The Press., 1914-08-19
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parting wTfh Inc 1mprIciin wns accom. panied hy nn intensity nf fec.ing not before definitely displayed Wyman went to his rooms wondering. Could 1t be thnt. yielding to love. this high. born beauty would surrender to an un titled man from the other side of the globe? -s
 The next morning Olga told her guest that there WIS to be Il singular cere- mony in the line Of what she had promised him. He was delighted. Olga would take part fin 1t. Would he like to do inc same? Certainly. What was it likeI There would be racing. She would be dressed In running cos tune. If he intended to take part he would better dress for the same pur- pose. Capital! He had been n sprInter in school and afterward in college. He had several cups Ut home he had won on the cinder path
 An hour later Olga appeared attired In q dress the skirt of which came only to the knees. Wyman had no sprinting costume with him, so he ap- peared simply in Il pair of white fan nel trousers and shirt. Thus arrayed the two sprnng into a phaeton which stood nt the door, and Olga drove to n field on which was a crowd of peO- pie. At one end of the open space was a tent. Olga drove to q point near the canvas. and both she and her guest alighted. Olga went into the tent for Il few moments, where she divested herself of her jacket and came out ready for run.
 Wyman saw no one else prepared for racing and noticed that he and Olga seemed to be the center of at traction. While he was wondering what 1t all meant. Olga. who had walked a short distance from him. turned, beckoned to him and then darted away over the field.
 Wyman ran after her. There was the same excitement, the same cheers the same shouts, as when he had won cups in America. He was surprised to see that Olga was running very swift ly. Gallantry at first caused him to moderate his pace, but it was not long before he realized that if he was to catch her he must do his best.
 The space to be travelled was POO yards. and to win Wyman must catch the fugitive before reaching a goal at the other end of the field. He was at first so dilatOry that when Olga had made half the distance it seemed he would lose. And so he would have lost had not Olga i'll the next quarter slowed her pace. Within hundred yards of the goal she ran so slowly that Wyman had no difficulty in catch ing her. He put his hand on her shoulder. and she fell back into his arms amid a vociferous approval of the OnlOOkers.
 Having recovered her breath, she slipped her arm through his. and they walked back together to the starting point. Out of the tent came a priest and advanced toward them. Olga rais- ed her hand in protest.
 ''No. no, father. This is not real wedding. This gentleman wished to see some of our customs, and I thought l had best show him one of our wedding ceremonies and arrange that he should be part of it, but your services will not be required"
 Wyman stood looking at the speak CT wonderingly. The excitement of the chase was upon him. Moreover. de lightful suspicion flashed in his mind that there was something more in this ceremony than to show him a custom of the country.
 As for the crowd, it showed signs of dissent. There were cries of "A wedding. a weddingw But the count ess, who was much beloved by the people. stilled them.
 "For my part" said Wyman, looking at Olga with eyes that expressed far more than his words implied, Il think the people are right. We should not disappoint them"
 At this the cries were renewed, and this time Olga found 1t impossible to still l-them. She gave WXman a ques- tioning look, then dropped her eyes. Wyman struck while the iron was hot and signaled to the priest to advance and perform the ceremony. Olga yield ed, and the two. having been made one. were escorted to the brides home by d singing. shouting populace.
 Wyman returned to the embassy at St. Petersburg. and 1t was announced Co the world that the secretary of the American legation and the Countess Olga IvanOvna were betrothed. Not long afterward they were married in presence of the imperial family. and there were few persons at the capital who knew that this was supplement tary ceremony.
 Wyman's life has been spent mostly abroad. but a portion of it he has lived in America with his Russian wife.