Arizona republican., 1899-01-21
AmerieaD
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BY EDGAR FAWCETT.
Continued From Yesterday.)


 had dcligItfu1 time as well. There was nothing that So consoled her for all mental pain as the blaze of fcstal lights, the perfume of fcstal flowers, the dancers dancing in tune" and all the mcrri.acnt of a revel. however hollow it might be, provided patrician clements went to make it. More tAan once she had cured 8 rcrvou3 headache by iu5t this means. Amid the as3crablage to- night she held herself with all her old
 majesty and suavity. Quite as always, her male attendants were many, and though elderly still of the most desired. She preferred but 6 sprinllling of younger dcvotccs in her train she con- sidercI it beneath the dignity of woman as old as herself to receive an ovcrplus of homage frcra atripliugs. That would have been almost as infc- licitors as though she had condcsccndcd to dance: and. yvhilc she did not dream of dancing, shc nevertheless GbhOrred the dais con5ecratcd U d3wagcr3, but moved and stood near it. hCldtnga . little court of Ter own, while TaatrOns of great wealth and caste sat behind her almost unleeded by the other sex. On the s;:bject of her daughters absence shc was UnrcScrvcI, even vOlublc. ''Ycs," she would i1lari.1l,r, wifi sad little wave or two ot her fan, poor, dear Kathleen thought it best not tc como. lie las treated us both, you know, in the most shocking way Ny dear child was devotion itself tohi1n
 inst as wl.5 I. Kathleen would gladly have gone with him ic.to the lowest depths Of poverty. and l-whGt have l ever refused my darling girl, and how could I novv stand between her and the fuliillmcrt Of her heart s fEldcst wishes? But he come to us cold. cynical, 5l,spi- cious-oh. it was too horrible! He ii9t
 encd, 1 suppose, to islanders concerning Kathleen, and accused her of not caring to continue the engagement. Even this would not have aicEatcd the loving spirit he so wrOngcd. but vixen he cruelty irl3ulted me in Kathleen's pres cnce t was too much even for her per
 feet devotion. l have remained wholly passive throughout. Kathleen has broken the ties between them. and she has done So in pure desperation ct his utter brutality. l an aat0niGhcl that he is rot here tonight; it would be so like kin to come after the dreadful way
 in which he has treated us. B1t l bear him 10 i'll will. was prepared, indeed to almost overwhelm him with my sym pathy."
 But Alonzo, far from appearing at Dclmonico's that evening. was absorbed in preparations for his departure Events that were chiefly of q financial sort and had to do not only with the settlement of his own aaI 1Irj. Van Santvoord's wrecked patrinony but with the closing Ip on his and on his Uncle Crawford's part of a business hopclessly rnaimed and soilcl, l-cpt de laying him until beyond the carly weeks of spring When at last he sailed for Europe it was after having received from Eric ThaXtcr new assurances Of Q
 most cordial welcome. Tn other days, rGl o2c of E~ic's letters, my request that you would ccIlc and accept the court position you have now consented to i'll was proffcrcd in mood rather of jest than earnest. Yet circumstance has coEspircd in more ways than one to i-.:lic br;rht reality of what was then but 2 rosy dream. l shall have you here in Saitravia, ny friend, and that unhappy loss of your fortune is not the sole rSGSon l have secured you. The king has for some time reposed in my hands (t11se hands which have had the luck so to please him as regards their architectural plan drawiaC8) all power of appointing the art superintendent of his realm. 1 gave this office not very long ago to one of our fellow country men, Gn artist of TO mean talent and of apparently the coolest head. But no sooner had he donncd, so to speak, his i:lGig-ia, than arrogance and ctfrOntery were .aild names for hiln. What could I dc? There he atrutted through the halls of cur beautiful museum with carriage yol would have called immod- i est in peacock. Unless greatly err, the poor king was the cnly one of Us whom he did not presume to patronize. | How to get r;d Of AIr. birmingham was for some time a baf1ling problem. | could not discharge him, as no actual | offensc could be laid att his door. But i finally I lit upo1 q way Of necessity he would be absent for days at q time, | and 1 cleared my throat augustly one l afternoon and informed him that in these ab5enocS q comprehension must | be appointed to take his place. He | brist.cl ot t'.ij. ju5t a.5 I had expected. | and asked .l-C v!-y q cOsylp pcrintcndent : should bc created and net an officer of lower stat t.-5 than his own. l endcav- i orcd to o,-Plc:- precisely why, and in so doing an cr,aiG tEat with intention 1 | ro-so1 lis lo---!lly wrath, for a disgusted | ro5ir-at:c1 followed, and it came just | in tkc -icl. of time. During thct same week yoJ.r letter reached me, telling of f that fatcfvl aciieidc. The petition was ! ready for you, and waits now your gra- ciou5 occupancy. Meanwhile Jcrning- lam, still 8 resident Of Saltravia, poi sons the air with malign tales about my jealousy Of lis success at winning royal couEtcnancc. A withered sister, who adore5 kiz1. helps to spread these silly reports. They don't injure me I . ar not. after all, half so unpopular in Saltravia as Mr. and Miss Jcraingham would try to 1-1al,c out. But l feel it my duty, dear Alonzo, to warn you that