The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-10

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pond he saw nursery-malIs 20 by with
! perambuiators, and be saw romping lit
/ ne siris and boys. AM elderly women with
| baskets, but he did uot see any Of the
Three Disgraces; he did not see the Prin-
cess Marie
lie was growing appoin-ed, perplex-
/ ed ana angry. Then there came alOns one
/ OF she pathways near 10 him young wo-
/ man looking like an 1VarHlrked gOverness
/ ii cotton frock AMI a shabby shawl. She
/ was reading book as she Iramped along
! lie saw that she was reading through
green spectacies. All his lie long erich
| Ton had detested green Spectacles when
| worn oy women But as the girl passed
MIN she lifted the green spectacles for a
| moment, and he saw The bright eyes Of
the Princess Marie!
Good morning Mr.. Emlay." she said,
| IN words that had only the faintest trace
OF d foreign accent IL them, Il see that /
must make myself known since YOU did
| not recognize me"
I knew your eyes" he stammered.
| Not through the spectacles; Oh, no, I
| might have passed quite unknown 10 you
/ II had not lifted The spectacles. Wen,
| VIII you walk with me for a little? The
| lady who employs me is not likely to be
| anywhere about here to-day, and she viii
never suspect that her nursery goyerness
Is walking with a young man"
Are you really playing the part of
ter amazement.
Yes, that is one Of my parts. But 1
am only nursery governess who gives
| lessons on certain days of the week and
this is not one of my days, and so I feel
quite safe. Do you want to know why
l have asked you TO meet me here, just
MOVE"
4 am deeply anxious to know. I am
deeply interested in you"
THANK you. I am very glad to hear il.
/ asked you here because 1 do not want
you to be seen coming to our house, and
l want to tell you, since you have found
us out, why we are playing these extra
ordinary pranks. How you found US out
have not the least idea; but it is only
too certain that if a friend could find us
out an enemy would be stll more likely
to get at us through any disguise"
Il did not find you OUT" he stammered;
at was all the mercst matter of chance"
Did you think US very horrible? You
know l saw you often and often as you
passed US on the embaukment. We We're
all greatly amused at meeting you"
Then you all recognized me?''
Recognized you? OF course we did. Why
should we not know you on the Chelsea
embankment as well as in Petersburg or
Moscow? You were not disguised. We
were"
You were, indeed" he said emphat-
ically. 4 never should have known any
OF you-no not even you" he added, with
a certain deeper tone in his voice. as he
glanced at her and her green spectacles.
We'll, she said, hastily, and yet grave
ly. I'VE had to be disguised. Our one
great object was 10 avert suspicion as to
my fathers whereabouts. He could he
| safe nowhere but in London, and he could
not be safe even i'm London if we did nos
take some means to prevent anybody from
guessing who we were. SO we thought it
all out, and we decided that our best plan
would be to make ourselves conspicuous
and ridiculous. Any women would be will
| ing to hide in obscurty for their fathers
sake-nOt many women, we thought, not
many women who had lived in society
and in fashion, would be supposed likely
to make public and ridiculous exhibitions
of themselves for any purpose Obscurity
would never have sheltered US: to be pub
licly ridiculous was our only safeguard"
She turned to him with painting breath.
Your idea was that tho brilliant and
| fashionable Princesses VassiH would never
| be supposed by anyone to have turned
| themselves into the rights of a London
suburb"
Yes she said, with a certain hesitan-
cy, that was our idea, and so far it has
| been successful. But your discovery fright
ened US; not about yOu-oh. no. not about
you-but about others-about enemies
keener-sighted, yes, far keener-sghted
than you. We had to choose between the
risk of timid obscurity and the risk of
Haunting ostentatiOn. We thought it all
out and we made our choice. SO far, as
have told you, it has succeeded. But now
that you have recognized US, we begin to
be afraid"
yes, but of what are you afraid? Do
you really believe the English government
would consent to hand over your father to
his political enemies in Russian"
"Oh, no. We don't suppose anything of
the kind. You don't quite understand our
fears What we do fear is that unauthor-
lied and officious service may be rendered
here to the Russian government; there
might be a secret capture-a Kidnapping
oh, yes" and her cheeks turned deathlike
pale, ''even an assassination, which some
of the base understrappers of the Russian
police might believe would be welcome to
the cZar and the Russian government. Oh,
my friend, 1 can tell you that such things
are not uncommon in the dismal story of
our political movements in Russia. What
is my father? Why he is only what you
here would call an advanced reformer,
man who thinks but of the welfare of his
country and of his people and of every
good government" Her eyes kindled and
flashed. II am proud of my father" she
said, in a triumphant tone, and she sent
sidelong defiant glance at Crichton.
you have good right to be proud of
him. Crichton said fervently; and he had
not the slightest doubt of the truth of
what he was saying. He did not know
much about the movements in which
Prince Vassili was engaged. but he knew
that he was talking to Prince Vassilfs
daughter, and he knew that he was in
love with her. and that was enough for
him.
Can help you in any way-any way
whatever" he asked. Il will do any
thing-run any risk"
ooh, no." she answered gently. There
is no risk that you could run-or any Eng
lishman. You cannot help us, you can
only give us your sympathy"
ooh, for that" he exclaimed you have
all my sympathy, and much more than my
sympathy-and you must have known that
long ago"
Dear friend, is this a time for talking
of things like that?"
mo. 1 admit it; it Is not the time. But
may not the time Gomez he asked, with
passion in his voice.
He has crossed the border and he was
glad of It, He had forgotten his own COM
paratively obscure position, and he had
ventured to make love to the Princess Ma
rie. For the time he did not remember