St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-19
THE HEALING OF ?WO WOUNDS.

GScene-A mountain hut in the Bavariar
Highlands.
Dramatis Personnel mountaineer, Mis-:
Howard, Mr.. Van Vlarcum, Miss HIS maid.
Miss Howard lin bad German)-Bu what
| am l to do? l can't stay here all night!
must get back some how.
Mountaneer, mumbleS.
Miss Howard turning to her maid)-
What does he say?
Maid-I don't understand his language
at all. miss!
Van Vlarclum (who has stopped at the
hut to ask his way of the mOuntaineer's
wife, steps forward absent mindedly, but
politely)-Can l interpret for you?
Miss H.-Oh, thank you.
Van Vile says your cart is so badly
smashed that he does not think he can doc
tor it up so that it would hold out. with a
glance at the PROSTATE cart)-I think he is
right.
Miss H. frowning) -This is pleasant!
That we should be upset in this out-of-the-
way place, and the pony is so famed that
suppose he can't go?
Mountaineer-Impossible, gracious miss!
Miss H.-Well! Then L see nothing for
it but to walk back. And it is raining,
too!
Van V. Qanguidly)-It always rains in
the Bavarian hills.
Miss H.-How long will 1t take towalk to
Kreuzbad and how am to- find the way?
Van V.-Kreuzbad is my destination and
L am going to walk back myself. If you
will accept my escort shall be happy to
be of use to you. (Asde): This is the
way ones hopes of solitude vanish.'
Miss H.-O. thank you. Well Ito maid),
Benham, don't see how you are going to
carry all those wraps and the lunch basket
and books. You had better stay over night,
and tomorrow morning this man says his
brother will drive over here with his team,
and you can hire him to take you down.
Here Is the money for you.
Maid-YeS. miss. Very well, miss.
Miss H. Ito Van. WI am quite
ready. ivan Y. bows.j They start off at
an even pace.
Miss Ii. Ito herselD Zone has to run
across people. even i'll the depths of the
hills. | wonder if there is place on earth
where one could be alone. Some people
would think l had done an imprudent thing
leaving Benham behind. OF course. it is
against the 'cOuvenances. But L don't
care about the cow enances.' Most girls
would find it embarrassing to be thrown
alone in this way in the society of a strange
JONAisz iiioAA' Cibttpo ud'C
it so year ago. But when one loses ones
interest in the whole sex all that changes
This companion OF mine might as well be
an old woman for aught care. There is
one fortunate thing in it all. He doesn't
evidently care about talking. He is civil
but not enpreSSe. If he were that it would
be inSufferable.
Van V. Ito himself)-NOw. under aver
age circumstances. there would be some
thing very interesting not to say romantic
about the present situation The young
lady is decidedly pretty-rather disdainful
and naughty looking, with those strongly
penciled eyebrows. in contrast to her light
hair-but good Lord. if any man knows
what lies behind one of those other angelic
fac es-half child, half saint do. (Smiies
ironically.) Not that another type of
beauty would have any more chance of
Establishment for me now than that one
One such experience kills the nonsense out
of a man, thank God, This young lady
has one virtue not usually attribu-
ted to her sex. She's very taciturn
That's one comfort. since have to walk all
the way back with her. And she doesn't
look as if she expected fellow to be struck
with her charms. That's a comfort. too,
because. as l have no intention of being
but really. though. l must say something.
common civility requires il. (Aloud). fear
you will find the roads very uncomfortably
wet, and there is little hope of the rain
stopping.
Miss Ii. (indifferently)- no. My boots
are thick.
Van V. Ito himself)-So they are. She's
very senSibly dressed altoMether
being in the least dOwdy. On the contrary,
Che has q Crnn6 daal of. ,t1,in T1at iC hot
Miss Blanca Avera would not understand
thick. fiat boots and style Herewith. Mus
ing ironically). My Blanca. Once my
Bianca-nOw no more
Miss II. Ito herself(-My skirts are get
ting drabbled. That is an advantage men
have-their dress. Now this mans knlck-
erbOckers and WOODEN stockings-how com
Portable they must be, and what freedom
they give. Most men look well in them,
too. lost herself in revere.)
Van V. Ito himself)-l shall have to
make another effort. She does not help
one converSatiOnally. yet L could swear that
she is not stupid. Much, too much charac-
ter in her face for that. (Aloud). How do
you find that KreuZbad compares with other
German cures or watering places. (Aside.)
One must make beginning somewhere!
Miss HI really don't know 1t is the
only European place of the sort have Wis
tied. l came from America last spring,
and 1 just stumbled on Kreuzbad.
Van V. with intereSt)- Ah! That is
quite my case. l crossed in the spring
also. When 1 got here L rather liked
the appearance of the place and 1 simply
stopped.
Miss H. (inditferently)-One place is as
good as another.
calmly averted ace)-PeOple do not us
ually think so.
Miss II. (coldly)-I do not know that
much care what people usually think.
Van Y. Ito himself)-By JOvel This
studOus matter-of-fact manner and tone
strike me as auspiclous! l wonder if she
could be in the same boat as myself That's
scarcely probable. though, such handsome
creature. Bah! man would have to be
more than fool and blackguard to throw
her over! (Aloudl. l am sure there are
many people who would be sorry to hear
you say that.
Miss H.-To hear me say what?
Van What you did not care what they
thought.
Miss H.-At the present moment I can
think of few who would care one way or
another.
Van V.-WilI you consider it very per-
sonal if 1 say that it is strange to me to
hear you talk in this way?
Miss II. (coldly)-In what way?
Van V. with some impatience)-As
though you cared nothing about life.
Miss II. with quick look of interest
toward himJ-I am not conscious of having
given you to infer that. Perhaps you are
interpreting me from your own views and
feelings.
Van V. (gravely)-Perhap l am.
Miss II. Ito herself-He said as though
he meant it. Poor fellow! 1 wonder if
he, too, has had trouble? But why Won
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