Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-01-23

Zephryine aiiu her Engl Imam Is take
care Of each other AMI. thrcad ding his
way through tile assembly, approa ched
the table which the prince and his con-
fdant had honored with their choice.
= tell you, Geraldine" the former
was saying, the action is madness.
Yourself, I am glad to remember it.
chose your brother for this perilous
service, and you are bound in duty to
have a guard upon his conduct. He
has consented to delay so many days
in Paris. That was already an inn
prudence, considering the character of
the man he has to deal with, but now.
when he is within eight and forty
hours OF his departure, when he is
within two or three days of the de-
.cisive trial, ask you is this place
for him to spend his time? He should
be in gallery at practice; he should
be sleeping long hours and taking mod
crate exercise on foot; he should be ON
rigorous diet, without white wines
or brandy. Does the dog imagine we
are all playing comedy? The thing is
deadly earnest. Geraldine"
Il know the lad too well to inter
fere," replied Colonel Geraldine, land
we'll enough not to be alarmed He is
more cautious than you fancy and of
an indomitable spirit. If it had been
a woman. should not say SO much,
but l trust the president to him and
the two Wallets without an instant's ap-
prehension."
Il am gratified to hear you say So"
replied the prince :'but my mind is not
at rest. These servants are we'll trained
spies. and already has not this mis-
creant succeeded three times in elud-
ing their observation and spending sew
eral hours on end III private, and most
likely dangerous, affairs? An amateur
might have lost him by accident, but If
Rudolph and Jerome were thrown of
the scent it must have been done on
purpose, and by a man who had CO.
gent reason and exceptional resources"
Il believe the question is now one
between my brother and myself" re-
piled Geraldine, with a Shade OF Of
tense in his tone.
Il permit it to be so. Colonel Gerald
inc, returned Prince Florizel Per
haps, for that very reason, you should
be all tbs. more ready to accept my
counseis. But enough. That girl in
yellow dances we'll"
And the talk veered into the ordinary
topics of a Paris ballroom in the car
nivai.
Slas remembered where ne was and
that the hour was already near at hand
when Ire ought to be upon the scene OF
his assignation. The more he reflected
the less he liked the prospect, and as at
that moment an eddy in the crowd be-
gan to draw him in the direction Of the
door he suffered it to carry him away
without resistance. The eddy stranded
him i'll corner under the gallery, where
his ear was Immediately struck with
the voice Of Nine. Zcphyrine. She was
speaking in French with the young man
OF the blond locks who had been point
ed out by the strange Britisher not half
an hour before.
II have a character at stake" she
said, cor would put no other condition
than my heart recommends. But you
have only to say SO much to the porter,
and he will let You go by without
Word.''
"But why this talk of debt" objected
her companion.
"Heavens!" said she. do you think
l do not understand my own hotcl?''
And she Went by. clinging affection
ately to her companions arm.
This put Silas III mind of his billet.
''Ten minutes hence" thought he
land may he walking with as beauti-
full woman as that ansl<even better
dressed. perhaps real lady, possibly
woman OF title"
And then he remembered the spelling
and was Il little downcast
But it may have been writer, hy her
maid" he imagined.
The clock was only few minutes
from the hour, and this immediate prox-
unity set his heart beating at Il curious
and rather disa greeable speed. He re-
Elected with relief that he was in no
way bound to put in an appearance.
Virtue and cowardice We're together,
and he made once more for the door,
but this time of his own accord and bat
Ting against the stream of people
which was now moving in Il contrary
direction. Perhaps this prolonged re-
sistance wearied him. or perhaps he
was in that frame of mind when mere
~ to continue in the same determina~
ton for a certain number of minutes
produces Il reaction and a different pur-
pose. Certainly, at least he wheeled
about for a third time and did not stop
until he had found place of conceal
ment within few yards of the ap-
pointed place.
Here he went through an agony of
spirit in which he several times prayed
to God for help. for Silas had been de-
voutly educated. He had now not the
least inclination for the meeting. Moth
ing kept him from flight but silly
fear lest he should be thought unlnan-
~. But this was so powerful that it
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