The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-06-03
Man and His Model.
Man and HIS NOBEL
by Anthony Hope in the English Illustrated
Magazinel

Magazine.l
We had been discussing fame and its
rewards. We assumed that we, each
and all of us had attained eminence,
and, We specialized on the honor that
we should elect to receive from a grac-
ious sovereign and grateful country.
Some chose the Garter, others an earl
dom, others pecuniary grant; but
Colonel Holborow would have none of
these. He pooh-poohed them, and
bringing his fist down on the table he
declared:
There is only one indisputable and
supreme mark Of greatness"
"And what is that?" asked one of u.s.
'eWhy, to be in the waxworlSs," said
he
True! truel" we cried; but added,
sadly, But it is almost impossible to
achieve, unless you commit a murder.
IT don't know about that" said Jack
4 Dexter, who had up to that moment
| taken no part in the conversation. I'm
in q wax-works show myself-not in
London, you know, but-well, have any
OIL you ISllOWS NlSILSu + elSlSpul6
We all admitted that we had not.
"Ah, then you haven't seen my inn
age" said Jack regretfully. IT'S in
Madame Marribon's famous exhibition
there"
"But, my dear Jack" said the coll
onel, how in the world did 1t come
about?"
TITS rather a curious story" said
: Jack. "I'll tell 1t to you, II you'll all
promise that 1t shall go no farther.
You WON'T mind if don't mention
names?"
We promised discretion, and said that
we should be quite satisfied with A, B,
C, or x, Y, o, or such other symbols as
Jack chose to adopt.
WELL" be began after pull at his
whisky and water when / was few
years younger, and a good deal more
foolish than / am now--it was before
that affair about Lady Mary Fitzmoine
that told you Of the other day. spent
winter at Petersburg, and there
made the acquaintance of one of the
most beautiful women who, / suppose,
ever lived"
| Jack paused to allow the sensation
to take full effect; but we showed no
surprise, and with slight frown he
continued:
"I'il call her the Princess X,-Princess
Nadia x. She was married to a grum-
py wretch who held high position In
the police, and treated her, upon my
word, little better than If she had been
Nihilist. pitied her. l must admit
i am among gentlemen-that l also
admired her, and that warm, although
perfectly honorable attachment sprang
up between us. Her husband was,
however, savagely and unreasonably
Jealous, and what with him, his spies,
and his mother (the worst spy Of AID,
It was with the utmost difficulty that /
succeeded In seeing anything of the
princess. / dared not call at her
house more than once a month, and l
was driven-positively driven-to a
thing for which entertain the greatest
dislike. l was. 1 say, compelled to
make arrangements which insured my
being present at various places of pub
lie resort-picture galleries and the |
like-at the times which the princess
selected for visiting them. BY these |
means we were enabled to enjoy many |
most charming conversations, and II |
was my privilege to support and sus-
tain the princess in the very trying |
circumstances in which her lot was |
cast. / did this, need not say at |
very considerable risk. l was not |
blind to the danger ran. Her hus-
band welded large ard secret powers
save that l was an English subject, l
was entirely powerless against him;
m. y n lrnn. Ino |
fore the voice Of a prisoner in the for
tress of Peter and Paul reached the |
ears of the foreign office. However, I
took the risk Nadia needed me, and
that was enough.
"But of all our rendezvous, there was
none which we found more convenient
and suitable than Madame Marribon's
waxworl1 exhibition 1t was a long
way from the princess residence. in an
UNREASONABLE quarter of the town, and
was frequented mainly by persons who
cid not move in society, and were quite
unfamiliar with faces as well known |
in the great world as those of the prin-
cess and myself Our only danger arose
from the maid-servants of our acquain-
tances and from the police; but by
avoiding the gallery in which the fig
ures Of murderers and other criminals
were exhibited, we reduced this peril
TO a minimum--for, of course, the SER
wants were attracted by the criminals,
and the police were attracted by the
Our favoriro nook was be-
SID a group of savants Of European
and Immediately behind the
rrime ministers Of Europe. This spot
we usually had quite to ourselves.
well, one day we were string there.
Poor Nadia had for a moment forgotten
her trouble, and was talking with the
rare wit and brilliancy which marked
her conversation when she was in good
spirits. was keeping up the ball OF
ak as we'll as l could, and was gazing, |
lot, hope, too passionately. at her in
complexion and magnificent |
lark eyes-like deep water seen by
they were. Dear dear"
Jack paused for moment and took |
l. sip from his glass. We slipped sym
and he regained his com
)osure. IL
Suddenly, just as / was telling the r
princess a most int sresting occurrence I
tha /