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A QUEEN'S PARADISE.
Gifted Carmen Sylya Writes
of the Charms of Her
Roumanian. Eealm.
CUSTOMS OF HER PEOPLE.
Her Entrance to Bucharest as the
Bride of the Young King.
THE CHASGES OP TWENTY YEARS.
A Ticturesine Old Citj Transformed Into a
llodern Capital.
SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS AND HAILEOADS
nTBITTES TOR TITO DISPATCH. I
N board an armored
vessel I had jour
neyed lor three days
down the Danube,
gliding over the
large brown wares,
which grew larger
and larger, like the
finale ot a sym
phony. There were recep
tions at every town
Y't "iti He i "ivM a m ee cou
frd-t "fat li not have enouch of
the richness of col
oring under this
eastern sky, which,
during the day, was
of a turquoise blue, and which melted to
ward evening Into a glowing yellow, be
sprinkled with gold dust, as the sun, which
here seems larger than in more northerly
climes, slowly sank to rest. In the pel
lucid light of late November, against
these undulating stretches of beauti
ful country, against tnat black soil
which Ireely gives its riches to those
who ask the most of it, against the dusty
white stretches of the winding road, every
where, in fact, the costumes of the peasants
gathered to greet me stood out in lively con
trast shirts of a dazzling whiteness richly
embroidered in red, black and gold; floating
veils of white linen and ivory or saffron
hued silk: peony or rich wine colored petti
coats. I had seen the men put their thin,
speedr little horses to the gallop, their
goatskin mantle falling like another mane
on the backs of their steeds. The embroid
ered blouse which covered their breasts
looked like a navy colored tattooing under
the broad girdle which held quite an arse
nal of pistols and daggers. The shirt, also
richlv broidered, fell over breeches of white
lelt, while their heads were covered with
large caps of white Jur, from beneath which
their long raven black locks escaped and
hung over their shoulders.
hr Qneen'd rirst Impression.
As I approached these picturesque groups
I saw supurb figures with faces of a rare
beauty, whose gravitv but rarely gave place
to a iaint smile which laid bare rows of
pearly teeth. And all these strange faces,
all these aquiline nose', with their delicate,
quivering nostrils; these marvelously large
" es, black or greenish gray, sparkling with
fc sullen fire, sunken in their sockets, over
liune by heavy, straight brows; these burn
ished complexions, this sonorous language,
in which everv now and then there was a
haish guttural note, and which was so
fluently spoken and with such marvelous
eloquence by these serious men, these Eou
r.mniau matrons, these children with the
starry eyes all these produced npon me
the impression of something whose passion
and intensity were unknown under our
Northern skies. Then, too, I was struck
with admiration as I saw how the beautiful
face ot my young husband was in perfect
harmony witn the people and the country
he had wrested to himself.
This, then, was my new fatherland, this
Boumania which at first showed me only
A Roumanian Peasant GirL
the breadth ot her melancholy plains, the
banks of her great river, her almost unin
habitable marshes where tho frogs chanted
amid the waving reeds and the stalks of the
wild hemp. Ifthereisa difficult path in
life it is that of a young foreign princess
making tier first entrance into her new capi
tal. The laces surrounding you give evi
dence ot but a lrigid curiosity, although
only some days belore every "eye which
gazed on you was lull of tears and every lip
trembled, despite the "hurrahs!" and the
"God bless you, our dear child, our little
princess!"
Her First Joyful Kxperlence.
But when I left the station and stepped
Into the carriage a cry of admiration escaped
me. Beyond the waving plumes and glit
tering uniforms, beyond the horses and flags,
beyond that set of faces I had caught sight
of "the city, lying between the hills and
spreading along the verdant valleys, with
its shining roofs its hundreds of little
churches, na green, vellow or blue houses
all this flooded with a brilliant sunlight,
which gave even to wood the sparkle of
metal, vaguely recalled to me Moscow.
"When we were fairly in the carriage I
had to bow unceasingly, which effectually
prevented ae from taking in any of my
new surroundings, especially as tho least
smile needed n cflort ou my part and every
movement of my eyes caused a darting pain
to shoot through my head. However, on
th long journey from the station to the
capita' end ;s ve travelled the latter on our
war Ij trie palace I hit houses which were
too small lor their inhabitants, people v ho
seemed to touch the rools ot their dwellings
with their loreheads, women in green and
blue pcttieoat,who&ll wore bodices of snowv
whit; f nd headdresses made of kerchiefs
equally spotless and edged with luce. (All
this white, in the country as well as in the
city, strikes one with surprise on one's first
ariiv&l until one comes to wear it alto
gether one's self, as it is tne only color
which can resist both the sun and the dust.)
"What astounds the ear is that each church
has only two bills and that the united
chimes are produced only by the number
of churches; that day in especial the
Buchar-t churches seemed to me to be
innumerable
The Palace In tbe Sqnarc
The central square of the capital, at which
I had to stop, was entirely covered with a
red canopy, which threw a fantastic light
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upon all the people assembled there to re
ceive them, upon the red robes ot the Su
preme Court, upon the sacred vestments of
the Archbishop and Bishops with their
long white or gray beards. Forty couples
were married upon that occasion, and all the
brides wore veils of gold tissue.
"This is the palace," said the King to
me.
"Where?" I asked.
"Where we are standing," he replied with
a smile.
Then I understood that it is the sovereign
who makes the palace, just as a stone in a
held can become an altar.
That of Bucharest was an old nobleman's
house, hastily set in order. The young
sovereign had had no time to think of his
comfort, for he passed his nights in prepar
ing the labors which entirely filled up his
days, and I found on his desk, the day of
mv arrival, the first sketch of the bridge
across the Danube which is now just about '
to be built, after 20 years ot patience.
No window shut properly in this palace
and the damp rose as high as the first story.
Indeed, for 20 years I have not been free
from fever, and we lost manv servants and
rare horses owing to the dampness of the
wails.
There is but a slight resemblance between
Bucharest of to-day and Bucharest as it then
was. They have built on an average since
that time about 1,000 new houses every year,
and have replaced with proper paving the
'cobblestone and ruts of former days.
Twenty Tears Work on tho Falacf.
The palace, too, has undergone a complete
transformation. It is true they have made
use of the old palace, which cives the ex
terior a sort of patchwork effect, but this
very thing gives to the interior a touch of
homeliness and individuality. A sculptor,
a true master of his art, named Sthoe, who
has worked lor us for 20 Tears, has superin
tended this transformation, and has orna
mented our rooms with furniture and fit
tings of rarely beautiful woodwork. The
former throne room has become a library in
the style of the German Renaissance, the
King's study is a little museum and my
own rooms contain some'' old pictures of the
best description, which are lighted from
above, as though it were a picture gallery.
"What was my astonishment next day on
receiving all tbe ladies of the court to'find
no resemblance between these women of so
ciety and the peasants. No more matrons
with their austere teatures, but delicate,
eoumaxta's QUEEN,
graceful creatures who reminded me equally
of the society of SL Petersburg and that of
Naples. As to the men. they had a French
ified look, or at least that is the impression
they gave me when I saw them next day in
the Chamber, to which I paid a state visit.
That day I was much amused by the con
trast our carriage and procession presented
to the streets we passed through, lined with
little houses built at random and paved with
huge irregular blocks of stone and full of
crevices, which caused my diadem and my
self to make many an involuntary bow.
That evening there was a general illumina
tion, and in all my life I had never before
seen such a sight. In the very streets where
to-day one magnificent house elbows an
other, in which gas and electricity sliare
the honors between them, there were then
to be seen only oil lamps and candles,
while none of the houses was more than one
story high.
The Queen Has tbe Measles.
The day after that entry into my capital I
had the measles. To be'ill and to know no
one, neither my husband nor my ladies of
honor nor the doctors, nor even my maid,
was a little hard. It was above all exasper
ating to hear myself called "nervous" by
people who knew nothing of my past life,
for with my Spartan training nervous and
badlv brought up seemed to me svnonv-
mous terms. Many a proud and silent tear
during that time bedewed my pillow.
My first excursions out were a series of
surprises. There were picturesque streets
In the city In which every doorway was
blocked up with piles of stuffs of all colors,
w ith rusty iron and with blue and brown
pottery. In other parts were queer com
binations of Lilliputian bouses,ridiculously
tiny and hidden under the trees,
those poor willows from which every
year they strip the branches, or
the acacias which scent the air of
the whole cjty in the spring. There were
opening on to the streets the shops of
bakers, cobblers and blacksmiths; innumer
able inns where they sold an ardent spirit
extracted from prunes and called izuica.
These last were dark, dingy dens in the
murky depths of which one caught glimpses
ol mud-eyed brigands with sad smiles. The
urchins bathed to their hearts' content in
the lovely mud of the river, wallowing in it
with yells of delight; the water carriers
drove their mules into it, wadine up to
their knees into it themselves in order to
fill their barrels, while in the deepest
depths, of the mire one saw confused shapes
moving, grayish, hairless bodies, something
like the backs of hippopotami; numberless
heads with horns that curved backward and
black muzzles glistening in the sun; these
were the buffaloes.
Usefal Antediluvian Beasts.
Later on I enjoyed a closer acquaintance
with these antediluvian beasts, which are
so common in Boumania. Tbey give an
abundance of rich milk, from which they
make a verv white but tasteless butter, but
which yields an excellent cream. To keep
them you have to feed them on dried maize
leaves and give them a bed of mire. They
die in summer unless they have a marsh,
and in winter unless they have an under
ground shelter and a woollen covering. In
the streets or in the country one sees them
harnessed one before another to heavily lad
en wagons, their hoofs sinking in the dust in
dry season or in the deep mud when it
rains. Speaking of mud, what was not my
amazement the first time I was splashed
with it to see that that of the principal
streets left greasy spots on my clothes, and
when I saw thera plowl A plow dragged
by lour or six buffaloes, scarcely scratching
the ground with the branch of a tree in
place of a plowshare; and they called this
plowing! And what is more, the soil was
so rich that nothing more was needed.
Dating from the diphtheria epidemic tbe
carrying through the streets of corpses
In open coffins has been stopped. Before
this funerals were a sort ot publlo fes
tival. On a hearse covered with gilded
angels, garlands and riboons the dead
gill was placed, dressed In her last ball
dress, her hair elaborately dressod bv the
hair lros-or, docked with Coweis, and often
painted In order to look more lifelike. A
military uana lonowea pmymg uuopin's
"Funeral llarch." I: was rather ghastly to
Fee that painted, flower-crowned bead
dragged over the rough pavement and roll
lag from side to side on its satin cushion,
while the howling women beat their breasts
and tore out handtuls of hair.
They are fond of flowers in Bucharest.
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Til ore Is not a window without soma pots of
jteraninms carnations or mignonette. On
the other hand, the trees have a hard time
or ic core The summer burns them and
tho winter destroys them, while men de
spoil and cat them In such a fashion that
one never sees a flneparkvand scarcely over
oven a shade garden. The difference in
temperature between summer and winter Is
70 centigrade, and tho Northern plants
perish under the torrid sun of August, while
the more tropical ones suconmb to the snow
falls of January. But the depth of snow
preserves the soil from the attacks of the
trost and makes Boumania a wonderful
country for vineyards. There are only three
seasons In Boumania, of wnloh only one is
pleasant autumn. There Is no spring. The
two "sleighing months" relieve one's ears,
for at the flrst snowfall one soes nothing but
sleighs In the city and the houses are not
shaken by the constant clatter of carriages.
Sometimes the snow buries the low houses
of tbe suburbs, and as many as 11 people
have perished in a single night at the gates
of Bucharest. Not Infrequently wolves
come Into the city.
Tbe snow does not'seemto fall. It executes
a sort of wild dance np and down and across,
so that men and beasts are blinded and
wander In a circle, thinking that they are
pushing forward.
The Land of Embroideries,
There is a society for the distribution of
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work in winter, another for finding work
another for fostering the embroidering In
dustry In the villages. These embroideries
are as beautiful as all Oriental work Is, and
have a character of their own. I had seen
poems written,plctures palnted,svmphonles
composed, bat nntll I came to Boumania I
never saw real embroidery. One day I re
marked on the shirt of a young peasant girl
that the embroidery of one of the sleeves
crossed on one side the embroidery on the
shoulder. I asked her the reason or it.
"Oh' that's called a wandering brook," she
said.
The language of our peasants Is as flowery
as their fields, and tbey only sneak in meta
phors. "How do you and your husband get on?" I
asked one day. ,
"Like the cough and chest."
"How are you going on?"
"Like the dog in the wagon."
"Have you a son?"
"I bad two saplings, but the storm beat
them down."
A mother' heart cry to her daughter:
"Your child Is crying. Ton have let him
fall. Don't you know you ought to hold him
like a little plnkt"
"How Is your betrothedt"
"Like the young blades In the maizo
fleldsl"
A Roumanian will never say that he Is ab
solutely well. "Not so bad," is his phrase.
And he will never admit that be is really
11L Ton tell him something that seems to
you absolutely convincing. After listening
in silence he replies, "It is possible."
Sorne National Characteristics.
The Roumanian people express every
thing in tbe dance, the men dancing with
men and tbe women with women. Soldiers
in barracks always find a fiddle, a flute or a
bagpipe to play some melancholy dance for
them. On a campaign when on active serv
ice, after the most fatiguing marches, under
shot and shell, they still dance, mocking
the piojectiles until one of the dancers falls
wounded or killed. Their good humor
never leaves them even In tbe hospitals.
Ihe wounded amused themselves bv Invent
ing little comedies to amuse those who were
still in bed, and they played them with a go
and dash and a power ofdmltatlon that were
extraordinary.
Among tbe finest institutions of Bucharest
are the hospitals. They have been so liber
ally endowed by the former princes that
they have to-day a revenue of some 8,000,000
or 4,000,000 francs, and everyone is sure of
being received and treated gratis provided
there is a vacant bed.
The transformation of Bucharest Into a
beautiful city according to modern ideas is
now accomplished, and It Is a city with
canals, a water supply and grand buildings,
such as the Athenteum, the new Ministry,
the Bank, the State Printing establishment,
the Law Courts, the House of Parliament,
etc Tbe foundation of the Bacteriological
Institute raises us to the let el of the other
scientific centers of Europe. But Oriental
and picturesque Bucharest Bucharest with
the little houses burled In foliage, covering
the space of Vienna, with onlv 220,000 In
habitantsthat Bucharest has disappeared,
to give place to a city like all others. It
only seems Oriental to those who come from
the West. Those who come from Asia cross
the Danube with a sigb of satisfaction.
"Ahl" they say, "we are in Europe." ,
Wonderful Progress of late Tears.
We aie very extraordinary sovereigns, for
we wanted to accomplish in 25 years what
tbe others took centuries to do. Wo have
created an army. When the King arrived
there was one battery of artillery now we
have 700 cannon. Our first cruiser Is but the
beginning or a fleet. The State budget
when the King arrived was S8,000,000f.;
to-day It is raised to 150,000,000f. Political
life has become relatively calm and seri
ous and for long periods the Ministers and
legislative chambers do not change. Ball
ways furrow the realm in every sense to
bring tbe craps to tbe sea, cattle to Italy
and timber to Panama. There are schools
everywhere, and we are indeed In danger of
suffering from an almost too rapid develop
ment. We even try to have Socialists in or
der to be at the fore front of modern civili
zation, only socialism does not easily take in
a purely agricultural country, without man
ufactures, where tbe farmers naively come
to consult their landlords to know whether
they will do well to revolt, and If that is
really a means of obtaining more land, as
tbe agitators would have them believe.
Boumania Is In tbe way of becoming all
that King Charles dreamed it could become
a living artery of Europe. When be of
fered the young Hohenzollern Prince the
crown of the country of whose very exist-
took a pencil, and having seen that the. line
arawn oetween jonaon ana com Day passed
by the principality which called him to its
head, be accepted the crown, saying: "Test
It Is a country of the future!"
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PITTSBTJKG DISPATCH.
THE MOONS OF MARS.
Astronomers of the World Will Bo
Watching Them in August.
THEY WILL BB NEAREST US THEN.
Onlj
Sixty Miles in Diameter and Dean
fewift located Them First.
ECLIPSES EYERI DAY" ON JDPITEE
1WMTTEN TOR THE DISPATCH". I
The moons of Mars were discovered only
15 years ago. Observations of that planet
and its new-found satellites will be made in
August by astronomers all over the world.
Since the discovery of the moons this is the
first opportunity afforded for examining
them, inasmuch as they are so small as to
be only perceptible at close range.
Once in every 15 years Mars reaches its
nearest point to the earth. Eight weeks
hence it will be within 35,000,000 miles of
us, whereas its greatest distance is 141,000,
000 miles. Great interest attaches to the
matter, because this sister world is so much
like our own in respect to Its climatic and
other conditions that it may reasonably be
supposed to be inhabited, perhaps by human
beings.
When the lovetswears by the earth's "in
constant" satellite, it never occurs to him
to consider that there are least 20 moons in
the solar system. Saturn alone has eight,
the biggest of tbem, "Titan," being nearly
twice the size of our moon, and Jupiter
possesses four, ranging in dimensions up
ward from "Europa." just about as large as
the orb of terrestrial night, to "Ganymede,"
greatest of all known moons. The latter
has a diameter of 3,480 miles, whereas the
moon belonging to this world is only 2,1C0
miles through.
Some Moons Aro Still Hot.
Though our moon is supposed to be dead
and cold, similar conditions are not as
sumed to govern all the satellites of the sis
ter planets. Some of those pertaining to
Jupiter are believed to emit light of their
own, showing that they are still hot. How
ever, astronomers are usually eager to find
evidence of life on other spheres, even dis
covering on the earth's attendant orb ap
parent traces of mighty works of engineer
ing artifice the imagined creations ot races
of beings long extinct such as the stupen
dous bridge that appears to span a crater of
the moon volcano called "Eudoxus."
Eclipses are every-day affairs on Jupiter.
Three of its satellites are eclipsed at every
revolution of that mighty globe, so that a
spectator there might witness during tbe
Jovian year 4,500 eclipses of moons and
about the same number of eclipses of the
sun by moons. Under such conditions one
would become accustomed to a phenomenon
which occasionally appals the terrestrial
ooserver. une oi oaiurn s moons, caiiea
"Mimas," about half the size of the earth's
satellite, is so close to the planet in its cir
cling that it seems to cross the face of the
latter at an astonishing rate of speed. Of
the seven others, '"Titan" has a diameter of
3,300 miles, "Iapetus" 1,800 miles, "Khea"
1,200 miles, "Dione":and "Tethys" esch
500 miles, while "Enceladus" and "Hy
perion" are very little fellows. Several of
of them in the sky together, with the flam
ing ring of star dust stretched athwart the
heavens, must make a gorgeous spectacle by
night on the Saturnian sphere.
Obtaining the Telocity of Light.
Through the telescope it is very interest
ing to watch the shadows thrown upon
Jupiter by that giant planet's moons, ob
servation ot the eclipses of which fur
nished the first data for estimating the ve
locity of light. Uranus has four little I
moons "Ariel," "Umbriel, "Xitania"
and "Oberon" which, strange enough,
rise in the north and set in the south. A
single diminutive one belonging to Neptune
traverses the skv from southwest to north"
east. Keitlfcr Mercury nor "Venus has any
satellite.
But the most interesting of all moons are
the two that attend Mars, each about 60
miles in diameter. That planet is just one
half the size of the earth; its surface is
divided into continents and seas, having as
much land as water; it has an atmosphere,
clouds frequently concealing its face, and
its seasons are about tbe same as here,
though the winters are colder. Because one
of its moons travels around it three times as
fast as Mars itselfs turns, it appears to rise
in the west and set in the east, while the
other really circling in tbe same direction
at a speed comparatively slow, rises in, the
east and sets in the west. Thus both moons
are seen in the heavens at the same time,
going opposite ways.
Dean Swift's Remarkable Quest.
The most remarkable guess on record was
made by Dean Swift, who, a century before
the moons of Mars were discovered, made
Gulliver say of the astronomers of Laputa:
"They have found two satellites which re
volve about Mars, whereof the innermost is
distant from the planet exactly three diam
eters of the planet; the former revolves in
the space often hours and the latter In 21)4
hours." In fact, the inner moon is 10,000
miles from Mars, whereas the diameter of
the planet being 4,000 miles Gulliver's
estimate would place it at 12,000 miles.
Eor the outer moon he gives 20,000 miles
for tke distance, which is really 15,000
miles. The time of revolution for the inner
moon is actually 7 hours and 30 minutes,
and for the outer one 30 hours. Prof. Hall
has named these moons "Beimos" and
"f hobos," after the attendants of the god
Mars who are mentioned in Homer's
"Iliad."
Hundreds of minor planets belonging to
the solar system, which are only big enough
for moons, though not such, have been dis
covered during tbe present century. They
are called "asteroids" and the three largest
of them are "Vesta," "Ceres" and "Pal
las." Many of them are only of about the
bigness ot a good-sized farm. Life upon
one of them, owing to the feebleness of
fravitv, would seemingly be attended with
ifnculties. One ingenious romancer has
described an imaginary journey through
space, in the course of which he landed
upon a small asteroid, finding it occupied
bv a single giant The latter, being dis
pleased with some remarks made by his
visitor, kicked him off into space so far
that he fell within the attraction of another
sphere.
The Two Undiscovered Planets.
To solar planets yet undiscovered moons
may belong for example, to the mysterious
"big dark sphere" beyond most distant
Neptune, which some astronomers assert
the existence of. A similar hypothetical
world, alleged to have its orbit inside that
of Mercury, is "Vulcan." Science has not
acoepted the latter, though two observers,
Swift and Watson, working independently
in Colorado a few years ago, simultaneously
declared that they saw it. Watson was so
confident ot his find that he built a tunnel
in the side of a hill, pointing toward the
supposed star, with a reflector at the bot
tom, thinking to see the object better.
Prom the bottom of the well, ot conrse, one
can perceive the stars by day with the
naked eye. But this enthusiast died with
out proving his belief. The existence of
"Vulcan" and the "trans-Neptnnian"
sphere has been inferred from otherwise
unaccountable perturbations of the known
orbs of the solar system.
A pretty fair notion of sizes and distances
in the solar system can be got by selecting
a level piece of ground where there is
plenty of room, placing there a globe 2 feet
in diameter to represent the sun. Mercury
can then be indicated by a mustard-seed 83
feet away, Venus by a pea 142 feet off, the
Earth by a slightly bigger pea 215 feet
distant and Mars by a small peppercorn 327.
feet away. On the same scale, a moderate
sized orange one-quarter of a mile from the
globe will stand for Jupiter, a small orange
two-fifths of a mile oft for Uranus and a
Slum one and a quarter miles distant for
Teptuna. EKirn BA0&&
SUNDAY, JUNE 26.
WK1TTEN FOE THE DISPATCH
BY DORA RUSSELL,
Author of "Footprints in the Snow," "The Broken Seal," "The
Track of the Storm," i'A Fatal Past," Eta
SYNOPSIS OF fBEVIOCS CHAPTER.
Two lovers, Sir James MacKennon, Bart., and Miss Miriam Clvdo, are standing hy the
seashore, and the former is urging her to name the wedding day. She pleads for ctelav. In
the meantime an accident ocours, a soldier being wounded bv a firing partv. Miriam binds
up his wound and saves his life. Glanoing at each other's face a mutual recognition takes
Elace. On arriving home the doctor who was summoned to the wounded man gave
er a note which the soldier had hastily oorlbbled. It contains the words "For God's sake
keep my secret." Miriam, by means of Dr. weed, sends to her soldier-patient a brief mes
sage, "Do not be afraid!" which he receives as he Is lying in the hospital. In the meantime
Miriam's mother, Mrs. Clyde, makes up her mind that her daughter shall be married to Sir
James In a month, and tells her so. But Miriam, thinking of a life dearer than her own,
hanging in tho balance, pleads earnestly for more tlmo. Mrs. Clyde writes to her other
daughter, Joan, who Is married to hard and stern General Conway, asking them to the
wedding. Conway thinks It's a good match, bnt pains Joan by intlmatlne that Miriam
should not so soon forget another affair in whicn hiB nenhew was the hero. He and Mrs.
Clyde a-ree it is best to hurrv the wedding for fear Sir James should hear of that. Miriam
Is obstinate, and pets Sir James to ask Mrs. Clyde for postponement. Colonel Clyde Is
unable to change Miriam's mind. She worries herself sice, and Dr. Reed is sent for. By
means of notes through him, Mlilam and Private Dare airange a clandestine meeting.
COPTKIGHT, 1892,
CHAPTER IX.
ONCE MORE.
Miriam scarcely knew how she sppnt the
rest of the day after she had received Pare's
brief letter. Her mind was in a whirl of
excitement, of fear, and also of strange joy.
She was going to see him again Hugh
see him in secrecy and danger, but still to
clasp his hand, to be near him once morel
She had named a late hour for this meet
ins, because she knew by 11 o'clock her
father and mother were almost sure to have
retired for the night. Colonel Clyde was a
very methodical man, and when the family
were alone he made it a practice to see that
all the doors of the house were locked by
half-past 10 o'clock, and at 11 everyone was
at rest in the Commandant's house.
The keys were left in the locks for Banks
to open the doors in the morning, and with
the assistance of l?ord, Miriam meant to
open the back door, go through the garden,
and thus reach the west rampart, where she
expected to find Dare.
It was a dangerous escapade, and to do
Pord justice, when she heard the lateness
of the hour that Miriam intended to meet,
she believed, Doctor Heed, she said a warn
ing word to her young mistress.
"Oh, Miss Miriam, it's not for me to
speak, but couldn't you fix to meet the
doctor sometime in the day?"
"The doctor?" repeated Miriam, in sur
prise. "Yes Doctor Eeed; I am sure it would
be safer, because, even if you were seen it
would not be very strange, but you see
going out at night "
Then Miriam understood; she had never
said who it was that she was going out to
meet, and Pord had naturally thought it
was Doctor Eeed because she had written
to him twice. "It is better she should
think it is Doctor Eeed," reflected Miriam;
"better anyone than the truth."
"I cannot go in the daytime, Pord," she
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answered, "I must go to-night at eleven, so
will you help me?"
"I will do everything I can, Miss Miriam
but still it would be such a pity If Sir
James were to hear."
You see Pord was prudent withal in spite
of her coquettishness, and she thought to
lose the chance of marrying abaronetfor the
sake of a doctor was carrying a love of ad
miration, or love itself, too far. She wished
Miriam to become Lady MacKennon, and
she thought it rash therefore to run such a
risk.
"Sir James will not hear," said Miriam,
excitedly, "and even if he did I must go."
"Very well, Miss Miriam, if you are de
termined to go we must try and arrange so
that no one shall ever know anything about
it but the doctor and our two selves."
"Yes." -
Then they talked over various plans,Tind
finally settled that they were to steal down
the staircase together after the rest of the
family had retired to bed, and that Pord
was to open the back door, let out her
young mistress, and wait inside the door
until Miriam's return.
"If we are canghtl" said Pord, in a half
frightened tone.
Miriam did not speak.
"Pancyl what would Mrs. Clyde say?"
continued Ford. "My very teeth chatter
when I think of it."
"She will not know. It is well you have
a little room of your own, Pord, or the other
servants might have missed you!"
"Yes, Miss Miriam, and that Jane, the
new housemaid, is that spiteful! I think she
wants Banks to run after her, but poor
fellow "
But Miriam was too excited, too impa
tient, to listen to the details of Ford's con
quests. She moved about the room rest
lessly, and Pord took the hint. Then pres
ently she dressed for dinner, though it was
two hours before the time. She wished to
occupy herself, to be doing something; not
to think. But she thought in spite of her
self; thought of the man she was about to
meet of Hugh Ferrars, now called Dare
and of the terrible circumstances which had
necessitated his change of name.
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had to face her mother's keen eyes. There
was an unusual flush on Miriam's cheek,
Mrs. Clyde noticed, and the girl looked ab
solutely beautiful. The suppressed excite
ment within made her eyes sparkle so
brightly, and Mrs. Clyde wished that Sir
James had been there to look upon her face.
Miriam, however, we may be sore, was
thankful that Sir James was not there.
She would bave felt guilty in his kindly
presence. But she did not feel guilty be
fore her mother. There was a stronger in
fluence in her heart than her mother's; a
deeper feeling than Mrs. Clyde had ever
kindled.
Mrs. Clyde talked as usual in her agreea
ble fashion, and the Colonel and Miriam
answered. There was nothing unusual said
by anyone, and presently Mrs. Clyde and
Miriam retired to the drawing room and
the Colonel remained in the dining room
with his newspaper and cigar.
When they were alone Mrs-'Clyde natur
ally spoke to her daughter about tbe dresses
she would require for her marriage. But
Miriam showed none of theiinterest or ex
citement on the subject which young women
generally do. She agreed with what her
mother suggested in so indifferent a tone,
that Mrs. Clyde felt inwardly aggrieved.
But she did not show this. Miriam's illness
somewhat alarmed her, and she thought it
wiser to be very soothing and considerate.
The coffee was brought in by Banks, and
the Colonel reappeared, and the evening
passed away very quietly. A few moments
before 10:30 o'clock the Colonel looked at his
watch, yawned and then rose and left the
room to' lock up. This nightly duty having
been performed, he returned to tbe drawing
room, said "good night" to his daughter,
who lightly kissed him on the forehead and
kissed her mother, and then Miriam left
the room, and Colonel and Mrx Clyde were
alone.
"Miriam looked very handsome to-night,"
said Mrs. Clyde, reflectively.
"Yes," replied the Colonel, also reflec
tively. "I "wish her marriage was over now, it
would te much better."
"Yes," again said the Colonel, and he
added, "Well, it soon will be."
And while her parents were thus speak
ing of her, Miriam had gone quickly to her
own room, where she found Ford waiting
for her in the dark.
"I brought no lieht, Miss Miriam, for
fear of any mistake," she whispered.
"That is right; now draw up the blind,
and I will place the candle close to the
panes it is nearly time," said Miriam, also
in an excited whisper.
It wanted just a quarter to eleven, Minam
saw by her little jeweled watch which was
lying on the dressing table, one ot Sir.
James' many gifts. Only a quarter to
eleven I The girl's breath came quickly,
her checks flushed and her hands trembled.
It was so near what she longed for and yet
feared, and a tremulous sigh escaped her
parted lips.
"Are you frightened, Miss Miriam?"
asked Pord, in a low tone.
"Yes," murmured Miriam; "but I must
go-"
At this moment they heard Colonel and
Mrs. Clyde ascending the staircase on their
war to their bedroom, and a moment later
tbey entered it, and the door was shut.
"Well, J. hope they are sate at any rate,
whispered Pord.
"We will just wait until it is 11, and
then we must creep downstairs," said
Miriam. "You had better go first, Pord,
and I will follow in a minute or two."
They accordingly waited until the dial cf
the little jeweled watch told the appointed
hour, and then Ford silently, and on tip
toe, left the room, and Miriam listened in
agony least the stairs should creak. No, the
little handmaiden's light footfall made no
sound, and then Miriam equally lightly fol
lowed, and found Pord waiting lor her in
tbe dark at the foot of the staircase. They
did not even whisper to each other, but
hand in hand 'stole silently through the dark
passages, with which Ford was very familiar,
and soon found themselves at the back door
of the house.
Ford had provided henelf with a small
bottle of oil to grease the key of the door if
they should find it rusty. But she did not
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tne iock, and tnen qui-wjr vm m uuv.
and the cold night air at once instantly,
rushed in. ,
"I will go at once," whispered Miriam
"stay behind the door, Ford, and keep iti
closed until I return,"and the next moment
she had passed out into the darkness.
It was a starlight night, frosty and keen,
and a half-moon was shedding a faintj
glimmer on the scene as Miriam passed
swiftly on. A somewhat neglected garden.'
for the season was late, lay at the back ofi
the commandant's house, and through thii
Miriam passed swiftly, until sha came to
the railings that inclosed it, and as she did
so she drew nearer and nearer to the sea.t
The commandant's house stood on what in.
Xewbrough-on-the-Sea was called the west
rampart, below which the waves broke oaj
the rocky cliffs, and earthworks with enH
brasures, in which heavy guns werei
mounted, guarded the steep and dangerous
coast. . '
Between the earthworks and the com4
mandant's garden there was a roadway, and
Miriam having opened the garden gate)
found herself on this. Then she paused and j
looked timidly round, and as she did so m
figure seemed to glide out of the seml-j
darkness; a figure wrapped in a soldier's
cloak, and a moment later she heard htfl
name.
"Miriam?"
"Yes; ohl Hugh, dear Hugh!" shs whi
pered, holding out both her hands.
The man she called "Hugh" took themj
gazed down into her face with eager eyesj
and then drew her passionately to his breasq
and kissed her lips. 1
"Once more," he murmured, "once more,!
Miriam." '
She made no attempt to draw herself front
his arms; no attempt to turn her face away)
from his kisses. She raised her dark eyes
to hi3 full of love and pain, and for soma)
moments neither of them spoke another!
word. . J
"It is good for you to come." at last saidi
Hugh Perrrss. "More than ever I hoped
for."
"I came to warn von. Hugh," answered
Miriam, still in his arms.
"To warn me?" he asked.
"Yes, Hugh, you must go from here; got
at any cost. Inafew weeks General Con-.
ray will be coming here," and Miriam
shivered; "and you must not be here wheife
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answered Hngh Ferrars with a suddea!
bitterness in his tone.
"You must bny your discharge, Hugb
and leave the country; nothing else is salei
I I nearly died when I saw you here."
"It was no choice of mine, and but fon
that accident on the sands you should neveri
have seen me. When I enlisted I expected,
the regiment was going to India, and I had
either to enlist or blow out my brains. "
. "Hushi husht dear Hugh," and she clung)
to him fondly: "do not make things worse;,
do not make them more miserable than t bey
are by talking thus. Bat you. mast not run
the risk of seeing General Conray."
"Did he suspect me then?"
"He told Joan he suspected you Ohf
Hugh, what I have gone through God only
knows what I have gone throughl" And
Miriam's head fell upon his breast, and
tears rushed into her eyes, and one fell
upon his hand. ;
"Dear, dear Miriam," he said, drawing;
her closer, "it was hard on you too hard,
too cruel."
"I have tried to bear it," wept Miriam!
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