Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-01
CHAPTER TX.

Inc next morning the bright sunshine
drew me into the garden. In her usual
place, well wrapped up, sat Countess
Degenfeld, aud next her, to my surprise,
Lapotin, who chartered SO necessarily
that even the tired, peevish face of the
invalid had frightened up little.
l passed by with bow, and found
4urther on, as had expected, Miss Rem
merit, somewhat weakened from the eff
fccts of headache, yet well again.
This is a day for old and i'll folks"
she cried out to me brightly.
Il was just thinking how enviable we
orc, that we can sit here in the open
air under green trees, and enjoy the
soft sea air, while at home everything
Is frozen up, and windows and doors are
closed tightly
Still it is a matter of taste, dear
friend. 1t depends on what person
can do without the easiest and what he
prizes the highest" And l told the old
lady about my cousins, who longed for
the parties and lovers at home even in
this heavenly spot of earth, and would
certainly rather skate on the Russian
island at Berlin than look upon the sun
illumined sea here.
She smiled and said:
TO me that one enjoys travelling better
say, finished with life that is with So
cial life. With men, who can seek and
find their pleasure anywhere, it is diff
fcrent. 1t also seems to me as if those
who at home have high standing, and
move in the best circles, find less en-
joyment in travel.
&c <6or -
treated any different from the rag
necl<ed excellency from Berlin to an
Italian? For 'pour-boire' anyone can
be an 'cxcellency' there!
''Stll money is not always everything.
1t only gains one the attention of hotel
keepers and walters. l have often seen
ladies of good standing at home much
displeased, because at table d'hote or
in the drawing-room an ancient gov
erneSS, or a versatile, well-infOrmed
Jewess, was made more of than they.
Those who cannot use themselves to
those things should remain at home
Travelling is more for elderly and I'M
happy people. OF course there are
happily-constituted natures which can
impress. Beauty and sociability always
find an admiring audience"
''But it is not pleasing to all ladies to
be admired by strangers" 1 objected.
''Taie, for example, Miss Ellen; how
seldom she puts herself forward. Do
You know / have not heard her superb
voice again?"
''Ah! you must not take Miss Ellen as
an example; such a girl as she one
rarely finds. She was brought up almost
entirely by her deceased father, Prof
Wagner; his was an intellectual mind.
Ellen is altogether lacking in petty fem
mime weaknesses and vanities. She is,
socially, in spite of her seventeen years
child. With her dreams and thoughts
she lives in purer world; l am quite
troubled about her.
1.-The countess has n very shallow
nature, which suffering has not soft
ened, but has rather cmbittered; still ]
believe she is fully aware of what q
treasure she has in the girl, if she does
greatly try her. The count-yvell, you
know him-is certainly not the man
that one would select as a counsellor OF
inexperienced YOUTH
thought of the scene in the corridor
and agreed with my friend.
ssHas the young lady no other connec
tions than this unsuitable coupler
asked.
mo, Ellen once told me that she ha6
really no relatives. Her father came
from Courland, and sometime after
married Baroness Often, distant cou
Sin OF Count Degenfeld's. She was ar
orphan, and the professors favorite pu
pill at the school, where he taught liter
allure. After his death his widow ap
piled to the count, and it was at hel
funeral that he first saw her charming
sixteen-year-oldd aughter, and brought