South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-12-22
Continued From Saturday,
CHAPTER Xxx

lht AAihtt ANniE-
The glittering morning sunlight OF
late March Hooded the eastern dining
room OF Roanoke house. As the bare
branches of the trees outside moved
up and down in the biting breeze, the
shadows danced on brown bIaCkness
OF wainscoted walls and against that
deep background Lucy Hampton's
gold head shone as Madonna heads
shine from dim -canVaSses. a fire DiaZ-
ed On the hearth: hot dishes steamed
on the table; the girls face. the
cracking fire. the polished silver re-
Elected from polished mahogany; the
soft shOd. sOlicitous service Of a white
aprOned negro all this made the room
fragrant with hOmeliness in spite Of
the fact that one could see ones
breath in the air. But they were used
TO 1.-THE hardy Virginians Of those
days of open fires and no furnaces. of
many luXuries and few comforts, and
in happy ignorance Of world progress.
they suffered cheerfully and were
strong.
Colonel Henry Hampton faced a
portrait OF the first Henry Hampton
Of Roanoke, stately with brass but
tons and silver lace, set in the panels
~seventy-five years before. Lucy had
concluded her brOiled chicken and
bacon and hot bread. and now as he,
late for breakfast always, followed in
AANA WahN III A10h NAA0 W. VAh e~AAA
Portsmouth Herald with which a
colored boy had that morning ridden
Out from Norfolk, eight miles away.
II was before the time OF daily papers
except in a large city or two. and this
Of once a week was an event; a boy
vas sent into Norfolk the day before
its publication that the colonel might
have il at the earliest moment.
The cOlOnel's heaVy-dragOon type
OF face was handsome and weak; a
bushy mustache jUtted from beneath
his fine nose. as if in an effort to
make it sOldierly and masculine. The
features were modelled on the big
boned. lean features Of men who had
done things; only the spirit was left
out. 1t was as if a man who inherited
his ancestors massive silver platterS
had no meat to put on them. His un-
certain eyes. under their splendid
brOws, wandered from column 10 col
umn of the little sheet, leaving this
and that article unfinished, and as he
read he reported bits Of news TO his
daughter.
How would you like to see a live
prince, Lucy?" he inquired. The
Herald states that we have one with
us. not ten miles from Roanoke.
Prince Louis Napoleon was landed
from the Andromede, in Norfolk, only
yesterday. PoOr young nan he
went on condeScendingly. n has no
money. 7 understand. and here he is
stranded in a strange country with his
fortune to make, and no assets but a
title. It's little that will help him
in the states"
Colonel Hampton glanced over to
see il she were listening TO his words
OF wisdom. he liked an attentive au-
dience. He was enchanted with her
expression. She had dropped knife
and fork and, with her blue eyes
stretched wide. her white teeth shin
ing. was drinking in his sentences.
Father is Prince Louis in Nor
folk How can IL be- Monsieur
Beaupre was talking to me about
him last night. and he did not dream
OF his coming here. Surely he would
have known if the prince was ex-
pected."
Colonel Hampton smiled sarcastic
ally. you will find hat your father
occasionally knows more than even
Monsieur Beaupre. and even on
French questions, / may add he an
unce from a mountain height.
But in one point YOU are right. my
dear. The prince was not expected by
any me. not even by the great Cheva-
lier Beaupre. lie was eXiled from
France. as o may OF may not know,
some four and a half months ago, on
account OF his attempt on S~trasburg,
and was sent out on the Andromede.
with sealed orders. No one knew his
destination until he landed, on the
twenty-eighth. in Norfolk. There
the colonel got up and walked to the
fireplace and stood with his back to
the blaze, and his legs far apart, mas