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She obtained the necessary sanction, and started forth once more upon her way. She stayed for a week at the British Embassy in Petrograd, where her escort was obliged to leave her, so the rest of the journey was undertaken alone. We know nothing of how she got to Helsingfors, but I believe it was at that place that she had to walk some considerable distance over a frozen lake to reach the ship.
The entire population of Finland amounts to rather over 2,500,000, including a considerable number of Swedes, who are found chiefly in the Aland Islands, Nyland, and Finland proper. Helsingfors, the capital, contains over 80,000 souls, and Kemi, the smallest town, near the northern frontier, under 400. Of the other cities, Abo has 30,000, Tammerfors, 25,000, and Viborg, 20,000 inhabitants.
Arrived at my hotel, I called for a bottle of schnapps, retired to my room, locked the door, and fervently ejaculated, "'All's well that ends well! Here's to the ladies of Helsingfors! But if ever you catch me in such a scrape again, my name's not Browne!" I was strongly inclined to spend several weeks in Helsingfors.
When I inquired of the French director of my hotel for the residence of his Excellency, the Governor-General, he regarded me with some surprise, saying: "The Baron lives up at the Palace, m'sieur that great building opposite the Salutong. The driver of your drosky will point it out to you." "Is his Excellency in Helsingfors at the present moment?" I asked.
In my youth trading between Helsingfors and New York, I took out naturalization papers in New York, because I was one of the crew on an American ship.
But when a young lady, who had become acquainted with The Army in Stockholm, devoted herself to its service, and after passing some time in Training in London, was sent back with two or three subordinates to begin work in Helsingfors, who could look upon her with suspicion?
Her diary entry for that day is one of heartfelt gratitude, and ends with the words: "God always sends someone." Certainly at Helsingfors some Protecting Power sent help in a big extremity, and this young fellow Mr. Seymour devoted himself to her for the rest of the journey in a marvellously unselfish manner.
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Petersburg as a bathing-place and general resort of pleasure. A steamer leaves daily for Revel and Helsingfors, which, during the bathing season, is crowded with passengers, as in the case of my own trip, of which I have already given you a sketch. The approach to the harbor, in the bright morning sun, is exceedingly picturesque.
But as I had some business to transact at Stockholm and Copenhagen I resolved to visit those cities. I left St. Petersburg for Stockholm by a small steamer, which touched at Helsingfors and Abo, both in Finland. The weather was beautiful. Clear blue shy and bright sunshine by day, and the light prolonged far into the night.
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