The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-11-02

1t is that which you must recall. All
that it means, all that the Beaux1ieux
have been since the beginning of the
world''
"Were we there then?'' BE-.
The question gave her pause. ''The
strongest, the bravest, the best, came
early to their own, BeauxEeux." she
said then. "And in that, it signifies to
you that in your veins flows the last
best drop Of their blood, and you can
never be anything but as strong, as
brave, as best, as they
We'll, mamma, it is that will try"
said the child dreamily, and contentcd-
ly folding both little hands over hers,
as he fell asleep.
''You will not try,"she said. "You
will be-
At another time, after she had seen
him conduct himself too masterfully
towards two little lads he had come
across in the forest, she reminded him
that he was not the Duke des Sarazines
Beauxlieux for his own pleasure. "It
would be an injustice on the part Of
Heaven" she said, as they sat in the
freight, IF a king were a king for his
own happiness. He is king because
he is fit to rule. because he can care for
his subjects better han they can care
for themselves, because he is great and
generous, and the good God trusts to
him the 4.v... and happiness and honor
of his people. A great trust, Beaux-
ieux, vast responsibility
II am not king, mamma."
'No? But you are duke, a leader y
''Then, my mother" said Beaux-
lieux, although they may not be my
people, yet there are Jean and Pierre
and there are my books and N. Etienne
lii they shared with me-" II
SIN your instruction? I do not
know" said the duchess, retreating
into her fortress of haughtiness. 81
will think Of it. Still they are two
souls-to let in the light on them-I
will speak Of it with monsieur"
And thus through confscation and
wrong and ruin the duchess kept the
idea Of greatness, and moved with a
dignity becoming it.
And let come what priva tion would
the Beauxlieux diamonds remained in
her possession. If anyone in the out
side world thought Of them at all, it
was supposed they had gone with the
rest Of the vast properties. But they
reposed still in their cases within the
iron strong box, in a secret place OF her
own apartments. And every few
years, on the evening OF some birthday
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ceptacle and saw the great live things
shining at her, and they seemed to her
the embodiment and expression Of all
the old and rightful Beanxlieux splen-
dor
The poor. duchess had no new dresses;
but her faithful Olympic Kept her
clothed from the almost boundless re-
sources of her former wardrobe, ac-
cording to the rumor of the modes that
reached them. And she would have
some garment put on, the simmer Of
whose luster was softened by the cob
webs OF the ancient lace belonging to
the ladies Of Beauxlieux, and with the
largest.of the diamonds around her
+ throat and on her hair, would sail down
the grand staircase to the salon, where
the young duke, and monsieur his
tutor, awaited her, as resplendent, as
I, stately, as beautiful as goddess. AZ
least so it seemed not only to Jean aud
Pierre. who, according TO Beaux1ieux'
request and on monsieur's advice, had
been admitted to share the young
dukes studies. Pierre's eyes opening as
!, Il the riches Of the earth suddenly
{ blazed upon him, but Jean feeling as II
a queen Of Heaven were no lovelier On
no more fttingly ad formed. but to her
son also who felt, in her pres ence,
.searce1y the need OF Heaven, and to M.
4 Etienne who never, BY 50 nnch as =
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