The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-05-27
CHAPTER xvi
Prince Henry What pagan may that be9
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Prince Henry-What pagan may that be?
king Henry ".
It is no doubt delightful, and thin
to be greatly desired and zealousl
striven for, to stand well with our fel
low-men; nevertheless, there is such
thing as an oppressive and embarrass
ing popularity.
1t IS not, indeed, the universal priv.
uege to learn this fact by personal ex-
perience; but Allan North was fated tc
make the agreeable discovery. he
awakened the next morning to the
knowledge that he was, at least for tho
present time, the most popular man in
X; and he was forced to submit
smiling to the enthusiastic hero-wor-
ship that the tickle public is always
SO ready to lavish upon its favorites.
Had his mind been free from any per
sonal anEieties and cares he might have
found this an interesting experience
but there were many matters vitallv ar
fecting himself, whose Importance 81
far overshadowed the political Issue
with which he had become temporarii7-
identified. that its intrusion upon hi
thoughts and attention seemed like al
impertinence, only to be endured as phil
osophically as possible for policy sake
The unexpected demand upon him
for formal public address and the
necessity of meeting this emergency
had for the time driven his own affair
from his mind; but no sooner was the
crisis safely passed than his thoughts
turned more eagerly than ever to the
possibilities and hopes and fears which
the last two days had developed. That
one moment, when he stood before the
steps of the Clement house and caught
the heeting vision of one who, if she
were not in very truth the proud and
beautiful Myra who had once reicned
royalty in his heart and who now lived
IN his bitterest memory, was SO strange
~ like her that the sight of her face had
thrilled him with sudden passion-that
one moment, full of keen pain, of eager.
mad hope, he had lived over and over
again, solacing himself thus until the
moment should come when he could !
hange this suspense to certainty.
In the meantime, speculation was
rife. If it were really she. his Mvra. |
by what strange fatality cid they meet
acre in Y? And why should she he
With Mrs. Maynard? BY what curious
realz of fortune were these two women,
whose interests had become SO closely
nterwoven with his own, though he
lad never before suspected their mutual
thus thrown together?
CT course his reflections on this point
we're mere fruitless conjecture; never
heless they possessed a great faseina-
ion for him, and even his satisfaction
8 having solved the mystery so long
nveloping Annie Dupont was quite
elipsed by this far deeper personal
ceiling.
He did not, however, lose sight of the
ecessity for caution; and for the pres
ut he realized that his professional in
srests must be paramount. The flower
access. which he hoped to pluck, was
ill just a little beyond his reach and
lrTounded by the nettle uncertain ,
Z; until this prize was secured he must
ose his eyes to all other allurements
zen though his only chance, or hope
happiness lay within them.
It was therefore solely in pursuance I
his professional duties-or so he as i
red himself with great emphasis +
at he went on the morning following d
s signal success at the opera house to +
II on Mrs. Maynard, before proceed
g to Evansburg on his second and G
obablv decisive visit, and give h@r h
me hint Of the turns that affairs were +
king. !
His walk thither was enlivened by q
rious incident, which, however, he h
ght soon have forgotten but for it's :,
sedy and embarrassing sequel. n
de had just entered upon the quiet a
ia of Delaplaine street, absorbed in q,
own interesting reflections, when n
attention was idly directed toward n
gentleman in an invalid's chair -,
lich an attentive valet was slowly ii
shing along the pavement. The ~
n, shrunlen figure in it's rich attire. cc
-rkling with diamonds and resplen- b.
1t in fine linen, attracted perhaps
her more than a casual attention fe
m North, whose mind was impressed d1
the painful contrast between the
ect wretchedness of the invalid's w
G and the pomp and splendor of his hi
ward circumstances. Helpless and til
fering. he was evidently not one N.
ON the severe discipline of physical CIV
lotion had softened and refined; it II.
) but too obvious that here was u
ID as warped and diseased as its as
i tenement. The expression of his in
: betrayed a harsh, selfish nature
s"gerated almost to 2 grotesque de-