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Show I Till. NIHILIST. Horn lto(W thelralile.h.cl theltterraroneof thermal lmift.l men !n the empire seat Prince Michel, lul RlKiaut lt" Will n'.t permit tho Orsl--usllun if hit lllortrruiis family tisiae. lirin a snjunrn In .'arls. J"' alter tlw war. he met at ' "l" -wtpttoiie vl the frlncess Lin flenerel its Outitro-innnt'e Outitro-innnt'e rliannlnir -laughter, whom the I'arl.lari wotll, iii't arl-lnir from III mliM, hnew under the name of "tint Beautiful Madeleine." S M also s wr she nil U-sutlfol Mlehel wm smitten In vit of his forty ears anil hit hmg funned rrenlu. Hon of cellhacr Por fifteen tears he had wlth-towl Ibn Mandltlniientt of ile ilirnliiK-'onnirl.dleiand the auiann ( their aristocratic inaiumss, who had thrown Ibemnelrei, no losak,at hie head M IsKKltletS or tMM and llllel r0 thrown our the footlights fsrorll. One erenfn: Madeleine siild to Ilia widow of the heru of (Iratelolte, 'Mother, wouH Tint U antUkil If injr Lvrolnlna; a trrlnceesr No, lnded, mr ils-nrliler, for roa were lorn Wandfe! enunttli lotr-romo In fact. In the inol select tmnMf eur ha perfect tjpe nf wnmanhis.l was jfuw Manimn Isawlhlssaiierucreslure J; Mj attht.or-eraoneevrningsh'.rirr-u'leriier I H ,nsrrTK, MiJ 1 will mot that there ' IB went fifty uurnc turn In ton orchietra Eft wlii wen loopinr lees In lute with Iter w tliruuxli lli wool jntniut uf lure, frurn IT, re-rtfnl adriilruthsi to the grand Eh! pst-rlmi. Yoit tan Imagine ho they ML il,ltn-l to tlw roiwlci II might m well tl lure been from tho score f "MlreiUe" Bl u from lira "llnj-ncriots," nl they Hjj would hate hceii iione tho wiser. M XU1j wm probably the inu.t inemonv jj He eYftilnir In Ilia j-uiimc life of 3UI- 11 tllnr, fordhifflllrfrxlf oriwl In Hi II fJM Of HlilltFIIflll)WUIlMlllWKlllr T lmairrrlili thrinM-lrni for oo lionr of Ml litr frrt biit wlio h-vl fonnfrl condtl 3 rml hrr ton Kr tJ 1m tbt)olJt of 3 tlirln. From hrr prunl rltAtlon, thotiRh Murcrlj onm!nif to milt In thtt j ili-iiui of hrr btlnir li rllrttnl from i hi! to foot with tlio rmlUtlon' of Itl- V 4 tiinpli, mid hr ixM trlllUnco raJUttd I !iS Ih-lr blmlratlon M ilUnun'l rxlUlx l m IIkIjU Ni uwlntliaelrjrtnt tnUiiro B maujr btjuutlfitl woiiun. hiitiho Ml hrr- ff p4f to lt Ui moat uiautlfiil womia : (ji Ihrrr. stm Onthli iirtlaiUrTenlDf an Arucri Iran livljr In ono of th Ikik, iiunjr Umr a tnllllonAlrft Imt not iirllytaUl) "Ida not hii to rtM.raUo thtflVlncvM Mlclirl, for that won! I bo toeixct loo luikli, but only to har hrr tiTtli I wonU (rfr iny hotrl In th CluunM yMii an 1 all It cutitalut Inclatlltiff th contents of my Jewel bozi fur with acb bvth ono neetl not bn i-retty n lii bnt to yawn or iull nml tbo worll l at ono'tf fii t" " Vr," replied a illplonut, "bnt 1 frnr thn prlncRM will ham occatUm to awu of tener than ( einil( for hU vicvllenyi her btulMinJ, baa tb air of Waj neither airrfeabld nor niuiulo X Imaglno tha brluciw4 will reirret VarU nny tlim." lmleeil tho rincr, even at tlio tlmo of bli marriage-, wu not an airreeaoln man, anJ mme year later ho waa ftlll leea m), to tho airrow of tho iirinrewi lull aalL llo owl it 14 tho onetry of hla wlfu to bv aj Jealotu aa a tlrr, anl to tbo faior of thenar to 1ncomo inIiiiUr of Iho pollre, ami tho reaolt of hh pflllou dll not arrvo to reuJer him mora amiable. However, Ik luxl fouml tlm ourrunlly to utllii hU iiubllo f nnotiona in aU of hit prlraia Jelouy, Ha u.e.1 hla tHfe'a coachman arel tlie aerrant wIhi opcro'il the door to farther hla end, and liia tmba-Arta amontf tlio pollco aoon plarisl In hla h.ui'U all aorta of amoroiu declara-tloua declara-tloua mldreeMil tu lila wife, In avery ttraln of anient an 1 wdonata nvuwal. Howei r, tbatlouil of rnrmiBaiUiH . aoon alacVmed, not let una tho iirhices wna leii aednctlve, but Kvanao alia waa Inditlennt or nurMlxl, and thoMhn had roundeil to tlw t cr telegraph tlielr hoa nod fears aoon fonnd them kIios tlw rlcllma of tho nioat nneiptt. oil and varlona ill fortune, and bettan to ronjecturo that eltlx r tlm prlruvM Lvl tluicllt)o,ortliattlieyesof tboprbico wirotuuffiol, Tla rorn-eiundeiico only mealed to hi cirtllancy thai his wlfa waa a liarmleea cmitieltr, and this cll- rovery liroujilit a relatlvo aatlafactlon. ' Hut tho eiaetlons of tin war In renl to tlio nllillltti now left him llttlotlma to protit ths vlrtua of bis wife, and Ju.ljo of hla ii cffnblii $urrM w hen una la) Ilia followiiiK letter rearlied hi lundj.of whlehalM bo rerOKiilzed bill to well lhn luuidwrltln, tliougli It waa ai(Tifd by only u tingle Initial) "It aHuara tb i'inirorwtll t ool sooner than waa expected for Vanuivie; bold yoiina-lf tlieu innvdioeeatoitart al tlio earliest wamlnif, fcr who knuws when wo will find nifaluaofatorubloan opivrtunlt)? "I do nut vrUU to conceal from )oti tho difllcultlea of tlwtiiubrlaklng. An rang our vlauathcn fur aucceas w Ith-cut Ith-cut delay. You will pnent yourself In ! wu m a friend of my rainily, traveling In Hiuwla for your plmmr. Call njiu my mother before yon set out! sin will irlvo ) on soma coinmi0.m for mo wblrh will Mrve as an inln Jiullun In c.w of 1 ho unhappy iirlnra was besl.lo lilm. atlf vtbm lie had ilnWivd nn.iuir tliU horrlbla letter. Then this ruuplrat), whlili ho fouuht nUkt mid day with sword, with prUm and with eillei this pltlli'sawarof nnnixl inoiuiters agalnt the llfo of ii tingle man, had Its oriiiin at hla hreslde' It waa his own wire, bis beontlf ul Mad. lelno, w lin aild to tlw an-toxin, an-toxin, "lleliold tho honri 1 ready to ttrlUr' What fatullly lu.1 anue.1 his fort lini u Ifo AKliliht bia tovenlli; Tills woman had ei ery thimj oulU, beauty, wi-ollli, admiration. Yit alio wna a NlhllUt. What mora did tlio want? Wbattta-I.nJniw Wbattta-I.nJniw batml urged lor to tliUcvlms at the risk of liuprlftoniuout, exilo or dottli Did tin snows of blberia tempt hererrlmrfift? Was there Infatnatlon In theeord tliat lnlirht slrani.'le berivoey rriroatr Whatrould be do) Hethonslit of killing hla wife, then himself, and leaving the iinl'lln to conJiturn a ciue or oujugiil infamy us the leant of irlls. llien ho UwuKht of throwiui hlmaelf at the feet of the iiar. and, utter dit ulglnu averyllung. Ilyiuj with the pillty u an. Uut tho M.-ntlment of ilnt nude I blm panso. JlehMl tbo clew to a foil. - i spirarj i It was nee. siry to unravel the I t. wlu.leplot.andforllilsriaionthriletter , " , ,i 1 1 "' w (id to reatli Its ilwtlnatiou. Illi aM-j!i conlJ Utbtu rwitu to l Atrfwly Hm " o' " m"11 WM littown to !" mlnltr NifhoWm--Km. ilnlWinwn vt Atnrif . perhai, n i exivrt in J) narnit. r (injlr a litto-ninnn1-ut wbulml nmmnel fnlf mm. Tb ltlT wr xnt, nml lh Mrnfl renin th pTinrit Hmmin hU wit to th oiwrn, where, i., trrtn-LlinjtAmirirTtftith, trrtn-LlinjtAmirirTtftith, 1m Bpjifarcd flfuvn ytt oMrr. Bh wm. imrw tlant-ln ixl mltutml tlMnTir "AtmjonMU Mlelietr inqtilrtilMidt1' tnm, m utl In tLvir rurrtAtro thf y ilroro hmuPWArd. "Wliy iloyort B-k llut qnctttonr r (KM I it ltuUt)Jt will, itrariirrly uhyt Ifcrcftuw yem hTo not j taml jcfiloui UiU rcnlntf," iha nM, wnlHnjr. At then-l6f A wflt Ili4 mlnlrter rf marlcMl ti hh vrlft. wltliuut n-piiiIh;? to Htlich nn.Y liaporUnm to ttm ttutfiufftt, 'It Ion TowUr that iWijr tvU nut from Ht. Itrbrjf n "Ah," mI4 31ml- t fMnrt nwiu.itff icircrl to baralinnl htr Imituin 1. Anl ttirn h rant inn rt1. , Jot tli lprn gar fttiotlirr tlAto " 1V ' IHn to tlcrlrB th"MrmniJicof N'Ich i dUrti, fur h hvl hl4 I'hn, th4 ml n liter I nplle. "Yi, It ! urcvry tothwnrt thbM who mx liATfl ilmljpM ifa)nt thn lift i'f tli tii)-'iMr " Tlicu ho iT'k of (tuuuI thlnit, corertl eulmlring tlit ktrrngtli of ju ofthli unwirt hjr wonuiita TIh Tf ry utn Any CiMrixxc thn mini tt-r thjt IA rut loil ucct11. whn tt.e following iliitch w liAnJnl to hlin tvIfltTMitl y tho jiiinrtM. U whom , HUriuUraiTlm-.li ltUfuf TbmiIiij It rmnrta). Tmttelajr ptukUd. nn-1 II ituy wtll lo ' InIIqtpU tlmt Del I her the iiir tior Ml uilnUlvr Utt the CAiiUl. 3Iwlelrln miJitmlr Imxaium vrry imwwr ut tha on-iMjamiii-fflt of hi prrtrnilM chnns (hi tlwtftftrnvKiticf tb fulMwfnjf Jy trangrr. richly lnwml t lMrtl with nn tMioniiyiu rv ttf, t rr ntfJ him-krlf him-krlf at Hi iaLum iif tho I'lincr. "Whom i!o yon whth to Mr lnqulrctl the oInitiIoi flariVry, who litvl rvctlrni lihi unKn fnin Ma malcr. '3Itlatn tin Prince do Cimtro-moot. Cimtro-moot. Irnetit my com; liiucnU, ah1 inform in-form tier thAt 1 aiii the twtrrr rf a inrrf Mgu from lie r mother. I Atn Dr. Nlcl.ol on." "Yuu apo extirtei1. lr. rfJleil toe KtrAut, "tot raiJAniw U At tbU moment Tl.ttlnKAfrirtiJ, airl ha Ht order to hare yon rumlnclM to her. Thn car rU ir will ie rmly In a inoinrnt." Tlw rarnAKi) drew np aim tlw mn en trml w Ith -Ntchi.Ujt, taking hit acAt te aide him without At much u aaVIiu lr lutettion. XlcholKnn wunJrt at tlie Jcl-low'a Jcl-low'a irviinittlvn wMuf abort d'irtkn, for after a riM drire tf a quarter of aq hour tho m If at) led dortr found hlin-at hlin-at If In ono uf the tnmt.t priK-na of fit. iVtmbnrjf. and If he wm M-tl It certainly n aa not ty the prtnreM. In a alovenly aort tf rrceptif-n room, filial with Armed fjlic, a nrmmgn whom he , did itt know, and who wua the rlnre hlmwlfi InUTrvgatM him with n want of m-jiect to which ioor Klcholaonwoa not Accnatonwil. I 1 1 lufamuuarhe fried, atntffgUn In hla UwlhUrment i- drfviid hlmaulf. i 'l rraclteaj l'ariaonly thla monilng, and i j luve not aHeu three wordd to Auy one. And when I trvrnt mytelf to the j-rin-' (t I am AmlM and carried tir Ut IIrim like a common thief, Yon know the tirinoem, then?4 the mlnUtcrinqulreil coldly. "Knowlwrl I hato known her since alie waa an Infant Here la a letter from her mother, the widow of a grvatKi" i rat. lleildea, I am an American dtltvn and iirutefct"- Kiiuiiiiie thla mancarefallyrinter-r mancarefallyrinter-r opted the high functionary, without KTmlnjf to hoar thu doctor. Xolhing U) excite auiIcioii waa fmmd en XlcholiHiii, except a little It.s mrv-fully mrv-fully wruin-d it in many enreloirf of fine p.ntT, U)iUd It he an Infernal nui-chlne? nui-chlne? An eirt fivm the tor,-..o achool, wlio usually arcotunle tlie inlnUter on uch wrjuion, untied tlie )aikai,o wttli Kletttlflo precaution. The rt)U)fut of AatiHUnta were rery tterrona nud atoo.1 Around w ilh pallid facit erl deittly avrihliiff a Urrihle i,lu..n. aVti thing Ahnonnal waa rtveaktl, taly the ex pur t. with a lingular amilu, landed the cpen box to the prince, who, after a luulyglauco at the content, hurriedly thrust it lit hla ckt i Thin turning toKIchulMmhediiuAml rd, You Are "An American dcntlM, lr; rtrv much pn'MCtl for timo, Aa my client la IbU u luent wiUtitig for m.H Ki.omlnulee later Nleholaon waa In the carrKo again, harlug thla time fur a companion tho prince hlmittlf, vho , loadtU him with apoluen. I 'Uut," Mid the huaUind of the 1-WitN fuOliMleleine, "howiltd It happen tliat 1 nerer dhk.ortTt any thiny in) h If p "Your eirrlleiiey," irondIy replinl the Atiuriian, "if yonhatt Iron atleto (llncitTer anything, anch a d'ntit u MchoUin wuull not merit hta gnut rtputallun. I Tlien tlio telh of the prineewT "Am fftU. my prince. When Mmo, deCoiitrvmontW(M)ouugheuaa thrown from her hor and ntrtlt,4 an Injury width rnlnM It r twth, and It waiiii) aelf who eoiutructed for her the mwt irrfett M r.f teeth tint ever left my luirviU Hut theao becoming worn I waa aumurtinl to Turla to Adjmt u now act In yuur tibivuce.' Tlw puhllo ticTer heirl ef tho Ad wnturo, but tt wan duly ol nM that tlie prince iipimiivd to Ut W in lure with hi wife thau fonmrly. rroiu tho Krvnch of Leon do Titmcnu, by Krancla M .Lltingiaton, for New Orlouna Tliuea-lh-mocrat. |
