The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1881-08-17

a story she could have toldi But the
end of every woman's history is that she
finally falls in love- and such was the
beginning of the end of the story of
Rukavina Eltz. She went to England
one summer, and there was young
Lord Ronald Somerset, or a Lord George
Leveson Montague, or a young Lord
Howard Plantagenet (they mix them up
SO these English words, they are not
half so individual as our Hungarian
names), who could ride better than she
could. This was dreadful blow to the
baroness, and she wished herself dead.
But when at dinner the soft-voiced,
handsome, tall young Englishman, Sir
Lyster Howard Lyster (that was his
name after all) sat next to her and
talked so we'll and was So compliment
tary to her seat, cross-country, and
noticed the pearl-colored pearls, and
the emeralds, with his lips, and the eneck
with his eyes, Rukavina Eltz forgave
him and began to talk of her home near
Somlyo, and it ended in large English
party coming to the Err valley, under
the shadow of the Err Mellek, for long
summer visit. And how they raved
about everything-the wine, the horses,
the scenery, the wild, barbaric splendor
of the baroness housekeeping, and
how they all hated Neusiedler, and his
big, black-browed wife, who were in
vited up to the balls.
There was an English lady, one with
very long teeth, and a very long nose
and very high eyebrows, and they
called her Lady Louisa. She was very
grand and lofty, and Madam Pasteur
heard her say one day:
"Do you know, dear baroness, l think
you are very careless-don't you know
about those beautiful jewels of yours
do you know?"
N'But who could steal them? ?" said
the baroness, laughing. "There are
none like them in all Hungary, and no
one would dare to wear them, they are
so rare
"Ah but some of these wild people
Of yours They might swallow your
emeralds, those fierce Croats, the Rou-
mnnians, and then you keep them in
such open closets and boxes" Madam
Pasteur nodded her meek head, too.
She had trembled for the jewels always.
But the baroness and Sir Lyster began
to think of other things than jewels;
there were moonlight rides and walks,
and there were long talks and many
reveries; Lady Louisa went home, they
all went, but Sir Lyster came back.
And then, one evening, Madam Pas
teur said afterward that she saw Neu-
siedler come in and bully the baroness,
and she heard him hiss out the words:
Remember if you marry, You lose
all. Remember the baron's will !"
And Rukavina Eltz turned pale and
said, Bully traitor, fend," between
her shut teeth. She went off to Paris,
for one of her long visits, and Neusied-
Ter squeezed the tenants, and made
every one miserable. The castle was
shut up, and black Tetenyer grew thin
in his stable.
When she came back she looked older
and more sedate. She went often to see
the nuns at the foot of Rez Gebirge.
She saw the priest also very often, and
Madam Pasteur thought she was growing
devote. But she dressed in her usual
dashing colors (for she was very Rou-
manian at hearty and she wore one of
those scarlet quilted petticoats that the
English ladies wore so much and very
pretty it looked, with her dark habit
and her dark dresses looped up over it.
This, with scarlet feather in her hat,
looked as if the baroness was thinking
of England.
1t was a miserable day that, when
Madam Pasteur and Matilde came
screaming down the long corridor.
"The jewels are gone gone gone P'
The baroness had the great bell OF
the castle rung, and Neusiedler was
sent for at once. She was very pale, for
she loved those pearls and emeralds.
Neusiedler was composed; every look
was made to say, 81 told you so :" he
had always warned her about the jewels.
"What can be done?" asked the bar
oness.
Search, whip, imprison all who at
tempt to leave the province" said Neu-
siedler, calmly.
" Except women i will have no
women whipped" said the baroness.
81 am glad to hear that" said Neu-
siedler, laughing his malicious laugh,
" for Madam Neusiedler goes to Vienna
tomorrow"
"Ah p' said the baroness, "you know
I could not mean, at any rate, that Mad,
am Neusiedler should be disturbed
send her in my little carriage with the
three ponies to Erdiozegh."
"Your excellency is very condescend-
ing" said Neusiedler, bowing to the
ground.
The local police sought everywhere
for the lost Jewels, but no trace of them
could be found. The baroness sat in a
sort of stupor, and gazed out of the
window.
st will go to England p said she,
hastily, one day. "Neusiedler-some
money, and arrange for me to be gone
three months"
at is well, madam, said the steward
1t was very roundabout route that
the baroness took for England When
Matilde and Madam Pasteur reached the