Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-09
A Sentimental Journey.

SIT was about 4 o'clock one after
noon in February, and Hippesley
was sitting on the yeranda 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 rea-
son that had brought him to the place.
He had been abroad for twelve years,
vet, within a month of his return, he
had left again and hurried to spend
few days on the Riviera before taking
steamer at Marseilles
Il was absurd. he knew ii, 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 a fresh picture of the
one woman he had ever loved.
He noticed a smart carriage draw up
before the broad steps of the Casino,
and. almost simultaneously, a man and
a woman came out of the building. The
man was middle-aged, a trifle heavy in
build and faultlessly dressed. He
3 handed the lady into her carriage. Hip
) pesIey, as he caught sight of her face,
gave a start, and clutched hold of the
sable. She was young Englishwo-
! man, magnifcently beautiful.
The color left his face, and he riveted
MS eyes on her. He watched her smil-
3 ingly say ''gOOd-by" to the man on the
a steps, then the carriage turned and
: drove rapidly away. AS it vanished
: from sight be sank back in his chair,
A MS mouth twitching. His throat seem
ad dry and parcbed; he stretched for
ward and drank some tea at a gulp.
Then the voices of two men talking
lust behind him reached his ears.
THAT was the Princess Xandra she
$ living at the villa Erondel. at Beau
leu
Enormously rich|
"She was till day or so ago" The
nan lowered his voice. Hippesley
ound himself straining for the next
words. II happen to know" came in
lmost a whisper, chat the late prince
vas sufficiently ill-advised TO invest
nearly all his money in an enterprise
hat has recently come to the ground
with a crash. and the princess, who
never had the slightest suspicion of her
tffalrs not being in a satisfactory state,
has suddenly been told that another
ear Mt her present rate of expenditure
viii leave her penniless."
What will she dOY
go on living as she has dOne-and
marry again! Women with such beau
w can pick and choose-therc are no
lard places for them. RumOr says it
vii! be the man who has just left her.
lie is not a good man, but he is pas
ionately in love with her, and mil
ionaire twice over"
Eippesely rose from his seat, and,
king his way round to the terrace.
ank into seat. He felt he could
car no more. 1t was all so curious.
O startlingly strange. TO think that
he girl he had left living with her
ather on the outskirts of Il quiet
English country town should have de-
eIoped into this wonderful Primo SIS
Z.andra, whose beauty was known
Throughout Europe. And they had
aved one another. He had gone abroad
sith the hope of making Il name for
lmself, of being able to claim her. But
lluck had logged him, and the time
SG never come when he could write
% her. He had left her free. and as the
ears went by. bringing nothing but
ersistent failure. he knew that it was
OF for him 70 possess the only thing
q counted worth having. Occasionally
craps OF intelligence as to the course
or life had taken drifted To him. Her
ather had died, and she had gone 10
We with a wealthy aunt in London.
: rom stray papers that reached MIN he
armed that her beauty had caused
ute a sensation in society. Then at
ast came the news that she had mar
ed a foreigner of great position.
Prince Zsndra-
ae wondered if she ever thought OF
Aforementioned the night he had
onfessed his love to her Not day
al passed In those long years of fail
re but her image had been before him
ow. az length. when he had achieved
PINE slight success. il was too late. All
hat WAS left for him was to take the
bsurd little journey Of sentiment.
Early next morning he travelled TO
esulieu. lie got out at the railway
aticu and, following the path that led
,und TO ST. Jean. passed the fishing
lage, and gained the point. There he
? luk down on the ground. and gave
mself up TO his reflections. IL was a
arfeCt morning, Il clOudleSS sky. the
2 soft and pregnant with the perfume
the roses that grew right to the edge
The tiny cliff. Some thirty fee; be-
" him was the sea, not ripple en- its
pooth surface, the clear blue tiutS
Gaming in the sunshine.
Presently he was aware Of Il woman
azilg curiouSly at him. The next no.
- eut they had recognized one another.
he went suddenly pale and her lips
arted In wonder.
"Ralphr she gaSped.
lie looked at her mutely. He was face
face with her NJ last. and the blood
ant Ibcobbing through his veins.
"Ies-juSt Ralph he said mechani.
~.
She held out her hand. aud he took il
ykwardly.
And 70 think ii is you after all these
ars." she said softly.
AfIippesley did not speak. HIS
oughts had flown back dozen years
the night when he had left her. An