Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1881-12-10

| living freights of beauty and youth,
and as light feet fell like snow.fakes
on the carpeted marble, as graceful
forms vanished within the portals, the
ears of the by-standers were lulled by
the pleasant rustlng silks, while the
breeze was perfumed by a thousand
delicate odOrs.
But if such were the external mani
festations of the fete, how far more
brilliant and bewildering was the IN
terror of the palace of pleasure How
those lofty halls glowed with the daZ-
zling effulgence of thousands of wax
tapers! How softly beautiful were the
marble statues that graced the inches.
lined the corridors, and looked down
from their pedestals on the grand ball
rOoml How Oriental in their magniti-
cence were the gorgeous draperies of
velvet and satin, with fringes of gold
bullionl but, above all, what music
streamed on the enchanted air from an
orchestra composed of a hundred of the
best instrumentalists in the city! And
the life, the animation of the throngs
that filled that brilliant saloon-who
shall describe it?
Ernest Won Steinberg, who looked
but for one person in that brilliant mul-
titude, was so masked and muf1led that
his disguise was impenetrable. There
fore, when he found the rose-colored
domino at last, he hesitated not to ad-
dress her.
"GOod evening, fair mask"
"Good evening, gallant cavalier. But
how know you that / am fair?'
"Were to pronounce you the fairest
in Munich, none would dispute your
title"
"Do you know mew
"The belle of Munich hides her face
in vain," answered Ernest. "That
inimitable foot and hand are her be.
trayers."
"You may be mistaken after ALL"
81 cannot be, and / claim the hand"
said Earnest, "and will find employ.
ment for that dainty foot. The
music sounds let's away to the dance"
81 believe my hand is promised al
ready" answered the fair one, $50 take
it quickly, before some one disputes the
prize with YOU"
The next minute they were whirling
round the vast saloon to music that
might keep dancers on their feet for
life. Anna leaned upon the shoulder
of her partner, and he breathed in her
ear words that she could not listen to
without thrill of pleasure.
AT the conclusion of the dance Earn
led her into side room, in which they
found themselves quite alone.
"YOu persist, then," said the lady,
sin calling me the Baroness Won Graf
enburg?"
"If 1 had doubted before. your dane
ing would have convinced me. The
leader of the sylphides is known by her
STEP"
"Well, you have guessed right. And
now, in return for my confidence, may
l request you to raise your mask?"
81 can refuse you nothing" said
Ernest Won Steinburg.
He raised his mask as he spoke, and
disclosed to the astonished gaze of the
baroness the well-known features of
King Louis of Bavaria.
"But l thought you assured us that
the cavalier was Captain Ernest Won
Steinburgp" exclaims the reader.
Let us explain. To give additional
zest and pleasure, and complicate the
mysteries of masquerades, the courties
of Louis XIV, of France, had invent
ed the following expedient They pro-
cured fine wax likenesses of their
friends, of eminent persons, and wore
them under their masks. When re-
quested to declare their identity, they
would raise the outer mask. and the