Morris tribune., 1901-04-20
"A Sentimental
journey -
And It's Results.
BY GILBERT DAYLE.
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III 81 b 7 I 7
It was about o'clock one afternoon
in February, and Hippesley was sitting
son the veranda Of the Cafe de Paris at
Monte Carlo. He sat deep in thought,
his ears mechanically listening to the
| strains of the little Hungarian band a
few yards away from him. He was
thinking Of the reason that had brought
him to the place. He had been abroad
for IL years. yet within a month Of his
return he had left again and hurried
to spend few days on the Riviera be-
fore taking steamer at Marseilles.
It was absurd, he knew it, but the
longing to see her face again was ire
sistible. He would not seek an oppor-
tunity Of speaking with her. The
scheme on which their lives had been
worked out made this impossible. He
simply had an overwhelming desire to
see her. Then he could go back to his
lonely life, not happy; he could never
be that, but with fresh picture Of
the one woman he had ever loved.
He noticed smart carriage draw up
before the broad steps Of the Casino,
and almost simultaneously man and
a woman came out Of the building.
The man was middle aged, trife
heavy in build and faultlessly dressed.
He handed the lady into the carriage.
Hippes1ey, as he caught sight of her
face, gave start and clutched hold Of
the table. She was a young English
woman, ,magnifc GENTLY beautiful.
The color left his face. and he rivet-
ed his eyes on her. He watched her
smilingly say "goodby" to the man on
the steps; then the carriage turned and
drove rapidly away. AS it vanished
from sight he sank back in his chair,
his mouth twitching. His throat seem
ed dry and parched; he stretched for
ward and drank some tea at a gulp.
Then the voices of two men talking
just behind him reached his ears.
"That was the Princess Zandra. She
is living at the Villa Erondel, at Beau
leu
Enormously rich?'
"She was till day or SO ago" The
man lowered his voice. Hippesley
found himself. straining for the, next
words 81 happen to know" came in
almost whisper, that the late prince
was sufficiently i'll advised to invest
nearly all his money in an enterprise
that has recently come to the ground
with a crash, and the princess, who
never had the slightest suspicion of her
affairs not being in satisfactory state,
has suddenly been told that another
year at her present rate Of expenditure
will leave her penniless.
what will she do r.
go on living as she has done and
marry again. Women with such beau
ty can pick and choose There are no
hard places for them. Rumor says it
will be the man who has just left her.
He is not good man, but he is pas
sionately in love with her and a mill
Nonaire twice over"
Htppesley rose from his seat and,
making his way round to the. terrace,
sank into seat. He felt he could hear
no more. 1t was all so curious, so star
tlingly strange. To think that the girl /
he had left living with her father oil
the outskirts Of a quiet English coun-
try town should have developed into
this wonderful Princess Zandra, whose
beauty was known throughout Europe.
And they had loved one another! He I
had gone abroad with the hope Of
making name for himself, Of being
able to claim her. But ill luck had
logged hdm; and the time had never
come when he could write to her. He
had left her free, and as the years
went by, bringing nothing but persist
snt failure, he knew that It wae not for
him to possess the only thing he count.
ID worth having. Occasionally scraps
II intelligence as to the course her life
lad taken drifted to him. Her father
lad died, and she had gone to live with
wealthy aunt in London. From stray
,apers that reached him he learned
hat her beauty had caused quite SEN
alton in society. Then at last came
he news that she had married for.
igner Of great position, Prince Fan
Ira. II
He wondered II she ever thought Of
i'm remembered the night he had
his love to her. Not a day
ad passed in those long years Of fail
re but her image had been before
I'm. Now. at length. when he had
chieved some slight success, it was
20 late. All that was left for him
as to take the absurd little Journey
I sentiment.
Early next morning he Travelled to
eaulieu. He got out at the railway
alton and, following the path that
d round to 81. Jean. passed the fish
g village and gained the Point. There
} sank down on the ground and gave I
mself up to his reflections II was 9
perfect morning. q cloudless sky, the 9
T soft and pregnant with the per- }