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

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eel Euppcse AlonzO hasn't dared 70 say
q word against you. Kathleen Other I
wise he'd certainly have relieved him
self of untold spleen, my dear"
''Hc never carried Erudgess' the girl
said, as If her own thought was her sole
auditor.
knows he had a monopoly of most other
fauitsI' At this particular time any
praise of AloEzo was for some reason
specially nauseuus to Mrs EenuairL-
''And as for keeping silent about us to
the king, why, there isn't the least doubt
that he'll do so. How would he dare
do otherwise now that Clarimoud has
become your actual slave"
Mamma! Mamma exclaimed Eath-
leeu- You VIII make me so ridiculous
if anyone by chance Overhears you ia
these moods"
''NIoods2" bristlsd hermother. what
moods? I'm eresssiUgZy reticeutl Eou
are so drou at times Kathleen As il
any mother could bear more calmly
than I do the splendid tho unparaI-
Ieled honor which Overhuugs you"
kathleen looked dzedly at the speaker,
with her eyes moisteninF a little and
her under lip trembling. IL wish you
would not speak like this she taltered-
eft distrCsses me So"
Her mother continued however, STATE
ing that she had not the vaguest doubt
Clarim1ud would soon sturtle his court
more lzecnly than he had dreamed of
startling IL before that Kathleen had
only TO wait "a little while longer and
the stars would drop ripe and shining
in her lap that all past annoyance
modification defeat was to end glOri-
ousIy in unique triumph
Kathleen listened, and then slipped,
as soon as she could, into the privacy OF
her own chamber. The king had said
that he would revisit her to-day. There
was only an hour yet before the time of
his coming. She did not want to see
him again, and yet she did want to see
him again. What was it? Did it mean
that he might bring her certain tidiugs
Of Aionz0? Did it mean this? Did it
really mean this? Or was she injected
with the fervor of her mothers over
leapiug ambition? Her mother! Tho
sense of that personality that cOmpau-
ionship, so tremendous. SO drastic in it's
influence, its domination terrified her.
T She looked into her own brain as ib
were, and found there nothing but q
/ depressing tumult. How would she act
if action should indeed be required OF
/ her? No, no; the need OF such action
would not, could not, come. He a
/ lzingl 1t was fatuity to dream of what
/ her mother had so boldly prophesied
/ Her hands were at intervals very trem-
/ ulOus while she dealt with her toileti
/ and once or twice she felt as if she must
/ desist from IL and seek the one sort OF
f aid that just then would have been
. least to her taste
But when the king came she received
him with much composure. Her mother
was to-day in visible throes. To Kathleen
. her disarray was pathetic. The per-
. turbed lady gave one or two spusmodig
/ Curtsies which were a mouEuful travesty
/ of her usual serene equipoise. She was
SO drunk with the heady wine fur
. nished by the fact of this fourth royal
/ visit that collaboration made her almost
stagger- Clarimoud, calm and gentle
manliile as usual, appeared to notice
nothing. Perhaps" thought Kathleen,
che is used to such grOvGllinE servility.
Poor mamma, viii she ever get out of
the room with q decent grace, she who
has prided herself for years on doing
nothing uwzwardly2'
But at last the door closed on Mrs,
Tcnuaird's ducIzing and criugiug figure
AS this happened Kathleen breathed an
audible sigh of relief The sigh ended
in a feverizh laugh, and she said with
sudden candor, to her guest:
Its dreadful how you've dcmoraIizel
my mother You must sec SO i men
ton it,"
'Demoralized her2 I?"
/ "Chl then You don't sec monsieur
mamma isn't accustomed to llingsi tina
is ALL
And are you?" he said with his sweet
kind smile. They We're now seated op
pOsite one another, and near "a larg,
window that gave one q fine view of tn,
: mountains and still finer view of hi
white, muny-turreted palace
1 mo" she answered. but mamma
? OH you must have noticed. You're G
royalty, as they call it, and you'v,
? turned her head It's odd, too, for she
3 has met all sorts of great people-priml
3 ministers dukes even the Euglisl
3 prince himself I seem so vul
2 gar when / talk like thisl I do hop
? you'll excuse me. No doubt, you ar
b used to embarrassing people especial.
Americans"
He shook his head, smiling. 81 huv
b always thought it rather hard to en-
barrass Americans" he replied. CON
o in particular" he uddedi and then hi
smile dCcpeneds as he watched her witt
r a glance fun of drolery both frank ant
6 sly.
% IF you mean me, monsieur she re
{ turned, with d slight shrug, "G an
somehow proof against all surprises
I It's very scaudalous, no doubt TO &c
2 knowledge as much at my age"