Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-07

| withhold, out he even stopped 10 tnat &c
crafty his curiosity. He gained nothing
| Nobody seemed inclined to tell him much
more than Lolita herself.
One day she was busting his room-put-
ting his books, brushes papers, etc. in
order When she came upon his unin-
| ished picture she exclaimed in surprise
"Carlotta Won Werdenfels'"
" Do Won know it? y he asks eagerly.
Yes, indeed, very WE'LL
! How is that? 1t is small-it is not eel
ebrated besides, you told me yourself you
had never been in Innspruck.'
II have seen copy elsewhere"
| Johnny threw himself back in the chair
! with sigh of WEAKNESS.
! Il shall never finish her That dauh
gives no idea of her beauty her grace, her
| exquisite charm :"
"On the contrary said Lolita decidedly,
you have made very pretty picture"
| And poor Johnny was gratified with her
words, though he said 20 himself, What
can dienstuaedchen know about art?"
Now. Lotta,' he said, where is my
work shall finish the cabbage-net for
Frau Werner before I go. Why did you
| start? Did hurt you?@
Yes, little. NJ finger is sore; it is
| nothing
"Ah, poor child! What is the matter
| with it?'
Johnnys tones were full of sympathy.
81 cut it peeling potatoes"
He felt as if he had received 3 cold
| d0'tche. For some minutes he Noted in
silence
shall | read 10 you p said his willing
handmade, seeing he did not seem disposed
to talk, and she took up volume of Heine
and read his scornful contempt of fine la
dies and gentlemen, and his honest admi-
ration for the worth of the peasant; and
Johnny sat and listened, and wondered
whether this kind, patient serving maid
wasn't, after all, worth all the fashionable
girls he had ever known.
The doctor came that evening and gave
a very favorable report of his patient
There would always be scar, but the
eye was uninjured; and if Herr Lupton
was prudent he might be able TO travel III a
week
In spite of this encouragement Johnny
was ont OF sorts. Nothing pleased him;
Lolita was in despair. At last she said
timidly:
Would you like me TO sing to you?"
Can YOU sing?' cried Johnny, starting
up in astonishment But there is no
piano. If | had my violin, now But
PERHAPS you don't care for oil accUnpani-
ment?'
There is a either i'll the house can
play a little, if you like, that IS u
Of course Johnny liked. and he sat lost
in wonderment while Lotta sang yolks-
Iiedcr; very simple things they were, but
her voice lent them an additional charm.
Johnny reused himself at last and inter
rupted her with a very irrelevant remark.
"Iotta, | wish you could speak Eng
fish"
She hesitated
Il know little-a few words oh, it is
nothing. SO many English come over
here. / have learned some from YOU
Impossible We have always talked
German. Lolita, l believe you are q
witch.
Yes, said Lotta, gleefully, I am a
witch, and it was my bro0mstiCk you fell
over; and when you get well | shall
mount it and ride away in the air.
The doctor says | may take my bantGge
off tomorrow for an hour, said johnny
after pause.
u am 50 glad 80 said Lotta heartily
Il am glad too want to see my kind
little nurse
But though Johnny sat nearly two
hours withou. his bandagc no Lolita APP
ppared.
1T was so unfortunate, the landlaGy
said; - Lolita had been sent on an erraud.
She had been DELAYED etc, etc.
But Johnny was very angry, and would
not be pacified. He scolded Lolita in the
evening She began TO excuse herself
when suddenly her voice faltered, and he
knew she was crying, End before he could
say word she was gone.
Johnny did not sleep that night. The
situation was becoming desperate The
L0tta Of his blindness had grown dearer
! 81. Il. 81 Il. IL. f,a+
ought he 70 do?
one thing he Observation-Disclosures the
consequences might be, he would see her.
The next time she appeared lie would tear
oil his bandage.
The morning passed restlcssly away.
| One thought eaEosseI his mind-What
would she be ike
Three O'Clock came-hor usual time.
/ The door opened. johnny started up.
tore oil his b2Edagc, and behe,d-trau
Werner.
The good landlaly scoldcd him gently as
she again tied up his eyes. 1t was mercy
she did not know his name; She would
certainly have called him Johnnyl As it
was be WAS naughty, impatient boy.
BAT ! want to ste LOLA before she
goes
u have come to fetch you to say good
by 70 her Do You think you could walk
INTO tae GARDEN
Johnny wondered, but he took Fraa
Nerue-'s arIl without a word. Il was a
lovely dly S5G brecLcs PLAYED around
him as his Jmid footsteps wen, forward to
mecs the dicnstmaedchsu. lie scented 4
mystery-a surprise.
lie was not disappointed When his
ewes were uncovered he saw standing be.
fore him the Carlotta of the picturc-thc
! Countess Of Wcrdoniels in per, IA
Bun this CaYlor.a moved and spoke; and
though the sky was blue j.; was not the
sI,y OF ITALY and instead Of the orange
blossoms She held rose in her
hand. Smiling and hlusbng she said
You have your wish-yuu see ne.
Explain low is it2-this dress he
'''I Iaita tock his hand, and he sat on the
stone bench by hcr side. His weak eyes
de. onrel the familiar features. his ears
drank IN ne music OF The familiar voice.
u VIII explain everything. Perhaps
vni ar, aware that il orr country II IS the
IDst',n 10 send girls out for year to learn
/ housekeeping. They % to farms or inns
! like Frau Werner'S. came to learn HaSs-
! halt in general and cooking IN lart.cuiar'
| I live at Munich. Ny name Is Car!otta
/ Iana, bu. my mother was a Fraulein Won
| We.lenfcls. She married Deneath her-so
the family considered The lady in the
picture was her great grandmother. She
was an Italian peasant, whom the Count
Of V-erdcnfels married and brought home
to Bavaria. He loved her, and they were
/ happg. We have her dress and dagger, and
! thought I would give you surprise
! People say--it is not true-that am IKE
| her, So
You are like her Lolita only thou
sand times prettier and nicer Will you
! Leave your own country and come to the
north? ''