The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-07-29
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THANK you. count. viii you not sit
DOWN.,
NThe worthy Brauer win be here in /
fifteen minutes, SO had we not better be-
gin business inAnediately?'
Directly in medias res
81 am, indeed, not Hungarian peas
ant, that | understand Latin, but you
mean. then, Immediately to reach the
center?''
You have decided instinct for Ian
guage Well?"
Through the sunlight her clear cut
profile was truly exquisitely beautiful
The chin trife impertinent.
''Now, then, | suppose. dear count
you want to know how things stand
Well, we have very indiscreetly al
lowed golden chains to be put upon us,
which we should like to shake off. a tout
prix."
s'Just as true as POLITICALLY said
His brown eyes alone must make him
sympathetic.
7 .'Of course the Withdrawing must
come from your side, my dear young
lady. | can not be expected to refuse
you"
ION principle that is fair, but though
HobNC SOuIc LOI OuCO LOuSo LII a
regular duel with Lady Auersberg, fear
it would not be sufficient to fight one
with my family Allow me, please, to
put up my parasol. the sun is shining
right in your face"
It was indeed beautiful woman's
head which looked from under the red
shade.
80 we must have a pitched battle
and conquer your family, if you expect
to get rid of ne. | am not saint, in
spite of my holy name of Nicholas. The
girls of your ballet would, for a small
recompense, gladly get up some scandal
! about me, and'-
Mercy. count, that would be dread
full for me Besides have, in my child
j ish innocence, always believed such light
( winged scandals belonged exclusively to
/ the marriage chapter.
They looked each other questioningly
in the eyes, as if they could answer such
a rational question.
Il think then that it looks hopeless.
''Oh. no. not quite, for | can take my
self forcibly from this life
''For heavens sake, stop Why. every
little schoolboy nowadays who gets a bad
certificate commits suicide, and besides
it's no longer the style. Then it would
be such pity too
Truly" He kissed her hand. this
time underneath the bracelet
''Then, perhaps, a long never-to-
return journey on my part. Africa is
quite the go now. and is accompanied
with chances for being eaten. The saw
ages prefer roasted human flesh to baked
chicken salads.
THAT would be deserving your flag,
and would decide nothing"
Yes: in the meantime you would
know your own heart; the right man
would come. to whom you would
listen"
'.Thc right man! Oh, count, you do
not know this dull. insipid society, Vicky
Arnsberg. or-'it overcomes me- as
Gretchen says. So you must think of
some other way.
''At your command I'll try
''It's strange that these two stupid
gold rings should have so much power.
Do you see how easily mine can be
drawn off-yours, too? There, now.
hold the criminals. Yes, because it
must be'-she stamped her little foot
80, there they lie now in the laker"
You have done that very slyly and
just like woman. We are rid of the
rings, beautiful carp will undoubtedly
die of indigestion-and we are precisely
as before, But. did you say because ol
if it must be?"
Because count"
A long pause. with a swift exchange
of glances: then the count said: "a cap
ital idea. dear Miss Mil Well present
our case to the Salon blatt' in the form
, of a public explanation. No one can de
he f,5f "
have been brought together against ou1
persons, found out that we are strangers
that we Gan neither esteem nor love eacl
other. Is ii not true?"
Now strangers we are no longer.
! even thought we would have been righ
good comrades. and hope yet that W.
may be-.
a why. of course, concerning the es
TEEN on my part"
''And | hope the esteem on my par
: will be equal to yours"
: with the love-, indeed"
a Never write. One must get angry 8
often with those whom one writes about
See? l have gone to the trouble to draw
g a sketch of characters, and now this in
dustrious work is to be frivolously de
K stroyed can absolutely not say VIII
| those two on the bench should look a
each other SO long and lovingly-wh
d Mizi, the abovesaid Mizi, should sud
/ denly cast down her eyes and becom
y very red. | find it also very inconsisten
that Mkt grasped her two hands. an
that Mizi let her head rest upon hi
q shoulder.
And this is what was tremblingl
i asked: "Mizi, and will you let me hav
= this little hand for NV very OWnr' an