New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-04

spread table, end all the preparations for good
dinner. including several bottles Of champagne Ia
ice.pails. The sight gladdclIng rs 1t was, did not
| restore the Prince to good hnmOr He answered
| Madame Kaufmanu's hOs pit ible We leone coliy
az ne could and seemed dispeased at noticing that
covers had been land for three. Was ms tlieyIDg
steward gong to have the impotence TO sit down to
| table with him 7
| II was certainly bold measure but Madame
| Kaufman had the spirit of French woman and
| knew the arts by which men can be modified. iieI
| shrinking husband would have been aid TO sit
| down with the Prince unnvlted but Madame had
| plainly told hun that III her own house she meant
| to be mistress and that if anybody sat down
to her table 1t should he as guest, not as q
| bnly So IN the upshot, the Prince, tho steward.
| and his wife all dined together.
The dinner was good 50 was the champagne and
the Prince drank as mdch as ne hosts w,hed. he
was not thrown Oft his guard. There IS moth
ing like appropriateness to keep
G e y ySa3 hi; a freS Madame Kaaf
MANN he remarked. bluntly, toward the close Of
| the meal. i have to-day given him prouIs
| which You must advise him TO mind. ] have come
| all The way from England for money, and money l
| must have
If had known your High Nobility was 81 hard
| pressed b. gan the steward.
| You did know f., replied the Prince with scOwl,
and you wrote to me saying that none was to be
! meant that the estates were so heavily encum.
bered your High Nobility; but would gladly have
| Ny husband was inst abOu TO send you ten thou.
| sand TOubes,' remarked Madame Kaufman, who had
been making heavy play with her eyes on the Prince
| IN hopes of reaching his heart She smiled bewltch-
ngly as she SAID this; bul it was all OF use.'
| 'Ien thousand foubes would do me no good, re-
piled the Prince brusquely. ! am gong to DO mar
| ried. Unjust have a hundred thOusand'
| The steward and his wife exchanged gances.
Kaufman had changed color but he quickly raIlied
You snail have them, sir, he sald, speaking IN
French oTn. -
AS soon as ! can bring old Moses IScariotivich
tyoP toid me that old heather wae no longer good
Yes. lat this is special case-yonr High No.
bty is going to be married. You must nave money;
Your crops for the three next years are SOLD, but
would recommend you TO sell them tor five years
| afterWaTd.'
IN Sc the crops for twenty years If can only
| find Luycrr answered the Prince. Ny position
! l. lust tbs: | shall have 100000 OH lay wedding
! day il | can show that | have some money OF my
i, your lance English asked Madame Kauf;;
Mani, seeing that tho hope of getting money had
| al last rendered the Prince more trdctable.
Yes, she is EugtIsh'
And very rratty am sur'f need not ask tlat.
| FIR your High Nobility mas such admirable TASTE.
thousand Ioubtrs rs her p,rtIon' 'elared the
Prince, 10 4 tone which would have made poor Nina
.lu dor if 81. had heard II. But now 10 business,
| Hartmann. When do YOU zee old MOSeST
III start for Ode 81 tomorrow morning ana
! brug him back with me. SIR
And you snail re main here "a nv guest while my
! hus5an is gone. Prince. sald Madame kahfm IN.
with glance AID smile which now were irre- i'ti-
/ =
! the palace where y0u would be 20 dui"
! lie evening rn t. much more pleasantly than u
| hal begun The Pilcs. being reassurcd ab ut N,
money. got drank without conPun3 ION, ana read
! / Y hardened T. all Kauimanns explanations prov,
| ing hat ne was tho most honest OF stewards abu
had tlcr mpOy crsh ii hImse Il than gained money
! IN ia. service OF MS master. At last the Prnce
| ,auk bacA snoring in his chair and VAS Then car
! - Il or "a rest Beds are scarce commodities IN
! I{us.i,n houses and purr-brsd Russians ike TO
cep On the carpets. wrapped mp IN IA lr tur so IL
WAS uot n, ,essaiy uudross Prime. Paul lie was
simply ,ord Up 10 his cloak aud lld ~ the corner
81 an upper room, and there his hosts let him 20
! snOIe til morning. -,
| had awoAe from his sleep, and II was the fair
| madame who did the hOuOrs 10 her guest when 40
| came down Tor midday breakiasi. hanfLnann re-
| NAMED absent a week, and that TINS was spent not
| npeaslntly by the Prince VIII his gay hostess.
They grew mlimate, IN fact mat the peasants on
! the csI lte who had heard how the mated steward
| had been made pull of the Prince boots, mar
| Vried ut TINS sudden appeasement OF his High
| Nobilty's wrath, and spoke with some grim humor
10 one another about the caprclUusness OF princes.
1t was qmtr evident ID the steward had been 'nily
restored favor for during his ab.cncc the PIlnce
att, Il cd TO no business ~ was Madiihe hauhIanh
! vino gave orders about ever thing and rated the
tenants and iabOlers just as soundy as her husband
II was on the seventh day after hisdeparture that
| Kaufmaun umrd III tho evening at about dinner
time, bringing With him old Moses lsctriotYcb.
FMS worthy was one OF the ntagfest, dItlest most
uusIgutly 81 all the jews who dWeit IN Ode So hhd
that Is saving something. Fatlgued by HIS Journey,
| unwa,htd. shIvtTIng from cold, and attr'd IN tho
Shahbleht OF greasy sneep-sklnc, he IOphcu tne dSJ
/ man in tie world out OF whom anybody cond 81
IN ,n.y vet he knowU 10 be a man of very large
wealth, an Insurer eXerrted by the peasautry, and
Sc freely less by their ma terS the ,ndowners.
Ircl and cold as no was, he jew wits were All
alive when he was ushered into tic Princes
,,tr..uce and the two came TO business
AZ once even before the jew had emDtied
tne gaSs OF French brandy when Madame
Kaufman p.odu, ed IN his honorItr the Prince was
yer, impatient about his money.
Moses Iscarotlyich' he said, with Ito usual
hGHi,Wr of russians addressing nenbets oil Che haied
jewish race; my steward has told You what L
Your High Nobility wants to sell twenty years
crops crooked the jew, IN voice mat sounded
Ike the whIstng oi wind through hey hole.
Yes do VIII you buy themf
win pleasure, SIR with pleasure money down
The Prince could hardly believe hi ears. WHAT
vii Won give tor them, old AoSesl Remember, Im
not tr.hmg.
The Old terms. slrj ten thousand roubles year
that makes two hundred thousand lohbles III all,
silver TOublrsF
No. sir; payer rOubles. Times are 50 hard, your
High NOBILITY, really cannot.
Cursed old scamp; n body ever caught YOU
asleep over bargain, muttered the Prince. Never
NINA; br ng me pen and mk. kautmann. Have you
prepared tue deed. old Moses Z
Its al prepared your III On Mobility suiyellcd
the j IVY. drawing a paper from greasy portfolio.
Put your signature there, slr-there; and hero
The Princes excitement was immense. When he
had dashed Oft hiss gnaure he stood up with spark
ling eyes, holding out his hand for the check which
he ex pected the Jew to give. Two hundred thou
sand paper rOuble (E25,00O was si.n WIN n tar
transcribed hs highesr expectations. lie should be
alb W. start for England at once-,hat very night;
even Il his marriage failed through any cause. he
would have ample iuads in hand to start airoah III
life with.
The jew was fumhling with bundle OF papers:
He produced a parcel closed with a number OF rad
seals, and rendered them 10 tho lr;nce, wac
broke the seals mechanically, ami win evident
nStonishnent But his establishment turned 10
stupetacton and then 10 frenzy when his eye. fell
upon tne contents OF the parcel. They were bum
ole Of his own dishOnOr,d acceptancrs, unpaid bs,
etc from Paris ana London. thanks To the ira
ter',itv which exists among jews, Moses had been
able to get those into his possession lie had PROB
ably bought them Is a speculation.
But the man must have been half mad to present
them to the Prince III tins way, at time when the