The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1881-08-23
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
THE MISSING JEWELS.

THE Baroness Rukavina. Eltz was the
1 most splendid and dashing person
age in the Er Valley. Her castle near
'Somlyo was the finest specimen of agreat
residence in all that shadow of the Er
Mellels, and she, Roumanian by birth
and a Hungarian by marriage, seemed to
unite all the brilliant characteristics of
both these picturesque races.
She was widow to begin with, and
since the animal man has speculated
upon the varieties of the angel woman,
widow has been pronounced the most
amiable variety of the species. She was
very beautiful, tall, graceful, blue-eyed,
black-haired, piquant, red and white,
with the most scornful little mouth and
the most delicate profile; her hand and
foot were models, although the latter
were frequently stamped when she was
not pleased She was-in the third and
last place, as the preachers say-very
rich, and had fallen heiress to two col
lections of jewels which were almost
fabulously valuable. A brilliant Great
ure the Baroness. She owned villages
and vineyards, and made large income
every year from her sale of Ruster, a
grand wine of a pale golden hue, which
had as full and peculiar flavor as she
had herself. The Baroness sent her
wine to Vienna, where it was considered
almost equal to Tokay. OF course, she
had suitors, the beautiful, sharp Baron
ess: They came from Pennsylvania and
Russia, from Roumania and all Hunga-
ry, from Austria and from the German
Principalities; and for the unlucky
wretches about Pus Poki and the Behar
Settlement, and the country gentlemen
of Erdioszegh, they knelt and worship
ped in vain as she dashed past them on
her fleet thoroughbred, for she was Di-
ana as huntress and the Queen of the
Amazons also. Her black horse Teten-
yer was said to emit fire from his nos
trils when he stopped to breathe.
This grand lady was afraid of nobody,
loved nobody, had no friends, save the
nuns at the foot of the Rez Gebirge and
one old priest who seemed to be deeply
in her confidence. Every year she
made grand visit observation-disclosures,
Paris, Rome, London or st. Petersburg.
She spent money like water, and made
everybody talk, wonder and admire, and
where her splendid jewels were the envy
of all the Court ladies.
Yes, she was afraid of one man, and
that xuac bar ctaxuap nd NaDeiodlar ho
who for years had managed her vast
estates, her vineyards and her wheat
fields, her fields and fisheries.
Newsletter, was Gro uching, cross
eyed, mean-looking German Jew, mar
ried to bold black eyed large nosed
woman, who was twice his size, and
who lived in the village, near the castle,
and who spent her time envying and
hating the Baroness. Madame Pasteur,
the French companion, and Matilde, the
French maid, who never left the Baron
ess, thought that Neudsiedler and his
wife had the evil eye and that they
would some day wilt the Baroness. But
Rukavina- Eltz laughed at this fear, and
kept on her course exultant Still when
the yearly pay day came round, and
she had TO look over accounts with
Newsletter, she did show what she
had never shown before-fear.
Among her jewels was splendid
rope of pearl colored pearls, the rarcst
thing in the whole world, neither black
nor white, but pearl color, with three
great emerald pendants, each as large as
small pear. The Emperor always
noticed this jewel with smile and a
compliment when the Baroness Rukavi-
na-Eltz went to Court ball at Vienna.