Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-05-03

There he com s. that's her'
"WhaE Tha' tail man on the other
Ede Of the stree Well. he's splendidly
handsome, if yer any man was, but
with a slight shudderl there's some
thing in his lace that frightens me,
though l don't know why"
"Ahl do you feel like that too? Well
it's very odd, but every n that looks
at him SAYS the same. The first time
ever saw him l felt just as l used 10 feel
when / was a child over the pictures Of
those dreadful enchanted men in the
fairy tales who. when midnight came,
turned into wolves or tigers or devils,
and devoured every n within reach"
No one who knew them would ave
laid an overvivid Imagination 70 the
charge Of tbs two worthy burghers who
were gOssiping thus in the main street
OF Marseilles; vet this man had strange
" impressed them both. and the impress
SION for which there seemed % be nc
possible reason was exactly the same in
both cases.
Meanwhile the subject of their talk
a tall, fine looking man in the prime Of
life, wearing a handsome though rather
theatrical Hungarian dress, which set
Of his noble figure to full advantage
vent slowly along the opposite sidewalk,
with his head bent down as if in deep
thought, and seemingly unconscious OF
the admiring glances shot at him by
many passing ladies.
Suddenly he raised his head as if he
had come 10 some final decision on the
subject that wa occupying his thoughts.
As he did so his eyes met those of a tiny
girl who was being carried past him IN
She arms Of a stout market woman. A
moment before the child had been laugh
ing gleefully and playing with the fringe
of her mothers shawl, but as she encoun-
tered the piercing glance Of those large,
black, fiery eyes, she trembled and began
to cry.
God protect u.s. muttered the moth.
er, hastily signing the cross over the
shuddering infant; that man must
surely nave the evil eyer
As the stranger passed on two men
who we're chatting at the door Of a large
stone house turned TO look at him.
'If that fellow were only a poor mar
I'd hire him for a model this very day,
said the taller of the two, a distinguished
French artist, in a tone Of irrepressibl'
enthusiasm. His face is worthy Of Van
dyke"
Worthy Of The Police Gazette, yor
mean" growled hiscompanion, who wa
no other than the project of police him
self. Mark my words, friend Victor
that man viii commit some horribl'
crime one day or other, if indeed Ia
hasn't lone it already"
And who then was this man VIII
seemed 70 inspire such a universal feel
ing of mingled horror and admiration,
This was the very question which
every one in Marseilies was asking, an'
which no one seemed able 10 answer
All that was as yet known Of the stran
ger was that he had arrived from Pan
a few weeks before, attended by half
dozen fierce looking fellows in the dres
OF Hungarian foresters; that he haI
gone straight to the largest hotel an
taken a whole suite Of rooms TO hImsel
at a cost worthy Of Dumas Count o
Monte Crsto, in the name Of Prince Ke
retsenyi. JanOsz castle, Southern Transyl
vania." and that at a public ball tw
DAYS after his arrival he had signalizef
Ills EuLIduCt AAlD ApCeA bp-ADDg ~ % g
that made him at once the talk Of ID
whole town,
Among the guests at the ball was
certain dragon captain, Louis Du Va
by name, a noted bully and duelist, VIII
was always on the lookout for a qua
rel He was standing amid a circle {
his admirers when the Pennsylvania
prince entered. The sudden introduS
ton Of this superbly handsome strange
BY such a renowned historical name
that of Keretsenyi sent a buzz Of excit'
ment through the whole room, but Cap
Du Val laughed s~eornfully, and observe
In a tone evidently meant 10 reach tn
princes ears that these Hungana
counts and princes often carried a
their estate on their backs, and tina
their title deeds were sometimes to /
found in the register Of the neare
prison.
Scarcely were the insulting words u
tered when Keretsenyi steRped quick