The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-04
NTU hooks.
Mysterious ,Ir. sabln.

n,r,,- Oprcuhcim's story Of Mysterious
~, sa.,n- Little Brown Co. Boston.
,I,r lis Al, great city, whore the inhabi-
,,,.rai.torned TO seeing much, and II
..,to Thought that three Londoners, one
.l"-i ono q journalist and one an artist OF
,,.,.r would hardly in a restaurant
Nh. Thames Fmbankment neglect their
.rs- through wondering who was going
NJ tho next table. Said the lord to
-C., yo,. see whose name il is upon the
card pcn-ham'
nsp.ttrr raised an eyeghss to his left
..,,.-J loaned Forward. but he was unable
e., mike aut the name on the card placed
,t,.tnNle To- denote that it was engaged
o.,tt-ee friends remained painfully unen-
n.t.ercI until the lord said "Sh-sh!' Then
- ,v,, the soft soft swish of silk and
.,hs faint suggestion Of delicate and
s,,fo,ffc strange perfume" The interest
I'M, record goes on.
A. last the table was being taken posses
,.nof girl. in a wonderful white dress
.-iar.i.ne there leaning over TO admire
tho rrea' bunch Of creamy white blossoms
f,ur three friends had previously bestowed
,Aourbf and curiosity on the white roses on
hef.l.ef. while a waiter respectfully held
chair for her
Ne are glad that the water did not hold
tho chair dsres pectfully; but 1t is our bust
ness 10 go on The girl. properly. was not
Unattended A few steps behind came
ter companion. an elderly man who walked
Win slight limp. leaning heavily upon
stick
II should have been said here that the
slserlv man had club foot We vainly
e,rned hack later. when we came upon
reference 10 this misfortune. to discover
,norglna or positive allegation Of it. The
or, pointed to the flowers and made an
on.erya,ion in French. The curiosity OF
our friends was immensely wheued. Tho
ari.t and the lord inquired simultaneously
Of each other. who are they?' who is
sbe;- -Alasl' says the story, neither OF
them had the least idea
Thcy an watched to see II they could find
al. The lord made almost no concealment
NJ his intense desire. The story says:
'Volfenden leaned back in his chair, smok-
Ing Mi, cigarette and slipping bis Turkish
ooFee His eyes scarcely left for moment
the girl who sat only few yards away from
him. triaing with a dainty indifference with
the dainty dishes which. one after the
other had been placed before her and re-
moved
We do not know who removed them
whether she or the waiter 1t Is no matter.
The siudious Lord Wofenden continued
his Investigations. We read He had
taken pains TO withdraw himself from the
DISCUSSION in which his friends we're inter
es,ed He wanted to be quite free to watch
her To him she was the most wonderful
creature he had ever seen. In every one
NJ her most trihng actions she seemed
possessed Of an original and curious grace.
even the way she held her silver fork, toyed
With her seryiette. raised her glass to her
lips and set it down again-a all these little
things she seemed to him TO accomplish
With peculiar and wonderful daininess
Here we discover that it was the waiter
who removed the dishes that were success
s,velv set before her She did not dispose
of them herself It saws that she appeared
70 he eating scarcely anything But finally
there came 10 her dish that she removed
without the assistance Of the waiter and
eagerly Even in the matter OF ice cream,
however she displayed the power and
the habit Of nice selection. In the words
Of the story:
AT last, however, the waiter set before
her dish In which she was evidently in
terested Wolfenden recognized the pink
friIled paper and smiled She was human
enough then 70 care for ices She bent over
II and shrugged her shoulders turning
10 the waiter who was lowering near she
asked a question. He bowed and removed
the plate In a moment or two. how much
longer than one moment are two moments1
he reappeared with another. This time
the paper and its contents were brown.
She smiled as she helped herself such
smile that Wolfenden wondered that the
walter did not lose his head and hand her
pepper and salt instead Of grayely filing
Der glass She took up her spoon and de-
Hteratey tasted the contents OF her plate
Then she looked across the table and spoke
the first words in English which he had
heard from her lips:
Coffee ice. 50 much nicer than straw
berry
SAID pensham the artist softly She's
wonderful Said Lord Wolfenden: Mar
veIlous- We have questioned ourselves
and have found in US no rea ron to dissent
from either Of those sentiments.
Of course she vas Princess in exile.
We fee that II Is really no betrayal Of a
secrei 70 say at this point that she was
the Princess Hell ne Of Bourbon. that she
was betr7hed 10 her cousin, Prince Henri
o. Or'rens and that the gentleman with
her Nlr Sahin really the Due de Sous
pennier vas plotting for the restoration
o. the monarchy in France and hoped to
be Prime Minister Who the gloomy
Young man Felix was in this story we shall
MOI fl.y reveal Enough 10 say that he
was attached 10 the Russian Embassy In
London. that after the supper in the restau-
rant he attacked Mr.. Sabin with dagger
and that he foiled the plot which contem-
plated the overthrow Of England by Ger
many
We find Lord Woltenden declaring his
love to The Princess at page $50. There
is picture II them He Is in tweeds and
eof stockings and she in tailor made
diess. and we must think it the fault OF
NE artist TINT he has not given 20 them
Qli'e hat air Of distinction that the reader
FA expect and that the text proolaims
We mneves have turned with some i'm
lauenoe and with considerable relief from
ne picture TO the text. We read at this
pom,
His hand had closed upon hers, and she