The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-06-08

sasS 70 oritioise the details. bat - whole II
wAs We most impressive building she had
ever sesn. She was very good company;
she had constantly sornsthias to Say. but
she never insisted too much; It was I'm
possible to be less heavy. TO drag less. In
the business Of walking behind cicerone.
vogslstein could see. too. that she wished to
Improve her mind; she looked ct the historical
pictures. 81 the unoAnny statues OF local wor.
thiss. presented by the different States-thsy
were OF different sizss a. II they had been
Numbered" In . shop -shs asked questions
Of the conductor. and In the Senate Chamber
requested him 10 show her the chairs Of the
gentlemen from New York. She sat down In
one Of them. though Mrs. steubsn told her that
Senator tshs mlstook the chair. dropping into
| another STATED was horrld old thing. Through
out the hour that he spent with her. vogsl.
| stein seemed to see how II WAS that she had
| made herself. They walked about Aitcrwsrd
on the magnificent terrace that surrounds the
Capitol. the great marble table on which II
stands. and made vague romarks tPandora's
wore the most dennite) about the yollow shine
Of the Potomac the hazy hills OF Virginia. the
far-gieaming pedlment OF Arlington. the raw.
confussd-lookng country. Washington was
beneath them. brlstinS and seometrioal; the
long lines Of Its avenues seemed TO stretch into
national futures. Pandora asked voeel-
stsin II hi had ever bssn to Athens
and. on his replying In the affirmative.
inquired whether the eminenco on which
thsy stood did not give him an idea Of the
Acropolis Ia its prime. voRslstein deferred the
answer TO this question 70 their next meeting |;
he Wa glad lin spite Of the question: TO make
pretexts for seeing her again. He did 50 on
kkA nusl IL -
three days distant. Ho called on Pandora q
second time. and he INST her every evening in
| the Washington world. 1t took very little Of
this to remind him that he was forgetting both
| Mrs. DanRerHeds warnings and the admoni-
tions-lone familiar to him-of his own con-
| science. Was he In peril OF love. was he TO be
| sacrificed on the altar OF the American girl an
altar at which those other poor fellows had
| poured out some OF the bluest blood in Ger
| many and ct which he had declared himself.
that he would never seriously Worship He
decided that he was not In real danger-that
he had taken his precautions TOO we'll. II was
true that young person who had succeeded
80 we'll for herself might be eroat help to her
husband: but voxelsteln on the whole prefer.
red that his success should be hts own; 1t
would not be agreeable to him 10 have tho air
Of being pushed by his wife. Such vito a.
that would wish to push him. and he could
hardly admit to himself that this Was what
fate had in reserve for him-to be propelled. In
his career. BY young lady who would perhaps
| attempt TO talk TO the Kaiser % he had
heard her the other night talk to the Presi-
dent Would she consent 70 cease rela-
tions with her family. or would she wish
still to borrow plastic relief from that domestic
background That her family was 90 impos-
sible was to certain extent an advantage; for.
II they had been little better. the question OF
a rupture would be less easv. vogelstein
| turned over those questions In spite OF his 80.
curitv. or. perhaps. indeed. because Of It. The
security made them speculative and dlsinter-
ested. They haunted him during the excur-
sion to Mount Vernon. which took place &C.
cordins to traditions long established. Mrs.
Steubens accessories assembled on the steam
err and were set aGoat on the biz brown stream
which had already seemed to vogelstsin to
have too much bosom and too little bank. Here
| and there. however. he became conscious OF q
shore whore there was something to look At
even though he was conscious at the same
time that he had OF old lost great opportunities
Of idyllic talk In not sitting beside Pnndors
Day on the deck OF the North German Lloyd
Tho two turned round together to contemplate
Alexandria. which for Pandora. as abe de.
clared. waa picture Of old Virginia. She told
Vogelstein that she was always hearing about
It during the civil war years before. Little
girl rs she had been at the time. she remem.
bored all the names that were on peoples lips
during those years Of Federation. This his.
tcric spot had o certain pioturesouoness Of de.
cay. . reference TO older things. to . dramatic
past Tho past Of Alexandria appeared in the
vista Of three or four short streets sloping UT
hill and bordered with old brick ware.
houses. erected for merchandise that had
ceased to come or 60. 1t looked hot and blank
and sleepy down to the shabby watcrside
whore tattered darkies danelod their bare fee,
from the edge Of rottlng wharves Pandora
was even more Interested In Mount Vernon
twhen at last its wooded bluff began to COM
mand the river) than she had been In tho Capt.
toll. and after they had disembarked and az.
cended to the celebrated mansion she insisted
on going into every room 1t contained. She
declared that 1t had the hnest situation in the
world. and that 1t was shame they didn't give
1t to the President for his country scat Most
OF her companions had seen the house often
and wore now coupling themselves in the
grounds according to their sympathles. so that
| 1t was easy for Vogelstein to offer the bench,
OF his own experience to the most inquisitive
member OF the party. They wore not to lunch
for another hour. and In tho interval Vogel.
stein wandered about with Pandora The
breath OF tho Potomac. on the boat. had been
q little harsh. but on the soitly-curvine lawn
beneath the clustered trces. with the river rele-
gated to mora shining presence far below and
In the distance. the day gave out nothing but
its mildness. and the whole scene became noble
and genial. Voselstein could joke little on
great occasions and tho present one was wor.
thy Of his humor. He maintained to his com.
panion that tho shallow. painted man
sion looked like false house. fly
structure OF daubed canvas on the
stage; but she answered him 90 well with Ger.
tain economical palaces she had seen In Ger
many. where as she said. there WAS nothing
but China stoves and stuffed birds. that he was
obliged to admit the homo Of Washington was
after all really oemuthlich. What he found So
In fact. was the soft texture OF tho day, his
personal aitustion. the sweetness OF his sus.
pense. For suspense had decidedly become
his portion: he was under . charm. which
made him feel that he was Watching his owr
life. and that his susoeptibilities we're beyond
his control. It hung over him that thing.
might take turn. from one hour to the other