St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-06-29
GOOD LUCK.

tttL r of chance is sometimes sus-
tn atded the mysterious barrier which
Pe' noor humanity makes "all the
" 1vaarence"-even the difference be-
t tween life and death.
'" The table d'hote breakfast in the
u,sat sale was nearly over. The
Guests had mostly risen, some to
ssounter in the pleasant grounds,
o 9l to 60 to their rooms to make
oorronarations for expeditions farther
pp6elId all alike more or less bent on
SSnra;ning to the dregs the cup of
Measure which in Nice is always
P"bblng to the brim. But at the
end of the long table two groups,
sitting near each other and similarly
composed, yet having no connection,
.tIl fingered over the grapes and
The tall, dark man deep in CONVEX
.ation with Mrs. Vanhuysen, the
nrctty American widow, was Prince
bemetrius Spanboff, Russian Off
ciaI high in favor with the car, who,
having worked hard for II months
Of the year at swelling the train
gangs to Siberia, was spending the
twelfth as holiday in the sunny
south. At home in St. Petersburg
thc prince was a silent enigma, car
ryng dread in his frown and his
smile alike. Here in the Riviera he
was a chattering schoolboy, divid-
ing his time pretty equally between
the Casino at Monte Carlo and the
Offering of perfectly harmless HON.
age to the fair American.
1t was the last day of his holiday,
and the chance acquaintance which
had been so pleasant for the last
few weeks was to come to an end
that afternoon with the princes
departure northward by the rapide.
The lady must have been persuading
him to prolong his. stay despite the
call Of duty, for as she rose and
swept gracefully toward one Of the
open French windows she said in
voice loud enough to reach the other
group:
"0nIy week; it is such short
time. You have been so kind and
good am sure you could spare me
that"
The prince rose also, and following
with his hand on his heart made
answer:
Madame, you ask what is i'm
possible and what gives me pain the
most exquisite to refuse. Would
that could remain, but my time is
up, and his majesty has need of me-"
81 want you good deal more
than the car does" said Mrs. Van
husen. Come into the garden,
prince, | must see if ] can't upset
your determination"
The moment she had stepped
through the window with Spandoff
IN attendance the other pair of lin
gerers raised their eyes to each
other, Ofthis couple the man was
also tall and distinguished, but he
was very fair, and his accent sug-
gested German origin. The lady's
ancestry may have been Austro-
Polish, but she lived in the present,
and for the present she was entirely
cosmopolitan. She was of singular
! pale complexion and had large,
/ igetly contemplative eyes.
| When Mrs. Vanhuvsen was not
present, the men staying in the hotel
voted her attractive, but the women
shrugged their shoulders. The man
wasknown as Baron Kolnitz, the
lady as Nine. Mosenthal, and they
were supposed to be brother and
sister. As a matter of fact they were
not related, and their names were
quite different, but that has nothing
to do with the story.
lhey gazed long and earnestly.
Inc man was the first to break ST.
lenCe.
! 1t will upset all our plans if she
uo'S prevail on him to stay" he
S'Id IN the gutteral accents of his
race who can say what a woman
VIII dof She may put her soul into
0' JOB now at the last moment
anu dlsorganize everything Our
MISSION would then have to be at
Vmpted in this crowded hotel if we
arc to give him his quietus by the
Inc date matters little, l fancy,
NJ long as he never sees St. Peters
OupS again. said Mime. Mosenthal.
Inc baron shrugged his shoulders.
You make no allowance for my
%eongS,' he replied. II have
Planned everything to a nicely; |
uaVe spent 500 francs in squaring
Tot guard of the rapide, Francois
retire. to do our bidding; our own
.SV9pe is arranged with certainty,
"0u yet you ask to view the over.
"'oW OF our plans with complais-
1 It will be time enough to grumble
T"en cause arises" returned the
"uy' For myself, | do not antici-
Y y %ia, any change in the programme.
Goud It not be well to recapitulate
Il S %e enlel points in it, now that we
"Ise the opportunity ?" she added,
s,ouV,hg around the room, which
& t HaS deserted save for the presence of