Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-21

prlnSe must nave stolen IL. WIN tnio
discovery tear, ell forbidden, rushed to
my eyes or / was after all, very yours
girl) aud tender feeling sprung up in
my heart for the individual fer whom !
had doubsedly go,e through q I'd
deal; and on my knees thanked God
for his help and begged him to ra'ss
M q stronger protector than myself to
rid the prince of his enemies. This out
burst Of feeling (by.terical, no doubt), re-
lieved me, ard once more became prscti-
cal AID / decided that courageous as L
might be land had undoubtedly proved
myself) dared no longer stay alone In
that TO )m, for I feared the possibility ION
the discovery of the princes q ght) Of an
other visit from s,me Of the Russians; 30
opening the door softly, let myself out,
aad, with a creeping sensation, as though
all thu Russians in the hotel were pursuing
NE flsd toward Susette' sroom, and to my
uuspsakable relief met her coming towards
me! She was petri6sd at the recontre, and
drawing me into her room, asked anxiou'l
what was the matter. i tell her~bIe Sth-
lts,ly all that happened, and size said she
had heel struck by my pale, frightened
Gacs when she had ssen me en- ho1r ago,
and il had so haunted her that she
was now on her way to my room
She looked rattle r1eful when she heard
of the loss of her clothes, but her woman
w sympa hy went out heartily TO the
DOOR boy when 4scribed his terror and
distress, and she forthwith bsgsn to con-
slider how best to conceal the &C ,ne of his
flight / did Tot then understand thai
thus was more for my sake than for that OF
the fugitive. The "bliss" of iguorauc:
wss mioe at that nome 1t, thu Jolly" o
wisdom came later.
Suset, % returned at once with me to my
bedrCO N, for the Waterman, size said, had
luckily ssea her as che entered it an
boar before, and he would think she
bah remained there all night, 80 we
Licked TIE door and lay down tc-
gether. Not long after we hsd done 80
we again heard footsteps on the bal
csny, aud IS the mC on was shining bri sht-
ly, we saw the shadow of q man pass
quickly across the blind, aud as it returned
it hogsred long enough at my window for
me to recO ynizs the spare form Of the priest;
but fuding, Suppose, that everything
was unsuspiciously quiet, end the window
closed, the figure vanished as cautiously
az it had appeared; and although We lis
tened 20 ~ and sttentively, we heard moth
log more. After awhils my nervousness
calmed down, and Susette's propir putty
giving me q sense of security,
fell asleep. The suo was shining
brightly into the room as / swoks,
and l overheard the Il lie de chamb'e
te Slsette that the RussisnI had all lefE
the hotel quite tSo hoars before!
As soon as l was dressed hurried to my
mother ani related the whole adventu Q.
sac was much excited, AMI pr, p ,ssd going
at once to the British en- b 'ssy 70 rel to the
story, which we did, and were admitted
directly into Lord Queen5!and's presence.
I YVES terribly disappointed when the great
maa assured Us nothing whatever had
be N heard of the fuyitiyes, and equally
Indignant when discovered that 10th he
aud his attschs disCr edited my story! The
ambassador was barely civil. and
Thought" h I'd been "hosxed;" that my
'imsglng tign" had exaggerated the
facts" exc. He asked whether any per-
son beside myself had witnessed the
alleged flight and l f,ucied he
sesmed relieve when replied in the neg
alive, and nv suspicions of his sincerity
were still more aroused by his evident
anx ely that We should kesp the story TO
ourselves, impressing upon my mother
VINO turned very p .la) that We had better
do so ''iOc her pretty young daughter
sake" Being young and experienced, l
mis- ,ed the innusndo, bat as toe minister
had rly let ont that hs was 'prsonslly
&C ~ sinted" with thu Prices Lipees ka /;
that she was "nearly related 10 the imper-
isl family" and that such an unlikely
story" as mine might give great off.1ss, 1
shrswdly susp 3ctsd his anxiety for secrecy
alo "a from some secret motive.
In few minutes Lord Queensland rose,
thus, ss he thought, endilg the discu''
siol; hut feeling my veraa.y was unfairly
impugued, l was lot to be 50 SUNNI irily
d dismissed; besides, thu ambassadors part
ing words did not tend to soothe my irri-
"a loo. AZ advise you madam" he sill
to my mother, "noS to allow pretty Lady
Muriel to sleep alone in a hotel again
Keep tee to her dolls, d-ar la1y. There
are really DO children nowadsyi"
THIS was uabearable, 80 losing all FELT
control l said, snsrily: II is apity, my
lord. that some old men should be ctoisn
to ii high positions who are little better
than dolls themselves, especially when
called upon to act ia an emergency! Aud
ob,,' | cried, bunting into childish tears,
'they are not so lice as dolls, for a tlougn
their heads may re equally empty, dolls
have hair, where's Old men very often
have n)tr' Need I say Lord Quite island
WIS bald?
Ny mother was Mortified at my words,
but the smb lssador seemed tickied, aud
rat,ing me on the shoulder, 'lled me "a
gold headed little spitfire" l wcs not,
however, to be mollifi ID, and as ! MARCHED
from the room l said, mslicio1sly: IF
you, my lord, VIII not take the story up,
I shall spread it sb oid a. al instance o!
the iucomret ,ncy of our ofli isls to defend
the fciendlees. To my surprise perceived
that nv words ''at random sent had found
mark they never mssut;" for Lord
Qusecsland, motionirg to his sttache to
close the door, said to my mother: May
ask you favor? l frankly y confess
know something OF thu story, aud wished,
for certain reasons, to keep it quiet,
81 VIII yOu-HiA JOdh uaueubSA ." va
young Princes sake-keep the secret mt
YOU hear from me?" My mother was so
shocked at the amb ssfa Tor . want OF can
dor, aud so e | armed at the suparsb lndance
OF that quality in me, that she would
have D omissd anything to get away, bus
I said eoldly, 1T is pity you should not
have placed confidence in us from the first,
instead of doirg so cnly a. a pis allie; but
if with great dignity, / said ~ y.u can
assure me, on the honor o. 90 Euslishmsn,
not of q dip'onst, said cu'tingly, that
silence will ssivs the poor hoy, am ready
10 ps,s my word also"
ANY other cour-o OF action will ipJure
hin, Lady Muriel"
80 be il, said lofiily, delighted t.
feel that sigr o-ina hsd proved herself no
uo1enii'y after all!
We took leave Of the minister aud his
scared astschs and returned to the hotel.
and it is need So to say we n,ver heard
ags in flo n his exceilency; bat in ten days
time thu papers infnmsd as thst his Lord
ship had gu ted Florence for some months.
The whole stor7 seemed t, have pessd
,,,,,,, I;ka nm pnaasv dram The Russians