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Show A PARADISE LOSTi j . t Uy L. G. MOBERLY C i.i ai I". I-) J eei h ii. i .i I war a ii unwilling wluitaa of thai i nioai Idtlllo ut iim rim a In a ganlen dial waa In It. If an bit II Ihe nun mm of tenon Irolil Ihe path immediately out lite Hip on tramp in Hit i-iMda where I waa I lounging, waa Hit llrat Intimation I rertltetl that aomeono troubles myself bad dlacoxpred Ihla fnigniiil corner of j that tiHiat level) garden II wna a inan'a telce that apoke (list. In ProiMh. igi-r. Imiietiiotia. and aa I linngliDxI. vitiithftil lleloteil In aald. la II true? Ale vou ante Will tote I elieuall?" Kinmgli' Tin answer etlib-nllv i amp from a glil Hie toiiea worn ao Im)i i tlear, hut with a polietintliig sweetnea In Hit in It you knew how tied hovt glad I am that I am flee to elioov lote lo follow my Iteuil' litt la enough ' flie laat wonl were virv slmpl) aald. hut the) held a iliplb of mean Ing that made m foolish old bear I lve u Imp of sympathy Hill Jon give up mi much ' he said doubt fully I lake ever) llillig. Ihe aarrlflie la all )oura" Huerlllre' she i lied, a ting of glad pride In her olre "Hn )oil think I are for rank and ull that rank brings I am glad I waa horn too late to hate to wear a crown that la so thorny so thorny," she lepiateil almost dream II) "I nm free In glto myself lo )iiu rtucilllcet" she laughed aoftl) "There la no sacrifice In going Into Paradise. ' Aa she Biokp those words, the two paused In their walk along the path and through the delicate Islet la and bnnkala leaves I i aught it glimpse of l hem both They were )oiing. bill lliele waa no Immattirlt) or lark or uirHise In either fare 'Helmed, he sa d. and hla tolre shook, "will )ou iiixit legrel all that nti will lose ir vou rnrue Inln I 'urn ill so wllh mo?' Neier.' she said quletl) 'To en tor paradise with )ou, Armani), Dial la enough " And ahe turned her beaitll fill fare lo hla and let lilm klaa her Miifllvi nn Iho Una. I caught in) breath aa they lurniil i away Standing lhat evening on the ter i ibcc of the hotel watihlug a loso-col j ured aunaet behind Ihe groit pile or Monte Itoaa. I aaw Ihe gill egaln Kbe waa wulklng arrow the garden, an ehlerly lady o in side of hr, the toting man on Iho o'.her. I "Iki you mo Ihul gill" a hotel ae quulntanre naked eagerl) I nod iled. "She la a rreat eraoiMgo, 111 aplto of her simple tlieaa and manners Hhe la the I'rlneesa Theresa, daughter or land ho named the king of a well known and flnuilthlng little kingdom! "It.it. lor thu latt which lias given her two elder slaters, alio would be heir lo Ihe throne, ahe haa no brothers Aa It la, I fane) It looka aa If ahe Intended lo renounce all legal rights and be happy In her own way wllh Iho lining fellow bealde her Two )eara later, aa I waa Jouruev lug homo wards from a long lour In he Knal, which had taken me far out of reach of all newipupera or tidings of Ihe western world. I rcaoltod to stny for a night or two In a lown on hi) route which. It an happened, waa ihe capital of that kingdom where Ihe I'llnreu Thmeaa's rather reigned aa king My thoughts naturally enough flew back to her a ! dinve thiough the quaint und plituresquu lown. and a livid picture of her aa I hud Inst aeon lier arose before my e)ea Aa I tlrme I botanic aware lhat the streets were gall) dtroruled with lluga nnd flowera and lhat p.oples Imps wore an un usual look of restlvlty and lejolrlng What Is Iiupih nliiK I asked of til) driver la thla a national foatltul, or Hie nnnHeraar) or mine grpat vlo-lor) vlo-lor) ' The gi ill Ionian duea not know?' he aald. (Mil princess la In be marilod tomorrow thu crown prlnceas, Ihe heir lo the throne. l.e II linileratood. he wml on for thn ruither enllghli n mt'iit of my dull foro'gu underalnnd. Ing 'She innrrle our iiilghboi. Prince I Hilirltk. and wo rijolre So,' I lellettid, 'the Print a The-reaa'a The-reaa'a eldest sister wna lo lie married, and no doubt iho younger print eaa herself would le at the wi tilling." I then and there resulted that I would make at least an t ffnrl to aeo amuo-thing amuo-thing of the monow a ton limn) The town waa astir twHiiiett, und I waa astir with Hie lown to tuke my place aa luar aa .i.lglit 1 to tho al of the line tathetlral In which I learned Iho weddliu waa to taae plure I found iiDnlf will amiiatl watch Ing tho guiala alream ' lu the build Ing. Ilalenlng to Hie con mt nla of the impulace, and learning frum tn neigh Una who was thla grander, and who Hint Thtn at laat a murmur ran inline: Tie ro)al household la (timing." (tim-ing." and I craned fo veid with the lost to watch the Ionia and ladles In walling pass up the Hops Once I started llolently. for I saw a fare I knew, but a face grown from juutli to manhooil allien I had aim It laat tho fato or the man called Armmid And. aa well aa the oith. all the gladness had gone out of It, It was itrong mid pure as tver. but Infinitely sail; and I wondered Next theie came a p.mae, Ihen a blare nf trumpi'la, a gieut about from thu mulllludo, a pealing olumn of suitud fiom the organ, nud out of s magnificent Mate rurrlago, lata Ibo siinslilm en lb' atepa there tatM, lianlna on the old kings arm a Ull form lu trailing white garments, art ' illauiohils Dashing till ahe second lo un te In a blare nf light nd win n I saw Hip face of tit bible I caught in) bieath and itHerr) a low exi Isolation for Hie face under the bridal tell waa mil the fare ol a alranger I ItM.ketl ones again npoA Hie fate id tin girl 1 had scon walk Ing wllh her Inter lu Hip garden al aunaet time Ihe git I who had railcird vi-' Into Paradise with imand' ' Hit smiih tot not the samel The J exqillsltl . otllo.ll was there still, thn ,", e)ea liltie and .lit t aa Hie aky nxi. , bend thii beauliriil otirves of iiiohIIi j and bin the gleaming hair. Hut Ihe coloring lualead of making mo think M of apple bloaaonia In apt Ing, was ' while while as a statue mid thn ladl i unto waa all gone The fuce wan set 4 and allll aa though i arte. I out of mar hie. Intel) bet 1,11,1 worda but oobl with a ttthlneaa Hial froxp my heart She pus.nl Into tbe building with lhat fiee stalely step I iciucnibred. then I turned with a question lo a man behind me Yea-Hint la the etowii prim ess w Her thler slaters both died. p- II was sad, ver) and They said the iiuug Pilncesa Theresa had been iiIhhiI lo lesltu her lo)al rank, to wed ' for lote, hut her sisters had died. and she had heimne her father's heir a and well, of ionise, It waa easily to ' tin aeon that she must wrtl Ihu nun til ' n in)iil house," and so tut, and ao tin ' j ' I walled lo hear no more I could ''. , not bear lo rue lhat beautiful told fart; -, " , ncnlii - It wna a tiny chuiili)urd on a hill '' labte lu Kwllterland llalow It Ihe J waters of the lake shimmered In Ihe " aiinshlue, iiImivo Ita terraces arore i vine) aril above vlne)aid, till Ihey wete loat In Ihe woods (hat hung upon ' the shies of the great hnsHlIng nioiin. ! tains I wnlaed alowl) along thn Utile wills among Hie graves, reading Hie I name id the dead who lay In Ihelr I peaceful listing place amongst the ' 1 ' loses . All al once my alow atepa worn ar j leateil a few feet In front of me I ,- ettw a woman In black and alone, j kneeling beside a grave nvrr which ' waa a lielllawoik coveted with while ', hunkslu titt ,'J Ve, oh, )ea. Hicfe waa no mistaking " her btuiillful ftntuies Though years hud gone by, Ihey had not dimmed her , i( . loveliness, and though her oyea ahone -jj through a mlat of tears, lliclr cnlor ." wna atlll the same wonderful deep ' bine ', The grave waa luniked only by a ,' J simple atone Nn date waa upon ll; J no text, Ihefo were ro wrealha Uaio ' i Hie simple grHis plot Only It was nl 1 wruiqietl alsmt by the trailing branch ' 1 "Armand au revolrl" !ea of ihe line whoi-e pi tills had made it pine while mmillii uhjii the grnaa; mid iho three winds iihhi thu llllle atonu at mod to me the moat tuihelle .-. 1 had ever read , Aimuud -un ii voir' ' 1 hate M'ou her oute alute then, a crowned qiieen and her istinle's Idol w Slip waa driving along lilo at reel h of J her eapllitl. her lllllu sou by her aide; yt i alio waa iliewsul all lu while, and her , 't, ..i lovellueaa was smuelhliig lo dltaim ot L Lm mid remembur I tbomlil I had neve. Jfi seen a smile mole Infinitely sweet, 'J and yet the auilness In hur eor i bionght a nlat bifore in) own Por a moment the atiett. Iho people 3 alaiiit me. the swiftly rolling carriage, tfadiil from my alght In lead I aaw a , Tr. fai uvtii) gurtltii, fiugtant wllh Ihe jhcenl of iale wisteria flower -and b I hunt atlii maoa, radiant wllh sunshine. V, lull of Hie wings or bhds Ihe glory ( ot spring I saw the f.n o of a glrL ' - - glad with a wonderful new gl.tdneaa; L I heard a vinui, the inosl soft and 'A musical II has ever ltn my lot lo- A hear before or since, a gently T3 "To fill r Paradise with Jim, Ar- , 4i maud, that la inoiigh . '''' The vision faded, another ttaik Ita place A hillside lomeler J. Ihu deep, atlll v lake. Ihu brtmdlng mouujlalns "rosea. , . uutea all tho wny" ml h M'Ho gite t anouget them, a giave whom simple ., it .1 atone hiaira only thoe Ihrvt) hort Hn wrrda ,, vi ', rmand an letolrl jA f |
