The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-11-11


her bonnet. and thought how the ma
trunly symmetries of her figure would
grace a court And then to have her
portrait painted by some famous Euro
pean artist and hung in the palace as
that of the queens motherT'' Perhaps
several centuries after her death il
would hang there. And for several cen
turtles, no doubt, they would recollect
her great accomplishment over seas in
New York, whence her stock had
sprung. Everybody who could claim
the faintest relationship with her would
do so. Queen Kathleen" would rate
for them as an ancestress worth having;
that humiliating Dendudlow affair
would be mercifully hidden twhy not?l
by the capacious mantle of history itself
Queen Kathleen What delightful
sound il hadl "Clarimond and kath
. leen,'' There was not as much real hon
eyed romanticism in even Romeo and
Juliette."
1t must be confessed that meditations
Of this kind produced an Intoxicating
effect upon this most curious Of Ameri-
can 'aristocrats" Her state of mind
was almost an agitated one 10y the time
that q short stroll had brought her 10
the gates of the birmingham villa She
felt herself on the verge of society here
in Saltravia, felt that today might
prove but the quiet threshold Of many
beautiful morrows. There were not
more than twenty guests present. and
these We're nearly all her own country
folk In the course Of q little time she
was presented TO at least half Of them,
/ finding that she already knew a few.
/ that she had heard of q number upTr.
and that certain Others were not w any
means Of desirable type. Then il en-
( tered her shrewd mind that this -: into
which she had drifted was altogether
| the wrong set. and that If she kept
kathleen quite out OF it she wouid be
/ doing q most prudent act.
The Jerningharns. brother ard sister.
/ had evidently q great grudre against
/ the king and his court. and it was
pleasant for them to feel that their
f friends were Of the same rather rancor-
Gus mind. They never spoke AGAINST
/ Clarimond. but they hinted that he was
/ flippant and frivolous and had ali the
4 proverbial bad faith Of princes Brother
and sister were oddly alike, both being
tall and slim. both having a sunkeu
look about the cheeks and slaty-hued
eyes with pink-edged lids. They both
talked with q slight lisp. and in talking
used their hands with the same jerky
/ little gestures Neither of them often
said ~. " it was always we with them.
50 that after awhile You got the impress
sion that nothing happened siUgiy -
this devoted brother and sister. but that
human experience treated them 70 its
good and its Ill in perpetual duo. Is the
rain and sun treat two apples on a single
steam.
Harriet birmingham made herself
notably civil to Mrs. Kennaird, and
after awhile they had private chat to-
cethe- amid the general b1bbie Of the
little modish drawinE-roCm.
We hear Your daughter Is 50 won
dcrfully beautiful, Ms. Ecnnaird. &c
said the sister Of the deposel ART super
intcndcut. Pardon me. but we DO,
And it grieveS me greatly to herr that
she l. indiSppSed to-day. The waters
inst like that NeCan't live away from
them now. though at first we thought
them really quite horrid. That is why
nv dear brother hasn't departed from
Saltrcvia- mean since Mr.. Eric
Thaxter caused the king to treat him
50 cruelty. But perhaps You haven
heard about that. No? oh, then.
won't bore you with our private griev-
ances. And vet. after all. they've be
come horribly public ever since my dear
brother was ousted from his position
and that Alonzo Lispenari was made to
replace him
"Alonzo Lispenard," broke in Mrs.
Kennaird. Isis he in 3 t-avia?"
Il believe he is in Munich now.
th0urh there Is report that he viii be
back next week for the great royal ball
al the palace. Pray, do You know hIm?'
''Yes-yes, I've met him Hes IA
New Yorker. you know"
True. scPpnse You have met him
in society over tkcre-tEc Four Hun
dred, as they call i;?'
Yes" said Mrs. kcrnGiri. feeling &
little dizzy and hardly knowing just
what answer left her lips. Quite right
It-cr-was in the Four Hundred as
you sly"
such 4 queer name. isr't it, bab5led
Miss birmingham We can't get used &c
il. Won know. There was nothing OF
that sort when we were there.
.'Oh. yes, there was" her listener
might mentally have said, only you
-,
Kennaird was il no mood for any such
comments, whether mute OF vocal
And 50 this Alonzo Lispenard." she
presently faltercd. holds position
here under the king"
''Oh. yes-a-t superintendent YOU
know. Eric ThGzter. the adored friend
of Clarimond. took 1t away from us
that Is, mean from my brother-anc
gave it with the kings fun sanction
70 this Nh Lispenard"
u sec. l see
Pray. is it true continued Mis-:
birmingham. that he was engaged to &
beautiful girl in New York. who Tilted
him the moment she heard he'd lost eli
his money!
..Really. thinl, its quite false" TnuT
INJURED Mrs kelnaird- She getaway from
the villa as soon Is decent poiteaess
would permit She late afternoon made
the exauisitelv-terded and stained lawns
II front of the hotel look like squares
and Iaedalliors Of dark green plush
From an immense japanese pasoca that
burned with as many tints as II II had
been builded out Of q fallen rainbow
foated music made by one Of the most
perfect orchcstras in Europe kath'
lccn. in a plain dove-colored gown,
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