Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1890-02-01


my approach, an she looked up at ms
with face that was half merry, half in
quisitive and pc cfectly charming. can
not describe tn, effect which her express
sion had upon ne. l had never seen her
before, but her look was not such a one
as she would ',estow upon q stranger. l
had tho most powerful desire to stop and
speak to her but having no right to do
so l should have passed on had she not
said to me j a the best of English: Good
morning, sir Then stopped, you may
be sure. J was SO accustomed to speak
to those I met in either French or Ger
man that I involuntarily said to her:
Bon jour Mademoisclle.' You need not
speak French, she said: I am neither
English llor American. but speak their
language. Are you the gentleman who
lives in Wu1rick Castle? If so, we are
neighbors, and l wish you would tell me
why YOU live there nearly all the time
alone
cat this I sat down by her. Il am
that person. I said, and handed her my
card. But before say any more, please
tell no who you are. Il am Mario
Dorfl Ar. My fathers house is on The
othe: side of this piece of woodland;
you can not see it from here; this is
part of his estate. And now tell mo
why you live all by yourself in that old
rum 1T is not altogether II ruin l
answered; part of it is In very good
condition. And then l proceeded to
give her an account of my method of
life and my reasons for it. 1T is inter-
'esting, sho said, but it is very odd 1
do not think it half so odd l answered,
AS that you should DO here by yourself
That is truly an out-of-the-way sort of
thing she said, but just now 1 am
doing out-of-the-way things. If 1 do
not do them now l shall never have the
opportunity again. In two weeks !
shall be iparried, and then shall go to
Prague, and every thing will be by line
and rule. No moro delightful rambles
by myself. No moro sitting quietly in
the woods watching the littlo birds and
hares. no more making q sketch just
where please, no matter whether the
ground be damp or not Il wonder
that you are allowed to do those things
now ! said. i am not allowed she
answered. 4 do them in hours when I
am supposed to be painting flower pieces
in an upper room,' But when you're
married, said, your husband will be
your companion in such rambles'
Hardly she said, struggling her Shout
ders; ne will be forty-seven on the 18th
OF next month, which ! believe is July,
and he is a great deal more grizzled than
my father, who is past fifty. He is very
particular about all sorts of things, as
suppose he has to be, as he is Colonel
of infantry. Nobody could possibly dis
approve of my present performances moro
than he would l could not help ejacu-
ulating: why, then, do you marry him?'
She smiled at my earnestncss. oh,
that is all arranged she said.' and
have nothing to do with 1t. ] have
known for more than year that I'm to
marry Colonel Kaldhein, but l can not
say that have given myself much con-
corn about it until recently. 1t now oc-
ours to me that if / expect to amuse my
self in tho way best like l must lose
no time in it l looked at the girl with
an air of earnest interest. 1T appears to
me- said l, that your ways of amusing
yourself arc very much like mine That
is true she said, looking up with ami
nation, they are. Is it not delightful
to be free, to go where you like. and do
what You please, without any ono to ad-
wise or interfere with you?' 1t is de.
lightful,' said l, and for half an hour we
sat and talked aeout these delights and
kindred sub icctS. She was much inter.
ested in our castle, and urged me tc
make n sketch of it. 50 that she NAV
know what it now looked like. She had
seen it whom little girl, but move,
since, and had been afraid to wander
very far in this direction by herself
told her that it would be far better for
her to see the castle with her own eyes,
and that could conduct her to an eni-
nence, not hale 4 milo away, where she
could have an excellent view of it. This
plan greatly pleased her, but looking at
her watch she said that it would be too
late for her to go that morning. but if l
happened to come that way the next
day, and she should be there to finish