Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1889-12-28
She turned to leave the room. d.

She turned to leave the room. Dr.
Reynolds looked up.
Are yen going to your room, Royal 2
"Yes. Goodnight"
Il wish to warn YOU not to go outside
the garden tomorrow, or on any day
until the danger of going around IS re-
moved. A tiger has escaped from the
travelling menagerie now in the village,
and, so far, has been hunted without
success He is probably IN the woods
not far off Good night and he
turned to his paper again.
Long after Royal was soundly sleep
ing he kept sorrowful vigils.
ROYAL awoke from troubled dreams
with headache. She lifted herself
higher on her pillow and saw sheet OF
sunshine on the wall. She closed her
ewes upon it with moan of pain.
But gradually the pain abated, though
she rose languidly at o'clock and COM
menced making her toilet.
| But when the soft crimson wrapper
was donned, the glittering buttons in
the snowy cuffs, and the dark hair put
in a loose shining coil, suddenly off
came the cashmere wrapper, and down
came the loose shining coil of hair-to
be replaced by an out-ofdoor dress and
snugger braidS, surmounted by little
Polish cap of fur.
II must walk myself into a better
state of health; | can't stand it to be so
stupid, said Royal
She slammed the hall-door behind
her and went down the avenue. She
walked mile down the road and then
turned into the woods, attracted by some
brilliant SPRAYS of bittersweet.
She had gathered handful, and, UNI
conscious how their orange and scarlet
set off her dark, brilliant face, was turn
ing away, when a cracking in the
bushes behind her made her glance
back. A large, strange, tawny animal
was gliding toward her. Her guardian s
forgotten warning flashed over her.
My God the tiger" she murmured,
in freezing horror, below her breath
Seeing himself observed. the animal
paused With terrified eyes she saw
him preparing for a spring. Ghastly
pale, one wild frenzied scream of horror
burst from her. At the same moment
there came a shock, and she was sense
less
The next she knew was hearing hel
name pronounced in tender accents of
compassion and love. She lay upon
the ground, her head pillowed upon hel
guardians breast, aud the smoke of 6
rife still hung III the air. She raj sec
herself without speaking, and saw the
: great CORY brute stretched dead at he
feet.
Did YOU kill him." she asked, be
wildered.
YES Just in the act of leapiEg upor
you, Royal" he answered. "Th'
creature was savage with hunger"
For the first time since she was
' child he saw her burst into tears.
Don't cry" he said, quietly; TIN
= danger is past now" and he took he
t home.
Y Somehow the crimson library, witt
G its glowing CRATE, was something bette
= than it had been the night before. Blu
I the gray streaks in DR.. Reynolds hal
/ showed quite as plainly by day as b.
t twilight as he seated himself in tn
: chair again, with no word of reproof TO
s the danger she had led them both into
i Suddenly h9 felt two clinging arm
e about his neck, and a graceful form
v with shining hair and dashing tears
sank on its knees beside him.
i Il am not going away; am not goin
to leave you, cried Royal, sobbing.
It Trembling, he snatched her to HI
+ breast.
Darling" he said, but l cannC
. keep you always.
As long as YOU will, she sail
l, Royal, / must tell you he said.
T, do not love you as a ward only
ot Then will be your wife, she viii
pered.
And keep your beauty only to bic
e, an old man, Royal?"
i, Il shall be happy was her anSwe
playing with the gray streaked hal
V. My heart is not empty any longer. o
k. why could you not see?" she e
er claimed, hiding her face in his neck.
And so crowds never saw Royal Ha
Id over personate Cordelia and Peditia, al
footlights never fared upon the peris
e. ing of her bloom. As AN old mar
ne darling" she is more beautiful to-d
y, than ever before.