Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-07-27

influences and illusions of the moment,
and threw himself, heart and soul, into
| what he was saying.
| So completely was he swept along BY
the force of lis own Imagination that
he quite forgot he was not the man
whom everyone IN that large audience
firmly believed him to be; and instead
of comedy played of necessity for his
own convenience. the whole affair be-
came to him, for the time, an important
and dignified reality. He grew earnestly
interested in his theme, and after
sketching with vivid oratory all the pos
! sibilities that lay in TIE future, when
the commercial nad manufacturing in
terests, now in their infar ~, the edu-
cational facilities, the natural advan-
tages of y were fully developed. he
closed with a strong and eloquent plea
| for justice, liberty and morality, with
! out which no enduring prosperity could
! be attained.
The assembly were held in state Of
| almost breathless attention from the
| beginning to the close OF the address;
and when finally with q brilliant pero-
ration that led by rapid degrees to al
| elnr-2lt climax. thc speaker bowed his
farewell to tt, ::nG:2ncc, tley broke
forth into q storm + applause that
ra:2al down r., tnc galleries and
swept II ter.o4s.uo,.s waves over the
| hoi,lc.
i WAS n,cnstio-l::,.y the r-2ost as
| founding success that Allan North had
ever achieved; and when i was all over
| his astonish1nent fairly balanced his re-
| lief.
! As soon as he could escape from tho
adrniring populace, who showeree; con-
| plimcnts and congratulations upon him
and insisted on shaking hands with him.
| after the impulsive custom of the aver
| age American, he was carried off to his
| hotel by his two right-hand men, Clip
per and Warner, who seemed to feel as
much pride in his manner of acquitting
himself as if they had shared the
achievement.
Best thing you ever did, North, "
was Clippers verdict, as he parted from
North at the hotel. Gets away with
even that speech in court that made you
SO famous last winter. Don't you thinh
| SO, Warner?"
Decidedly" was Warmers brief and
emphatic assent.
And only one man in " knew to
what diligent effort and calm daring
that brilliant success was due.
CHAPTER XVI.
Prince Henry-What pagan may that sef
king Eeary ".
1t is no doubt delightful and a thing
to be greatly desired and zealously
striven for, to stand well with our fell
loW-men; nevertheless, there is such g
thing as an oppressive and embacrass-
ing popularity.
1t is not, indeed, the universal priv.
ilege to learn this fact by personal ex-
periencc; but Allan North was fated to
make the agreeable discovery. He
awakened the next morning to the
knowledge that he was, at least for the
present time, the NEST popular man in
Y; 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 Der.
sonal anXieties and cares he might have
found this an interesting experience;
but there were many matters vitality af-
fecting himself, whose Importance so
far overshadowed the political issue
identified, that its intrusion upon his
thoughts and attention seemed like an
iIn2ertincncc, only to be endured as phil
graphically 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 affairs
from his mind; blt no sooner was the
crisis safely passeththan his thoughts
turned more eagerly than ever to the
possibilities and hopes and fears which
the last two days had developed. Thai
one moment, when he stood before the
steps Of the Clement house and caught
the hceting vision of one who, if she
were not in very truth the proud and
beautiful MyTa who had once reigned
royalty in his heart and who now lived
in his bittercst memory, was SO strange
ly like her that the sight Of her face had
thrilled him with sudden passon-th;.t
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
change this suspense to certainty.
In the meantime, speculation was
rife. If it We're really she, his Myra,
by what strange fatality cid they meet
here IN Y? And why should she be
with Mrs. Maynard? By what curious
freak Of fortune We're these two women,
whose interests had become So closely
interwOven with his own, though he
had never before suspected their mutual
connection, thus thrown together?
OF course his reflections on this point
Were mere fruitless conjecture; never
theless they possessed great fascina-
ton for him. and even his satisfaction
ct having solved the mystery SO long
enveloping Annie Dupont was quite
eclipsed by this far deeper personal
feeling
He did rot, however, lose sight of the
necessity for caution; and for the pres
cnt he realized that his professional in
terests must be paramount. The flower
success, which he hoped to pluck, was
still just a little beyond his reach and
surrounded By the nettle uncertain
ty; until this prize was secured he must
close his eyes to all other allurerents
even though HIS only chance, or hope
OF happiness lay within them.
Il was therefore solely in pursuance
of his professional duties-or SO he az
sured himself with great emphasis
that he went on the morning following
his signal success at the opera house to
call on Mrs. Maynard, before proceed.
ing to Evansburg on his second and
probably decisive visit, and give her
int o. I,o