Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-19
THE N1HILIST.

80 IIaAstNt"ft
name.
During sojourn IN Paris. jusi afte
the war. he met at one Of the reception
Of the Princes. Lin General do Contrc
mont's charming daughter. whom tn
Partisan world, Just arising from ~
ashes. know under the name Of 'th'
beautiful Madeleine" She was also a.
,oor a. she waa beautiful.
Michel was smittcn In spite ~ hi
forty years and his long formed frsolu
ton Of cclbacy. For fifteen years h.
had wiihstood the Establishments u de
signing young ladies and tho vancouver.
OF their arlstocraiic mammas, who had
thrown themselves. 40 10 speak, Ut his
head NJ bouquets Of roses aud lilies arc
thrown over the footllghis at a fayorite
diva.
one evening Madeleine SAID 10 thu
widow 81 the herO Of Gravelot,c.
Mother. would you 10 satisfied by my
bccoming princess
"No. indeed. my daughter, FOR You
were born beautiful enough TO become a
queen"
In fact. IN the most select assembly
such a perfect type II womanhood was
seldom sen. aw this superb creature
at the opera one evening shortly after her
marriage. aud I will wager that there
wcre fifty young men IN tho orchestra
who wcrr morn or lees In love with her
through tho whole ramut Of love, from
respectful admiration 10 the grand
passion. You can imagine how they
listened 10 the music; u might a. well
have been from tho score 81 "Miruille"
a. from the "llnguenots," and they
would have been none the wiser.
This wins probably the must memora-
bic evening In tho young life Of Mad.
cline. for siie felt herself avenged IN the
ey,- Of the men who would now gladly
inpoverish themselves for one honr 81
her favor, bnt who had formerly condd-
erid her too poor 10 bc the object OF
thrir,. From her proud elevation,
though scarcely seeming TO smile, In tho
depths ct her being she vibratcd from
head to foot with the cxnliailon Of iri-
umph, and her cold briiliance rndiaied
their admiration az diamonds radiAie
light. She Jaw In the elegant audience
many beautiful women, but she felt her.
sclf 10 b. the most beautiful woman
thcrr.
On this particular evening an Amori-
can lady Ia one u the boxes, many times
a millionaire. but not pretty. saidi ~ do
not hoic To resemble the Princess Michel,
for that would be- W expect too much,
but only to have her teeth would give
my hotel In the Champs Elyscca and all
II contains. including the contents u my
Jewel box for with such teeth ono need
not b. pretty has but 20 yawn or
smile and the world Is at ones feet"
"Yes," replied a diplomat, ''but fear
the princciS will have occasion TO ynwu
oftener thanto smile, for his cxcsllcncy.
her husband. has the air Of being neither
agreeable nor amusing. imagine tho
princess will regret Paris many tines
Indeed the prince. even at the time %
his marriage, was not an agreeable man.
and SON. years later he was still less 20,
10 the sorrow Of the princess b. IL said.
He owed II 10 tho coqueiry Of his wife 10
b. as jealous M tiger. and to the favor
VI the cxar 10 become minister VI tho
police, and tho result OF his position did
not serve 10 render him more amiablr.
However, he had found III. opportunity
10 utilize his public functions In aid u
his privat. jealousy. He used his vifc's
,oachmnn and thu servant who opened
he door TO further his ends, and his
imisaries among the police soon placed
n his handi all sorts OF ainorous declAra-
iotn addressed 10 his wife, In eyory
train OF ardent and passionate ayowal.
However. the flood OF correspondence
Don slackened. not because tho princess
vas less seductive. but because she was
Indifferent or surfcited. and those who
rad coufded to the post or telegraph
heir hopes and fears soon found them
elves the victims Of the most uncxpcct.
II and various IN fortune. and began 10
conjecture that either tho prince. had
he evil eye. or that the Eyes Of tho prince
were too good. The correspondence only
revealed to his oxoellency that his wife
was harmless coquetie, and this dis
'overy brought relative satisfaction.
But the exaciionu OF the czar In regard
10 the nihilisis now left him little time
10 protect the virtue OF his wife. and
Judge Of his ineifable surprise when ono
lay the following letter eached his
hands OF which also he recognized but
loo well the handwriting, though II was
signed by only a single initial;
III appears the emperor will set out
sooner than was expected Cor Varsoyie;
mold yourself then In readiness to rtart
II the earliest warning, for who knows
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