The Pensacola journal., 1912-10-01

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leben. The Baroness added nothing to
the old-world charm Of the garden.
Her eyes were shut, her mouth was
open, her face was most painfully
crimson and from her short, but ex-
tremely tip-tifted nose, came the sound
of snoring which the Terror had
ascribed to some distant pig.
The Princess was warmly, very
warmly, dressed for the sweltering
afternoon; and little beads of sweat
stood on her brow. The story-book she
had been trying to read, lay face
downward in her lap; and she was
gazing round the shimmering garden
with a look Of intolerable discomfort
and boredom on her pretty pale face
Then a moving object came into the
range of her vision, just beyond the
end of the wall OF pear-tree, a moving
object against the garden wall. She
could not see what it was; but 1t
seemed to her that a peach rose and
vanished over the top of the wall.
This curious behavior of a peach so
reused her curiosity that, in spite of
the heat, she rose and walked quietly
to the end of the wall of pear-tree. As
she came beyond it, she found, leaning
over the wall a fair-haired boy.
He was bringing the net over the
wall again; but at the sight of her he
whipped it back again; and they
gazed at one another in an equal sur
prise.
Surprise did not rob the Terror of
his politeness; he smiled amiably and
said in his most agreeable tone, How
do you doY'
He did not know how much the
Princess had seen; and he was not
going to make admission of guilt by a
hasty, and perhaps needless, flight.
"How do you do?" said the Princess
a little haughtily, hesitating. "What
are you doing up there?"
I'm looking at the garden" said the
Terror truthfully, but not quite accu-
rately, for be was looking much more
at the Princess.
She gazed at him, her brow knitted
in a little perplexed frown. She
thought that he had been taking the
peaches, but she was not sure and his
serene, guileless face, and limpid blue
eyes gave the suspicion the lie.
He gazed at her with growing inter-
est and approval; as much approval as
one could give to girl. The Prin-
cess Elizabeth had beautiful gray
eyes; and though her pale cheeks were
a little hollow, and the line from the
cheek-bone to the corner of the chin
was so straight that it made her face
almost triangular, 1t was a pretty face.
She looked fragile; and he felt sorry
for her.
''Thls gardens very hot" he said.
"It's like holding ones face over an
oven"
"Oh, 1t isl" said the Princess with
impatient WEAKNESS.
"Yet there's quite a decent little
breeze blowing over the top of the
wall" said the Terror.
The Princess sighed; and they gazed
at one another with curious eyes.
II tell you what: come out into the
wood. / know an awfully cool place.
You'd find it very refreshing" said the
Terror.
The Princess looked back irreso-
I lutely at the sleeping Baroness. The
sight of her crimson face made the
garden feel hotter than ever.
do come. My sisters here; and 1t
will be very jolly in the wood-the
three of u.s." said the Terror in his
most persuasive tone.
The Princess hesitated, and again
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unbeautiful, Baroness then she said
with a truly German frankness:
"Are you well-born?'
The Terror In his turn smiled a lit
tie haughtily; and he said slowly,
''Well, from what Mrs. Blenkinsop
said. the Dangerfields were barons In
the Weald before there were any Ho-
henzollerns. And they did very well
at Crecy and Agincourt, too,'' he
added pensivsly.
The Princess seemed reaSsured: she
cast back one more look at the sleep
ing Baroness, then walked to the door
in the garden wall. When she came
through it she found the Twins wheel
ing their bicycles toward it. The Ter
ror in very dignified fashion intro
duced Erebus to her as Violet Anas-
tasia Dangerfield and himself as Hya-
cinth Wolfram Dangerfield. He gave
their full, and so little used names,
because he felt that in the case of
princess etiquette demanded 1t. Then
they moved along the fringe of trees
and turned into the wood The Twins
shortened their strides to suit the pace
of the Princess which was uncommonly
slow. She kept looking from one to
the other with curious, rather timid.
pleased eyes.
When she told them that she had
not been In the home wood before. the
Terror cried in surprise, "But it's the
jolliest part of the whole estate!'
But l always stay in the gardens.
The Baroness Won Aschersleben can
not walk far: and she does not like
me to be out of sight Of her"
You must get awfully slack" said
Erebus.
SLACK? What is sIack?' said the
Princess.
"She means weak-not able to run
fast or far" said the Terror.
But I never rS1. 1t is not digni-
fed. The Baroness would be shocked" !"
said the Princess.
mo wonder you're delicate" said
Erebus. politely trying to keep a touch
of contempt out OF her tone, and fail
ing.
''One cannot help being delicate" !"
said the Princess.
"I don't know" said the Terror,
doubtfully. IF you're in the open air
a lot and run about. you don't keep