The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-23

 solent class that denied others any rights in society or government. Try as he would, however, he could not withstand the face, the Are and the charm tfor Harry could not be rude tc any one) of Coningsby. Before long he fell completely under his spell until at last his admiration had grown into q passionate friendship.
 Soon there was added to this purely ideal affection tho gratitude that is due to one who has done the greatest con ceiyabie service. Milibank was saved from drowning by Coningsby at so great risk that both were resusciated only with diflculty. Cnningsby In turn, naturally became interested In the end he came to return m full measure the love that the young democrat had
 From Miilbank, coningsby learned
 more and more of the rising, already influential classes in England, who
 were not noble and yet were determ- ined to acquire power. He looked politics--the cries of Toryism, Whig-
 eery and Conservatism, and realized that hardly anybody knew what those names really meant. if. indeed. they
 From that time dated coningsbys
 spiritual birth. He shook himself clear of ali preconceived notions and began to study with an untrammeled mind;
 young eagle searching the ether Tor
 the course of his free flight.
 Thus he came to be IS and tho day arrived for him to quit his beautiful Eton and enter greater woflds WlLh ambitions more tangible and less nop.e.
 with shining achievement to dazzle the
 eyes so that they are In danger of De.
 coming blind to the purer dreams or iife's sprinEtine.
 He was invited to Coninesby Castle
 ed around his grandfather wherever ne was. The Reform bill which had pass
 ed despite the dire warnings ot hlg-
 by's. Papers and Tadpoles that tt meant the destruction of the country. had rob
 bed Lord Monmouth of his ten
 boroughs. and with them, of the almost ripened plum of the Dukedom on which
 he had set hts heart. But while his cornpa nions in misfortune were bewail-
 ing their overthrow. this edverstry gave & stimulating interest and the
 zest of . struggle to hls daring mind
 that was satiated with success and sur
 feited with prosperity.
 He resolved to appropriate to hiu1-
 self the new borough of Darlford In
 his vicinity and to send Rigby to Par lament from It. Therefore he opened the castle. filled 1t with London's most
 brilliant folk. secured a troop of
 French comedians and invited all his neighbors. great and small
 He had tho worst county reDuea- ton conceivable He spent hardly any time in England. Every little squire
 vowed that ha would not demean him.
 self by appearing at the castle. He smiled sardonically, for he knew well that his splendor would draw them to It's. flame. as it did. . once having been drawn, they were
 fascinated. for Lord Monmouth had the most perfect manner in the w0rld. lie was good-natur0d. even good-huucrad. for one 90 selfish. Though he never
 loved any one, he rarely took the tNouble Co hate any ones except his own children. There was never a cloud of
 caprice or ili-temper to prevent his fine manners from having fun play.
 He looked on diverted @ see how, with . welI-earnsd reputation for vice, and having treated people with un- precedented neglect and contunely. he could win back their golden opinions in a moment by the magic Of title,
 manners and wealth.
 Harry ConIngsby gazed with emotion on the castle that bore his name. He could see it miles away, so proud was it's position on It's foFested height, with the sun throwing rich color on the great pile He was met by crowd of retainers and ushered through grand portals into a scene that was like a great theatre, 60 crowded was 1t with life color and hustle.
 Lord Monmouth placed his arm
 around Coningsby with 6 dignity of af- lection that would have become Louis XIV, and kissed him on each cheek.
 Then he led the agitated young fellow to . circle of great ladies and gentle
 men, among whom were Princess and an Imperial Grand Duke The Princess received him with l especial favor; for she was the very same Princess CoIonna whom he had seen at Monmouth House on his first visit. Indeed. Princess coionna was 60
 constant 8 guest of Lord Monmouth f that some extremely straightlaced
 nagniflcoes declared that 1t was im- | possible to visit Coningsby, although | the lady was ueveF without the protec- 1 tion of her husband, the Prince and the
 company of her stepdaughter. Princess | Lueretia-
 | the young mans reception by his | grandfather and instantly thought ot
 him as a possible match for Lucretia, whose society she would have lost l gladly. for she neither loved her fran ! ticaily nor did she care to share the
 Princes microscopic income with her | a moment longer than she could help Lucretla received her stepmothera | suggestions with acorn. She had high CT ambitions than to pin her future | to that of a poor young relative. depen- l dent on the whinas of man Hike Lord | Monmouth. Besides, she had fallen
 under the spell of one of the most brilliant, most couYted and most pux- . zling men of his time-Sidonia, de-
 scendent of an ancient and noble Jew. | ish family of Spain and a man Sd | wealthy that almost all the govern ments of Europe were deeply in his
 debt and found 1t vital to confer with l him before they ventured on wars or great projects of peace.
 He had the depth of intellectual de.
 veiopment that is characteristic of the pure Arabian stock. He had lived in | every part of the world and had studied
 man in every phase--iu the city and | fin the wilderness, sn squaIor and In ] splendor, in peace and in war. He had | agents everywhere. The secret his. ! tory of the world was his pastime. Tho | hidden motives and wiles of rulers were
 as an open book to him.
 He was Intensely proud of his de-
 scent and of the mighty race whose
 blood ran pure in his veins. The 1 S.donias counted among their number an Archbishop of Toledo. and once a | Sidonia had even exercised the ofice l of Grand Tnqulsitor; yet during all this 1 period tn ese Mosaic Arabs never bell | away from the faith of their fathers | but secretly adhered to all the ancient | rites and ceremonies.
 Sidonia was attracted by Lucretia's | Intellect. It was the one human qual- | ity that interested him. The emotion