Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-07-30
LOVERS OF MADEIRA.

The island of Madeira is one of the
worlds paradises. Earth contains no
fairer spot, nor is there anywhere any
climate more soft and genial. Once on
q time it was my lot to pass seven or
eight months in that lovely isle. and as
/ look back to those days of rowing and
idling among the valleys and graves of
that magical isle, where the trade wind
from the sea ever cools the air and
watts the murmur of the surf on the
shore nj the foot Of the mighty ellis,
they seem to have been literally days
in a land of dreams.
In n Of my cruises around the isl
and ] arrived one evening at the
charming village of Ma,hico, which lies
at the bottom of "A Sheltered cove. The
sun was setting and threw "A mantle Of
gold over the landscG pc. In the pur-
pie shadow Of the hills nestled the
matched cottages o. the fishermen and
peasants, and the mellow ring of the
chapel bell fioated o n the calm evening
air.
We drew the boat on the beach, and
my men found me a comfortable room
for the night neal the water. where the
music Of the sea could soothe to health
full slumber. As we were preparing the
evening meal a fisherman's boy brought
some red mullets Just out Of the sea-
After a capital meal | strolled to the
water side, where there was an old
fort. The muzzles of the rusty cannon
were %overgrown with spiders webs, a
circumstance which seemed to add to
the peacefulness Of the scene. And
there ! reflected on the legend which
had given the name of Machico to that
spot. Centuries had come and gone
since the day when Roger Machim had
landed there; but | seemed to see him
there with his lady love under the
dense shade Of the prilneval forest and
their ship riding in the bay. the first
psrhaps which had ever been there
since the creation of the world.
II wa way back in the reign of King
Henry VII Of England. in the Fiji.
teenth century, that those things hap
pened of which | am writing. Anne
d'Arfet, or Dorset, as some call her
name was the daughter Of a titled gen
tleman whose manor wa in the south
of England. heal the sea. She was at.
t~ractive and beautiful and Of a oman
tic turn Of mind. Ladies who fall In
love with men below them in station
may be supposed to have more senti-
ment than love Of fortune and display.
Amongtlie relations Of her father was
a youth named Roger Iachim. From
all accounts he was handsome and chiy-
alrous in his bearing. but Of a family
inferior 10 hers. Therefore when her
parents discovered that Roger loved
their daughter and that she ardently
returned his affection they AT once
frowned on his suit and sternly forbade
the lovers 10 meet. The naughty par
ents had other plans and more ambi.
tious schemes for their daughter. Roger
was dismissed with disdain, and ordered
to keep his distance from the castle.
Love laughs at locks and keys, il is
said by those who seem to know some
thing about il. At any rate IL proved
90 in this case. BY the means Of a
trusty friend Machim contrived to com
municate with his lady love. ! have
no opinion to express as to her conduct
in corresponding with him after the ex.
press commands Of her parents, because
am not acquainted with all the cir
cumstances, and the history does not
give her 2 II is sufficient 10 know
that a busy correspondence was secretly
carried on which resulted in a plan for
her ~el0pelaent. Judging from the grim
and determined character Of the lady's
father. Machim was convinced that IL
would be useless for them merely ~ fly
10 soiae other part Of England Sooner
or later they would be discovered and
he would be slain, willie the lady would
be forcibly carried home 10 end her
days in despair.
II wa therefore decided "a fly ~ the
coast and there take ship for France.
Anne confded the secret ~ q Of her
maids. who succeeded in winning a
trusty fatally serYant 10 tie lady
cause. Without such aid IL would
have been well nigh impossible b put
the plan into execution. IL IL a sad
and serious undertaking for a young
woman TO forsake her home, perhaps
forever il was doubly 50 In those old.
en- times, when the means II travel
we're difficult, and TO 20 to France wa
more hazardous than il Is now 70 go "
the endso the earth.
But having once decided the Lady
did not hesitate Her lover, with
homes saddled aud bridled, wW wait
ing in a little wood hard by II ss
dead of night when Anna d Arfet With