The Press., 1891-08-20

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 "Suue n,e!' cried she.
 When Eugenie Ashton fcame to New York to visit her aunt that lady was se de- lighted to see how pretty she had grown in the ten years of absence
 Eugenie had been studying music as they only study it in Germany, and her voice was said to be phenomenal.
 For long while Eugenies mother, in writing to Mrs. Morgan, had quoted what Herr Schelling, an old friend of the family and 8 composer of note, had said of it. Mrs. Morgan always skipped these passages, which conveyed no ideas | whatever to her except that the German l gentleman admired Eugenie's voice: Now. as she looked at her critically, and with the eye of a woman who had her self been beauty, she saw that II she chose she conld win hearts as well as fame. " R~8N SEa !,
 "Eugenie,"s she cried suddenly 'stell | me all about your conqnests. Tell me who is to be the happy man. I'm sure that at twenty something more interest ing than music must have come into your life, you charming thing"
 Eugenie opened her great eyes widely and gave little laugh. "Oh, no, auntle, she cried. "I have made no conquests. I have only few dear friends, And there is nothing more interesting than music to me. You know, hope to make my fortune by my voice, and to do so much for mamma and the girls"
 ..s "And who are the friends you are fond l est ofr' Mrs. Morgan asked, hoping to discover a pretty secret by strategy.
 ssHerr Schelling is the most intimate, said Eugenie.
 s.The family friend your mother speaks of?' asked her aunt.
 s"Yes. Oh, how good he was when poo1 dear papa died" said Epgenie. Like brother to us all. And never has he missed coming to us for day. Oh, my dear aunt, you have no idea what friend ship is with the German people. And i lasts for life. It means something tha no other nation comprehends.
 q believe the men hug each other: O. is it the French who do that?' asked Mrs Morgan, with a toss of her delicate httl head. "Your uncle said it made hin quite sick to see them do it abroad"
 Eugenie said no more just then, bu she opened her desk and took forth photographs, which she handed to he N aunt. ''That is Herr Schelling," sh ? said softly. 8 4 !. zx
 "Oh," said Mrs. Morgan, "that IS tn
 family friend, eh? Well, he is hand
 some. Heis like Goethe, isn't he, or wha is his na1ne2 But he wears his hal 2 very long. "It is the custom in professional cil
 cles in Germany" said Eugenie. ''It
 beautiful hair, Herr Scheling's." r
 "An geniuses used to wear long bal : once," said Mrs. Morgan, land big co
 lars, but they've left that off. Yo
 couldn't tell them from other persons a
 receptions and teas nowadays" !, Eugenie took the photograph from he
 aunt's hand and placed it on the mante
 "You dear, good friend" she sait
 Just now, no doubt, you are sitting b' side mamma and comforting her, holt
 ing her hand. He always kisse
 mammals hand when he leaves us. 1t ,, so beautiful to see him." s X
 "Graciousl Eliza is not going
 marry again, is she? Herr Schelling
 not going to become your stepfather . cried Mrs Morgan '';--~ -".
 "Aunt Helenr sighed Engenie r
 proachfully. Mamma! What an ide
 She is a widow, indeed. Besides, He ; Schelling is too young. Mamma is fit
 Oh, no, it is friendship that he feels fl os her, as for all of us."
 on German friendship" said Mrs. Mo yer gan sarcastically.
 Exactly" replied Eugenie honestl " If the girl had any pretty secrets sl kept them to herself. This devoted far
 fly friend was the only man she talk
 about.
 R. R. Shortly she bought beautiful fran Ills for his photograph, and he wrote h
 long letters, fourteen sheets in lengt % some of them, principally, as it seern' : to her aunt, about Wagner's music. q. In fact Mrs. Morgan soon discover to her surprise that music occupied E Il genies whole soul, and that she ask
 nothing better than to practice all d;
 upon the piano that her uncle h. .l placed in her own room, disregardll 's the invitations to afternoon teas and l x captions and evening parties, and ev moro delightful social affairs whi \ poured in upon her. E N "You are such success" said M k Morgan, Hand you don't seem to app A ciate your advantages" ~~ . N ooh, all these people have been we N kind," Eugenie would answer. "B after all you only seem to go to be ask X | if'you have been to other. places, and N the hostess is not charming, by nu N Der of people, one after the other. Il s\ not meet any one who really has son thing to say. Oh, auntie! if you COT / only hear Herr Schelling talkp' = "About Wagner?" asked. Mrs. Morgl ,n. in a flat voice.
 y "About anything" said Eugenie. "] . has always an opinion of his own" =~ "My dear, it will not do to be ecce F. tric in New York;" said Mrs. Morga .s. "Opinions of your own are not fashie
 able, and you must accept your in O Eations." --s's-'a. ,,., Eugenie obeyed She always su the whenever she was asked, and alwa
 looked well, and her aunt was satistit ,s It was her hope to make great mat it's for her, and keep her from returning
 Germany and music. sasrs t7 oe What might have happened no e can say, but one day 3 witch, who aHS it in her mind to change the course A1 events utterly for two young won
 who had done her no harm, whistled
 a wild north wind, and mounting
 rode through New York, sending eve K thing fying-men's hats, newspape
 loose signboards, figures on which c e tunes were displayed, the stock of corner fruit stands, sometimes the I E women who watched them.; Euger