Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-17

thoaga the moon was ycell M IA the
sky. aud the losers were srsn.2 IN good
SCI terms. Bat the pri scuts wreic sleep
ing-that is 10 sly, Gegasl e3laea was
sleeping as soundly Is child, with
heap Of grass for "A pillow. hrt Though
the shadow Of great rock was over The
princess also, she was wide awake. and
not a word of their capsors talk had she
lost as she sat crouched in the shadows
loolSing mp Gt the slender Sickle Of the
moon with wide, intent eyes: Presently
she pat her fingers into her ears 10 shnt
ont the loud laughter and louder oathS,
but the thoughts would not fall into co
herent shape even then. Something thas
they ran:
They viii kill as tonight 1 heard
them say SO. Iwonder il Gerald knows
How can he sleep like that's am not
coward. yet could rot sleep Or am
coward, after alif l hardly know,
Oh, me, / know nothing / have wasted
my lfe What viii Ivan say, Won
ders he can install la Maseotie in my
rooms now. And how iii The blue SATIN
viii go with her red haSri Perhaps
Ivan viii be sorry Ter little He was
fond Of me once. Poor Ivan dare say
it was more than half my fault THAI we
were SO unhappy. wonGer what they
viii do with Us when we are dead Viii
They bury Us or throw as INTO tile sea?
They II bury as, perhaps, because uf the
hue and cry Are they moving ever
thereg | think they are | wonder am
NOT more frightened if l ann coward ?
She closed her eyes Tor a moment. muir
muring an incoherent little prayer
Forgive me--and hiio-and make
us happy somewhere, dear heaven. And
make Ivan happy too, and comfort
those two women, Honor ANA Alice
And because he 'staid for my sake, do
thou lay his death at my door. Amen,
amen -
Then she opened her eyes and took
her fingers from her ears. for, as she
said TO herself il did not become a ka-
roly to die huddled up like a rabbit in
a burrow They were whispering to-
gether again. and She listened eagerly
'They have been drinking. she said
to herself, patting her hand TO the
friend that lay snugly in the bosom Of
her gown. "What is it they say? Whose
beauty do they want TO spoil! Please
God, mine. =
Then wavering footstep came to-
ward her, and a cold fear suddenly
smote the princess, holding her fast so
that she could not speak or shrek.
though in some occult way she knew
that her companion in danger was
awake. Gildea rose up on his elbow
and waited quietly. In her corner the
princess crouched, listening intently.
She could hear steps and whispers, and
though not sound came from Gildea
she knew that they were about their
and then very faint moan scarcely
more than sigh. but Princess Karoly
heard it and leaped to her feet, thrust
ing her hand into her bosom. She went
straight to the place where he lay. gave
one steady look into the blinded eyes,
and then, with something like smile
on her lips, drew her hand from her
bosom and sent merciful bullet straight
into his heart. Then she dropped on her
knees and caught the brown head TO her
bosom, kissing the marred face with
heartbroken kisses and whispering ten
der words into the ears that could not
hear her--tender words that now her
husband hears her murmuring in her
sleep o. nights. For, five minutes after
her bullet had found its billet in Gerald
Gildea's heart, a mule came down the
road from Ajaccio, laden with her ran
som money. Again fate had been IN
kind to Princess Karoly. Nora Hopper
in Sketch.