The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-08

A Queer, Eveutfui Tale.

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A Queer. Eveutful Tale.
A number Of interesting though rsths,
futile Kings are considered in Mr.. John
Ayscough's story Of 'Dromina' "a. p
Putnam's Sons). We have here a Kin,
Of Ireland who was descended from I'M
Roman Cesars and from Wooden, ,hs
Scandinavian deity; the Lost Daupbin
who according to this was q king Of N,
Rypsies a. wei a. heir OF Louis XVI
and IN Irish-Spanish boy who for a shor
time was Emperor Of Santo Doninpn
and Hayti That Is a good deal, but u,
story IL long and 1t does not neglect apy
| Of It's chief characters.
The dauphin who vas lost nay or ma,
not have died in tho Temple; we ma,
consider that matter as unimportapt
since 1t seems to be certain that be !,
TO live In the pages Of fiction forever,
Here he is an agreeable young mar,
rather good looking, powerful In Son,
and with the fiddle. II was his music
here that won for him the King Of Ire.
lands daughter, who was a jewel, and
| who, though he was not altogether WORTHY.
IG6D6CUOQ ulul VIGIL OhOuBh W kD mo A
nunhery not long after he was assasS.
mated. We believe that she considered
herself Queen Of France, but it is doubtful
II she shared her fathers faith regarding
the descent from Wooden.
It is delightful to read about the Irish
King. He was charming. though his
crown was quite unsubstaniaI. and th.
biographer, while venturing TO exercise
q xentle humor. knows still how to pay
TO him his undoubted dues. The whole
picture of the Irish scene Is marked BY
q very graceful as well as amusing In.
forest. Tho story carries the Kings
handsome son to Spain, marries him thers
to q gypsy Of good mind and great beauty
and conveys him then with his wife 10
California, where he becomes rich.
1t Is the offspring Of this pair who
becomes Emperor OF Santo Domingo and
Hayt. He acoomplishes this strange bud.
ness when he Is only 10 years old. and the
whole account OF the proceedings in the
uneasy and somewhat shabby island Is
certainly remarkable. The idea is that
Of a young Don Quixote transferred and
advanced In time. The reader will come
to feel that everybody is not a little
mad. but possibly he will not resent the
sensation.
the Romance OF . widowed Saioms.
E. Nesbit's story OF aThe House With
No Address. Doubleday. Page d Coz
Is doubtless q fairly surprising tale. Here
was a girl with limp black hair that hung
in hanks who danced in q glade in the
New Forest to music produced by a lame
boy with q penny whistle. She was SUI.
reptitiously observed by Mr.. Templar,
q young gentleman OF imagination. who
several years afterward saw her again
in London. where she danced in public
and enjoyed the incense and the emolu-
ments Of fame.
after her. but Templat was the first who
managed to get into the mysterious house
in which she hid herself. the house with
no address. II we say that she entered
and emerged from this house by means
OF q subterranean passage and an auto
mobile which went up and down on a lift
We hope We shall not be thought to be
revealing too much.
All might have been well IL the lame
boy had not cut Off the head Of the
beautiful dancers husband. who. though
unworthy. was still Possessed under the
law OF the right not to be decapitated.
and II Templar had been more sensible.
As It was the dancer found herself greatly
disturbed when she discovered that she
had been dancing as Salome with q real
head, and her husbands head at that,
and when. on hearing groans in an upper
room Of the house with no address, she
discovered further that the lame boy
had shot himself for hopeless love Of her
and for fear of the consequences Of bis
lawless deed and vas dying slowly.
It was night, and II it had not been
for the presence Of the new chauffeur.
who had come in with her on the auto
mobile. her reason might have been
dethroned. Happily she survived the
dreadful hour in fairly good shape, and
II she transferred her affections immedi-
stely from Templar to the new chauffeur.
who had been very courageous and very
and helpful, We do not see
that we need find the matter 80 extremely
The new chauffeur was shut up for .
while for some small felony. but when
came out Of prison on a chill sweet
morning he found the lovely dancer wait
ing. She stretched out her beautiful
hands. take me, for I an thinel' she
said. So says the story. and We cannot
think that there Is any mistake in the
matter.