A Rock in the Baltic

ant Drummond. "May I sit here?" and the young wom

he glanced around, then imp

," he said, "

l with a smile, and after half a moment

ou dance, Mi

ou must not allow politeness to keep you away from the floor, or, pe

hint, is it? Tell me that I have n

ply because we met casually the other day you a

der the eagle eye of my Captain once or twice this evening, and I have been rather endeavoring to keep out of his sight. I fear he has found something new about me of w

ne anything

it seems all of no avail. I endeavor to go about the ship with a subdued, humble, unobtrusive air, but this is rathe

ether, and that of itself was an intangible bond linking him with her who had no ties with any one else. She liked him; had liked him from the fi

s again? You do not look v

ope you don't think I am forward in saying this, but really to-night, when I saw you at the head of the gangway, I could scarcely refrain from going directly to you and greeting you. I am afraid I made rather a hash of it with Captain Kempt. He is too much of a gentleman to hav

ntil this moment I hadn't the least suspicion that you didn't rec

e a cropper when I spoke of that Russian affair before your fri

e in New York together, but the opportunity never seemed-well, I couldn't quite explain, and, indeed, didn't wish to explain my own inexplicable conduct at the b

been in

re there ne

accounts

nts fo

y in Bar Harbor, hoping to catch a glimpse of you. I h

rowns at you! Have you b

a little bit. I wanted to apologize for talking

, if you remember, we walked

waiting for you,

e waiting

hey weren

of explanation, and, besides, we had other interesting things to discuss. This function on the cruiser has loomed so la

ugh we possess a reasonably efficient band, still, a cruiser is not exactly designed for the use to which it is being put to

moments before she replied, then she looke

nsternation' quite equals an

ert Stanley-is praise, indeed. And now, Miss Amhurst, since I have confessed my fruitless wande

dreamily watch

so very friendly with Captain Kempt to-night he may expect you to smoke a cigar with him, and it will possib

he name of the young lady who

es

ping with the

es

was taking a liberty if I

ghed Dorothy. "Is

o you as Prince Lermontoff if he were not, as we say in Scotland, a real Mackay-the genuine ar

Prince is going w

op and a pair of rooms above it in a working quarter of the city. I shall occupy one of the rooms a

given his esta

e spends so much money on his experiments and travel that, although he has a f

y. I wonder why they haven't returned. The

ight return of his stammering, "your frie

determined to

. The Prince has a good deal of influence in St. Petersburg, which he will use quietly on my be

ellow-officer, who raised his c

d, the Captain wa

d he sa

a note for you in your cab

, if you don't mind, and i

I'm sure," said Chesham, agai

what I have f

a sigh proportio

a sign of unrepentant villainy in me. Any other Lieutenant may steal a horse while I may not look

ive, and notice slights where nothing

d and handed Dr

oked at him he flattered himself that he noticed a tr

ve!" h

not prevent herself from

ralty commands me to take th

at ser

ith well-fei

. My only fear is I shall have to take the train for New York early to-morrow morning. But," he said, holding out his ha

in his, this time

d, "and I will reply. I