The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-16
ANNALS or BOHEMIA.
THE PRINCE.

Il pufuI VI uIOWNnk D0rSou hWhy w "httE
td1Alte when she Shanoed " nsset tho
Now tho Prince was . noted wit Of
Bohemia. Il was hard 10 tell whstbsr be
waB wttttsr when sobOr or when drunk.
Az 10 happoned, he was sober whom hS
started 10 Amuse the guests at the dinner
party aA which no mot Miss Manhattan.
Tho Wit Of the Prince was Of Q most
inpromptu and happy variety. His sudden
transplAntlnG from . downtown pink ink
table d'hot0 joint 70 the mA9ninconOs OF
his present surroundings only added to
2ts zest.
The fashionable people he had been
brought to entertain Awoks and laughed.
Not only laughed but reared, the Prince
further adding to the general hilarity BY
giving zach and every bloated ~bondholder
within his range Of vision what IL termed In
Bohemia q gentle roast.
The un-expectedness Of this procedure
raised the merrument TO white heat, 90
that when the Prince resumed his seat, he
sat down, az It were, In a blaze OF glory.
As for Miss Manhattan. she found herself
for the first time in her life genuinely
amused. In her prinoesslike manner,
acquired by early and continued CON-
seriousness Of her aurora borealis Of wealth,
she requested that the unique person who
had broaSh: sbou: this ss!.cstous STATE e
affairs be introduced to her.
The Introduction was tho beginning Of
an acquaintance which required almost
a. much strenuousness upon the part Of
the Prince q the demands Of his business
manager.
In the first place the matter OF corre-
spondenoe gave him much worriment. Hin
place Of residence was far from the spot
occupied by the mansion Of Miss Man
haitian. Abo. for moro reAsons than one.
he had concealed i've situation from every
body but his landlady and he would, II Il
had been possible. have concealed II from
her, for. deep thinker a. he was, he had
keen known 70 aver that he did his deepest
thinking when he happened 70 hear heV
football patterine IN h stair.
Mss MRnhattan's notes then must needs
be directed elsewhere. After some con-
sultation with himself he gave the address
| OF o hotel 10 which he was Obliged 20 walk
daily for the purpose Of collecting them.
Bohemians are not noted for their In
dustry. and this walk In the oourse OF time
became irkSome to the Prince. The hotel.
after he had met q score Of 30 Of friends and
lmbibed several scores Of cocktails and gin
hzzes, seemed TO move itself further and
further from the place where at the moment
he happened to be.
1t was just "a we'll that II turned out ~
It did. he said Afterward.
Secondly, he had borrowed the dress
suit worn at that first banquet from . friend.
Having now continuous and impressive
daily use for it, sinoe Il often happened
that he threw himself on the bed at dawn
and slept till time for dinner again. 10 took
considerable effort o his part 20 dodge
the friend who had lent II to him and thus
avoid the necessity Of returning IL.
Altogether, IL was Just as well that che
affair turned out a Il did, he sald again
and again aftcrward.
Another and most important thing:
When the Prince was In possession Of funds,
which happened occasionally. he was ccus-
toned to employ al original and peculiarly
successful method Of Kidding himself q
them. After imbibing to the extent custO-
mary with him he stood on Some street
corner and implored friend, enemy and
stranger to come and take his money froH
hIm-this with tears in his eyes.
Il ia needless to say here that they did,
q few OF his friends calculatinRiy await
ing these periods, which were practically
the only opportunities they had Of getting
back any Of the money he owed them.
This being the case, i is almost unnsoes-
sary TO add that the Prince was much oftensr
without money than with, Inc beink With
| out money the demands, slight as they
were, made upon his puryo by his scqusint-
ance with Miss Manhattan grew BY and by
to be exceedingly difficult. il not almost
impossible to meet.
Fortunately for him, as q rule they drove
out in her carriage. They dned, too, at
her residence. or we're for a space invited
out by her friends. Invited out with such
frequency that the Prince, who ordinarily
breakfasted on a pieoe Of pie. which gave
him such cut indigestion that he had
no wish for anything in the way Of eatables
the rest Of the day. became 20 accustomed
TO a real dinner that he ressnted going with
out ono.
Still It was only by dint Of psTsistens boz.
rowing from chance acquAtntancss that
he managed to keep up Appearances mt an,
keeping them up nevertheless In q manner
which at once delighted and astonished
every native of Bohemia.
At this stage, Miss Manhattan having
virtually discarded her millionaire, ths
Prince had come to 70 known among her
friends, in the parlance of Bohemia and
the Bowery, as her steady. Consequently,
witty as he was and much as his society was
enjoyed by tho gilded circle, presently
they courteously dropped the two, leaving
them alone to their supposed felicity.
II was then that the Prince discovered
to his horror that he was expected to take
Miss Manhattan out to dine and to pay
for the dinner.
It was this first dinner.
He had painfully borrowed a few dol
lars from a comparative stranger, his in
Inmates having Of late grown a trife shy,
had ordered the carriage, had refrsined
with difficulty from requesting his guest
TO pay The fare and. seated 1t . tabbs In .
fashionable hotel. had ordered the dinner.
The Primes was better at ordering q
dinner for which some one else waS to "a
than whom he had to pay himself. But,
considering all things, this dinner was
Of an excellent quality. Il included cham
payne, which the Prince imbi bed with
relish M q certain degree Of reckless
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