Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-06-19


as,ie walls, was waited Into the homes O
ae banker, the merchant, the butcher, 'h'
'aker and this farmer, and finally MERGE
ITO one grand chapter OF the scroll o.
Immortality.
Again, the lush Of that short revolution
lad not yet subsidized when court circles Of
Austria were startled by the publicatio,
a toast to the patriotism Of Louis Kos
nth, offered by n nephew OF Baron -
Que OF the cabinet ministers, at a students
arrival in Vienna. The Emperor wal
made acquainted with the facts. and Aioil
Sltroi was saved from expulsion by this
Interference Of his relative, whose protege
he erratic youth was; but he was In dis.
grace and held in mist. ust. Althea, too,
kept him from her.
Aiois adored Althea, aud she-scrupu-
lousIy included him In her prayers, bat
| when she remembered that he had dis.
graced himself and his kin. her anger
against him almost reached to the pitch Of
hatred; for this last sscapade was only
the climax OF a series Of ~frolics, notable
among which was his i-mpersonation OF a
fellow student at the Pol~itechniqus. a son
of Graf --; after which bis uncle had
TO make good q debt OF 5000 gulden,
bought him a new outfit, Alois having
ganbled away all his possessions, down
to an extra PAIR Of boots, and compelled an
apology to the young man Inn ~personated.
which Aiois did not relish, having slapped
the fellow for talking unexpectedly OF q
lady, an acquaintance.
Not until the stigma is lived down will
[ q allow him to presume to claim friendship
with me, much less a Relationship.
"He must also come to his senses regard
ing his Darwinian procliv tiles and believe
in the exceptional origin. l will abide
my time IL IL takes me into my second
childhood. ! have this right; for he be-
longs to me. He loves me and -
Although 81 Austrian, Althea lacked
the physical beauty that typify the women
OF Austria. She stood five foot three In her
dainty Louis Quinse slippers. Her eyes
suggested an odd, unknown color that IL
would take forever to get at the mixture
TO make. Her hair was of q dull black
that could not DE tinted by sunlight. Her
nose without a line or curve to make the
view of her face desirable aver
by the sofiening effect of a Rembrandt
background. She has an ordinary mouth;
Dut teeth that cleaned from red, red gums
a perfect circulation and Great
Ing a constant desire on tile part of Alois
% Kiss it and to bring out that stirring
augn and those cleaning teeth. He was
Just enough her senior to be dazzled by the
ransitory periods of her youth. He
nothing SO much as a few weeks
estate, to torment her
md succeed for the Tins in being
he pane of her life aud to stimulate that
lntagoDism, which when II exists between
he sexes is oft times the foundation stone
{ that gigantic building called love.
Ter chin then showed to good advantage
her voice tinkled clear, satisfying the
snses OF the most fastidiuus critic and
mbodying the beauty which the rest of
er physical organism lacked.
The mother died in Althea's childhood
nd the dear father with unusual good
'nse, sent the child to a government
ihool. encouraged youthful com panioD-
lip and inculcated a methodical expsn-
ture Of her allowance for girlish finery so
at there was something to boot for trifies
+ the children of the poor on her fathers
tate.
When she attained womanheod the result
a self-reliant girl, unaffected by the
,rch of her home surroundings and gentle
rtb. Religion in its true actually and
NOR were the keynotes to her character.
Alois Tutroi, her only cousin, stood on a
X foot dignity towards her which her
.spleasure for him compelled. He was
from the high-healed boots to the
axed moustache that adorned a face in
eating the spark and aplomb that lie
,nnd among the men of the land OF the
,kay and the country that boasts a
Jenna. :
His skeptical ~utterancas and student :
ca eades we're the terror Of his good uncle,
q cabinet minister, who was in constant
cad of the emperor's di~spleasure. Some
mes rumors Of his misdeeds would reach
8 Majesty and bis uncle would
,ioice that he did not get full particulars;
~tremblingly awaited coming events.
Is fears, however, never anticipated such
elimination to the mad career of Alois,
the aforesaid toast, which was nothing
ore than a frivoIity inspired by wine.
8 attendant, shame and suspicion, re-
llted In q moral crisis. He applied him
IL 10 his studies with an energy that be.
q resolve to live down bis evil
.reer In a brilliant future. he took high
t rank at the final examination, entered
to professiotal life and succeeded. 4
What a moment for Alois, when his s
pcle secured for him bis pardon in an APP
ointment to the staff of the Imperial corps
engineers! An almost involuntary
hank God" escaped from the lips that :
ID e~Jacul sted many skeptical phrase. J
In that burst of gratitude, a transition :
unheIief to belief flashed through his t
ling and surged his brain with ~revela- /
on! He tread on air. !
"AIthea could now forgive and try to :
well: be must not build false hopes,
It'll he received absolution for hts sins :
the mouth OF his Althea, without !
he cared for no glory (
He was imbued with new life. The earth 4
ID suddenly changed into a paradise.
very tree. every flower, lad a beauty
only family realized. The song
the birds seemed chanted from heaven :
self. He FASTENED to his love. The be- j,
we'd organ peeled forth Shumann's .
rraumerei," as II the master himself was !
the instrument, every note meeting !
ith a responsive vibration In Althea's t
cart, who was drawn to his presence by \