Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-16
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CHAPTER NIII.
March was distinguished in the annals
IF Rainleh by a sudden Outburst of gay
ETY.. chiefly caused by the arrival of two
English men-of-war in the harbOr. The
hrst brought two princes to Egypt, and,
while these sciOns of royalty went to
Cairo II up the Nile with the consul.
general. their vessel remained in port.
And really" as Mrs. Dumarcsq said.
with much seriousness, "what IL comfort
1t is to have II mnn-Of-wnr here to protect
U.S.. But neither She nor anybody else
Thought the protection needed, for affairs
.xere just then apparently in Il very qui-
escent state.
\ water picnic party was an event
which Anne Cartcret and Michele Du-
marcsq were fated long to remember. a
large cutter was hired for the occasion,
and among the persons aboard were Mrs.
Dumarcsq and several of her family. MIR.
Eastlakc and Mr.. Itollcston. The Sea
forths n various members OF other Alex
andrian families were also present.
The day was brilliant and the wind in
their favor. They laughed and chatted
merrily as the vessel ran out of The har-
bor, and at last determined to land on the
iow-lying shore on their left, where land
ing looked easy. 1t was not quite so easy
as they thought. They could not get close
in to land, and there was some scrambling
to be done; but the ladies' We're all finally
helped to shore, and then the question
was asked whether an expedition inland
was TO be made.
AS the slOping ground was assembled. IL
wide and beautiful view of the harbor and
the blue Mediterranean could be obtained.
4. palace and forts were built upon Il mar
row neck of land running between the sea
and Lake Mareotis, which lay mOtionlcss
and blue or the other side. 1t ave al
most a shock of surprise to those who,
like Anne Carteret, were not we'll ac-
Iuainted with the distribution of land
and water in that district to come so sud-
denly upon another sheet of water where
they had expected to find IL stretch of
land.
They climbed over a broken down part
of III encircling wall and made their way
to Il building across n wide cNpansc of
sand. The steps had been torn away from
the doors. md they had again to climb.
with much laughter and assistance from
each other, into the building itself. A
division of the party was made. Mrs. Du-
maresq, Rolleston and one or two of the
guests were to walk to the boat and see
that tea was prepared: then liilda and
Tom would return md join the others Mt
the ruined palace. 1t was n cumbersome
arrangement, and Anne wnnld much rath-
er have gone to the boat with Mrs. Du-
maresq, but her scruples were Ovcrrulcd.
and she found herself left with Il MIR.
Gray. Michele and Mr.. Enstlakc. Mr..
Gray was a pleasant companion. and had
n wife and family at nome with whom
Anne was slightly acquainted. and she
was not sorry when Michele and Mr..
Eastlakc went off together to explore the
ruins and left her to rest on IL stone and
watch for the return of iilda and MIR.
IsOllcston. The two came presently with
the news that tea was ready. hut by that
time Michele and her companion had dis
appeared. 1t was decided to institute
something in the nature of Il search. MIR.
Gray ran down to the beach to- SEQ if
they had returned thithcr. Tom and
IIilda both searched the palace: Anne
was commissioned to stand at Il certain
-window and watch for passcrs-by.
Thus left alone. Anne leaned against
watched the sea birds on the water. and
~ NhS WI WV III tut ICatN-
ems and earth. and dreamed once more
as. alas! she dreamed too %oftcn-of Il dark
face and 81 pair of tender eyes that looked
into her own. and a voice that called her
by her name. Her eyes grew dim. If
Michele and Eastlnke had passed her at
that moment she would have failed to i'll
tcrrept their progress. She did not even
hear ~ step that gained her side: and yet
through the haze of memory it seemed a
perfectly natural thing that the old voice
the voice that she had never dared to
acknowledge to herself as anything but a
pleasant pain to hcr-should sound in her
ears once more and call her by name
"Annc! Amer
She started and turned round. No, ii
was not Il trick of her fancy. 1t was
renee himself who stood and looked into
her eyes. His face was pale with re-
strained emotion. AS for Anne. her limbs
trembled under her. She leaned against
the stoncwnrk of the window and looked
as if she had seen IL ghost.
"Have l startled ypu:" he said in a
hurried. agitated voice. II thought l
should find you when l followed you from
the shore. l could not stay away any
longer. Forgive me. Anne: forgive me
that l tried to leave you when 1 love
~nn more than nil the world beside"
CHAPTER XIV.
Forgive him? 1t was to Anne II mo-
ment of bcwildering joy. of incredulous
surprise Mt the fulfllment of her hearts
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