Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-11-27

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eyes sought Alexander's face again.
Something glittered in them which was
not allowed to fall.
"Oh, well, 1 don't mind!" said Alex
ander, hurriedly Ito himself: "What a
lie!D "Will 10 o'clock tomorrow suit
you? And" he added with more hu-
manity than gallantry, 81 trust Herr
Schwalb will soon be able to take your
place."
II trust" said Hedwig. The rosy
face beamed.
AleXanders face, when he got down
into the street, did nothing Of the kind.
"Beastly nuisance!" he said aloud.
Three weeks passed. Herr Schwalb
seemed nearly we'll again, but the doc
tor still forbade him to teach. Hedwig
had given Alexander three lessons q:
week. He was growing strangely re-
signed to the situation. AS long as the
books Were open Hedwig was stern,
curt, dry: one seemed to see the specta-
clcs of Herr Schwalb On her nose. When
the books were shut. she became n
charming girl again; and, tile transfor-
nation having taken place. Alexander
did not, after the first, make IL point of
leaving directly. On the Saturday
morning which brought the tenth les
son. time being up, Hcdwig looked gay
ly at her pupil, and said:
Don't you tink you proceed?"
I'm astonished at myself" said AL
exander.
Herr Schwalb nodded blandly from
his chair.
"Ah, l told YOU my womanliness was
noting" said Hedwig with a trium-
plant air.
Alexander looked ut the sweet, mod
est figure in the shabby brown dress, at
the round face. flushed with the July
heat. and with her pedagogic exertions
on his behalf.
Her womanliness nothing? Well.
poor little girl!
He asked If she had ever been to
Hampton court. No? Would she like
to go? Hedwig's eyes spoke. Would
Herr Schwalb trust Alexander to take
her down on the MONDAY coach and
bring her back by 6 in the evening?
Allerdings-which meant she might go.
Bat how long would the fraulein take
to get dressed?
Hedwig laughed, ran across the pas
sage and in five minutes r%eappeared,
having pinned a lace collar ON the
brown dress, loosencd the tight ball
of shining hair and mounted a fresh
little hat, like her face, one nest of
roses.
oh, fairy day! Happy, happy hours!
The very sight of the great gates and
great trees set Hedwig's heart dancing,
and then the flaming flower beds and
cool alleys and emerald grass and dia-
mond fountains made her cry, Zach!
heavenly! heavenly!" again and again.
And Alexander conducted her through
the rooms and courts of the famous old
palace, and Hedwig chartered of Car
diaal Wolsey as if he had been her UNI
Gle, and of Henry VIII. as If she had
been his grandmother; and the next
thing in order was to order tea in a
queer little shop parlor looking on the
park, and while they were at tea n
beautiful tame deer, with sad
came to the window and asked to be
fed.
Take care" said Alexander, as He'd
wig leaned forward to touch the crea-
lures head. He caught her by the hand
and pulled her back.
"Hirsch-we call the animal so," said
Hedwig, standing meekly by his side.
How do you call him at all?"
Deer, fraulein," said Alexander. He
had forgotten to let so of her hand and
he spoke very gently, and any ignorant
intruder, hearing what he said, seeing
how close the simple, pretty little Rhine
maiden and the oma hater stood to-
gether in the alcove of the parlor Win
dow, might have fancied-. But it
was time to go home.
OF course Alexander saw Hedwig
safe to the door of 8 May street.
II can enough tank you never" she
said earnestly. "Gute nacht."
CUTE nacht, fraulein; CUTE nacllt."
Turning away, he ran against an ac-
Quaintance@Jones.
Jones surveyed him with Il twinkling
eye.
Changed your views?'
"Don't understand"
II thought according to YOU the best
/ woman that ever breathcd was only to
be tolerated. You seemed a trifie
flowing with liberation just now. Neat
little article! Made in Germany? Hal
10! no offense, old chap! Alexander! no
offense, 1 say"
Eut Alexander, resisting the tempta-
| ton to knock Jones', who was a small
man, into the gutter, stalked away.
And, after dinner, in his luxurious
study. he sal solitary, and thought
| and thought.
He thought of the girl to whom he
had given his heart in early days, and
who had deceived him.
He thought of the undisturbed, regu-
lar, independent life to which he was
accustomed.
He thought of his 40 years.
And tho end of those moditations was