Arizona republican., 1899-01-23
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BY EDGAR FAWCETT.
Continued From Yesterday.)

"l quite understand. Erie. I must account to him for the sums of money that have expended"
 Good Eeavens!" cried Erie, giving ore Of his laughs which sInote the
 bland evening air with ar almost flute like sweetness. you :-iUst dO nothing of the sort. If you t2lI to convince | Clar1aoEG that you have made your purchases yvltt avoidance of all rash and reckless econcElics-tEaty you have,
 in other words, been pruGent!y and dis | creetlv ex1ravagant-I am not at all | s-lre what adverse views he may adopt regarding your proper endCw:aencs for | the position you have aSSuI1ed. He
 would prefer to take for granted that | yo,l have brought !-i:-2 treasures Of art which have beer rather chosen for their excessive ideal value as bits of true beauty than because fashion CT false
 tradition had touched them with any vulgar spcti. But hab5ie OF. and you are fa:igucd. You long fer your bath, for q change of linen. and then for a quiet iittic oln2cr, lt which yOu may
 wash down more of my inanitics with some really choice wine, q gift from the h.ag :clmseif"
 They presently passed within doors, bat before they cid so AlonzO begged to finger a few I-ioi-ie-1ts OF the terrace whick thcy Lad now ascerGed. The huge Kills rad Gccpe=cd from violet to the I1cisowest az-:ra ard tke hard w:.ite roads g,imnered bcl0.v q heaven wLose crysta; was b@t neyv.y invaded by ::le silver s!:yness of earlier stars. Ligh.s lad begun :o shine in ::le palace easements and in those Ct the gloc-1:ng vi..as besides. F'ro:<i the heart of tae G:Ii-u1ct! st.Gset 3caEed ,5aie pool of sky tAas the two sable .Z10uc:ait-s Gani;cd ,:i,e coasts. and mid way becweel either, Ike q water lily of thr0bb.ng fire. burned the evening star Pressing each instant wi.h tae advert Of darkness. a breeze played at 50 brisk a speed alo1g tae valley that VOL might wCHGcr kCw it could bear such heavy OGors Of pine, Of garland flowers and Of wild flowers as well, in it's viewless but dewy clasp.
 The dwelling Of his t~icnd, as A,onzo soon found. was iH 70 way suggestive of being hab;.ed y a k:2g pctted iGol Soc~lety ;.-.d s:i1riic::E prevailed every where. yet the ciClster-iiSe son Ibcrness never became too heavy. and now and N briI1.a11ce :2 fall C rare tapestry CT q stretch cf b.azc2ed windows. While the two frienGs tarrled late tkat evening in the grc.rec Gi1irg-rocr0 with its tall wax candies Ghavirg been left to their cigars. coffee and B1~g;;1Gy by a serv- ant of perfect tra;c;2gl they talked of nary things. But chicf among these topics the recent troubles of Alonzo stood forth. He told all which had passed between himself and Kathleen, finally adding:
 1T don't altogether approve my own conduct, now that look back upon it.''
 Approve itl'' exclaimed Eric. My dear boy, you are delicious. Why, it's just as If Ca.;gu.a should declare to-day tkat he thought hc had behaved a tritie impoiitely yesterday"
 Really, Eric, l was not prepared-''
 ''To be called cruel? Of course you were not. You expected to have me agree with you that you've been martyr"
 II have been-to that horrible Mrs Kcnnaird."
 "But by your own showing you quite defeated her. Kathleen was willing to defy her authority"
 Willing yes"
 And you wanted the poor girl to prostrate herself before you in an ec- stacy of submission. Of course you did. All lovers, in like circumstances, do. Don't bite your lips and glare at me, dear Long. It shows in you a new spirit of rebellion for which I am to- tally unprepared. Always before this you have recognized my right to scold you when you deserved it."
 ''But you've never before scolded me unjustly, Eric. Let us talk, however, of something else. How is it that you, so sapicnt in the ways of lovers, have found TO wife among all these charming ladies of Saltravia?"
 T marry Saltravia lady!' broke from Erie, while he nearly spilled the glass of Chambourtric that he was lift ing to his lips You might as well talk of my marrying some celestial creature who had lately arrived here from the planet Mars
 ''What do you mean? I thought they adored you.''
 Some of them detest me, my dear Long,"
 "Ah! Jealousy of tke lllng?"
 Partly. Brt there's another cogent reason. Many of them look upon me as 2 hideous vandal.;'
 "A vandal-you?''
 ''Yes-and it's so odd when one thinks of it. A vandal of culture! I swoopad down on their dear valley and shattered (at Clarirnonds coTnmandD it's iramemo- rial ugliness. Talk of the romance of the past! Adobe huts are scarcely dis mailer than were some of their ances- tral Judgments. Oh, yes, I've been to them, as it were, a very barbarian of | 
 Put this was the kings tyranny, not yours"
 ''They imagine that I have put all these atrociOus refinemcnts into Clari- rnonds head. They realize that he is that anomalous and unprecedented per son, 9 nineteenth century king; but they blame me, at the same tirne, for aggravating his fallacicS.''