the forward carriage repeated i told you to keep of her she went to the forward car with replied the porter be quick the train is starting in the forward carriage middle had only time to leap upon the middle carriage for the train was already in motion he is gone but he will soon return said o whose plan had worked far better he had dared to hope it would o o you have saved me again exclaimed trembling with emotion we have not a moment to spare added the young leading her to a train which was on the point of starting for seven miles distant and went only to this place in half an hour they were in but could easily trace them there the situation was full of difficulties for the villain would not go beyond the first station before he discovered that was not in the train and then he would follow her to o carefully studied a map he carried with him and having satisfied himself that his i ould trace him to he decided to take a carriage to a station ten miles distant on the railroad to who would be obliged to travel by carriage from the point where he left the train to would be at least two hours behind him and would be too late for the train going east o explained his plan to and engaged the vehicle at the railroad station for he did not care to his off the track but where are you going o asked the fair italian when they were seated in the carriage if we return to we shall encounter on the road if we wait for the train to rome he will be in before we leave if we take the train to where we are now going we shall be at at midnight then you are going to it seems to me that is tlie safest place to go for you will be among friends there i am acquainted with many people there besides the family of o i be at home there said with probably neither your uncle nor is there added o i have no doubt they are pursuing you from to and into egypt but will be at home and she will take care of me was delighted after all her wanderings with the idea of returning to the home of her good friend in they arrived at half an hour before the train for did not cross their path again he traced the to but he was too late for the train and the next one passed the station five hours later sunny shores or at midnight o with his fair who was entirely exhausted by fatigue obtained admission to the hospitable mansion of where his lady gave them a warm welcome as o supposed and with the count di ra were away in search of and the last news of them was tiiat they had sailed for egypt tlie young officer thought they were rather hasty in their movements for if they had looked up the case thoroughly in they might have ascertained that had returned to that city the next day a man was sent to to ascertain where and his nephew were and he brought back the intelligence that both of them had sailed for egypt some days before while the young lady was at breakfast called to see her and claimed possession of her as the agent of her legal guardian but would not permit him to see her before night at her he was under arrest charged with and conspiracy for which a month later he was convicted and to a long term of imprisonment for the present and until t ie return of was safe letters and were sent to egypt and to assure the absent ones of the return of the fair wanderer after a brief rest which he needed after the of his journey o returned to and joined the just as she was sailing for a overwhelmed him with the expressions of her gratitude at his departure and possibly he was very sorry that her engagement to the count di in italy and spoiled the romance so far as he was personally concerned the academy was at anchor hi the harbor of on the passage from mr had arranged his plan for the excursions to the lakes and the interior cities of italy the possession of the american prince the matter for the steamer could make the trip in six hours to however the wind might blow or fail to blow on the morning after tlie arrival of tlie at the watch of the prince went on shore and after seeing the city proceeded to thence to the lakes of and ma and staying from one to four days in each place and finishing the tour in the ship s company of the was then transferred to the steamer and she sailed for where she arrived at one o clock the s people were landed and after seeing the city visited all the places mentioned before in reverse order ending the journey at where their vessel in charge of the forward officers would wait to receive them the american prince immediately returned to reaching this port at eight o clock in tlie evening the next morning tlie port watch of the ship followed the and for the next two weeks kept one day them at daylight the same day the steamer sailed for again with the s ship s company on and they followed the s people one day behind them the sunny shores or american prince remained at port till the arrival of her ship s company during the and autumn tlie yellow fever prevailed veiy in and to some extent in the other eastern ports of spain which the academy was to visit next and the principal delayed his departure from for a couple of weeks 