Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-09-28
THE KISS.

have boon negotiating like turnin, In
this forsakon piaco f1f mnr than ten
years now AID ten ycnra hrnco I shill
probably bc still moldcrng away hero w
unnltorcd Circumstance, rs iar as human
possibility can forosoc
THIS il how II is-foll. was ridiculously
Juvenile when my disgrace overlook me
Yet us any 10 years of agc ono afternoon,
charmed hy the soitncsi and warmth ~ Tho
early spring dir and pushed forward I'M
doubtc,liy hynn uusind fnte. bctook my.
,rlf 10 the sheltered glade ~ The wyal
park. that might mus undIsiurbcd. Dr..
meath tho glorious linden tr,cs WHOSE
branches mot In guthicliko arches 30 fect
above my hund
1 srntod myself on q moss covered loghy
The river WHORE IL widens Into miniature
lake. and from whence Inc view ~ the
PALACE nroas In rny clnudllko splcndnr Do.
forr me. The perfume ~ the iunquils at
my feet filled the alr with fragrance. and
bolng q sensitive youth. I must admit thnt
tho tout ensemble went 10 my hew like
wine. and feli my heart bcnt % triilc fast
cr than ~ wont. while mthcr enjoyed
the sensation.
Thcdipofoars, lnnguldly drawn through
the wntnr. aroused me from my day dnnin
lcaucd forward curously, wondering who
The intrudrrs might De-. whom tho sound
caaod abruptly. and In Tho stlllncssn sum.
MFR duck with purple thruat nnd hron1cd
wings driitci by calling gently tolls mate
Then the dip 0i oars sounded again. whilc
IN the enthoring dusi. discoucd thcprnw
of % small boat rounding Tho curve and
hidden among tho bushes Watched thooc.
cupants NJ they approached
A young woman welded The oars She
wua in all tho giory ui early youth aud
loauty slim and shnpcly she looked ns
.ho pulled tho little craft with Easy
strrngth through the placid water, her
liarc arms glaamlng like sitlu In Che wan
ing Hight Holding my breath, 1 studied
her finr. proud ioaiurs the BEAUTIFUL eyes
Tho delicate curve ~ the divine mouth
Filled with ccsiny and upturc. wanted
% fall ON my knives and pray Il was the
quocnl
/ had loved her actrcily Tor a year or
moru, and II was Of her that had como 20
OMAN Ia solitude through tho long snit
hours II this sprlna afternoon, which
s.mcd, In s,oth, an cmanatlon from her
Rmcious pcron.
IN tho stern Of tho boat sat her mnlcsiy's
prtty ilstlo nophow, Prince Louis, lightly
holding tho sllkcn cords ~ The tlllcr Ah.
soflicsi In ruyerio, the quocn, with her small
head thrown tack mud her swnnllkc throat
czposcd IN my aduring Fnsc, continued 20
ruv IN tho golden light NJ tho sitting sun
Was ever roldols ~ the sea ~ npturuusly
fair, - Ideally pcrfocu
4 sudden shrill cry rnt the air. awai
ching me from my hmtitudc, aud. 90 my
horror, / saw The little prince tip over tho
cranky boat aud fall into tho water, while
tho queen caught NJ tho brnchos Of % tr'o
and chung nnrighiclly thurttu. In loss
timo than Il take. a. toll WINS swimming
IN the river after the child, whom I ariE0d
aud brought 10 shorr. thcn ! turned tho
boat over md started 90 r,scuo The queen.
took her mycly form, which hd hocn
made for kings alone, Into my arms seated
her In tho craft and ruwud ~ land Shn
watched me with marvellous Wide open ryci
IA terrified silence. until ht last, frling
terra flrnn hcncath her fuct once mur', sho
ilcw to her nephcw. Who lay almost swoon.
ing unnn the ground. and covered his littl0
face with tender kisses
Then, turning o. me, sho said, with dcup
emotion, "You have saved hls life, and
will give you Ia rturn anything which
you may ch0osc 20 AJAX NJ me
Anything" | cchocd hotly, whilo a
thrill qulycrid through and through my
fnmo and shook me frnm hond TO foot.
Asioni,hcd ut tho suddcnncas of my rply,
her cyu. sought mlnc In wonder. know
not what she mad Ia their depth, but shs
blushod deeply aud lowcrd hor cyollds
A. l have mentioned hofor', WIS very
young az the time. and although IL mny
not bchooyo mo to say ~, ! was rrckonot
ono Of tho liandsomcst youths NJ court
Tho queen knew me we'll and had Otter
smiled indulgrntly upon me when her cyi
by chance mot inlno fixed upon her h
sfscchlcsl but most eloquent ndomtiun.
A. she hcsitntlngly lifted her FlUrlpu
eycs 10 mine again / Jaw sudden flash "a
light pass through Thorn which sent th
hot blood tinrling through my veins, anu
fiinging discretion tp the winds rrpfntcd
Anything Really Docs not your maj
csiy wish 10 recall hcr wnrdS'
She mnde a negative movement ~ th
head while her color docpcncd and 1, idlo
that was, mndly rnanurod oi her huaut
~ we'll ~ NJ tho glamour III royalty whlc
hung about hor Ike % perfume, boggod 4
almost innndihlo acccnts Tor 'ono kiss
only one. "
"Your youth aiono can excuse such pr
sumption. " she murmupd rcpronohfulll
hut bcfor, the words wcw out of her mout
had caught her beautiful head la my tw
hands aud ln.h my lips on hers In thi
wondroua second / fclt tho frrsh, dclicioI
mouth trumhlc and rcturn rather than =
pulse my caross, but was quickly hruuRl
10 my senses ~ the queen pushed me In
lily aside and one Of tho court ohnmhc
lains advanced toward ustrum nn ndlacel
bypath.
All this, and indeed It was litllcc noug
reached tho kings ears iu due timo, az
the quocn was brought fr,cUly % book
her indiscrution. She unhcsintngly a
mltied tho facts, uudcrland. hut uh, ~
did she ever confess that Zoe one-h.lf 81
und We wcrp nooomplccs IN ths; gem
lsisf
Being without fortune and dgpcudc
ON my sovereign gmclous bounty 10 vs.
hut "a span bciorr ! found myself lus' hH
in this 0utlnndish placr, scut al socrrta
of legation. / am surely buried alive Il
H. 10 may plHnah heaven o. Tuthor o
uminhl0 master TO better world The
hrc moments In which 7 cunr mygif fu
knnyc aud d0lt. but toward EanertI
each year l riceivc from tho royal palac
box oi fresh and fragrant innqulla, Is
then rapture nils my soul, and lWuuld .
change PLACES with tho Highest Junction.
IN tho land Prom tho French For ShI
Stories
She Knew What to Do.
Timklns-SupposinR you were on
isle, Miss Timhors, all alone, what VOL
you dul
Miss Timbcrs-wcll, u It wcro q chu