River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-11-18

the maid snubbed her, and the queen
treated her kindly.
Armed by these reflections, ] started
from my seat. " Where does Pan
live 2" inquired Of man who Just
then passed through the corridor.
Above, " he replied, going straight
ahead, and out of sight in iiif.
tried two or three flights of steps,
all OF which led below or into the gar
den then knocked on the door little
apart from the rest. No answer came
l opened 1T cautiously, and entering,
ascended some stairs, and waited in
front of another door to gather cour
age. shall spoil his dinner, aud rob
him of his hour of leisure. What an
ill-fated time to lay bare ones short
comings What mortal man would
listen patiently to and be ready to re-
pair another's idle plumbers, when pos
sessed by hunger9
i grasped the door bell lest nv cour-
uge should utterly leave me. A ser
want girl appeared who informed me
that A. Pfatf was at home. She took
my card, leaving the piece of silver,
with which | sought TO smooth nv
way, still in my hand. That servant
maid never felt more humble, and
hope may never have occasion TO fell
as mean as | did, when she left the bit
of dross unhesitatingly between my fin
ger and thumb.
4 tall lady soon came and invited
me into pleasant, home-lke sitting
room.
"Wlll yon be kino enough to say to
the Oberamstsrichter that wish very
much to see him, aud that [ must take
the next train, or / should not have
trespassed upon him at this hour2"
The lady's manner had quite re-as.
sured me, and whom, moment or two
after her disappearance, the Lord Chief
Justice himself entered, | felt that in
this case, at least, Walpurgo was right.
! Begging the to resume my seat, he
drew chair up to the table where l
sat, took the rude sketch j had made
OF the brooch, examined it carefully,
lotted down the number of pearls, their
arrangement, the kind of stone and the
way it was set then described the
brooch himself almost as accurately ae
IT he had it before him. His manner
WAS quiet, decisive, business like He
made ole feel at ease and self-possess-
cd, as he was himself. With the polite
ness of true gentleman he made no
Illuminating comments on the careless
way in which / had lost my pin, but
sought only to learn how he might re-
store it.
You think that it was taken from
your beg in the telegraph Office 7"
That is my opinion" | replied.
rising and taking out my purse.
eff your pin ever sees light again III
this Dukedom, you shall have il back,
il it be in my power to find it, and it
shall cost you nothing, he said, MAX
ing a depreciating gesture at sight of
the gold, But You have not told me
what shall do with it if / find it /"
l had now begun to have faith in its
recovery. Who knows but 1 might
get it before starting for home9 Paris
was our last stopping place, but did
not know a soul in the whole city.
After some consideration / told him to
send it to the American Consul, not
knowing what else / could do. / gave
A. Pfaf thousand thanks, which I
have no doubt greatly enriched him,
and then started back TO join ny friend
in Strasburg. Before leaving Paris /
called at the Consuls, but finding no
parcel left my address. and the next
day returned home The proprietor of
the Victoria, and also of The Westend.
ball, both replied punctu to my
message. They had mad diligent
search and inquiry, but tney could
learn nothing of the missing brooch.
Two years after some friends we're
going abroad. More from curiosity
than from any real hope of regaining
the pin. wrote to A. Pfaff to know if
he had ever made any discoveries in
regard to it. In answer to my letter
the Chief Justice informed me that he
found my pin few months after /
lost it. 1t was taken by the youth
whom | suspected, in the telegraph of
flee in Rastat. He had been punished
by three months imprisonment, and
the pin had been orwarded--through
the German ambassador-to Paris ac-
cording to directions. | then wrote to
my friends abroad, who called on Min.
lister Washburne, receipted for, and re-
ceivcd the pin, no also refusing to take
any remuneration.
read awhile ago III a foreign paper,
an extract taken from a letter written
by an American, and published in
Brooklyn paper in which the writer
complained that one received but few
civilties abroad but what one paid we'll
for, aud he doubted very much whether
the Lord Mayor of London himself
would refuse "pour bore lit we're
offered him.
My friend end ! travelled year
abroad without the slightest trouble,
except what arose from our own ignor.
ance, laundering, or stupidity, and
remember with gratitude much IN
selfish politeness and attention which
IT was our good fortune to receive