Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-28

step. and fearing that he was eemins. ran to
| the only large piece Of furniture that was not
placed against the walls 1t: was his writing
table. just as she was going 10 crouch down
on the door behind il she caught sight
OF some words Of an unfinished note
that was lying on the Slotiing
! pad What she saw this: Don't urge
| me. dear Lady Susan; il q man loves one grl
that my love Is ill-bestowed-" There il
stopped and the beating of her heart seemed To
| stop, too. This. no doubt, was intended 70 be
the answer TO the note Of that afternoon 10
/ which Lady Susan had confessedly added
something about Anastasia.
| Thank God for letting me see thisi' said
poor little Fraulsin fervently. well. he has
| had one note from me today, but as il was
written IN English characters he could not
know that; now he shall have another, but
/ this wall BE- in Serman, and he will know"
She took pen-his pen, and wrote; Dearest
Ernst-lour love Is not nl-bestowed. The
wrong that was done was not done by me-
have come to England on purpose TO tell you
| so. Your Ottilie."
She felt that she could not stay where she
was beside that open letter ri bis, and ran back
to the library, forgetting: in tsle tumult OF her
| feelings that she bad been there already and
| why she had left; forgetting everything but
one-the delight OF what she had Just read. She
darted behind q curtain-it was the very cur
| tain behind which she had been before, but she
did not know il. and was just iii time TO escape
| the sight OF Herr Moritz, who came into the
| room Immediately afterward He had been in
the drawing Rooms and elsewhere but whittier
soeyer he went he had found no one Nor was
anyone to be found in this room he stood
! for moment in bewilderment His house was
as desolsts as ii had been before his strange
! guests came. Fraulein Lorenz could see his
| dear facs-there not line in il that she
| did not know by heart. and love. Some one
/ else was standing close by her in tue same
| window. Should she have dared to reveal her
I self to him had she been alone?
Suddenly an idea seemed to come into his
mind-sbe could see il form and FIX itself: he
| strobe across the room to the very curtain be-
hind which Fraulsin Lorenz was standing
| Quick as thought she folded her note to him in
| three, and, just as his hand was stretched out
| to withdraw the curtain, she thrust out hers,
| put the note in his. and said in her own voice
and language, Lessen Sic das. Ernst" Then.
while he was standing for a moment so startled
by that well-known voice that he was unable
| to move, she noiselessly Unattached the window
and passed along the balcony to the drawing
| room.
In another minute he had read the note.
drawn aside the curtain, taken Anastasia's
hand and said, My darling! Ny dearest, /
have found you at last?'
20, my dear good people," exclaimed Lady
Susan: do let me get away before YOU begin
with this kind of thing. Anastasia, -"
''Anastasa! Miss Melvillel have made
, great mistake! ! thought was speaking to
| some one else"
Don't distress yourself, Herr Moritz. " said
Anastasis, with much self possession; ION a
night like this mistake more or less is of no
consequence. We are all mssquerading"
But don't understand this-I don't under
stand anything" he said.
No one does tonight 1t is a surprise
party"
II will tell You one thing" said Lady Susan,
| partly to get rad OF him; some one opened the
window just now and went out on the balcony"
hsFo1
was there. few more steps took him to one
| OF the drawing room windows. through which,
| owing to slight disarrangement of the cur
| tain, he could see nine or ten of his guests who
on being informed that some of the party had
been discovered. had abandoned their hiding
! places The girl of whom he was in search
was there too. but she had got behind a group
Of some tall men and was invisible. He tapped
| at the window and some one let him In. and at
| the same moment Lady Susan and Apastasia
came in by the door, Frauein Lorenz's heart
beat fast in hope and dread OF what might
| chance to follow. but such are the shocks that
are to be met with in this life Of ours-what
| he said was this: Ladies and gentlemen, who
| have honored me with your charming COMPANY
| this evening beg to inform you that such
poor supper my house is able to afford ON so
short a notice will b. set before YOU in a quar-
| ter OF an hour, at which time / am led by the
spokesman of your party to hope that those
| coverings which have deprived me of SO much
Of the pleasure of the evening will be with
| drawn"
All bowed-it is not easy to bow gracefully
when your head is buried in pillow case
DO give us one song before supper, dear
Moritz," said Mr. Winstanton; "you are the
| only one who can sing at present"
He bowed most courteously. Il should like
| to sing little German song that was a great
| favorits of mine at time when 1 was very
| happy, only who will accompany me2 Who
| knows 'Maienthau'?'
No one Knew it but Fraulein Lorenz-no one
could know it, for it was an unpublished song
of his own. She was too shy to speak
| Il won't sing anything eise-in the mood !
| am couldn't"
| "Germans think SO much of their rnoods
| they are so abominably sentimental" whis-
pered Lady Susan to her neighbor She was
| little out Of temper and much disconnected
| by what bad occurred.
Protected by invisbility, Fraulein Lorepz AT
last went TO the piano, but her hands trembled
| so that she could scarcely take off her gloves.
dearest Ottilie, he whispered, my Ottilis;
don't think I will ever let you go out of my
| sight again"
Il came to England for this. Ernst" she an
swered simply. England is large. but /
| thought j might perhaps see you. should
never have dared to write to YOU though If
| had not CHANGED to see few words in your
| handwriting which showed that you loved me
| still"
She played and he sang and never before or
J after did either of them play or sing as they
| did that night Every happy and loving in.
| stinct OF their being found expression in their
| music. Music and words seemed to be welded
| into one triumphant and joyous whole: and
| while the surprise party listened in satisfied
delight 1t forgot it was q surprise party, and
one person after another sighed and funy
away the incommodious covering which stood
| SO in the way OF perfect coutentment When
FraulsiR Lorenz rose from the piano she was
| the only person whose head was sail invisible.
| She did not even observe this She was so
happy-so overpoweringiy happy-that she was
| unconscious of all else. He followed her 10
her seat, and said in a low voice in German:
| Let me see your face once more. Look, YOU
! can see that you may"
Then, forgetting Lady Susau-forgetting
every one but him-she removed the enyious
covering which hid her from his sight and
though no one had heard their words, there
was something in their manner which made all
eyes turn toward them
But it is Frauiein Lorenz!" exclaimed LADY
Susan. Cecilia, it is Fraulein Lorenzm
Dear mother, yes" whispered Celia, with
languid sweetness, II brough her. Poor little
thing! she seemed so much in love with him,
and SO very anxious aud miserable, that ven
| tured to bring her without teiliag you she
came in my hanson instead of the maid Won
said was to have with me, and brought her
in-that's all How happy the dear little thing
looksl But what is Moritz saying?"
What he was saying was this: Zach, nv good
vriends, you must not Waiter yourselves 10 an b.
Acsa for ane to-