Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-10

B. III 70 d ,
ref-ribborad diplnmatist.
Princess Baruabas and Julian Sinclair
J vcra leu alone. Sine saf down On the
4 couch in the 7. cess Of the window, and
/ SLIGHTLY motionpd to him with her hand %
take Ills place by her side. BE obeyed
silently. The recess Of the window was
deep. For The moment they were almost
.ntir " Isolated from tue shifting, 9ht-
tcrng tbronq that seefhed and drilled
around them. Sinclair kept quite SILENT
looking into the face OF the Princess with
az air of half amused inquiry. Ihcre
were few s4cou of silence, ana Teen
the woman spoke, beginning, "omau-iihe'
with que -ti0n.
''HaVe You forgotten me, hr. sinclair
The young man shook his hcad gr3NeiE.
"N0, have not forgotten you, lHuce-7.
Her eyes were hNnd on MS ldce' nuI hI
returned her eaz quite steadily.
"Yetit must be two years since we
met she replied; lana TWO years -
/ lonF time"
Yes, TWO years IS very long uH'e' ne
! SAID, hall sadly, nan scoinluIy.
Tie was decidedly not communicates,
this young man, Tor even the pleasure Oh
meeting a friend, unseen for TWO 5ears'
did not appear to rouse IA him any desire
for conversation.
There was another niue pause Nr'lheI
'' iia''i titi'''ti D f''''t '''
wac long enough I'd De eulDd Iase4H5-
Then snc spnk a2ain.
why ana you leaNe ~: tt'e' SUI
w mere nave you beeh al' lnis uuLe
lie answered tEe secohu I'aII " nFI
question; 81 nave rerh lIl oous'" W. ny pc
most OF me tune. / oniY returned I'd l-oh-
dnn r." DAY : ago ana an 2o'"s a""y
almost lmmcd Hately 70 lne EdsI again. 10
Persia nus ume..
For how longF
Ihefe was ialhI TONE OF "eariuesS III
ms reply ihougn ne stroVe 10 llahe ms
voice Pufp'sely STEADY. "on I"reNer'
supposei or, AT leasl uhul am an Ola
man, ana 81 no luIlhrT use lueh per.
maps may come back Oh a PENSION anu
write dfeary letters TO the itn~% ABOUT
the errors OF my successors" Ana ne
laughed 10 prevent hlmseH from signing.
"fou have not answered an my ques-
hon,' said The Princess. NV nv ana you
leave ~. Petersburg so suddenly we
were such very good friends, and lassure
you quite missed you;
Sinclair cot up and looked down into
her laughing eyes. 81 left st. Peters
burg" he SAID, because l was afraid TO
stay
Her eyes We're laughing sun, but there
was an unwonted sottness IN her voice as
she asked h:T, "Why were you afraid
to stay? Surely you were nota Nih'listF
He began 20 speak, and paused; then
with determined effort to keep bis voice
( under control, he said; 81 left st. Peters
burg because | was 1901 enough 10 faiI IN
THANK you for the compliment. Was
that 50 very foolish Z"
mot Tor others, perhaps. For me folly,
and worse than foiiy-madness. | never
thought / should see you again; did not
dream that we should meet Tonight. But
nee chance has thrown US together for
the last time, as | leave England in a few
DAYS for the rest Of my hfe. may as well
tell you, for the first and for the last time,
that love YOU"
Her eyes we're laughing still; those won
derul gray-blue Northern eves which so
many capitals raved about; but her lips
said nothing, and he went on: II knew il
WAS folly when first found that | loved
you over there. in st. Petersburg. was
a poor Bng1ish gentleman, and YOU were
the Princess Barnabas ! might as we'll
have fallen b love with star. So came
AWAY He said the words simply. with
quiet conviction, aud held out his hand
.st2ood-bye, Princess, and forgive my
foiiy.v
she rose and faced him. ANY one of the
hundreds IN the great room 6evond who
CHANGED to look az the couple halt hidden
bs the curtains Of the deem window would
only have seen q man and n woman talk
lng lightly of light things. And Won
have not forgotten me vet ~ she said
~ never shaU forget Won - he answered
sadly 81 canno+ iowa Yanra tba, oooo