The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-07-05
THE FELLOWS" LOVE STORY.
BY JUSTIN Mccarthy.

BY JUSTIN NJ CARTHY.
ono, / don't care so much for staying
in Germany now" said my friend Lynd
say Rounded to me the other day, rs We
sat after dinner, we two alone, in tho
window of little hotel overlooking the
Thames. We had not met for years
and having now CHANGED to meet in Lon.
don, he on returning from the italian
port where he had been British consul.
and | having just come back from the
United States, we celebrated our re union
by Il quiet dinner together When we
used to meet more often and were a little
younger, we were both passionate lovers
of German literature, music, philosophy,
scenery and wines Naturally, therefore,
we had been talking of Germany.
"'No," he repeated. II don't care much
about staying in Germany any more. |
always hurry through. | know all about
United Germany, and its greatness,
and It's victories, and that sort Of
thing, and it's splendid, of course. /
am glad of it, you know; but it's little
like fellow who is glad that some girl
he loved when he was a boy has grown
grand lady and married an earl. De
lighted, of course, and all that; but she
isn't our Lisette any more. | spent
night or two in Berlin lately, and went
to an evening party-had to. 1t was
given by Il friend, modest professor
/ tell you there was as much show and
sham, as much jeweiry and rustling silks,
and bare shoulders and footmen, and
airs and tomfoolery, as if it was in Paris
under the empire"
81 fear-I fear that years are telling
on you, Rounded You are becoming
an old fogy"
81 suppose so. But these people used
TO be so simple, sweet and homely when
i used to visit Berlin first Tell you
what, | used to like the little courts of
the tiny princes. It's a shame, suppose,
but | used to like them. Say what you
will, these little courts had a flavor of
antique chivalry and old romance about
them"
Had they? l confess / never could
see it, l thought them ridiculous little
humbugs."
"Well, and you are right enough,
from the point of view taken by the jour
nalist, and the practical politician
But why don't you take a look at them
from the romancist's standpoint.
because | can't imagine any romance
clinging around such formal, dry and
dusty old pedantries Did you ever hear
of the romance of Gold Stick in Wait |
ing the hero of a thrilling love story?'
Rounded only sent column of smoke
up over his head into the blue ether, and
was silent After a silence of moment
or two, lac said did YOU see in the |
papers the death of the grand duchess of |
Liebesheim?"
'.No, didn't observe. The old grand
Duchess
ooh, no, the young one-the wife Of
the grand duke-I mean the fellow who
was grand duke until Bismarck sponged
him off the slate"
II didn't see Where did she die?'
''In Florence. She was very young
to die?"
Young to die-yes But she was
not exactly a chicken, you know Let
me see. When was it we saw her in
Lieheshem at her marriage festivais?'
In %, wasn't it? Well you see twenty
years"
''Yes, yes, Of course but l always
think of her as young. How beautiful
she looked them
"She did; she seemed Il charming wo- !
man. l only saw her twice-the day ;
when her husband brought her out into
The balcony 10 bow t. the crowd, and
once at the court ball. for which some
good natnred functionary-I forget who
it was kindly got me a ticket"
''She is dead-so soon my friend re- e
peate,l, thoughtfully.
| did not quite understand his emotion. {
| was sorry the grand duchess should be 5
dead, if she particularly wished to live !
but one must be great devotee to royalty t
TO feel profound grief ut the death of
crowd and ut a distance, twenty years v
,go Ii surprised me, too, TO find nay ;
friend so deeply concerned for the e&- =
-inction of any royalty, seeing~tha he i
ased to he rather OF the stern republican O
school. 70 iAa sure, since he and | were 4
n Germany together he had received a
from the government of her (
majesty. Queen Victoria.
They said her husband was a worth L
ess scamp, SAID l, for want of anything
Use or better to say. II
They did; | believe It was only too
rue replied Roundell, rather elo9mily. h
"She didn't care about him | sup el
,ose?r ] asked"
"No. How could she? He was
,rute. and the marriage was mere po- ii
itical arrangement. II
81 suppose these royal or semi-royal VI
marriages always are" OF
He did not answer directly. But he ii
ent up another pillar of smoke, and muir ell
lured, ''Dead-sO young, and 50 beau N
full 4" ii
you grow quite sentimental about to
ne grand duchess Did you know herr" SC
Il never saw her, as you have said, for
Eenty years.
''Then why are you so greatly con- a
srned abou: her death?" Oh
"Wel, you see, her memory belongs ia
n, old time, when we were yourg 1t.
"a ca, see her face now before me, sad dI
"a haauti,, !. | know she was very co
lhappg. Iren,, ember hearing story w
don't know whether its worth telling, 70
ough. II
by all means Go ahead. shall on
delighted to hear it, In