The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1878-07-09

tirely missed her cousins, she joined
party of Americans going to England.
st. Cecilia meantime had arrived, and
was of course entertained by the napkin
adventure. But she could not abide
Vienna, and quickly returned to Paris.
AS wished to "do" the Exposition and
run no more risks of arrest, decided to
withdraw to Baden, q half hours ride by
express from the Sudbahn station of the
Austrian capital, as the town was strong
ty recommended by Herr Schwager and
several American friends residing in vi
emma. Herr Schwager declared that with
my small stock of deutsch sprechen the
Badenites would cheat me out of my
eyes, and very kindly volunteered to
help me get installed. A history of the
trials attending that transaction would
alone "fill a volume" but / mention
only one, and that simply because it
seemed another link in the manifest
chain of destiny.
An hour after our arrangement for my
accommodation for the season had been
settled ''meine Wirthin" received letter
from her son-in-law that he was coming
and she informed me that she would
need her gucst-chamber for him, return
ing to me my advanced guldens at the
same time she broke her bargain. Moth
ing was to be done but to look elsewhere
and eventually lodgings were obtained
in the Bergstrasse, in quite another part
of the town. The locality was excel
lent, being near the promenade and mu-
sic-gardens then L liked the face of the
Hdusmeisterin, as did Herr Schwager,
who wisely remarked that he thought
kindness of heart should rank high in
that "benighted land"
frequently went toVienna, spending
the day at the Exposition and returning
to Baden in the evening. Upon one of
these occasions I found upon my return
to the Sudbahn that had half hour to
wait for the train. AS was hungry, L
ordered cup of coffee i'm the cafe wait
ing-room. Upon putting my hand in
my pocket for my portmonnaie, 10 ! L
had none, not kreutzer to my name,
and my portmonnaie contained also my
return railway ticketl L was alone; it
was seven o'clock in the evening" My
situation was dramatic, even comic, and
1 laughed to myself and smiled upon a
gentleman and two ladies who sat at the
same table, calmly remarking that had
been robbed of my GeLttasche } they
smiled in return, and nothing more. /
sent ketlner to bring me the master of
the cafe whom informed of my loss
and my inability to pay my debt to
him. He at once led me off to COM
naiSsaire de police-of whom there are
always plenty about in civilians Is dress
to whom 1 made statement of my loss,
describing my lost treasure and where l
thought it had in all probability been
taken. While we were talking a very
MISUNDERSTANDING man, perhaps for
ty-five years of age, with magnificent
black eyes, passed near, evidently, in
terested. When through with the po.
lice remarked that L did not know
how was to get back to Baden where.
upon the master of the cafe-who, by
the way spoke English well-exclaimed
ooh, as to that, will lend you what
you need" Hearing this, the distin-
guished- looking stranger came up with
a salaam, and, begging the conventional
number of pdrdOns, graciously volun-
teered any service he might be able to
render me. thanked him, explaining
to him in few words my misfortune
but that the master of the cafe-whC
had in the meantime purchased a rail
way ticket for me-had gallantly come
to my rescue. At this moment the car
bell rang gave my card to the n,eistel
took down his name, and hurried away
to get seat in the train, the owner Of
the black eyes following me, helping
me as best he could, and, "if madame
had no objections, would take seal
near her, as he too was en- route for Ba
den." He spoke i'm French, with pure
French accent, although it was evident
he was not Frenchman. He evineeC
desire to continue an acquaintance Sc
oddly begun, but was obliged to doom
him to disappointment. My mind was
occupied with the grave question o.
finance, and about how long 1 should be
obliged to remain in Baden before
should receive remittance from Lon
don. remembered having seen the
gentleman once or twice in the park al