The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1891-12-05
THE NIIIIIIST.


the lute car one of the most important
men in tho empire wns Prince Michel,
but reasons Of state will not permit tho
designation Of his illustrious family
name.
During u sojourn IN Paris, just nfter
the war, he met vt one Of the receptions
Of the Princess Lisa General de Contre-
mont's charming daughter, whom tho
Parisian world, just arising from ita
ashes, knew under tho name Of "the
beautiful Madeleine" She was also a9
poor ns she WIS beautiful
/ Michel was smitten in pite Of his
forty years and his long formed rcsolu.
ton Of cclibncy. For fifteen years he
had withst0od the LEudisInents Of dc
signing young ladies nul the maneuyers
OF their aristOcratic maInmas, who had
thrown themselves, 10 10 speak, nj his
head ns bouquets Of roses and lilies are
thrown over the footlights at u favorite
diva.
One evening Madeleine said TO the
widow Of the hero Of Gravelotte,
"Mothcr, would you be satisfied by my
becoming II princessr
! "No, indeed. my daughter, for You
were born beautiful enough 10 become a
queen
In fact. IN the most reject assembly
such perfect type Of womanhood was
seldom seen. saw this superb creature
/ at the opera one evening shortly after her
marriage, and | will wager that there
were fifty young men i'll the orchestra
who were more or less III love with her
through the whole gamut Of love, from
respectful admiration to the grand
I passion. You can imagine how they
( listened to the music; 1t might as we'll
have been from the score Of "Mireille"
as from the "lluguenots," and they
would have been none the wiser.
/ This was probably the most memora-
bic evening in the young life of Mad
cline, for she felt herself avenged in the
eyes OF the men who would now gladly
impovcriSh themselves for one hour Of
her favor, but who Eol formerly consii-
cred her too poor 10 be the object of
theirs. From her proud elevation,
/ though scarcely seeming 10 smile, in the
/ depths og her being she vibrated from
/ head to foot with the exutation Of tii-
umph, aud her cold brilliance radiated
| their admiration rs diamonds radiate
/ light. She saw IN the elegant audience
many beautiful women, but she felt her.
self to be the most beautiful woman
/ there
On this particular evening an Ameri-
can lady IN one of the boxes, many times
u millionaire, but not pretty, said: II do
not hope 10 resemble the Princess Michel.
for that would be to expect too much,
but only to have her teeth | would give
my hotel in the Champs Elysees and all
il contains, including the contents of my
jewel boS; for with such teeth one need
not be pre.ty-one has but to yawn or
smile and the world is at ones feet.
Eyes, replied diplomat, "but fear
the princess will have occasion TO yawn
oft-ner than to smile, for his excellency,
her husband. has the air of being neither
agreeable nor amusing. Imagine the
princess will regret Paris many times.
Indeed the prince, even Mt the time Of
his marriage. was not I'M agreeable man,
and some years later he was still less so,
to the sorrow of the princess be it said
He owed it to the coquetry of his wife to
be as Jealous rs tiger, and to the favor
of the ear to become minister Of the
police, and the result Of his position did
not serve to render him more amiable
However, he had found the opportunity
to utilize his pubic functions in aid of
his private jealousy. He used his wife's
coachmpn and the servant who opened
the door to further his ends, and his
emissarjes among the police soon placed
in his hands all sorts of anorous declara-
tions addressed TO his wife, in every
strain of ardent and passionate avowal.
However. the flood of correspondence
soon slackened, not because the princess
was less seductive, but because she was
Indifferent or surfeitel, and those who
had coIltided to the post or telegraph
their hopes and fears soon found them
selves the victims of the most uneXpect-
ed and various i'll fortune, and began to
conjecture that either the princess had
the evil eye, or that the eyesof the prince
were too good. Tie correspondence only
revealed to his excellency that his wife
was II harmless coquette, and this els
covery brought II relative satisfaction.
But the exactions of the car in regard
to the nihiliStS now left hrm little time
TO protect the virtue of his wife, and
Judge of his iretfable surprise when one
day the following letter reached his
hands, of which also he recognized but
too we'll the handwriting, though it was
signed by only single initial:
1T appears the emperor will set out
sooner than was expected sor Varsoyie;
hold yourself then in readiness to start
at the earliest warning, fer who knows
when we will find again so favorable an
opportunity?
II do not wish to conceal from you
the difficulties of the undertaking. Ar
range Your plans then for success with
out delay. You will present yourself to
me rs a friend Of my family, travelling
in Russia for your pleasure, Call upon
my mother before you set out; she will
give you some commission for me which
will serve as an introduction in case of
need.