Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-14
SAVED"
By THE COUNTESS MUNSTER.

"Ahi! La bella signOrina! pallidsttal q
s'auca! poverins"
These words were addressed to me years
ago by tbs pardona of a hotel, which my
mother and / hld jus. reached, after q
long and fatiguipg night journey; and
trivial - they may appear, I remembered
them distinctly, IS well as every other cir
eum,tascs that occurrei during the event.
ful fur. and-tweaty hours which succeeded
OH arrival At the Hotel 900, in FlareDee,
CD the l7th Of September, Isl.
Nv lHe'y widowed nO.her and myself
Ia ,ilot ~ had bSen travelling in Italy
fer months, after su aimless, cratic fash
ion; for SIZE, poor soul, was endeayoring,
through charge OF scene and fatigue OF
br6y. to dss5sn the memory Of fec grief;
and We had stsrled the night before from
A, 10 avoid the beat Of a day journey,
arriving in ths early morning at Hotel
d'Oro, an imposiDg building sitastsd on
the banks of the ArEo, and fJrmerly g
ra'ace % the Este aud BoIgis families,
whose quaint moro y7ans and devices or
nsnenIed lis walls, both within and with
out.
We were cordu3ted 10 cur apartments
nv the prtt-y psdrona, aud ~ We wesrily
ma d thioaCh the magnificent vasubule
and assembled lhs broad parble staircase,
,gss cnrioQsly Ic aiudtd lmy nerveI berg
probably in an irritassd c1ndico1) OF ape
tuIe had seen in cbild's story book, OF
q pye.ty ilt'c girl with long hair, who Ia
mSuutiug q gtair leading TO hanging
gsl rs. 90 exactly k thu one bsfore Us,
fiat As We cans 10 az ebropt turn, l pos.
i;;v,ly stopped and shuddeIe1, expecting
10 be net las 10 the PIC ure) by a cruel
faced. y;l7et fCO'el panthfr, which wEs
waiting round the cornsr, with open mouth
and gazing eye, TO spring upon ltJ unSus'
pcc,iog victim, 4 silly, childish
story, no dcu5i, tut inst one of those
which woul cling ID ones memory.
The g:si.or'S apartments Oh the hTss
piano Of the Hotel d'Oco openad upon TIE
haogr = gallery, ard We were cDnducte TO
oRrs IL Olgh doorway concealed oy q
hssvy piece OF tapestry.
Is tie s.gao-a sa,i ,fsd?' asked the pa
drons a. with pl-douabie pliie 81 e threw
oDsa tbs door Of tp Icious and beautiful
salCae, which ognsd French windows,
Opsning 1pCn a delightful cOomy biicony
'Ol, yts," answered NY mother wearliy
''but pay take us a. o1c5 u our sleepiDS
rooms, for We are very tired.
Tie pld.oaa took The hint, and led us
- twl rooms (iesdiRg cut OF the sa'one
and4rlO each other, which were heaui:-
fully furnished, but one vas so snail that
I Indignantly exclaimed, Mamma, l
really ca { sep in 4 bVx.-snd IN this
let, toC!
Have ycu any other room you could
give Lady Muriet? ny mother asked the
pairora, who reflected EUr moment and
thsn saiG:
II have, s;gao!a. L; be'olgs 10 a suite
Of rooms P7ep5re for the Rls,iSn Princess
Lioe,sSa and her sick sCn and st endGut1
whom We exp.Ct in q few nAur7 but the
doctor, Who engaged thsw, de5nei ~ to
shrt uo thrge or fIu- Il the BEDROOMS, IS
there too mary; 81 LAZY hure.s maid
could sleep the,e ailO-close - her-Just
across the gallery
My mother & il, al ycu are surs ycu
have fignt 20 give her tsee rooms, that
will do psihCi ~ 50 all beng satttic-
tcIily sIraGgel, / bstOo& myself TO my
apartment, accompanied by the padronai
but VIII fr>t l entered it, ny epiTits
(senersily daring to 3 fault went down 20
zero. TIE loom WAS 80 large 81 gloomy
The walls were hung with Gingy tSp.stty,
which trenhled and napp2d eeca time o
door was shat, or that Oue walked scross
the room; making The grotssque and
hide1ua Ii cares represent ii upon lt, &c M
intly lstinct with 10 and With en- ,oay
OF e. ,GrrC5s % leap from the walls, and
proifsr me q d -s&dIul welcome TIE bel,
too, was lar AOn resss1rng 10 its ghost
ike graIdguS. 10 Gas I carved oak -four
pOst-r;" 81 livery and ebony crucifN wac
melted ~ is heal, tie curtuiGs were dsIk
y'sen velvet, and plume ~ featte-s waved
nc each CIrGer Of the csECp7, being cen
sisn;ly stirred by mysterious gusts Of air,
and emitting IuSiling sound Suggestive OF
dead l,.vss-nralaqrhpiy in the extreme.
Added 70 all Ills / counted five doors in
the roon, and the pldrOna, ngt:cing my
uneasy glsBc'S toward them, assured me
they were locked, proving her words By
pushing and pulling them violently while
turning tie haI dies, ~ the same time
tSlEi2g yCiub.y il Italian. was Of coarse
Oblgs', after the COED lady : sxertioIs, TO
profess myself satisfied, and she was just
leaving he rnnm when the bell which
huug ii ihs courtyard bsgaa 20 ring, and
the patrons, running with apologies to my
bslCGrv, which Oye-auDg the grand en-
trance, ca ci cat hastily:
Lady Mliieila Yede, Ecco Ia pTinci-
pessa ed Il p'iacipt! gusrlaH' and then
hurried down stairs. l ran and looked
ont, and tT5r enough the Russians bad AZ
rived, hours he!orG.,ley wsie EXPECTED,
ard with much curiosity l watched them
rs tlty ahgdtsd. Th2rs wee several
cllmsy vciiciss, eGch dTawn by TIRES
horeS the oTiPcsss aud her lady occupying
thu first. The p:iTcsSS WAS Eelpsd out OF
her c1rrisge y t~o foOtmen tie exact
cour srpart o. each other, having greasy
KSlnuc faces, tlEt noSeI and eyes a la
cri1ciSe, sui ste seeuci tail and finely
formed, wltl = clear, psl4 complexion.
tawny coio'e1 hair and sye,ashes the lat.
ter hsing unusually thick and long,, aad
size walked with singular glity rs she
entered the hotel.
The occupants of the second Vehicle Ia
sort Of Invalid carIisge) greatly interested
me. First prizes, with lowering facs and
shovel hat, and who had tesmiDgly de-
scerd d fcOC one Of IN, carriages Sc the
reSr, entered tue bed CarIisge, and pro-
csede1 20 taad out bag, some p'llows
gUd fur rug; then giving 4 sign to th9
fO,t n'n, they scrambled up the clrrisg9
steps ke performing Eo.kcys, and slDwiy
aud carefully drew forth the long, lspky
legs OF Z boy about Is, whOas shoulders
and besd were supported by a serious
looking young mar, who subsequently
learned was "a En- sh doctor Ths young
price seemed very Ill, for he never spoke
nor moved, and tCoE no notice Of sny one.
l was esgar TO sea his face bat both doe OF
and priest wee de.trmined he should not
he exposed to tire vu'gar gaza, fer his cap
was pulled over his eyss, aud his fg1re
was eoyelrpsd in a large shawl; bot a.
he wise bgirg dis Engaged from ths carriage
his had fell backward, and his cap
SLIPPED eff, ard in his auxisty 20
eaten il, one Of the servants entangl, d
ia a. in tina shaul d-ao. ipu 4 com,