Telegram-herald., 1890-01-16

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SHE WAS sXErcmsG.
cy approach. and she looked up at ne
with face that was half merry, half in
quisitiye and perfectly charming. l can
not describe the efect which her express
sion had upon me. I had never seen her
before. bus her look was not such one
a. she would bestOw upon a stranger. I
bad the most po~erful desire 70 stop and
speak 70 her. but having no right 10 do
SO l should have passed on had she not
said 20 me in the best of English: Good
morning. sir Then | stopped, you may
be sure. | was so accustomed 10 speak
% those I met in either French or Ger
man that I involuntarily said 20 her:
Bon jour, Mademoiselle.' You need nos
speak French, she said; 4 am neither
English nor American, but speak their
language. Are you the gentleman who
lives in Wulrick Castle? II 50, we arc
neighbors. and wish you would tell me
why you live there nearly all the time
alone
AT this I sat down By her. 4 am
that person. said and handed her my
card. But before | say any more, please
tell me who Dou are u am Marie
DorAer. Ny fathers house IS on the
other side OF this piece OF woodland;
you can not see il from here; this IS
part OF his estate. And now tell me
why you live all by yourself in that old
ruin 1t IS not altogether a ruin I
answered. part OF it is in very good
condition And then | proceeded 70
give her an account Of my method Of
life and my reasons for it. 1t Is inter
esting, she said, but 10 Is very odd. L
do not think il half so odd | answered,
as that you should be here by yourself
That is truly an out-of-the-way sort OF
thing she said, but just now | am
doing Out-Of-theway things. II | do
not do them now | shall never have the
opportunity again. In two weeks |
shall be married. and then shall go 20
Prague, and every thing viii bo by line
and rule. No more delightful rambles
by myself. No more sitting quietly in
the woods watching the little birds and
hares. No more making a sketch just
whore ] please, no matter whether the
ground be damp or not Il wonder
thai you arc allowed TO do these things
now / said. 4 am not allowed. she
answered. 4 do them in hours when I
am supposed % be painting flower pieces
IN an upper room But When you're
married, said, your husband viii be
yonr companion in such rsmbles
Hardly. she said. Struggling her shoul-
ders; he viii be forty-sevcn on the 18th
o. next month. which 7 holieve is July,
and DO is n g.catdesl moro grizzled than
ny father. who is past fiftv. He is very
particu Ar about al sorts ~ things. as /
suppose be has 20 %, "a he IS q Colonel
OF infantry. Nobody could possibly dis
approve Of my present performance moro
tnau he would 7 could not help ojacg-
u'aeing, 'Whv. then. DO YOU marry hirn7'
She smiled At my earDes.noss. 'Ob,
thss e. all arranged. she said and 7
have nothing 90 do With II. I have
known for more than a year that I'm 20
marry Colonel kaldhein. hut ! can not
say that 7 have given myself much con
ce-1 about So uatil recently. II now oc-
c1rs - mo thst II 7 expect % amuse my
self in the Nay best ike must lose
TO time in it' looked q che ri- with
an AZ ~ earnest interest -fr appears ID
me-. sai1 T. .tbs- your WAYS - amusing
vonrsel ? are very much Ii.- nine That
ca t-le. sha said looking MP wttn ami
mario0. fho7 are. Is it not 3oliE Eht--l
90 be free. 20 - where you Ike. and TO
vha- Won please. without any one 'o all
wise or interfere with -o-7 10 ia de-
liElrfuL said T. AMI for ha,' an ho1- we
sat and -liSe3 about these delights and
kindred suh 'octs She was m1-h inter
es.ed in our castle. and urged ne to
make sketch of :. 81 that she nay
know whats now looked Ike she had
seen ft when . little girl but rever
since. snd had been AFRAID to wander
very "a In .his 3ire.+loa ~ herself
-o'3 her thst it would be fsr better frs
her to see tbe castle wf-h her 'Tn eyes.
and tbss could >rnduct her to Al eri-
.ueuce. no- half a riie away. Ti-a che
could haze an av-el a-t view ~
plan E~eatIr q e7sei ee-. hus 7os.1g at
'her ratcn sho said thar II 80 he -r1
late for her t7 60 thst morning. hrt II
happened to -0-e that way --e neNt
5av sn8 s,a should - there -o s~ish
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