Dr. Dumany's Wife

munificent offer. After a hurried introduction I was soon informed of all that had been agreed on. The Secretary of State had received bonds for 1,000,000 francs, to b

ncs, and a considerable sum went to the officials of the relief train as a remuneration for their services. The rest of the million francs was set aside for a memorial chapel on the

ning. The only jewel she wore was a large cross studded with dark-blue diamonds, only recognisable as such by the rays of blue, yellow, red, and green light which darted from them. This cross was suspended on a chain of b

old me that even when he and his wife dined out, or were going to the opera, my lady invariably went home at nine o'clock to put her children to bed-a duty which she never omitted; but on the evening of the catastrophe she had been compelled to stay by the company present, and this h

omposed a tricolour of the same hues as the Hungarian flag. The beautiful hanging-lamp shed a green light, the glowing coals in the grate threw a reddish tint over the surrounding objects, and the large, rich

with costly lace and leaving her beautiful arms bare below the loose lace-trimmed sleeves. She led little James into the room, and, turning

Dumany took him up on his lap, unbuttoned his little boots, and pulled off the tiny socks. The mother

little hands, and evidently said his prayers, for I saw his lips move; but I could not hear a word. After he had finis

ains moved, and the cherubic little head

g?" his father aske

gain," he said, with a l

fast asleep. Mr. Dumany observed that my cigar had expired, and that I loo

ut I shall not trouble you, as I can find my room easily,

ood-night and

o drive sleep from my eyes for ten nights to come, and to raise my curiosity t

not recognise me," he said, "but I knew you at once. I knew

s that possible? P

Sándor Uteza Palace,

Hungarian Parliament? When? A

my own. Only I used to write

ither your name, nor yet yo

ament for only one day; the next

u! You were the de

ve hit it; I

rowsiness had entirely gone from me, and, t

ome claim on y

t grateful and obedient servant for ever. I hand you a blank sheet, and, whate

her fast-living bachelor, and rejected Commoner, has been metamorphosed into Cornelius Dumany, the Silver King, the South American nabob, the matador of the Bo

in spite of all my wealth, I am unable to pay it at sight. I have to ask my wife's permission first. The story you want me to tell i

as if the little sleeper were troubled with bad dreams. I went to him and lifted t

y little one," I said in Hun

nice;" and, taking hold of my hand, he car

roubled in your

ak and tried very hard. A snake was coiled around my neck,

id of anything. Tr

l stay w

your papa

y, only to me! I have nobody but thee to speak to me in our own Hungarian;'

time, and, holding fast to m

using over what the child's innocent prattle had revealed to me-the tender, loving re

gustin, and this evening I shall make you my confessor. Now that I have made up my mind to it, I really think that, even from a practical point of vi

mandarin liqueur at once, at twelve o'clock punch and fruits, at two in the morning co

ble to stand being up

hief of the campaig

omes from my own garden in Hong Kong. The mandarin is decocted from the crop of oranges grown in my Borneo orchard. The coffee comes from my Cuban plantation, as well as the 'gizr' sp

ber rightly, you had a h

d that it was sold

consented

whole crop is sliced up, put into great barrels, and converted into sauer-kraut. This they send after me, wherever I happen to be-whether at New York, Rio de Janeiro, Palermo, or Paris-and from this, after a sleepless night, my wife prepares me a delicious 'Ko

how to prepare the old-fashion

speaks French, she only imitates our ladies at home, who think themselves

countryman had won the love of some South American magnate's daughter, and in this way had become the posse

rning to others. May no other man ever do as I did! But I do not believe that such events are ever likely to happen again. I do not believe that there can ever be born another such a pair of thick-skinned, iron-nerved human beings as the heroe

w logs of odorous cedar wood upon the fire and began his tale. So, f

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