The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-03-11

OOpynBnts t7O1s Dy INs F T cAAAO " ~>O' stRest must wait We cannot stay here. Your highness is wet too-'' And O'Ryan offered her the flask.
 ~Must we start at once?"
 fsYes, at once
 The wine did me good. I took longer draft of it 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 I 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 O'Ryan I think. kept his eye upon both of us lest we should become ex- hausted and fall from our. saddles.
 The sun was hot assw we began to climb the lower hills. and then O'Ryan called a halt.
 ..An hours sleep for you both and then we will go on again See, wonder is Yadasara; the sun catcheA the ram parts on the rock sls1n nj t " watch. while you sleep.''
 When O'Ryan succeeded in rousing me found that Darias was sitting be side me looking almost herself again. though in a somewhat t1raggled ccndi- ton.
 q said one hour. You have slept three" said O'Ryan- 1T awoke the princess more easily
 q am new man. I said, rising.
 tsHer highness has told me how you came last night Faith, 1t is a marvel that you are here now Come with me-
 followed him. He pointed toward Yadasara.
 A great cloud hung over the plain. and as I looked flame shot up from the midst of the cloud and then an other.
 ~Fire.'' said.
 'eThey are too busy to think of you this day The revolution has com menced.''
 "Vasca was to be king today.''
 Aye His followers are probably wondering why he does not come to lead them.'.
 .1s if time to mount? It would be hard to be captured now"
 Dariats soft voice and her clinging arm recalled me to the present.
 t'It is time.''
 ..In your. country we will forget this.,s
 tT shall never forget it,'' answered ssYou will be with me. How shall I ever forget 7"
 We mounted and sped onward again. and then remembered another per son in Drussenland
 "O'Ryan. where is Bridget7''
 'In Yadas.lra.'
 tsYou would not bring her?''
 t'She would have been unhappy away from the house by the walls"
 The princess looked at me and was -~I.<, O'Ryan. He had deserted a woman, she declared. She did not know how capable Bridget was of looking after herself.
 So we rode on, and no one followed us. And the farther we went the more our spirits frightened. It was far in the afternoon when we reached the spot where I had first entered Drussenland. where ORyan had cried ssHalt!'' so stentoriously and where had found that the legend of this country was true. showed Da- ria the spot where I had fallen from the mountain pass, the straight black line. though it did not look so now, over which poor hfustapha had shot out to find a new country-not the one he had for years dreamed of, but a better one. trust.
 The road we were traxeling ended almost abruptly. A rocky barrier was before us. into the foot of which the river rushed noisfly. A narrow path went up around the side of the rock
 'The water rushes through the rock to somewhere. The path should lead us somewhere. too,'' said O'Ryan.
 -sENSe will try it, l said, dismounting. i helped Daria from her horse and we began the ascent. "1 see no way out here," said | O'Ryan, and it's a noisy place to spend the night in.''
 "I see no way either,'' I answered. 'sThere is one consolation. If they come after us they will hardly follow us here-v
 1 So far as we could judge we were standing midway between where the water leaped from the rock to where l it touched the ground below. 1 Daria had not spoken. Now she | drew my attention to the fact that the water fell clear ofNthe rock from which 1t sprang
 May there not be way behind it t?'' she suggested. ks q remember how close it sounded when I came into DrussenIand. said l OsRyan excitedly- "Your highness 1 may be right
 Were you mounted when you camef' asked ! No. on foot. but there were horses.