Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-05-20

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| lost the train. The prince consoles you;
| you are consoled, and by the time Mar
! settles is reached you are sufficiently friend
| ly to ask favor The train Is just about
to start again. / present myself at the
door of the coupe and a great scene of hap
pjness ensues. have been in the train all
the while, but missed you somehow at Nice
station.
There is no time for explanation-may
/ Jump in2 You appeal to the prince-he
| cannot refuse-and jump. The train goes
on. 1t is dark now, and presently a some
| thing which was once a too jealous Rus
| sian official is flung out on to the line mt a
| desolate place. At Lyons two wearied tray
elers, not a bit like you and |, leave the
| train and cut across country to Geneva.
By the time that thing in the desolate place
is discovered we are lost in the crowd and
gone on our several ways"
Kolnitz checked himself at a muttercd
"Hushl' from his companion, and Mrs.
! Vanhuysen entered the salle--this time by
the door, presumably to go to her own
apartments.
The effect upon the two conspirators was
simultaneous and decided KoluiJz nut
tered gutteral German oath and stared
blankly at madame, in whose WIDE open
eyes a look of trouble was gathering
Ibid you hear thatY Kissed the baron.
1T is as / feared. The whole pretty fabric
falls. The prince is to stay for a week"
Control yourself" whispered the WON
an. YES; l heard plainly enough. She
told the waiter to inform the maitre d'ho-
tel that the apartments Of NJ. lie Prince are
retained for a week certain. That walk in
the grounds has done it evidently"
Uletr eat orfta pff11 r,opioffpe dappItr 10
some moments At length the baron rose
Il feel, he said, like playwright who
on the eve of the production of his master
piece is told to change his plot, his scenery
and some Of his characters, retaining the
stars of the piece, and yet to be ready at the
appointed hour. No matter We shall kill
somehow before the 18th. But for myself,
feel no longer like work for today. ! shall
seek distraction at the tables at Monte Car
10 and not return till midnight Will you
accompany me"
II will join you later in the day" she re
piled. Il cannot dismiss our purpose from
my mind so easily. | shall 90 to my room
now and think. ! must study Nine. Van.
huysen and the prince, and perhaps ! shall
be able to hit upon some new idea. will
meet you at the Casino In time for dinner
and we can return together
1t was not till +o'clocS hat Nine. Nosen
thai emerged from her room, ready dressed
for her trip to join the baron at Monte
Carlo. She had some little time to spare
before the train to the gambling resort was
due to start, and she decided to employ the
interim in prospecting the movements of
the intended victim. Tothis end, however,
It was necessary that she should scrape ac-
quaintance with Mrs Vanhuysen and study
her relations with Spandoff more closely.
Madame proceeded to the garden at the
rear of the hotel Here there was a foun.
tain, and chairs were set out under the trees
for the use Of the visitors. The Russian
was nowhere to be seen, but there was Mrs.
Vanhuysen, seated quite alone and pen.
sively watching the play Of the spiral Jets.
1t was an opportunity too good to be lost.
| The adventures approached and, seating
herself in the chair near by, remarked on
the beauty Of the scene. Mrs. Vanhuysens
reply was as brief as was consistent with
/ politeness.
II hear that the prince is to stay here for
a week That will be very charming for
| you, proceeded madame, nothing daunted.
J Pardon me, but we have noticed that he
seems greatly smitten."
Mrs. Vanhuysen stared at her with I'm.
have been real smart TO do that, " she blurt-
ed out at length, surprised into the Ian
guage Of the States.
She who called herself Mosenthal nodded
and smiled. 1T is too plain for error, mad
anne" she simpered. viii hespend much
Of his time at the tables think yous"
The intrusion was being pushed too far
to please even American free-and-easiness
II cannot say" replied Mrs Nanhuysen.
neither can | see that it concerns you.
But" she added, and rose joyfully from
her chair, there he comes himself You
had better ask him"
The adventures rose also aud looked
around. a wen dressed, dapper looking
man with a travelling bag ia hi, hand and
railway rug over his shoulder was ad
vancing from the hotel
"Thatw said Nine. Mosenthal. "that is
not Prince Spandof."
"Who said it wass' snapped Mrs. Van
huysen. But it is the prince am mostly
] concerned in, and the one you have been
talking about, guess, seeing you knew he
was to be here for "a week-my afianced
husband, John G. Prince Of Denver, /. 5.
A, very much at your service. SpaBdOf
left by the rapide an hour ago. He is well
on his way to Russia by this. How are
you, Johnnief"
And while pale faced woman with mad
| eyes and twitching fingers walked slowly
away, the pretty widow was telling her
lover how chummy she had been with
real live prince, and how she had tried and
failed TO make him stay for their wedding
At (which John c. Prince of Denversmiled
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