The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-06

like which is left upon earth The sleep ing lady started like one predpitated from the top of a tower. With the staring eyes and frightened expression of a somnambu- list. she jumped up and was about to seize her companion by the arm; then, half ashamed, she tried to conceal her ex- citenent beneath a smile.
 She thought she had dreamt that Ma nasseh had drawn her sleeping face in his sketch book: that, however. which he % he was drawing lines with a red pencil.
 At the whistle of the iocomotive the other member of the party also returned from their dreamland to this vale Of tears.
 ''Where are we now?' inquired the Princess of the only person who had re-
 we are nearing Bologna; From there the train goes by way of Imola to An- coma. And now 1 shall take leave of the ladies'"
 DO yo | leave us here? thought that you were going to RomeT'
 'T am going there, but not by this road My baggage is checked for Ancona and will be sent from there to Rome with the baggage train But l go over the Ap- penines to Pistoja and Florence. The route is more wearisome but has charming scenery, which compensates for the hard ships which one endures while walking alongside the driver; besides. 1 shall. in this way arrive in Rome one day earlier
 s %one day earIIer!" These words at tracted the attention of the Princess.
 Could, we not also go by that route? What do you think, Marie? At Bologna we could board the train unnoticed. send our baggage to Rome, and go ourselves through the mountains"
 But is it safe to travel in the moun- tains? Arc not bad people to be feared there?" anxiously asked the blond lady of Adorjan.
 This question Fra Diavolo answers in a very beautiful song," said Manasseh: '" Bad people are to be feared every where But If you are thinking to De surprised by highwaymen, 1t is much more probable that we should be robbed while travelling with all our baggage than when we make the trip. as l intend 10 do; with only small satchel l roameo about this neighborhood good deal In my youth, and the brigands never did me any harm. If we meet them l Will ar range them in group and make a DIG ture of them in my sketch-book Artists have nothing to fear from them.
 Besides" interrupted MT. Gabriel we are two men, and not afraid of them.
 He was considering from the standpoint of lawyer their advantage over the opposing party by the gain of one day in which to give information to the judges.
 .'I have pistols. What have youT'
 'I bear no weapons"
 "Ah, I am not afraid of bad people, said the Princess softly. "So far as I know. there is but one bad person in the whole world"
 Everybody knew whom the Princess meant but Gabriel desired to emphasize the sentence she had uttered
 "Let him not try to follow us into the mountains, for when he there crosses my path his last hour will have come. It was fortunate for him that he immedi- ately compiled with the polite request of my friend Manasseh. for if he had hesitated but one moment longer catas- trophe would have occurred.
 he 'how he will wonder, when he seeks us in vain in Ancona, and when he has the pleasure to proceed in the postchaise with our baggagep
 Tn the meantime we will hasten over the beautiful mountains"
 The face of the lovely Princes beamed with delight.
 For this idea I am indebted to you" And with involuntary cordfality she ex- tended to her companion her hand, which he took with only the tips of his fingers The new plan of travelling pleased the Princess very much. There was in it something of a deliverance, for the train seemed like a prison.
 we will take nothing with us but what we can carry in our hands; whenever we find beautiful rock we will sketch 1t, and where the country is wildly romantic we will sing"
 Then the natives will think we are wandering comedians" interposed MT. Gabriel. If the Italians insist upon doing
  Princess sings beautifully; Mime. Marie dances csardas and tarantela; l will pro- duce acrobatic feats-and-well, Manas- seh what part will you undertaken
 'I will address the sovereign people on the constitution"
 You are incorrigtble.
 'But we must not address ourselves by our titles" said the Princess with lively good nature. "The lawyer is the impres- ario, Marie the prima donna; let them. for appearance's sake, be husband and wife, but you and 1 will be brother and sister. What is your sisters name?'
 Lend me this name during the dan gerous part of our journey You are not sorry to give me that name, are you?"
 Manasseh grew very serious. ,
 'I should be very sorry for your sake my Princess. The bearer of this name Is a very unhappy creature"
 "Then the easier will 1t be for you to part with that name"
 logna and to continue their journey in a carriage. The next problem to be solved was, how they should arrange matters so that the person whom they wanted 10 elude would not observe their departure.
 q will cover the flank during this ma neuver." said Manasseh, and will de- scend first as soon as the train rumbles into the station; fouA VIII go in into the CT step out of the coupe nor look out through the window"
 This he said with as much assurance as if he were Tn tae possession of talls- man, by the aid of which he could con trol the actions of the man.. And he stood in the door of the waiting room until the train was again in motion.
 "He is gone" said he to those within, and the relief he felt was clearly seen In his countenance.
 Has this man any connection with you?' asked the Princess.
 'Yes. I feel afraid whenever see him."
 You afraid?"
 "Yes, I am afraid that some day I shall kill him"
 Then, as If he regretted having said so much, he left the hall to look for a driver who was to take them to Vergato.
 While Manasseh was away the lawyer explained to the Princess that the Uni tarians have an especial aversion to the shedding of blood; he said even more than was true, affirming that there were some among them who considered it wrong to shed the blood even of animals, and lived on fruits and vegetables in order to avoid killing any creatures to which the Lordl had given life.
 The Princess incredulously shook her head. It was incomprehensible to her tn u man whose principles absolutely forbade him under any circumstances to use weapons could be gentleman; for how could he defend his honor, his love and helpless women who rely upon his pro- lection? She was eager to ask him about this. When they were sitting opposite each other in the closed carriage she re- stunned the conversation.
 You said you were afraid you would kill the man. Does your faith, in all cases, forbid you to kill?'
 "In all cases but One," replied Manas- sch, and that can never arise between us.''