, 1877-09-02

| Eteld Correspondence .St4c Fork Herald.
| After that, darkness and the most
perfect quiet. 1t is then thatone yearns strongly
for even the weak excitelnents Of the nightly
| amuscments Of Bucharest, (which, by the way,
| are as harmless as they are primitive. But
Rashga's garden, with its French ehansonettt
singers, and passable music, seems like Para-
disc in memory when one is compelled to lingcr
the evening through In captivity here. One
wonders it the enchanting Rachel is still queen
Of the Garden, as OF gay Bucharest; If she still
sits there, anl applauding her former conpan-
ions, laughs with her charming child Laughter,
and controls the applause Of the entire audience
as she wills! One wonders If she is still the
hatteEel OF Priuces who swarm around her
whenever she is seen; aud II tne Great Prince
deiSns, now aud then, to stop and chat with the
ltttte wfnsomc doll that captfTates all hearts.
You wonder who is hel,-pronounec Rashel
if you please, it sounds better. She is BY birth
Bordela,se, her mother WAS French, her father
IN American. And Rachel has Inherited from
the one her gayety and sparkling wit, from, the
other her intellect and her bright, charming
ways that make her the idol OF Princes.
In age perhaps Is or 10, 4 baby-woman in
deed, wiful and entertaining, in experience a
woman OF the world, and with future before
her that might turn giddy q less balanced head.
send her bouquets and flowers, until her apart
ments resemble q wintcr-garden, and anxious
messages are sent by high dgnitaries with the
hope that she may soon be recovered and make
Bucharest gay again. She is betrotced to a
young Russian officer. whom she loves, and in
whose great deeds she justly glories; for he is
very brave, though will not reveal his na1ne
She Is generous, aud she compcls others to be
generous where she thinks it worth her while.
Not long ago there was grand garden concert
at Rashga's for the benefit of the Red Cross.
The Princess OF Roumania was there; and
Rachel was there, too. There was Kind Of
lottery, and she played for her admirers. She
compelled Prince - to give her q napoleon to
cast III the lottery then other Princes innumera-
bic, and with and without blood, had to follow
suit, until over 50 napolcan5 were added to the
Red Gross fund. and the charming girl Carried
off as her prizes heap OF little knicknacs,
laughing with childish glec at her triumph.
Her court was more numerous that night than
the Princess, and high-born Russian Prince
paid her a well-1ncrited compliment, that, al
though the Princess was present, she truly was
the Queen OF the fete. Such is Rachel. I
would say more about her, perhaps, but the
stern military rule that. prevails at Bjcla says'
that even my candles Must he put out at
O'Clock; it only wants short time to that hour
and must leave pen and paper anu pleasant
memories for night Of torture among the Bull
garian teas and bugs. which usually keep one
awake until dawn, when the little brutes ret
weary OF the chase and sleep of the effects Of
their nightly banquet OF blood-possble that
the banquet will be accompanied BY the usual
canine concert, at which l calculate that about
l50 incorrigiblc howlers take part, fighting and
Yelling and making night hideous with fearful
sounds. Sleep under such distressing condi-
tions is generally matter Of impossibllty.