Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-04

he.O "WiH 10 o'clock tomorrow suit
you? And" he added with more hui
manity than gallGGtTy, i trust Herr
! Schwalb will soon be able to take your
place"
4 trust" said Hedwig. The rosy
| face beamed.
Alexander's 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 well again, but the doc
tor still forbade him to teach. He'd
wig had given Alexander three lessons
a week He was growing strangely
resigned to the situation. AS long as
the books were open Hedwig was stern,
curt, dry; one seemed to see the specta-
cles of Herr Schwalb on her nose.
When the books wer shut she became
a charming girl again; and, the trans
formation having taken place, AlXan-
der did not, after the first, make a point
of leaving directly. On the Saturday
morning which brought the tenth les
son, time being up, Hedwig 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 I told you my wOmanliness was
noting" said Hedwig with a rium-
plant air.
Alexander looked at 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 Herr
Schwalb trust Alexander to take her
down on the MONDAY coach and bring
her back by 6 in the evening? Aller-
dir gs-which meant she might go.
But how long would the fraulein take
to get dressed?
Hedwig laughed, ran across the pas
sage and in five minutes reappeared,
having pinned a lace collar on the
brown dress. loosened 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. Ach.
heavenslyi heavensly!" again and
again. And Alexander conducted her
through therooms and courts of the ia
nous old palace, and Hedwig chartered
of Cardinal Wolsley as if he had been
her uncle. 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 a
beautiful tame deer, with sad eyes
came to the window and asked to be
fed
Take care" said Alexander. as He'd
wig leaned forward to touch the Great
ure's head. He caught her by the hand
and pulled her back. -,
"Hrsch-we call the animal so, salu
Hedwig, standing meekly by ms SIDE
How do you call him at all?
Deer. fraulein," said Alexander He
had forgotten to let go Of her hand ana
he spoke very gently, and any ignorant
intruder. hearing what he said, seeing
how close the simple pretty little
Rhine maiden and the woman hater
stood together in the alcove OF the par
lor window, might have tancleu--
But it was time to 90 home.
OF course Alexander saw Hedwlg sale
to the door of May street.
Il can enough tank you never, she
said earnestly. Cute nacht
Cute nacht, fraulein; CUTE nacht.
Turning away he ran against an ac-
quaintance-Jones.
Jones surveyed him with twinkllnG
eye.
Changed your views"
Don't understand.
81 thought, according to you, the best
woman that ever breathed was only TO
he tolerated. You seemed a tritle over
flowing with liberation just now: Neat
little article Made in Germany! hal
10, no offense, old chap. Alexander. no
offense, | say.
But 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 sat solitary, and thought
and thought.
He thought of the girl to whom he
had given his heart in early days ana
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 the end of these meditations was
that he went to his writing table and
penned a litter to Hedwig.
He said that he was Unexpectedly OBJ
liged TO go abroad He thanked Frau
lein Schwalb for the pains she had
taken with him, and begged to inelose
the sum due 70 her for the remaining
lessons of the course. He much regret
ted being unable to receive them. He
sent his best compliments To Herr
Schwalb and remained hers very SIN
cerely. Anthony Alexander.
He went to Switzerland, intending to
do a mountain or two. But in rldlcu-
Ions defiance of the most elementary
rules of physical geography mountains
proved fat. so did other things when
he tried them. A blooming face under
a hat with roses. an old brown dress, a
happy girls voice, followed him every
where.
At last. leaning dismally over a hotel
balcony one fine evening in Cham
ounix. he heard a German lady say to
friend. Cute nachtl"
He couldn't stand it any longer.
Cute nacht" The words called him
back to 3 May street, and he packed his
trans that night, and to May street he