St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-19

for. About your ancestry. means, his
tory, and all that, | do not care a rap
''She gave a hard little laugh, and
told me her name.
"Great heavens This girl whom l
loved, who had avoWed love in return,
was daughter Of the highest reigning
house in Europe, a princess whom an
emperor's son might marry.
81 loosed my arms involuntarily. and
started back. | believe | nearly tainted.
''She was CHASTITY pale, but her wits
appeared collected.
"'NoW, you see,' she said, 'hOW we
are situated. Let us say no more. Let
us part here-for always. Good-by.'
THAT reused me, and once more l
took her in my arms. l pointed out tnat
if she went away my life would be
ruined; and, by her own showing, her
thousand things to shake her resolve. l
believe | must have grown almost elO-
quent-as even sloW-tongued man
may do once in his life. / implored her
to throw away her share of the empty
pageltries, the iDtrigues, the hollow
nesses of court life; grew almost ahject
in my prayers that she should cast in
her lot with mine. Then, as she con-
tinued sorrowfullY to shake her head, as
a last resort, | spoke to her of my
wealth, of those heavy thousands which
till now hau been kept so studiously in
the background. and assured her that so
far as mere creature comforts went,
nothing need be lacking. She would
lose no single Jot in that way, it she
would consent to enter upon this new
life, for which, from her own admission,
we were both equally wishful.
"But there she fired up.
"'Do you think so meanly of me- she
demanded, 'as to imagine that paltry
question of money would balance the
difference? II | made morganatic
marriage, you may be sure that love
would have been the only inducement.'
And then her voice sank again, soft and
pleading, and in tones that scarcely rose
above the Soughing of the pines. she
told ME how she was fettered; how an
alliance was already planned for her;
how she might help to bring two great
nations together; Stave off war; pre-
vent the misery of thousands. Her
country had the Omnipotent claim. Her
in Delinations and mine were as nothing
compared to that great call. AS loved
her; by the kiss she gave me then-the
first and last: as l was man, she bade
me help her do her duty.
AIlu lllGIl SIG MCuL lCl way
AZ "The scent of the pines seemed to
have vanished; the mistral came down
cold and rain-laden; Cannes was Acel-
DANA"
He stopped there. After pause 1
suggested:
.And so?'
''And SO, Pemberton, l came out here,
made up my mind to cut into new line
scientific discovery, and all the rest of
it. Well. ta-ta, old man. Give the
Geneva bottle holiday this evening
and get those camels for me, like good
chap. You can understand that change
of air and scene are necessary for my
health"
And then he went out of the store.
The SIENNA trade is thirsty work. Be-
sides, that Internal Khartum idea of
Brane-Desent's worried me. So. per-
haps, during the next day or two l did
nip rather heavily. The climate also
had much to do with it, If you know
Tripoli, you will understand that, for
an Englishman there exporting SIENNA,
such a course is unavoidable. Anyway,
L got conf ned to the house with touch
of The old complaint, and in the mean-
time my scoundrelly Greek partner got