The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-12-09

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which he had held with his mother, and .
which had perhaps caused him more .
secret pain than any which he at all /.
had held since his accession to the Sal ,
travian throne.
CHAPTER XII
The court was already furnished with F.
rich material for busiest gossip but q .
few more mOrrows were destined to
cast in shade even so pregnant topic .
as ClarimOnd's cOgent reprimaud of
Prince PhiIibert. The king had been I
seen publicly strOiling through his own
grounds with Kathleen; he now as pub
Hcly visited her at the hotel, spending
hours each day in the pretty sitting
room which Mrs. Kennaird at once Sc
cured for his own and her daughters
comfort, as downstairs they would al
most have been mObbed by gaping for
eigners. The mental condition of Mrs.
Eennaird, at this particular time, was
one of hysterias narrowly vergiug upon
dementia. The kings open admiration
Tor her child filed her with a feeling
toward him which might have given
her, if she could have looked upon her
self Just as she now was, and looked
from normal eyes, many shivers OF
shame. She had impulses to fling her
self on her knees before Clarimond, and
press her lips to his hand, telling him
/ that he was the most gOdlIke being the
] world had ever seen, and that his good
ness in giving heed to Kathleen reused
her deathlCss maternal gratitude.
The American snob, who is apt to be
/ the most mettiesOme and affirmative OF
/ all snobs yet recorded, had risen ram
/ pant in Kathlcen-s mother She could
. not Sleep she could scarcely eat a NOR
/ sci, and then did not know of what
/ food she partOolz. At first she had ideas
/ of sending to Paris for a robe in which
/ to array her child at the state ball.
. Then, after this plan had been vetoed
by Kathleen, she grew reconcilcd to the
idea that the girl might create a more
. striking effect if clad with the utmost
. simplicity. After all, let her be attired
/ in the plaiucst of white froclzs- What
other beauty in all Saltraviu could stand
so trying a test?
eyes, It Is wiser" she said, ezcitedly,
to Kathleen. (Of late she had done and
said every thing cxcitcdly, yet with her
effort to appear self-reprcssed hardly
better concealed than that of the fugi-
tive ostrich-) My dear, You are quite
right People VIII look at you more,
and in SO doing they will see you as you
really are Besides, it's in far nicer
taste"
oh said Kathleen, Struggling her
. shoulders, 81 should like a handsome
gown what girl in the circumstance
wouldn't? But to telegraph To Worth or
Felix, and to send either of them money
VIC could so i'll afford!-why, the very
thought Of it is pure nonsense, mamma
as YOU must be aware"
Il wasn't thinking of the expense, -"
replied Mrs. Kenuairds with little ir-
rcpressiblo catching of the breath
''Therc are certain things one allg1ya
can afford
kathleen laughed and shrugged her
shoulders. You mean, / suppose, that
4 r.r-
oBaize more severely than we've yet
ooh, no; didn't mean that. II
didn't mean that IN the least" said her
mother.
Kathleen gave. no answer, divining
what had really been meant. II heE
mother only knew the actual substance
Of her late Conversations with the king
They had principally talked Of her past
engagement to Alonzo Lispenurd- She
had been very frank; she had told
ClHrimond everything and had found in
him "a most gracious and friendly listen
er. He had asked her many questions
to all of which she had replied with
thorough candor. AS regarded the i'm
preston that she had made upon him
1 she could not doubt that &c had been
one Of strong fascination. This in &C.
self was nothing newt most men, under
a certain age, had shown her but one
aDEh OF AAD-L-aalEa O nave a KING SNOW
p il was entirely novel, and not Hstlt
dizzyiug. Moreover such a king as he
filed to his 6nger-tips with all tho
graces that please women handsome
? courtly- amusing, ia countless ways
j the choicest OF male comPanionsi
Z For three afternoons he dropped il
d upon her, and in each time her mother
. contriving soon to slip from the apart
. ment and leave. them together Mrs
Z Eennaird had no fear of the faintes
T imprudence on Kathleen's part If SHIT
e had thought at all on this subject &
5 would have been 20 decide that he
d daughters American blood would saw
70 her fro1 even a dream Of folly Be
. sidrs had she not already learned tina
II Clarimond was the most honorable mai
I. {, In his own kingdom? Let people chat
ter, as they undoubtedly were chatter
20 ing. Among the hotel-resideuts IL we
a jealousy, pure and simple What chiei
- " concerned this very agitatcd lad
was the question of how Alouzo ha
thus far acted and of how at any mg
ment he might take it into his head {
: act Here he was returned &c Sa
p travia, the bosom friend of the king
= bosom friend He must have hear
= that Clarinond was intensely capt
waited with kathleen Every body va
= talking OF the affair. Stories had e
aaost that the princes Of Brindisi ha
b., already pleaded by letter the inteEvel
= ton OF the emperor.
''You are SO rcticent, my dear" 81
- said 70 Kathleen one evening at the o.
OF the kings third visit You new
3. VIII tell me what he says about Aicui
to You Does he not mention hirnF'
Rarely. mamma, and then zlEu,
rs with izindness."
"Eindnszs, m-yesn Mrs. Eenuan
- pszssd her lips AttLe. They EAU
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