New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-07-19
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the cold and The joltinG.
I set her on her fest She must hay
besn lsss bruised than I, for she wall
4 q moro easily than ! did
IM sClintonr'
3 sDariar
Ri We went on In silence, our hand
M elasped. The rest. OF the Journey
b the woodcutters hut she helped me "a
moro than helped her. should hav
III fallen from sheer exhaustion and slep
II had she not been with me. If
4 Clinton, there IL some one in tn
woods close to u.s." Daria whispere'
n suddenly.
n I was alert in a moment. Approach
Il ing danger aroused me as nothing els
q could.
n There was a shout.
q ''Vascay'
4 For one moment hesitated. Then
answered. "O'Ryan!'
There was cracking Of the branch
es. and the Irishman stood in the patti
before US.
"You have been long,"
= 1--WE are here" answered.
"Why. man. that Is not like your
| voice. What has happened?" And he
caught hold Of me. wet too. The
boat was there
/ Yes, but we did not come the way
! we intended. Give me some wine. l
am thoroughly done. A little rest and
shall be all right said.
"Rest must wait We cannot stay
here. Your highness Is wet too" And
Organ offered her the flask.
"Must we start at once7"
yes. at once"
The wine did me good. took a
longer draft Of 1t than would have
been good for me at any other time.
It drove the cold out, and the blood be-
gan to leap through my veins again.
In the saddle felt a new man, and,
with Daria between us. we began our
Journey.
The day dawned as we galloped on
ward. We did not talk. Neither Daria
nor had inclination to do so. and
Organ. think, kept his eye upon
both Of US lest,we should become ex-
haustei and fall from our saddles.
The sun was hot as we began to
climb the lower hills, and then Organ
called halt.
IAN hours sleep for you both and
then we will 60 on again. See, yonder
Is Yadasara; the sun catches the ram
parts on the rock summit. will watch
while you sleep"
When Organ succeeded in rousing
me I found that Daria was sitting be-
side me looking almost herself again,
though in somewhat draggled condi-
ton.
II said one hour. You have slept
three" said Organ. II awoke the
princess more easily"
Il am a new man." I said, rising.
''Her highness has told me how you
came last night Faith. it is marvel |
that you are here now. Come with me-"
followed him. He pointed toward |
Yadasara.
A great cloud hung over the plain,
and as looked flame shot up from
the midst of the cloud and then an.
other.
Fire." said.
'They are too busy to think Of you
this day. The revolution has COM
"Vasca was to be king today"
faye. His followers are probably
wondering why he does not come to
lead them"
els it time to mount? It would be
hard to be captured now"
Daria's soft voice and her clinging
arm recalled me to the present
1T is Tine"
TN your country we will forget this"
you will be with me. How shall ]
.ver forget?"
We mounted and sped onward again.
md then remembered another per.
'on In Drussenland.
"O'Ryan. where Is BridgetY
TN Yadasara."
''You would not bring her7''
"She would have been unhappy
way from the house by the wallis"
The princess looked at me and was
ilent But she never quite forgave
DRyan. He had deserted woman,
he declared. She did not know how
apable Bridget was Of looking after 8
erself.
So we rode on, and no one followed T
8. And the farther we went the Q
lore our spirits lightened.
It was far in the afternoon when n
e reached the spot where l had first b
ntered Drussenland. where Organ
ad cried "Haltv' so stentoriously and IL
here l had found that the legend of
IFS country was true. showed Da- t
a the spot where I had fallen from ~
le mountain pass, the straight black y
ne, though It did not look so now,
'er which poor Mustapha had shot
it to find new country-not the one II
} had for years dreamed of, but II
tier one. trust. r.
The road we were travelling ended ~
most abruptly. A rocky barrier was
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