Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-07

mission briefly to drop hlS mask. he Il.
spondcd
Two, your hiahncssn
A lant Utter flrpled through the az
svmplage contracting oddly cnoaWh with
thv tumnlt W. the great square nOar bv.
The prince claspcd both hands. ana
said with an avccntuf dcvout oarncstness.
1.-TWO prisoners VI state only This
proves the astonishing rectlsude and pro-
pfletN Of the people over whom lam
called upon 20 rule. Ali how thankful
shonld feel toward such people for their
cislllv, their amlahillty, in thus kindly
consentlnp TO the Inconvenience Of 4 two
days rcvoltlp IVY
No sooner had the prince ended tl,sn !,
roar Oi laughter, from lips feminine A.
wei ~ masculine, avert through ina
hall Bui abtuhtly enough MasarIne
made an imperative gesture, Orlalnnr
silcnre, Aud this was the single ,,ecaslon
on which hc permitted The pcrfret
Nraiscmhlance Of The whole as,onlshlnu
piece OF mnmmcry TO BE In the least dis,
tufbcd immediately agterweni mock
heroics and mock Mysteries reigncd again
among The couttlcrs, male and female
the capable programme OF Saraaac and
mirolln went cSploeively aud g!arlnnly
on, AMI q messenger With what looked
llke hldeous cash across one check.
rushed IN to the prince with tldlnas that
the prison had fallen.
For the events Of the second day, M "a
that grand finale of tho mob'n last "a.
nomlacal assault, o good deal " invcn.
lion had been strained aud taxed Mo.
notony had TO be avoided at any risA, and
twas with NO little anxiety that Saranao
and Mlrollh observed tho general prog,
fcss OF tho weird festiyity, New ciects
We're arranged such M burning frebrands
oclng nung Into the palace windows
wv yards IRON whore the prince was
sraWu-.a letter, supposedly written IN
o,vVu, hung w the same fashion and
lulSkiy sclscd by Mirolln, who al once
contained the most nondlsh tl,reats II a
pyfoiechnc homh which exploded with
beautiful hnrmlcssness from a basket al
llgs an occasional ehrlok OF ''The palace
~ flanos'h with few Imposing
snurls OF smoke iron Que ar
two of the tapestrlcd doofways
sudden capture and trans.
port to duranco vile OF certain inoifenslyn
servants who were accused OF completely
WIN tue outer mob-.a ludlcious rcpoti.
tlon, now aud then, ot the groans and
curses and finally reports that an arch.
bishop aud ten city officials had been
hrntally murdered
uoul second day IL not hall 80 success.
iul as our tirst,' whispered Mifolln to
Saranac, as The afternoon was waning
~ long FOR tho finale, aud / thiak that
the prince docs, toe. lie Ii beginning 10
DC horcd, He tries not 10 show IL, hnl ID
y apparent nevertheless. The eouttiern
also are bored. They long iof the finale
as much as the prince doos,n
And at length the finale came, Every.
body frightened, SO 10 speak, a. IT, %.
pronch, Tho whole court was Assembled
IN tho gfcnt lower hall, The prince was
no longer visible, hut everybody knuw
that hls descent Of tho staircase would be
accomplished at The proper time, and his
rescue OF Lady Narlsaa conducted with as
much llstrlonlr dignity ~ II the whole
analr was vitality actually. Mirdlin felt
much moro nervous, lest thlngR miuht
not pass on we'll, at this jnncturc, than
Shrnpac did for here was portion Of
the oxtruy aganzn which Miroln had taken
under his especial charge
A little before sunset the most fright,
iul olaInor occurred In tho palace court.
yard. Men and women, brandlshlng all
sorts OF weapons, rushed toward tho huge
portals, The ladies of the court, uctlnp
their parts TO The life, clunE together
screaming ~ fear, An omlnous thud, too
evidently made with battcrlng ram.
caused the massive doors 60 shake In
every onkon seam and panel, And lust
az this point the prince began slowly 10
descend tho great staircase from regions
above.
just NJ this point, also, the Lady Nari,.
s0i locking wonderfully handsome with
her dark hair streaming about her shout.
ders and her dark eyes full OF most
crdltably counterfoited terror. rushed
into the hall from u certain side door
through which Mlrolln had had her
secretly aud deSlronsly conducted
She met the prince lust in time, falling
at his feet aud implorlng his mercy,
The prince raised her with an Imperial
bcnlgnity Lady he said, "whooyer
you are, BIO assured that you have found
protection In these wallh.n
They pursue metz cried Lady Narlssa
With appropriate wildnoss "1hey would
KIN incl But, alnsi far worse than that.
they would XIII you ~ wollp
"Ilow admirably she n doing tn
thought the prince And then, az no
looked into hcr eager face, for the first
time Ia his life tfnly loving thrill passed
through his strange heart, And az this
totally unforeseen emotion TOOK place
within him, II flashed through hla mind
that he had somewhere, somehow, seen
that same exquisite countenanr0 before.
Hat whcrcY But whcny
He now turned 10 his assembled cours
Tiers "Wiih our lives, gentlemen he
exclaimed "no matter what may hap,
pen, lot ns all swear 10 guard this ladyl"
eve swear. We swearp' cried many
voices
And Then followed silence For
slight silence 70 follow was all very we'll
but this particular one rapidly began 10
assume the most awkward dimensions
The prince looked at Snrannci Safanar
looked AZ Mrolini MirOlin looked nt tho
grand portals 81 the palace And mean
while ne conftiefs oil looked ~ c0eli
Other.
Who're was the bowling mob outsider
Why dld ~ not smash down the grand
pDriasf II knew ~ nbnminabp bust
ness thoroughly Il had been paid With
discreet libotnllts 10 advance for Us afro.
ciDus work WHIST WAS the meaning Of
a A. H. ~ A..