Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-03-15
ARR
MARY HARTwELL CATHERWOOD
BASED Upon the Mystery Surf nding the Fate Of the
Dauphin, Son Of Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette.)
Ic0pyrish. 1901, BY the BowEN-MEsRILL COMPANY

The blood must have rushed over my
face. I had a submerged feeling, look
ing out Of 1t at the priest.
well, monseigneur?"
at is like her heavenly goodness"
do you see nothing but her heaven
ly goodness in IT."
This is the messenger"
1T is the message crossed the ocean
to bring
| with the consent of her uncle?"
| Mime. d'Angouleme never expresses
wish contrary to the wishes Of his
majesty"
I'VE are. then, to suppose that Louis
XVIII. offers me, through you, mon
sieur, the opportunity TO sign away my
rights and, failing that, the opportun-
ity of taking them?"
"Supposing you are monseigneur the
dauphin. we will let our superstition
run as far as this"
| saw distinctly the position Of Louis
XVIII. Marquis du Plessy had told me
he was a mass of superstition. No
doubt he had behaved, as Bellenger
said, for the good Of the royalist cause.
But the sanction of heaven was not on
his behavior. Bonaparte was let loose
on him like the dragon from the pit.
And Frenchmen, after yawning eleven
months or SO in the kings august face,
threw up their hats for the dragon. In
his second exile the inner shadow and
n OF
him. He had tasted royalty. 1t was
not as good as he had once thought
Beside him always he saw the face Of
Marie Therese. She never forgot the
hushed mystery Of her brother. Her
, silence and obedience to the crown,
her loyalty to juggling and evasion,
were more powerful than resistance.
1 A young man, brought suddenly be-
fore the faded nation and proclaimed
at an opportune moment, might be a
successful toy. The sore old king
would oil more than the royalist cause,
and the blessing Of heaven would de-
scend on one who restored the verita-
BILE dauphin.
| l never have seen the most stupid
man doubt his power to ride II some
body boists him into the saddle
Let us 30 further with our suppo-
sitions," / said, Suppose l decline"
| heard Mime de Ferrier pasp
The priest raised his eyebrows
In that case you will be quite will.
ing to give me signed paper declar-
| ing your reasons"
~ sign no paper"
." et mo sup,est tb,, monso,grour ia
not consistent Ue neither resi,rs bis
supposea rights nor will he EXERCISE
them"
81 will neither resign thor, NOR ex-
erclse them"
"Tbjs is vjrtua,,v resiynipg ,ben,"
"Tbe abbe will nordon mo for saving
| 1t is not. NV rights are mine whether
I use them ar potn
"Monseirneur understands that nm
portunitv is n visitor that comes but
once"
81 understand that the most extroor-
binary thing has hapnened TODAY that
will ever On unrecorded IN history
One Bourbon offers IN give AWAY n
tbrone bo has Lost ana ono,hor povr'
hon refuses n"
"You NAV well saw II will on unre-
corded I'm history Excenting this
lady"-the abbe bowed toward Eagle
there is no witness"
wise precautions have been taken"
| agreed, This scran Of poper NAV
mean ANYTHING or nothing"
lyon decline?" no repeated
81 think France is done with tba
Bourbons, monsieur the able. A fine
SPECTACLE thew have mdae of them
selves, cooling their heels all over
Europe, waiting for Napoleon's shoes,
VIII I 90 sneakiug and tre,,blIne tn
..