Show FAIR cinxrssr CAPES I The lake was full of goldfish with many beautiful water birds on I and everywhere about the plare roamed little Chinese pug dogs sniffing disconsolately dis-consolately for their l st m tresse1 1 But all the ladles had not departed I as an amusing experience of Comte dHerisson proves Having seen enough of looting he strolled into th park and jumping into a licque ed gondola rowed off to inspect an island nalace In the middle of toe lake On entering the chief room which was furnished with yellow sofas like Turkish divansf he thought he heard a sound as ofsome one breath ng With his hand on his sword hilt Je I I kicked over one of the sofas wMh seemed rather bulky when out tumbled tum-bled a lovely young creature dressed I like an empress in precious embroidered embroid-ered silk tissue who promptly prostrated pros-trated herself with her back to the intruder in-truder striking her foreh ad on the ground and discovering her beautiful back tresses fastened bj enormous gold pins to match the long golden nails fitted to every finger When she had been raised and reassured reas-sured the other sofa seats began to I enlarge themselves little by little and I shortly the young interpreter f unl himself surroundel by ewent s en beauteous damsels of the imperial I harem The situation was serious but he galantiy took charge and far led I them across the lake nIne at a time in the gondola disembarking them out I of sight at a washhouse containing a gorgeous English carriage originally sent out with Lord Macartney as a present from George III to the Emperor Em-peror and apparently never used Finally he dispatched them after an awkward encounter with one of his own sergeants who wished to share the spoil on three carts with a safe conduct in the direction of Jehol some hundred miles to the northward whither their Imperial owners had precipitately pre-cipitately fled a few days before Macmillans Magazine |