Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-05-02

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am an honest woman, they had not ever
seen the painting, and looked at us with dumb
amazement when we began to talk Of fore
shortening and color and char oscuro, ane
that sort of thing-to each other, you know
Jack laughed as he alone could laugh. Il
was infectious, and the girls joined in hearti
ly. Nobody was, at that moment, paying
them any attention =; and with the usual free
dom of continental society, the three roamed
about through the lofty, beautiful apartments
admiring the frescoes and mosaics and prints
and the splendid vases of Bohemian glass and
china, filled with rare flowers. The furniture
too, was peculiar in shape and texture; and
divan of crimson silk ran entirely around
the room.
Call is so pretty, yet so different from
home" Kate said looking around.
The plainly-dressed guests; the Baroness
herself in simple black satin gown; the lit
tie trdulein preserving her stiff attitude, still
bolt upright in taspestried chair quantity
carved and two or three portly old gentlemen
gathered around card.table all these seemed
but so many figures in tableau viuant.
II wonder why Altenberg is not come, u
Jack said, as ifthe card-table or salver con-
tanning cake and wine had been suggestive.
"He told me we would meet here; the Baron.
ess is his aunt, you know. Let us 60 and ask
Mademoiselle Sterndorf"
"She looks like Sphynx, "Kate said, ION.
ly I don't believe sphynxes wore cues"
"Oh Kate, pray don't laugh at the poor
child. She looks as if she were miserable"
"she is very pretty for all that" Jack as.
serted, land this stiffness will wear off when
she gets out of the hands of her governess.
Altenberg thinks great deal of his cousin,
and should not be surprised if they were
some day betrothed."
"Your renewed friendship must have made
rapid progress" Kate remarked with slight
infection of irony, as she looked more earnest
ly at the prim little figure sitting so still in
the carved chair.
"Not necessarily, though we dined together
at our old Clubhouse after riding an hour or
80. Such things are publicly discussed here,
you know, and betrothal is regular cere.
mony in the presence of relatives and friends.
However, Altenberg only spoke incidentally
Of his aunt and cousin, alluding to their hav-
ing passed the summer with his mother in the
Highlands. That is why I missed him 80
long he has been hunting on his alps with
the King, who has dairy-farm in that vi
cinity."
Just then the footman announced "Herr
Graf von Altenberg." He came in, his good
natured face beaming with pleasure, and has
tened towards his aunt The Baroness re-
ceived him with evident affection; and Nina
actually arose from her high.backed chair and
went to shake hands with him.
He soon found his "hebe freund' Jack, and
the evening began to look more interesting to
Kate. She disappearing to great advantage
this evening, being in unusual spirits, and her
mobile features flashing with esprit. Count
Hugo was charmed, and with German ingen-
nousness manifested his admiration openly.
AS Kate was requested to play, he led her to
the piano, and kept his place beside her dur
ing the rest of the evening" Nina, however,
was not thus to be set aside. She managed to
wheel her chair into their neighborhood, and
sat listening with naive interest to the mixture
of German, French and English in which their
conversation was carried on. After awhile
her governess, tall sallow Parisienne, took
the child away, and deliberately kissing her
Cousin Hugo, she disappeared to Kate's great
relief.
As for Henriette, who had been dreadfully
bored trying to keep awake fat old officer,
she heard, with mute astonishment, Count
Hugo ask her sister to ride with him the fol-
lowing afternoon, and make an engagement
to join their party on the Schwaneck excur-
sion. They were all standing in group pre-
vious to bidding adieu the Baroness and Mrs.
Weir talking aside, the others hearing the
last notes of a very elaborate aria executed
by Mademoiselle, the Parisienne governess.
Count Hugo made his request in a low voice,
but Henriette overheard it. She saw, too,
Kates blush and smile Of acceptance.
81 must say" she observed, when they were
lighting their bedroom candles an hour or 80
afterward II must say, Kate, that you have
wonderful way of changing your opinions
and your manners"
Kate's eyes danced with fun.
"Etta," she said, putting down her candle
and striking an attitude, until tonight, had
no idea how fond I was of blonde mustachois." I"
CHAPTER XIV.
"And 80 the shadows fall apart
And so the West-winds play,
And all the windows of my heart
open to the day." MULocH.
"Ah what am that God hath saved
Me from the doom did desire,
And crossed the lot myself did crave
To set me higherP'
A week passed-a week Of heavy, steady,
pouring rain. The excursion to Schwaneck
had to be postponed and Kate was the only
one of the party who seemed much to regret
it. However, as Count Hugo came daily to
enquire for the health of the ladies, there was
some mitigation to the dullness of being shut
up in lodgings, with only single salon in
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