The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-01-30
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IN THE ALTMARKT.


pose to send you, Violet"
"fou are very kind to think Of me,
But in order to go, shall be obliged to
use all the money l put aside for rainy
day."
but 1t Is not exactly fair weather now,
is itH Besides, it will be capital we'll in.
vested. You will see the world, you will
learn German, and you will forget Mr..
Dabney and perhaps marry a German
baron"
~ don't want to marry German baron,
but think / will go, Thank you"
And the next outward-bound German
steamer carried her TO Hamburg, Not
knowing syllable Of the German tongue,
she engaged young German woman who
was returning home to travel with her to
Dresden, where Frau SChilling met her.
She found her situation no sinecuEe, to be
sure. Frau SChllling's English was so
broken as 10 be almost beyond repair.
Once or twice Violet went out with her to
afternoon tea, where she sat like q statue,
trying with all her might to grasp the
thread OF the conversation in vain; the
loneliness OF stranger in a foreign land,
unable to speak the language, possessed
her. Some times it seemed to her that she
should die unless she could lind somebody
to whom she could rehearss her Thoughts
and trials in good terse English, Frau
SChilling lived in the eastern part Of the
city, In street leading out OF Durer.
Strasse, Although 1t was remote from the
| un ,Npnl mt ala aud Nt,a
from almost everything, it made up for
this Inconvenience in being cheap, but
Frau sChilling convinced everybody that
she lived there for the pure Dir and the
view. OF course the tramway ran near,
on its way to BlasewitZ, but Frau Schil
ling and her companion walked when
they went out-it was so much healthier
Violet had been 10 the Royal Gallery
and tho AltmRrkt but once, in the con.
yoy OF Frau SChilling, when one afternoon,
after she had been fortnight in the city,
II occurred TO her to walk out alone, ana
make aCquaintanCes with the place. II
was quite late in the day, however, be.
fore sne started, and the sky was already
deep sallIOn color 10 the west. She re.
menbered that Frau SChilIing had con.
Quoted her down DurerstrAsse, pact
HolbVinplat2, through tho narrow little
ZsigelstrASse, pausing TO look at the old
saxon monument at the corner cf thu
Botanical Garden, where death, with his
hour giaBs, Btauus like q shadow behind
the warrior. The slresm Of passers scarce.
y observed her as she loitered upon the
Terrace Of Bruhl and stopped to count the
spires in the Neustadt. A band was playing
in the BelVldere some homesick strain
that pursued her as she went on toward
the glided groups Of statuary that adorD
the flight OF steps going to the SCholss-
plaiz.
The sunset light was upon everything;
steamer was towing a feet OF bGrges W.
the river; the hills across the Elbe looked
blue and enchanting In the distance, but
1t all made her feel more alone and bereft
1t was fair, great world; but what did
1t aignily to her now that John Dabney
had forgotten her. She crossed the Plaiz
and went slowly up EChlopsLrasse ano
into Altmarkt; it was the longest way
round, but 1t WIS the only way she knew
She ventured into one or two shops, and
struggled 10 make herself understood
Vainly; aho stopped with the crowd to gaze
in at the windows oil a print chop at some
effort OF modern masters and wondered II
II was wrong to think them quito as salts.
factory as some Of the masterpieces Frau
sChilllDg had pointed out to her In the
Royal Gallery the Altmarkt was thropged
with people; carriages fastened, who
knows where; everyone seemed gay and
cheerful she wished with all her heart
that she knew few OF these pretty
women, these kindly matrons; she longed
10 hear somebody speak her maine ovei
her shoulder, to happen suddenly upon
some familiar face. Once she passed two
people speaking English, and sho turned
back and made believe an interest in the
enbroideries in q neighboting window
that she might listen to the delicious
sounds.
~ WIS 80 surprised 10 see him." the
lady was saying. He said he had come
to Dresden on important business; can't
think what 1t Isl"
"Pcrhaps he will tell you" laughed her
companion.
"0h, MOI nothing Of the kind; he never
was sweet upon me; we are first Cou.
Sins"
sand cousins are dangerous things.
When did he leave New YorkW
New York; Violet's heart bounded
here was somebody straight from home
Perhaps she knew him. At any rate he
must know John Dabney; and she found
herself wondering what this strangers
important business" might be; but al
the thought Of John her told sorrow
woke and Cried" It was such mere
triAe that had separated them, "the little
rift within the Lutte" How foolish 1t had
all been, and yet how irrevoCableI How
sorely she missed bis kindness, his pres
enCe, the right tOthink OF him as belong.
ing to her! How bleak and bar.
rem the world seemed without
him. Life was ended for herr that
is ali that made life worth living had left
her; nothing signined after that She
could think Of nothing that she could
substitute for his love; nothing in all the
world could make amends to her for all
she had squandered, and she had doubt
II heaven would he heaven without him.
In the distraction Of her thoughts she
had walked on until shc was tired, and
now abe turned back Into the Altmarkt.
How tho scene had changed The people,
the shops, the carriages, were still there,
10 be sure, and the figures OF GermRnia
In the center Of the square still seemed to
soar into the violet heavens. 1t was all
another world by gas light, such NEGRO.
nancy had been wrought that Violet
could not tell which direction 10 take
toward home 50 many cross light puzzled
her Everybody was Fastening home.
ward everybody had some one waiting
and watching for his approach, some one
thinking Of him. Only che was forlorn
and alone and desolate. She forgot that
mo wind could drive her bark aSttay,
Or change the tide Of destiny"
OF course IL would be impossible for
Violet to lose herself to-day In Dresden.
She laughs at the idea but al that time Il
was quite different story. The AlEmafkt,
az everybody knows, Is square shut in
with shops, with two slrgsts leading out Of
II from each OF ils four corners, 90 TO speak.
In a frenzy Of fear Violet chose one Of
it..,.. "a s,sla, ~ 10 SssaRn Nhn galta.stsas..