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


asking you about YOURSELF No need to
Inquire aitar your hsNlIh-your looks
are sufficient. hut how have you boon
getting on2 Tell mo all about your.
self"
There was not much to tell. The
prince knew already that my father was
dead, aud that had succeeded to the
family estates. Nor did l wish TO pro.
long the conversation. for | could sec
that the prince needed rest So after u
lew minutes rose to 90.
"Well." he said, II will not try to de.
tain you now, for We shall have, | hope,
many opportunities oil meeting You
must come and see me whenever you
eau. An plaisir. And now for nap"
AZ he spoke hs took up white silk
handkerchief that lay beside him on
the couch. shook It out, and poured over
1t some liquid from u bottle on the
table. AS he did SO the smell oil chloro-
form dillussd itself through the room,
~ can get no sleep without It, said
the prince, catching my look. Don't
be alarmed. 1t 10 not habit; Il is only
a Temporary resource whilst the neural.
giR troubles me"
II.
Where tho carcASs 10. there will tho
yulturss be gathered together; aud
wherever diplomatiIts assemble for q
special purpose, there you will as.
suredly find q crowd Of special CORES.
pondents also. This was sDicuously
the case on the occasion OF which am
writing. Every great newspaper ia
Europe had sent 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 1t was. The pleni.
polsntiarioa were even more cautious
aud reiicent than usual they dropped
none OF those little crumbs OF iniormd.
ton on unmportant topics which keep
the special correspondent from absolute
starvation. They we're watched as they
went in to the Sittings, and watched rs
they came out; but tue ksenoIt scrutiny
was uRSvaillagi an elusive smile bGaled
all observers.
Prominent among these special Corro.
spondents was man Of European repu-
tation. Iie represented famous En-.
glish journal, but whether he himIelf
was an Englishmau no one knew. lie
was pleased 10 call himself Lo Grand,
but it does not follow that this was his
real name; he may have adopted II for
the sake OF tho idea that II embodied.
It was said that no wat n native Of tho
Channel Islands; his French was, how.
ever, tho purssl Partisan. But, then.
he spoke with equal purity English,
German, and | darssay various other
languages in which | was less able to
Judge OF his proficiency Never was
there a man more thoroughly coImo-
politAn, aud MAYER was there a Corre-
spondent who exhibited gteatOr enter.
uriua aud audNciiy in securing tld.bits
Of carly Information for the paper no
represented. lie was personally &C.
uuainted with every prominent states.
man 10 Europe, and had bean admitted
to confidential Interviews with many
monarchs. On Que location ho had
Travelled teto.a.tete with q king across
France, and, OH another. no had forced
his advice upon tho most masterful Of
continental atatOImen. Whom he chose,
no could decorate his breast with an
array Of orders sufficiently numerous
and distinguished to excite the envy OF
many AdiplomaLiti.
Physically he was an lmmenIo man,
but his appearance was not dislin.
guished. Ills broad, fat face was clean.
shavon, perhaps to favor tho idea that
no was an Engishman. Tho features,
taken al whslo, worO commonplace (;
tho Dyes small aud cunning; tho mouth
wide; tho upper lip Stll and strenuous;
tho chin determined; tho nose long aud
flexible, IA became such a seeker ailor
news. Tho head was massive, and Hug.
goslud great intellectual capacity. His
manners woro charming when he chose
but It belonged to the cosmopolitan Of
his nature that they should bo capable
oigreat variation. lilo could al times bO
positively naughty Az 4 consequence
Of llIs great stature, lto had acquired
the habit Of looking down nnon those
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