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

attention. U =
Present MajestyP cried R.,o.
booksbeutel, chief Of the seoree r,ol;s.
OF Roxanbloxanfels.
Bocksbeutel,' said His M.;..s,
wihta melodramatic gesture. ipdicst;rs
Sylvia Seton, I commit this unformr.tee
!ady 10 your charge. Poor thing. ahe
IS q: mad IS halter, said His Maiest,
In loud voice for the benefit of the ~.
ISLANDERS. "
by this time the Princess VII.
helmine and her daughters had come
to, and then His Majesty gave the Won
OF command. 'Vorwarts, he cried. and
the royal party moved ON. When thav
reached the royal apartments Primo
Conrad was placed under provis;orsl
arrest, and after he had dined (thev II.
ways dined at at Roxanbloxanfels. be.
cause they were so virtuous) IN,
Majesty Prince Albrecht sent for the
crestfallen Conrad.
Conrad, said his majesty in a tor.
rible voice, 8 is it true that the eldest o,
my sixteen august children has dis.
graced himself?'
'Aas 81 bete,' answered Prince Con.
rad. who was very proud of his french
we were married-ma loi, it was but a
comedy, little father. The priest who
performed the ceremony was my con.
fidential valet, and the prince chuckled
and smiled, and tugged at his great
straw colored mustache.
For q whole minute his serene
transparency the Prince Albrecht was
lost in deep thought.
You deceived this young girl, then,
he said. Son Conrad said the mon
arch, firmly, 4 am known IS the most
moral sovereign in Europe; that title is
very dear to me. Mirerable boy, you
must be married at once.'
"The luckless Prince Conrad fell
upon his knees. He begged, he prayed
he vowed that the Princess Amalia of
Roulettenburg was dearer to him than
life. But his majesty was not to be
moved, and he rang the bell for the
court chaplain. The prime minister
was sent for, and the British envoy resi-
dent at the court of Roxanbloxanfels
was hurriedly summoned. Within
half an hour Sylvia Seton was married
to Prince Conrad in the private chapel
of the palace of Roxanbloxanfels.
Bride and bridegroom parted forever
at the altar rails. Sylvia Seton was
now a serene highness, but she declined
to have anything more to do with
Prince Conrad. She refused the hand
some provision offered her by her royal
father-in-law. She left for Paris the
same night. Within the week Prince
Conrad committed suicide. I was go
ing to say he blew his brains out, but
that was impossible; but he did shoot
himself through the head. The thing
was nine days wonder.
@As for Sylvia Seton, she is Sylvia
Seton still. That's her story. Her sad
dream of love and ambition was over,
and from that day to this, Nibbs, that
woman worked like slave. She might
have married we'll half dozen times
had she pleased, but she will remain
Sylvia Seton to the end of the chapter.
Her story has been forgotten long ago"
you're not asleep. Nibbs ?" asked
Sir John Protocol little anxiously.
Asleep, Jack, my boyP answered
that gentleman. @Your story was most
interesting and absolutely new to me.
I know most of your stories, Jack, he
added with q little yawn. "By the way,
is their word of truth in it?"
@Look in the 'Almanach de Gotha, ."
said Sir John dryly.
Lets have brandy and Soda" said
Mr.. Nibbs, "and drink her health"
And so they did.-St James Bud
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