News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1899-11-22

NJ u CrAs GrJe lrSOSNS SSGHJSOe
whether actually on the throne beside
him or just behind it was point he
was prone to shirk Atany cost though,
she must be very near
As time went en- there were many
meetings at Palace Gate The prince
Mr.. Shum and Lady Craigenocls were
present sometimes Mrs Rivers and
Byers were never wanting The princes
imagination was immensely stimulated
in those days Lady Craigenoch' s love
for a speculation was splendidly indulg-
ed. Mr. Shum's cautious disposition re-
ceived terrible shocks Mrs Rivers dis
cussed European politics, the attitude
of the church and the secret quarrels of
the cabinet in Prince Julian S country,
and Byers silently gathered together
all the money of his own and other peo-
Piles on which he could lay hands. He
was meditating a great coup, and just
now and then he felt queer touch of
remorse when he reflected that his coup
was so very different from the coup to
which Mrs. Rivers disquisitions and
the princes vivid imagination invited
him But he believed in the survival of
the fttest and although Mrs Rivers
was very fit, he himself was Just by
little bit filter still Meanwhile the
government in the princes country
faced its many difficulties with much
boldness and seemed on the whole safe
enough
The birth and attributes of rumor
have often engaged the attention of
poets Who can doubt that their rhet-
ORIG would have been embellished
and their metaphors multiplied had
they possessed more intimate acquaint-
ance with the places where money is
bought and sold? For in respect oil
awakening widespread interest and af-
fecting the happiness of homes what is
the character of any lady, however
highborn, conspicuous or beautiful,
compared with the character of stockf
Here indeed is a field for calumny, for
innuendo for hints of frailty, for whis-
pers of intrigue, for scandal mongers
have their turn to serve, and the hold
ers are swift to distrust When some
body writes Sheridan comedy anew,
let him lay the scene Of it in bourse.
Between his slandered stock and his
slandered dame he may work out very
pretty and fanciful parallel.
Here, however, the facts can be set
down only plainly and prosaically. On
all the exchanges there arose feeling
of uneasiness respecting the stock Of
the government of Prince Julian s coun-
try, Selling was going on, not in large
blocks, but cautiously, continually, in
unending driblets Surely on a system
and with a purposeH Then came para
graphs in the papers (like whispers be-
hind fans) discussing the state of the
government and the country much in
the vein which had marked Mrs Riv-
ers' dissertations. By now the stock
was down three points. BY pure luck it
fell another, in mysterious sympathy
with the South African mining market.
Next there was a riot in provincial
town in the princes country, then a
minister resigned and made damag-
ing statement in the chamber. Upon
this it seemed no more than natural
that attention should be turned to
| Prince Julian, his habits, his entour-
age, his visitors. And now there were
visitors. Mobiles and gentlemen crossed
the channel to see him. They came
stealthily, yet not so secretly but that
| there was a paragraph. These great
folk had heard. the rumors, and hope
had revived in their breasts. They
talked to Mrs. Rivers Mrs. Rivers had
talked previously to Mr.. Byers
A day later a weekly paper which
possessed good and claimed universe
information announced that great &C
tivity reigned among Prince Julian''
party and that his royal highness was
considering the desirability of issuing &
manifesto Certain Interior steps,
the writer continued, "are in contem
plation but of these it would be prema
ture to speak. There was not very
much in all this, but it made the friends
of the stock rather uncomfortable, anC
they were no more happy when lead
ing article in a leading paper demon
strated beyond possibility of cavil tina
Prince Julian had fair chance of sue
cess, but that, if he regained the throne
he could look to hold it only by seeking
glory in an aggressive attitude TOWARD
his neighbors On the appearance o
this luminous forecast the poor steel
fell two points more There had been
sauve qui peut of the timid holders.
Then actually came the manifesto
and it was admitted on all hands to b
such an excellent manifesto as t.
amount to an event of Importance
, Whoever had drawn it up-and thi
: question was never settled-he knew
, how to lay his fingers on all the weal
J spots Of the existing government, hoy
: to touch on the glories of Prince Ju
lian's house, what tone to adopt OF
vexed questions, how to rouse the en-
thusiasm of all the discontinued. "Givel
| that the princes party possess the nee
essary resources, observed the sam
leading journal, sit cannot be denie
, that the situation has assumed an as
I pect of gravity" And the poor stock fel
r yet little more, upon which Mr.. Shum
who had a liking for taking prof
when he saw it, ventured to ask hi
.oo-A,,o,. how loun he ,naonf Gttn Eaav, ,