Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-08-01

Mount Desert, of the extreme northeast
coast of the United States
While You do not abuse, SO long you
may use your liberty. Aiedji, a groom, car
riages, horses, every thing you desire, will
be yours. Your period of Imprisonment
will not be great Escape is and will be i'm
possible LIT that b. understood once and for
al II you desire again to communicate
with your family, tell Blanche. delivering
all your letters into her hands. In the New
York Reraltis, from time to time, you will
find genuine messages from your family.
Here are eight copies of that journal. each
containing cipher dispatches from your fam
ily-dispatches that are to be translated as
follows
Then ensned ii careful description Of the
key to the cipher.
= Again, let it be said, Fear not Loving
hands care for you; watchful eyes observe
your every want, and plan for your comfort
and pleasure. Trust, and all will be well. -
This remarkable note was conveyed to the
Princess IN company with the Heralfs She
peruscd them all, and although greatly per-
picked, was still more comforted by their
contents.
The message from home, while ac-
knowledging the anxiety of the family,
badc her be of good cheer, and all would be
we'll.
So much did Fairfax trust in this pure
minded, honorable, independent, yet contid-
ing creature, that he determined to allow
her partial, aud, eventually, full liberty.
Natalie really began To feel unusually
happy in living this singular life of free-re-
straint, if such c0nilictin. combination Of
words may he allowed,
There was actually no reason why the
girl should be unhappy. Her father she re-
spcctca, but certainly did not, and never
could. love. She had no friend excepting
Lydia; and row both Lydia and her own
family had sent her messages of comfort:
told her TO worry no more; that they felt
sure of her being iii safe hands; that they
had received her own messages to them;
that they doubted not, in good time, she
would return, and that from time to time
they would communicate with her.
Why should she then repine: She was
perfectly comfortable: had every thing she
wanted; really enjoyed the novelty Of the
situation: had fallen into pleasant quarters; /;
was enraptured with the lovely and unique
scenery of the place, and doubly, trebly, in
fnitcly more than all this, had now some
thing for which TO live; something on which
to cxpend her observation-disclosures.
For the space of "a week matters thus
went on quietly at Eld-Field. The Princess
took her daily walks, drives or rides about
the island; but she was invariably accom-
panied by a groom who never lost sight of
her. Once--aS much for the sake of amuse-
ment as 10 test the waCchfuluess of this
companion, whose constancy was growing
triflc mOnOtGnOus- she dashed down one
of the steepest hills of the island at break
neck speed. But the groom, mounted on
horse still flccter, soon caught hold of
Medji's bride, turned nim around, and
made the Princess return hoGee-al this
without uttering single word Quite sat
isfied with the result of her experiment,
Natalie perc6ivedescape, without the assist
ance of others, was impossible. Her posi-
tion being so unusually pleasant there was
really no necessity of submitting to the
modification of disclosing its singularity to
any of her neighbors. She wisely decided
to keep quiet and await the turn of events.
In fact there was nothing else to do.
The first Sunday after her arrival upon
the island, the Princess attended service at
st. Saviour's, the pretty and quaint little
village church Of stone.
Only small number Of the cottagers and
hotel guests were now remaining. The
others had been taking wing and joining
the southwark flight. Those few that were
still constant to their lovely Bar Harbor
were surprised by the melodious voice that
sang so sweetly and strongly. G1ancing
furtively toward the rear Of the church,
they beheld face even far more beautiful
and attractive than the marvellous voice.
One of the male worshippers, during his
travels abroad, had once seen the Princess
Natalie, and, as he now caught sight of the
lovely countenance of the singer, was
struck by its resemblance to that of some
hF,l,
not at once recall.
During the remainder of the service and
of that day the girls visage continually
haunted him and kept his thoughts busy at
work, pulling out her Identity. Suddenly,
at night-fall, he solved the problem and
ioyously S aid to his wife:
Now I know, my dear, who it is she
looks like-the young woman who sang in
church to-day. She resembles the Princess
Natalie Radziwill, and the resemblance is
wonderfully strong"
Before granting the freedom of the ISL
and to his prisoner, Fairfax penned a note
that ran thus:
.'Will the Princess Natalie, within three
days time, after the receipt of this, send
her written promise that, if allowed to-
roam about at will, she will neither attempt
escape, nor inform any person or persons,
as to her true situation here, or her nanles