The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-27

had selected reward OF the accused youth should
he be proved innocent Of aspiring 70 SO far above hm
The princess hated her Often had she seen or imagined
seen this fair casting glances OF adma
cn her lover and sometimes she thought these ganees
were perceived aud returned. Now and then she had
them talking together but for moment but
much be said in brief space 1t may have been on
With all the intensity Of blood transmitted 70 her
through long lines OF barare ancestors she hated the woman
VINO bushed behind that scut door
When her lover turned and looked her and his eye
her she there paler and whittier than anyone
else in the Of anxious faces about her he saw
by that quick power OF perception given TO those whose
souls that she knew behind which door erouched
the tiger and behind which stood the lady lie had eS
peed her 10 know H. He understood her and his
soul assured she would rest until she had
made plain herself this thing hidden to all other lockers
on--eyen 10 the king The only hope OF the youth la
which there any element of certainty was based upon
the OF the princess in discovering this mystery ANA
the he looked upon her he she had succeeded
Then it that his quick and anxious glance asked the
question Which Z; 1t plain 10 her as ne had
shouted it from where he stood There was not moment
to be lost The question asked in flash it must be
answered IN another Her right hand lay on the cushioned
parapet before her She raised her hand and made slight
quick movement to the right No one saw her Every eye
but hers hxed on the man in the arena lie turned
and with firm and rapid walked across the empty space
Every heart stopped beating breath was held every
eye fixed immovahly upon that man. Without the
slightest hesitation he the door on the right and
Now tho point of the story is this Did the tiger come
that door did the lady The reflect upon
this the harder 1t involves study OF the
human heart which leads us through azes out Of which
is difficult find way. Think Of it, the soul OF the
princess white heat beneath the combined fires Of
despair and jealousy She had lost him but who should
hn2 Her decision had been indicated in an instant
but had been made after days and nights Of anxious dc
liberation. She had known she would be asked, she had
decided what she would answer and without the slightest
hcsaton she moved her hand to the right The question
OF her decision be lightly considered Which
came Of the door, the lady the tiger
This unique story excited much interest and curiosity
the latter of only in the feminine wordthat an
anccdote told OF how the ladies devised scheme
tain from the author which Of the door the
lady the tiger An elegant banquet served at which
potatoes and other yands made into figures OF ladies
and tigers Mr.. Stockton invited aud asked which he
would take some of the lady some Of the tiger lie
replied Some OF each" So the question is still un
answered
But besides the appreciation OF his excellent humor there
is much general interest Stockons works Tor he
very voluminou writer His writings include many uyc
nile stories adventures, travels But nothing has eve
brought his distinctive characteristics the
OF The Lady the Tiger 1t is peculiarly his own
There nothing in fiction containing exactly the idea
uncertainty and wonder left in the mind.