The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-30
W.-The Cloven Hoof

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his remarks. lle d"plored the ridi-
! cuious weakness ~ the poor OLD
dccd"r.nr Emperor F'ranz-Joseph.
, VINO. - every one Knew. was be-
nc:,ti, the thumb 81 willy adven-
;urasa. : I'd with vehemcnce declared:
We We're always Brita!n's friend.
Ne should never have opposed her
Look at our poor hungary nowI
| Only ruin and starvation. Unul
We can recover ourselves We shall
be at the mercy Of any OF the petty
Powers who make themselves so
CONSPICUOUS and obnoxious at the
eternal pourparlers presided over by
our Premier. We want peace, MIR.
Falconer," cried the Baron furious
ly. Peace. and with 1t renewed
prosperity. But therc!" he added.
Pardon me. apologize. Fran
coise knows that this constant cast
ing Of dust in the eyes or our poor
starving people goads me to the
point OF fury
Even though Hungary was IN such
evil case, and half the population
we're starving. yet at that hotel peo-
ple-many Of them war-prohteers as
In London dinei extensively,
danced, and thoroughly enjoyed
themselves. To them 1t mattered
not how freely the bones OF tho poor
ratified, or how many children died
daily Of sheer starvation. Ihey had
money-and with it they bought
merriment and life"
After dinner the Baron's car TOOK
them down the Nagy-korut--the
Great Boulevart-to the Foties Ca
price, where they spent the evening
at an excellent variety performance.
That night when Godfrey rctireo
10 his room he was fully satsreu
with the warm reception ana Eener-
osity OF the Baron, and charmed with
the chic and verve OF his pretty niece
Eranco;se who seemed to have spent
most OF her life in Paris. wnerc h'r
father had an apartment close 10
the etoilc.
The autumn days passed N'''
pleasantly. Living so much III ram
as he had done Of late. the Baron.
apparently, had but few FRIENDS ~
Budapest. He. however. had much
business to attend To IN the daytime
on behalf al his Government, hence
ralconer and the Barous pretty
niece we're thrown constantly into
each others society.
She was a smart girl. fuli or
keen sense Of humor. and possess
ing all the verve OF the true Parish
enne. She knew Budapest. ot course
and acted as Geoffrey's guide In the
CITY but her heart was always IN
Paris. She regarded the Huhsari-
ans as an uncouth race.
Her mother had been French. she
told him one day. She had, olas'
died two years ago. But she haa IN
duced her father to take the nat III
Paris rather than remain in the
wilds OF Hungary.
More than once Falconer wrote 10
Sylvia telling her Of the society
iunketings in Budapest. While the
city starved. Each night they dineo
extensively and went either to the
opera. or 10 N!sszihhas 10 SEC
comedy; 10 the Fortress. or 'he req
pies Theatre. They also went To
thu Arena in the l"wn 1''rN' ''e
performances ut whl"h were qu''e
as good as in pre-war days.
ON. evening ~ Gcnirrey sat i'll tn"
palm court Of the iath Win frah-
coise, she exclaimed suddenly IN
French: Il think we so tomorrow
or the next day. Ny uncle was with
Count Hain.i this afternoon, and they
wer, sp.ukIng OF il. All the wire
less APPARATUS has arrived at Zentu."
"Z.nta" Where i that?" asked
Geoftrcy. removing his cigarette, for
the pair We're alone together III
corner IL the lounge. FRANCOIS"
looked very pretty in 4 Jade-col"reU
dance frock. Tor 4 dance - weird
Tsigan. music was to commence III
the great. ballruOm in half an hour.
"Zen;ar Why. don't YOU know"
Has not the Baron told YOU! II IS
his estate right away on the other
,,I. of lIurr,l.y-near the russian
,r,,.ier confess that il is out OF
w., u.orId orl I do hone You wi,l
49,, H., h,,-ad IN death there"
"%o doul, | shall not: have my
uor, :, do" laughed the we'll -.ct-up
..,,,,,, ,,n.,lishr,an for he was really
b,yin- y mos, enjoyable. time.
I1an., he was 100, surprised when
run DAVIS la,cr hi, host. the Baron.
d.n,r,.d for Tin. SrhluSs Zen;u.
4, rycuiu" .h-v arrived ut u snail.
.s,,ur.sn,,r town called NagE-kn-
yoly. tho capital II the rIhtHl"'
nesting between the noun