Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-15
cmAprER XIIL
CHAPTER Kill
THE LOYALTY or COLONEL FERGUSON,
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CHAPTER XIII.
THE LOYALTY or COLONEL FERGUSON,
TIE COAiMANDA&T OF HtNA
An my fears. tina, I had for-ot In tho In
tensity %. 'na action, row la'l siuF" as VIC
rowol along IN that dlrluoa and yet
was not LONG before we we're sure as we
looked blpl, at the black mass OF Eergamo
that so far We had not been observed; that
at least Wu were now almost out OF eaIshot
OF the army Of tho government. and should
they discover our departure before dawn
they would not imagine we had gone toward
Zara The search would be made out al
sea. and / saw. all uncertain as this course
appeared that wc were wi.Cst IN going TO
tho capital 40 safety iay in the iand'
whore we shortly would be apprehended.
All. indeed. depended on the briiliancy OF
cur daring in going directly to Zara Yet
| felt certain pity for the princess, gently
brci as she had been. She had been
brought into this affair through the in
triguos Of her friends Their plots had led
to her arrest so far away that the reDelilous
attempt OF the Rsmagl might fan Of itA
leader. aud row We were making her more
unplcasantn,ss that we might save our
rcly,s Yet should we succe,d-shouid We
indeed place her on the throne-how finely
1t would end.
But felt a certain sa1noss-the sadness
OF solnshucsa, that when she really should
bc princess o. D1lmatil. established beyond
pcradvcnturc. ! no longer should be Of her
life. Yet ! should not have been part OF
her life IL Myr. RcuX had not intrigued. |
held 1t agd!fSt him that this young girl
was made o puppct to further MS Iam'iy
ambi.tOn and yet | thanked him IN my h'l't
hpraus, his intrigue he'd brought her into
nd b4rp .lp the boat near
ne covered with a rug, an! giving US
heart by her good. brave spirit, until we all
down to the u.,gt,st peasant OF Balhl, Nould
have died for her. How can some women,
Caacy. For the spirit dominates them,
aul 4 wUmlns spirit. when lt De strong and
brave ard pure. Is a biz OF the mystery OF
Gods era"e uul Of His iEGuiudc
The oars Kept their steady dip. We
talked and rlanL,d. The darkness hcVcrCd,
ana the irregular phantOm-lil,c coast, along
which so much has happored~su many q
venture has been taken by Venetian. Turk,
by crusader and Moslcm. II was as II the
far past had brought us under ils spell,
as II. indeed ii again were asserilNe.
Then. at last lights warned us-Signor
Pcu knew all that colst-thlt We we're ar-
pronulmg Iara the quaint. h-ll eastern,
hall medieval capital Of Dalmatia. without
attracting much attention from the shipping,
which was very considerable as Wu drew into
the larh0r we succeeded iu bgaching the
boats We must have been six L-urs on
tho watcr-hpyrs which ] nave outlined
here only yasualy-whon / came TO feel that
/ knuH the Princess Beatrice better. ahd
to Ec thankful for th. strange sequence OF
events which had brought me into her lfe.
My friends ! Tor one believe in destiny;
aud have | not a right FOR my beiicr from
my experience
We marahalcl our forces very quietly
II wgs that Quietcst hour before dawn, as
the lighting horizon e Dalmatan hills and
the towers OF Hlra declared We had talked
over every Gytuu, SiguOr Rcni, now that
out momCntary success had given him some
persuasion, making some excellent suggcs-
lions The princess herself appeared tire
less although. poor girl. she must have been
weary enough | think Of her as a little girl
In th,se dlys even If she were a woman. Il
great parsonage In all Eur re- Her woman
now ubry,i her mut,ly.
The citadel of Zara. as Won know. or don't
kuow-ror uaImatIs. interesting rs IL is, Is