New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-31

| give her anything she likes Could you not fancy
very often Herr Weber. don't think she cares ares
moro for anything than she does for seeing you.
she and 1. Her father must stay here he cannot be
away from the counting house for long, but
and she always sd sHe wond 90 o a for her,
| hrst long long Journey did you not, Linap ,,.
that the silent Ln recalled apa to mind them
that her weddingt tour had once been talked OF as
this first long journey
The bamy South worked her some good Had she
not been SO luxuriously brought up, rather. had
Work, all would have been we'll; hut in idle
ness and with her unhappy mother always by her,
the past, it is not surprising that her recovery
but partial Her father was certainly purse proud
lous nor stupid like the poor mothers and his
daughter found pleasure in his society when he
his presence at home How it happened that.
with her parents and her surroundings, Lima grew
Certain it is, she girl tit to be the wife of the
most pei feet of gentlemen, of Won Donnersmarck.
Even his fastdOus relatives agreed that il was SO.
| She is noble by natures letters-patent.
Lima had come to he quite unal e to bear general
nersmarcks family Who paid her rare visits in con-
slderaii9n OF the past engagsm mt, and myself,
Her mourning and her bad health were acceped by
her former acquantances first, as "a reason for her
seclnsion, and then, for their forgetfulness and
| neglect OF her, Three years ago she was pretty
well since then she has than been at tho
point of death, AT this moment she is at Mentone,
and have had no good news OF her for long time.
! few hours ago sent her telegram with the
great news of which Ihave spoken fer you must
| know that to-day have seen Julie and her father.
As early as could do with propriety presented
myself as the Klinik,' and asked for the Fraulen
| which was shown, and at once exclaimed the OBJ
| Ten years back said, your daughter wrote to
me for tdings of my late brother officer Won Dom
| nersmarck. wrote what could promising to call
| on her some day to answer any further questions
| on tn
burg expressly to see Frauein Muller, nine years
ago, but you and she were in Switzerland. have
never again been within reasonable distance of this
place until now, or should sooner have made good
| my PROMISE
| fixed his eyes me intently, and the expression
of his face scarcely changed as he listened.
You bring my daughter message he said
| with decision, after q moments pause.
how could You think that. after the lapse of ten
years. she could find comfort interest in speak
| ing of a dead mai 2 he asked after another short
pause.
- l judged by myself replied. with me- Won
Donnersinarck's memory is fresh and green. Be
sides look To your daughter to inform of some
| things which are of interest To myself
He turned his steady gaze back to my face (Ie
had glanced quickly round him when. for the second
time, ! had named my comrade and said.
| Frankly, Herr Professor Weber, your visit seems
| to me inopportune. My daughter may be disturbed
-unsett ied-by it, We think that now, at last she
will marry. very suitable alliance has offered for
her The sutton has waited long-very long. To
revive the past may be enough to cause fresh post
ponement, or even II rupture between them. Could
you not consider your promise keptf You have
He motoned me toward n window Below il I
saw couple pacing the cod-ooking garden--a
melancholy lady. AS they came nearer saw she
had traces of much beauty of n weird foreign type.
She is like the eere, not wholly sane, figures that
Hit through Chopin's music AS | looked at her it
flashed across my mind that this girl might well be
the dark Italian of poor lieinrch's dreams. My
heart sank at the fancy.
The doctor and were silent again for a while /
began, | should regret leaving Hamburg -
mi Ia al. hair i'm
and begin III his low tone, shortly, incsivey, IL is
not possible that want to impress upon her that
he lelt no message for herr
ooh, MOP
DO you know how he came to be herer
Again answered No.
He met with an accident in Thunderstorm said
m l was even absurdly cautious about storms.
severely The caution was an outgrowth of the ac-
cident. Some stone from building which was
IN the street beneath. No one exactly what
happe1ieed: TO non professions, man like
suffice il 10 say that when here his mental cond-
ton such that he lived through his month or
six weeks of treatment some hat in a long
somnambnlic sleep. lie could act and think, hut
retained hardly any rcmembranco of his acts and
thoughts. That he should. after an interval, com
petely forget this place aud the persons in it
no more than expected He left here accompanied
by one OF my trained attendants. and the treatment
| his return to the Graf Won Donnersmarck's. For
II
| turn Ia sanity gradually in his fathers house,
rather than here. 1t better that he should re-
| tam no feeling of ever having been inmate of
such an establishment as mine; and al was
| ranged that he was quite unaware OF having for
| time been mentally derCnged. The treatment re-
shifted IN complete recovery. Unknown to me, my
daughter had formed strong attachment for my
patient. She, not knowing the peculiar nature OF
his demcntia mental nilrmity-ln freak of school
| girlish romance, bound him to years entire
secrecvas to their engagement and forbade him to
write to her or come here. Ole had doubtless. the
very faintest recollection Of any of at the end
! month"; She thought their acquaintance had per-
tachment on his part. and she devised this means
of testing the strength of his attachment. Many
| people here guessed exactly how matters stood;
unfortunately, knew nothing at the time. Super
tcialiy, there little except extreme iorgetiul
ness, and "A certain eccentrcity-which my poor girl
| mistook for genius-distincion of manner, what
| not, to mark the unsOund state of his mind To
| show you he continued i'll his measured Tone how
| completely his memory "A blank as regards his
| stay here and the events of that time / may
ton that, on the morning of the day Won Donners-
| narck was Killed my nephew then out with tho
| Landwehr, met him and accosted him. My former
| patient SAID, have not the advantage of knowing
| the Herr Lieutenant though il seems to / have
seen his face before My nephew exclaimed,
| Why yes, Won Donnersnarck, at Hamburg, of
course, last November" llambnrgf, he said two
| OF being there" Then my nephew named me, and
also ny daughter; but Won Donnersmarck at most
seemed only to struggle with dim recollection, i,s
antlcipatiOns of the case
How my heart rose he spoke! The doctors
story cleared lieinrichs memory from reproach it
| furnished me with good tidings for Lima and it
accounted for two of his oddites-his dread of
| thunder and his dark drean-lady The doctor
| tinued:
Il trouble You with all these details to Justify my
course in requesting you not to seek an interview
with my daughter. We never told her that he had
forgotten her few months after he left here. She
knew OF ms death, Further know ledge would, we
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