| Show I S'S 2 FATE w Wh n Monsieur and a Madame Pipe Pipe- let newly married marred came come to to live ive in inthe inthe i the little town of the people peo peo- peo plo of th the place looked upon them with distrust and suspicion until it it its was s sas as learned that they had purchased ed edun an un estate on the tho outskirts of the town They are ace good people then was tho the cry to distinguish between them and those who have no property and who doubtless are then considered bad S Mme Mono was ono one of those sentimental soni son son- i women for whom love lo e is isI I mote moro a a passi passion n of the imagination than of the heart heart She had deceived deceive into the belief that sho hoil bolef was madly n with her husband who was an effeminate commonplace little lit Ut- ut- ut tb tle te man altogether without force of character As s a mat speculation speculation lation h he had made mae a a. a pretty good goodS S bargain In marrying marring Madame Pipe let who brought ht him a snug fortune and great expectations Before her marriage her marriage Muse Mme Mme had pasi pasted passed d her time in reading ro romances rp- rp mances and dr dreaming of a future exIstence ex- ex I 1 I flea filled with the most marvellous marvelous marvel marvel- marvell ous adventures adventures Finally Finaly in despair i I of being eloped with wih she accepted I I the te hand of the inoffensive I Let Lct us us' us flee fee Bertrand she cried cried Flee to a better world word S Bertrand mildly suggested the town of Grenoble as a good goo place to tofee flee flea fee to and anti his romantic bride agreed with delight because it contained an anold anold anold old fortress where a prisoner had bad hadI I sculptured on the walls wals of the tower with help of a single nail nai all al the I scenes of the p Passion Mme selected a pretty littie little lit lit- l- l tie tle house on the banks of the river A te large garden grden full ful of fine old old trees ran down to the waters water's edge dge and in inthe the barnyard was vas a dovecot filled with white whit doves S I O 0 0 my Bertrand she would exclaim exclaim ex cx- claim in t their solitary solar walks in the g garden rde how sweet vet it is to be alone wh one loves as we love I I Quito n right oves my my dear said the husband as he picked a a thread item his coat sleeve I My y l love ve 1 continued raising h her eyes to h ayen my amy love res ros quiet and mystery Your YourI Your YourI I heart and anda a a cottage is all al I desire desir 0 O I I my Bertrand S SI I I dinner must be ready ready by this time tinie remarked Mr mif g the air nil j My days ays went on his bis wie wife heedless heedless heedless heed heed- less of his interruption my y days are O 0 my lay Behrand Till Tilli Ti i death which I trust will wll take me meI i I first S I I certainly smell the dinn dinner r. r I When hosi I think that you may dieS die S before me my tonI foul is torn with agony and I I f feel el that that I shall shaU go mad O 0 my Lert Bertrand and what should I do desolate and alone It cannot be It mutt not b bo be Promise e me mo 0 O my Bertrand not notto to die first r t. t Ill Il do my best beit said little Pipe Pipe- Pip Pip- let Jet in a resin resigned tone of voice But let us go t to dinner This Ti sort of thing occurred red day after day Mme Mme Ime smothering her unfortunate husband with pro protestations pro pro- I of undying love which he lore bore with the angelic patience of a martyr Little by little however he be found his strength falling away He Ho HoS S cank sante into the most extraordinary state stat of languor Doctors were wore called caled from Pads Patio but buthe he baffled them The he o cau-o of his disease was as ap apparently ap- ap ap potently patently beyond them His wie wife alone could have bave saved him if i she had only loved him pim a little less But her tenderness became something ferocious as she saw him gradually wasting away before her Courage my Bertrand she said as she sat beside his bed Courage my ray love You will i recover my roy BertLand Bertrand Bertrand Ber Ber- my life lie my al all for I love you I with my whole sole and never tire of telling you so Under this despotism of exaggerated exaggerated affection M. M 11 rushed rather than walked toward the grave grae and one day after aCter his bis wife wie had told him for the thousandth th time how S much she loved him him he died in her hert t arms ars S SS I S Mme grief was wa of the most theatrical ical and picturesque sort She tore her her beautiful hair bair had hysterics hysterics hysterics hys hys- ory e quarter of an nn hour S threatened to become a nun and finally w wound up with the determination I tion ton to roa-jt roa hersel herself on the fagots of I the defunct Bertrand The Te neighbors to whom vho such uch performances were most novel and do crowded the house night and day and con- con I foed and wept with the afflicted widow Among Among them was a good- good I looking young oung fellow of athletic I build and and bronzed complexion M. M M i Raoul was his name and consolations from Lie his ls mouth appeared to ba especially especially es es- es- es gr grateful pout to Mme The widow low had a hundred portraits painted of her lost one and finding them all aU in insufficient to recall poor dear Be Bertrand she hit upon the plan of cr creating an illusion as perI perfect per per- as possible A sculptor was engaged engaged engaged en en- to model a figure in wax ax from I one of the numerous portraits and this figure dressed up in the late lat a second I edition editon of him that was most lifelike lelke Every Ever hour of the day the widow embraced embraced em em- braced I it and nd pressed it to her heart I em-I convulsively Whenever nei neighbors came in i she delighted in i exhibiting I it At sight of the figure they invariably invariably inva- inva iva- iva felt obliged to look melancholy and shed sed tars tears ii in i honor of the de do- I parted Sometimes the grief gref of the s widow entirely overpowered her and andI I I M. M Boul Raoul who became beame more and more i intimate in i the te house hous then ten became came the te widows widow's deputy depty and Id performed the sentimental duty with with much se muc 1 grace end many enco u upon the te virtues gey of ofte defunct whom who tow how ever eve he be had bd hd sever ver kow It at dt et l lest 1St b became bece a an affair aar of habit he ended ded by the te figure fr an an 1 dilating upon its it sad Jn Th the te oton- oton f ir I r 1 t l' l 5 51 1 Makes A Well WelMan Man r iOu ou bilious bious or troubled with jaun- jaun tc bad taste iu m mouth or foul breath Ie ia indigestion tion iso hot dry skin sUn een n shoulders shoulders chi cubic chills and And nd fever lever r etc etc clef f these symptoms your liter is out S blod i in j u be slowly being poisoned beI be be- be 1 I a OH cs not act properly WI wit wil J Liver ver stomach or 0 bowel bowel f dicine Trice Price 75 cen LustI 5 ouR manner o of oL i l 7 g S sv or a book agent T Ton mouths months i ideath death of M. M M PJ P Grenoble were eo eu I to t find the thc th little IN J. J closed up Sh Eh- Eh C- C sunny Italy I leaving behind a Q r r TJ uee O of at nay ney bidding him s St I 7 all it i contained f n 1 the sale In an d j cb j tile the wax ax figure J rice lous bus care An ol 01 7 n 0 chased the diva i g own but 6 she h e r n 0 t o iL was put up for sa clothing it V was s sj d to tou to w for six si francs ff fifteen en centimes It I t was vas a a glori morning in Aug- Aug the tho ys si si ys of the Champs were i ith shows of all all' allkind all kind holding holding- holding 1 amid the din of cl clarinet riet I and bass base drum druth Pierrott I and tind bine Harl Harlequin quin and I need and manof man- man on the of little mat mar mar ionette theaters to the delight light of enthralled en en- on look on i s. s In I j q midst of tho the crowd 1 young man and nd woman who ma ves notice notice- able by 1 y to see all al that was to to be be seen Tho young woman was nibbling g bon bonbons which sho she h had won at rouge et ot noir Or O 0 my Ra I she she exclaimed I 1 how amusing i ii all al is with its is fun and noise nois f Youre right ny y dear We must stay in Paris Pari a month moro more at least t What a dean you are Oh look there I see seo a works wax show Let Letus Letus Letus us BOO scot it by all means M M. Raoul companion followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed in the wale wake of the tho crowd and soon found th themselves selves before the tho collection of figures One by one OM exhibitors tb wed them thorn off ot and concluded con con- eluded with this Impressive announcement announce announce- ment meat Ladies and gentlemen l I base havo have vo- vo served till ti the last the g greatest villain ever eve known a c criminal before belore whom many a heart has sickened and many manya a head of halo hale hali bce been prematurely blanched Look I blanched this way way here here will i unveil him to your sight sight- sight One Olio glance Ilance at athis his features reveals a character char char- actor acter of the mot most hardened ferocity Behold the odi molt odious odius us the abominable monster Cartouche he Oh heavens heaven exclaimed Mme Raoul with a a lo cry cr I ts Bertrand tie ts m nW first husband husband husband- n- n Townsend Walsh 1 in the Harvard A Ad Ad- j A |
