Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-27

and l, ] hope. by-and-by. but 10 do that
and nothing e~lse-.not yeti"
You've stalked bigger game and that
has spoiled you" grumbled the major. After
Count Sagan, partridses pail, Yet 1t is a
pity"
II shall bring Valerie here sometimes. Of
course. l think she'll like the old place
almost as much as | do"
More, since it is the birthplace and home
OF one John Rallywood," said Counsellor
with a twist OF his big mustache. You
lucky, undeserving beggar! So Selpdorf's
gone. A queer compound"
'His death redeemed-much, = said Rally
wood shortly.
YES" Counsellor puffed out a great cloud
OF smoke, "yes, but we have no reason to
forget the fact that he was very ready to
secure himself at a heavy cost to you"
For the sake OF Nassau interposed
Rallywood.
"Hum-for the sake OF Maasau! And you
were an inconvenient personality also. Well.
we'll, let 1t pass. But 1t was touch and
go with you, John, for no one could
have foreseen that shaky old Gustave would
rise to the occasion as he did. And what
has he done for you after all?"
II saved my life first and gave ne the
gold star OF Nassau afterwards" said Rally
wood, IAN honor which l share with some
monarchs-and Major Counsellor
Dirt cheap. tool grunted Counsellor. II
hear that Nine. de Sagan sent you a very
neat congratulation.
"A genoux sur la terre
Nous rendons grace a Dieu,
EFT nous lui faisons voeux
Dune double priere."
You take your own meaning out OF IT,"
ended the major.
And people being chiefly malicious villa
take the wrong one"
That is as 1t may be. But for YOU ]
hope a fine morning will follow the stormy
evening. You will grow fat and selfish,
John, like many a better man."
Rally wood smiled. He was thinking OF a
certain elderly diplomat who, rumor said.
had been moved out of his usual composure
on one occasion only. 1t was at the moment
when he heard that Captain Hollywood of
the Maasaun guard was sentenced to be
shot.
by the way resumed Counsellor, did
I tell you that l saw Won Elmur yesterday at
Charing Cross? He said he was starting for
Constantinople. / babe him good-by, but
he corrected me, 'Au revoir, my dear MAJOR
and kissed the tips of his fingers to me as the
train passed. So, perhaps, the end is not
yet"
God bless the present." said Rallywood.
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past and the future in the pleasant places
of England, the surf is beating around ar
island off the Maasaun coast, upon which
n stormstricken fertilization has been
adapted to the use of a certain political
prisoner, Count Simon of Sagan. There he
frets and schemes and longs through the
endless afternoons. He does not accept his
destiny as final. his hopes are unimpaired,
his resolves as strong as in the old keen
days at Sagan. He clings to a blind con-
viction that Time and the Man must newt
ably meet together. and he lives for that
meeting.
There, too, Anthony Unfair serves his
country and his sovereign, relentlessly
watchful through the dead monotony of the
days. At his own urgent request he was
given charge of the lonely prison, it's soil
tude appearing to him the one bearable
condition of life. He has his work to do
and he does it well, and always between
Count Sagan and his dreams stands the ire
vocable figure of the young Maasaun.
Sometimes Sagan taunts him with his
hopeless love, but he only answers by a
look. And each knows that wherever he
may turn he will find the other standing
up against im-the fierce imbruted pris-
oner with his royal fearlessness and his in
tense and frigid guard.
They are waiting. They have each his
dream. Sagan's of empire and revenge, for
he is, after all. a splendid r%ufian. untam-
able, gallant. a man who could never be
compelled to cry enough to evil fortune.
Sometimes deep in the night, while tho
two enemies play their long games together.
Sagan filings down the cards and laughs and
speaks of another game which will find its
conclusion in the dim paths of the future.
But unfair only smiles. If that day should
ever come it will find him ready. But TO.
day is not tomorrow, and God bless the
present." as Rallywood said.
(THE END.)
The duke Of Beaufort has definitely de-
cided to have Chepstow castle put up to