Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-02-19

Iate Tor her to go that morning, but If l
happened to come that way the next
DAY, and she should be there to finish
her sketch if the weather were fine, she
would be delighted to have me show her
the eminence"
Il think" interrupted Aunt Martha,
that she was very imprudent young
woman
That may be, he replied, ''but you
must remember, madam, that up to this
time the young lady had been subjected
10 the most conventional trammels and
that her young nature had just burst out
into temporary freedom and true life. 1t
was the Gagged bird s fight into the bright
simmer air."
'Just the kind of Birds" said Aunt
Martha, ''that shouldn't be allowed to
fly, at least until they are used to It.
But you can go on with your story"
well" said the young man, 1.-The next
day we met / took her to the piece of
high ground l had mentioned, and she
sketched the castle. After that we met
again and again nearly every day. This
sort of story tells itself. became mad
ly In love with her, and I am sure she
liked me very we'll; at all events 1 was a
companion of her own age and tastes,
and such one, she assured me, she had
never known before, and probably would
never know again"
There was some excuse for her." said
Aunt Martha; "but still she had no right
to act in that way, especially as she was
so soon to be married"
81 do not think that she reasoned
much upon the subject, said the young
man, land / am sure 1 did not. We
made no plans. Every day we thought
only of what we were doing or saying,
and not at all what we had done or
would do. We were very happy
lone morning l was sitting by Marie
in the very place where had first met
her, when we heard some one rapidly
approaching. Looking up ! saw tall
man in an undress military uniform.
Heavens cried Marie, it Is Colonel
Kaldhein.'
1.-The situation was one of which an
expectant bridegroom wouldnot be like
ly to ask many questions. Marie was
seated on low stone with her drawing
block in her lap. She was finishing the
sketch on which she was engaged when
first saw her, and l was kneeling close
to her looking over her work, and max
ing various suggestions, and think my
countenance must have indicated that
found 1t very pleasant to make sugges-
tions in that way to such pretty girl.
Our heads were very close together.
Sometimes we looked at the paper,
sometimes we looked at each other. But
In the instant I caught sight of the
Colonel the situation had changed. I
rose to my feet and Marie began to pick
up the drawing materials which were
lying about her.
Colonel Kaldhein came forward al
most at run. His eyes blazed through
his gold spectacles, and his close-cut,
reddish beard Jeemed to be singeing
with the fires of rage. / had but an in
slant for observation, for he came di-
rectly up to me, and with tremendous
objargation in German he struck me
full in the face with such force that the
blow stretched me upon the ground.
Il was almost stunned, but heard a
scream from Marie, a storm of angry
words from Kaldhein, and felt sure he
was about to inflict further injury. He
was much stronger man than was,
and probably was armed. With a sud-
den instinct of self-preservation rolled
down little declivity on the edge of
which had fallen, and, staggering to
my feet, plunged into thicket and
fed. Even had 1 been in the full posses
sion OF my senses l knew that under the
circumstances l would have been of no
benefit to Marie had remained upon
the scene. The last thing / heard
was shout from Kaldhein, in which he
declared that he would kill me yet For