The Sentinel, 1877-06-22, Page 2Domini= Day.
By ARCHIE Ber ERSON.
- What patriotic though rush on its as
. we; think of the aroach- of the firist ;of
the day:that gave birth to a Dominion-
• -
- -Though ycinuM, yet in the world' affairs,
• And may be kin' o'
far. surpass its mitberlyet
- In a' there g6od,aue great." _
And "lieW shall We celebrate it," is the
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queston being asked - by old and -young,-,-
•
bow.can we best_ "honer . _that day -which •
united these stattered lands; frent Ne*
Brunswick's coasts Of granite taVancouter's.
-gelden Strands." One says, ," we must have
• more fireworks than list year-4,welanist :not
. ;be behind our, neighbors: --no More pop -gun:
•cannans for us--1-wemust have races; and :
shows, and concerts, - andand,-" :one lOses.
breath in trying to. enumerate all that is
deemed indispensible in the -grape? -
celebra-
tion.of the day. 4. subscription lid is -
. id, and hundreds of dollars are contributed;
in order that . there may be a celebration
worthy Of our Dominion. '
• • Little boys an& girls -•--'--up their pennies
• 'and determine on that • day to have :a jolly
time. ' : ii: . ' ..---:-.--
-Xamig men look Up "their girls," ana. en-
gage their teams in advance, while the
"
girls" in question. giggle 'an& sinile, and
keep themselves on the tip -toe of excitement
and 'expectation, „until the, arrival' of that
Street boys lay up a stock Of tin horns and• -
-firecrackers ; .Street girls supply themselves
.With. pea -crackers_ and squibs ;-while appeals• '
to _over -indulgent Papas are 'made by the
*More anxious mammas, but without success,
-for -"Why, thy - dear, it's Dominion day,
• it's the first of July, and. BOYS WILTIEE Bate .
The day day conies—and the greater the tibiae,
the more dense the Smoke and dust, the• -
larger the crowds of people,- the more furious
;the driving of horses, the grander and :More.
-_, -. glorious the celebration. Men drink tothe
the
health
- honor ofithe " nag that's -braved a thous d
years, the battle and the breeze;" andtohe
. health' of our country. `. Beer= saloons thrive,
• _ and whiskeyshops prosper, for it is a day of .
-
freedom, 1- a holiday, a day Of relaxation of
prin' ciple, it comes- but once in a year, andit_.
must be Celebrated; and the cannons roar,
and belli:ring,--horns, trumpets, and drums
_Sound • the .boys yell -pea- , trackers fire-
crackers,. guns and pistols filling in and inak-
:ing. it one solid nOise. The evening comes,
i• with the usual amount of fireworks, torch-•.
_light processions, concerti and bolii, and -our I
-- Dominion Day passes away—the. first of July
. . . --.
Alves place to th second.
"There is_no.pleasure without its pain,"_
and - we hearof the disorderly • rows—acci-
dents occasioned by carelessly handling fire-
-arms—of young, men who have been "drunk
-- for the first time in their lives 7—of the dis--
- sipation. at :balls and parties—of.the'grand
fireworks displayed, and of the money burnt.
• upin celebrating our -Dominion Day.
- _Little boys count their scars and. blisters,
' and mothers Sigh. _over the jackets _and:.
trousers rendered holy by the fire i worship-
pers.. The streets are filthy and dirty, and
•. the smell 'Of powder is in thelanth - Every:
• where we encounter spentrockets and Ro-
man candles ; the carcases of departed' fire -
_trackers, : andthe skin witieh_the pea -crack-
er left when it jumped out of it. I/ :And this
is what remains. of - our -confederation day, -
the celebration of our Dominion,- the first of
dilly.. .' _ - - •
• -The '• first of Jaly, lii77, .l'ii yet ,:te dome
1,
Surely the day is worth a better tribute than
the forgoing. The associations that cluster
around the: birthday of our Dominion are,
we know, deartothe hearts of the people,
- but can we not show our appreciation of
.tiat clay' better than by fire, -smoke, and
noise. Can we not honor our country and
- Our flag better than by, ruining our own
health by drinking to theirs. • Let us' cele-
brate the day in elevating the people, for the °
more enlightened the people the more exalt-
ed will our nation be.
Here_ is a child whose home—if such it
can be tailed, is a plate of ivretched.ness and
woe; speak a kindly word to him, sympa-
thize with him, help to Make the day a day
of pleasure and gladness to him, let him
know it isa day of rejoicing, illumine his
-heart with your kindness ; and the glow' on
'his face the pleasant smile with which he
- shall thereafter greet you, will give you sat-
isfaction, - which the ‘. grand celebration"
• could neverafford you.
• =There is a man, poor, but honest,"
most. Pii1 1.. • r
a;
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0)‘ITTIOURIDi
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When, Stanhope Roase and - his soldier -ser.
.vant arrived at Saarbtwk'4,t was i.,,o -ape --ra: .
and co'nfiision7----the dreadful- confusion of war..
Seieral•haurs_elapsed]betore he: could meet
the,Prusiian *fiber -talwhom Mi. ;Curry had.7
Sent shim,,--:•Froni...liiiii- he learnedthat- the -
hope at proceeding to Berlin), was not to be
indulged in fer. several dais; but that lie
eonlil-.ge at ante to the country!house "La
Belle Gabrielle," .-to Which he was directed,:
the occupants_ of. whom, as the Prussian gen-
eral _', told ' lin, Were -ladies, and. -"under the
.
protection of ,the Prussian flag. .-. - - ,„1,.. 1 • -
- ; As with one -selitary. horse attached to , a.:
broken-downcabriolet. Stanhope drove „te-
ward LaBelle Gabrielle,- he had, for the first .--
Monient :since he left. London,
. directed his ,
. .
houghts•toward the Woman he-thaito meet,.
instead of the onewhom he had left behind -
him. With all a mans ijexperienee-miclphil-
osophy; with, , a romantic and l hopeful i
inCi-
dent n his .career: before - him,. he could MA
Stifle the -sense Of. injury which mingled in
his recollection of Lady Armide.. It . struck
:rhim that there was something Sudden, -: un -
:necessarily severe'in', thus rupturing_ ties,
which had as yet, to his mind,_ only drawn
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their hearts together in an honoiable-friend- .-
. Ship, deepened by an unspoken loins, which
Made it infinitely dear and tender, to be
. mire, • but which ' he felt *edam .have ever
been purified, -ennobled, and controlled; by
thi3-high tone .OtLady. Amide. : "She - Wasil a-
Waman ;With an atrinisphere of purity About '
her; .Soft and -thrilling words trembled -On .
-the hpofthe man who approached her; but
died unspoken. Memory brought her nearer .
than reality had done, and Stanhope- -Rose -
struggled with a pain .at his heart- which he
- vainly Strove to soften, as he looked at the
. . I
ring she had attached to his chain, and read .
_on it, "Honor's Slate." --
- Now, time was pressing, for with . even, a_
broken-down horse he would soon be in the
presence of the lady to! whose Service he
. wairto..devote• himself. He -read again Mr.
Curry's instruotions :*l_ 1 f -
"You will call' her `Lady -.Geraldine, _and
her governess Madame:Louiie. Remember ,
- that she is of high rank, of -muth ithpo4;
ince. : . Conduct her to Berlin with what
speed and safety you can tombiand, and ie=
meniber that England haspromised her pie!
tection." - • „ : • ; •• ' 1.--. 1, 1, _
The - country -house Called- La ' Belle. Glii- '
brielle was - secluded,. and pretty`, _ -and en-
joyed 2
,, , .,
oyed the semi -protection of. a -high. wall,:
More English. than Continental. . si.As Rosse'z
'alighted fromhis crazy .•.-vehicle hewas re-
ceived .. by a, . grave-: major-doine, who con-
duetedhim to a shady parlor where .-"sat an
elderly lady, .whtm Rosse immediately di.'..
Vined to . be Madame ' Louise;. . She I spol0
English, with an Italian' -accent, . however;
, 1 .. . . II- -
• and sometimes, : like most foreigners, failed
to say 'exactly What -she meal*. . .This altraYs.
led to complications: :and mistakes, - in h'r..
intercourse With Bosse, but still She: 'as tde-
termined to speak English. . i I
'.'Before I present you to lady Geraldine," .
Said she; - "1 •must tell - you that !she .itis .
peculiar, and : a great invalid. invalid. Sometimes
she.1:cannot walk; indeed,.- she has nervous
--3 ;
seizures which Make her; Seein,perhaps,, a
_little mid t- she is mad., however. I- I ask
you to Aotio9 ,as: little' as possible :what is
singular in her conduct."
''. She led the way, through 'a. long sOlon; to
in _apartment: at the extreme 'end tof the
house, where, in .a light scarcely more than
.deinivour, under a vine -clad Window; lay". a
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rang, slender figure, n white, on atsofa.• - 1
"LadyGerildine'this is Mr. RO884 Whom
Mr. Curry has sent to conduct Us to Berlin.?
The girl raised herself, and- pushing badk .
a veil of abundant light hair, which fell Over
her robe- like a .eiirtain; extended:a slender,
childish hand. " , - - ., ' '.. .. .-• ' • -- .
. "4 Sick thild,"thOught Stanhope Boise;
, _ . :
as hetookthe hind, "sallow, lean,: and mit ..
interesting," and he Said to 'himself, with
bitterness,. that they had overrated :his dan-
ger at the Foreign-Offite. . Then there came'
;.
back to him the noble piettire4allery, the
limset in another window—the tniimil of that
tall, Superb Woman, her black eyeir svanii
Ming in unaccustomed tears, her coronet ;Of -
diamond s that sparkled in the light. f
. .
"Love Another woman than Arinide
. said he to himself "and this sick girt---im
possible I_ • ,, .
At the end of two or three days however,l
,
Stanhope Rosse.Wo_uld have spoken to him-
- self of the sick _girl with more respect. Oc-
casionally she had the . smile, • the. speech, the
manners, of a woman. • Sheplayecll on the -
harp in a.' pretty, old-fashioned raanner;
.which made Rosse think. think, of -a. picture -of his-
Mother taken in her girlhood. Sometimes,
from the way Madame Louise witched her;
he thought she might be a little out .of her
mind; but then would come gleams Of learn-
ing, clear expressions, original views which
seemed - More like geniusthan. insanity. -1A •
-
young girl is always a- mystery,, even to her.
self. This one, with. her tears,, her Smiles)
her headaches, her ill health, and her occa-
sional brilliant outbursts, was ten itimesi
-MysterY. Rosse solved' it all with two
-.words : first, the word "woman," 'talismanic
utter -antes for all mystery; secondly,
ian," which to the straightforward English-
man meant also Mystery. Yes; the young
Italian.girl; with herunknown story—what
-might-. she not be ? .-Curry had told
- 1 4 '
enough of her story to account for mnch, but
. not for all—that he Mist find out himself.
IOM'S simply truthful and rather unstis-
pecting, guileless naturesoon. won Madame
Louise. She asked him to read to lady Ger-
aldine,' and to take her to walk in the' garden:
• "Let her take ,your arm,poor child.; she .
_is very ill. She faints away it the, least
pain-; : take care Of her, as if she were just
to walk." -
. And se- Stanhope; -stalwart - man)found
himSelfacting as nurse to an Unknown:.&
Except that his curiosity was strong-
ly excited, he would have hated this life_ :of
enforced leisure and fatiguing "monotony.
. He was able to vary it by a visit a day to the
Prussian camp, where the - higher officers
gave him all the attention they could spare,
which :was not _much. One of them,- 'ito
whom he had been especially commended by
: Count Bernstoff, then Prussian embassader
to London,. was one whom it may be more
-.Convenient to:. call General -Hugo. iespecially
,as that was not his name. "This man atm& I.
him, as. being a model of a bluff tsoldier.
Everything about Genera. Hugo- was rec-
. tangtilar and warlike. --Even the expression
of hiseyeWas regulated by the tap of the
. -
• He WAS the'in rnatiOn,Of the riiiili-_,•
- -i' —
,
•q. •.-4.2. - .
:1 ei•Mitris Prussianiitiii:•iihs161
ivaidtid at -. the Safe! tifai' '
neral Hugo .. had rinueed. :that Rossi
pi& be for ,
.--f,t1i0;„-Jadies*derWChargkitafp,e;r;
BO that Monient:.*d-nat.teeM **trite; .
e,irraiii1.ieldthe.railroads;4.Fp,ri.:47xaieisva9iaoiei„*14es,pori.
:
that terrible. cMftitiaik- of -aarnage,i. _
,i i Even the tieteriatie Prussian could
eeniniait'd sifety-ateitehlit*oment; The
titittlitTtif-Forbie*hadt:1*en.toug4t ;
he _Winindedmust be •transported ;, All was _
isient,the ladies Must wait. ' Vi:hen he
rite& to. LaBelle Gabrielle: with i :this in,
enee,:Staillope. R.OrtEie :Was not received.
*aoll.f4i7or.. Lady Geraldine- bore the :
rat," delay but Sadly.. „(=Ifeadadheistand
to:0*M', each fralt 'deist; - hereagain .
.641*:. siok: Child._ :..- - ' • ---. I •''' . 4: - • -
itii -04tio.riopemdiltOsohte.e!O4A.ipialiy did
ditlilat. niii..13siel wasaii.
i ettbiin to sing taher his -old Englislajball, .
idist.•. Shit-With:ready -eat .soOn.iinprovising.an
C niiiitiMent:
- Was :one .day tuning i her _harp; _ to:
herself With its wild.•thitilibingt4-its-
riebtioni —which add AO .infinitely to its
08,. *heti'. the splendid - arrogance.of
rylbandburst.upon.the tear; sweeping .
theleeble echoes '-ot- the harp, as an -
iOn7s.iandiconurianding-natire Often ex -
tidies artiore lovable and* Weaker one.
else" drew her :to. .the window, „, which.
ended .-the 'tie* of an iinthenie plain. .
1 i _ y,,,c4 of z cavalry was - sweeping .1 across;
antibandii .Of Officers- atroops :iiiiera-,
i "
1.• , . . ? _ ,1nd - 8 i
11.1,21i4sEies..;. a military com-1-
lim.:nt . to:sOnie-•-cliiitiogOlialied-pe;sOii. _.- if'. To -
-o ,?:!' -15tvais-the question,
"See,LadylGeraidine..17 said Rosse, , As he• -
1 eliOth
. . . , ... . i . ..
:hfti. e window, "what i.' a - inagnifi••• '
speetaelel, = •.i _wonder what serene high._ -
gee ,aan have, arrived ": to - tatnie all this tUrn,,'
' :- Ivrdeblire it is a -wontan it , Thee go ,.
he hats off; = and see whitA gleriOus Aniazeit .
t is,' in gree.n-velvet habit, rwiSh.gOldenliiii---
ike yours!. She.miiiit; be a princessatl-the
e-ry leaiit bY...thentintbers and -magnificence
'f .her Suite. - What can she, be. &Aug here?
elieralHuge..hiniself - in -.close] attendanbe
"I t_ he turns, '• and. rides: ivitti her up And
- •r ii " r -• - . • - ' 1' -
Itheifield.»
idy Geraldine spake not a word. -, Often
ey- had loaked at a vie*, or a•fiewer, or .
he had noticed her want of interest;
ow he -Cana Scarcely fargivethe=.1)1ank..-ex-i
lreS 'fon: a .iOdifferenee - her; almost - sullen
- 1 „
at ention.
' iturned rather hastily away, saying he -i-
- .- I,: •. L.. - .
OU ride to anFt inquire the.
,eas n.for this change in -the] tattie4 - of the .
rea 11 army, : this i bri, Want ..galpereeePtion at
ticA - moment, when - When Lady ••Geraldine -
1e.t ;led at his arra, • staggered,: andl fell 19
he iloor.
i He raisedher tenderly enough, - -And, ire- -
ret ng his einatien:j of - impatience 1 toward
ne weak and•ailing, he =siiirnmeited Ma-
anieLouise and leftthehouse.
0 it Way,. to.' the -field helmet .6, young
, .. -
rtts an .officer who, like • himself, Was kid.
g:quick1y. toward the .scene of clis7
Y4 ' • ..-; - -. . 4,-- • : 1- -• ;
•' He learned from hini that theldistinguielied
site .. was the :Russian Princess _ Nadege,i
iii a all over -Europe for her _bead* her
ow , and her great -wealth; i for :her.gain.,
1i,1 her iovs-affsirs,. and her political iw
,.
Hanes,3 he WaS ' indeed, -- a :‘serene high-
, ,\ - . t
ess,-Ii. therefore entitled ,I
to ill , oilers? 1: 7She
• 'reit jitiMportant intelligence, no doubt, for -
• e-'. had :tin:nil:Mal facilities.; for *aiming the;
inner Mind Of governments el and the fact•
• AS (and perhaps. as important : as all 'these
tit 1 ether)" that General Huge:Waal:wildly
• 16 (3-; ',hence no doubt, . - these
Pleli., With;
1her; . 2 1 . 1
strains of . music, these : brilliant
oil' Officers.- ,HOW_ caitld'f an j, ardent
ver hav. a More splendid ; ippportulnityt -
Ve--kuo*lie*:Well lovers. dress theintelves:;
h -
it ai i tinct implanted by Natnte.' could.
loverat ' do' better for himself than General
• iigo. I wel doing—to thaw • the lady who
• Mimi .nded his forces the forces which he.
OMM , tided 1 , .. - -- 1-. - . -: - ,- 1 - • 1 t .
. .. ..,I
All ,'.thk pomp and eircunistance„ of - the
ruisian Slimy notat that moment engaged
ii killing Or being killed,: Were at Warkire-
delving _ 41.• Russian. ',pritioess; and .- there: is
tah doubt if the latter werel.lotthet:Poit of
anger! i - ' ' :... -, -. . ::',1 • : -. - I I.,
'• Stanhoe Raise watched the review :for an
hour,: di then -turned his horse's head home: -
4ard...1 He was a little disappointed, for he •
• .- t. J -
ttad.hOped to, see the famous _woman nearer, -,
la
ierftt7laudacity- 'in visiting the 'taint) at =
d•iitli':.i ,mO,' 'ent struck him. She nuit)t. be -a,
in, . face.
should like to seethatf
kaia [of . 2,.. Saragossa, a I" Joan Of Arc:i, - He
thought h •
,Whith teetered .86 brave a titeart, :-. -Woman :
i
$ t: -: : . -.
• On a battle -field --:-has always ben an angel.: .
' jiistio far as men are.rernaie -fronr:Wonien.
is the peifspeCtive becoming to the 'latter,'
Sayii, Lseernfiil .ntyilogyniat As it in an-
swer. ' - his outspoken _thane* .an` 'officer
.04,.,rs.pidly toward him, bringing ra:Meisage -
Item General-HugO.:-- It was invitation to
..,
An: impromptu -banquet, - a Seldierlyi break,
A- J • -
ssi inthe general's tent to her -serene high -
'Wail thiS. prince Nadege._ .
Wir• -:-.:.... ,I `.. -
-1,i- . ,.1.. i ,• .• . . .
n Raise entered, he Sair Several Mica
vi1kii4!: t,p- the delighted officers.. - He had
OYeS for :1141t one, the tall, ;slender, .yeuthful.
figure, 1 with _ the ,golden hair : failing to the
:4trais . I., , ir *hick he observed was artfully
Tdanttrained in a. golden net, ecit shit it Was
kept in1Plac. 6' -: and, While showing its luxurie-
' 'ci-' . ; ' Ii.iot interfere with the Amazonian
'
-
astirm
!
.1! She Might have been•A girl -, of, titenty, So
pure, irqi�eent,-- and lovely were her face and .
attitude..:, It was the :„perfection Of: -bland:
and -te ' d r,•_beauty:::: Her large, .gray 'eyes
laaked aimost green Undertheirdiirklailies; -
. • - -
4ii.I. 44 : dark brows • gate -lier' beauty • im-
Menieistinetion'" is does the contradiction
alWa: yrs 00blotid hair and -darke4.• hes. It .
WO: if enuslhad comeback a • • . ,aftbr fin- -
.= -het:darling; and had ad 44: one Shade -
More.. ef*iloe. -about . the eyes, whibh „•ain
'Miter -hi4ita6"mticli."•••„ _:-.: - .•.: .". -.. I
L -Her _M4tith Was At fresh•st- 'a icherry, and
'0 lips opened- over an inch :of Pearly teeth: .
No .."wender;r: thought -.Rosse,t1_ ..•` that the
iiithes Nadege it :the admiration of Etirope.'!
he stood laughing and.talirmg with Hugo,
'ho, se 1#g-i-Roste approach,Huestalitly_ pre.
nted ' .- A. naive.- pleasure in her face,.
i _4iis o en compliment tolisibeantY in her
• -Tish-green,-, brilliant . eyes, an -
offering' _Of:her:hand te.-..b6:.---ShalOnall
pressed Bosse immediately, yet What most
ruck 40.-• was :a.- haunting_ likeness,. ••• She -.
led like SoniebedY. - Who was it? - fl; Could.'
.
be,•_' Yes, it wiiiLady•Geraldinell'• _ •
Rosse!.. knew - well the reputation of :the „
rincesNadege; ::heknevi that she was the
'atest nible.r, the mO4t=4iSkittitted-rman-T
' - ' '.- - - I •
in Europe. He knew
look Of sweet, healt
How, he asked; did t
. gaming -tables keep t
freshness whichwas
Yet, no Clara Vere
English • home, _even
twenties,oeenthandi
t-look,edd', mtwo
i
men's peace. -
TheL•absence of a h
ever philosophers call
the presence of good h
-back exerciseandmo
health), Among Other t
keep. a lwoman young.
mortal women, except
ileeay.„,1 . The.. princes
-.Ro-isse sat next her at
her beautiful hands,,
and pink finger-tips. -
Charm known to fres
bee
8WPspoke.lii.ehe• Zh:Ir. dga I 1lLl omit- lf
tongue; and droppedlf
nothing but purerst p
•inondsJ, It premed.- th
measure every man
the unfailing baroinet
stinct,fiand she knew
Of fighting -men notli.
Unexpected, and ti'
cence. The double en
Parisian isa,Lon the
Baden-Baden budded
heavily -heated =Pim
presence of bearded-
- -
ply. wen-Juin—Woman
June, Wothanrefined,
the opposite of man.-
leokediat her that day
but would have been
ay, and many of them
- .
- But; like _all great,
made a mistake.. T
She found in Stanhope
something untional.'
errand of her Own; per
perhaps for something
pectedlto Meet this E
great reproach of the p
for she believed her
fell in love inunedi
Rosse,land lost the .oc
-cible Will which were
catc exterior. -. And G
General Huge; who lo
those:lenses which je
'and . hel hated ROsse, at
The princess had ta,
that of _La Belle .Ga
Marne, in in a quiet,vall
She asked several of
the princes, and Rosse
evening. The, supper
dege ! How Often ha
How often had this _na,
of men With -Many a -
Could he believe tha
creature before hini, w
'his- hand at parting, c
whom Such a history
• neophyte • he hael se
but nothillg like. this,
invitation. She was A
a lesson to be learned.'
What ?did she want? He Was curiously in
of the Princess Princess. Nade
Once, in her *Bence;
Amide's ring'ili
and'
"Honor'e Slave.”;
He looked in the bea
cess. ;She seemed tra
a wicked malachite g e
eyes.- 1;IShe looked, o1ie
but the impression w
as 'lightning. The; Tr
-cheek-bones diaapp,ei
-from green to gray 'as -eh
aludden smile, a word o
ished. Washer hist
subtile finid that he Ft
was? . -
But to go -back td
Chateau Marne.' -Eve
.he heard the guns of -a n
and he wondered aner a
-should, have broilght, co
the wild, beautiful, 1 wl
-man Whom he was abo
in his heart that ador tie
. be the only two ten me
Princess Nadege accepted
ings. Flowers of dee est
'tense fire, emotions at•
hyperborean -ice - in t
approPriate. imr.roun
'beauty.
11. she had bein love
nwas ,superb in the
lighter -green' velvet,
arrangements showe
and arms.- - Spiendidp
ened the white, gleam
• The ',smile with whi
Rosse in the evening
-1;
one she had used in th
•
perhaps more danger.°
witty,l'insouoiante, yet
_different from her mo
light
light from sunlight..
,et-noirftables were set
-.(ainaP Prince e
fthtelhig'heroffithae.ie
officers
right to this weather, hori_iebaek-rides, militarydet' play
potted girlhood. martial Tinkle are all gooOliings-rtliey Stir
liter of midnight man's blood; but far 'isweeter than all is -
of .strawberry the pike" of the siren it adds a thrilling ea-.
rpetual charm? deuce to the swelling strain) of the warlike_
in her healthy, mirth; it underlieis and intensifies- the mo, -
early teens or notone _of the innunert wind,.. and to all
ely 'young and. things beautiful it adds another _beauty _
us disturberf.o
: •
a_soul, or what--
- ortal essence,
plenty of horlieJt
t purchaser of
an conspires to
there are im-
itigne, illness,
- one of these.
t, and watched
ir Ibert nails
seemed to be no
ng womanhood
he wassay and
ly •' iid• much;1
e .her -mother,
t pretty Month
a- -clearest diat=
esS Nadege to
-
near her by
r feminine ju-
in the camp
be so fresh,
girlish inno-
weukkio for g
and -gossip of
- , •
()roomed in the .
1 here, in the
• she wassim-
..
8 a Morning in
tire, exquisite,
" • a soldier who
t crowded tent,
to dieforher—
she sometimes_
he _made one.
stm(Ithingnetv,
d come on an
eet Prvssians,
She had not ox-
en and, to the
b:3 it spoken--
ulnerable—she
'.th Stanhope
and -the invin.--
under her deli-
ugo .saw it-
-saw it with .
lends to late,
ly. -
11a, not unlike
ailed Chateau
leagues away.
igen officers,
with her that.
•
of
fitful- epithet! before could_ nee. them,Aubert liammr._
4e.e asfhrrPrincesdo: ettihiheeNa-Bs! •.teona the:us seizede and eolafirsathh_,eg.h:Aiso!us eerigpistols,a noa trui natn"gi fortunately, utR o.nhaot essai:Tv' _
said inclear tones:
r timidly took i - ladies are carried ofrtoward the
?heetiANN:eombweaafneorn:ef • French -OM?. We shall get no help frona.
ugo. - We must follow on. Odds are aes-
• erately against _us ;?but Arm _yeurself And -
-tPc?tiebt hEmeirveind,:- -;min-674anthiann:re" incredibly nislaiYortsal-rtimtheerriSiraenht lo"pe
• as she here' OSSE found himself fighting witha shadowy .
.• •
y An hour.
-°Hliteettoholliugmht? like a hundrtehdemreenad: ,hehseawheaacrdirriaa gweoemteaar...
'orce, which in -the extreme darkness seemed.
fell -on Lady I turned in
stung shriek ; it was the voice of Lady _Geraldine,
onor's„ ?
of _the prin.-
There was
her Russian
s beautiful,
and fleeting.
th of the
turned
**--1-110riv2ellit:tr!srrhirleldwieisuricersoSiins;ttilikeeit'gearalf:'
,
Y't- 1 •
...
The ifficulties 9f reaching Berlin seemed
o intrease-_Hugo promised 'escorts,. and
hen '1 -ailed to keep his promises. Hubert
alibutten, ' Of whom Bosse saw inuch:-Lfor-
e iniperturbable and mysterious American
ent everywhere and knew every one, in-
luding the two. secluded ladies at La Belle
abrielle—shook his bead when the project s.
as discussed.. It .did indeed.Seem impossi.
(3. -Stanhope Rome did- not nAlect his
usineSs„ or his ladies; in spite of this infat-
ation for the princess, he thought, he worked .
nweariedly, but w_ there as much heart in
tit
ate,rasaitt4fifrsultn?urlif:madthame clay of Louise,
sf tell:0 review,fcsro
y „Geraldine Fa not been so well, and
atahed by her bedaide. So, unless 'Ilali-
hurton;woulecome over to dine with him,
. - -
he -often 'dined alone, in the silent and for.
' aleompanionsh4 of the old steward. .
It 'was`late at night, on the.30th Of August,
hat Raw drove from Chateau Marne to La
elle -Gabrielle.. The. night was unusually _
Wet ;T:lbuthe noticed, as he approached the .
gh. Wall -and was about to ring, .that the -
great gate was swinging_ open. He entered . '
tothsbed, - for this was a point on which; *.
Luigi *as especially -careful—an old, well -
pained, efficient Italian servant. Bosse had
often admired . his . faithful and _ceaseless
alcelilisfuln.heosrte _entered the avenue, hereare& -
andshied at some object -lying -before him. i
sag was off his back in a mem-en% and trod. .
n—what-7--Something horribly suggestive
of the -Ineighborin.g battlefields. His :groom,
4n English servant, a ck a light and re.
Ati
.ealed A dead bady, Poor old Luigi lay
he"rIfeilield'.th-belst°dh7Orse-:;;' said Bosse -tO .his
servant, 'while I go to the house."
There- he found' nothing. Ladies, ser- '
ants, All were gone. Furniture in confu-.
ionL---every .evidence of a sudden alarm, a
iudden-_-flight..- The back -window, with its
showing evident traces of • having i been re- -
fires torn, and its descent to the garde; • .
gently :Used, told the story of a surprise and.
df treachery. Poor, old faithful Luigi had. -
died forbis--unhappy young mistress, while
' oss0 had been gambling with a liandsmne -
., __
ussian- princess! -
At that moment of bitter self-reiroach,
nd it pierced his soul; then tame the AO
hud Of -a bullet; he fell, And knew nothing
When he opened his -byes -upon life again
wiliit4 look at the humble roof of &pea.
nes house he was Weak And confused) -
athini with. -1.- too;Inhst'ider3"olt-liththee'fi'g-ntire :owfatteullibnegrt'Illealiitonnr-1 *-
11,eatn.:::"irro; [to' n,-,w1i-o was .11.1,.:Aist: to speak. .
she really
I . ut 401-liew'that bending over -Mai was the
•
y• Geraldine, her hand eh his heart; She
- 1- • fro BE COXTIN:17.D.T
evening at
ay thither AT the beginning of the reign of Ivan III._,
t_skirmish, he fixtt autocratic ' ruler of --Itiissia, 44 the- -
rice which..' rear -1.462, the territory be governed .com-
gereui spat. prise. -A1/00 04u -are :miles. At his -death,
rims wo- '`n 1505, --the -whole extent of his dominions •
._ .
lathe -felt nolnded-About 43,000 square Miles. Under
ed would 4b.4:Cp,r,Ran IV. "("The Terrible") a -oon-
ible,., The j liderable :amount of territory; was annexed,
owy offer- so that, at the time of _his -death, in 1083;
ems of .1n- he, Rai -salmi Empire may be 'computed to
tle if any iiave contained 75,000 square miles. Thee.
were :the -dore-1.2,„-Wha succeeded Ivan; ;acqiiired terri7
Rnssian '
ory from Swedes - and Also, pushed' his
conqueits beyand,itheVral Mountains; and
ming, she ' 't hiii•death;moiri 113., the Russian away ez.
a robe of • tided over 13-„ -, . - 7SO.nare miles; On the
deeellite ccession of t ; '-xel I-.-, in 1613, the -extent
ly height; :square Mlles. Peter 1., by his enormous •
iful -neck f the -Russian!- mpire may betaken at 1.$0,-:; -
kin. _ _ ., eanqueits, "Materially 'increasedits extent,
s greeted 1 *ma -at his _death; in 1725, it.camprised 282,,
ishis the 454 squire -miles. -During the reigns of the
utit was Mpresses Anna I-VMOM.% Elizabeth, and.
now the Jatherine-IL;large annexations were made -
1,3teSS, as r o that an the -death of the latter, in 17-96:
s is gas- •he ItUSsiani--dominions .extended over 352,-
nd .rouge. .72 square miles. The :Emperor - Paul I. '
• ae royal Idolect Georgia to his dominions. Ale -Under
, several i. conquered- Finland, :and _annexed. other
'horinew territories, =increasing the extent of the Bus-- ,
esitdrew ian Empire before he died, in 1825, 366,582 -'
quare Mika' • While Nicholas L, by thee -am -
aid she, aaigns of1824 and :1829, added thekhanates of
•
. Gen, tai extent of the Russian Empire '..to 36.7,=. _ .
• sin& " itbalti_the pas-halie Of •Aahalzic raising the
. _ . • .
irivan and Nahitchev.an, the district of Or-.
_ . _ _ _ .I.
princess '12 square mules, Thus, since the reorganiz-
_ - tion of the Russian Empire under Ivan ITT.,_
me 'Ty me 400 years .ago,- the -territorial dominions -
1,4 Russia have increased tO thirty-five times .
:az heir -mi_ ginal._ -8- ' - *
.,
Roigie,s-JEFF.-----W--tirrE . as #ne of the-Wealthiest:and
'. _drunkeimest young Men in Les .Angeloa,-Cal.
aty 'Harvey was beautiful, but she bejong-
_ to a pot and -wicked family, who eon- -_,.
-eetitel_that theymightmend their fortunes
Rosso y inducing Jeff to marry her: Katy did
ot one ier .bist- to fascinate Jeff, and succeeded ;-"'
-
Cleo- but bat Jeff:was-not inclin-ed to marry, And his
lways .1 listeriilliieneed him at Inn& AS she could:
weifttl, i -vi.e- ether way. The Harveys got 'him into -
' man's -tiheirhoilie,- And _gaie him whiskey and . .
• er the phme for :two weeks. - By that time he . was
nt her; 4t the point of death :and consented to the .
ever , -*atria:0,...,4 willing Justice Was found to
which lerformthe.ceremony, but With his Arrival .
•
smite& : hen _there WAS .a scene of :Strife atthedyin
tie .s:::- me mos white, 'determined to prevent it;
is per.
- a •
n
rn
8., • .
hasp
lug
LO
:Vier
d
were .alreadY at wOrk „ but.
Rosse taller:own litth grou
"1 recall to you an id f
.-
as she pointed- to Hn_
Thei -.American ;Was p
-_Stanhape RoSse. began to
:erg Hugo. -Played idllos
;lost, as became a wily beete
ea-
" To -morrow' night
revenge, said _Hugo Ros
-"lila to -morrow y
to the camp , of Prine C
princess, as she laid a soft
strcnighan
;,, At! w'hii'n A • Oman
Old Adam.we begat
•During the days vhich
SAW, in the acinator of
woman, but a dozen men.
patra's charm of '' «te y
youngii, always 'bean a
the princess- knew ho to
heart On its weakest s'• e,
weak spot was, the her i
She made Rosse talk, ,tter
• done before; she high ned
were somewhat these e _
made exciting -and anAising
hini to all sorts of digi4taries
cess quiet, from-tha,,- ennn
haps the most luau rable
man the princess re,sc e
It ' as the voice
•
•
-Me
•
-
an's bedside Katy took his hand an
- • ,
the Justice began the beret:deny. Then Miss
White pulled her brother's hand away. In
-the midst of the confusion he died
unrnar-
iied,
•