The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-27

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- room where Princess Flavia had left her when
her new friend returned. She had found it
impossible to settle to anything till the Prn-
seemed to her own fears SO dreadful risk she
flowing sken curtain folds down into the silent court
panes casting TIER quick hitting shadows on the
shining door, thr0gsh thg shutters Of fne
with its orange trees in pots and its feathery palms
stood waiting with apprehensive heart.
evitabe annoGHcement Of her formal title without
which the princess could not move even from room 70
room IN her own Paisee reused Honor from aer dream
Uf o h b sq 6S aRd t of be s eS
was held erect and her flushed cheek and blazing eyes
hd for s moment the trace Of heG recent tears aF
as if she trod it with an empress foot Never had
Honor dreamed she could look SO like a queen, this
Crescent She caught her breath in sPasm Of IN
But the princess reached speaking distance the
changed-the dignity that had been injured died out
of it, and in its place, she smiled at Honor, there
be+ % fT Fbi9 tins she said aYe b g9s
kept you; Forgive me- This is tresome for YOU
amuse you You will be sorry you ever came TO ne"
sorry" The echo of her own word was reply enough
princess smiled again as she heard No said Honor
what was happening could not hear hear TO think Of
down t too He dd not Bite little friend told YOU
he was too sensible to do me an injury in my own
d e %aF befo og Tgg ae ha o tSF9 mn
hurt and wounded me in my heart my spirit as he
me more to the hit Of the dagger than he did this
morning, when he dared to propose to me that
Marry HIM Marry yogr cousin Prince CaesaEi
was mixed with ncredulity Surely surely it was too
Yes marry him That is what he coolly suggested
Rs m1Sf Of Be S Rs Of false 0V
Making on whom ne mas poured an hIS matee ana
hates me even worse than hate him! 1t was tna5
never have believed that he could befoOl me. ne
didn't strike him dumb for doing it. It was profana-
But why WHY. Honor still finding it hope
less TO make herself believe
lightly y he a 3 R Rsd tRy s a2 3
m Hs out ano Of my deaF ane aecP0n favor he may
ee so f hst he Would forgive eHen my marTsge
Caesar knows how admirable such alliance would
Tnted there Could be nothing 50 convenient or SO
5are it She shuddeTed as physical chill had
4 oed G and 6su TS be1 he IS 5RS
of it Caesar Of all men in the whole wo world 90.
MD her face. Honor leaned forward the tears IN
g ed gs 0ye 6ers aeetionstey The two girls sat
hand In hand for a moment and neither spoke
4 might have hated it, I might have been angry
know how cruel an indignity it was But could not
sented it a year ago Now I know what love really IS
furious that Caesar sRoGd presume to pretend
he offered it to me- she spoke IN a husneea tone.
Clear He said he adOTed me that he could not 1--we
those words would have meant spoken by another
man + could not forgive" She was quiet again for
curtains swaying the windows. Then she went
slowly dropping the sentences as If with effort
you viii not understand little friend, why that
s sa%u'a mantle first man VINO had ever come into
nv life that could have loved 1t was in Venice
had been i'll, and was ordered sea-bathlng / went
with some my people here and took palace on
the Grand Canal Every day we went by gondola TO
the Lido, and had the sea air and the salt water
got out of my depth. was exhausted with my et-
Forts to reach My maids the sands were
screaming with fright; if old Marietta had there
5rowned for She cannot swim stroke All at once
heard the cries. No wonder! they would have shaken
down Campanile if it had not been already down;
dressed He out to me, in boots and
coat and straw hattie had not thrown away
the kind. CHEEKY voice about its being all right,
quite matter of fact. if there were nothing
strange in being about TO drown was calm certainly
but did not expect II in Other people he WI Su
and struck out with for the shore. i will be
quite STILL said to him as he caught my arm /
something silly. know that quite WELL was all
he said. Nobody before understood and trusted
me- before they knew me. My heart warmed,
even though knew might never get back For
current had SET in strong was a hard fight to get
hack with poor exhausted me as burden, but he
did it. [ think there is nothing in the whole world
he could not do if he made up his mind once
how he painted, strong he once was going
to let go for 1 felt he could not manage to
drown himself for my sake. But he stopped me short
instantly. Don't do that" he said. for I swear that
knew he meant it, his voice was quiet though it
breathless- 1 had 10 stop"
And oh, he got you IN! He saved your IN heF
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