Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 5, 1914, Page 2

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We, the young attaches of the diplomatic corps, “learning the ropes” as one might say, were in evidence when he was first presented to the chamber of deputies, It was like viewing a novelty. We discussed him | casually as one would a new operatic l star or a popular danseuse, then we forgot him. Singh Aif was not a person to be stralghtway forgotten by the peop]e,‘ however. Wherever he went he cre- | ated a furore. He was no dense over- | fed human porpoise with a dozen wives | back in his native country, and though | unsophisticated by no means crude or ! ignorant. While childlike in his ideals, he had received a falr education and | in appearance was manly and dlgnl-: fied. His father, “the old fighting rajah of Awnpore,” had become half civilized and thought he saw an advantage in making his son familiar with the world at large. The news journals ex- ploited all this. They published por- traits of Singh All and of the princess of a neighboring province, Cleora was her name, the chosen bride of the | young rajah, who was said to be heir- : ess to fabulous millions. | According to the Parls prints Singh All had brought a cool million in stand- ard coin to the great city to expend | in learning the ways of modern life. | Besldes this whole strings of precious jewels, which he scattered lavishly in making friends. Besides all this regal equipment, too, there was Benghi. | { | Benghi had from the first attracted ‘ fully as much attention aa Singh Ali. Benghi was an elephant, the pick of a The Mute Adoration of the Rajah Was | Almost Touching. herd presented to the young rajah by his prospective fatherdnlaw loaded with gold trappings and a small for- tune in ivory ornaments. “Well,” one day, spoke young Hardy, a fellow secretary In the service of our embasey, “I hear some lively news con- cerning our royal guest.” “You mean Singh Ali?” i “Yes. He is playing the role of the modern Croesus at a swift pace. The man is an anomaly. He is devoted to real art, beneficent with indigent play- wrights and authors and commendably generous with the real poor and de- serving. He has poured out a veritable stream of gold since his arrival. I learn that the regal papa, however, | ' has remitted another million to his ac- { count. The man does not drink or| gamble. He has a respectful admira- tion for all womankind. He is unself- | ishly loyal and helpful in all his im- pulses. It will all be beaten out of { him, however.” “What do you mean?” I asked inter| estedly. | “Singh All will go home a bitter, hardened man—and a pauper.” “You startle me!” { —Llsten; he Ras talle£ in love,” | princess in his native country? | false face has charmed him. | bezzlement, suicide, | to furnish any more means | All is practically bankrupt.” | flancee, his fealty to father and coun- “Why, 1 thougnt ue wao w marry a Lon “That was the plyn, but the glamour of the gilded life of Paris has made him forget. The witchery of a fair Singh Ali has met and has fallen a victim to La Sirene.” The revelation needed no added de- tails. La Sirene! A baleful cloud struck my imagination at the mention of that name—ill omened, notorious, tinged with memeries of disgrace, em- A vampire for gold, she had fascinated victim after | vietim, thirsting only for money, lead- ing her prey to the brink of an abyss— way home. ‘Tne weak steps gl]’elt;;a:n;.n i’ho had learned so ter- rible a lesson were guided by a dusky but beautiful girl, his faithful fiancee. His eyes took in a last look at Paris, the beautiful Paris, the devourer—and i hed. he’l‘sliiu they turned to the patient anx- | ious face of his fiancee. And in their depths was the old love, restored. (Copyright, 1914, by W. G. Chapman.) | DICKENS' POWER AS READER Thackeray's Daughter Relates How Vividly Author Could Bring Out His Own Writings. The most interesting comment upon Dickens in “From the Porch,” a vol- ume of essays by Lady Ritchie, the eldest daughter of Thackeray, is the description of one of his readings from “David Copperfield” Lady Ritchie had accepted an invitation to this from her lifelong friend, Dickens’ daughter Kate. It was not acting, it was not music, nor harmony of sound and color, and yet I still have an impression of all these things as I think of that occa- slon. The lights shone from the fish- ror fell, the storm arose; finally we all were breathlessly watching from the shore, and (this I remember most viv- idly of all) a great wave seemed to fall, splashing on to the platform from overhead, carrying away everything before it, and the boat and the figure of Steerforth in his red sailor's cap fighting for his life by the mast. Some one called out. Was it Mr. Dickens himself who threw up his arm? erman’s home, then after laughter ter- | ~ “You haven't seen ner 1at you?” “No, why?” “She is a star now.” “Indeed?” “I should say so; she {3 p part of a hunger striker | gette melodrama.”—Youngg gram. ely, b, The man who I8 seen fn his usual seat in th, row at the buflesque not reformed. He is merely g old. London wine dealers comjjs, the cigarettes between courseg destroy g flavor of their vintages; perh that's why their customers S0k em. {our Stomacmg JUST TRY ONE DOSE Mayr’s Wonderful Stomach p and Be Convinced That Yot Be Restored to Health It was all over, we were half laughing, half erying with excitement; being at that special time very much wrought up, remembering the past, naturally our emotions took shape. “‘I was determined you should hear hire," said our friend Kate. ‘Come, quick, before anybody else and speak to him." And before we had recovered, it almost seemed as if we were still in the storm on the shore, she had drawn us into the room at the back of the stage and we found ourselves honor, respect and fortune gone! “And the rajah has met this wom.- an?” I asked. “He is completely under the domi- nation of her fascinations. She is play- ing a new role with him. She poses as a cruelly deserted wife. He has asked her to marry him. As his pros- pective fiancee she is propriety itself, awaiting she claims, a divoree from her husband.” “And Singh Ali?" “Is lavishing his wealth upon her. He has leased a magnificent country place near the city. There he has Benghi, his favorite pet, in a little park, caparisoned with a howdah and fittings well worthy the palace-like in- closure in which the animal exercises. The week i3 one series of fetes. All of them La Sirene attends—with a chape- rone! There is a musical there to- night. tend?" I shall never forget that evening. There were few ladies present and the general throng by no means represent- ed the better class of people. All was decorous, however, and many deco- 1 have cards. Will you at- | rated clvic authorities and some illus- trious musical artists were in evidence. La Sirene was the queen of the as- semblage. The mute adoration of the rajah for this beautiful vampire was almost touching. She was a truly won- derful singer and after the delivery of some operatic gems, the rajah publicly presented her with a necklace worth a king's ransom. I caught up an incident related of the capriclous beauty. It seemed that Benghi had sulkily refused to take a comfit she proffered, as if jealous of the attentions of his master. The enraged siren had struck Benghi with the keeper's hook, blinding one eye. A few days later we learned that La Sirene had about plucked the infatu- ated victim of her wiles, rumors that his about gone, There were liquid wealth was Then he had to give up his princely nest and some of his jewels were seized for debt, “His father has called him home,” explained my friend, “and has refused What he had La Sirene has devoured. Singh Through it all the young rajah wavered not in his faith in the woman who had charmed him. It was as if a magic spell made him forget his home try. “La Sirene had riddled the last shred of two millions,” reported my friend to me. “Worse than that, she has beg- gared the rajah. She expressed a wish to own Benghi. The rajah sent her the splendid animal, and what do you think?” I shrugged my shoulders, expecting any treachery or meanness from the siren cormorant, “She intends to eell it to a menagerie man, who offers a large price for the animal. The nabob has been taken in, She has practically deserted him.” It was two days later when my friend again came to me with the words: “Retribution—the end!” “You mean?” I insinuated, “Le Sirene is dead!™ “Dead!" I repeated vaguely and fairly shocked, | “Yes. It seems that Benghi never | forgot her cruelty. She was barter- | ing for the sale of the animal it seized her suddenly in its trunk, | hurled her to the ground, pinioned her | with its ponderous foot and crushed the life out of her.” The next I heard of Singh All he was lying in a hospital delirious with a fever, and his nurse was his old love, His father had come to Paris with her to rescue his son from the wretched- nese his ingenuous trust in a fair but false woman had brought him, I saw-the three Xhen they lett for when ! standing before Mr. Dickens himself, alone again; the visions had vanished and he was holding our hands with warmest, kindest grasp of greeting and comfort.” Perfectly Cast. 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