The Winslow mail., 1899-05-13

lf his fTi5Bds. who hap
hombuig at Ike tiu2e.
lry to Pacify he ot5eadyl
Mr. Parker received ;l.
with all ;he polished polite.
lLan OF the world.
"GentleEen," said Mr.. Par 4r esi3-
ly. in French Il really faii t. r15
sand the object OF your visit ~r
tie details OF this matter hays
discussed al sufficiea, length! NotA:rs
more remains TO be said
You are right, sir replied the eIdcr
OF the two Ambassadors, a but We havo
come trusting 10 Your tenderness os
heart, and we are sure you will not bs
able to turn deaf ear 10 cur plea. We
have come to appeal to you. not OF be-
lalf Of the barren, hut fer the sake Of his
mother, TO whom he is all in al, anG
" ho viii certainly die Of grief Il anv-
thing happens to her ideal. W. ask ycu
% agree 10 other terms. Would you poi
sen and curtail the life Ct weak wo1n-
an? Think Of your own mother" :"
Then the speaker explained at length
10 Mr.. Parker that the baron was the
last male representative OF his lire, the
!tst Of a famous house, ard that the
lumor, even. of the approaching duel
might cause the mothers Death
Mr.. Parker listened with quiet dig
nifty and when the gentleman closed
with warm appeal to his goodness of
heart, The EnSlish12an rose. and with
out losing any of his dignity, or relax
ing his severity Of expression said:
Il Will not have the death Of the
mother on my conscience; just give re
time 10 think Of some way out OF this
I will write to you tomorrow"
The two callers took leave, after hay-
ing overwhelmed Mr.. Parker with
words Of gratitude for his magnanirn-
itv Their thanks seemed to enbarrass
hizl. ioT as he held out his hand his eyes
n:cde&tly sought the foor
Next morning the gentlemen received
the following letter:
Dear Sirs--
"1ol appealed to my sympathy, As
I said to you yesterday, I viii not be
guilty Of dep;ivirg the mother of her
son. anG Go not think chat IN Hem
burg tlere could &c two opinions as to
what would he the outcome Of the oueI
which was 10 have taken pl@ce between
the baron ard nae. I withdraw the
challenge In return for this l expect
the baron to pay over to my orphans
such sum as he may himself deter
mine At the same time ! take it for
granted that he values lis young life
at at least ( LOCO. VIII you have the
goodness to make this known to the
baron?
"Finolly, gentlemen, l must lay par
ticular stress On the fact that, as |
leave Homburg tomorrow morning.
shall have to lay upon you the condi-
ton, as men Of honor, to clear up any
misunderstanding which may arise as
to the cause of my having backed out
CT the duel. trust to your fairness to
Justify me wherever and whenever you
shall find it necessary or advisable
On The following day Mr.. Parker re-
ceived from the baron letter CT regret
and apology and a check for 91.2G0.
The promise was also made to send
more as. socn as the writer should he in
position to do SO. The & 200 sent
was all that he had in hand at that mo-
ment.
Mr.. and Mrs Parker at Gree left
Homburg, and en- the following Cay a
new scandal occupied the minds and
wagged the tongues OF the visitors.
The baron, it is scarcely necessary to
e,@ncri;lx- r,I,ff{oI How, 1.a
had 10 wish to keep alive the story Of
his misfortune and Of MIR. Parker's
magnanimity. He succeeded. strange
as it may seem, in hiding all knowledge
of the affair from his mother. The
G1,2G0 with which he had bought his
lie was pretty nearly the amount he
had won at the gambling table.
He did not forget his promise TO Mr..
Parker, and few years later. when he
came into posse ession of his estates, he
sent a check for C 800 to the trustees
orphanage Of Hamarby, York. Strange
10 say, the letter came back unopened
but the envelope was covered with notes
which gave the following information
The so-called Parker orPhanage al
Hamar6y had formerly consisted OF {
tumbled-down hovel Inhabited by al
old woman and cripple, but 1T the
time Of writing nothing but the ruins
remained. Parker, who was we'll
known sWindler, had, two years previ'
ously. escaped arrest by fight. With
him had fled his beloved Mary Cowen,
his accomplice.
Six years after tie Homburg incident
happened to drop into circus in the
fair al Lutritz. At the beginning OF the
second turn tall, well-built man. got
up as Tyrolese peasant with riff over
| his shoulder, came out. followed by a
woman who, although no longer young,
had a magnificent figure. She acteG as
page, ard carried a case Of elegant ris-
| tolls. She held a piece of PAPER in her
hand while the Tyroiese aimed at it..
Then she rut a pipe between her lips,
and the artist shot the pipe av'ay. The
mage was none other than the beautiful
woman who had been the cynosure of
all eyes at Homburg; the Tyroiese who
| showed such dexterity was NT. Fcrller,
the former president of the board of
trustees of the orphanage at Hamarby.
translated from the German Of Paul
Won Schcnthan for the international
Magazine.
Reproyipg nm Archbishop.