The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-20

~ tlitt u1NS more. Jeanne was safe
in London; having travelled under NV
/ escort. / WI~ fortunate enough 10 find
. q boule for her, I'm The house of lady
+ Who lrad heeu my mothers oldest and
i dearest friend.
] W were separated. few days after
( ward. tN the distressing news which
reached me et the state of NV brothers
+ health. / went @, once TO his house i'm
! iHe country. His medical attendants
! Aal lost All hope Of saving him: they
+ told me plainly that his release from a
( lte OF suffering was near at hand
/ " hilt ! was still in attendance at his
bedside. | heard from the secretary. He
mcioSed a letter, directed To me in a
eJElugc handwriting. | opened the en-
yeIupe, and looked for the signature.
Ny friend had been entrapped into send
ing me- an anonymous letter.
Besides addressing me in French Ia
language never used in my experience
al The legatIOnl, the writer disguised
The identity of the eperSOns mentioned by
. the use Of classical names. In spite of
these precautions felt no difficulty in
arriving at "a conclusion. My CORE
spondcnt S special knowledge of Court
secrets. and her malicious way of com
manlcatmg them, betrayed the Baron
esS.
| translate the letter; restoring TO the
persons Who figure IN ii the names un-
der which they are already known. The
writer began IN these sauucaily familiar
terms.
when you left the Princes domin-
IONS. my dear SIT. You no doubt believed
yourself TO be "A free agent. Quite a
mistake. You were a mere puppet; and
the strings that moved you were pulled
10y the Doctor.
Let me tell you how.
ON n certain night, which YOU well
remember. the Princess was unexpect-
edly summoned to the presence of her
father. His physician skill had sue
ceeded dinrelievingt the illustrious Prince,
PROSTATE under nervous miseries. He
was able to attend To state affair of
Importance. revealed to him by the
DoctOr-Who then for the first time ac-
knowledged that he had presented him
self at Court in a diplomatic, as well as
III medical capacity.
This state affair related to a proposal
for the hand of the Princess, received
from the Grand Duke through the au-
thOriZed medium of the Doctor. Her
Ilighncss. being consulted. refused to
consider the proposal. The Prince ask
ed her Tor her reason. She answered,
1 have no wish to be married. Natur-
ally lrrtated by such a ridiculous eX-
cuse, her futher declared positively that
the marriage should take place.
The impression produced on the
Grand Dukes fayorite and emssary
was of different kind.
Certain suspicious of the Princess
and yourself, which You had success
fully contrived to disSipate, revived in
the Doctor mind when he heard the
lady reason for refusing to marry his
royal master. 1t was now too late to
regret that he had suffered himself to
be fnisled 10y cleverly managed appear
ances. lie could not recall the favor
able report which he had addressed TO
the Duke-Or withdraw the proposal of
marriage which he had been command
ed 10 make.
In this emergency, the one safe
course open TO him was to get rid of
1ou-and, at the same time, so TO handle
circumstances as to excite against you
the pride and anger of the Princess. In
the pursuit of this latter object he was
assisted by one OF the ladies in waiting
sincerely interested in the welfare OF
her gracious mistress, and therefore
ardently desirous of seeing her High
ness married to the Duke.
~ wretched old French conspirator
was made the conyenientpivoton which
the intrigue turned
An ordeTforthe arresto this foreign
republican having been first obtained,
the Prince was prevailed on TO extend
his distrust of the Frenchman to the
FTcnchman' niece. You know this al
ready; but YOU don't know why it was
done. Having believed from the first
that You We're really in love with the
young lady, the Doctor reCkoned con
iidently ON your devoting yourself to the
protection of a friendless girl, cruelty
eXlled at an hours notice.
The one chance against us was that
tender considerations, associated with
her Highness. might induce you to hesi-
tate. The lady in waiting easily moved
this obstacle ont of the way. She alb
stained from delivering letter address,
ed 10 you. intrusted to her by the Prin-
cess. When the great lady asked why
she had not received your reply, she was
Informed quite truly that you and the
charming opera singer had taken your
departure together. You NAV imagine
what her Highness thought of you. and
said OF YOU. when | mention in conclu-
sion that she consented, the same day,
to marry the Duke.
$50, Mr.. Ernest these clever people
tTicked YOU into serving their interests.
blindiOld- IN relating how it vas done.
| hope | may have assisted you in form
ing q correct estimate of the state of
your own intelligence. You have made
a serious mistake in adopting your pres
ent profession. Give up diplomacy
and get a farmer 70 employ you in keep
ing his sheep"