Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-11-25


eyes sought Alexander's face again
Something glittered in them which wa,
not allowed to fall.
"Oh. well. ! don't mindr' said Alex
ander. hurriedly Ito himself: What :
Herr "Will 10 o'clock tomorrow sui
you? And" he added with more hu
manity than gallantry, II trust Herr
Sch waIb will soon be able to take youl
place"
Il trust" said Hedwis. The rosy
face beamed
Alexander's face, when he got dowr
into the street, did nothing of the kind
'.Beastly nuisancew he said alotad.
Three weeks passed. Herr Schwalt
seemed nearly well again. but the doc
tor still forbade him to teach. Hedwis
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-
cles Of Herr Sch hwalb on her nose. When
the books were shut, she became q
charming girl again: and. the transfor'
nation having taken place. Alexander
did not. after the first. make 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:
s"Don't you tink you proceed?"
'Tm astonished at myself" said AL.
exander
Herr Schwalb nodded blandly from
his chair.
"Ah, told you my womanliness was
noting" said Hedwig with a trium.
phant 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 II she had ever been to
Hampton court. No? Would she like
to go? Hedwig's eyes spoke. Would
Herr SchwaIb 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
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 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,
aud then the flaming flower beds and
cool alleys and emerald grass and dia-
mond fountains made her cry, ''Ach,
heavenly! heavenly" again and again.
And Alexander conducted her through
the rooms and courts of the famous old
palace, and Hedwig chattered of Car
dinal Wolsey as If be had been her un-
Gle, and of Henry VIII. as If she had
been his grandmother; and the next
thing in order was to order tea in n
queer little shop parlor looking on the
park. and while they We're 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 crea-
ture's head. He caught her by the hand
and pulled her back.
"Hirsch-we call the animal So" said
Hedwis. standing meekly by his side.
'.How do you call him at all?''
Deer, fraulein," said Alexander He
had forgotten to let 90 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 woman hater stood to-
gether in the alcove of the parlor Win
dow, might have fancied-. But 1t
was time to go home.
or course Alexander saw Hedwig
safe to the door OF 3 May street.
Il can enough tank you never" she
said earnestly. Cute nacht."
Cute Hacht, fraulein; CUTE nacht."
Turning away, he ran against an ac-
Jones surveyed him with a twinklipg
eye.
Changed your viewsT
Don't understand"
81 thought according to you the best
woman that ever breathed was only to
be tolerated. You seemed trif1e over
flowing with liberation just now. Neat
little articlei Made in Germany? Hal
10! no offense, old chap! Alexander! no
offense, say"
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, 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 the end of these meditations was
that lie went to his writing table and
penned a letter to Hedwig.
He said that he was unexpectedly
obliged to go abroad. He thanked
Fraulein SchwaIb for the pains she had
taken with him, and begged to inclose
the sum due to her for the remaining
lessons of the course. He much regret
ted being unable to receive them. He
sent his best compliments TO Her,
Schwalb and remained hers very sin
cerely, Anthony Alexander.
He went to Switzerland, intending tc
do a mountain or two. But In ridicu
lous defiance Of the most elementary
rules of physical geography mountains
proved fat, so did other things when hs
tried them. A blooming face under 4
hat with roses, an old brown dress, q