The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-08-01
THE NIHILIST.

men III the empire was Prince Michel,
but reasons of state Will not permit the
designation of his illustrous family
name
During q sojourn IN Paris, just after
the war, he met at one of the receptions
of the Princess Lisa General de Contre-
mont's charming daughter, whom the
Partisan world, just arising from its
ashes, knew under the name of 'the
beautiful Madeleine She was also as
poor as she was beautiful.
Michel was smittaa in spite of his
forty years and his long formed resolu-
ton of celibacy. For fifteen years he
had withstood the Establishments of de-
signing young ladies and the maneuvers
of their aristocratic na1nmas, who had
thrown themselves, so to speak, at his
head as bouquets of roses and lilies are
thrown over the foothghts at favorite
diva.
One evening Madeleine said to the
widow Of the hero of Gravelotte,
Mother, would You be satisfied by my
becoming NrincessY
mo, indeed, my daughter, for you
were born beautiful enough to become a
queen
In fact in the most select assembly
such a 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
IN, ia hoe f,-n
who were more or less in love with her
through the whole gamEt Of love, from
respectful admiration to the grand
passion. You can imagine how they
listened to the music; it might as well
have been from the score of ''Mireille"
as from the 'Huguenots," and they
would have been none the wiser
This was probably the most memora-
BILE evening in the young life of Mad
cline, for she felt herself avenged in the
eyes Of the men who would now gladly
impoverish themselves for one hour of
her favor, but who had formerly consid-
cred her too poor to be the object of
theirs From her proud elevation,
though scarcely seeming to c,9'le, in the
depths of her being she yihrated from
| head to foot with the exulfltipn cf tri-
umph, and her cold brilli. rl4iated
| their admiration as diamonds raoiate
| 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 ore Of the boxes. many times
millionaire, but not pretty, saul: II do
not hope to resemble the Princess Michel,
for that would be to expect too much,
but only to have her teeth | would give
it contains, including the contents of my
Jewel box; for with such teeth one need
not be pretty--one has but to yawn or
smile and the world is at ones feet"
eyes, replied a diplomat, 'but | fear
the princess will have occasion to yawn
oftener than to smile, for his excellency,
her husband, has the air of being neither
agreeable nor amusing. imagine the
priEcess will regret Paris many times.
Indeed the prince, even at the time OF
his marriage, was not an 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 tC
be as jealous as i 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 public functions in aid OF
his private jealousy. He used his wife's
coachman and the servant who opened
the door to furthsr his ends, and his
emissiIies among the police soon placed
in his hands all sorts of amorous deClara
tions addressed to his wife, in every
strain OF ardent and passionate avowal.
However, the flood of correspondence
soon slackened, not because the princes.
was less seductive, but because she wa
Indifferent or surfeited, and those wht
had conided to the post or telegraph
their hopes and fears soon found them
selves tire victims of the most unexpect
ed and various i'll fortune, and began tx
conjecture that either the princess haC
the evil eye, or that the eyes of the prince
L
revealed to his excellency that his wifi
was harmless coquette, and this dis
covery brought relative satisfaction
But the exactions of the car in regart
to the nihilists now left him little TIM
to protect the virtue of his wife, an,
judge Of his ireffable surprise when on
day the following letter reached hi
hands, of which also he recognized bu
too well the handwriting, though it wa
signed by only single initial;
sit appears the emperor will set ou
sooner than was expected for Varsovie
hold yourself then in readiness to star
at the earliest warning, for who know
when We will find again SO favorable a
opportunity?
81 dc not wish to conceal from yo
the difficulties of the undertaking. Ar
range your plans then for success with
out delay. You will present yourself t.
me as a friend of my family, travelin
in Russia for your pleasure Call upo
my mother before you set out; she Wi
give you some commission for me whic
will serve as an introduction in case c
need"
The unhappy nrince was beside him
self when he ia finished reading thi
horrible letter, Then this conspiracy
which he fn7s'}t night and day wit
sword, VIII ....on and with exile; thi
pitiless war of armed monsters agains
the life of a single man, had its origin q
his tiresidl! |, was his own wife, hi
beautiful N41 '-jue, vino said to the a!
sassin, at the hour; be ready
striker w., fatality had armed h
foreign wife against his soyereignS Tn