The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-02

walk on lrescoes. A princess must walk
and that gracefully and freely, too, but
she couldn't walk an hour in such
things as these. "Seeln and be thrust
his long finger right through the frail
web at the toe. "Your stockings are mol
Git for q princess. They are fine in tex
ture, but coarse in taste. They are inap'
propriate.; they are vulgar; they are moi
decent
noh, unclel'
''Not decent, ] say. They are astheti-
cally improper; they show the extraya-
gance OF the plebian, not Of the noble.f
He grew more excited with every word
His eyes flashed FIRE. "Your training
has not made a princess Of you In heart
and mind, and, corpo di Baccol your mar.
riage shall not make n princess Of you In
name, and you are none Of mine." With
q grasp he swept up the bundle Of stock
ings. "Your trumpery here shall 90
back to the fools who made II, and you
shall COL don't care where, but out Of
my sight. Away I'll none Of you"
The cardinal gathered uphls skirts,
and crossing the room, passed out like a
whirlwind, The girl scereamed aloud In
her terror OF the old mans passion; for
much as she had heard OF the violence Of
his disposition, she had never been made
the victim OF il before. But the scream
never checked the firm, relentless fall Of
his step as II died away along the CORR.
dor; and there lay little Beatrice, shaken
with heart.broken sobs, prone across the
iootstool where she had fallen when in
his violence he flung away from her.
She lay there long time, crying and wip.
ing away her tears with the unlucky
stocking she had been displaying on her
hand, and in the spasm Of her terror had
been crushing and rolling up until she
forgot Il was not her handkerchief.
So the prince found her, as he was ush.
cred in to pay his usual daily call upon
the cardinal. She naturally turned TO
her betrothed for consolation. She told
him all about her uncle's anger, all he
said, all she was suffering, and expected
the shield OF his love between her and
her wrong. But the prince looked grave;
he WINGED at the cardinals words about
ul'o"he uei, anu | III. I'su
10 see the oiu man himself, anu ie. he.
Beatrice went TO her own apartment
somewhat quieted by the sight Of her
lover, but still most unhappy. She
waited, with what patience she could,
nnsil evening, ana then mote came from
the prince. II was snort note, care
iully and beautifully written. II ran
something IKE this; Tour uncie' ani
grieyed 10 say. iormaily aisowns you.
II Is a cruel edict my dear friend, ior
me, loving tenderiy Us 40, pnt IL seems
the will oil Heaven, and l mus! submit;
May we meet again NJ some calmer anu
happier time
She swept her pale hands across her
swollen eyes, believing mat her sighl de'
ceiyed her, and read again anu again
those neat and formal lines--tne speeious,
cowardly lines-and all tue bitter mean
ing that lay between me lines.
he had renoanced her 100 g.! Inc storm
oil grief that her uncles cruelty had
reused was healthy and consonant win
her young nature, plt tue LOOK she wore
alter reading her lovers iellet never
should come to such a sweet and tender
face. 1t spoke oil the deepest wrong a
woman can sustain-her affection spurn'
ed and slighted; the worst insult mat can
be offered her-a marriage from soraiu
motives. In an hour this gentle, loving
Beatrice was changed to q resolved ana
indignant woman. She had loved TINS
man, and he had wronged her. Inc Woria
the petty Roman world OF gossip anu
slander-should not stare at her curious,
ly, nor wound her with Its thousand
wicked tongues, linen me uncle thal
she had loved had cast her oil. II was a
secondary thought now, but still q bitter
one, and in the turbulence and keen sense
oil injury Of which only proud ana gen.
tie character ia capable, she took hs:iy
resolve. Almost as she was, save win
some jewels Of her mothers, her rich
trousseau leit behind, us spiend9r scat'
tered all over her apartments, she ielt Inc
palaee-lett II In Tue silence ana darkness
and went out into the world alone win
those richest o. possessions, ous poorer 81
Of delenses, her YOUTH innocence anu
beauty. ., -, A.. :. IL, :,
between the great rage uie cafuina ,..
had INDUCED and his stormy interview ,.
with the prince, ne was Inteatenea next next
morning with an old enemy oil hls-aPo'
plexy; and when he heard that ms neice e
had disappeared, an ATTACK came On 'n ~.
held him bedridden and senseiess ioi %,
weeks. On coming 10 himself, ms hls'
order was TO make search Tor her, pat nc
trace could be discovered. a., :,
The old man was haunted py avisi9n o.
The bright, happy lace 80 lost gu. ., ~
lie; and as lts tender smiling outline he
came IKE q dream before nus ianSy, ~ y
shuddered, as Il seemed to wierdly changss
expression with Tue possible wfong ana
misery ms iittie 5eatrice miSnI oe as.L;s
ing. Buttne world knew no.hlng Q. .n.s,
ior lhe cafaihal wa 49, 70 az A 95E",a,o.;si
aud "a Keen Judge anu eti!ic rs eyer.
Some ihree years ialer Ilc.u u,t'I,,a ..
yentlred, cringing anu iespee''uiy VI
tiptoe, into me august presence.
"Now, Luigi, what trash nave you 10
dayT -,
"oh, no trash, your Emminehee-as gem
agem; .,,...,. ,,,,
"A false gem, en- f-ahother eoPy 'ha'
shall detectT
mo, no, your Eminenee; Irue gen
modern, anu 70 DC o9ug9! 'oF so"s'
"Meli, wei, pe Yalek. ,.Lo a.,