New-York tribune., 1882-12-31


He started Mt the keen reproof, and stood speech
less Hagar put her hand upon tue gyrs! ,rdon 81
gently forced hun down. beg (our paiuII", Innse
kIiliu This Is an English gehtieuan l Nv
where you are always welcomed anu nono1U iunl II
here is your coffee. and when you nav I ~ finnd of
bove great onestion for your skill ms 1rlenn Vi
nv father's-and of mine when he is NOT s'uP,Hib Phib
was induced to come here by bad Dream Will iii
he will not tell me. have promised nai n,a,i1V 1VV' W."
rood the secret Don't disgrace me- ~ MIu
Il viii do what Is possible, mssy-baba' beg MN
10 Taptain Wrench imagine that the Iuele
has sounded, and you are leading 1orioin no'o
DTHw Dvonh nehi cboved saving. shall rather imagine
.hot an, GONG 10 be photographed. But VIII no
Operate coffee cup III manu- sno"iu
as neck nothing romantic. ,,,or. ,.orr fate
Profane being! Whatever happens, Sou' i"'N
will he deserved for disappearing my iuoi O. ,,;I,,
With deprecaUng gesture OF the hahH' - ia mt,oa
apoogized for staring ana MhIe OF Wrench stead.
iIy in tie face, then bowed, and turned 10 Ias''
wy Yoa know it aLoAdy p she eagerly cried. 1on
NAY No; 'G Gut if the Captain-sahib will allow me-
will discover his secret A., IL. orn Now
Uagar swiftly removed the cOHee cup. ~ %NO"'
Cantain Wrench dear Captain Wrench. show our our
seIf n man Give this delightful CID creature your
hand -, ,,
i Gonit hate you because ! know now lghorant
Won are and that your humorous Iehalhs I - arc U,y
intended to hide the falterlng oi your courage
The gypsy studied WreLchs hand with ineuse e
scrutiny Tor long time; III Is gooh gnoi min sabii
Worthv 10 be heard though he asked LOT your
greatest treasre' The gypsy looked lliohh,,I,S a.
Uagpr who returned the glance WIN nc ~ W., "
She suddenly bushed, and exclaimed Du. GuP'1'iil ~
Wrcnrh's character has nothing to do WIN HIS
uref'I,c i The dream3 Beg this young man to kneel
uITn Wa did So 81 Milu pat one hand on his neck
and with the other held ms rItIt manu- 'in n,no
Alter pause, he said, " Listen now; & JrIrr
sav a man reading IN dai X room IL sicN u''' i 4
TTo looked M awfully at the door lie lehlGuipo!u
uany fronds who had died, ana ne leiieu T lot NY
Colonel sahib aud his daughter ~ pR,To pt t%o tooj
and for an instant there was perl. BLt tie eoos 10y
mn,rers We're watching. They strengthened MS
failing nerves. lie rose and came out; -, ., .r.
III Is not enough Wrench cried: len HE H'olo'
Il can tel! only what you know.
hat does It mean, theu ,, .. l,~,,
o,,lnt Ask the CoOuel-sahlb"
o'nI" see YOU are convinced now, said IIagar in
'May tell all to the Coloncl",
WHY else have YOU come here
Brought by you .,
Ey a dream as understand.
On be frank Is the danger imminent
danger is always imminent over TINS mouse;
Tho old pvp,y rose and stretched ont his hand
while the deep eyes looked INTO vacancy. MS
dream of yours sahb knew nothing OF II am
fraI'k to you and all Let those who understand
take warning. IT,, r;,. : i,.
n
frames shoo the candles blew out the logs DIaIlhs
ON the hearth sent Hery tongue that seemed 10
sweep across the room towatd - AlnI; AlnTI ma1nr, ,d
sc,raning with excitement. threw herself lht" her
fathers arms. But III second tho comlhotoh
passed. a., r,.,,.,, ,,i.o,s
verc heWildelcd by what had already passed, m
c"n,prrhensihle to them. But they guessed that
the gypsy had been practising some AT ana thelr
supcTstItlous natures thrilled. CICWdlnS tuEether'
In threatened II MIliu. who bowed IN dopreca-
ton Colonel lnnes kept his presence OF Hnu. II.
said laughing If Sour dream siRnlhcd that my
housc was to be burned down, II Is IN lalr way OF
fuIflmentt lights were brought, lIquouTs handed
round and the iaOtOrel made Their appearance.
Absorbed in listening 10 the 8tralhs "Iiich ldSo
such nm effect or their volcanic nature, the K0u-
nauian officers forgot the offence OF - Mlliu
Tranquility was restored. Iacar laughed at Der
panic and bIntcred the Prince on his alarm AT
81 Mliu was first to leave, rising steaIthily with
general salaam. Wrench sto1ped him. W hen
Shall ask for more explanations!
when it Is necessary, you Will he told
A little before midnight the Roumanan- went or,
on horseback or IN wrIi'appoIntGu, GarIlaae'
his den Wrench told all his story at once the 0.d
soldier listening III silence; every pause % Nas nlsu
nv the eldrich screams of the gypsy h'dIe III me
servants Guarters AM the barbarlc chant Of their
fne yoicer Just as Wrench concluded. soft tap
az the door announced lasar IN Ore, Slns-soNh ana
Lewltching little cap OF lace lier Ieel were hahtu
in their little slippers. so. many Time IN years
zone by had she slipped down 10 her iather SUI "
when Wrench was there. II gave him shock TO
find that she would sun tahe tho sallo "o00"' i''
erV.
could not bear the suspense rsTq,, said LIaeaI;
. and knew Captain Wrench would Le talking 10
,ou Please tell me what IT all means
So Wrench went over his story again.
nndcr,taud now murmured Hagar tEo1ght-
fully. 'lou have been summoned mere tu Iio'e'I
us Rut who wishes us III, papa 49,
4 will tell You. dazzling. as 1t has come 70 tDiS.
Nv grandfather had olhor sons ana aauGhitsis' ol
whom the Princess was not the mother lie pro.
yiled for them handsomely; nnI ,lley NtIo Hot
satisfied All through my fathers life. and until
left India they intrigued AGAINST us. am alIau
there IA nothing Of which they are not capablc-n-
drcI know it too we'll he added bitterly
N rencL knew be was thinking Of his wife's death,
which Indian rumOr attributed 10 poison. q,
But do YOU believe they could reach rs nero
AT every great crisis OF our LIE u the Old days
we were warned by visions For mlny years l"7t
nothing Of the sort has happened ana thouRht my
enemies were disheartcncd aiter Ilad tuine i9rit
influence and driven them from Hyde|bdd. But
1t is not so. am quite sure this appaution Which
shaved itselc 10 Wrench was sent by the powers
Which protect rs now as they used To do. mo-
meut N peril Is at hand, , .
part lie has am sure asked llarar w 10 Is he
Il do not know That lie IS acquainted with all
orr family history has long been evident. Now,
child 20 to bed Whatever IS coming, we can only
wait and trust and pray. Goodnight. darling
Iagar pu up her pale face tn be Kissed and silently
they parted. Going to their rooms, they heard the
gypsy chorus ringing as the iaot9rei sought Their
village: Good night, seIgncuGS! Goodnight,
danes! Sleep safe. God s watching"
Next morning all the country was white with
SNOW and n frosty sky above raised he spirits.
Uagar was not less beautiful for the dark lines
round her eyes which told of a slerples- nIght-sO
beautiful she was that Wrench felt himself a pre-
sumptuous old fool who had even thought, IN the
watches OF the night that such a creature might
hc his. This dependency dcopened a. they RODE
into Bucharest to ask a1out the sleigh which tho
Colonel had ordered from Jenna. Hagar said frank
ty: You are not at all what | remembered. Cap
tain Wrench. You used TO make NE laugh when
was dullp
The words stung him. was not so old thcn,
Miss Inues and yOu were younger"
'Oh' she answered carelessly, if that's It, ! will
be as Young as you like. only set example"
That was lust what Wrench could not do
In the afternoon. as ne stood with the Colonel at
n window, they saw llagar slip past in her furs.
Thcy hurried after She entered hut IN the gypsy