Putnam patriot., 1909-09-10

tAe lleAt T. ~ss Ae ~ka fairy dragged Lady Agnes aside and pro- posed the banquet. the dance. the eoa- eert-everythlag- and it Was he wAa carried out the hundred spasasodie h. stFuctions that she gave.
 L.ate in the night. iong after tha sIin. ner and the dance. the tired har happy company focked to the picturesque hanging garden for rest and the last refreshmens
 The hanging garden was 6 wonder fully constructed open air plaiSanee suspended between the chateau itself and the great cliff in whose shadow it stood. The elif tewercd at least Sao feet above the roof of the spreading chateau. Neritahle stone wall that extended fer q mile or more ia either direction.
 Near the chateau there was a rect waterfall. reminding one in Do small sense of the misty wells at Lautcr. hrunnen or Gieshach. The swift stream which obtained life from these falls. big and little. ran along the base of the cliff for some distance aud was then diverted by means Of a deep. ar tiacial channel into an almost com plete circuit of the chateau. forming th.c most. II sped along at the foot of the upper terrace. a wide torrent that washed between solid walls of masonry. which rose ta height Of not less than ten feet on either side. There were two drawhridges. seldom used. but always practicable. | small sta tionary bridge crossed the vicious stream immediately below the hang ing garden and led to the ladders by which enc ascended to the caverns that ran far back into the mountain.
 Two big black irregular holes in the face of the elltf marked the entrance to these deep. rambling caves, wonder fnl caverns wrought by the conyul- sions of the dead volcano. cracks made by these splintering earthquakes when the island was new.
 The garden hung high between the building and the cliff. swung by a score of great steel cables. These ca hles were riveted soundly in the solid rock of the ciif nt one end and fasten- ed as safely to the stone walls of the chateau At the other. It swung stanch. ly from it's moorings with ihe con stanev of suspension bridge and trembled at the slightest touch.
 It was at least hundred feet square. The floor was covered with a foot or more of soil. in which the rich grass and plants of the tropics four ished. Cool fountains sprayed the mir The illusion was complete.
 The walls surrounding the garden were three feet high and were intend. ed to represent the typical English garden waii of brick. To gain access to the hanging garden one crossed a narrow bridge which led from the sec ond balcony of the chateau. There was not an hour In the day when pro tection from the sun could not be found fin this little paradise.
 Bobby Browne was holding forth with his usual exuberanee on the mag nificence of the British navy.
 There she Is now. sleeping out there fin the harbor, great big thing with the kindest of hearts inside of those steel rlbs-her majesty's ship the Kings Own! Think of fl! She con voys private yacht she stops of nt this beastly island to catch her breath and to see that all are safe. then she charges off into the horizon like a bird that has no home May 1 offer you a cigarette. princess? By the way. I wonder how Chase came off with his side show
 Saunders tells me that he was near to being butehered. but luck was with him. said Deppingham. His ship came home"
 eIt was a daring trick. I'm glad he pulled it off He's man, that fellow is said Browne See. princess. away up there in the mountain Is bis home There's light. See its Ha. keeps rather late hours. you see"
 Tell me about hlm." said the prin- cess suddenly Sine arose and walked to the vine covered wall. followed by Bobby Browne.
 T don't know much to tell you" 
 and they are trying Co drive him out We've asked him down here just be cause we can't bear to think of n fel- low creature wasting his days In utter loneliness. but he has so far declined with thanks. The ii1unders are begin ming to hate him. They disfrust him. Britt says. Of course you know why we are here. You
 Every one knows, Mir. Browne. You are the most interesting quartet in the world just now. Every one is wondering how 1t is going to end. What pity you can't marry Lady Agnesr'
 'Oh. I say~ protested Browne. She laughed merrily
 But how dull it must be for Mir. Chase. Does he compiainY'
 "I can't say that he does. Britt that's my lawyer Britt says he's new CT heard a murmur from him He takes his medicine with a smile. I like that sort of fellow. and 1 wish he'd be a little more friendly"
 He has learned to know and keep his place. sah she coolly. Perhaps she was thinking of his last night in the palace garden. Away up there in the darkness gleamed his single. lone iy, pathetic little light. Isn't ii rath- CT odd. Mir. Browne. that his light should be burning at o'clock in the moruingf is fl hls custom to sit upT
 I've never notsced ii before. now you speak of it. hope nothing seri- ous has happened to him. He may have been injured iD- l say. if you