Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-05-20

| tailnrs and modlstes They brought
dresses and bonnets. and all told her
she must buy jewelry She learned and
she sang She Travelled with man
whom they called an impr,sario She
went from city 10 city. from country to
country She acquired foreign Ian
guages. she cultivated a taste for cham
pagne and other daintics which were
distasteful 10 her at the beginning She
sang in operas Kings and emperors
listened to her Diva Evina had be
come an idol Wherever she appeared
She was overwhelmed with flowers and
presents Money came fast and went
rapidly She knew not its value She
ordered that some he sent To her father
and was notified that h. had died Dur
ing the summer she used To live in her
country house in the mountains
Time flew Years passed in this mode
of living and she had nearly forgotten
her youth as IA poor girl ON the lake
One night she sang again The house
was filled from top To bottom The i'm
perial box was occupied by the emperor
the empress and the princess and the
highest CONT functionaricS were about
them Al the most sublime part of her
song she invuluntarily looked mp High
up III the topmoSt gallery she saw
face that was bending down toward
her She heheld pair of eyes rivcted
upon her Her blood rushed To her
heart Something made her think Of
Vermund Perhaps this youth only
resembles him. she thought But for
the rest of the time she was ON the
stage she was unable tu take her eyes
from this face She must needs look nj
him. at him only That Ncrmund
should bc sitting there appeared 10 her
as iinp sSihlc rs if the lake itself should
have come to the city
The longer she looked the more strik
ing bccame the resemblance. 1t must
be Vermund He carried his head al
ways in that way No one else could
listen To her so eagerly. Her voice he
came thrilling. powerful. grander than
ever before, She saw the young man
pull out blue chcckered handkerchief
and wipe first one eye. then the other
Now She was positive that the stranger
was Nermund Her blood went rushing
to her head She felt jubilant She ran
up close 10 the footlights. and she began
i'll her native tongue
''Vcrmund. Nermund Come. oh.
comet Come over -orcr-over to me-
The emperor rose and appaudcd. The
whole house shook with the acclama
tions Seven times did they recall her
and while they were still clamoring for
her appearance she had gone She had
found Ncrmund. and she took him with
her in her carriage
He told her how he had longcd for
her How he had patiently waited
waited and waited till he could endure
| il no longer Down in the village they
had read in the newspapers that Evina
had become great singer They told
him so. and he went from city 10 city
| in search of her Questions came thick
and fast and they talked about things
nj home of which Evina had not thought
| for years She wanted to ask him about
thousands IF matters. when the carriage
drove ur in front Of her hotel She in
sisted upon Ncrmund's coming up To
! her ruuiuS 80 that they could gossip a
stream ot prominent people swept un
ceasingly through her apartment They
| found no time To be alone She asked
him to come early next morning She
would be tree then
Evina spent sle"rless night She
Thought Of all the news She had heard
about th, home of her childhood She
though, of Ncrmund and She wished
/ for the dawn She was anxious tn show
him all thu wonderful and beautiful
| things she now Possessed She wanted
10 tell him about how She lived ~ she
| lay on her couch she fanci,tl herself al
home again lying fiat in her boat an
Cling for trout She foli a~ if She wcr,
rowing and rowing hut could make no
| progress Her line was caught in the
| reeds She had never noticed them hc
| fore
! When Nermund came ON the next
morning they began to talk They talk
ed about old things new nj home where
the two huts yet stood on the opposite
| banks of the lake She had forgotten
nothing her recollection wa, us vivid
as if She had left her old home only IN
ycsterrvc She was ready Ia begin To
sing ''Ncrmund Ncrmund come
| over. when she suddenly remembered
where she was He felt that there could
now bc no question about marriage and
such things She took him out in her
carriage she showed him the wild AMI
mails the lions the tigers and the
snakes She pointed out to him all OBJ
jects of interest in the city Wherever
they went people bowed to her
When they returned to Evina hotel
they found the table adorned with glis-
tening silver rich cut glass and fra
grant flowers Th. walters brought in
delcacy after delicacy There they sat
and talked about the honey cake Yer
mund used To bring from the village
and they had eaten in Evina's hut So
engroSscd were they that they forgot To
eat the good things set before them
Evina had made up her mind to go
next summer To- the lake she must see
her old home again She gave Nct,Bund
some money To put her fathers hut in
order She would live in il as i'll times
gone by Their parting was attcC Ctlnnate
| Nermdnd went home The fish dealer
i'll the village shrugged his shoulders
when Vcfmund told him of EvIna =
plans for the summer
But CONF She did During the first
week sh" wal..cd and sang in the
ON the lake and in all the places whore
she used to in; whcma girl 1t sounded
well Sh" went rowing with Nrlmund
and they east their lines a. Of ycre The
self caught trout had II delicat" tlavui
Of its own and the berries which she
| picked tasted far better than any dainty
served in The hest hotel Aud the All
WAS 50 prrc 50 fresh. 50 invIgurating
she awukr one mnruiii.; AMI found il
raining Everything was gray y dense
fog hid The forest Til, weather did not
improve On the next day II was rain
ing and raining The lake was t"iIprs
tuuuS She found il tedious. dslal
dreary and lonely tn sit around all day
long while the rain was pattcring nj
the windows
She departed suddenly She went 70
the village and thence to the city ~
fast as swift horses could take her Hen
imnrcsario was awaiting hcI She be-