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


zinc should lnnlct dIsgmcefnl dccapi,a.
tlon upon him Tor disobedence 81 these
yiccrcgal commands he felt inclined,
while his agitation lasted, % ntmly be-
licve. Had NOT the prince boon a victim
70 The iuost ungovornnhle capriccsY Was
not the enforced exile OF his residence IN
Loihlngla, whore nothing that remotely re.
sembied y history existed, wearing upon
hlm 90 dangerous drgrccg What II
madness had siealthily hccn creeping oyer
him Through these recent months Aud
yet, whether mailman or no, were not hts
mandates TO I've as royalty obeyed MS II
they had issued from the ilps OF unqucs-
tionabie sanltyf Hundreds OF leagues lay
between The slccrcgal palace Of this
Loihinglan city and the palace Of king
Damoolan M messenger could over
bear the king tidlnas OF this lnscnsatc
folly In 80 short time, apart from 20.
curing the rival veto OF IL.
Meanwhile Mazarine was secretly
smiling over The success ut his own
adrolt hypocrisy. al have completely
terrified he musrd, 'that poor inof.
iensiyr Safanac II Is extraordinarily
cruel NJ me, and YET feel convinced that
Ssranac will know before long lust how far
IN earnest am, and drift, rs Ii we're, into
the spirit Of my Joke. Surely, II he
thinks 10 consult tse astntc MirNlin. he
VIII soon have all doubt set az reet.r
To consult Mlrolln was precisely what
Sarpnac lost little time 10 doing, AS
these two elderly couruers were side and
side, the contrast between thom appeared
even moro than striking. Saranac was tall
dark'eycd, thoughtful and extremely
dlgninod. Mirolln, on the other hand,
was short plump, wrinkled and yet OK
| tremely launty. lie had lived most
worldly life, aud behind his twlnkling
hazel eyes lay crypt Of very earthly tx.
perenccs, which II would doubtless have
been very dangerous TO iathom. Rumors
declared that King Damoclan had for
sometime hesitatcd before permitting a
nohlomun so Ncrscd In u thousand wilcs
aud evils 10 accompany his son; buta few
DAYS previous to his departure the prince
had lnngmdly asked whether Mirolin
might not Join the new conu2 81 should
like 10 have him at summoning dlstancu,r
Mazarlnc continued. "llc Ia 40 Witty
aud ehfcwd He ainuses mcn These
words were reported TO the king. who re-
nocted upon them, aud finally sent Miro
lin command that he should 20 with thu
prince 70 Lothingia,
Fixing both his luminous little eyos
upon Saranac's face, aud Keeping his thin
| lips purscd wisely below his small slant.
Ing, foathory, amber mustacho, Mirolin
continued TO listen quite inscrutably for
some time 10 the princes eN.tulor, while
the later narrated his late extraordinary
Interview And when nj length satanae
had finished II, tho keen little man Of un-
told sagacIty gave dry, shrill, queer
laugh that sounded not unlike ihu rat.
Ting OF peas In pan.
"Oh, dullest OF all the dull Saranacs
ever created" he exclaimed. "Can you
not perceive that our clever prince who
would be 40 much cleveror, by the way, II
he were not bored with everything and
everybody has given an order for this
revolution, Rs he calls I'LL spirit of the
slyost drollcry ~
"Dr0lleryyn repeated poor Saranac.
Beyond doubt He means that YOU
are 20 entertain him by ~ adroit an imi.
tation Of the actual M your ingenuity can
possibly devise. lie begins by playing
his part TO perfection, and he thus silently
demands that you shall play yours ~ we'll,
| AS Tor cutting of your head, my foolish
| Satanac, the prince In too indifferent iOt
that, How III you read him You who
haze knGwn hlmirom hoyhoodp
allowing that your theory is perfectly
true, I" answered Saranac after little re-
| lcctlon, during which his grave face
began TO soften almost choeriully, chow
will IL be possible for us TO counterfeit u
revolution so that his hlghnosg may 1nd
| Il deceptive enough 90 crafty this re-.
markahle and puerilo whimtn
at will not be easy" was Mirolin's
dcliboratlye answer, "And yet II can bc
accomplished
"You really think SOY"
| oOf course do. Your iiotous mob
must consist Of about three hundred
trained peasants"
"Traincd TO revolt How Infinitely
shocking The people ol l.othlngla are
! known TO be the most loyal IN all King
DamoGlan's domains, 70 teach them
even such sham treason AK this, In the
| space of three days, would be 90 taX the
powers of anyone except an arch en-
chpntcrn
"Mouey Is that and now that you ara
prime minister you must distribute II
! fmely,"
"But the groans aud cursesf They
| adore their young ruler
"Tho gr0ans and curses must be bought
al so much apiece, Every man and woo
man must swear 30 utter Just 20 many a
day, aud be paid accordingly
"But--bul, my good Mlrolln, the heads
on pikesfn
III know OF AZ least three gentlemen In
the court who paint exceedingly well.
Depend npon u, as soon ~ you tell them
Of how their prince dcslrcs ~ make his
tory, they aud every other Inmate OF the
palace viii eagerly rejoice az this quaint
masquerade Lothingla has been too dull
during their soiourn for them not TO enter
! into the spirit OF the whole proceeding
with enormous gusto,h
''But,n urged Saranac, anxlonsly 'the
tho hloodS"
'1ho bloodg on, nothing could be
easier II Is, perhpae, true, AS the sages
aver, that blood Is thicker than water.
| Dnt there are numerous liquids quite as
red
uCynicn exclaimed Safauuc, almost
playinliy, beginning io lool bis agitation
/ vanish and his confidence restored,
"But, he went on, "thcrc " stu another
point"
"You viii lud," replied Mlrolp, with
0nc Of his burshly pleasant little laughs,
'ithni there are thousand others Wen
work together IN this affalr, II you say so,
! for confess The oddly Of 4 plcascs my
/ hNu,., aud / tutaa utaai sadly the diver