The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-07-24

going to amuse U.S.
But" continued the clown, "you
must go inside Of the booth to witness
the effects Of the mandarines folly.
At times ray Of reason penetrates
her diseased brain, and then the sight
OF her anguish would soften the most
Implying. Enter, and for the small
sum of 10 cents you shall hear sobs
such as the Odeon never echoed in its
halcyon days. The unhappy woman
realizes the absurdity and inanity of
her blind passion. She confesses to
herself that she is madly pursuing a
phantom. She knows but too we'll that
he in the vigor and beauty of youth
cannot love faded old woman like her.
self, who vainly makes pitiable efforts
to retain the last remains of her once
enchanting beauty. She feels that the
sweetSwords he once whispered in her
charmed ear were false. She knows
that the day is near when she will be
left alone, with nothing save his man
tie in her hand" i
AS the clown addressed this voluble
description to the crowd before him
he narrowly watched the countenance
OF the bankers wife. But nothing he
had said seemed to affect her. She
leaned back in her armchair perfectly
calm and occasionally smiled.
Can be on the wrong track?' NUT.
| tered the clown uneasily.
NJ. de Clameran Joined the circle.
1.-The third picture" the clown con.
tinued, depicts the old mandarine aft,
er she has dismissed that most annoy
ing of guests remorse-from her hos.
ON. She promises herself that inter.
est shall supply the place Of love in
holding the seductive youth. It is
with this object that she invests him
with false honors and dignity and in.
PRODUCES him to the chief mandarins
of the capital Of the Celestial empire
linen, since so handsome youth must
cut fine figure in society, the lady
must needs to sacrifice all of her DOS
sessions for his sake-necklaces. rings.
bracelets, diamonds and pearls-every
| Jewel she possesses. The monster car
I r1es all these to the pawnbrokers on
| Tlentsi street and then has the cruel
ty to refuse her the tickets, so that she
may have chance Of redeeming her
treasures
The clown thought that at last he
| had fulfilled the conditions Nine.
Fauvel began to betray signs of un-
| easlness. Once she made an attempt
to rise from the chair, but it seemed as
if her strength failed her, and she
sank back, forced to listen.
FINALLY, ladies and gentlemen" con-
t1nued the clown, 'the richly stored
jewel cases were emptied. The day
came when the mandarine had nothing
more to give. 1t was then that the
young scoundrel conceived the project
of carrying off the jasper button be-
longing to the Mandarine Ii Fo, a
splendid jewel of incalculable value, a
badge of dignity. It was kept in a
granite chest and guarded by three
soldiers night and day. All, the man
:darlne resisted long time. She knew
the innocent soldiers would be accused
and Rucified, as is the custom in Pc
king, and this thought restrained her.
| But her lover besought her so tenderly
| that she finally yielded to his en-
treaties and the Jasper button was
stolen. The fourth picture represents
the guilty couple stealthily creeping
down the private stairway. See their
| frightened look-see''-
He abruptly stopped. Three or four
of his auditors rushed to the assistance
OF Mime. Fauvel, who seemed about to
faint. Che clown felt his arm roughly
seized by some one behind him. He
turned and faced De Clameran and
Layers, both of whom were pale with
anger.
what do you want, gentlemen" he
asked, with his most gracious air.
ITO speak to you," they both answer
ed.
Il am at your service
He followed them to the end of the
picture gallery, near a window OPEN
ing on balcony. Here they were un-
observed except by the man in the We
netlan cloak, whom the clown had ad-
dressed as monsieur the count" The
mlnuet having ended, the orchestras
were taking brief rest, and, the COM
pany pouring into the gallery, it be-
came very crowded. The sudden faint
ness Of Nine. Fauvel had passed off
unnoticed save by a few, who attrib-
uted it to the heat of the room. M.
Fauvel had been sent for, but when he
came hurrying in he found his wife
composedly talking to Madeleine. Not
having as much control over his tenn
per as Raoul, NJ. de Clameran angrily
said:
I'm the first place, monsieur, would
like to know who you are.''
The clown determined to answer as
II he thought the question were Jest.
You want my license, do you, my
lord Doggy 1 left it in the hands of the
city authorities. It contains my name,
age, profession, domicile and every de-
taiW- "
With an angry gesture NJ. de Clame-
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