The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-11-18

! parency Of her skin and her high eX-
preston. She was all in black except
a floating muslin cape or fchu, making
beholder despise the fnery Of the en-
pire
We must have examined each other
even sternly, though I felt sudden
giving way and heaving in my breast
She was 50 high, so sincere. If had
been unfit to Lleet the eyes Of that
princess I must have shriyeled before
her
From side to side her figure swayed,
and another young girl, the only at
tendant in the room, stretched out both
arms to catch her.
We put her on couch, aud she sat
gasping, supported by the lady in
waiting. Then the tears ran down
her face, and I kissed the transparent
hands, my own flesh and blood I be-
Iieved that hour as l believe to this.
"Oh. Louis! Louis!'
The wonder of her knowledge and
acceptance Of me without claim be-
ing put forward was around me like a
cloud
"You were so like my father as you
stood there. could see him again as
he parted from us. What miracle has
restored you? How did you find your
way here? You are surely Louis?'
T sat down beside her, keeping one
hand between mine.
Madame, believe, as you believe,
that I am Louis Charles, the dauphin
Of France And l have come to you
first rs my own flesh and blood, who
must have more knowledge and recol-
lection OF things past than / myself
can have I have not long been walked
out of the tranced life I formerly
lived"
81 have wept more tears for the little
brother-broken in intellect and exiled
farther than we-than for my father
and mother They were at peace. But
you, poor child, what hope was there
for you? Was the person who had you
in his charge kind to you: He must
have been. You have grown to be
such a man as l would have you"
Everybody has been kind to ne,
my sister,
"Could they look in that face and be
unkind? All the thousand questions
have to ask must lie deferred until the
king sees you l cannot wait for him
to see you. Mile de Chojsy, send a
message at once to the king"
The lady in waiting withdrew to the
door, and the royal duchess Quivered
with eager anticipation.
eve have had pretended dauphins to
add insult to exile. You may not take
the king unawares, as you took me. BE
will have proofs as plain as his Latin
verse. But you will find his majesty
all that father could be to US, Louis.
think there never was man so IN
selfish, except, indeed, my husband,
whom you cannot see until he returns"
Again I kissed my sisters hand We
gazed at each other, our different
breeding still making strangeness be-
tween us, across which yearned, and
she examined me.
Instead Of making cause with her,
however, I said over and over, Marie
Thercse, Marie Therese" like a home
sick boy come again to some familiar
presence You are the only one Of my
family have seen since waking ex-
cept Louis Philippe"
Don't speak Of that man, Louis. I
detest the house Of Orleans as Chris
tan should detest only sin. His father
doomed ours 30 death!'
But he is not to blame for what his
father did"
'What do you mean by waking"
Coming to my senses"
GAIL that we shall hear about when
the king sees you
Il knew your picture on the snuff
box"
tsWhat snuffbox"
s'The one in the queens jewel case"
"Where did you find that jewel
case?"
"Do you remember the Marquis du
Plessy?"
Eyes; lukewarm loyalist, if loyal
list at all in these tines
s'My best friend
"I will say for him that he was not
among the irst emigres. If the first
emigres had stayed at home and
helped their king they might have pre-
vented the Terror"
''The Marquis du Plessy stayed after
the Tuileries was sacked. He found
the queens jewel case and saved it
from confscation to the state"
'Wlere did he find it? Did you rec
ogniZe the faces!'
ooh, instantly"
The door opened, Geferring any story,
for that noble usher who had brought
me to the presence Of Marie Therese
stood there ready to conduct US to the
king.
Ny sister rose, and led her by the
hand, she going confidently to return
the dauphin to his family, and the dau-
phin going like fool. Seeing Skene-
donk standing by the door, I must stop
and fit the key to the lock Of the
queens casket and throw the lid back
to show her proofs given me by one
who believed il me in spite of himself.
Tie snufbox and two bags of coin
were gone, saw with CONSERVATION,
but tie princess recognized so many
things that she missed nothing, con-
trolling herself as her touch moved
from trinket to trinket that her mother
had worn.
Bring this before the king she said.
And we took it with us, the noble in
blue coat and red collar CARRYING it.