Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-01-24

picked, was still more comforter by Their
contents.
The message from home, while &C
lnowledging the anxiety OF the family,
babe her be Of good cheer, and all would be
well.
So much did Fairfax trust in this pure
minded, honorable, independent, yet confid-
ing creature, that he determined to al+ow
her partial, aud, eventually, full liberty.
Natalie really began TO feel unusually
happy in living this singular life of free-re-
straint, if such a conflicting combination of
words may be allowed.
There was actually no reason Why the
girl should be unhappy. Der father she re-
spected, but certainly did not, and never
could. love- She had no friend excepting
Lydia; and now 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 ia safe hands; that they
had received her own messages TO them I;
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 repinei She was
perfectly comfortable; had every thing she
wanted; really enjoyed the novelty of the
situation; had fallen into pleasant quarters;
was enraptured with tho lovely and unique
scenery of the place, and doubly, trebly, in
finitely more than all this, had now some
thing for which to live; something on which
to experd her affection Doloresi
For the space Of week natters 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 TO test the watchfulness Of this
companion, whose consistency was growing
a trifie monotonons- she dashed down one
of the steepest hills of the island at break
neck speed But the groom, mounted ON a
horse still fieeter, soon caught hold Of
Medjrs bride, turned him around, and
made the Princess return home all this
without uttering single word. Quite sat
isfied with the result of her experiment,
Natalie perceived escape, without the assist
ance of others, was impossible. Her posi-
ton 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 10 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 HarboI
were surprised by the melodiods voice that
sang SO sweetly and strongly. CHANGING
furtively toward the rear OF the church,
they behold face even far more beautiful
and attractive than the marvellous voice.
One of the male worshippcrs, during his
travels abroad had once seen the Princess
Natalie, and as he now caught sight of the
lovely countenancc of tho singer, was
struck by its resemblance 90 that of some
woman whom he had seen before, but could
not at once recall.
During the remainder Of tho service and
Of that day the girls visage continually
haunted him and kept his thoughts busy at
work, pulling ont her identity. Suddenly,
a nightfall, he solved the problem and
joyously aid to his wife:
snow 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 Tue Artcuum o. the ISL
and to his prisoner, Fairfax panned 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 name.
Otherwise, she must suffer the annoyance
and modification of constant guard"
During those three days of uncertainty,
she was permitted a certain amount of free
dom; but the inevitable groom never lost
sight of her. At the end of the limited
PERIOD Natalie's written promise was
handed to Fairfax and he knew that she
would keep IT,