Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-07-25

have ohoked of any ordinary man, but
it didn't choke OF Prince Conrad, and
one day, to our intense establishment.
We heard that he had married her; and
the pair appeared everywhere, and none
OF us were surprised to see that abe
looked very miserable, indeed. But
everybody said that she played hez
cards wonderfully we'll; and the women
all envied her diamonds, and the men
all envied the Prince of Roxanbloxan-
fels. For my own part, being young
and romantic at the time, I pitied the
poor little English girl. for I knew that
her husband was q drunken brute, q
cruel, heartiess ruffian, who would be
sure to treat her badly sooner or later.
within three months the Prince, her
husband, left her. and he left her with
out penny in the world. She didn't
go back to the stage. She waited on in
obscurity, living with her mother, and
she made no sign until the approaching
marriage of Prince Conrad, her hus-
band, with Princess Amelia, of Rou.
lettenburg, was formally announced.
And then she came to ask for advice at
the legation. She told Pugsley, our
Chancellor. that q Catholic priest had
married them in her mothers lodgings ;
she didn't know the name of the priest;
she had no certificate of marriage.
Pugley gave her good advice.
@My dear young lady" said Pugsley,
you are either legally married to
Prince Conrad or your marriage to his
serene highness was q mere sham; in
which case. as am strongly inclined to
suspect, the Prince will have brought
himself within the French criminal law.
Should your marriage have been . legal
one, Prince Conrad would not be 80
foolish As to go through an empty form
of marriage with the Princess of Rou-
lettenburg. The best thing you can do
is to bide your time. Should this mar
rage take place you can set the Grim
inal law in motion, and as British sub
iect you would have every assistance
from the embassy here"
And then if I succeed in proving my
marriage, sir, I should ruin the life of
the unhappy lady whom Prince Conrad
is about to lead to the altar. Diplomacy
is machine that it takes long time to
set in motion, Mr.. Pugley, and shall
go to Roxanbloxanfels to complain"
They'll probably have to buy you
off in the end, mademoiselle?
Perhaps have failed to make my
self understood, Mr.. Pugsley, said the
lady. You are speaking, sir, to the
wife of Prince Conrad of Roxanbloxan-
fels.'
@'Quite so, said Pugsley, angry at
being snubbed-the lady whose husband
is about to be united to the Princess of
Roulettenburg. Even princes. he went
on, don't, as rule, commit bigsmy in
this nineteenth century, Nine. la Prin-
cesse.'
Il could have kicked that brute
Pugsley. But she never noticed the
insult.
Mr.. PROTOCOL she said, will you
take me to my carriage?' And, as she
said the words, whether she was a Sc
rene highness or only little English
plsyer-girl, she looked q very queen
not queen of the footlights, mind you,
but the genuine article.
@Then she favored Pugsley, who
looked very foolish, with condescend-
ing bow, and I gave her my arm and
took her out to her carriage, which was
a common hack cab. She evidently
believed she was married to that triple
brute. the Prince Conrad.
Have you any further commands,
Princessg I asked. All of us here,
with the exception of Pugsley-who,
between ourselves, is an ass-are your
devoted slaves. There's nothing we
wouldn't do for you, and if you are in
any difficulty or trouble we hope you
will make use of us, for. Princess, we
all love you for your talent, for your
beauty, and for your pluck, and above
all things, madam. because you are our
countrywoman.'
@She thanked me and her lovely eyes
looked all the brighter for the tears
that stood in them as she did so.
@That night Sylvia Seton and her
mother left Paris for Roxanbloxanfels.
"Now, the reigning monarch of Rox-
an OlOX80I0lS was CQ0 18tu0E OF us Poo.
pie. He was . tremendously virtuous
monarch, and at the time I am speaking
virtuous monarchs upon the continent
of Europe were very rare. Every Sun
day morning it was the custom of the
reigning Prince of Roxanbloxanfels to
appear publicly on the broad walk that
ran in front of the palace, and the Rox-
snbloxanfelsers, his loyal subjects, and
the English tourists who were stopping
at the neighboring baths at Klein Kohl
wasser would come to see the sight.
Nobody ever spoke to the reigning
Prince Is he headed the procession. the
Princess upon his arm, or the royal
family Of RoxanbloxanfelA. Behind
him, two and two, came the sixteen
members Of the royal family. eight
Princes and eight Processes, and all of
them were virtuous-all except Conrad,
the afianced husband of Princess ANA
liza of Roulettenburg. who, - you
know, was . very bad one indeed.
snow, Albrecht, reigning Prince Of
Roxanbloxanfels, was ambling along
the center of the great gravel walk