Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-06-18


was busying himself about her. She
had never had such an experience be-
fore
The party landed at the little village
of Assmannshauser, famous for its wine
There Mrs. Warringham and the Count
mounted two of the little donkeys which
in the mountainous parts of Europe take
the part of our more serViceable mules.
Ralph and Lieutenant Won Greibern pro-
ferred to make the ascent on foot The
diminutive animals seemed TO them ride
ulous and inadequate TO support the
weight of a man.
The drivers of the donkeys, by the
vigorous application of stout sticks, per-
suaded them to proceed deliberately in
an uphill direction, and the little caval-
cade moved on.
The road was steep, tortuous, and
hot This hill is covered with a dense
growth Of shrubs, Just high enough 10
prevent a free outlook, but not suffi-
cient TO give effectual protection against
the rays of the summer sun.
Mrs Warrlngham, however, did not
notice the heat nor the rOughness Of the
road, nor the jOlting jog OF her donkey,
which was more fatiguing than walking
would have been.
She had only attention for her com
panion. Contrary 10 her habit, she
compelled the Count TO bear the main
expense OF the conversation, How the
loved to hear his vOicel
While she rode by his side she fire.
quently east sidelOng glances into his
face. but was careful not TO attract his
attention. How handsome lac was. she
thought again and again.
Lucy Warringham had been kissed on
the stage by scores Of actors. and of the
50 hui hnahaun a ha
felt any particular sensation at these
demonstrations of intimacy. Now she
lOnged with all her heart to be kissed by
Count Hohenfels- What heavenly bliss
il would be, she thought, If she could
throw her arms around his neck and
shower kisses upon his lipsl
And the Count? He would have been
less or more than human If he had not
felt the electrical influence OF q loving
woman's presence When he helped
her into the saddle she let her hand rest
in his a little longer than might have
been absolutely necessary, and he even
thought to feel a scarcely perceptible
pressure. When, arrived at the summit,
he assisted her in dismOunting, her arm
chung TO his neck for ever so brief a mo-
ment, he wished it had been
longer. He never had an idea
that she was making him advances,
hAA AAH NbAA1 nv ~ A-cAA'T-A-e IL" - -
tiful she was-far more beautiful, he
imagined, than she had ever appeared
| to him before Lucky dog, this War
bingham, he Thought, TO have such a
treasure of u wife
The day passed pleasantly enough for
both Mrs. Warringham and the Count
Lieutenant Won Greibern also enjoyed
himself well enough He had several
opportunities to study the question
hat AZ ann 81 m nr RanaaG-
heimer was the better brand, and de-
cided in favor of the former. At the
base of the colossal monument he ha-
rangued the Doctor on the military
glory of the German Empire, the only
subject which in his small heart could
: kindle something remotely akin TO en-
! thusiasm. Yes, he enjoyed himself very
| we'll 1t is not difficult TO make creatures
of his stamp happy.
But poor Ralph spent most miserable
day. If he had entertained suspicious
yesterday that all was not right between
| his wife and the Count, his suspicious
/ grew into certainty to-day. And yet, he
| had to confess that there were very few
| tangible reasons for his terrible conclu-
| sions. She had been riding by his side
that was all They had not Eeen alone
| together for single instant, for even
when he had lost sight of them for few
minutes at some bend of the road, the
donkey-drivers were closely behind them,
| and could oYerhear every word of theil
| conversation. But they spoke in Eng
| lish, which the drivers could not under.
/ stand. And once or twice he had seer
| her look at him with such glowing
| strange eyes! Such glance as he haC
never received from herl
1t was enough to drive him crazy
| And during all this time he had to lister
to the talk of that cOxcomb of an officer
He could have stabbed the Count I,
/ the heart and hurled the faithless woman
| over the precipice into the river below
| His blood was seething. His face burned
as If it was atiame. Baron Won GreiberI
sagely remarked that it was very warm
-Yes, veryl" the Doctor replied, anC
| CRASHED his teeth.
Ralph's behavior was curious enough
| to attract the attention of any compan.
Mon of ordinary acuteness; but the
! Lieutenant's scanty powers OF Observa
tion were befuddled by the fumes o
| Assmannshauser He talked on, con
siderately ascribing Ralph's sometimes
| quite irrelevant answers to an imperfec
| knowledge of the German language.
AS the hours of the day advanced
| Ralph's jealous wrath grew hotter anC
hotter. Yet he retained sufficient self
command TO reason on the best thing
TO do.
Should he make an end OF it at once
( Should he tell her TO her face that sh
| had broken her VOws-that she had sunl
to a lower depth than the vile creatur
/ that sells herself to the first conner?
Impossible! a public scandal AS
| his marriage itself had not caused scan
| dal enough. But there it had been diff
| ferent There he had opposed his Low
/ and all the nObler instincts Of his hear
to the narrow prejudices of the world.
But now! A bridegroom betrayed be
fore the end of the honeymoon An,
that by a woman for whom he had sacri
feed fortune, family, social position
everythingl
And that man who dared lift his eye
TO his wife! How should he punish him
Ali He was in a country where tn
code OF honor was still considered bind
| ing upon gentlemen. That was it!
| duell And he would kill him and be re
vengedl
He had often condemned and ridicule
the duello as a barbarous and absur
custom. But now he greedily seized tn
opportunity that seemed TO be open I
him to avenge his wrongs.
But holdl The same objectiOnl Publ
scandal! The fingers of all the wOrl
pointed at him in scornl
Was there nothing for him except tn
miserable choice between disgrace befor
the world and intolerable humiliation
his own eyes? Must his love, honor, sell
| esteem all perish and he continue [
exist, living body, but a moral corpse
Oh, God!
CHAPTER N.
A CRUsHING BLOW.
When Count HohenfeIs and IdeuteT