El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-20
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: FOR THE FIRST TIME
1 IN HIS LIFE. Z
DIV EMMnnA 0M nle1 6l1T
BY ED@WARD lDIElPllr.

\ light touch from the aid-d. camp. a
spring. and she is in the saddle. Away
she goes. Who loves me follows me-
They invariably follow her One should
see her as She passed through the town,
flew over the roads and gained the
country. Nothing seemed to stop her,
neither wood nor field nor flood. Then
came the sudden wave of her hand. a
gay 'Goodby," To the general. an '.Au
revoir.' to the young officers. and she
was out of sight. leaving never Il trace
behind.
Thunder and lightning" grumbled
the general How does she do it? We
have once again been outwittcd."
The next morning found her again
at the commandments saucy rs ever.
She gave the ScntinelS a merry little
military salute with her dainty riding
whip. delivered up her horse to he TAX
cn care of and moved straight toward
the dining hall. where covers were set
for the generals breakfast They
breakfaSted together quietly, but to-
ward the end the general seemed to get
somewhat restless. He could not re-
strain three or four formidable hens
and he sent the attendants flying about
I'm all directions.
I'VE are not here for amusement"
she remarked. Drink your coffee"
He drank it. mentally feeling any
thing but amused Certainly he had
met women of many kinds. but never
anything like her. Was he afraid of
the little creature. he wondered? He
recalled their meeting just Il month
before in Paris. He remembers stu
how the moment the train was starting
she had climbed in with the rapidity OF
n little squirrel and taken Il seat be
side him in the compartment. settling
herself SO coZily and coquettishly and
arranging her packages with Il pretty
order. Then little by little the eyes
closed, the head leaned heavily for
ward and was soon lying in sleep
against her neighbor's shoulder.
Thunder and lightning,' One does
not disturb the sleep OF Il little child.
but when she opened those big aston
ished eyes and looked about il was diff
ferent- He might surely be forgiven
for STOPPING To get Il kiss. Unfortu-
nately il WAS the greasy cushion of the
seat which received il. while ma
moved into corner for the
rest of the journey. Not very vexed,
however, for lie saw a slight smile how
ering about her lips.
1t happened that both were going to
the same place.
Two days after the garrison was up
side down, and the funniest part OF the
affair was that while she seemed to
know everybody nobody knew her. A
which she unwittingly let
drop had Il barOn's wreath emhroider-
ed in the corner. whence she came to be
called the Little Baroness"
Ii only that animal, his nephew, who
was SD shrewd and was keen on the
scent as n bloodhound. would turn ND.
the general felt things might go
straight. But no, Guy was sulking II
was three months now since they had
that quarrel. The imbecile. not TO wish |
to marry the young girl who was being !
specially trained for him at the Con-
vent of the Assumption and TO take It |
into his head to marry n wiGowl A
widow! He never would consent to /
Guy uniting himself to woman old |
enough to be his mother Never,
So the fine captain had taken his de-
Darture and the pleasure of the gener-
ais sister with him. For the two were
I'll that remained of the old family, and
nothing ought TO have separated them.
Yet n mere caprice had done it. The
uncle of course made up his mind to
lisinherit the nephew. His money
would go to some charity unless
And the image of the little baroness
anne before him flying over the hedges
md the bitches, with her sharp little
Ipeeches and clear ringing laugh. Yesi
Why not? He would marry her! Guy
# course would retort, 'You should be
Ter father" Welt every one to his
aste.
This resolution taken as the result Of
he reflections which had prevented
lin from swallowing his coffee his an
,er against Guy became stronger ard
stronger.
But what a dance the little baroness
ed him! Though each day seemed to
i'd to her charm. it also seemed to add
o her capriciousness. Not word
ould he get with her. The moment he
pened his mouth to say anything to
dvance his suit there was a pirouette,
nd she was off like flash.
One morning she said:
sour last promenade, general"
"Why?"
You will soon know. Would you
1ind having this last ride without
She went at her everyday madcap
ace. all the time leading the way.
When she came to the wood, the gen.