Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-03

So on Monday morning l called on
Steinhardt and said | was ready TO set
out at once, and in the afternoon |
was whirling through beautiful Derby
shire on my way to London and the
Continent. / could not forbear feeling
something like delight at the change
from terrible Timperley to these bright
/ scenes-although scarcely knew where
was journeying, or for what. Could
l then have guessed what strange things
| would hear when / reached the to me
unknown city OF Basel on the Rhine,
could have guessed that l was being
hurried along by the Divine Vengeance,
that was not so much deputed by
! Steinhardt to see Emile Haas as by
hat Overruling Power who was i'm
pelling that man on to his doom, what
| have often wondered since, would my
feelings have been as | was borne along
with rush and roar in the railway
train?
The first night of my journey rest
ed in London. l went to that hotel
! (Bacon's) in Great Queen street, where
Mr.. Lacroix had commonly stayed on
his visits to London, but l found moth
ing of consequence.
was wretched. cold and hungry,
when, about o'clock in the morning
of the third day, left the train at
Basel. l permitted myself to be taken
to a hotel, where l ordered breakfast.
After partaking of which l revived, and
began to think OF the errand ON which
l had come.
Since my arrival 1 had been uncer-
tainly using French and German, and
l had been answered in either language
Il found later that in the hotel, at
least, l might as we'll use my native
English); but on inquiring my way
from the Ludwigstrasse to the obscure
street sought, | had to draw exclus-
lively upon my stock of German. l dis
covered that Fraulein Emile Haas
lived in one of row OF old tall houses
(not unlike some of those in the city OF
Edinburgh), with little windows in the
steep grey roofs, which gave the inn
preston of eyes with sleepy, heavy
lids. Up and up the bare stairs OF the
house stepped, till think | was on
the fourth hoor-at any rate, was as
.. high as l could climb. knocked at
the door of humble apartment" Of
two rooms, and an old wrinkled woman
; appeared. l inquired in German fol
Fraulein Haas, and was informed she
; was from home, ''giving her daily les
sons" She was not, then, ill? Oh,
no, she was not ill-she was we'll.
= asked when she would be at home, anG
, was told "a: five O'Clock in the after
noon" So departed till then, with
} about six hours in which to tax my in
genuity in guessing why Frauleir
Haas's demand to see Steinhardt haC
) been SO urgent, since she was not dy
ing, nor even ill.
At five o'clock l called again, anC
! found Fraulein Haas at home. l wa!
asked to come in. l looked curiousll
at the Fraulein. She was a middle
aged woman, OF the thin, nervous type
q of German Cor, perhaps, SWISS, witt
bright, keen, grey eyes. She rose
smiling, but perplexed, to receive me
! and waited Tor me to state my business
r "I come from England" l said il
I German.
"Ihen you do not want me to Civ,
? lessons" said she, pushing away
prospectus" evidently laid ready TO
presentation; "my mother thought yo,
i had come for that"
4 "No," said I-"I come from Eng
8 land to see you, and then to go bach
again"
:. She looked bewildered. I took from
my pocket copy of the Times adver
q tisement, and handed it TO her. A
1t once the expression OF her face changed
pale before, it became paler now, an,
|; her eyes seemed to dilate, as will
i fear.
"But you," said she, care not EN-
II manuel Steinhardt? Perhaps, how
it ever" she made haste to add, "you ar
his son? He married, 1 know"
d shook my head.
It 81 am no relation at all to Her
Steinhardt Very likely that will ex
II plain who l am''-and l gave he
D. Steinhardt's letter.
She was moved when she saw tn
10 handwriting. She read the lette
r through eagerly. 1t was short, l coul
see.
a 'He thinks am ill, and in want @
u money-of his money! Ach! Thi
,e will not do! You must go away sir!'
" (To be continued)
j. Naming the Child.