Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-07-28

tue level or private for his lateness that night, and as Phyllis considered herself to be the cause of his disgrace her sor- row was great. But the position was now reversed; it was his turn to cheer her
 Don't grieye, meine lieblichel'' he said. 'I have got a remedy for what ever comes. First, even supposing I re- gain my stripes, would your father al- low you to marry noncommissioned officer ill the York hussars?"
 She flushed. This practical step had not been i'll her mind in relation to such an unfealistic person as he was, and a moments reflection was enough for it. My father would not-certainly would not, " she answered unfinchingly. ''It cannot be thought of! My dear friend, please do forget me. I fear I am ruin ing you and your prospectsp'
 Not at alllo said he eYou are giy- ing this country of yours just sufficient interest to me to make me care to keep alive in it. If my dear land were here also and my old parent, with you I could be happy as 1 am and would do my best as soldier. But it is not so. And now listen This is my plan. That you go with me to my own country and be my wife there, and live there with my mother and me. I am not Han overian, as you know, though I entered the army as such. My country is Ba- varia by right, and is at peace with France, and if were once in it I should be free. '
 But how get there?" she asked. Phyllis had been rather amazed than shocked at his proposition. Her position in her fathers house was growing irk- some and painful in the extreme. His parental affection seemed to be quite dried up. She was not native of the village, like all the joyous girls around her, and i'll some way Matthaus Tina had infected her with his own passion ate longing for his country and mother and home.
 But how?" she repeated, finding that he did not answer. Will you buy your discharge?"
 "Ah, no, he said ''That's impossi- ble in these times No; came here against my will. Why should I not es- cape? Now is the time, as we shall soon be leaving here, and I might see you no more. This is my scheme: I will ask you to meet me on the highway, two miles off, on some calm night next week that may be appointed. There will be nothing unbeeoming i'll it or to cause you shame. You will not fly alone with me, for l will bring with me my de- voted young friend Christoph, who has lately joined the regiment, and who has agreed to assist in this enterprise. We shall have come from Weymouth har- bor, where we shall have examined the boats and found one suited to our pur- pose. Christoph has already chart of the channel, and we will then go to Weymouth and at midnight cut the boat from her moorings and row away round the point out of sight. and by the next morning we are on the coast of France, near Cherbourg The rest is easy, for have saved money for the land journey and can get change of clothes. will write to my mother, who will meet us on the way
 
 quiries, which left no doubt in Phyllis mind of the feasibility of the undertak- ing. But its magnitude almost appalled, her, and 1t is questionable if she would ever have gone farther in the wild ad venture if on entering the house that night her father had net accosted her ill the most significant terms.
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 'sThey arc still at the camp, but they are soon going away, believe. v
 Ut is useless for you to attempt to cloak your actions in that way. You have been meeting one of those fellows; you have been seen walking with him foreign barbarians, not much better than the French themselyesl I have made Up my mind-don speak word till 1 have done, please-I have made up my mind that you shall stay here no longer while they are on the spot. You shall go to your aunt's.
 It.was useless for her to protest that she had never taken walk with any soldier or man under the sun except n1mS6lI. I1SI pLOi6Std01Ouo NolO iOSDAOt too, for, though he was not literally correct in his assertion, he was virtual ly only half ill error.
 The house of her fathers sister was a prison to Phyllis She had quite recent ly undergone experience of its gloom, and when her father went on to direct her to pack what would be necessary for her to take her heart died within her. In after years she never attempted to excuse her conduct during this week of agitation, but the result of her self communing was that she decided to join in the scheme of her lover and his friend and fly to the country which he had colored with such lovely hues i7 her imagination. She always said that the one feature in his proposal whic j overcame her hesitation was the obvious purity and straightforwardness of his intentions. He showed himself to be so yirtuous and kind. He treated her with