Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-10-19
AN AVIATION.

1 The European variety of the species is 1 but tolorable imitation, having nei- thcr the comfort nor the elegance of the original article Still there are rock ing chairs ill Europe, and q company i'll | Austria turns out vcTy good semblances indeed of bent wood with cane trim mingS
 was the first one out from the big hotel to the terrace i'll front, and there fore had my choice of all the chairs | scattered so Trufusely around, and if none of them w;lS so good as the big rcd rocking chair of the American hotel Te- randa, yet the Austrian article standing empty beside the little round metal ta- ble was not to be dCspised, so I sat down in 1t and lit my cigarette. The waiter, whJ had followed me out, bring ing cup of black coffee, now poured out liquor glass of the aromatic, pen etratirg green decoction. pouring 1t SC deftly that it came exactly to the brim and did not spill drop.
 1 have always admired the eXpcrtneSs of the European waiter, either with cof- fee or the rlUrc expensive mOnhish liq- uOr.
 Thrrr w;ls small hedge at the edge of the terrace. ard thought l had talk cn the last seat toward the western end, but found WAS mistaken Behind me on the terrace was a gray green bush, and behind iliat bush and sheltered from the hotel lights stood another round metal tahl' ;tt.d two chairs.
 Two young girls came down the hotel steps with ii, ir arms around each other i'll the CuIlndtntial fashion of young persons still i'll their teens They were aged 70 or th,rcabouts, and they tool their places behind the bush. apparent ly not noticing that l was within hear ing distance. By this time many people Were coming out i'll twos and thrces and little groups. and many began walking about the grayclcd terrace, the wise, however. securing good places at the little tables before the rush for seats be gall
 Tie d,tp gorge uf the Rhine had fill cd with d:.Thuts$, which the thin crCs of the silver moon hanging ill the sky had hot light enough to rcnotratc. Jus before going 10 dinner l had noticed how lovely this gorge was. with the ICeI green river t!eckcd with white foam from thc falls and the many tints o its surface T, ticcting back the splendOl of the sunset sky. Now all this wa. i gone, but almost directly below us th, Rhine falls showed white and fieecy il the gathering darkness We were some hundreds of feet above them, but theil roar came up to Us like the long sus taincd note of an organ.
 The falls of the Rhine are the great est i'll Europe. but you can't expect 1 man brought up on Niagara to wax yer! enthusiastic about them Still l vii say this-tllat they are very pretty littl falls about GO feet ill height, moro lik rapids than cataracts, but probably i would not lc quite safe to shoot thes !. Rhine rapids i'll q canoe. haven't yer. n much respect for them, but they wer pretty and white and flcecy and fragil ' as looked down on them from the ter !. race of the big hotel.
 '.You sec. '' said one of the girls iron - behind the bush, ''as soon as her par !. entS realized how serious the case Wa they took her at once to Switzerland. ''
 An. |" said l to myself, some poo invalid who came here with the hope C getting well. and who probably staid die =
 Her father left the strictest injunC tions that Eo one was to know wher they were, Eone of the people at tn ?, office kEcw where the family had gon g except the confidential clerk, who fol Sf warGcd the letters ''
 g ''But why" said the other gir i did they come to so public place [ the Rhine falls? l should have thougl t,NI = found out. !"
 No said the other girl, who mu. have been quite 21 years old and WI knew a great deal, of course. ''No; tE right way when you are hiding is to 2 to the most public place you can. It al always ill the most out of the Wa t places that you find people you don want to meet.
 "Oh, ho!' said I to myself. Ut not a case Uf illness then. It looks mo- like case of defalcation or somethir of that sort.
 T., ''They took those rooms with the lor balcony in front. and they had all the meals served there. often saw the po' girl sitting on the balcony, for the never allowed her to go out, but watcl ed her like a couple of old cats. thin F they expected her to forget in the mid n of scenery like this, but 1t was qui re evident that she forgot nothing" od ''As if, ," said the younger girl, wit ," some indignation ill her voice-''as 'h the sight of the Rhine falls would mal . up for the sight of the person one loves.
 
 ~ "Ah," said I to myself, with son S disappointment. ''it is neither a case consumption nor dedication, but mer ly an affair of the heart" ga Of course lost interest in the co ht versatiOn at once and coughed light to let them know I was there, but
 that moment the big globe containiI the cartoons for the arc light began
 hiss and sputter over our heads, al finally it flooded all the terrace with t n steely white illumination of electricit Q, The girls shrieked ''Ohr' at this sudd
 brilliancy, but went on with their tai
 . +o And how did he find out where tn were?" asked the younger girl
 "Oh, in the most ingenious way replied the cider. He tried to bri cs. the people i'll the office, and, l beliey - spent a lot of money. but no one kne N where they were except the confident
 clerk, and of course there was no use
 attempting to bribe him. Then t
 young man remembered that the g
 had told him her father, who was
 strong party man, always took t e Bunkum Gazette, no matter in wh . part of Europe he was, so he went
 the Bunkum Gazette office and said 1 |