The Portland daily press., 1891-06-27

| now make an end of this affair, said my
mother, and she had tears in her eyes
real, genuine tears. I am good son,
ana, on tine whole, not bad Telki. My
heart-I have something like heart,
after the fashion of novels and the play
had never refused her anything when
asked earnestly, so 1 said 'yes'-it must
be yes.
"Before l confess further, permit me,
dear baroness, to give you good piece
of advice. Change your photographer.
Your photograph is not able to give any
idea of you. After these premises, / may
be very honest; it is, indeed, a mortal
sin in the confessional to keep anything
silent. Now then, thought to myself,
that simpleton Of Mizi will be over re-
| joiced to give me her hand, and will that
same evening tell her ten dearest, bosom
friends, in highest heart jubilee, what a
swell fellow her Mkt is, and after the
wedding (Which will be under the eyes
of all Vienna) will embroider full grown
crowns and crests upon all the corners
of my trousseau, which were imprudent-
| ly left vacant. 1iH
"Half indifferently, half displeased, I
entered the palace of Schwarzberg
Papa embraced me three times and man.
ma called me dear Mkt and dear son.
After the formaities were over the mo-
ment came for you to make your appear
ance. When saw your energetic feat
ures and met the first surprised and then
so dark and reproachful look, and then
noticed the hooking smile which played
around your mouth, and felt how cold
your hand was, which lay indifferently
in mine, then l asked you in my heart to
forgive that word simpleton. With
your straightforward, rebufing manner
you made me quite embarrassed.
passed you the gravy at the table four
times, and at my departure kissed your
bracelet, which had very sharp edge,
as my cut lip shows. But still more cut
ting was your safe journey even a child
could have understood; and please, don't
come back again.
81 have since felt, and know that we
are both antagonistic to our families, and
our self willed natures fame up the mo-
ment yoke is placed upon them. You
demand your freedom again, which you
have unwillingly sacrificed to me.
know it. will give it back to you. But
how? We stand now opposed to an un-
| friendly power, which we ourselves have
created, and only with united strength
can conquer.
81 must see you and have a talk.
know that i,, Mag .,7e.- - 80 4.-~
Brewers at their country seat. May l
unexpectedly appear? We can then 'ac-
quit our case hope, to the satisfaction
| of us both. With a devoted hand kiss,
your Mkt TELK1."
Baroness Mizi, on the other hand,
| wrote:
| "VIENNA.
DEAR COUNT am Schwarzberg,
and we have for centuries considered it
a great honor when Telki has bestowed
his heart and hand upon Schwarzberg.
am not an ungrateful one, and know
how to value the honor; pardon me if
do not continue in this tone. Ihave had
many admirers and have been presented
with terrible amount of flowers, at
whose sight have felt myself frightful-
| ly engaged. l am not romantic or senti-
mental, SO my greatest interest in those
flowers has been to know the name of
the florist and then wonder how much
they cost; so in looking for the name of
, the firms I have half poisoned myself
with the odor of the flowers. Alas! not
quite. 1t would have truly been better,
for l am beside myself and could, for
the first time in my life, cry for rage
and shame. Count, lam indeed a wicked
! creature. and l now understand why my
4 five governesses, with tears in their eyes,
ran away. 1t was quite vicious, what
have thought and planned-and now it
is revenged, as my eyes are opened.
II have had excellent instruction, es-
pecially from my teacher of religion.
| My priest was very practical tutor.
The wife should obey the husband and
understand, dear Mil, when a Count
Telh comes and wishes to take you home
as his countess, you must gratefully take
leave of papa and mamma etc.
81 had never doubted but that, at
some time, our marriage would be writ
ten up in The Salonblatt, down to the
last satin train and the last cousin from
Siebenburger. That you have never ap-
peared until just now was just what ]
wanted-a good bashful sutton. What
could one wish or expect besidesf
"You have already perceived at a
glance what ! get at home to see.
Mamma is everything. Papa colors
pictures out of illustrated periodicals.,
which he then cuts out, and is dread
fully angry if any one disturbs him in
this occupation. And the men around
me, such as Vicky Arnsberg and Tom
Meierhof, and whatever their names are
dudes translated into high aristocracy
why shouldn't this Mkt Telki look
just like the rest?
"Oh, l rejoiced at your coming. l
wanted to fix nice chase for you. had
looked for something extra in the Con-
versational Guide intended, the~very
first thing, to hurl Lopez de Vega and
NARROW at you from the saddle.
''Then you came, every inch not
dude, and looked with your detected
and deeply knitted brow not at all as if
you could allow joking. You had some
thing about you SO lofty that quite per-
picked me, and that afterward made
me furious | could only ask myself,
How can such man allow himself to
be engaged, patiently and obediently, to
Mizi Schwarzberg, who just twenty
four hours before had turned up her
nose at his miserable provincial photo
graph? I forgot Lopez de Vega, NARROW
and everything, and poured the gravy,
which you passed me several times, over
my apricot preserves.
"But now know that l am not the
weak creature that you have sought.
warn you-think of my five unfortunate
governesses. You are a cavalier, you
will not hold me caught if I long for
liberty; you will find for me, for us, a
way out of this engagement. In deepest
respect. Your devoted
"MIZI Won ScHwARZBERG."
Baroness Mizi had found the prettiest
seat in the Brauer park for herself, the
bench on the bank of the lake. A laurel
tree made an excellent background for
her cream colored dress and flaming red
parasol.
cat your service, baroness-exactly
upon the minute"
"Thank you, count. will you not sit
DOWN.