, 1876-10-07


Va u ! Secretary q the =, Russian
Ho,ei, third 10 Mc..rs. coults; at a faurIL I
iiaw-brvcn DI-" lit tic moment M
son,cyh hat surprised nnsl curious ewes had rcnI
titus far the l'rInce tus,k IN all hs correspond
cucc, and rose 10 urcet inc with a pleasant
smile s,mle. @ '''' " A'>e' ''o "''"" '''"'""@
"Thcrcl 81 much for busfncss. This coutrc-
temps viii alter ali nv plans. but whnt mat
teri | am still alive. Shall we take breath OF
atrl"
Outside, after 4 few turns upon tho
| shore, he enld:
"Is yuur post.oflIce far We mjcht drop
| these III NJ va nnsacln
sail sent m an or,icrly with tho lcttc,-baa as
far "a sitverb,,rn, tic nearest village and Fall.
hour.
HN1w confces-ro,, arm sendfnp an p,,rnoscf
shall bo truly gyjeyed to ticta,,rc you. Your
soldcr would katc Inc. What say yuu, shall
We walk to the post-u!llce ourerlycs1' should
lazy. 1'lon Licutenant, you viii grow fat. Say
then, sl,all we walk to Sllyerlusnf
excused myself. Tue fact was wished 10
.l1tl not often cntcrtan 1 Prince, and / was
somewhat anxious about the .Inu.r which was
being prepared by NV lncxpcrIopccu sol{lIer
| cook.
walk more. II Is excellent exefc,se, I ind tile
l,oneiit, and nrutl tf1nuch always, as now. But
sec you fsill not Ge persuaded. Au reyoir
thct,-tIii-i" N' ~ 'N~' -" 'S'e'
,,', Dinner at l,alt.paste Q, That Will give US
AYES; . nice Long evening" hcrepea.cd after
been a lrinre I ,uiaht hays considered Ills con
duct rude.
We parted. He walked on at Il very brisk
Fur tha ncxt fcw hours was busy supcrlu-
| ten Ing the operations In tue Kitchen, assisting
to lay ths table, drawing. vine, anl making
mess uniform to 10 bonvr to .ly forcIgn guest,
and walked down the road to inuet him on his
| return.
lie Ind had three hours to DO tho Journey
Il no Prince. Scyst,-stilI ha lid not appoar. '
What iIad Ilapppnelt ur must have lost Ills
way. It was quito dark, and rather cold. At
hait.past : sent oil two on-colnm;ssioncd
officers in search Of hltn; at went myself,
on to SilverDurn.
Yes; persun answering to the description
Of the Prince had bceu secn thero. lie hui tax.
| en- tho train TO Manchester. Al, extraordinary
prosec5ns Eli IL It. asconntsd ioE bis ,anssnes
myself, and went to led.
slept late next morning. i was close on
l0 When wns reused by u familiar voice III the
outer roen,.
"What, Runlal! Still IN beli"
II was Bob Finch, d brother Lieutenant frou,
Headquarters, - =.
"fou arc to return at once to the rcGimcut,"
he sald. ~ have como to relieve yot."
"steady, buy, stcaly. Read this. DON'T aing
out too suon.n
II was all official letter from the Adjutant,
DESIRING nc u hand OVER my detachment, ansl
report myself forthwith at ilcalQuartcrs-und
arrest.
"Blcss INC. What's upl''
".rne Col0nel's furious. lie declares he'll
prefer charges, and hAye you tried by court
martiai."
Wlat on earth Induced you to give that
! sharper letters Ut Introduction 10 tly reEt-
Muatf Where, in heaycnfs natue, did you pick
llm upt'
The Frlncc -T'
"of Darkness. Hc nnde nice fools Of us
all"
I told Bob Finch tho story Of tho raft, ut
which he laughcd little, al4!nE soon:
asked 10 mess GU the strength Of your letter 10
II gave him nome"
"liu produced ons-on paper With your mon-
"a iorgcry.h -.
mDut bow could ho have done It'll"
wrlta letters. TheM wis onu fur Alessra. Coutts,
for Seven DIala of coursc, but I would not
confess To- this.
swell, he dlncd at meas, on bourgeois. He
was travelling, and hnd lett hts uails ut anotlor
stage; aiier uinncr llo got lis to baccarat, whlrl
be Vl4ycd to a pIeety. VI wuru ciuaned Out.
eytry ono of us. Tie Prince, however, prom
| !scd us our ruvengc, Only tl1u sa1ne ufght-lt
could lluyo boon 40 Que ese-l.e broke it1tu tl,o
! 1Hess-lousc. stole three doztn silyer forks,
| heap OF teaspoons, several snufE-bo1cs, one OF
two raruG- -.ups-lu fast, all tho light portable
articles OIL which lo could lay Ills ia,,ds."
Twas utterly ashamed OF thy salt for being 80
easily imposed upon, nn1 was repairing, ln pain
! and humiliation. to proceod to headquarters,
when my Ser.oaut cal,r n and said two Ward.
cru Ind arrived from TalkhaIn Convict Prison;
would sec them
One cams iu.
"MIght make 60 bold as to CHIN your A.
. sIstan,e. M s!r! %claye been in pursuit u son-
III produced u large placard headed viii, tho
Royal arms. Under thuln, III Haulnx capItals,
WIRE the words:
" Convict Just Escapcd Five Pounds Re-
ward ~
rllcn followed tho descriptions
"Thomas Twoshocs al!a, Polish Ned, a!las
the Staggering S,lmph, allas Hurry Ilighdyey:
complexion salow, dark cyus, high cheek. bo,,cs,
black hair. Speaks With a foreign accent Was