The sun., 1897-03-14


Millions were In bis mind now, and other things
, than millions There was bis eith with his as
EOcintcs: they were all waiting his word; when
he gave il rumors would die away, reports be
contradictcd. the manifesto ooh-poohed; there
StSd ne WS TPsa MY sp
first to buy the first to return TO faith In the
stock, would be Mr. Bycrs and his associates;
the public would come In afterward. and when
the public came in he and his ssOciatcs would go
out again. richer by vast sums. The money and hi.
good fat his honor among finnncicrs.bound
him, and The triumph of his brains. the beauty
OF his coup. the admiration Of his fellows, the
unwilling applause Of the hard hit-all these al
lurci him nightly. On the other side there
was nothing except the necessity OF disaplont-
ing Mrs. Rivers of telling her that the necessary
resources were not forthcoming, that the egta-
tion and the manifesto had served their turn.
herself had been made "a fool OF. too. Many such
II revelation had lac made to defeated opponents
-calmly, jcstingly. perhaps between the puils
,honshti she would no longer wish TO
might cry tshc had Lady Craiscnnoch TO cry to,
lie looked across at his wife, who was knitting
her. But so intensely did he mind telling what
he had to tell TO Ellen Rivers that the millions,
beauty OF the coup all hung Doubt" in the bal.
ancc against the look in the eyes of the lady a.
princc Julian,s What an internal fool ami
| llp grOancd. Mrs. Bycrs glanced up for mo.
licnt, smiled sympG thcticalIy, and went on with
her knitting; She supposed that there mnst, be
| some temporary hitch about the latest million.
| or perhaps Shum had been troublcsomc: that
was sometimes wha was npsetting Mr. Bycrs.
! The next morning Mr.. Shum was troublesome:
| hc thought that the moment for action hnd
come; the poor stock had been blown upon
hcSin. various i other gentlemen. weish,y with
money. dIoprcd In with their hats on the back
81 o. their heads nnd cxprc;s,scd the sainc views.
father 1 n"omcs!ycy T E % took S' oW ihs his sGc and
now that. hcsi,a'cd, yacillatcd. shilly shallicd.
| were right: and. right ar wrong. Bycrs had
! been wont to know his own, mind; their
another uncomfortahly. Then the young:
| est of them. a fair boy, great at dances and
cool boIdnc.. which made him already rich and
respected in the city. Tilted his shining hat still
little further back and drawled out, III you've
| lost your nerve, Byrrs. you'd better let some
| body else engineer The thing
What hcr fair fame Is to proud woman, the
| prestige O' his nerve was to Mr.; Rycrs. The
boy had spokon the decisive word by chance. by
the Unrrrns instinct which in any sphere Of
planned, 10" government of the Princes COun,ry
saved ana the agitation NJ an end. The nc'cs.
TGnSc @ Would N%% rcirn TT Sc moms Woad 'p be-
made. the coup brought on the triumph won.
So in the next fortnight, 1t hrrneued: Prince
reading the articles and paragraphs which told
him that he had aband doncd all thought OF ac.
tion, had resigned himself To wait Tor AN express
recall from his loving subjects (which might hc
cNpc,'od TO- a.shil h.s ears, on The Greek knl'
cnd-l that In fac; hc would do nothing. Mrs,
Rivers read the paragraphs, too; aud waited and
waited and waited for the coming Of Mr.. Bycrs
ANA the necessary resources. she smiled ~ what
size read for she had contidcnrc IN the cause. or.
~ least. in herself and in Mr. Bycrs. But tho
days went on, Slowly the stock rose: then in
went the public with rush fhc paragraphs
and the articles dwindcd and cegsrd: thCre was
g counloion somewhere else in Europe; Prince
Julian and his manifesto were forgotten, What
did It mean! She wrote n note asking Mr.. Byers
to call
|, was Jus; a. this time also Tint Mr.. Henry
Shin accepted the invitation Of the Conseryn-
tive as ion Of the liGttun Garden division
Of lollorn Bars to contest tho scat at the APP
q lptt AT I.pHy AZ
cnuuch gave oTdCrs for the complete renovation
of her town house. Both these actions Involved.
Of course, some expense. how much It is hard 10
say precisely. The house was rather large and
thr seat wHs very safe.
Prince Julian -at in his library In Palace Cato
resting on the arm of his chair. Now and then
Rcy had asTee ] ]th ates M mte !s showei NO prog
ross: then Mrs. Rivers had become silent.
HIS iycrs thrown us over" the prince
"Hushi hushy' she answered in a low voice.
MAT VIVA M hGs eeGp . he's SoniHE lodaS iIGr
cant have: Ca. he can't
There wa, silence again. A few minutes
I'm sick .; the whole thing. I'm very we'll us
am. II they want me. let them send for me- I
cant force myself ON them.
She looked down for II moment and touched
his hair with her hand.
again. don't Ike TO be made u fool Of"
Her hand rested for n moment on hs forehead;
he looked mp smiling.
Let = throw mp the whole thing and be happy
together" He caught her hand In his. You'll
stay with me, anyhow J."
You want me, still !"
"Tou'll do Wha, asl; i"hc whispered.
Thank heaven for it," he exclaimed.
servant camc in and announced that Mr..
BycTs fii TpT in n,,. the dr1%inj room iHc prno
on, no., she answered with a strange little
laugh. whats the use of botherins you IN
e Make him say something definite" urged
Prince Julian Let's have an end of it one
Very well" She bent down and kissed him.
and then went OF to talk to Mr.. byers. -,.
have been seriously Of opinion thnt there Vas
sonnet hing wrong with 5yCrss nerve had ho
seen him waiting for MIR. Rivers IN the draw.
ing room, waiting 10 tell her that the necessary
resources were not forthcoming; he hoped
,hs. he .6ea nTGa 's her Lss ihmn
,Smpt wP'ch ,o,S, ,aSS 'hG9rht of rnnnm;
face her; the woman could 10 no more than
abuse him. One other thought he had for mo.
ms Mr.. snum had 1t Lazy craigcnroch there
was hardly any sum which he WOULD not have
hcop ,r glad 70 give hrr "a Io3s before he reached
stand In. by God. should think no; :" he said
to, himself indignantly,
l'ut hc had ono phrase rc'dy for her. Hc re,
minded ,n her OF hS .pIresraphs the rmmogs. and
she said no,hng, The result is not-,cr- on
couraging, :. he wen, on. The moment is not
prouitiois.'
You promised ihc money II the Prince signed
the manifesto" she said.
Promised on, well said I'd"
" You promised" said Mrs. Rivers. What's
the difficulty now Z,
The state %, public fcciing--" he began.
" know that. ", want the money TO change
IL. She smiled. III the feeling had been with us
nlrcady We shouldn't have wanted the money"
She lcancd forward and asked: " Haven't You
got the money fOu said You had"
Yes, l,H,c got ii or could get it,"
Yes We'll thcn-! Why have you
lie made no answer. and for n while she sat
lGOkn- al him thUuEli'tuly She did not abuse
him, and she did Eur ,gy.
T." want 10 understand" she said, presently.
Did you ever mean % give Us the money p
YES, ny on my honor .-"
Are Nou sure T. She forced him 10 look her
IN the la"r. he was silcnl, She rose took II
Japanese fan from - side table. and sat down
Hlau. the lower part Ol her face was now hid
den 10y the FAM Bycrs saw nothing but her eyes
"Whnl did NUu mean T. She asked. You've
m'dc ~ al-ihc Irrccani his friends and me
look very silly. How did that help yOui |
don't see what on 'ould gCi ont of that
she was looking ~ him now us though she
thought him mad; she could not SEQ what hc
had got out of H. Il lad not yet crossed her