Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-07-04

| ing only the glorious Good Friday when
the Turks handed over the Acropolis ia
the warriors of King Ohio, and the tri.
umphal entry of the king into the city,
and the great festivals which were held
la.ar on in honor Of King Ludovikos.
Then i'm my turn ! had to tell about
that enigmatcal country In Europe and
those curious compounds Of folly and wis.
dom, the Germans--one Of the finest PEG
pies of the world after the old Greeks
| whom all nations loved and none respect.
ed, who Possessed the well of universal
knowledge, lived quietly and peacefully
under five and thirty princes and cold sky
and some go years before had defeated Ma.
poleOn Bonapartc. Many were the strange
! questions which the aunt and niece put to
me- and while Kyr Spires looked on with
! an amused smilo Kyria Maria would keep
! up u chorus Of praise Of the good fortune
| of the ranks and even Irene seemed dis
posed to reckon it to my advantage that
should be descended from that splendid
race.
The moro came to know her the more
charming found her. When her uncle
was present, out of respect for him she
spoke but little. But when / was alone
with her and her aunt the bright flowers
Of her youthful intelligence blossomed
forth freely. She had read nothing-for
she could not read, not even knowing her
lettcrs--but her mind had had some lin.
guistiC training. She had learned Alba
nian, which she spoke with her neighbors,
and, as J0rgi informed me, with extreme
flucncy and elegance. From her Athenian
ancestors on the mothers side she had in
hcritcd tho merry joke the Bright talk,
the faultlcss grace of movement, but her
views of lifo seemed tingrd with Doric
severity, for / never heard n light word
from hcr-nOr did /, to my credit / may
say It, ever let ono fall before her Final.
ly, to complete the picture of her, her
beauty included in itself all kinds of
beauty. whether Ionic, Doric or Acolic
Hellenic or Ilypcrburcan.
One day had fall from horse. In IA
mild, autumnal morning was having u
gallop on u young colt over the fields to.
ward tho Cephissus. At first it was dc
lightful, but presently my stccd became
unruy. Suddenly he seized tho bit be.
tween his teeth, made u bolt as II to as
Rure himself OF his freedom, and then
turning, dashed hcadlong toward tho town
and tore foaming down the long street Of
the psiri. block of stone was standing
In the middle Of tho rond. Against this he
prccipitatCd himself in his hcndlOng flight
and was shot like IN arrow from n bow
against u great block OF marble, tho cor
ncrstone Of house. He was not hurt and
speedily picked himself up and rushed
down toward the bazaar, spreading dis
nnay everywhere along his course, while
lay there pale and bleeding My eyes grew
dim. A crowd assembled around me. Con
fused and unknown voices sounded in my
ears, and | lost consciousness
Whom ! awolc Irene stood at the head
Of my bed Watching mo. As l opened my
eyes she uttered low cry Of delight. Then
she give me--oh, so sweet, so loving II
smilol--suOh u smile as had never seen
before and have never seen since.
"Poor, poor Eifcndi, " sho said as she
slowly passed her hand over my face to
stroke away the united hair. $50 far
away from Monnchon (Munich) with no
loved ones to take care Of you.
Am | not richly provided" | answer
ed. is there no one hero who cares for
mop"
But wo are strangers to you. Wo can
not speak your tongue, she replied,
"Not SO, dear Irene, " Unanswered. "You
arc no stranger to mo Have | not known
those dark eyes long. and can not speak
your language? Can not say, Sc agapo,'
l love your
Sho blushcd deeply, and in order that l
should not perceive her confusion she
strokcd my forehead again with her soft
hand and Ibid 1t gently on my eyes Then
sho leaned her arm ON the pillow laid her
Il
said, with u dreamy, PARKWAY look:
"Whcn they brought you hero, Ercndi,
l did not think l should over hear you
speak again.
And what If you had not" | asked
conCcitcdly.
"Oh do not say such things 3" she said
roprovingy. "lct us rejoice that you are
alive and hero with good people who love
you"
Sho stopped short, us If startled at her
own words, and rose from her chair. |
had not time To say any more for mt that
moment kyria Maria entered. Shc was
highly delighted to find that consciousness
had returned and advised that | should
now cndravor to sleep. They then madc
my room and bed comfortable for me and
placed water within my reach, all of
which .lorgi could have done quite well,
but they would not hear It,
At last | fell into II deep slumher and
dreamed all kinds OF dreams. | was again
on the hnck of the colt galloping with him
over the meadows. All Mt once l saw
Irene Selling the horse Ivy the rcins and
begging mo anxiously to dismount Then
saw myself, palc rs death, sitting ON the
stecd with u fixed look of horror ms he
dashed along in his wild career, At last
hc ran against the block of stone in the
psr was shot off and lay once moro
crushed and bleeding by the marble cor
ncrStonc Then dreamed that was very
i'll on my bed and had u crown OF thorns
on my head, which u beautiful half van
ishing female figure, with bare ". ito
arms was pressing down harder and hard
or, so that the blood poured in streams
down my forehead and over my eyes. l
wiped my Dyes again and again and could
scarcely sec the figure At length l saw
as through thin veil two beautiful dark
eyes and heard n voice saying; 1t does
not hurt, does itF will bind your head
up u littlc tighter, 1t shall not hurt you,
| awukc and perceived Irene standing
by my bedside She hnd put handage