The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-10

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He nasSsS VIZ pleasure. II vas the
Grst word Of intsrsst in his labor which
ysauhed him IN he desolstioa q this
pIancs!y hoasssc'd' "purchlAucAt s'pd ~
Those were words shs heard daily; abe
was siok OF hsaring them. With = little
smile Of disdain she babe him tell her
about Wilhelm
''Princs Wilhelm IL backward" the tutor
said boldly. and suddenly she looked
straight at him with fresh interest IN her
face. She made him fetch his tanle Of les
sons and went over ~ dstails he am
swsred as hsst he could, eager about the
task he had set himself, 3 little daszled BY
her white neck her whitp dress, her Jew
els. the perfume floating around her. the
unaccustomed title Of her prlncely rank.
III Frau Herzogin will permit me-" be
said pointing, ~ have o second hour here,
on Thursdays. - orthography.'
"what ID orthosraphyr asked Duke Er-
nest. suddenly looking out behind hie pe-
per. irritation In hls voice.
.'spelling," interpossd the duchess quiet
ly; her husband laughed.
what long word for simple uinar
no cried. ''That's lust like ali your teach
ing why. I've spelt all my life. and never
known II was orthography."
Thank You, mcin Herr" said the OUCH
ess grayeiy RETURNING the card; II hope
that my son will reward your endeavors,'
The teacher bowed and withdrew. Scarce
" had the door closed upon him when the
duchess cried:
"You see. he says the boy Is back
wardi'
'of COURSE he says 70, Six months
hence he will say that wilhelm, thanks to
his good teaching. Is ahead Of all other
hoya When Rudei came he said the
pigs"
II ann going % bed,' cried the duchess.
"Csood-nighti She left him. She was
getting into this habit Of going to her
read novel: sometimes she yawned her
self to sleep.
II was on one such weary evening, shiv-
cry, dfizxly. with beat OF rain and moan
OF trees, that the duchess, crossing the
great hall upstairs to her apartments. mo-
ticed sound Of music from the children's
corridor. She went back few PAGES.
opened haise door. and listened. Sudden
ly 'her eyes shone bright--she had recog-
nised the melody, she passed down the
corridor to one Of the school rooms-Wil-
helm's-and paused for o moment outside.
Then she slowly pushed open the door
and entered. Herr Goertz was at the
piano. He stopped. In confusion, rising
rapidly to his feet.
do you come from? What Il it?" stam-
mered the duchess. seeking to control her
agitation.
at is Carinthian, Frau Hersosin. II
was taught me by a cousin. who is game
keeper on the estates of your highness'
father. was only trying some varia-
TONS"
II know" already she had stiffened,
you surprised me. II is ten years at
least since last heard that tune Do you
know any more of the melodies OF my
homer"
Eyes, Frau Herzogin."
'Have the kindness to play me some"
She gave the order as she might have
given 1t to a servant. He colored, sat
down at the piano, and began. She stood
listening at the door. There was no other
light in the room than that of the piano.
forte candles. Presently she sank into a
chair and covered her face with her hands,
He played on for several minutes. pass
Ing from one folk-song to another, blend
ing them together in an arrangement of
his own When he finished there was
moment of silence
you play superbly." she gasped. and
left the ROOM
There was no reading of novels that
night. Tho Duchess Eleanor, whom no.
body ever saw weep, lay on her bed In q
long torrent of tears.
OF Two uAyS Suo TOOK no more notice
of the tutor than merely to acknowledge
his deferential salutes. An old maiden
aunt Of Duke Ernest came to stay at
6tolzenau-a terrible Princess valeria Of
whom everybody was afraid. This lady
inquired about the tutor. disapproved- of
his German pronunciation. asked where
he came from, told him he oughtn't to.
and finally. in the course of an intoler-
able evening. sat up from a snooze and
demanded to know whether 1.-The Aus
TRAN could play.
II don't know. I'm sure, never asked"
replied the duke.
"He can play" said the duchess, calm
ly.
'Then send for him and tell him to. for
goodness sake!' cried the Princess VAL
eria.
But must 80 on with my work." ex-
claimed her nephew in distress
Nobody wants you. Ernest. Eleanor
and l. we will go to the music room with
the tutor. And. Herr. have the goodness
to play me some dance music!" said the
Princess Valera.
SO the tutor played viennese waltxes,
and the Duchess Eleanor quivered in her
great Louis XIV. bergere Then unasked
and therefore unpermitted, he glided on
into some Of the Carinthian melodies he
had produced SO beautifully the other
night.
me Princess Valeria raped the table
with her fan. THAT, Herr, is not dance
music" she interrupted.
Local dances, your nighness," he an
swered, looking UP from the keyboard.
In the full light of the chandelier the
duchess recognized and delighted in the
adorable impudence of his eyes.
"You are from Boedlng," said the
duchess. as soon as he stopped, 'ny
Uncle Sigismund's place-you were born
there?"
YES" he confessed, he had been born
on the estate
They are not Germans at ALL" said the
Princess valeria
II have been there so often as a child"
said the duchess. musingly. II remem.
Der"
Eleanor. shall We go back to your hus-
band? 1t is chilly here. Why don't you
make your servants keep up the fires ."