Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1901-02-01
BY Harold kiacGrath y

She speaks several languages. She j.
aud wlllful. ana her royal
guardian j. only too anxious to SEE hcr
married and settled down. She mas
qucrade> .u mems clothes when IL
plcasrs her. she can ride u horse like n
trooper. she fences and shoots. she has
fought two duclS and hravcn alone
knows what she has not done To dis
tirb the tranquility of the court. foi
q man she loved she would hc merry
corradc. saw her once In Paris.
she i an Extraordinarily beautiful wo-
man. \ man takes no end If risk when
he concerns himself with her affairs. !
can tell you lIillars well. suppose
its none Of my business. lie must
have had an exciting time of it," con
cludcd the young man.
I'm leave you In charge for week
or So" said l. what little news there
Is at the houses you can cover. Ill
take care uf anything of importanc,
that occurs abroad. | might a. well
pack up and get out tonight. \ boat
Then | picked up the third and last
letter. 1t was from Phyllis. 1t con.
tanned the enjoyable news that the
WcntworthS We're coming abroad and
that they would remain indefinitely al
r. where Mr. Wentworth had been
appointed charge d'affaires under the
American minister. They were to visit
the Mediterranean before coming To
London. They would be in town in
October. The mere thought of seeing
Phyllis made my heart throb. The
next morning put out from Dover. II
was a rough passage for that time of
the year, and | came near being sea
sick. \ day or so in Paris brought me
around. and proceeded. As | passed
the frontier | noticed that my pass
ports were eagerly scanned and that
was closely scrutinized for some rea.
son or other.
4 smartly dressed officer occupied
half of the carriage compartment
with me. tried to draw him into con,
versaton. but he proved to be untalka.
tive; so | busted myself with the latest
issue Of the Paris ILLUSTRATION.
never glanced in the direction of the
officer hut what | found him staring
intently at me. This irritated me
The incident was repeated so many
times that | said:
Il trust herr will remember me in
he days TO come"
En- somewhat startled. | thought
IL observed that you will possibly
remember me in the days to come, OF
perhaps | resemble some one yoI
know"
Not in the least" was the naughty
retort.
| shrugged and relit my pipe. TIL,
tobacco | had purchased in Paris. ant
1t was of the customary vilen,ss Ter.
haps | could smoke out mein herr
But the task resulted in n boomerang
lie drew out huge china pipe and be-
gan smoking tobacco which was even
vler than mine. if that could be pos.
sible Soon let down the window.
Does the smoke disturb herrT he
asked. putting forth great clouds OF
smoke There was shade of raillery
in his tones.
1T would not" l answered. "if II
came from tobacco" He subsidized
Whenever there was a stop of any
length, l stepped out and walked the
Al n ln in 10 II fn1
lowed my example. | pondered over
this each time | re-entered the car
riage. At last my irritation turned
into wrath.
Are you aware that your actions
are very annoyingF"
How, SIR proudly.
you stare me out of countenance
you refrain from entering into CONVEX
sation and by the way you follow mt
in and out of the carriage one woult
say that you were watching me. Al
this is not common politeness.
Herr jests," he replied with ;
forced smile. IF | desire not to con
verse, that is my business. AS 70
getting in and out of the carriage, hav,
no rights as a passenger"
1t was | who subsidized. A minut
passed.
But why do you stare at me?"
asked.
Il do not stare at you. | have n
paper and tried to read yours at dis
lance, | am willing to apologize 70
i that
"Oh that is different" l said.
tossed the paper to him. You ar
welcome to the paper"
| covertly watched him as he tried t
read the French. BY and by he passe
the paper back.
Il am not a very good French scho
ar, and the French are tiresome."
"They would not have been if the
had had general who thought NOR
of fighting than of wearing prett
Clothes
"Oh, it would not have mattered,
confidently.
Prussia was once humbled by
Frenchman." l was irritating hir
with a purpose in view.
"Bah!'
"The only reason the French wer
beaten was because they did not thin
the German race worth troublin
about"
He laughed pleasantly. "You Amel
leans have strange idea Of the diffe
ence between the German and til
Frenchman."
This was just what wanted.
And who informed you that | wa
an Americana
He was disconnected. why" i
said lamely. 1T is easily apparent, til
difference between the American an
the Englishman." Then. as though
h,ipht ilnn ha1 ootna IN him. "Tbp En-,