The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-07-21
KING AND AID-DE-CAMP.
A Bayarian Carnival Intrigue.

| A BaIarian Carnival Intrigue.
| Does he realty love n,-i' said Ca %
tain Earnest Won .'ftinberg. aid de
camp to the King of Bavaria, az ht l,-f
the presence of the young and beauti
| ful baroness, Anna Won Graffenberg
tiie belle of Munich, and his passion
at-Iy beloved mistress, ''or is she real
| ly the hesrtl-ss couquette which com
mon ruifior makes herr
As h- passed down the staircase he
encountered the pretty baroness pref
ty French chambermaid, Lisette.
''Lisette," said he, you are looking
charrningly to day-do you know it,"
My mirror told me so this morn
ing, replied Lisette, looking up boldly
into his face.
"What lipsl what eyes! and what a
figurel" said the soldier. ''But do you
know think you would look infinitely
prettier in lavender -colored silk robe,
with a cherry -colored ribbon?"
Very possible, SIR" answered the
waiting maid. But those things cost
money. and how is poor girl like me
to dress like LADY,"
II have thought of that difficulty" 4"
said Earnest, land have provided a
remedy. Will you allow me to present
you with a slight token of my gratitude
and admiration?"
As he spoke he drew forth little
net silk purse, through the interstices
of which several newly coined gold
pieces showed their pleasant, brilliant
countenances.
Lisettc's eyes reflected their bright
ness.
"You are altogether too generous" +"
she said; but the little white fingers
clasped the glittering Offering and con-
veyed it to one of the side pockets of
the coquettish black silk apron that
the wore.
''Now, tell me, Lisette," said the
captain, sis your mistress going to the
mask ball at the palace tomorrow
nights"
"Ahl but that is secret, sir, which
| promised madame not to reveal, re
piled Liset.e archly, laying her finger
on her lips.
''She is going, then" said Earnest.
"You say So" answered Lisette smi-
ling.
"And what else did your mistress
charge you to keep secretf" asked the
officer, smiling in his turn.
''That she was going to wear a rose
colored domino, with bunch of sky
blue ribbons on the right shoulder" s"
replied the waiting maid, hurriedly,
and then she ran up stairs, as if to
avoid any further catechism, fully sat
istied that her indiscretion had been an
ample offset to the aid de camps pres
ent.
Every good, Madame Anna" said
the young officer to himself. Il have
now reconnoitered the ground, and 1
shall know where to open my trenches.
Ais fair in love and war And now
to my friend the sculptor's-if his in
genuity sid TIE my success will be GER
tain"
On the night Of the masked ball the
royal palace of Munich was blaze of
light. Every window slowed as if the
interior were L inass of fire, and the
brilliant rays, streaming forth upon
the night, fell on ths glittering helmets,
breast plates, aud sahsrs of the mount,
ed culrasslers, or were reflected from
the bayonrts of a detachment of the
infantry or the line drawn up as q
guard of honor in the square without.
Chamberlains stood at the entrance OF
the palace, and files of lackeys, with
wax tapers haring in the evening air,
shed the light of day almost Oh the
grand staircase. Carriage after car.
riage rolled up in succession with their
living freiahts of beauty and youth,
ana ~ light feet fell like snowfiakes on
the carpeted marble, as graceful form.
vanished within the portals, the ears ol
the bystanders We're Iuneo by the
pleasant rustling of silks, while til,
breeze was perfuned by Thousand
delicate odQFs-
But ii such We're the external mani
festations of the fete, how far NOR,
brilliant and bewilderlng was the inte
rior of the palace of pleasure. How
those lofty halls glowed with the daz
cling effulgence of thousands of wa,
tapers! How softly beautiful were tin
marble statues that graced the inches
lined the corridors, aud looked dow
from their pedestals on the grand ball
rooml How oriental in their magnifl
cence we're the gorgeous draPeries O
velvet and satin, with their ffinses O
gold bullion; but above all, what mu
sic streamed Oil the nchanted air frou
an orchestra composed of a hundre'
of the best instruments in the city
Add the life-the animation of tn
throng that filed that brilliant saloo
who shall describe itl
Ernest Won Steinberg, who locke
but for one person in that brillian
multitude, was so masked and mufiie
that his disguise was perfectly impene
trable. Therefore, when he at las
found the rose colored domino, he he:
itated not to address her.
| GOOD evening, fair nlask."
''Good evening, gallant cavalier,
was the reply. But how do yo
know that J am fairl"
"Were to pronounce you the fail
est in Munich none would dispute tn
title," said Ernest.
''Do you know me?" asked the fai
one.
1.-The belle of Munich hides her fac
in vain," answered Ernest. ''Tha
inimitable foot and hand are her be
L 4.lssf al
trayers."
| You may be mistaken, after all,
continued the mask.
| ~ cannot be, and claim the hand,
said Ernest, ''and ! will find employ