Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-03-04

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her senses. Some one, too, was coming
down the street. She shook from fear
and held to the gate to keep from fall
ing The footsteps were at hand now,
and u mans voice said in foreign
French:
"They will not let you in, madem-
oiselle. Then what will you do?"
The sympathetic tone treasured her
enough to look at the speaker. 1t was
the young man of the coupe.
~ don't know" she answered.
"Have you no friends, no place to
"No."
A low, prolonged whistle announced
the CONSERVATION of the questioner.
"This is a beautiful story" he broke
out in German. "Did you 60 alone to
the te,s?"
"No; l started with some friends
whom lost and who arc not coming
back to Paris; and then | was with a
lady whom lost, too, and whose name
l do not know"
The young man thought for n mo-
ment, and then continuing in an under
tone to himself IF 1 would take her
to hotel or il would let her go alone
no, it can not be done" Then he
added, aloud There is only one thing
to do, mademoiselle, you must come
with me. will give my rooms up to
you and go to hotel My man, Fritz,
will sec that you are safe from any an
noyance; and tomorrow morning at
nine o'clock | will be waiting for You
at the corner of the block and we will
| ,ha,. 60, l.; ,,r. 10
and then you can come back here and
make it all right" Though he thought
to himself: ''If l am not mistaken there
is something white at the window,
which looks Ominous, but still we can
hope" And taking her hand he laid
it on his arm and led her away.
| He reused the porter at his lodgings,
designcdly, and sent him for his valet,
and explained to the two men that the
lady was a stranger who had lost her
friends at tho fcte, and that he commit
ted the responsibility of her safe keep
ing to them. If any evil befell her they
would have to answer for it ut the le-
cation; and giving some additional or
| ders to his man, he babe her good
night and went away.
AS soon as daylight followed the
sleepless night Lucette unlocked the
door, resolved to go back to the school
at once and send grateful note to her
delivercr, but the door was guarded on
the outside by Fritz, who, it seemed.
after n night as sentinel, had lost his
capacity of speaking French. To her
frantic efforts to pass him he replied
volubly in German, shaking his head
and gently forcing her back into the
room; it was only when the porter came
up to say that monsieur would like to
see the lady down stairs,' that she was
permitted to pass. Notwithstanding
the gravity of the position her protector
could not help laughing as Lucette eX-
planned to him why she had not come
sooner. She refused to have any break
fast and insisted on taking leave of him
then and there.
81 intend to see you through your
trouble" said he, quietly, land SO |
will walk behind you. If Madame will
not open the door to you, you will have
one friend at least"
And Madame, in fact, only opened
the door wide enough to say, through
the crack, thai, after last nights pro-
ceedings, she was surprised she ex-
pected to be taken back, since just as
she was preparing to let her in, not
only she but all the neighborhood,
aroused by her voice, had seen her walk
off with n strange man. She could
have her clothes when she sent for
them! And the iron face disappeared
behind the iron door, which went to
with a bang.
Poor Lucette was joined by her sole
friend ut the end of the street, who
took her to have some coffee; after
which they sat down in the nearest
park to discuss what could be done.
For long time nothing presented it.
self.
al could have you 20 to my parents
or to our chateau on the Lahn-there
is no ore now there but the steward;
but how explain your position? What
/ can do for you, mademoisclle, will, l
fear, only compromise you more and
more. You see l am the second son,
Max Won Steinfels, and am betrothed to
my cousin, whom | am to marry as
soon as my medical studies are over at
the Sorbonne. And now tell me some
thing of yourself. 1t is not necessary
to say you arc lady, for | saw that
NJ inc HrSt glance.
After Lucette had told him all she
knew of herself, of course Max's inter-
est was doubled, and he lay back on
the bench, with his hat drawn down
over his face, and thought for long
time. At last he Strengthened up.
81 have it," he cried, "and it can be
done. My uncle has bought the sup
pressed Jesuit seminary on the La
chersee in the Eifel Mountains, and old
Hans and Babette, who have been in the
family forever almost, are taking care of
it. You can go there and stay with them
until something else turns up. will
write and explain all about it to them,
and will make ND plausible story by
which they can account for your pres
ence-for instance: An English family,
travelling through Germany, has left
their daughter with them for her health
while they travel farther. You do not
speak German and will not be asked
any questions. which will be very con-
venient Until can get word to them,
though, you must remain in my rooms.
l will relate tho whole story to Fritz
and the porter, and put it upon their
honor to help me-"
The beautiful blue lake of Lach (!
Who can describe it? The water-lily
plants are visible hundreds of feet be-
low its surface; and, set in their lovely
green beds of moss and ferns and tan
gled vines, linking together the dark
| frs on the shores, the waters rival in
loneliness the heavens blue. It's weird
beauty is enhanced by the legend of
how an accursed monastery stood on
an island in the middle of the lake long
ago, and one midnight, as the old
monks were at their carousals, vol
cano burst forth near by and sank it in
the lake, and now, when the winds are
perfectly still, the groans of these mis-
cradle spirits and the sound of the
monastery bell rung in distress, are
heard at midnight on the water over
| the spot. and indeed not far from the