The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-09-30

asking you about yourself? No need to
inquire altar your health-your looks
are sufficient hut how have you boon
getting on2 Tell me all about your.
sell"
There was not much to tell. The
prince knew already that my father was
dead, aud that had succeeded 10 the
family estates. Nor did | wish 10 pro.
long the conversation. Tor | could SEQ
that the primes needed rest So after q
lew minutes rose to 20.
"Well," no said, II will not try to de.
tain you now, for we shall have, | hope,
many opportunities Of meeting. You
must come aud see me whenever you
eau. Al plRisiE And nov for nap"
As he spoke he took up white silk
handkerchief that lay beside him on
the couch, shook II out, and poured over
it some liquid from u bottle on the
table. As he did so the smell oil Chloro-
form diilusad itself through the room.
n can get no sleep without It," said
tho prince, catching my look. Don't
DO alarmed. II is not a habit; II is only
a temporary resource whilst the neural.
gia troubles me-"
II.
Where the carcass is, there will the
vulturss DO gathered together; and
wherever diplomaliSts assemble for n
special purpose, there you will as.
suredly find a crowd Of special CORES.
pondents also. This was cons picuOusly
tho case on the occasion OF which am
writing. Every great newspaper in
Europe had sent a representative TO
watch the proceedings OF the congress-
OF course the watching had to be done
from the outside, and very tedious aud
disappointing work Il was. The plOnl.
potentiarioI were oven more cautious
aud reticent than usual; they dropped
none OF thuso little crumbs OF iniormd.
ton on unimportant topics which keep
the special correspondent from absolute
starvation. They were watched as they
went In to the littings. and watched rs
they came out; but ths ksoneIt scrutiny
was unAvailinEi an eluIive smile batlled
all observers.
Prominent among these special CORE.
spondents was man Of European repu.
tRtion. 10 represented famous En.
glish journal, but whether he himIelt
was an Englishmau no one knew He
was plsRIed TO call himself Le Grand,
but It does not follow that this was his
real name; he may have adopted IL for
the sake OF tho idea that 1t embodied.
II was said that he wat native Of the
Channel IalRnds; his French wac, how.
ever, tho purest Partisan. But, then,
no spoke with equal purity English,
German, and | darSsay various other
languages Ia which | was less nblS 10
Judge OF his proficiency. Mover was
there a man more thoroughly coImo-
politan, and never was there a Corro.
spondent who exhibited gteatOr ontor.
DriGs and audacIty In securing tid.bits
OF carly Information for the paper he
represented. lie was personally &C.
Quainted with every prominent states.
man Ia Europe. and had been admitted
10 confidential Interviews with many
monatchs. On Que Occasion ho had
travelled tOta.1.tete with q king across
France, aud, on another, ho had forced
his advice upon tho most masteriul OF
continental BtatoImon. When hs chose,
he could decorate his breast with an
array Of orders sufficiently numerous
and distinguished to excite the envy OF
many n diplomatic.
Physically he was nm immense man,
but his appearance was not disiin.
guishcd, Ills broad, fat face was clean.
shavon, perhaps TO favor tho idea that
no was an Enntishman. Tho features,
taken ne whslc, worO commonplace (;
tho Dyes small and cunning; tho mouth
wide tho upper lip stia and Strsnuousj
tho chin determined; tho nose long and
flexible, IA became such seeker NiIer
ncws. Tho head was massive, and aug.
gas,ud grcat intellectual capacity. His
manners wore charming when he chose,
bat It belonged 10 the cosmopolitan Of
bis nature that they should bo capable
Of great variation. lilo could al times no
positively naughty. Az consequence
Of Its QrOAt stature, ho had acquired