The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-17

himself seemed to stand lust a little In
awe OF her. What Colonel Annesley
thought concerning her was not new.
His first comment. Poor little sweet
SOUL still held good as the sum and
substance OF his opinion. 1t was a re.
lief to h whole party TO talk OF tbs
coming Maharajah. What he would
do. and what they would 90. formed a
perpetually increasing topic OF CONVEX
safion. The boys" commented silently
on the fact that neither Colonel nor
Mrs. Annesley, seemed very lavish of
wines at dinner. and that the drink
generally was dispensed with a some
what stingy care. But they were char
table boys" ana concluded thai Lolly
had run ont OF supplies and was laying
in fresh stock. So that the evening
passed off pleasantly without a hitch,
and Captain lie Marchant showed M
tendency whatever TO fall into his
habit"
Some days now passed in pleasant
tranquility. Colonel Annesley. though
he kept a constant watch on his guest
with the falling" began himself te
think that the case had been over
stated. Beyond a more or less settied
glooniness Of disposition. Captain La
Alarehant was very much like any
other ordinary army man. He was not
clever, and in conversation lie was oc-
casionally coarse. but OH the Whole he
maintained a decent and weil-bred be-
hayior. He was a ma gnificent athlete
and Il keen sportsman. and these at.
tributes made him rather q popular
mans man." Idreana began 10 ioot
happier; a little OF the tragedy went
out OF her eyes. leaving the light OF
hope there instead. whercat Mrs. An
nesley rejoiced ~unselfshly. p
And at last the Mallarajah arrived.
In splendid sarb he came. and showed
himself to lie a somewhat remarkable
specimen of an Oriental. In the first
place, he was exceedingly handsome:
secondly. he was exceptionally WE'LL
hammered. Courteous, Yet not abating
one jot of his dignity. he n a limited
suite-limited III order not to put his
hosts to too much trouble-took possess
sion of that part OF Mrs. Annesley's
house reserved and arranged for his
special accommodate n All The partic-
ulafs of his caste had beeh Noted and
remembered, and he Shove hs ai.preei-.
alton Of this careful forothoushtan and cons.
sideration by proving himself to be what
runor had already described him, a
brilliant and gifted man, whose con-
versational capacities were not to be
despised. From the first hour OF his
arrival he la fastened his glowing
dark eyes on the fair and spirituelle
beauty of Mrs. Lee Marchant, and had,
in the briefest possible space of time,
fallen secretly a victim, to her uncon-
sciously exerted charm. For her lie
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est her he spoke of the long vigiis
which he was wont to pass on the
fiower-sarlanded fiat roof of his palace,
his great telescope set up and pointed
at the stars: to her lie told strange
legends of the East, myths and fan
tastes of midas oldest period; to see
her large eyes sparkle and her sweet
lips part in GREATNESS attention, he re-
lated hair-breadth escapes from the
jaws of Wild beasts, and wonderful ad-.
ventures in forest or jungle.
And the other visitors would listen
10 him entranced, fascinated not only
by his attractive personality, but also.
by the priceless jewels hat flashed OH
his breast-diaInonds clear as drops of
dew. and opals shining with the mys-
tic evaneseent light OF frozen foam.
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sovereignty which became him we'll, and
which kept the fashionable v~ulgarity
of the fast" set in check. He was BY
turns elegant. Wise, witty and umor
GUS, and distinctly proved to a few OF
the frivolous n enpty-headed that
there is no necessity to cultivate
"cllan" or learn stable slang in order
to be considered clever. Hc was a
gtfria,au Ie11nr, g., roa1-lktsarRin a. II. emma
of the English, this Maharajah. and
one or two OF the more thoughtful
unused unplea sanity on what might
happen in India Il college education"
turned out goodly numbers Of natives
such as he. His visit to the station.
however, was an u~ndoubted success;
nothing else was talked of III The whole
place. n Mrs. Claude Annesley had
scored again. and added another to
her long list of social triumphs.
Meanwhile. II the truth must he told.
the M~ahara5ah himself was undergo
ing the torturss Of the damned. His
beautiful n We're with difficulty
maintained. his polished grace, his
fluent talk. his easy urbanity and APP
parent calm covered a passion and II
rage as fierce as that of any famishei
tiger. For the Belle Dame sans Merci
had him in thrall. The strange and
subtle languor that lurked in her large,
pathetic eyes. her delicate and elhn
b1spty. had run like a swift poison
though his Eastern blood and set It
on fire. OF what avail? None, he
knew: she was as absolutely denied to
him as the stars he studied in the hot
summer midnights. Nevertheless, he
loved her; loved her with a fury amt
despair that nearly drove him frantic.
To approach her mad him tremble;
the wondering. unconscious. half-wist-'
ful looks she gave him made his heart
beat to a sense of tears and suffoca-
tlon. Once, when she by chance dropped
y few flowers from her bosom, and he
snatched them up stealthily. his act
unseen, he thought he must have gone
mad with the joy of kissing them. Yet
with all this fever at work within him
he kept his secret: no hint of it ever
escaped him by so much as an unguard-
ed look or tremor of the voice, for he
was brave. He had received his DEATH
blow, so he said within himself. but
none should see the wound. And he
played his part as a manly man should. +
living his agony down hour by hour
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