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A Mysterious Guest I
ONE oarniTsJ nifrlit In 180-, Cantal
ad 1, pursued liy ennui, found our
selves by chance side by side In a pros-eenlum-box
ut the opera bull. Our eyes
were Idly Studying the motley inosuic
formed by the maskers dancing to the
witchinif music of Struss' bow, when
the door of the box was flung open and,
with 11 silken frou-frou, three musks en
tered and greeted us by name. Clio the
Fair, Antonio t'liantilly and Susannah
Jackson were ns well known in the
world of artists for their beauty as for
their wit. I'untul gave them chairs,
usking with a smile: "Vou ure playing
truants to the bull?"
"Suddenly we caught sight of you!"
cried Antouie; "we will have supper to
gether, if you've nothing better on
fooL"
"Well and good!" said Cantal, turn
ing to me; "1 will enguge the rxl dining-room
at once, if you are all agreed."
In the midst of his last words my eye
woe caught by the face of a man of 36
in the box opposite; he had an oriental
pallor. Lowering his opera glass he
bowed to me. After n moment's thought
1 remembered he had rendered me a
trifling service, such as custom permits
between fellow-travelers information
about a certain brand of cigars. If I re
member rightly 1 returned his bow.
I had hardly reached the foyer when the
stranger approached me. KecalUnghls
courtesy in (ienuany, I could do no less
than invite him to Join us, if he was
quite alone, In the gay hubbub.
"And whom shall 1 hure the honor of
presenting to our merry party?" 1
uaked, smiling, when he hivd accepted.
"llaron wn II ," he said. "Hut, in
view of the indulgence of the. ladies, the
diftlculties of pronunciation, and the
cumivul season, let me assume, for an
hour, uuothor name, no matter what"
with a laugh "llaron Saturn, If you
like."
This caprice surprised me slightly,
but 1 fell in with his fancy, and an
nounced him formally under tike my
thological title he had hit upon. Ilia
fantastic appellation was received with
favor; Clio insisted he was a king from
the "Thousand and One Night," War
ding Incog.
After the preliminary compliments,
Susannah Jackson, bigVeen two Irre
sistible yawns, asked: "Will the baron
join us at supper, for the sake of sym
metry?" "I am very sorry to refuse," said the
stranger. "Unfortunately a circum
stance of capital importance will call
me away In a few hours. "
"A make-believe duel ?" aald Clio, with
a pout.
"No, madame; a rencontre, atnee you
have deigned to consult me."
"Hah; a mere trifle; not worth cross
ing' swords over, you may be sure;
words exchanged at an opera bail don't
count; you are a stronger, that's plain
ly to be seen."
"Quote true, nirvdrune; I am some
what of a stranger everywhere," the
baron replied, with a bow.
"Allons! Do you get people to cons:
you V
"Very seldom, I assure you!" the old
fellow replied, both gallantly and
equivocally. Cantal and I exchanged
glances; what was he driving at? It
might turn out amusing, in any ease.
Like a child who insists on having
what is refused to it, Antonle seized his
arm, exclaiming: "You belong to us till
dawn!"
He surrendered; we left the opern.
So here we were with the prospect be
fore us of several houra' relative In
timacy with a man of whom we knew
absolutely nothing, except that he had
played at the Wiesbaden Casino and
st tidied Havana cigars.
Leaning back in the carriage, CUo
called to the footman: "To the Mai son
Doree!" The foreigner's heavy car
riage was rolling after ours, Antonle,
better known under her romantic nom
de guerre, "Tseult," had accepted his
mysterious escort.
Instulled in the red dining-room,
Joseph reotired strict orders not to let
In a single living being, except the
Ostend oysters and onr Illustrious
friend, the fantastic little Dr. Floriaa
lea Eglisottes, If by chance he should
come for his proverbial ecrevieae.
A great log rolled in the fireplace.
The air was heavy with the scent of
furs and winter flowers. Wine stood
chilling in silver coolers. Bunches of
camellias trembled on their wire stems
in crystal vases. Outside a dense snow
mingled with rain fell, and we caught
a muffled sound of carriages.
During the sparkling sallies of the
supper, I gave myself up to my Innocent
mania of observation; I was not long in
discovering that the Saxon baron was
worthy of study. Our chance guest was
not wildly hilarious, that was certain.
His features and his bearing were not
lacking in the conventional distinction
that is a passport to society; his accent
was not disagreeable as with most for
eigners. Strangely enough it was his
pallor that was against him; from time
to time he turned a chalky, a ghastly
white. Ills lips were as thin as a line
drawn by a paint brush; his eyebrows
met in a perpetual frown.
An hour winged by, freighted with
jesting, confessions, and laughing
words; smiles and diamonds flashed;
the magic of the deep mirrors reflect
In an inflnitude of blue distance every
gesture, every candle flame. Cantal
and I sunk into a reverie. The coffee
was smoking In its transparent cups;
Cantal, with a Havana between his lips,
was wrapping himself in blue rings, like
a demi-god in a cloud. Baron von H ,
with half-closed eyes, a glass of cham
pagne In his pale hand, leaned back on
a divan; he seemed to be following
closely the magical modulations of the
nocturnal duet in "Tristan and Isolde,"
played with much feeling by Susannah
Antonle and CUo the Fair with locked
listened, radiant, to the
I listened, too, looking the while at
aur three graces. AH wore velvet that
bight. Antonle, of the violet eyes, was
in black; against the severe line of the
deeolletnge her throat and shoulders
rose like veritable Carrara. She bad u
narrow gold ring on her little ringer
and three sapphire cornflowers shone
In her chestnut hnir that fell In two
soft braids fur below her wulst, Clio
the Fair, an exquisite blond, with
brown eyes the goddess of imperti
nence! a disenchanted young person
whom Prince Boltikoff hud buptired a la
russe by pouring champagne foam on
her hnir wore u well-molded green vel
vet gown and a ruby necklace. This
young crcole of 20 wus quoted as the
model of all the reprehensible virtues.
She would have Itc witched the pro
foundest philosopher of Greece or the
nusterest metaphysician of Germany.
She h:ul Just returned from Iladen
Haden, laughing n merrily bb a child,
and leaving 5,000 louis on the green
cloth. Susannah Juckson, the Scottish
Circe with night-black hair. In red vel
vet, looked Rke a dark lily the mean
ing of her name, by the wuy, in Hebrew,
she told me. A red, green, or block
mask hung from each belL
I When Susannah left the piano I took
n bouquet from the table and offered it
to her with a jest : "You are diva! Wear
one of these flowers for the sake of un
known admirers." She graciously fas
tened a spray of hortensiu In her bodice,
"i don't read atitsiymous letters!" she
fiild, laying the rest of my "snlnnm" on
the piano.
"Ah, cold Susannah!" cried Cantal,
laughing, "you have eome Into the
world merely to show us that snow
burns."
At this moment Joseph entered carry
ing a bowl of iced punch, for we hnd
resolved to drink like lords. Baron
Saturn seemed restless; I saw him pull
out his watch, draw a ring off his finger
and give it to Antonle, and rise from his
eat,
"Iird of distant regions!" I called
out to him, lietween two puffs of a
cigar, "you mustn't think of leaving ub
for au hour yeL You'll pass for mys
terious, and that's the worst of taste."
"Accept my apologies," he replied,
"but a duty that I cannot ignore and
that brooks no delay calls me away.
Tray believe thnt I am hopelessly In
your debt for the charmed hours apent
here."
"Is It really a duel, then T asked An
tonle, nervously.
"Stay with us and save a cold. Look
at us; listen and deeidel" said Cantal.
"Gentlemen," said Baron Saturn. "1
will confess that I am blind and deaf
aa often as God permits."
This incomprehensible speech
plunged us into the most absurd con
jectures. We looked at each other
with an awkward smile, not knowing
what to think of this jest, when sudden
ly it flashed across me where I hsd first
seen the man. For the apace of a sec
ond everything about me seemed
bathed in a red light a light that came
from our guest Approaching the for
eigner, I whispered in his ear:
"Monsieur, pardon me if I am wrong,
but I believe I had the pleasure of meet
ing you five or six years ago at Lyons,
at four o'clock one morning, in a public
square,"
Saturn raised his head and looked at
me intently . " Ah !" he said, "it is possi
ble." "Yes!" I went on, looking at him in
tently. "Walt a bit in that square
there stood a melancholy object that I
was drugged to see by two student
friends, and that I've sworn never to
look on again."
"Indeed!" observed Saturn; "and
what was thnt object. If 1 am not indis
creet in asking?"
"A scaffold; a guillotine, monsieur,
Jf my memory serves me. Yes! it was
the guillotine. Now I'm sure of It!"
These words hnd pnssed in a very low
tone between us. Cantal and the ladies
stood talking near the piano.
"That's it! I remember," I added,
raising my voice, "What do you say to
my memory? Although you drove by
very quickly, your carriage, delayed a
moment by mine, let me catch a glimpse
of you In the torchlight. The circum
stance stamped your face on my mind.
You had absolutely the same expres
sion then aa now."
"Ah, all!" he replied; 'It is true; you
speak with great accuracy, I admit!"
And his strident laugh gave me the
feeling of a pair of blsnt scissors saw
ing a lock of hair.
"One detail among others impressed
me," I went on. "From a distance, I
saw you got out near where the scaf
fold was standing, and unless I have
been deceived by a resemblance "
"You have not been deceived, my dear
sir," he returned; "It was I."
At this word I felt that the conversa
tion had grown icy. I was hunting for
a commonplace with which to change
the current of thoughts, when sudden
ly Antonle turned from the piano and
said, somewhat Badly:
"Ily the way, you know there la an
execution this morning. It is poor Dr.
de la I'oise; he attended me once."
"What? Is It really to-day?" I asked,
trying to assume au indifferent volee.
"At six o'clock, the fatal hour," said
Antonle. "I had forgotten aU about
It. It seems they have even had a for
eigner come to assist M. de Paris, in
view of the solemnity of the occasion
and the distinction of the criminal."
Not noticing the absurdity of her last
words, I turned toward M. Saturn. He
was standing near the door, wrapped
in a great black cloak, with his hat in
his hand, and bearing In all his person
an official air.
"M. le Baron." I said to him, smiling,
"after your singular hints we have al
most the right to aak you if it is as the
law, that you are blind and deaf as
often as God permits?"'
He approached me, leaned toward me
jestingly, and answered in a low tone;
"Hold your tongue, there are ladles
present! " He made a circular bow and
went out, leaving me dumb, shivering,
and unable to believe my ears.
! CaatsJ, who had joined us during the
last speech, clapped me on the shoul
der. "Have you lost your wits?" he
asked.
"He hus come into a big property,
'and is only continuing to practice while
waiting for a successor." I murmured,
enervated by the fumes of the puneh.
"Boh!" axels Lmed Cantal; "do you
actually suppose him to be attached to
the ceremony in question?"
"So you caught the t!rit of our short
talk, old fellow, did you? Short, but
Instructive. The man i a mere execu
tioner! A Belgtsm probably, He is the
foreigner Antonio referred to a few mo
ments ago. Save for his presence of
mind I would hnvp made a break that
would have alarmed the ladies."
"Con. e, come!" cried Cantai, "Anex
ecutiouer in a 10,0011 franc carriage,
who gives diamonds to his dinner neigh
bor, who sups at the Maison Doree the
day before he devotes himself to a pa
tient! Since your cafe tie choilrul, you
see hi Dgmep everywhere! Drink some
punch. Your If. Saturn isn poor jester,
do you know?"
At these words It seemed to me that
cold reason was on Cental's side. Great
ly annoyed, I hastily picked up my hot
and gloves and turned toward the door.
"This stupid hoax has lasted far too
long," I added, opening the door. "If
1 find that funereal mystifler, I swear
that"
"Don't swe:r!" cried a gny, well
known voice from behind the portiere.
"Step bach, my dear friend," and our
fumous little doctor, Lcs Eglisottes. en
tered springily, his great coat sprinkled
with snow.
"My dear doctor," I said. "I will come
back shortly, but " He took my arm.
"When 1 have told you the history of
the man who was going away as 1 ar
rived, 1 warrant you that you'll not
care to ask him nn account of his sal
lies. Besides, It's too late; his carriage
has carried him half a mile by this
time."
These words were pronounced in bo
strange a tone that I paused on the
threshold. "Give us the story, doctor,"
I said, sitting down. "Hut remember,
you'll have to answer for my inaction!"
The prince of science set his gold
headed cane in a corner, pressed his lips
on the finger tips of our three graces,
poured out a glass of Madeira, and in
the fantastic silence due to the incident
and to his own entrance commenced
In these terms:
"I thoroughly understand this even
ing's adventure, as well as if I had been
among you. What has happened to
you, without being precisely alarming,
might have become so. The gentleman
Is, rightly enough, Baron von U , of
an aristocratic German family; his for
tune 1b in the millions; bat" the doc
tor looked st us "his Insanity having
been diagnosed by the medical faculties
of Munich and Berlin presents the most
sxtraordlnary and incurable of mono
manias cited up to to-day."
"A madman! What are we to under
stand, Florian?" asked Cantal, pushing
the slim bolt of the door. At this reve
lation, the Indies' smiles had changed.
I began to think I was dreaming.
"I thought I had Informed yo'u that
our gentleman was s millionaire half
a doten times over," Florian replied,
gravely. "He Is more likely to put
others under lock and key than to be so
treated."
"And what Is his mania?" asked
Susannah. "I give you warning that 1
find him fascinating."
"Perhaps you'll change your views of
him In a moment or two," continued
the doctor, lighting n cigarette. "It
seems that the tacit urn youth em
barked In his teens for the East Indies;
he traveled for several years In Asia.
Here begins the dense mystery thnt con
ceals tho origin of his malady. During
certain revolts In the far east he wit
nessed attracted, no doubt, nt first by
a mere traveler's curiosity the cruel
tortures that oriental laws inflict upon
rebels and criminals. Hut it seems that
soon the instincts of a cruelty thnlgoel
beyond belief awoke In him, troubled
his brain, poisoned his blood, and finally
made him the singrular being that he has
become.
"By one of the clauses of his father's
will, the family is forced to avoid the
baron's civil death, unless they wish to
suffer serious pecuniary losses. So he
is at large. He is on the best of terms
with the gentlemen of capital justice.
The first visit he pays in every town Is
to them. He has often offered them
large sums for the privilege of operat
ing in their stead, and between our
selves, I should not wonder if even In
Europe he has bribed one or two. One
can soy that his madness is inoffensive,
since it wreaks Itself onky on persons
condemned by the law. So this is the
gentleman with whom you have had the
honor of spending the night. Let me
add that when out of his dementia he
Is an irreproachable man of the world
a fascinating, playful conversation
aUst." The silence thnt followed the doctor's
words was as solemn as If death had
slipped his grinning skull between the
tapers.
"I feel rather Indisposed." said Clio
the Fair, In a voice broken by nervous
nesa and the chill dawn. "Don't leave
me alone."
"A strange night t" said Susannah.
"Joseph," said Antonio, "take this
ring; the ruby is too dark for me, ian't
it, Suzanne? The brilliants look as
though they were weeping around a
drop of blood. Have it sold to-day and
give whatever It brings to the beggars
who pass In front of the house."
Joseph took the ring; made the som
nambulistic bow of which he alone has
the secret, and went out to order the
carriages, while the ladies put on their
long black satin dominoes and their
masks. Adapted for the San Fran
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Victor de VlUlera de LTsle-Adam.
Repartee.
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dm, eh? Detroit Journal
CAMEL IN THE DEN OF LIONS.
international Snadatr School Leasoa
lor Jalr SO, 1MW Test, Daniel
UilO-s:- M. mor Varaee, 21-23.
Specially Adapted from Peloubet'a Notes.
I GOLDEN TEXT. The Lord Is thy keep
; ar.-Psa. 121:5.
READ THE ENTIRE CHAPTQR.
LIGHT FROM OTHER SCRIPTURES.
Doing Right at Any Cost: Examples.
I Peter, Joseph, John the Baptist, Abraham.
Moses. Gideon. Elijah. Shad: .ti. MeshactL
Abelnego. Promises of Deliverance. i
Chron. 20:IS. 17; Psa. 91; 1S:2. S; 50:15; 47:4;
UX; Job. 1:10; Isa. tttJMI; 11:14. 17; 64:17:
Rom. 8:H. SS, SI': Eph. G:S; 1 Pit. 4:12. IS; 2
Pet. 2:9; Rev. 3:10; John H:l, U, 27.
TIME. Between 538-636, the two yearn
during which Darius wss reigning under
Cyrus.
PLACE Babylonia, a part only of the
great empire of Cyrus.
THE JEWS IN F.Xri.E.-The exile had
now continued nearly 70 years, und the time
of the return was near at hand.
HULEKB. C yrus, king or the whole em
i plre of the Medts and Persians. Dartus
the Mods, kind at Babylon, subject to Cy
f us Canon Trlctrnm thinks he was placed
there at tho request of the Medea, to pacify
them, and says: "This Durlu Is only once
alluded to In the Greek classic."
EXPLANATORY.
I. Daniel's I'nst Experience. Daniel
must have been between 80 and 00 years
oltl ut this time. lie had had many trials
of his character and his faithfulness.
The severe triuls to which he hnd been
subjected hnd hitherto resulted only
In raising him to higher honors and
success. 1. In his determination to
keep from defiling his religion (chap.
1). 2. In his faithful presentation of the
true God to Nebuchadnezzar, telling
him the most terrible truths (chap. 4).
4. In his faithful reproof and warning
of Helkhazzar (chap. S).
II. The Trap. L'nder Darius, Daniel
was recognized ns a man of great abil
ity and integrity, mid one who could be
trusted Implicitly. Accordingly, he
made him one of the three presidents
over 120 governors o us many prov
inces into which the kingdom was sub
divided. It was not long before the
other ofllcers determined thnt In some
way or other, by fair means or foul,
they must get rid of Daniel.
III. Daniel Goes Straight On In the
Way of Duty. V. 10. "Now when Dan
iel knew that the writing was signed:"
it made no difference as to his conduct.
He would soy as Nehemiah said to
Shemutah:" "Should such a man ns 1
flee?" Nh. Ct 11.) "Windows being
open ... t, urd Jerusalem." Pray
ing toward Jerusalem wss not an act
of superstition. It was (1) a recogni
tion of God's promise to Solomon in fa
vor of those who looked toward this
center of His worship (1 Kings 8:35-44).
(2) It was a recognition of the God of
Israel, and of His promise that His peo
ple should return to their home. (3)
rt was an aid to the spirit of devotion.
The place and its associations have an
Influence upon our spirits, and give
Sem wings, or weigh on them like a
burden. "Kneeling upon his knees:"
A fitting attitude for humble prayer,
favoring the spirit of devotion. "Three
times a day:" Like the psalmist (Psa,
55:17).
IV. TheTropSprung. Vs. U-15. V.lt
"Then these men:" The princes who
had been plotting against Daniel. "As
sembled: " As In v. 0, "assembled or
ran hastily," so as to come upon Daniel
suddenly and detect him In the act. 12.
"And spoke before the king. . . Hast
thou not," eto. As soon as they had the
proofs they presented them to the
king. "The law of the Medes and Per
sians, which altereth nott" In this
two principles are involvedi one, the
existence of a settled law or rule by
which the king himself, theoretically at
any rate, is bound, and which he can
not alter; the other, the inclusion, un
der this law or rule, of the Irrevoca
bility of a royal decree, or promts. V.
13. The leaders were now sure of their
case. Every door of escape was shut
against Daniel. They had simply to
announce to the king that Daniel was
guilty.
V. Daniel in the Lion's Den. Vs. 10
19. V. 16. "They brought Daniel and
cast him into the den of lions:" This
was according to oriental custom on
the evening of the same day. The
story of the den of Hons is strictly In
keeping with Babylonian usages. "The
king spake:" As they were putting Dan
iel Into the den. "Whom thou servest
continually:" A precious testimony to
the religious character and fidelity of
the prophet. (Compare Matt. 27:43;
John 18:38.) Todd. V. 17. "Stone . . .
laid upon the mouth of the den:" The
mouth was the door through which the
animals were put Into the den. 18.
"The king . . . passed the night fast
ing:" The idea that lies at the basis of
fasting Is grief so deep that It takes
away the desire for food.
VL The Deliverance. Vs. 10-23. V.
19. "The king arose very early:" Lit
erally "in the dawning, In the glimmer
of morning." V. 22. "My God hath sent
fl Is angel: " Dnniel does not say wheth
er the angel was visible or not. The
winds and the lightning are God's an
gels, according to the psalmist "Inno
cency was found in me:" Daniel de
clares that be hail been faithful to Gnd
and to the king, and hence God hud
seen fit to deliver him. V. 23. "Be
cause he believed:" nnd had shown It
by doing right at all coBts. God never
falls those who trust In Him.
VII. Retribution. Those who were
instrumental in the attempt upon Dan
iel's life were cost themselves Into the
den of lions, with all their families.
PRACTICAL.
Whoever does well, and is faithful
and true, where others are dishonest
nnd false, must expect to be opposed
and hated. Every effort will be mode
to Injure their character, to drag them
Into the mire, and to make it appear
that they are no better than those who
assail them.
Faithfulness to duty may bring men
Into suffering and death. The teat of
a Christian is what he will do for
Christ's sake.
Mark the fate of the conspirators.
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