The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1914-09-17
CHAPTER XXXyL
THE PRINCES BRIGHT SHADOW

THE PRINCES BRIGHT SHADOW
There are old people living in Eng
land today who remember hearing their
fathers and mothers speak OF a young
tTenchnan OF personality.
constantly seen with Prince Louis Ne
poleon during the last days OF his bte
in London in the year 1870. Lady Con
stance Cecil nlcknane6 this FTcachman
I Princes bright shadow" There
seemed to be g. closer tie than broth
eThood between them, and the tradition
runs that the mystical Primes had a
superstition that HIS luck went with
him In the person OF the Chsvalier
Beaupre.
The days Of that umnner month were
fun days for the c~onspirator& On the
surface. arranged TO been seen OF the
world and to throw tho world of its
guard. was a steady round Of gaiety; at
one brilliant function after another the
peasant Francois shared The honors and
ths lionfzins OF the Prince. Because
his visionary eyes looked through
things Of unsel to realities. the tinsel
did not dazzle him. He gazed
at the butterflies Of the world who
dutrered about him and saw people
with XII hearts And the butterflies
that they responded to the simplicity
and loving kindness which he held out
TO them. Few human telegraph sta
tons Laa utterly to take the message
when the great universay wireless OF
sLty soonos me note. So that Fran
- ~ -pI1s Il gained ID Few
- -. al Lashsn nearts q mold
ksyond this evident social side OF the
London life lay the hidden life of prep
aracon for the event to come-the at
tempt on Eculogne. And In this both
s-s,s - Lose oio"er
Sssr~ raAs - haa helr
consran+ go ee,s3.nt e.eatemenI
+ow.-s - 80 % Icy. oncs,
vas sent era owing ~, ~ r-anaa 4
80 asL 20 70 rance, TO
w~3tsrr r. 80 -. u1s. 10
IN Tg-e,e 80 I r SILalr. While
49, as INC Girne Tor q
nn-Isv s.oaaos and saw his
pss+-o s4-o =. sIe sne general.
to hsge foin.s Ibs "no "a
now 90 - Dtlacs Lonaon by
bf-.sf@ - taaeeeu
corne- 4 yfTiaga ahuss LOT months to
6s-1w - 80 sIaa q TAn SUD-
pietro say,nr The aSs7d aoIss Isel, ana
horge and 5sS hesa 80, u.o"h ne
he lay frrttinr his sa,r saa o,S hurt SO
ne n sasue. ana wnen Francois stood by
row m -. sho ts.se as an ar
maS, Flstro took his
- . IN Dotn MS own and
fssrrsd ~. go az Ls iorce ana then
wnra =, ayas W lIs VAL Wlthsut q
.ha herd. 6fahcois VINO was
49, - 9fincss secretary sped
the rri~nd ~ H.. I'LL "a aearL 70 miss
~ .ao1 aat LLcutne at ms SIDE In
hssr ssd 49, Sgu.o, Ses 700 "nole-
fhfne br. "orA % pc any
nrtnea,s 49, swofo IN the
~ @s~b ~ cA11 lie ~ O i IA
ganaraI 80 aaa LIZ "as AZ nand. The
so,,sh .o1S, ssne linn OH TO II with q
Lissad h9rn -. Ilsss,ne; An1e had
a.SoS IN ssGTiy' ms mother had
-sStL .A aouse door, shielding
go ass a nose CAIN saint-hke
iooS. = hscn aas hel npa 0 as he
~ : and kneW what she said
q sIs wa.e1ea MN roe away to fight
ihcn LOUIS 10 hight for the
VINO could tell II ever he
LIZ sn. Toe pacK doWn that familiar
ioaa uHoer tho chestnuts!
was en.irely happy. He had asked
uarse wishes OF the good FAIRIES. as he
q said long ago; h q no prince
snouid pc emperor-that he might be-
come a marshal OF France under an
ouner Bonaparte"-that Alike should
about to be realized. The last? It was
NOT nov ~ time to think of that.
Alike had kissed him goodbye. That
would more than do till the fight was
over. So he sped back to London,
missing Pietro. but hopeful and buoy
ter for him from Virginia
Dear Francois" Lucy began. ITO
think that the first letter sent to YOU
by Harry's wife should be to tell you
she has betrayed you trust in her.
I am distressed beyond words. for 1
hnUa YnaAn n. xr~9x@n L. .Aa
distress to you. You remember the
letter to Alike which you trusted to me
to Eend her In case anything should
happen to you? / had ii In NV hand
the week after my wedding when I had
gone upstairs to get other letters for
Europe which my father had com
manded me to send by the next pack ct
And In some stupid unexplainable way
I slipped our-you precious letter.
among them In place of one to NV