The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-20
The Beautiful Cyrene.

But the journey of the lovers to the
Moon Island had not been without events
was to hear the thrilling tale.
The carnival had full sway in the i'm
perial city. And one of the first enter
tsinments. the glory Of which the news
tttthe soiree dansante of the Warehouses
Caldariva. The hostess was the &C.
knowledged queen OF the evening.
After the finale of the orchestra had
died away. and the last lady guest had
taken her leave, Prince Cagllari con-
?. Quoted the Slady of the house into her
\ maj nifcent boudoir.
my lady?' asked the Prince in obsegui-
Gus tones,
Not at ALL" answered the Marquise,
throwing her fan and her bracelet upon
the table. did you not observe that not
single person from the imperial court
was among my guests? Even the men,
bers of the court theater sent letters of
regret instead of bringing their valuable
persons. Just those whom l desired to
see were conspicuous by their absence"
The court is in mourning now" said
the Prince by way of excuse.
There Is mourning with me. sir: with
met said the Marquise passionately. and
threw down carelesSly the pearls from
her locks and her necklace of diamonds:
instead of the ball dress. which she had
shaken off, she wrapped herself in wide
burnous.
How Tong is this humiliation to last -
| The Marquise pressed her lips together
and cast upon her slave a crushing look.
Il swear. said the Prince. that as
soon as | hear the news of my divorced
| wife's death l will Immediately, on the
very next day. announce our betrothal."
| And how long IL this woman going to
| live? cried the pale figure. with burning
rage. At these words the Prince felt
shudder running through him.
AS long as God pleases."
The beautiful Cyrene. laying her head
upon his shoulder, whispered:
do you know where this woman now
II do not"
! You see do not allow her to escape
| from my sight so easily. You could do
nothing but leave her in Rome, chained
| to her prison But | know how ne ought
to begin to get rid of her, The dogs of
JeSebel were already bowling under her
windows
you are wonderful woman, Roslna"
Then there comes a mana nobody.
dot. cipher-who walks awkwardy
| into the play and spoils the whole plan.
| Yes, indeed. because this nobody. this
dot, this cipher, is, Notwithstanding. some
thing which Is more than a prince; every
inch a man! This man eloped with the
woman from Rome"
| Did they love each other?'
Il believe so. Fate second time put
| them in a dilemma, in which so many
other people lose their lives. In Trieste
| they were for three hours in the nets of
the courtmartial and the police If they
had tarried an hour longer they surely
would have remained in the meshes of
this net But they walked over the rocky
paths of the Karst mountains"
They loved each other very much"
said the Prince.
so much that they will not do each 9TH
er any harm. but will live on so as to be
enabled to love each other At first |
thought that their drama would end with
beautiful suicide, as is generally the
| yY-tNA ia
| under similar circumstances. But | have
also another hope. l am not so cruel as
that. l thought they would flee together
to another continent. and that some day
We should receive news from there of the
woman's death. This, of course. need not
be true. for they would assume another
name. but the official news would satisfy
us. The hand of Prince CaGliari would
lose it's letters, and he could answer the
question whether the beautiful Cyrene
was anything more to him than pretty
playthng."
"Rosina, | swear"
THE oath is superfluous, at least at
present. Have you received Blancas
letter."
No"
How Is that possible? / mean that
which she wrote you last November from
II did not receive it, Why, I sent
through Vajdar to Rome her alimony, for
the month of December, five thousand
'Ha. ha, ha! You have a fine adopted
son, must admit. The letters which
come pass into his hands first, and, in
accordance with your orders, they are
generally opened by him. But as far as
this letter is concerned he forgot to call
your attention to 1t. and 1t Is not his fault
when, under the present condition of af-
fairs in Italy, check for five thousand
scudi fails to reach it's destination, and
leaves no traces. He is truly an lngen-
GUS scoundrel. The money remained In
the family. for he bought me diamonds
with it. l have known about that letter
ever since last November"
"Well, may l also know what the Prih-
cess wrote to me?"
THAT she relinquishes her alimony and
that she is going to marry again; this not
accept the creed of her betrothed."
"One thing in this story is pie Using, and |
that is that my sixty thousand scudi will
remain mine
Fl done! If banker had said this
But a Prince Cagliari!"
"Henceforta will give the sixty thoqs- |
and scudi to YOU" he said putting his |
arms around the shoulders of the lady.
"Sr, do not touch me-" said she. turn |
ing away. IF one lady had the courage |
TO say to your face Here is your princeiy |
crown; here are your pieces of gold; take
them; do not want them; | want has |
band who will be my lord and king
you can find another woman who wIl do
likewise"
But what do you want? Shall 1 imi-
tate what Blanca of Zboroy has done?
Shall we both become Protestants so that |
We can marry"
Indeed. l mad almost said that we
should. | believe that, when We have to
answer for the sins we have committed
upon earth, your joke will more readily
be pardoned than what intend to do"
Have you a plan. Rosina?"
Not bad one, either. In ToroczkO,
between the mountains, is The nest into
which the two doves have retired. And
the forests round about the nest are now
full of birds of prey"
DO you think of this?" asked the
Prince in a faltering voice. The old lib
ertlne did not possess strength enough
to be cruel. He was afraid of nightly
specters. He had all kinds of supersti-
tious beliefs. He did not like the beautiful
lady speak to him about death,
Now l only think" said Cyrene, land
it is possible that my thoughts will be
realized But if this should not be the
case, then l will act
She then produced a large chart of
Pennsylvania, on which every mountain.
valley. and even the scattered farms and
huts, We're marked with great minute
ness. Several Of such points were desig
mated with pins.
Here On this valley lies Toroczko.
These points round about are occupied
by Roumanian insurgents Have you
heard anything of their doings?"
Horrible rumors."
These are not mere rumors. and only
the faint-hearted shudders at them. They
cause me no uneasiness. What do You
think would happen to our fugitives If
they should sometime lose their way and
appear upon the s6ene of such dreadful
tales?'
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