The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-06

"You said that your para, Count Won
Schreckenstrohm, came here last night
after you had all retired. How diu he
cross the river to the caste?"
by the stone bridge. of course. You
should know, as you were with him.
wrote Ysolde.
But have been all around the island.
and have seen no bridge"
These words OF mine seemed 10 pro-
nuce q great deal of mcrriment. Some
Of the damscs plainly sniclSercd, and
QUO, the youngest of the six. whom I
afterwards found was Lorclci, blue
eyed. fnScn-haired little witch OF fif-
teen. actually winked at her sisters.
"Oh. yoI can't see il now. you know. .
were I'll le words which Ysoldc now wrote
upon the pad.
'Oh. | s.ee." said |. "The stone bridge
Is like the trolley car. Now you see il
and now you don't. Such bridge as
that is rot solid enough for me. Give
me balloon every time"
''Ycs," wrote the girl, but your ba,-
soon is nonsense; and the car and the
Lriuge are true. Yea can see the car
yourself. when it comes tomorrow
morning; nnd you can also see the
bridge who, papa arrives"
Ard VIXEN is your papa. Herr Graf.
coming. most fair .and charming
Grafin 2"
I'm week from yesterday. unless
something happens; which is not at all
lilel-." was her answer.
! now began 10 get along famousiv
with tl,e six heiresscs Of Schreclsen-
strohn. Tley were n jolly set. take
them all together: though I do net
mean by thar that they wore III of them
OF mlrthful and wnpgsh disposition,
iTfyr RTE fftGxvu-tTTtrUTi UuJf cfTidiEtI
lorelei. or the l'ond and nymph-like
lsolde Rrunhildu. the eldest OF them
oil. tho maid who pleased ne most. WAS
u serious and ccntemplative char.
ncter. her smile was the sweetest. the
looks from her unfathomable eyes were
tnc tcndercsi. and her nature, all in all,
Ike the beauty OF her face and form,
was more perfect and mature. The next
jn age. whom afterwards found TO be
Wanda, WIS OF languishipC and senti-
mental east. Then came Gutrune.
biack-haired. gray-eyed sybil of eight
cen. and between lsolde and Lorelei.
was Undine. as clf-lke. immnterinl and
chanccful as the creation of Baron
Tongue.
There was roma--e. n strangeness,
awildness abou; the whole affair, which
fascinated and enthrpled me. The
weird and almost miraculous way in
which / hid aligued upon tbs spot.
the feudal castle. ,he roaring torreilt
and the SIX beautiful countcsses were
Ike the images GO fairy tale. There
was, besides. the charm OF that still and
shady glade, and n charm in the un-
Sathomable mystery which enveloped
the island. the castle and its occupants.
And, above all, there was the charm o.
solitude, which the presence OF these
spcecbless girls made greater than II
I had been alone. was like an Adais
In garden With six voiceless Ewes, and
/ would have been immcasurably COLI
tent had they not still persisted in be-
lieving me 70 be the rvcrennt Won Dur
keiheim.
They wandered with me through the
island and with childish pleasure
showed me all their favorite hooks and
corners. / lay at length upon the green
tnrf. by the hour. and watched their
graceful forms and lovely faces. as they
strolled past me. or as they sot near by
upon q mossy bank. They plucked for
Ioe rare, exotic flowers from the garden,
apd side bS aide ye gsxed into the fe6a-