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I• My Ilea:Ws .Dartin-g.
"I am So frightened, so eOutused!"
stammered Lucie.
"You have done what was Walter that she may remeuaber that impressions; she had lived at first sofa., absOrbed in gazing at what was
TUE CIVITON NV:WS .REOQRD,
4Wered according to her directions.
"Oho!" he beard lit the same World out there, that wonderful land day. aad quite empty. Only One
noisy Voice. "You can tell Velma -eat ot Italy, the thousand new etrange solitary gentlenian sat Me the red
right, interrupted Hortense, before lain. Lucie, without looking
and ehe Used to pour out coftee fur me as if intoxicatea, and every day
pressed her gently down into an arm almost every Morning in a Wrapper." would throw her arms round the at him, took her seat and fastened
chair. "Drink a glass of wine; you M this mornent a van from the old young baroness's neck and thana her her eyes upon the picture. She had
are Weak. And now let us be good Herr Von ateerfeldt interrUpted him. anew. greatly altered. The shy girl front
S $ a comrades. X vow to you that, Conte "That must be that giant roaring "X thank you for everything—tor the lonely forester's imuse had, under
What may, if God will, we 'will never 110. Di it really you, Xemmert?" my freedom, for, this glorious scen- Hortense's influence, become an easy
part again; We have both had enough And from the other mide a loud -a. ery; can X ever repay you?" and graceful woman.
BY W. liELVIBURG
• this So-called happinesae-how is "Yes, Herr Baron. So it is people Ah, yest it was delightful to live The face under the straw hat was
LS that?"
meet; but I should much rather it so, She toyed Hortense so dearly, somewhat thinner; the fresh red. of
had been at the merry -making at our and yet •-- she did not know what the cheeks had faded to a delicate
Auther of "A renoiless Orphan," a Gertrudes Marriage," Lucie shook her head; her teeth
chattered as if she bad a chill. house than here. X 'want to give my it was made her heart so heavy, es- pink, the brown eyes seenied to leave
"But, child, how did it happen? I sister-in-law a good taliting to
ewe beg of you do not disturb yourself so "Oh, You can do that afterward;
1$Her Only Erother,° Etc., Etc.
muck. You Can stretch out your lit- bat just come in here to me now.
Imi.cois•e.0.41•••••••••,“wo•••••••••••••44. tle Anger if you repent of whet You Peter, bring a little breatcfast into
Some conservative old burgher lied, I A long uncomfortable silence Ma' °gala*" Rothspohn as much as ever, Xem-
decline, but drank the wine which . Hortense came back terming.
brought in a siriall excitement a.boue terfly which had. wandered. In , was
Hortense held to her lips. A leaden I "Ile will be taken good care of,'
'
building, been unable to bring bina flying up and down, and the only
Wight _of fatigue seemed to be in, all , said she; "he is goina to breakfast
self to give up his garden in spite of sound in the close; hot little room
the high prices offered for building was the -light buss ei his wines and her muscles. Slie heard as if in a. with grendpaPla sad two hunters
sites; and he had lately (lied. The the noise of his beating eeeainet the dream, and noticed that a second, together,' with. I. glass of wine—
time for !age srices bed passed, as transparent barriers, - bed was brought into Hortense's You neeci not be afraid; he will not.
is so often thsa case in the world,
and Dr. Adler found it would not be You would like to have your free- spread over her, A soft tvhite hand
sleeping-roont, and felt the silk cover d trAasnnyl the: ncga int eo oyvo our, IL,uu co iiea.s" face too,
"So you have made a mistake?
impossible for him to become the dom?" came at last in a dell tone tucked her in, and a pair of soft lips She knew her brother -hi -law when
possessor of the little piece of land, from his lips. With his riglit Land pressed hers. he had eaten well, and still better,
The narrow wooden door in the' he leaned heavily against the win, Sleep well. We will be together all had drunk well; it used 'to be a'
wall had been taken away and a' dow-sill.source of great amusement to her. '
neat little trellis gate allowed a "Yes, 1 made a mistake,' she th time."
"All the time," repeated the girl, "Ah, it Mathada knew that!" she
look from the passers both at house said, in a low voice. * * e * . * - *
• and fell asleep, .
and garden. He stood a Moment Again a long pause. .
Adler . sa'i'dThat he is breakfasting, Lucie?"
a.nd looked through. the grating -as if
have done, and you can have him I the dining -room. Po you drink
at the time when the railroad sued. On the window -panes a but The girl put up her hand as if to wear .
"Well—what then?" he spoke with Dr. . wrote that same evening "He talks so much thee," explain -
he were a stranger. Rubbish 'and an effort, ' "And .Witat thee?" • to.laucie's sister. He begged her not
to scold Lucie, alid particularly to. egtaLThuatelis generally thought to be a
stones, lime and mortar were still - 'r do not know.'
lying about from the buildiug, but "Why? why?" he cried out, in' a beg her husband to be gentle. Ho•
out white and clear from behind the not answer he asked .again: "Be- somewhat to blame for the girl's meta.,"
virtue,"
the walls of the little house shone' voice full of pain. And as she did • was conscious that he himself was "But he is good, Hortense, ex -
shrubbery, and the windows seemed cause you do not love Inc?"- ' changed feelings; he was afraid he"EWhat?" said the latter,
I to look at him in such a. friendly "Yes—not • as—as—and you do was not enough. of a ladym
's an, teasixngcelPyt, .
way. He opened the gate slowly not love ine as—" . and Lucie had not known him well -e
enough when she gave him her pro- - 01 -le has come to fetch me."
you?"- ! eeise, and that again was partly his will send him home alone,
ing about him as if expecting sorne love y
looking very happy. ' ed that we should learn to laiow bis Mother had not received her with ch ilr"
Hour after hour passed, and at
and wont up the middle path, look- "1 not love you,- Lucie? ' I not .
one, as if socking something, and She bowed her head. "Yon -wished • fault. Thirdly and lastly, he feared
last hcavY steps came along the cor-
The ouse door, which opened on . each other. It is well we hatre.a ' the affectioe aeider. . Hortense opened rid warmth that she
hthe gable end, was shut. As he "It is well!" he repeated reechan- se oul d have done — because she he d herself inresponse to a tremendous
• the door
still kept looking. around .hina. he leallY.• • • . . , had other plans for him,. and. that .
knock, and the Oberforster Xemmert
drew the key out of his pocket, and She kept her eyes lowered; she had naturally wounded such a sensi-
their
Live nature. .He had •folt•sureon the arm of the good old
, 1 J° ra siblesteeped in looking as happy 'as pos-
, . t ' .
stepped in; his footsteps resounded could not look at him; alma must
in the empty hall. Again . he stood be an end to this . at any mica Iet Tthat wazei
x e marriage tilt Herr yon Meerfeldt, whose countene
still, thinking, and a winning, kind- did net move for a -long time; at these differenCes would have been
ly smile spread over his face; ' oerer last he turned, ,went to the winciowe suulothed. 'Now Viet it had turned ance was beaming at this • aleasant
there through' the open door a white and let out the butterfly. intereuptien in his lonely- life, • .
out differently,- he Only begged thata,
porcelain stove seemed to wink at "Como!" lte saia, almost roughly, • the girl elioula be taken back to her .you little goose!" cried the
gigantic man to the pale .gielalter
han, and over yonder was the old They' went dourn the stairs and ' old aenie• • '.,
Ho said nothing in the jatter of he had made a bow to Hortense, ; Dosing a journey to Viennn.
own hearth is worth much goteL". he turned the key. • , . his own wounded feelings he • only
--. "Have you been making Mischief?' , . "Bet we are ao coinfortatile here,"
proverb in Gothic letters, "One's out 01 the house; With a• firm hand
march! pack up
WellMathilda has Lialle had remonstrated"let us stay
He wont nearer, leaned against the . "And what now?" he asked again excused her. When he had sealed. the , . ;
putyour
frame of the kitchen door, and look -'•"I am going to Tfortense—and letter he took it himself' to the post,. ' Curtains up again 14 your i a couple of weeksor else rent a lite
,
• tie' house for the summer on. the
ed thoughtfully about him. Then he ' will. aTite to my sister." . ' ' .' and room." '
into his mother' sittingeroorn '
- - ile : el' He is only in jest,. my little •.frau- banks of the Elbe:" '
then walked as coolly as gee
"I uci wale; ' • lein," cried .the baron, and his voice "Why?" - •
turned and went into a medium-siz- "To. Frau Wm Lateen?" . . . . Lucie did not know' What to say,
ed room next the kitchen intended She hed, -during the last few min- .. e s to be exeused," • he
for a dining -room. In the middle ides,. been • taisting her engagement said, - without any preamble. .''ehe
zee- cracked as he laughed. "He knows-.
stood a. large round table. The Ting neratously. • • has gone to Frau von Lowen s. ' . very well that you are gale* .to • except that she longed for fest. For .
travel with my granddaughter.• .'
and suddenly a
ndtoshseeel'whresrt •siaisttoert:adrasM; .
Pecially since she had been back M become larger. but they did not look
Germany. so imestioningly into tbe world;
"There is a peculiar air the other there was. in them an expression as
side of the Alps," an agreeable old if longing for something.
Englisluxian had said. to her as they She. wore a dark, simple, but ex -
were traveling for a little while in quisitely fitting dress; gloves and
the same railway carriage. "In my boots were faultless; and in her
Parlor at home, next to a bright, hand she heist parasol With an iv -
colored picture of the Bay of Naples, ory handle that licartense had bought
-I have hung 'Heidelberg Castle. by for her in a bazaar in Florence.
Moonlight,' dim and myeterioes, I The gentleman beside her, in a gray
think they describe the two coml. traveling suit, a field -glass hanging
trios -- one laughing with life, the over his shoulder on a strap, and las
other full of earnest enthusiasm," straw hat in his hand, noar • turned
Ah, Lucie realized fully that a pe- his blonde -bearded face towaid . her,
,culiar air 'Seemed to be about every, and springing up, cried:
thing in Gerraany; but she did not "Xs it you, fraulein? And 'here
dare to mention it, She felt asha,m- • 'have been sitting °vet so long near
ed to acknowledge it to Hortense, :k.01.1 WithOlAt any suspicion of . who
Mr Frau von Lowen always spoke it was. You Must blame this won -
with unconcealed contempt of "senti- derail 'Madonna' for it, and pardon
mental moods," and said it was a my seeming rudeness," •
characteriptic weekness of German -"Oh, heavensl is he here too?" she
women in particular On this point thought,
they would never agree that the • He still stood before her. "When
girl now. knew well -- or on several did you ladles come to Diesden?" he
other. points. But ,was that to be asked.
deplored? It was just the difference • "We changed our minds and went
of their characters which held them. to the Itelien lakes. Wo have been
so closely. together and 'made them here four. weeks."
so deePto each other. And if Lucie ,He laughed merrily', and raised his
yielded willingly to the talented' and fliater in a threatening manner.
'accomplished mind of the young ba- 'That is what, they call, in inill-
roness, she, on the other hand, had tare tactics, doubling on • the foe."
' acquired great influence • over this Behind the playfulness in his
prisslonAte nature. Hortense had got sparkling blefe eyes lay a certain ear -
into the habit now of referring •1 nosiness of purpose. , "Ithat I wish
'carry. through," Lucie seemed., to
-erything to the young girle
."Wbat do yeti 'think almet that, reed in them.
,Ludie? What would • ytie .do if you "TTow. lone docs Prau von Lowen
were in my place?"-. • intend t� remain here?"
Only once had there been a decid, _ "It• is velar undecided," she. re-
ed difference of opinion between therp, tweet, rising, and .with a slight bow
and that had been the °Teeing bat she turned toward the dothe in the
foie, when Hortense had been pro- next room Hortense .came-towerahee
loolang very bright and happy, She
Was just :rolling her apron to-
gether. .
"Conee" said she,. "I should bejoy
walka: • •
They. were descending- the • broad
stars Arm. in arm aelien Leete felt.
the young baroness's arm tremble,
and loOking in her face 'save she was
deathly -pale. coming. toward them
wile a tall man; he wore a liandsoMo
brown summer sult, had dark eyes -
and hair, • And in . spite of his
civilian's clothes, unmistakable . be-
longed:Me the. army. • On :the bread.
landing .of the stairs they all. met.
Lucie noticed that he turned -abide ,
-with a very law. -bow, and a deep ,
.red Auala passed 'over his countene
ance. • • • • • '
..Hortense did not Seem to have no-
ticed his INIV;: 'she had :turned her
hata in the other directioh. ' • .
•At the foot of the states she -turn-
ed leistily. toweed •the cloak -room.
and took. her light jacket' ma het
two smaller rooms he had reserved • And ;that, too," he said, "give • •hof course!" interrupted
for himself—an office and amititig- it to me!" - . the old lady, Who was, still- in Xemniert, s
.don't spoil the child '
• pleaGseuorre,, . . . • noreense was first anxious, then
room. Again he stood • and looked ' . The tWa rings were extchanged in bee . coffee party splendor e She had vexed. . As if it would not be time
out of the corner window at the .• their trembling • hands—the lest just returned, •and stood before the. said. Lucie, humbly, al-
" De nooruagrioi a tclwe,97;ffh imonthsehwouldileriebeetbon tgo a 1 itto.
stone stops which • led up to the . hurried touch'. .. • ! • :. looking -glass taking off her lace
a-.-- the heavy hand with which he. had '
most drushed under, the weight of
front door. "One's own house • is "Forgive mei" she begged, ie. ' a naP ' ' . ' • ' • • Patted her shoulder, " George,' for- tee detail', . on their journey 'home.
togeiher, we live together, come face. •
. . rettinie. to her relatives," h , glee. me. 1 could not: help doing it
been the girl's anstaer. ' • . •
like a living thing. We now belong choking voice, with a bard, pale "Where she will remain Snail she 'But if 1 long to see them?" had
what. may," it seemed to say. And He did hot Answer. . They walked And as a pair of aetoiashed and --e. addau• , "Help doina what? • A fine reason
"Do von long for them?" Hortense
the man's thoughts flew into the fu- thus together to the street, and • the : iipeedhressfaces seared at him; he that! Your sister has been howling
like a Wolf," continued the Oberforshrugged her shoulders and turned
W .
ture, ould happiness come 'with ,little . garden gate closed .behied ':eoritinued: "Race can . take the tie-sterWe away And so they parted for the
. -
them over that threshold? .Will them; and just at this moment the. - cesaary things -over to her.'' And as , in the »tune loud voice.. ":,.
-. .
thought you Were cared for, and now' iizst Limu since they had. been togetha
e, . a c goodadaht
cordial "."
contentuelit dwell with es here? cItmas parted and the Setting sun the same 'Speechless silence .reignedyou aegine with such foolishnessrwithout , .
Conteettuent, and Gw
od's seet gift eler11added titl 1 tBut now Lucie anew that Hortense
ew a rosy ligat: over . house and '
of the door: Lucie has taken back • Now don t look . ao, you • little goose.
'' '
of pe lee? His heart Mit very ton, ' gaeden, so' that It lookea like a . Mathilda will get over it Sea -abbe had been at bet bedside withthe
• "Sh —to tie" '' ' • ' bunch Of 'flowers. She felt almost
der at that moment. Under the • fairy home. . her. Promise .to me." ' •
trees over there he saw' in imagine,- o: . They both saw it. • They • stood el . . yo . cried... his mother, you get some one else to .Please You
ashamed of herself., and ' thought she•
The other avay, doeyou not mean?" . better. Of course, we all think alike
weidd. go at once and thank her: AS-
'.!Isi'.o; I regret to say, it Is She. I that you are making a givat ihie-
she W as in the ' act of " rising, the
tion a lovely fair-haired wife,. rosy there. as if an angel had driven, them.
ness. He passed his hand over his ••, Momenta -if afie. had but looked at had never thought of sit* a think. take --but -women, Herr Baron, the
doorauenale. turned, gently and Ilor-
children, and quiet, peaceful happi- out Of .Paradise. Perhaps at thiS •
eyes; there she stood in reality in a ' him! '. She turried quickly aavey, Extolls°, me, I have scnna work. to. .:atonien!" he said turning toward
the latter, and •particularly : the tense . entered . ina white Morning-- .
light summer dress, her eyes fieed on . and without a. word went a to the
He left the ladies alone with this WhyWalters, they have the devil ininy wife—this little foolahemshe came to the bed and knelt
the house door but not looking as righthe to the left she with trern, .
dressdoeei and kissed Lucie ap a Mother
he had jest imagined her. The dee ' blina ,steps that became gtedataly ' news; bolted the door behind him, :, 's sie-
tet—was once doing to" --there ' he would her child on; its birthdea. •
, , -
licate features had a troubled, anX- . ..firmer, he erect and with his 'head and at a long tdme in the corner ofbroke out into
"Thank. yen loe everything ," she
bus expression. He did not notice ' -up. • • the eafe, in the dark, Suddenly he o such a hearty, " goo,. ,
tttied l'au h that -She 'baron and said,' simply. •
tt., but went out to meet her. .
come!" he seal, simply; "this
. • • • •
. sprung up end lighted a lamp, and Hortense coald not help •Mining him " teed thank you, Hortense!. •
I the Iampaight shone on some large "13e quiet; what is it to youe leve
tears on his eyelashes. He dried "to- dismiss um," he. continued,
"because on our polterabend was— and goodness? •, If I have regained
Our Glasses
sadist'', because
they are right.
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will let him go." She put her hands
up to her temples again, and with-
the other motioned the girl to go
away.._ "Leave me! leave me; 1 have
Le. u,h,exe:;eao,d al ei she de 0.
wn, Hortense," begged
She shook her head, and took two
theatre tickets frcen the waiter, who
had just entered. "We will dine up •
here to -day," said she to the blonde,
faultlessly shaven young ma.n.
"Very well." He disappeared', and
returned in a few minutes with. in.
tral ful of china, which hit balanced
in the coolest way upon Vile hand
Hortense steed stilt by the win-
dow while the table was being lard;
suddenly she turned round. "Is
Rittmeister von Waken staying , at
•
this hotel?"
The blonde man's' nose went, 'into
the air, and he haef closed his eyes.
"Wiliam? Waken?" said he, as if he
must think. "Rittmeistei von Wil-
ken-equite right, madame, he lives
here, one flight of stairs higher.
Number 29." . He went Nettie
to, the table, Moved the
chairs, pulled at tae table -cloth, •
and disappeared, vvith the assurance
that he would be back at once With
the soup.
Hortezase stood rcrotionless; .she dia
mit come to the table until the
waiter haa served the soup and dise
appeared. She »at before her plate,
white and still, but did not touch
ih'e'Dfrecialte Hortense," im. Piored Le,
•
She shook her head and examined
the two theatre thnees, that were
lying by her plate; .
"Had. we not; 'better stay at •home
to -night?" said the young girl.
"Nei" was the brusque • restioase.
The. dinner passed in- silence. The
<Meseta • eeelained untouched. Here
tense no* proposed that they should
take the drive that they had given
up in the morning; and soon they '
they were sitting silently by each
other' in the carriage driving.through
the eereet of. Cruse Garton'.
It occurred to Lucie that Hortative
• had put on an unusually headscime
• costtune, and- in retaining she atop- •
pod at a shop in the Fred Strasse,
and• ecitie back with a bright-rea
parasol. ,
"The nestrest thing," she said,
smilingly, to. the yoting girl, using
her new Pothension as a protection
against. the spring mine "Do you
like it?" ' •
No," said' Lucie, ' 'I do not like
such bright celors. !
"Nor I," returned .the young ifer•
oness, whose pale face seemed quite
changed with the reflection Of the '
parasol. "I do not either; but,"
and' she held the parasol over Lucie,
"'t answers the purpose I see." "
t When they returned. to the hotel
. •
thea-
tre. .. • Lucie was Very .soon ready;
-theeahaitebed to dress- for the thee-
' she caree over into her friend's. bed-
room, as :she often liked. 'to dor. to
see if she count be of any assistance
to her. e Hortense, ..a • black ' lace
'dress,: was standing 'before the large
• mirror,' On a little .table near her
were various boxes with fleWerst and
feathers; she had• just been arrang-
ing a butterfly made of gold filigree
and different colOred stones in • her.
hair; now she milled it out impa.-
fatealas and threw it on tuhite, uliatia311.eeyd..4..
'To -day lienixe of these date when
no;t1hyihnyg don't
ryigouha;;:ketleekTe
,
low: roses?" asked Lucie, "they suit
you
''1.11:Ovhe cc?. •
WORDS ON WOMEN.
; friends, a beautiful Women in her 'en -
A plain women takes pride in her
macs. '
A woman will often say no when
she means yes, but never yea when she
means no.
The normal woinah is capable of
(=Clove end fifty alTairs.
A young girl is the ecareat approach
to an angel that we have --and the
mast exasperating.
A wotaan's charity sometimes be -
ins• a.way froni itorfie and thee re -
arm. .. . . .•_, .
. "Come," she ' said t9 Luelea and ,
tried in vain ea she was walking. to
draw:her &loves over the trembling •
fingers. . • . .• . .
. '"What • is the matter •:With you,
HOrterise?""' asked Lucid,. anxiously..
"Who • was that': gentleman?"' - • •.•
' "Wilken,a was the reply, in S. life-.
lose, tone. . , • .. - .. .
Lucie involuntarily .seized her arm
as if to support her, and so they
now our home." crossed the square, to the hotel. •
CHAPTER XII. .
• Ahem awkwardly; they were •the first
She gave him her hand hastily. L
, vele drew. a. long . breath as. she •
Pardonamy lally—soinewhat exhilar-
have You to thank for at end you.
'my coefidence inanankind, and I
• he;
The, carriage is waiting, Frau
eerfeldt hcXuse. . ng niche, crying, afi if her .hertit Would e "paynteategmoiatiag atiioddsreina4t,'Ii'
I am
and hesitating. whieh she had and shut it up
"The Frau Darwin° is with 'het . in a dritWer in which he bad :me- break, Say, Lucie, hns Adler eeer alone•
Lucie heldhe mouth to 1 ers, e
d r ;;13 —unless—Perhaps %you dritre,
"I thought as we two are to live
here, we could best arrange about arith him, as Madeinoiselle has " a Id ff b
d He took out the l'tti need, found her in a' Window-' again, e Baronne," said the porter.
'and any pleasure in life
keached the Met of the steps of the - shed since his child -
said "No," she remained standing1(10 . said
tears • he had
"IS your a.unt here?" and as he -
•. e r •
grandfather, an is playing chess mentoes of all kinds—las father's
snu ox, pipe -bowls from his ouilY• '
the rooms ourselves I do not care laeadaelie," announced the old • ser- g9
„ L i • still she said, deeply moved. • .
"No, oh, no! crie uc e, nary -
about the interference of other peo- haPPy student' life, and his diaries. ,.0h,eeemeia lira then, for the summer, as you wish. I have • fully,
• " nd now I will rent a little house . The girl looked at her reproach.
vent.
Lucie said they must not disturb
let her o through the oor "
•
open magazine and tried to read. He farewell, you little 'devil; You must
go out iimitediately after bee -Aeon. .,•"„aztriz•ewtivt,limyvciuhrar'•
already ordered, a carriage -we will
d . You her" that •she woeld wait upstairs. not think want to scold . you. 1
, she at down in one of the arm- without .11 ' 'd f h h n
eving any• 1 ea o w at e You. shall choorie it yeueself; emd if the selon, and seated liersell in the
alone shall decide everything " e ' • . . sat a, long time and stared at• it d your mother -in -40.w too dread -
They both stepped into the house. h •
. .
pie ," said he, and stepped aside to • Then he drew the lairip nearer to an
c toes alone in the twilight her • fill. to me to 'do. that But I am you like Dresden so much, we will corner of the sofa. •
hi h d t' aienst the • , really sorry Mr him, 'Lucie, Very come back again for the winter,' -es pool :,ortensera .said Lucie,
"See, the portals of your lcingdom • ' had before him. • .
are open," said he, pointing to . the back, and a confusion of sad
thoughts coursed through her brain.
What had she done? Had she beeti
W h 'd h td
'for -
kitchen. "Will you not go in?" •
She had remained standing in , the
middle of the hall; now she gently
shook her head. '
"Well, then, WO will begin With, vori Lowen's bedrocina, and her maid .• He had been holding her han ea •
heart; it seented•as if it had stopped
CHAPTER XIII. quite 1 "
sorry for him; the Poor fellow looks That is for you to 'say, or- d 1 .
. • • .tense." • • • . • • Frau von I,owen 'motioned ' hastily,
"Have you been at the Adiers'?" • "It will be very cozy if. we keep With her and or ler to quie
•
•
• • • •
Two days after this a couple of asked the girl, as she stood before .
• house will it not?" sad the • young •CHAPTER XV .• - •
large traveling trunks stood in Frau 'him. •• baroness, eerithig herseit,on ;the edge - • .
ever'? -"She put • her hand to • her '
f • of the bed.. . • .. • . • • The.. oor seeme. • to burn under Lu- •
the upper story." - • Was taking' the simple, elegant dres- some time and kept shaking it in- Lucie nodded. • • cleat feet; if she only could, she
beating,
Obediently she went up the broad • ses of her mistress out of the ward- eessantly. . "We will unpack all your beautiful' would make Hortense pack her
"I have done rightl—right!"
trunks e
staircase and entered a perfectly em- robe and laying them in the trun Why, yes, dertainly I have, The. things that you got in .Italy,. and trunks at once and go away with
A. longing to see .Hortense seized ornament our rooms with them." beri even to Vienna --only go!
pty room. The windows looked out on every chair was something to be old lady was raging like a wound- - .
he t h "11 1 ! 1
r, ea say a her e p me am
packeda-gloves, books papers, port- ed Wild cat. But the poor fellow—" - nortense stood up: Just then there was a knock at the
toward the back; high trees before so unprotected, so helpless!" She f '
the windows made an almost '
datee.....
• •
ell, -I call e'aing.' to. 84'1.1,tailiclbte.d,1,7rnakwuaLthverilizsetitlitoPrilettetiedraa;.. door, and the waiter. entered- vvith
.
•-e-y, ,F,dird. ,4,,t,,,,t• 1,,p• at .4.41 4. -... Q.,- .,... , leses:_ ,. ,.., :ne t be- ne,'„ratteitto,d ' :‘W`
a sheet 0 0 _ been breuglit over. the evening before .with me at the . Golden Crown. .'Fo.r 'a Visiting -card.
canny twilight in the roora. T ciugh.' li• ' h 'bl tti book Mre fier haiket trunk, •which .. 'had 'him now I'have•invited him to dine •
their branches one could lo over writing -table:. .1' e o ngand goote light ana go on, with teill ' all e geuttelnan wishes et? peer ale
lay ti it; f i t '
open, and tipictures I ant painting, You, come for . respects to the ladieS." e • a
a small grass -plot to the claret, Slow • • in by Itike with the help of the washer- - there meat be no bad blood between ..
little river that Wee qiere. the ',...ter -paper. She diaped her ;pen,
th i k ci arrcite: - ' • • ' • I evornae, and rooked listlesslY •at. the • useaoh,' not Adieu; Frau lactrenem. me,; to the gallery." - ' . ' • : . Lecie looked hesitetingia ie .1tInee
X will be at the Saltine Madonna • tense, • • - 7 - ..'"
meandered throughe" the town. It ?Melte anGeorgae-Let in., e conie back I •
boundary of the galfden and then • thiegs which • had• been hureiedly X will give tete messages to Meanie
e opera -el moo k 1
as usual at one o'clock," cried the 'eeio you wish to receive a.visitri
thrown into it, but did not touch da. Farewell, Herr Baron; as I was
seemed as if shaanould suit:teat° in . to yoti for awhile. X can not marry
them. 'She lookea pale and worn. telling you just now, his majesty girl to Frau von Lowen who was she asked
a•
the low little :oom. She could not Doctor Adler. I Will tell you eVerY-
damn me'unheard. ' ' ' asked the young baroness.
find a word to say. .
• "Deaseet please you?" he asked. • • "Not too much. You Must allow
"Your sister-in-law
„ y 6,,, she said, in a faint • voice; • , . „Ltiel'e.„ me, on •account of our friendship,
•
. ITe stepped up to her, and es he . to take you to my tailor in Berlin.
'Saw her standing so, with her head . She read these lines oaer and over; • It shall not be much; but you must
turned away from him, her little • then she sat down. and pictured to r ha,ve a traveling dress and one. for
hand laid tremblingly on the Win- herself • how it 'would be when the the table d' hote, You could • not
dow-sill, it. seemed as if the man, ' letter tea.ched the forester's., atui travel in that light cotton dress."
generally so qutiet, was stirred by what a storm it would raise. -She "Ah, Hortense, leave ma here; aIl
prusion here in this home -like, quiet saw her brother-in-law at the break- this makes me feel badly!"
little place, where the haliTrY, future falet table with the ,mail -bag by him. "Now be obedient, or. I shall be
seemed to mile at him out of .overy "Ah, here is another note from Le- vexed," scolded the young baroness.
corner in the house and every leaf 'dee but why the devil is it, to me?" "'What a fuss you make about -trifles,
In the garden. He drew the girl I • She cottld see his 'veins swell as he about a few traveling expenses. X
into his arms and kissed her on the read it, and his bushy eyebrawa • am a thousand times deeper in your
mouth in a passionate way he had irowit, and hear the blow of his fist debt; Must everything be counted by
never done before. • • 'on the table, as he threw the letter its worth in money? Lea:VC your
Sh,e pushed him back as if hurt 'to her pale sister. "There it is. 1 trunk; Minna. will pack It for you."
by ' will punish the little goose! . Such Lucie sat down silently at the win-
d bent d - t 'look in her face And Mathilda would cry, While he ed covet -yard tiadenioiselle was nothing in life. is Worth crying for. ''
her head, es if COntradicting 501n
many She dressed hastily; she had siept, .The young baroness grew pate. .
"Who is it?" she gasped.
last hunta and the duke not
. unusually long. • As she• went into "Waldemar Weber—our traveling
less." •
He pinched Lucie's cheek again, the salon she lomat before her break- acquaintance of Venice." She sunk
and left the room with the old' gen- fast plate a little bleat leather case back.
tienian, • They could still hear las with her initials in gold letters upon "I regret very much," she said;
loud talking and latighing until, he it and on opening it a ring , with a . and the waiter disappeared. •
reached the hall door, • wonderfully beautiful sapphire shot "1 was going to tell you, Hor-
strange stillness seemed to fill both it with surprise and aelight, idle really here, I met him by the Sis-
the house and room. Hortense and' found the date of this very day • en- tine Madonna; he se,emed quite vex-:
graved upon it. She put the ring ed that. We had sent him on the
Lucie stood at the windoar, ' •
"Now all is over; the. bridges are back in,its ease, then took it out, Wrong track. Heaven, knows how
burned behind Me," said the giri,. and at last slipped it on, the fourth he has discovered where We were
Hortense did not answer. So Lu -
turning around ancl putting' her arm. finger of her left hand..
Then she sat down quietly before We went over to her, bent down
her tea -cup and gazed at the sparkl- and looked in her face. "Now, it, is
ing jewel.. . I wile beg you, Hortense; let us go
It came into her mind how a year to Vienna, but at once. Yes?" •
before a siraple* gold 'hoop had been "Why?"
"What shell I take with me?" just disappearing' out of the door. '
' h • I D n t on-- Oa- :made fifteen Capital shots at the
When be left the 'court -yard a out tays of light. As she examined tense," began Lucie, "that he is
round the yoting baroness s. neck.
"Do not cry," said the latter, al-.
most impatiently: "Yoe will soon
think of other things when .you are
once out of this place. Indeed,
andon la o , #, on the same finger, and she shoo
"Lucie," he said, reproachfully, crazinessi such recklessness! dow and looked out into the desert,
with you? Are aou ill?" "he did not loVe me — it is better Von Lowen, ae elle stood up. g r
He drew back alarmed at her death- scolded, without saying a word, She vralking slowly toward the garden "X am not crying," returned Lucie. one decidedly. "No," she whispered, "I do not know why," said Frau ina ns
ly paleness. "What is the matter And in fact her eyes 'were dry, but
k "Because Dresden must be un -
0 pleasant or you, poor hart!"
•
felt as if she could count the drops .gate; she held up a light -red parasol
.iunning dow.n the pale cheeks. She and gazed reproachfully at the
. 'knew these seezies; She hed witnessed „young. baroness's windoies. .
theni often. — a huridred times --and . "Bad . weather,'" said the latter,
.yet, a thousand times rather WS smiling. "She is beside herself with
than Frau itclier'S malicioug snilic, rage at having to stay at home. nut
are frightfully changed the last few °table cool, pedantie manner, I do not .like to take her with me;
weeks, ' he continued, "I never It was now almost dark; but still she always has a scene with tae
hear you laugh any more. Are she sat alone. She felt as if she waiter in every hotel, and never an -
you unhappy?" . could not stand it any longer, when ' pears until there is barely time -to
She looked over at him and shook at last the door opened, . jump 'into the train. She can havo.
her head. 'rho loneliness 01 death, "Thertensela cried the girl, and ,permission to go off by herself when
seemed about her. . . 'fiver over to the slender ileum that we conic baelc, Or, as far. as X 'am
"I think it is best," he said,. take Was entering. . concerned, tooner.''
Ing up the subject again, "that. We ' . "Yon?" asked the young baroness, . •
should hurry and get, our house surprised. And as she felt how she ,,Thero
The hell rang. .
coMee the pestman," ' eald
ready; and then you 'can cones to tretnbied; '"What is the matter with Minna.
' . . you, :child?" Lucie felt it shiver go through her.
. me. I—" .
A a deep blush spread over ,hot "Let inc stay with you to -day. X . ' • ' -
face. haVo told him that a-- I do -not love It might be the answer from her sle-
"Oh, no, not" she steinmered. him." • • • ter. Her heart beat as if it Would
lie looked up surprised. "What. . Hortense's arms closed tightly' burst. She sprung up from. the arna
does that 'no' mean?" round her friend. chair and stood treuibling in the
She pressed her lips together and "You have done right!. Stay With middle of the room. "Oh, gracious
breathed heavily; in her eyes lay sud- inel" . heavens! my brother -.it -law! " she
denly it dull look of determination. "Only now ---only for the present, StaMmered.
"Why this 'no'?" he asked again. Hortense." Hortense. rase felt uncomfortable,
"No "
"Then you are suffering mentally.
they had an expression. of utter raiii- as it is!"
• "X --I shall stay here."
It has never vet been decided wheth-
er'. She breakfasted sloWly; and then She walked up and down the room ar a Woman is-happ,ier when happy er
Why do you not speak out, Lucie? OHAPTtlt XIV. •
What is the matter? Tell 'me. You
Almost a year had paesed. In. a
handsomely furnished room in one.
of the largest hotels in Dresden a
young girl woke one bright May
morning, looked sleepily at the gol-
den rays which peeped in. through
the partly closed blinds, and laid
back on the • pillow again
With an eXpression of fatigue, In
doing so her hand passed over the
de* -sprinkled leaves of a bunch of
lilies of the valley, and as she seized
It with an expression of surprise, a
smile carne over her face at the
sight of the fragrant gift, and she
said, half aloud; "Good Hortense!"
She knew what the gift meant; talla
it Was a year to -day since she had
so unsuspectingly flown into the
toilpe and into the anew of the young
bareness, who had since then held
her captive in an invieible net.
',tide may motionleas, the fragrael
floWere ageinst her cheeks, and
thought over all that had happened
In this time. She had always
been unwilling to allOW bet thought»
to gie back into the past; and if they
did take flight there; she Would fight,
bravely against them and Oblige
through her Veins, thee she Mewed Mon. "Door little mouse," the said, "1 Wish to speak to Fraulein Wale them to loOk forWard. At first it
"Do you not like your future home "No, alwayst alWaysl" for she knew his rough manner front
anv inore?"
'3Here?' That is impossible, Alt, the girl's description. Of all things
_ tven the most inexperienced per- Hortenet, I feel so confused, my head in the world, not a scene! She Beet
,IIROri could not have iniet‘tken WS so heavy." the maid doWn with the message
deep blush for maiden tiinidity. "Stay her! NoW? No, Leda. Now that the MAIO were dreeeing—Would
"Answer," he cried Warmly. We will travel, Let ine get it light. the Herr Oberforster have the good -
"What do you mean by that "no'? This alarknesti IS depressing," As the ness to wait half an hour? She- fol.•
Do you regret your protniger light burned /I, Hortense became lowed the girl and leaned over the
For a mothent a ehiver reit aware of 0 g r ' b I t d
: "Wag iti %tog ba02" ter " he 'Called Out. The maid an- lad not been hard the beautiful,
122.. htty,i .E1
' f • • • •
seated herself at the Writing -table.
She wanted to write it fete lines to
Mathildne for she had not had any
news from her for several tveeke.
When she had written a page the
broad gold setting of the ring hurt
her; she tried to take it off, but it
would xiot aral when finally it
did. the inclination to write had pass-
ed. She put On her hat and Went
by a circuitous Way to the ap-
pointed place. She stood awhile be-
hind Hortense's easel, as she Was
copying it little Dutch boy, and look-
ed at her, and as at that. moment
there was no one in the small room,
She kissed Hortense on the cheek and
thanked her for her beautiful pres-
ent.
"Let int nee, my dear," eaid Hor-
tense, "does it fit?"
' "I could not keep it on my finger,
It was too tight," and to prove it
held out the finger, red and Swollen.
"1 have it altered," said the
young baronese.
And as a n.umber tnglish wo-
Men how came in, their fashionable
traveling -dresses and gigantic hats
taking up more room than was
agreeable to the artist, Lucie left her
friend and went to the appointed
meeting -Plate. In the little apace
before the Sistine Madonna, it was
for a wonder as etill as a chureh to
-
several times, trying tel master her
agitation. Then She took up Web- What a woman. is thoroughly tired
she
er's card, "11001!',' she said, and finds nothing so refreshitig as a
threw it down again. nice loug talk. --Prom the Smart Set.
'There is the name of his estate
which We never could understand,"
' ' •
remarked Lucie. "Castle Wolters-
NMI
dor!Thuringia "
when miserable.
Hortense suddenly became Metre
tive.
"Wottersdorf? Ah, yes, it must be
In the neighborhood of Gotha, Sev-
eral years ago it 2vW1 for .sale.
think that the Counts of r—, Who
had craned it Mr centuries, became
bankrupt, Papa once wanted to
buy it, I Was quite taken with it;
it is the greatest, mixture of archi-
tecture that you can imagine, Then
I forgot all about it, aid later I
heard that, a Frankfort merchant
\ had bought ',1t. That must. be this
very Waldemar Weber."
/mole, Who Was glad to see the
young baroness able to talk again,
embraced her warmly. "Hortense,"
she bald, misChievounly, "this Wal-
demar Weber makes me anxiotte. Xo
you know, he it overwhelmingly in
love with the idea of malting you
the chatelaine of his castle,"
Hortense actually laughed a little,
"It It be only meant'yotil Any
way, he 'Would have to take us both;
and that Might not suit hirat go we
,Yes,' said the hinny barber, ivetre
up to date here. We shave you while
you Wait.
•
,Iscleedl' replied. Peppery, 'I've usu-
ally fciuntl .that have shaved several
other fellows ivItile 1 wait.'-rhila-
delphia Press.
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TRESPa.SSING
According to the anienclment Made
during last session to the petty tres-
passes act, it is now an offence to
trespass upon any lawn or garden, al-
though it may not be enclosed,Prev-
ions to this amendment there would
. be no Prosecution against trespassers
on private property uniesS tattle was
altogether etielescd. The change itt
the laws puts it in the power of
householders to make it iiiterestilig
for small boys and others who work
bavcic upolt law; by the barbarous
eractice of " cutting cortiereal