The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-08-07

vhen the prince had asked for thu
bird time if the lovely Miss Rothbil
| we're not to appear at al. Her en-
rance was ell the more effective wher
he did arrive, and the prince watched
her eagerly from his place beside Mrs
Schuyler, as she pointed out the heir
SIS to him. Flushed, radiant, her SUI
lerb shoulders and neck rising fowev
IKE from a nlmy pink cloud of drapery
the famous Rothbilt pearls cleaning
softly on her bosom and in her hair
he drew the attention of everyone in
the room as she made her way to her
hostess.
The rooms were filled with the most
beautiful women in America. with a
gay sprinkling of brilliant foreign uni
forms of the princes suite against
a background of sober, conventional
evening dress. The gorgeously deco
rated house, full of priceless paintings
and bronzes and tapestries made ar
appropriate setting for the gay scene.
Caroline felt that she had stepped into
some old-world palace.
With ill-coneealed eagerness her hos
tess brought up the prime and his
secretary to be presented to her, and
/; the world stopped a moment in its
mad career and W tched the porten.
tous meeting. Both men bowed low
before her in II cir courtly foreign
fashion. and both looked upon her
with open admiration in their eyes.
That much. the world could see.
The prince was a magnificent speci
men of manhood. One could tell at t
glance that the blood of race o.
mobiles flowed in his veins. Tall and
muscular, with the body of Greek
athlete, and the head of an Ac onis, he
was in striking contrast to his secre-
tary, who was small, prematurely Old
with face lined with dissipation; a
face weak, uninteresting, almost re
pulsiye to beauty-loving Caroline. She
imperiously turned her BACK upon him,
leaving him to the tender mercies or
her hostess. AS long as destiny had
ordained her to be the wife of great
man, what good fortune that such a
one as this prince should be sent t.
bert
When their eyes met swift electric
faxh thrilled them both. at is des.
tined" he murmured to himself.
She refused the secretary curly.
when he pleaded for dance, and looh
of hatred and hurt pride followed heI
and her prince, as they moved toward
the ballroom, a stately couple in their
youth and perfect physical beauty
He danced as only an Austrian eau
and after their third waltz together
with eloquent eyes he bent hfs beauti.
full head down and whispered: You
waltz divinely, as no American nave
ever seen. One would think you were
an Austrian"
She was indignant at herself, as she
felt the color mount into her cheeks,
and knew that he, too, saw it, for he
murmured low: you are beautifui
blush rose in that gown, which is like
bit of sunset cloud. Come in here,
where ii is COOL" and he lead her to-
ward the great, dimly Lighted con-
servatory.
The air was heavy with the fra
GRANGE Of lilies and roses. a fountain
tinkled and splashed softly into
marble basin. From the ballroom
Aoated dreamy music. softeHed by the
distance. Among the palms wasa seat
of carved ebony, and there, in the dim
rose-colored light. they sat down.
Caroline was swayed by an emotion
Of which she had never thought her
self capable, as the princes glorious
eyes we're bent adoringly on her face.
"he had laughed at love before as -