Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-09-27

Mysterious look indeed Phrases OF
this Kind arc invented by story writer's
TO bnmbOozle their readers, and ! IN
vented mine to ~bamboozle my own self.
All / did know was that was In love
with the young cOuntess--in love like a
nlnny. like an idiot"
The countess brought with her some
money, but her fnther went through II
IA less than six months. He was a
rood natured, pompous old s%pendthrift,
and when he was not Boosting Of bis
ancestry he was lamentlng the defunct
glory Of Poland. or clse he would bore
the loNelorn young officer with verse
In bis native tongue.
pardon me, sir" the other would
plead. "but I have not the honor OF an
acquaintance with the Polish Ian
guage.'
"Ah. but the music Of the words,
sir.' the old man would return. '"Mu-
sic is the language of she angels. as
OF our writers says. and the angels
ought to be able TO make themselves
understood to a good man like yourself.
Tell ne, sir, have you ever heard any
thing swectcr than And the old pa
trlot would go on r%ecitlng his ode with
more ecstasy than ever.
Once he broke into sobs over the fate
Of the country which had produced this
melodious language. Herr Schmidt'
was at once touched and amused, and
the upshot OF It was that the Pole Dor
rowcd a few hundred thalers Of him.
Here my Second avenue friend has
tened to explain that the old fellow
was anything but a schemer or an adj
yenturer. "Ifc was simply a weak man
too weak to hold money or his
tongue" he said. III he had not been
30 simple hearted and honest, he would
no; have disclosed the real nature Of
his title 20 me. II appeared that he was
one OF the so called Roman or papal
counts. YOU know, his father having
received the distinction from the Vati-
can for service in the holy army or
something Of that kind. lie insisted.
however, that IN the early history OF
Poland his ancestors were members Of
the highest aristocracy, and he traced
Ills pedigree to n sister CT n cousin OF
somebody who was entitled to the
throne. he said. The worst Of it was
that the title OF the countess dead bus
band was Of a similar character, and Of
course the old fool told me oil about It.
How the old mans ancestors came to
lose their old position was never made
clear to ue.
AT last I made my declaration. She
gave me n long look, the longest and
~steadicst ! had ever received from her,
I thought. and made a cle0n breast Of II
all. / insisted that she was q genuine
countess and that I would have mar
rled her if she we're n peasant girl, anC
all that sort Of thing. She wept and
called me an angel, and we became en-
gagged,
when my mother heard Of 1t, shl
came to that town. Although shr
thought me a prophet and went int
~ecsiasies over every piece of rot sale
yet she was n very sensible woman
She was opposed to the marriage b'
cause my hancee was q widow as we
as on account Of the questionable qua
lty Of their title. but beld her " coui
, sci. She had no trouble In sizing up III
r old man, and before I knew 1t he la
2 borrowed Of her a snug amount al
r tearfnlly yielded to her plea not to d
r urlve her Of her boy. She was perfect
g frank with him, it appeared. She to-
[ him all she thought of the marriai
' and begged him to take pity on her.
"As III luck would have It, the Polls
J. count had a sister in America, the wi
II ow Of u wealthy physician, who hi
d promised t take care Of him and i
daughter provided the two went
join her. Well. partly because Of Il
II mothers plea. partly because Of 4
,e loan she offered him. the old man
ID but melted away and declared in t
10 name OF his great ancestors that
was not the man to let his daught
ia throw herself on anybody; that IL
th title was not good enough he would l.
IT. allow her 60 marry INC FOR millions, a
at so forth and so on. How he %reconcil
all this with the tears he shed over l
mothers broken heart | do not kno
rs but I do know that this muddle head
hysterical ~nlncompOop could twist
daughter around his finger. She 10y
Ter me-ycs. she loved me-yet when
adj told her they were going to Amer
as and that he would rather see her Dc
m than married 10 a German snOb VIII,
IN mothcr called his nobility In quest
ler she ohoyed him.
err '"Thls Is She way came 10 leave
TO native country ard my connections
VS. had no difficulty In finding the CO..
and his daughter. Ills sister had m
OF sense than he, and. thanks TO her
hurried the woman ! loved. We "
bic. happy, but our happiness was not
J II last long. She died Of her first ch
In birth. and my mother, who was exp
md ing US to return 10 Germany, depaT
t. this world during the same week.
vas sister was drowned a few months IN
vas Yes. It was q year Of deaths aud
her gulsb. ! don't think my heart q
the completely recovered FROM H..
Dol. II have had my ups and downs
OF America. ! have tried TO return TO
, as Oh bone. bEt II Is 10 use. My bonn
one. bere. ] an neither a German nor
ing, American. but the past Is gone to
In turn never more. I am used 10 this
OF New York. and J Ike the respect
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