The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28

titude made SUCH q picture that q Rorgeousiy
dressed lady. hurrying past, stopped and
those who 10 had bushes. never intTudted 80 far
business could be the lady was at a loss to
guess. Partly from curiosity and partly from
i prests in m sne %P sSe stop ISss WIN Hen ntS AFTER Fer % a
moments hesitation. she said In II low voice:
DO you want a~nything?"-
Il want to see Mr.. Vansittart."
The lady. as the usher had done. smiled.
ferrous that there was nothing to be said.
III not Mr.. Vansittart." hazarded Marie.
with a still deeper depth OF crimson. then the
"The King.
III not the King. then the Queen"
The lady was drowned and lost in notes Of
exclamation, She was a maid-in-waiting. q
person starched in etiquette. the prisoner Of
ceremonial. But when her stays were on her
breast was soft enough. She said quite
ki!n@@l GE; o,nro. ..o Mr. v,ns,t..rt for ho IA NJ.
here. You cannot see the King. for he is over
whelmed with business; You cannot see the
S Sil Ton i9 fel fh @e h %hat o rd neE w isvse Is IS 'e eee t Rss,;
lit was about an. invention" she answered
a'!! %n i fss Il 1aRP To = &c der w 5hFGH''
ITO XII! people"
"'Oh. Not invented by. YOURSELF"
".0h. n9-by, some one else.'
by some OnP-a great man.
Her head lifted with pride.
"WellIa9d what do you wish ynS to see them for
II wish to tell them about II and get some
one to go and see the model
We'll. your seheme is rather Wild yog1
may do something for YOU"
Hope leaped in Marie.
oh. thank you; mademoiselle! And shall
see them-really:'
Not those you wished to see but some one
vrt tn sac Follow me this wav'
The lady led the way into the interior of the
palace. Then in an oval saloon she was bid
She waited half an hour. Then a tall lackey,
all lace and gold. was bowling before her; and
him through more corridors and complex;
ties. At last she was ushered into a room and
the door closed behind her..
1t was a small room, full of a peculiar at
moephere Of home. strange TO a French mind.
It. seemed emIsedtnhse s ssnet GSnsn Of ar a s ,iaG TitS ch The
blue ribbon. but more care and taste had been
expended IN the tying Of those knots than in
sailles. There was a faint olor Of cigar smoke
about-of cigars smoked in this little den by
armchair, Marie saw IA lady. whose eyes were
rather red. as Il with weeping, Il was Evelyn.
as soon as the child saw her she trusted her
Their hands and eyes met,
sit here.near to me, vii qu maR tell me
about you. and l am glad that you have been
enabled TO see, me. and l am glad to see you;
IDp. us MN gDu bNi liz "lihh 4 tAA ~ Nuhi
Marie"
I see you guess. and those who like me call me
Evelyn. Is IL true that you wanted TO see my
hushandE'
"WeIl.Dut that is impossible. you Know. He
left the Tuileries an hour ago for the Care, de
''ET did not know that said Marie. They
told me his arm was s%prained and that he
could not go out"
"Ah. Marie!' answered Evelyn, her whole full
al eHS GonP bsnS but had "a It Been SP @SPy times broken
he would still have gone. Nothing could keep
hm Im ssIk. and The l. dG % + th trieS Shs Hnd many s2n1:
many tears and prayers would do but gone.
'"%I am Sorry for-for-you. madame" said
Eyeiyn's hand fell upon hers.
THANK you. Marie. You are very good"
You would, perhaps. prefer to be alone"-
"No,tsll me. Whose IL the inNention-your
No. Madame.'
Marie crimsoned.
"Ah, see. Marie-I see"
He Is very. oh; so {e5y clever and great
Evelyn. bridled. end laughed.
We al think that OF the one. you know.
u he is. really. Oh. one could not dream
He Is. Ct least, very lucky. Marie. A Ma
donna Is his ,t dey2St ;H, 70 know Won Hs wouId
4 blOui' INV mana NHN"
There. we shall SEQ. But the invention
are you SURE,
":SRi yfis Is S Sglss''"
"kkea hyfl'' And R Ro% comes it. them
he IL so clever. He can do anything. he
inst dreams s OF DOING IaGi a thing nnn az and 1b hs S 20 w 9Rd
l wanted, Mr.. Nansittart to see him. l only
Faith begets faith. and Is as leayen. Evelyn
was interested. and Marie. had she known 1t.
had already won her victory. ,
come-did ne not come himself?"
II Is strange. you see,' the glrl answered;
love and IDEAS tes 'I aud melodies. and all high
things. He Il like a blpl. or an anGel--l can
EVELYN laughed. A musician who invented
destructive engines OF war, and was like a bird
or an angel, was certainly not 9 eomnonplsGe
person. and could only come from the Latin
"iAnd aid he take the trouble to mHkea model
Yes, he did; | made him promise t" do it.
And can, he bring II here;'
II hope not. / don't think 40. Oh. suppose
EyeiyH smiled. This certSinEiyg, seemed one
of the Possibilities Of the sese, Put she c,i aid I'd;
now What You must do, You must see him and
tell him TO Put dow doT3 Ia TTtIHs an r. exact MA Gs.
sensIE' and an ri 1he @HG Eoa aH may S'l aSpe 81 q upon iTSi me- me.
Marie. 10 see that Il shall rome under the eyes
OF the King himself, since Mr. Nansittart Is
away" |
Marie. lost in gratitude. turned away her
head and let fall Il heavy tear.
And meantime went on Evelyn. lust
write down in this little hook your name and adj
dress and in a few days ! shall send you n letter
telling yn6 how the affair Is progressing, Write
down also in Il The address OF YOU friend. In
case We want him urgently
Marie took the pocketbook aud wrote in pen
eli her own address aud Armand's. Then she
handed IL TO Evelyn. who looked al, the S'rib,-
bled words, Even as she looked she started
This house, three nights before had. she
knew, heen seized by the police At the bidding
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