The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-11-11

be happy until / see you married happily j
and brilliantly too. % course --iiis
ClariEnond would be q glorious ErtuIaE1ti
for you I've dared TO dream OF such an
event. Yes, Kathleen. / actually have
And there arc strong reasons, my dear
why 7 should 50 have dreamed. on
remember that Mrs. Winslow In Dres-
den-that bright little Boston woman
with the lemon-colored eyebrow no
gave US our letter 70 the Jerningharns
here? Well, 1t vvas sHe who first reused
In me nay daring idea She looked at
I You on the evening that we dlned with
I her, and uuFmured to me that you had
Z the air Of queen. because your manner
I was at once 50 grand and so simple ana
/ then this she said in the EranlteGt yet
/ most abrupt fashion as If it were only an
I afterthought}, because You were so en-
tirsIy. 50 exceptionally handsone- Be
| fore that the voIublc little creature had
| been speaking OF the king OF Saltfavia-
! She had told me that bis. hatred OF
] morEanat{c marriages had given ottense
/ to some Of the haughtiest mobiles OF Eu-
rope, and that ne had refused to receive
/ Z certain princeIy. cousin OF his on &c
| count of having contracted such an I'll
/ lance. Then she said other things con-
/ corning Clarimond; she spoke OF his in
! tense democracy OF his runored asser-
! ton that he meant to marry the woman
| he loved, even though she were born a
/ regard Tor America and the American
I people. This, my dear, was the secret
/ Of my having brought you here. You
/ see, I'm making clean breast OF it to
you now. Don't stare at me in that
! amazed manner. You act as II you'd
! just heard an explosion Of dynamite"
! 81 have, Enemma-and a rather loud
one"
I gave several short mods kathleen,
] stranger things have happened And if
+ there's a woman living who could bring
about such Development L believe that
I am She
They had reached a small rustic seat,
/ within a thiclxet OF laurels whence rose
4 bust in granite of PousHl1inz the famed
Z Russian poet. Kathleen sank into the
seat almost exhausted, heGving a quick
sudden sigh, while her mother stood be
side her, e presence Of extreme stateli-
ness and distinction.
''Are you tired, my dear, SO soon?" she
asked.
Kathleen looked up at her with cold,
fatigued smile. You've vvearied me
beyond expression" she answered
MY chidi''
! "Oh, mamma, it's truel You know
that I loved hisl, and that ! love him
stiul To you 1t may sound senselcss
enough, but he is more 20 me than a
whole dynasty OF kings! And then for
you to torment me by this new folly!
AS if you had not already made me go
through enoughi As if I We're not the
butt and jeer of hundreds Of people at
this very hourl Surely you might have
some mercy after what you dragged me
. through in LondOn.'
Kathleen Kathleen! This is afro
= cious!"
: without another word she sprGng to her
-s7.4 Loo es-a L--
, mother TO gaze at her figure as it re
I treated among the fringy frontage oi
: the hemloclzs.
/, Well though she believed that she
knew Kathleen, Mrs Kennaird had not
D. a doubt that the actual success of hci
= new and most characteristic design
/ would win from her child the Fladdes
' sort of acquiescence. There are som,
n natures that can no more conceive o.
r others really refusing certain positive
b. worldly gains when the chance comes fol
N Palpably grasping them than a man borE
N color blind can conceive of the light
\ and shade in canvas by Rousseau OF
a Daubigny. If it was fated that this ez
q traordinary, this unprecedented young
D. king should fall in love with her dauEh
ter, his nUptial path would of coUrs
n be one strevn with roses. As if an,
q woman could or would refuse to becOm
p. a queen. kathleen was capable OF od
81 worst vagaries must end - the bound
;, of lunacy.
- That afternoon the Eennairds had *
= ceived an invitation TO go and drink tc
ut the Jetningham's villa. They Ina
not vet met the Jerninrhauns, thong
er brother and sister had both loft card
a upon herself and Kathleen a few day
10 ago, finding them absent from the hote
" When Mrs. keunaird again SOW he
le daughter she refused to pay the pr
Id posed visit,
lie Say that am t:nyyell, mamma, '' Wa
st Kathleeu's announcement. SAY am
or thing you please. I shall not go"
at but you must, my dear. They al
u not people to treat rudely, although
o. have learned since we have been ct Il
IL hotel that they arc exclusively II
en- foreign set and that neither the lziI
II nor any OF his court honor their ente
at tRiumcnts. It seems that Mr., Jernin
h ham has made himself unpopular
ar Saltravia. He has quurreled with Il
lis kings favorite friend the architect WI
II. huiit FOR him that superb marble pala
NJ "a person named Mr.. Eric ThazteT5
.v. American, and
ne Eric Thaxter?' broke in Ruthlee
ad II remember that name. Where have
nd heard it?''
Id, Really don't know, my dear. Pc
lot haps during your London days. !
{ a can't be anyone of the least importau
ny in New York, though ! am told that
as originally belonged there. He Is
his great Importance here, however, he is
sort OF power behind the throne. T
he king IS devoted to him. I must mana
ice to meet him. Poor, dear, Touty G
Mrs Madison has promised to prese
to him soon One secs him now and tn
", It the Casino, she tells mo and not s
dom in the company OF the king hi
rLi, self He has the entree into the We
a most difficult Saltravian houses.
nd deed, why not, since that char1ni
ClRrimond deigns to be his frien
d" TOu viii change your mind about t
ed: I Jerninghans, my dear, viii You not2
i'm No" replied Kathleen, with 1nu
his hrmness- Then she looked at /
ne mother very fiScdly, and pursu,
be- ''NoVv, mamma, let one thing be cleal
stic understood between You and me.
ell; not wish To go at AL into society VIII
at we are in Saltravia. We came here
the watcrs-at least I did. IL you
lee not. It Is late in the day for me to
en- and impress upon you that my soc
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