or throat, any citizen
who is lawfully entitled to vote, from
giving his support or advocacy, in a
logal manner, toward or in favor of
any lawfully qualified person as an
elector for Presidenlt or Vico-Presi
dont, or as a embor of the Col,
gross of the United States ; or to
injure any citizen in pQrsonl or
property on account of such support
or advocacy ; each of such persons
shall be punished by a fine of not
less than five hundred nor more
than fiyo thousand dollarf, or by
imprisonmont, with or without hard
labor, not less than six Months nor
more than six years, or by bf,th such
fine and imprisonment." The At
torney-General adds the following
order : "Oilicers of the army will
not permit the ise of the troopa
under their command to aid the
civil authorities as a posse conitatus
or in execution of the laws except
as authorized in the foregoing on
actment. If time will admit, the
application for the use of the troops
for these purposes must be for
warded, with a statement of all the
material facts inl the case, for the
consideration and action of the
President ; but, in case of sudden
and unexpected invasion, insurrec
tion or riot, endangering the public
property*of the United States, or in
case of attempted or threatened rob.
bory or interruption of the United
States mails, or other equal emor
gency, officers of the arn-y may, if
they think a necessity exists, take
much action before the receipt of in
structions from the seat of govern
ment as the circumstances of the
case and law under which they are
acting may justify. In every such
case they will prompt.iy report their
action and tho circumnstances requir
ing it to the adjutant-genoral for
the information of the President.'
lilRIC-A-IlRAC.
Richford, Vt., has had froat every
moth except July,
Thin ice formed at Deep river,
Conn., last Satijrday,
There is a man in Washington th<
most powerful in the country. H<
carries a horse sear on his cheek.
"Let me see the prize pumpkins
of a nation," says Mr. Haves, "and I
care not who makes its laws."
There is a man living in Cooli
county, Texas, who boasts of a set of
furniture made from a tree on
which his father was hung ten years
ago,
"What's the man yelling at?'
asked an Illinois farmor of a boy
"Why," chuckled the boy, "he's yell
at the top of his voice,"
"Try not to pass," the old man said
So the urchin made it "next" instead
--New Haven .Regfister'.
The Chicago Journal has dis
ooyered that narrow gauge rail
roads aariry mortgages as fast as
any other sort,
Who was the straightest mam
mentioned in the Bible ? Joseph
because Pharaoh made a "ruler" 01
him,
"One is glass in eyon and the oth.
or is isinglass." That is the answei
I-and a very clover one it is, too
IWhat wve want is a conundrum t<
'fit it,
IEmperor William thinks he wi~l
be wvell enough by the 12th Instani
to relive the Crown Prince, ani
edit Germany himself.- WVashing..
ton ./'ost.
O'Leary, who won the receni1
walking match. is a thoroughbred
He is said to be a son of the Mrs
O'Leary whose eow kicked Chicagc
into blazes.
An exchange asks, "What shall wi
do with the girls 1" Why, do th,
fair thing by one of thoen and giv,
the other fellowys a ehaseo with thi
rest.
E~very individual found in thi
streets of tihe cities of i1ussia in
state of in.togieation, is compo)lled ti
work at sweeping the streets durinj
th.e wholeo of thre following day,
Mr. Hayes gave $1.00 to the yel
low-fever fund ; Mr'. Tildon saw boi1
and raised him $150, and now Mi
Grant sees that $250 apnd goe
$250 better. It will cost Mr. haye
$4A00 to como in,.-=.New, Yor
"Eeep' a' etiff upper lip, don't spi
tobaceo on yofur white vest, An
never bet hih on t.wo nar'" wa
Chicago man's advice to hib son who
was going out in the warld to QArvQ
a namIQ aiAd fame for himself.
An attempt was made to rob tha
postofficQ at FortreE.s Monroe oi
Monday night, but the burglars were
lvightened off
At the Minnesota fair there was a,
641l1 on exhibition that the Presi
don01t tytrtieglarly admired, and who
he look(,d at the tag around th%
bulls nc0kho found it was a lAame
sake. The li's name %yaq kkQki
Fraud."
Dr. Folton, thQ 111opendent can
didato for Congress in the seventh
Georgia district, is ably assisted i1A
electioneering by his wife, who aotA
as her husband's soretary an prPa
correspondent and defondor.
Clara Louise Kellogg received ak
diaiond anonymously the other day,
Mrs. Kollogg, Sr., desires to inforn
the )ublic, which sbe immediately
converted into a money contribution
for the yellow fover suferers.
It is not safe to argue that q re
vival of business Is at hand just be,
cause yqtlr wife has succeeded in
disposing of your socond--boot suit
of clothes in exchange for a greei
plaster-of-paris parrot, wit4 a
toniatto-colored beak.
The memborR of the national
yellow fever commlission will re
ceivo $500 a month each and trav,
cling expenses. But Dr. R. W.
Mitchell, of MOn1plis, rqisted the
terupation, promptly telegraphing
the surgoon-gonoral i "Thanks for
the honor, but duty to the suffer,
ing binds me here."
Senator Oglesby, of Illinois, iq
swinging in a very bloody shirt i
his campaign for e.election. In ik
speech at Bloorqington last week ho
prophesied that the 4solid South"
meant the ultimate capture of the
government, and cried aloud : "Oh,
my God! oh, my country I may Wo
never 4eo that clay I"
It may all be very well for editors
who have just safely passed through
the terrible scourge of the coity
fair premium list to muck at thq
calamities of the men who are just
preparing to walk among hogs and
the, patclwork quilts, bqt it isn't
chrisf4an or brotlierly.
A very careful Bridgeport man
always carries a bQttip of whiskey
in his pocket as an antidotp fur
rattlesnake bit6s, He is now over
fifty4liree years old and has never
or)ce died of a rattlesnake bite ; and
lie attributes his oscape to thq
antidote.-Norristown. JTeqld,
A Boston pappr paya ; "A but,
terfly was caught at te $oqth end
yesterday." It ipay be safe enough
to catch a butterfy at the South
end, but when you go to grab a
wasp you want to catch it at the
northeasterly end, shifting westerly
towards the head,--Norristown
erald.
Shopkeeper to oommeraial travel
er t OCan t give you an. order,
Quite overstocked." Traveller
"Let me, at least, show you my
samples." Shopkeeper ; "Spare
yourself the~ tronble. I can't
look at thorm." Traveler ; 'MThei4
will you allow me to look at thoem
myself 7 It's three weelje since i
have seen them."
A letter froin the interior of
Texas to the Galveston News says
that in many portions of the State
the cotton crop is enorrnoie and
that much of it will go to waste for
lack of laborers. Nurnerous farme
ers have boea compelled to sell a
portion of their crop as it stands in
the iel to parties more fortug~ate
in seenrmng pickers.
One day wvhile Dick~ens wasben
taken by a photographer, tbe resiel
being ithe wvell-known piotnre i4
which he is shown writing, the artist
told him that he did not hold thq
pen right, and suggested that he
shonld take it inore natur'ally in his
lingers. " Just as thou gh you wey9
writing one of your novels, Mr,
Dickens," Baid he, "I see," said
SDickens, "all o.f 'er twist."
Norristown !H'al; Bines Theon
dors Thomas' determngios to take
up his residence in Cineinnati that
city has . become highly musical,
Silver dollare arq dropped into ths
hats of organ grinders, str.eet sirg
ers are presented with new cloth
and cats ar.e p,aritted to organiq
concerts on back fences,fa
Shavjing to dodge bootjacks, et,
SShe wore Ryxench Q .eg ot,
A nd wM oughing, 4~t'w shok,u
Oone to get a bto4.e ,of
Coughppu