The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-11-07
nothing positive to charge against her.
Oo1v don't think sha ia made of the

nothing positive to charge against her.
Only don't think shs Is made OF the |
proper stuff for relgning monarch. |
She Is too giddy, too light-headed, a sort |
OF mad cap hoyden. She thinks too lit
tie of her dignity. Court ceremonial is
Infinitely tiresome to her; and the slow,
dead life OF x she fairly hates.
Harmless, necessary x she has been
known to call it. She was never born to
be the motionless igure-haad OF this
tiny ship OF state; and with such crew!
Oh, you should see the ministers and
courtiers! Dry bones and parchment,
puffed up with tedious German etiquette!
She is TOO easily bored, too fond CT
amusement. She was born to be Bo-
hemlan, an artist, like YOU or me.
pity her, Ioor thing,-r pity every one
whose destiny is TO inhabit this dreary
principal ty-but l can't approve OF her.
She, too, by-the-by, is fiddler. She
is said to pay the violin very wei. My.
own thought is-beware of fiddling mol
| archs."
You hint Nero, said /.
/ "Yes. I've. no doubt she'd fiddle over
! the ashes of " with the best will in
/ the world. Say Nero crossed with a
! Haroun- al. Raschid. I fear her reign
would be marred by many a queer mid
night escapade like that Of the merry
caliph, oaly without his intermixture OF
wrong-righting. She'd seek her own
amusement solely, though to seek that
in Y, pshaw! You might as well
seek for blood in a stone. Oh, she'd
make no end Of mischief. The devil
hath no agent like woman bored.
That's rather true" l agreed, laugh
ing. And Conrad-what of himf'
"Oh, Conrad's beast, squint-eyed,
calulating beast, there's no doubt OF
that. But beast might make good
enough grand duke; and, anyhow. a
beast is all that beastly little grant
du nv like this deserves. However, 10
tell you my own secret feeling, don t
] believe he'll have the chance proveIt.
Mathilde, for all her ennui, is described
as most tenacious of her rights, and as
a shrewd little body, too, down at the
bottom. That is inconsistent, but
thereq the woman Of it. Oh, she's in
consequential to degree! l can't help
suspecting somehow that unless her
uncle has really killed and buried her
she will contrive 10y hook or crook to
come to her throne. For my part, I'm
sorry. I should prefer to be ruled by
Conrad. But would not bet my money
on him, all the same. Have you ever
seen him? He has the funniest, uSliest
squirt in Europe"
That night was very long, though va
d: accomplished lot Of talking; very coiu
l it seemed, TOO, though we were IN mil
summer l dozed a little, with thu
stone wall of the castle for pillow. ~
daybreak our guards were changed. Al
d six O'Clock we were visited by dappc;
' little subaltern, lieutenant, who looSe'
us over, asked our names and sundry
e other personal questions, scratched his
e chin for moment, reiieciiveiy, an1
S finally, with an air Of inspiration, badt
!; US begone.
The gates were thrown open, and WI
!! issued from our prison free. :.
Its been almost u sensation, sac
& Sebastian Roch well, so one can eI
Il perience almost a sensation, even IL
9 u! Live and learn.
"You are not a patriot, said 1.
MY dear, dear sir, am patriotism
n personified. I an idenii led with m,
:. country heart AMI soul. Only l find i
s Gull. If that be treason, make the me
e of it. could not love thee, dear, s.
It we'll. loved l not dizziness less. 1t i
not every night that am arrested an
1t sit on barrel smoking cigarettes wit
o an enlightened foreigner. The Englls
ID are net generally accounted livel
race, but by comparison with the in
II habitants of X they shine hk
> diamonds"
"I dare say So" / acqu:esced. Blu
I'm not English. I'm American.
o. $50 perceive from your accent, an
- swered he, impertinently. But as
- told you once before, it amounts to tn
y same thing. You wear your rue with
20 difference, that is all.
70 Speaking of sensations" said !,
y shall die If don't drink cup OF coffee
= You'll find no public house awake
g this hour" said Sebastian.
~ Then I'll wake one up" vowed l.
- What and provoke violation OF tn
IN lawp By law they're not allowed to !
y, open between midnight and o'clock. !"
~ "Oh. laws be hanged. I must have
-. cup Of coffee"
e0 REALLY, you are delightful" asserte
,e Sebastian, putting his arm throug
= mine.
Z. Presently we came to a beer hall,
u a. whose door began vehemently to BAN
T., My friend stood by, shaking with laugh
nc ter, which seemed to me disproportior
ate to the humor of the event.
Rn "You are easily amused, said L.
"Oh, no; far from it; but this is sue
a lark, you know" said he.
w By and by we were seated opposi
each other at table, slipping hot coife
served to us by sleepy kellner In
on soiled white apron.
AS looked at Sebastian Roch, / Q
is served startling phenomenon. Ii
apex Of his right whisker had becon
d.