Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-12

purchase OF the SueZ canal shares TO
Lord Derby, the matter has remained "A
diplomatic sectet, the public has known
nothing Of Il, aud the spirit OF France
was not troubled Today Lord Derby
aud the Due Decuycs are no more. The
shares have remained In the peaceful
possession Of Great Britain, and Lord
Derby could feel ut his death that he
had been the author of one Of the most
clever and paying acts Of patriotism pos
siblc. for besides the immense hold which
this act has given 10 England on the
niuirs Of the Sue2 canal IL gets from
their possession today the enormous sum
u OO.OOO pounds sterling.
THE DUKE AND THE EGYPTIAN
PRINCESS
must add that on two other occasions
1 saw the Duke Dcyuyes the victim Of
almost the Same anger, aud ON both oc-
cusiOns he recalled 10 me the incidents
OF which ! have just spoken and the
gratitude which he felt In reference To
H. | happened once To be with him NJ
Nichy when the sons of lsmah were
stopping there In the charge of an
Egyptian colonel and a tutor whose
name escapes me. One day these
princes gave dinner. They invited
the Duke Drcuyes and mv as well The
boy. aud / was ON the second sons lett.
The dinner, entirely ia the European
fashion, was served by a single maitre
IL hotel The soup had been passed be-
fore we sat DOWN to table, The muitre
a. hotel first served the eldest of the
princes, then the second, then the
others Il believe they We're tOur,l and
il was uuly then that he served the
Duke lccoyvs, who appeared 10 be
somewhat surprised But be- uudoubt-
eddy thought II Gully siuglc oversight.
and, as he was forbidden fish, he re-
fused The course.
ttrs, accustomed 70 being humorcd
Ike prucvs brought up by tutors. who
rvmbcd before them, and they turned
/ aud returned the dishes to got the best
/ portions, 50 that by the time the plate
reached the Duke DecNyes they rcscm-
/ Bile anything but an appetlug appear
/ ancc, The duke had become little
/ pale, lie had omitted the second course,
/ fish being forbidden him. The follow
ing course he had refused so Us TO make
4 his Thought apparent hoping that that
/ would suihcc To call attention To the
[ mistake that was being committed He
was the French minister Of foreign
ufinirs. Nichy WIS French soil. and il
was, so TO speak, France whom these
young foreign princes had invited To
4 their table All honor was due To
France. These dishes ought certainly to
have been first passed TO the duke. and
before the eldest prince should the
plate have reached him second But
matters went ON quite differently.
During the entire dinner, and /, was "A
I long one, the plates were offered i'm
succession TO all the princes am came
back pillugrd to the Duke Dccaycs, Mho
refused them.
! saw his anger rising to his face as
! the dinner went uu, / feared an pNplo-
sion. But the diplomatst restrained
himself and the gentleman In him
| found smile To respond To the priurp
overy time thut the latter addressed
him, which, however was not often
When the dinner was over the duke
called 90 him the officer of ordipunnCa
and said 10 him quietly, nut IN a tone of
muiled wrath; You are not very well
MP In the arrangement of official dim
ners, sir. VIII see that you get better
Instructions
While the oiiicor became livid m
these words, the duke turned his borL
on hlm, und' coming up TO me-. snid.
ln's uhe; 700 ! beg you Tot 60 say
anything about this ridioplous business
u will be quickly set right" Aud. m.
deed, the result was, ] believe. ihnt tbe
unfortunate officer soon lost his situa-
tiCn
THE DUKE AND FHE ITALIAN
MlNlSIENS
The other time wnG saw the duke
Decayrs angry and ~ he silently
recalled ny discretiOnf ,fereaee N
the Sucz Shurcs was AL -
France had seut AIS be Ora
noque. 90 Cyta-Ne.chia.h ia nm.
ch0red and for soeia Won N ~,
as Il SORT of dedaneo IL n,n,..ol
unity OF ltalya Tho idss VIZ /,
were nece SAN. the Ens
there a rclug mil
safe Stage iu ~,ts5a- ~
soil w
This ship, al !,
| protests againstR N
10y the Italians c.p
Z ritauon In lie IN
4 Nigra, theu
, | Paris. often
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r orthogmphe obsn
g was cOmmittinE
. Italy.
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> why don't yoa an ku
q | cayesF
i That's imposslhle.p ~,
i theFalier Nigra. "thnce a6sinn NJ.
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