Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-01-06


plete renovation of Lady Craigenoch's
town house. Its other effects, If any
were more obscure.
BY accident Of birth and of political
events Prince Julian was a prctcnder,
one Of several gentlemen who occupied
that position in regard to the throne of
an important European country by a
necessity of their natures Messrs. Shum
| d ByCrs were financiers. Thanks to II
fall In rents and taste for speculation
Lady Craigcnoch was hard put to 1t for
money and had become good friend
| and ally of Mr.. Shum. Sometimes h.
allowed her to put finger in ono oil
his pies and draw ont little plum for
herself Byers. hearing one day of hi,
partners acquaintance with Lady
Craigenoch, observed, "She might in.
troduce us to Prince Julian. Shum
asked no questions, but obcyed That
was the way to be comfortable and to
grow rich il You were Mr. Byers part.
ner The introduction was duly effect.
ed The prince wondered vaguely. nj
most ruefully. what these men expect
ed to get out Of him Byers asked him
self quite az dolefully whether anything
could DO made out Of an indolent. ar
tistic. lazy young man like the prince
Pretenders such as he served only to
huttress existing governments
Eyes, agreed Shum Besides, he's
sntangled with that woman.
"Is there womanf' asked Byers
Il should like to know her,
4 G., x.,ait 90 Da1nrp
lGate, Mr. Byers was introduced to the
lady who was an inmate in Prince
Julian house. but was not received In
society Lady Craigenoch, however,
l rpining. justly enough, that since she
mad no girls she might know whom she
l pleased had called on the lady and was
n friendly terms with her The lady
vas named Mrs Rivers and was under.
TODD to be- u widow
And surely one needn't nsk for his
leath certificate'' pleaded Lady
Mrs Rivers boudoir. was quite Of the
anne mind He nursGd his square chin
| his lean hand and regarded his host.
with marked attention She was
\ mndsome-that fact concerned Byers
cry little. she was also mayniticentlv
| elf contident-tbat trait reused his in
|, ! ierest in moment He came 10 SEQ her
VI more than once again. for now an idea
: mad begun to shape itself in his brain
} tIe mentioned il to nobody least of all
: Mrs. Rivers But one day she said to
{ lin. with the careless contempt that he
admired
} "IFI had all your money. should do
omething with it.
{ Don ~ he asked half liking. half
, 'esoIting. her manner
ooh. you make more money with II
suppose.
{ She paused for moment, and then
Gaming forward began TO discuss Eu
npcan politics with especial reference
! the condition of affairs in Prince
I Julian country Byers listened in 81
ence She told him much that he knew
few things which had escaped him
I ihe told him also one thing which he
lid not believe-that Prince Julian 5
; ndolent airs covered character of rare
'esolution and tenacity She repeated
his twice. thereby betraying that she
vas not sure her first statement had
arried conviction Then she showed
hat the existing government in the
rince = country was weak. divided I'M
Iopuar and poor and then she ran over
he list of rival pretenders and proved
now deficient all Of them were in the
qualities necessary to gain or keep a
throne At this point che stopped and
asked Mr. Byers to take n second cup OF
tea He looked at her with interest and
amusement in his shrewd eyes She had
all the genius. the native power, with
none OF the training. none of the knowl
edge. of men He read her so easily. but
there was good deal TO read In one
point. however. he read her wrongly
Almost the only mistakes hc made We're
. due to forgetting the possible existence
If unseltish emotion
Prince Julian had plenty Of imagina.
ton without any difficulty he imagined
himself regaining his ancestral throne,
sitting on il in majesty and establish.
ing II in power This vision Mrs, Riv.
erS called mp before his receptive mind
by detailing her conversation with Mr.
Byers "Iou want nothing bnt money
To do 1t, she said And Bycrs had
money III great heaps, sham had it,,
TOO, and Shum was FOR present purposes
Byers; so were number Of otner per
sons, all with money IL believe the
people are devoted 10 me in their
hearts, said Prince Julian, then he
caught Mrs Rivers by both her hands
and cried And then you shall be my