The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-04-28
CHAPTER Ill.,

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Ny route to Italy was rather o round
about one instead Of running down Il
MRrseilles, and so on vim Civita Vecchia
10 Rome, set of eastward and crossed
Germany. passing through Cologne,
FrankfoTt-on-the- Main and Nuremberg,
thence ! proceeded to LeipSic. and ai
length brought up in Dresden. Il wa
my intention TO go from there southwark
through Switzerland to Venice. and thus
to make my approach to tho Eternal
City.
Dresden. however, detained me longer
than ! expected. II was In August that
I reached It; there were not many
people In town, but | was delighted
with the gallery, with the picturesque
sweep Of the river and with the green
shade and good music Of the GrosseF
garteus There were several charming
drives. too. In the neighborhOod; and a.
Tor the beer. II was really n revelation
to a man who had never known any
thing less heavy and solid than Allsopp's
pale ale.
had put up at the Hotel de SAKE, a
broadSided old building on one side Of q
large, irregular "Platz.- called, be-
lieve, the Neumarkt. My landlord. who
was a yOung gentleman Of great per-
sOnal attractions, interested himself a
good deal abUut my amusenents; and
one day he happened to ask me whether
had visited u region known a. saxon
Switzerland. This. It appeared. was Q
mountainous district some twenty miles
up the Elbe. IN which was solved the
problem of putting the greatest amount
VI romantic picturesqueness into the
smallest possible compass. It was q
land Of savage rocks. wild precipices
and profound gOrges, conveniently
grouped within, the limits Of u good
days tramp 1t comprised all the sub
lime and startling features of your 70
semitic valley in California, with an
area abUut equal to the summit Of one
Of the table bluffs In that region.
packed my valise for a sojoun Of
two or three days among these pocket
Alps. put my diamonds In that secure
inner pocket and took q drOsky for
the railwa, station. The trip to
Schandau 1.-THE principal village Of
Saxon Switzerland) can also be made
by steamer. but after discussing the
pros and cons Of rival routes with my
host Of the hotel the evening previous,
had decided to go by rail. which pro-
vides nearly half ~ much pretty scenery
as the river road. and takes MP less than
q fourth ~ much time.
Id -.
what late, and having given my trunk
In charge Of q porter was hurrying &c
get my ticket, when my attention was
caught by young lady who was stand
ing on the platform In an attitude that
bespoke suspense and anxiety. Her veil
was down. but from the slender ele-
gance Of her figure and the harmonious
perfection Of her costume I could not
doubt that her face was beautiful. Evil
IDENTIFY she was not German: had she
been Thought less tastefully dressed
should have said she was an English
girl. As 1t was she might be either an
Austrian or an American. Even then
rather ilclined to the latter hypothesis.
She appeared to be enUrelS AIuIlo. out
she was scanning with III concealed
eagerneas the crowd that was entering
the station ~ IL in search Of u familiar
fare. When her glance fell upon me
tancied that she took an impulsive step
in my direction. hut she checked herSen
immediately and looked away While
] was hastily debating within myself
whether or not 1t would be the thing
for me To 20 Mp md AJAX her u abe need
ed any assistance, ] saw dienstmann
or carrier come up the steps. and taking
% his cap deliver her note She tore
II nervOusly open, threw back her veil
ilnpatiently and ran her eyes over the
contents. Beautiful she WIS, indeed!
My anticipatiOns had been behind the
truth on that HcOre. Such strange. mys-
teal. dark eyes underneath level. black
eyebrows ! had never seen But just
then there was an expression of diSnlay
and distress in them that made lne halt
furuet to remember their fascination
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