Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1901-04-12


Il was I'r.aer Ernst ~ W.1am-
borg. lIe bowed
May I ciI.u your attention Tor q
mou,utF' DEE asked
Had been Iu ans other p'aee taa
the club ! should have Ignored l.m.
possessed tie l,y,..e>t larr,d Cor Gle
man. III sou W.ti ly brief"
AS brief as possible" dropping .a-o
the nearest chair. "It l.s t.r.lr lsc-
,>Sary 90 ask sou q few questions The
matter concerns Er-
"WAaieyyr concerns you is nothing
q me-" replied ealliy.
lie smiled. Are you quite surrE"
had turned tile sword ,u myself, So
IL seemed Bat ] said: 81 answered
some az your questions ONCE. be-
Iieve ] was explicit"
AS % thar can say you were
Etart.iu-.y explicit IL is O. delicate
matter 90 profess ones regard ta-
woman before total strangers. II is
not impossible that she would have
done the same thing In your place.
Her regard FOR you
interrupted him with a mouacInc
gesture. Il am extremely irritable /
said. i should regret o. lose control
Of myself in q place like this"
To be sure be- said. This Is Eng
land where they knock one another
down"
we DO not murder on this side q
the channel l reJorted.
THAT is uukiud Your friend was
very good Shot" with a Significant
glance III his useless arm. "But fal
my arm and Ills nerves. which were
not Of the best order, had uot lived 90
speak 10 you tonight"
$50 much the worse Tor the world.
said /. Your questions ::
"Ah, who was that remarkably bean
tiful woMan under your distinguished
care Thursday evening"
Il see that our conversation Is 80 Dee
Of the shortest duration. Who She was
Is none Of your business" rudely. |
uufolIsd my paper and began reading
Perhaps. after all" not tie least
pertur'-d by my inSolguce. 1t Were
best 70 state on paper what have TO
say. / can readily appreciate that the
encounter is d.sagrr,aNlp. To meet
one who has made q thing impossible
to vuu sets the nerves on edge" He
caught un htz apera lat. his cane aud
gloves. He ra SEED the lapel of his c at
and shifted n the orchid in the button
hole.
Some occult force babe me Sav.
"Whv do You wish to know who She
waS.-
He sat down again. Il shall b.
pleased % explain. That mlstouk her
for another Who supposed was on
The other siGe of the channel was a
natural mistake. as you VIII agree Is
It MOI strange that should mistake
another 10 he the woman who is 81
soon TO lee ny wife: Is There not
something behind this remarkable. IN
usual Ukeuesss Since when are two
surprisingly beautiful women, born in
different lands. Of different parents,
the exact likeness If each otherE'
Now. MS this was a thing which had
occupied MY 4iud more than once
Immediately pat aside the personal az
fair. That could wait threw Ray
paper On % tie table.
DO You know. sir" said |. that
thought echoes my own"
let Us for tie moment rut our
selves into TIE background. said tie
prince " nat 90 you know about hef
serene highness the Princess Hide
gaFde htT history
very Htiie. Proceed
But tell me what you know.
Il know that her father was driven
TO gamblers grave and that Der
mother died Of broken heart ana
that the mdn Who caused al THIS
wishes 10 break the heart oil the
daughter too.
scandal, all scandal said the
prince. Who ever heard OF a broken
heart outside Of romantic novel; /
see that the innsceper has been hold
/ ing your ear. All, that innkeeper; that
innkeeper. Certainly some day there
will come 4 reckoning
Yes, indeed, said l. Beware Of
I him"
IL was 20 years ago" said the
I prince. 1T is beyond the recall. But
I let me proceed. Not many years ago
I there was prince, a very bad fel
( low"
Most Of them are
He married a woman too good for
! him" went on the prince. as though
I he had not heard.
( Another is about to do likewise"
There was some scandal When
Z the princess was born. her father re-
fused to believe her 10 be his child