The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-03-01

! Nina is cnyelopcd from head t. foot
| ia a gray dem no of the most incon-
spicuous kind. Her face is entirely
| covered by Il funcreal cambria mask
| Not even lock OF her hair is exposed
| She inquiries breathicssly Of Heinrich
| if he ha, seen Her.. Nartersteig: he
has not. Has he seen the woman in
black and silver: he has: he knows the
box where she is: he will conduct his
cousin to a place where she may oh
! serve her.
Minna stands leaning upon Heinrich's
arm and gazing into box 81. The
that Martersteig is Indifferent to her:
She said At -, and it is now nearly /.
She is sitting we'll back in the box, fam
ming herself, just as she sat and famed
| in the theater. For ten minutes moth
! ing happens. Heinrich would like ex-
ceedingly to sc: back to Louisa, but he
| does not know now. He suspects that
she must be very tired OF waiting for
him near the GambriDus shrine. She
| has to 60 at ), or, at the latest, at 800.
and he suspects that there will not be
| very much time for supper.
Minna begins to ". nder if she is to
tie disappointed of sight the most
painful to her imaginable. She has
She never cared to come before, the
amusement being somewhat too bois-
ferrous for her taste Two hours be-
tore, at II o'clock, Herr Martersteig
left her. He had said to her not u
word about the ball, not word about
the ", man in black and silver, with
three .]acqueminOt roses. When he
went away she as:Onished her old uncle
beyond measure by pulling him off the
sofa, where he lay blissfully snoring,
and insisting upon hi; escort to the
AriOn ball. 1t was useless to protest
+! The wine merchant was compelled to
sousa his mead with water to flush
away the cObwcbs of sleep. and to ac-
company his niece. She had u mask
, and domino already provided for him
and mask and domino already pro-
vided for her. elf. Two tickets for the
ball she also had. The wine merchant
W ordered at this: but he believed he
would be Just as wise if he ,ked no
questions. She brought him to the
Opera House and enscOnced him in I.
box: and there he is now. mildly Won
dering what time he will get to bol,
while his niece stands watching the
/ woman with the three 70. e5 and detain-
ing Heinrich. who is fretting and fun
ing about the neglected chambermaid
away Off among the Philistines on the
top floor.
Heinrich thinks. at least. that Louisa
is away up on the top floor: but the
truth is that the demon of jealousy has
entered very suddenly into her imagi-
natl IN. and she ha, been unable to
keep herself in the nook near the
shrine of Ganbrinus. As she did an
hour previously. She has come down
hat i,.b oh
ha, heard Of the ierijdy of mon. and
she fears that Heinrich may be as bad
rs the rest. When the woman in he
gray domino came and stole Heinrich.
he whispered something about its being
his cousin: but what if it was: Cousins
could be in love with cOu i'm. When
she had par;ided Il cousin before Helm
rich it had been a settled man OF 60
Years. with a wife along. The woman
in the gray domino did not look to be
any such age Us that. So Loui-;. is
grieved and jealous as she comes back
INTO the ballroom looking for a little
brigand. slightly bowed in the legs, in
company with a tall, closely masked
woman in gray.
After a brief search Louisa discovers
the pair. Heinrich has his arm about
the woman and is tenderly supporting
her. Her head is on Heinrich ; shout
der: she is giving way to hysterical
emotion: her body is racked by the
violence OF her sobbing. Heinrich is
son is that he is small man, and that
the physical task of supporting his
cousin Is a strain upon him. But Louisa
does not understand. AS she looks she
feels her own tears coming. and has
tening to Heinrich. throws her arms
about him and wccps upon his other
shoulder.
The spectacle of small brigand thus
lugubriously beset affects people differ
emily. Some laugh. and others seem
to SYM athize either with the brigand
or with the weeping woman whom he
precariou sly supports. \ tall gentle
man with an English eyeglass. sitting
in box 81 with Il woman in black and
silver who wears three conspicuous red
roses in Ecr bosom. hastens to prO:-cr
assistance or consolation to the afflicted
group. He is in the nick of time. The
little brigand is en- the point of collapse
when the gentleman puts his arm with
| much delicacy about the waist of the
lady in the gray domino and gently re-
lieyes the exhausted outlaw OF the
burden of her support. She seems to
become SuDt!y informed Oh the cAafl5e.
She lift, her eyes fer a moment to the
| face of the gentleman in whose arms
she lies-hc i not lnasked-thcn tears
herself away from him with the ut
most violence. and seemingly under
stress of the deepest auhOrrence:
, throws her hands wilaly in the air, and
runs laughing and sore aiming from the
| spot. Herr Nartersteig looks after
har wonderingly and very thoughtfully.
/ The little brigand shakes in his boots.
Louisa is still weeping copiously upon
! his shoulder. Herr Mar.erst,ig pres
emily turns hi, gaze upon the pair.
He regar Is the brigand for moment.
| signs. and returns with grave fac, to
| the lady III the domino OF black and
| silver. with the three red roses On her
| breast.
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