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fed Yorry. very truthfully.

'1'll accept the amendment" said
Anguish. Then he proceeded TO take q
snapshot Of the castle from tie middle
Of the street. He also secured n num-
bcr of views of the mountain side, Of
some odd little dwelling houses and
two or three interesting exposures of
red ROBBED children. Everybody, from
the children up wore loose robes. some
rod. some black some blue but all in
solid colors. Beneath these robes were
| baggy trousers and borIses among the
/ men, short skirts among the women
All wore low boots and n sort of tur-
ban. These costumes of course were
confined to the native civilians. At the
hotel the garb of the aristocrats was
vastly different. The women were
gowncd after the latest Niennesc pat
terms and the men, except those of the
army. wore clothes almost as smart as
those which covered the Americans
Miss Guggcnslockcr or whatever her
name might be-and her carriage com
ranion were ms cxquisitcly gowned as
any women to he seen on the boulp-
wards or in Hyde park of an afternoon
1t was late in the afternoon when
they returned to tho hotel. After din
nor during which they were again OBJ
jects of interest, they strolcd off to-
ward the castle, smoking their cigars
and enjoying the glorious air. Being a
stranger III a strange land, Lorry acted
on til" rolnaNtic painters advice and
also stuck a revolver in his pocket He
laughed at the suggestion that there
might be use for the weapon i'm such
quiet, model. well regulated town, but
Anguish insisted:
I've seen Il lot of these fellows
around town who look like genuine
brigands and cutthroats. and | think it
Just as well that we be prepared" as
serted he positively, and his friend
gratificd what he called a within.
At 10 o'clock the slender moon
dropped behind the mountain, and the
valley, which had been touched with
its tender light. gradually took on the
somberness and stiffness of starlit
night. The town slumbcred at II, and
there were few lights to be seen in the
streets or in the houses. Here and
there strollcd the white uniformed po-
lice guards, occasionally soldiers hur-
ricd barrackward, now and then belat-
ed citizens moved through the dense
shadows on the sidewalks. but the
Americans saw still life in its reality.
Returning from their stroll beside the
castle walls far to the west of where
they had entered the grounds that aft
ernoon, they paused in the middle Of
Castle avenue near the main gate and
looked down the dark deserted street.
Far away could be seen the faint glare
from their hotel. One or two stree.
lamps burned in the business part OF
the city. Aside from these evidences OF
life there was nothing but darkness,
silence, poacefulness, about them ev-
crywhcre.
Think of Paris or New York at II
O'clock said Lorry, a triile awed by
the solitude of the sleeping city.
ITS as dead as a piece of prairie
land said his friend Cad, it makes
me sleepy to look down that street. It's
a mile to the hotel. too, Lorry. We'd
better move along"
Lets lie down near the hedge,
smoke another cigar and wait till mid
night II is too glorious night to be
lost in sleep" urged I.orry, whose
heart was light over the joys of the
day TO come, II can dream just rs
we'll here, looking ut that dark old cas-
tie, with its one little tower light, rs
could if tried to sleep in a hard
bed down at the hotcl.'
Anguish. who was more or less Of
dreamer himself, consented. and after
lighting fresh cigars they threw them
selves on the soft, dry grass near the
tall hedge that fenced the avenue as
it ncared the castle grounds. For half
an hour they talked by fits and starts,
one thinking of the face he had seen,
the other picturing in his artist eye the
painting he had vowed to create from
the moonlit castle of an hour ago.
Some one coming" murmured the
painter, half rising to his elbow at
tentively.
Soldiers" said the other briefly.
They'll not disturb us"
They'll not even see us. I should
say. It's as dark as Egypt under this
hedge. They'll pass if we keep quiet"
The figures of two men could be seen
approaching from the city, dim and
ghostly in the semiblackness of the
night. Like two thieves the Ameri-
cans waited for them TO pass. To
their exceeding discontinue, however,
the pedestrians halted directly in trout
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