Arizona republican., 1899-02-04
AmeTieaD
 Pusb.&
BY EDGAR FAWCETT.
Continued From Yesterday.)


 Dr. Wouverrnann marry them tonight. They have both been through so much heart breaking tribulation! And if, as you suggest, Mrle. Kennaird has cer- tain more ambitions views for her child, that lady will doubtless oppose their marriage in the future with a new zeal born of chagrin. She appears already to have bre5ved for both of them prodigiOus amount Of misery. From all that l can learn, her interference has risen between them like column of thick fume. through which they have viewed Historically one anOthers acts. Her influence has been that of ,nalig- nancy, and l shall regret if she remains in Saltravia. provided Ter daughter Gas the wife of Lispe1ard) shall so choose But what am I saying, my dear Erie? Lisperard may choose to resign his ofice-7vho can tell?"
 T an certain that he will not resign it, morsieur!'' cried Eric 1T am cer- tain, too, that he feels, this hour, as feel. I am certain he realized, as I do, that you are the soul and center of all that is self-abnegating, grandly gen. erous!''
 Thanks, Eric; those words are surely l not care for eulogy, but when one strives toward an ideal of conduct. as strive now, the cheer of a loved friend is like warm handclasp in darlzress-"
 Just then a little silvery sound reached their ears. Clarimond sprang to his feet Eric saw his lips twitch and his hand for brief instant clench themselves at his sides.
 s.r'1,a I,o caiJ hoe aC,, sented Go for Dr. Wouvcrraann. You will be wifi ness, you know. Erie, and I-'' he smiled, but to his observer the smile teemed with q terrible melan- choly-"I shall give the bride away"
 
 In the ballroom they had begun to miss the king. When at last he ap- peared it was in company with Kath- leen, Eric and Alonzo. The floor was full of dancers; conversation, stimulated by rare and copius wines, reigncd in merry bab bbles that almost threatened to drown the music.
 Clar::ac2d went to his mother, who sat talking with several gentlemen. Blanca d'Este, also seated, was at her side. The gentlemen slightly withdrew as he approached, making a lane for him while he mounted to the low estrade where those ladies were placed.
 You are not looking we'll" mur- IZ2Ured the princess to kim. ''Others have spoken Of it. I do so hope how ever, that your looks mean nothing serious. Blanca, here, has been quite anxious. Is it not true, my darling?" And the princess, taking the Italian girls hand, drew her forward a little, 1 the marvellous corsage of precious stones giving forth jets of multicolored light as she moved.
 ''Yes. yes," fell from Blanca. ''We were both greatly worried" I
 Clarimord sent kindly glance straight into her blue, solicitous eyes l As he did so it flashed through his | mind:
 ''I will never love any other woman [ as long as 1 live. But this maiden might make me the worthiest of | queens. the truest of wives One day | may ask her hand, provided my mother preserves her present change from arro- gance to lindliness. But not now | Now it would be horror!''
 Mrs. Kennaird, during supper, had re- ceived, with furtive tinl1les of delight, | the attentions of an Austrian archduke and a Russian ambassador She had | not noticed Kathleens absence The who was past sixty but still | handsome and of the suavest manners. had whispered in her ear that King Clart1nOnd. who did whatever he chose, might perhaps do himself the honor to request the hand of her divine daugh- ter. The elderly Russian ambassador, Overhearing this remark as he present. ed her with an ice and, a glass of champagne. declared that his royal master would never have gene to Den mark for bride if he had had the de- light of seeing '-HadeaaoGseI1e, oetre tfLe''
 ''Ah. prince, 7" cried Mrs. Kcnnaird, in her most gerial trebles and with her very acceptable if imperfect French. there has never yet been an American queen, and l imagine there never will be. My poor, innocent child has never ircaraed of such an honor, and, really, if it were offered to her she would hard y know how to wear it.'
 The Austrian and Russian cxchanUed glances. They were both men of very nigh rank, and it is probable that they ibhorred the tenets of ClarimOnd while and perhaps loving his char tcter. That he should marry an Amer can girl, though her beauty were brighter than the Spartan Helen's and Ter breeding beyond a Recamier's, no lOubt struck them both as the essence 'f the ridiculous. But while they may. 'r may not, have thus quickly and tacit- y told one another their mutual con empt and disapprobation, Kathleen uddenly appeared, with Alonzo in her wake. Kathleen the wife felt far older than if she were still Kathleen he unwedded. Or perhaps because she ] 7as herself so intoxicated by joy, it eelned to her as if few words, deliv- red aside to her mother, might soften he sense of calamity they inparted. IEis, however, was not true. Mrs. lcnnaird heard her low-voiced t:diaps . nd shivered as though an arctic blast .ad invaded tke ballroom. = Meanwhile the ball went on, eddying, J ' r TTlJ in 1r,-,-s