Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-14

by the doctor whoee face wa
Geathly pale) and some servants. As the
prince aid his bsareIs passed / involua.
tsrily moved out Of ny hiding LACE, and
the doctor, percsisirg me, STAT d slightly,
and ag'iu I thought the sick boys heavy
eyelids quiyeIe1 and eighty urclcssd
He was followed by irosp of dirty, saw
age looking servants, VIII, thsttsred noisily
in come guttersl topgue as they walked,
until the priest TUNED and frowpe1 them
mo silence.
Allexeitement being now over, | lay down
and endeavorei to sles p, butmy mind would
not rest; so sf,ec tossing about uneasily .Or
an hour or two, rose ard ran into my
mo.ter, and g / was relating to her all /
hSd Sssn, the padrona Knocked snd anx-
iously Gravel an iLte view; aad began a
long story, speaking 60 rapidly in italian
that could roi understand her, but n y
mother, beiog o good lipguist, did, and
was evidently deep'y interested in what
she heard; gradually, however, look Of
horrcr oytrjp-e ld her fare, and finally
pointing at me, she put her finger
upon her lip, a gesture which appraised
me, of course, that something was going
fer ward which Was net to know, and
which, equally of course, decided me upon
discovering what that "somethirg" was;
go losing no tiGe, l rant my maid So
settle, who was arranging my room, and
asked what had hsppsnsd. Al first shs
refused to tell me, increasing nv carlo =
iSy hundred fold, by adding The pa
drons had begged her TO bs sileat." Event
ually the French woman's love of gossip
got the urp,r hand and with many mods
and winks and bushes" she c,nfided to
me that the young prince was-dead.
dead ~ gssped.
''Yel, dead ~ reiterated Spse.te. She
then procsedtd to say that the young man
had ban 80 i'll daring the journey, thst
the doctor doubted lis arriving alive. but
the princs hsd such q longing to gas 10
F.o,encs that they buried on. The dec
cor insisted upon travelling alone with His
patient (great care and quiet being indis-
psnsabls); but when they srfiVed within q
few miles Of Florence, the prisce was
taken 50 suddenly gO;se, that the carriages
were stopped, and the doeto; ca lad in the
PRIEST, con sidering death imminent; the
invalid lived, however, TO be lifted
into tho hotel, bat as she was being carried
through the marble hall, the doctor called
out to the bearers to stop, and BIZ fore The
poor fellow could be placed upon couch
he expiIel.
was too awe stricken to speak; but
when my sstonishment had in a measure
teyan to reason, aad said to
Su5ette:
"Wbo told you this?'
"Ths psdrons," answered the mid.
"Did she see it harp.n
mo- said Slst tie, ''for the p-irc>ss
begged the padrons and his wife ID stay
b .biud, and superintsud the unloading Of
tie riiaSss, 80 that tie princes lugg lgs
might be brOugh. uo at once. The dame
de co npagnis told tho pairoua how it all
occurred. and see told me-"
"Wellr' exclaimed exeiteily, sit is a
very odd story, for l ssw the young
prirCs's fac! twice, snd he 10 Jksd exactly
the same both times, very pale and quiet,
bat not deed
Hush! L1dy Nuriei," Whispered Su-
sette, do rOi * 80 loud, for the pad
roma, il tie hurry and distrsss of the or.
rigal, did MT u Ition 10 the princess thst
you wee in this room. She tod the dog
TOT"
"And what did he sap" asked quickly.
'Hs sje ned put out sc first, aud said be
feared the princess would he 6ispl ell,
but waen The psdIo1a told him that yoa
vera only sigucrina' he seemed sat-s-
fed"
"Ani you allowed me 10 stay all this
time in room 70 which 1 had no right, !"
exclaimed holy (my dignity being nurt
a)sr, at fei1g considered nonenity) }.
"dow could you do so? shall @ at once
20 msmms, and''-
wait, Lsdy Muriel," interrupted Su
sette; 81 will ste the psdeons, when she
can attend to Us; az present they are all in
such troubls about the PRINCES death"
II do not telisye he is deld, for % hs
passed me l SIN almost sure to O2sn his
EYES and locked at ms"
Peoples eyes srs often half open when
they are dead" said SUITE.
"Msybe," 1 argued; but people don't
open their EYES after tnty are dead"
"Ahi bah!' said Susete i'ritably, an
ncyed st her story being doubted, the
prircs ia dead now, at all events, for ]
stood by while you were lying down. and
saw crJssGs. tsp:rs, pctutes and Gil
kinds o. things being Carried into his
room; sn1 the CO;tor saw M, and came
up hastily ID me and said he had not yet
iOld tie princess that You slept in that
room, and that had better keep 1t
quiet at present Then hs asked who You
were? How ole? Whether you slept alont?
aud thsn he asked me TO do him favor,
for hs could not, he said, leave the room
for MON ant himself, 80 yO1ld fitch one
of tie .o)tmsn, Ivan by name, as he must
tell him to 90 olt aud buy flowers for the
death chambar; so I fetched him, and on
my return the doctor pat gold piece in
my hand and said, ~ he could not sp sak
Italian, Ia mi want my help again."
| would not answer SusStJe, and told her
to lesye me, fr l WAS annoyed at getting
mixed CD with the Russia5s, argry too with
the doctor for Offering morey TO my maid,
and still more angry with her for taking it;
thsu-Shat cpuld be mem, saying ne might
want Sus5ttS's help again? Surely there
were Russians enough to do their own be-
hests.
There is something strange about il
al" I $, lloqaizsd, land | hate these Rms
slars-I don't know wky-and will not
remain among them; l Will move iato the
box ut orcs" Having thus lashed my
self into state of high wrath, burst
out of my room iuto the pass'g g., and 10
my unsoaakshls annoyance 1 ran up
against the priest, who, with the princess
was standing a. my door. l murmur-
ed, I"Pardonr' and would have passed
OF, but the princess, looking amazed
at my az poaranCe, came forward and said
civiliy, "Ah! pretty Lady Muriel. heard
you were in the tO:el; have yol lost your
way? the galleries are all so alike. Shell
conduct you blck to your room? Where
DO you slee; %
"Here, madame" tai6, rather defiant
", poi lting to my room, determined t.
SHOW that had nothing to hide.
Ths lady looked surprised, but quickly
recovering hsrssls., said:
"Ah! go near us! You are in tie midst
Of much SORROW"
THE young prince" I said swkwa'dly,
''how is hep
CAB! you do not know; he is dead,
alas !"
Ital not tiue to reply, for the priest,