Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-04

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Ony OF these springs was to be broken b.
sparkling, intelligent beauty, the dain
ty sprite repels all my little civilities
and 1 am left to amuse myself with my
little Russian girl, who IS of that tender
age when she can tell me as often as she
Likes that she loves me.''
"Here she comes"
"Well, Vera, what is the joyful news
your tell-tale face seems to have in store
for me?'
"Oh, sir, have you met the beautiful
lady? She told me such pretty stories,
and when was in my little bed last
night, came into my room and SAID that
her mamma was tired and wanted to rest,
so she came in to me and sung me such
merry songs until [ fell asleep.
"Then she can be affable, and take an
interest in something beside herself"
ooh, wait till you know her. She asked
me if / knew Count Polanski who board
ed here, but don't, do you2'
mo, but run and play, and by and by
l will take you for boat ride
THANK you, will run down now and
look at the pretty boat"
After saunterlng around he bethought
himself OF his promise and upon approach
ing the stream, what was his consterna-
ton to find that his little pet had seated
herself in the boat, and was drifting
down the stream. She cried to him in
her fright and he paclfed her and tried
to think what was best to do. Upon
throwing a stone in the water he found
that 1t made current, and the boat, if
he could make sufficient commotion
with the stones, would approach the
shore, so he told Vera to bow her head
and he commenced to rapidly throw
stones.
Just then Adelaide Warren appeared,
and the sight of this maniac throwing
stones at lovely child helplessly float
ing on the water in the boat maddened
her, and at any cost, she meant to draw
the mailman away. She ran to him and
frantically seized his arms, pulled him
and entreated him to 60 with her to the
hotel. He was too amazed to resist and
so perplexed at the contrary moods of
this altogether lncomprehensible maiden
that he called back to Vera to keep quiet
and that she should come on shore in a
few minutes.
In the meantime, Miss Warren kept
pulling and urging him on till she met a
servant, and speaking to him in an aside,
she delivered over Mr.. Milne to him, tell
ing the later that she would attend to
Vera.
Mr.. Milne could not shake off his guard
till he reached the hotel, when he told
him he must beat hasty retreat, as he
could take care of himself; whereupon
the man grinned and seemed to look up
on the whole thing as a good joke.
Little Vera wanted to know why she
had sent the kind gentleman away, since
he was always good to her, and was
amazed to see how frightened Adelaide
seemed to be, and so overioyed when she
had her in her arms and telling her never
to be so far away from her maid again.
She did not meet the count till the next
evening.
One feature of his malady was that he
cared for all animals, as he believed that
the soul of human beings took the form
OF some animal and thus they should be
protected and tenderly treated.
She was seated in the garden listening
to the band playing when he approached.
He talked so well and interested his
hearers so much that they forgot, both
mother and daughter, that he must be
treated with reserve, and when other
boarders approached, who knew the
mother, he offered his arm to Miss War
rem fora walk through the lovely grounds.
She knew that at times he imagined
himself to be dog, or cat, or a bird,
and at one time he was an owl. So she
said to him how lovely it must have
been for you the night you were an
owl?"
"Allow me to say, Miss Warren, that
I never was on OWL
"Oh," she thought, che has forgotten"
"But don't you think there are some
wicked animals2',
"Would you like, Count Polanski, to
be a weasel or parrot?"
"Ican't say, Miss Warren, that should
like to be either, but why call me Count
Polanski? My name is"
"Please let me call you Count" she
nurriedly said, fearing he would go off
into some long dissertation about being
canary or chicken; "and, with your per-
mission, we will return to my mother"
Without word of dissent, he escorted
her back, and left her with the sad,
mournful thought that she was at the
springs to see if the healthy air and in
MIGRATING waters would not cure her of
her strange hallucination, as she was GER
tainly daft on the subject of her soul wan
dering around in the body of the animal
kingdom; on all other subjects she was
so clear and sensible.
"But what strange freak to call me
Count Polanski! I am glad Dinsmore
comes tomorrow, he will help me solve
the liddle.''
The next day Milne and Dinsmore,
who had arrived on the early morning
train, while taking the usual walksin the
gardens before dinner, met, as Milne had
hoped they would, Miss Warren. "Now
l shall introduce you to my fair friend,
and I want you to tell me candidly, what
you think Of her, for confess, in spite of
her eccentricities, she charms me, and if
1t is folly to nourish such sentiments, /
want to know it in time to fortify myself
or f1ee.''
After Introducing his friend to her, he
excused himself, and left them to become
acquainted.
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