The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1903-05-07

He stood awhile In thought: then b.
took his resolve.
A half hour Of quick movement
brought him before the entrance gates
of the villa Aioussa. A native Of Su
dan In a rich dress who had the Office
Of porter asked him politely his errand
ASK II Corporal Victor Of the chas'
scuss cor be permitted a moments In
terview with your mistress. l cont
by permission" he added as the native
hesitated between his fear Of a soldier
and his sense Of the appalling unfit
tlngness OF q corporal seeking audiencs
Of a Spanish princess. The message
was passed about among several Of the
household. At last a servant Of higher
authority appeared.
MADAME permitted Corporal Victor
to be taken to her presence. Would be
followf"
He uncovered his head and entered,
passing through several passages and
chambers richly hung and furnished
She moved forward as her servan an.
nounccd him. She saw him pause there
like one spellbound and thought 1t the
hesitation Of one who felt sensitively
his own low grade In life. She came
toward him with the silent. sweeping
grace that gave her the carriage of an
empress. Her voice fell on his cal
with the accent of a woman immeasur
ably proud. but too proud not to bend
softly and graciously to those who
were SO far beneath her that without
such aid from her they could never
have addressed or have approached her
You have come, l trust. to withdraw
your pr0hibition7 Nothing will give
me greater pleasure than to bring his
majesty's notice to one Of the best sol
diers his army holds"
Pardon me. madame; I do not come
to trespass 30 far upon your benigni
IT," he answered as he bent before her
II come to express rather my regret
that you should have made one single
error"
Errorl A naughty surprise glanced
from her eyes as they swept over him
Such a word had never been used to
her In the whole course Of her brilliant
und pampered life Of sovereignty and
indulgence.
"One omfnon enough. madame. In
your order-the error to suppose that
under the rough cloth of a private
troopers uniform there cannot possibly
be such arIstocratic monopolies ar
nerves to wound"
IL do not comprehend YOU" She
spoke very coldly. She repented pro.
foundly her concession In admitting
a Chasseur d'Afrique to her presence.
Possibly not Mine was the folly
to dream that you would ever do 80.
I should not have intruded on you now
but for this s The humiliation
you were pleased to pass on me I
could neither refuse nor resent to the
dealer Of It. Had I done 30 men who are
only toe loyal to me would have resent.
ed with me and been thrashed or been
shot rs payment. I was compelled to
accept It and to wait until l could re-
turn your gift to you. l have 40 right
to complain that you panied me with
It since one who occupies my position
ought. I presume. TO consider reinem.
brance. even By an outrage. M honor
done to him by the Princess Corona"
As he said the last words he laid on
the table that stood hear him the gold
Of Chnteauroy's Insult. She had lis
tened with a bewildered wonder. held
In check by the laughter impulse of
orcnse that a man In this grade should
venture thus to address. thus &c mr..
raign her. As he laid the goldpIcces
down upon her table IN idea Of the
truth came to her.
II know nothing Of what you com.
plain of. sent you no money. What
Is 1t you would imply?' she asked him.
looking up from where she leaned
back In the low couch into whose depth
she had sunk ms he had spoken.
You did not send nle illcsc-pot rs
payment for the chess scrvicrr"
"Assurcdly not. After what you said
the other day I should have scarcely
been SO III bred and SO needless Of In
dieting pain. Who used my name
thusT'
His face llghtened with a pleasure
and a relief that changed 1t wonder
fully-thnt brighter look Of gladness
that had been a stranger to 1t for so
many years.
You give me infinite happiness.
madame. You little dream how bitter
such sights are when one has lost the
power to resent them! 1t was Colonel
C%hatenuroy who this morning.
DARED to tell you l SEM you those
coins?"
The serenity of q courtly woman Of
the world was ~unbroken. but her blue
and brilliant eyes darkened and
cleaned beneath tho sweep Of their
lashes.
perhaps ! can scarcely say 80 much.
He gave them. and he implied that he
gave them from you. The words he
gpoke were these"
He told her them as they had been
uttered. adding no more. She saw the
construction they had been intended
to bear and that which they had borne
naturally to his ear. She listened ear
nestly to the end. Then she turned to
him with the exquisite softpess Of