New-York tribune., 1902-12-30

and it seems clean out of our captains reckoning,
too. The bonfire upon the reck he mistook for mar
Dor beacon and only understood his mistake
too late. 1 deck at the tme and since as
l say my business was of moment made shift
to nv life. l crept out into the bowsprft,
and when struck dropped and was fortunate 10
off with hurt than few bruises
You a uniform SIR said Mildred, suddenly
breaking upon him. When you landed you wore
a uniform
why. that is true" answered Count Harburg-
The uniform of the Hanoverian Guards. in which
body l fortunate enough hold commission
But it will be all ruined by salt water and the rest
of my baggage is at the bottom of the sea-
He laughed. however. as he spoke. with glance
Mildred Chantrell. making light of his loss
Colonel Chantrell put his wardrobe at the young
nobleman's disposal. and Count Harburg was very
well content with it, though the coonels clothes
fitted him baggily. He stayed at the house, put
ting off from day to day that business of moment
which needed his presence in London, and when he
had taken his departure he returned again. and yet
again. Gossip began to get busy There could De
only one reason, it was said for these repeated
visits Count Harburg criticised or commenced
daily in dozen parors, but the commendation had
the upper hand That chiefly. however, because
there was little for definite criticism He
well off. he young, and he held a position
Hanover which entitled him If he chose to as
Dire TO Mildred Chantrells hand. and he presented
besides to the coloners neighDors an aspect or
avity-and nothing else--His rivals in the county
boldly declared that there was nothing else he
indeed a man easy conversation, and yet
rDCst difficult to know. With him acquaintanceship
never rpened into friendship; if he had distinct
preiudices. opinions and likngs except in this one
Instance Of his liking for Mildred Chantrell ne
kept them entirely to himself And this very same
neither i'll looking nor good looking The eyes
rested upon him without pleasure as without OF.
for hour. you would find it difficult the next
Gossip, therefore, had to content itself with
very little and turned in some relief to Mildred
Nlrart traI haar ritod IiriO
enough She became thoughtful; she fell into
moods & Of abstraction from which she walked with with
Germ to how she should receive Count Harburg's
mirror Of that she she had not doubted since he
s,epped from the boat in the uniform which was
vividly remembered. He was the man whom she
OF his coming helped to strengthen her ction.
And she liked him She pleaded that argument to
thrown doubts upon its sincerity. There was moth,
him But it was the feeling that she was destined
to marry him which more than anything else de-
Are well enough acquainted?" she asked.
doubtfuiy. when Anthony, having secured her her
fathers consent. put his mute appeal OF weeks into
the one spoken sentence
with laugh, but not well enough speak, in
deed. in order that may be better acquainted;
she nodded her head with sigh. and he raised
her hand to his lips with 6r+ II bow oor and winning
polite and unimpressve like everything else which
a dozen such proposals in the course of one after
noon. and forget them completely from her mind
her window. Nor did the time of her betrothal
sbp Ghs and 1 greater knoWedge She talked with
Count Harburg, rode with him, sang to him OF an
noon on the broad green lawn in front of the hall
windows. But he remained elusive to her. almost
the great Ship towering above the rock in which he
Don't you think there is something lacking?,
she asked abruptly of him one day when they nao
stood watching the incoming tide. and for 1e"
minutes had been silent. 80
.I do. indeed Mildred" he replied .nes heartily 1
ute to Hanover. and coach at the quay 10 set Us
hciency in their relationship. Mildred. however
less he vas actually talking. There was, in g
word nothing of what she understood f
intuition to the next words which would pe
& 1dee M the o so1 ne Of his voice
oughly believe 1t. dread grew up In her tnae nI
the mirror in showing the uniform and hlolng S tlS
man had presaged more appositely than she hao
thought The face had been vague the hgure IN
definite. Was she destined never really to know w
this man whom she to marry? she oegan IT 10
made the vision complete. 1t not; therefore
wonderful that she carried a troubled lace III INTO o
the church when Anthony Count Harpurg, IN d
brand new qnroI frSm s6 b6re herself With
nosure through the ceremony, and it was remarked
III on as a proof of her self-possesslon ny tne oy
out She was speaking of the dress he wore, and
in particular of a gold ornament worn upon the
There is horse worked upon it.. she said with
a little start of surprise ~. .uo-+
OF .Pt she said with some hesitation. II thought
to see there upon that one ornament. neur-oe-
N:ssUeu Won might have seen it." said Anthony.
IF you had married French officer OF the GuaroS
Her iadXship stopped abruptly Those who had
approved the composure of her manner nad nov 1{
7onped 10 her hand from her husbands arm
terror came into her eyes o her second feog s though
she were about TO fall and she stammered IN her
~ do not quite understand she said DO the
officers of the French Guard wear just such orna-
'sNo doubt" he answered since everything
have at Hanover is closely initiated from Versalles
Our gardens are laid out trees shaped, our
ceremonies conducted the precise lines OF that
most polite and elegant court The French are our
that the wine should be French and that { the ias{
In that polite tongue. But. dear. We keep the
company waiting and. holding out his hand. he
IN Midrei if followed him like one benumDed with
dismay cid her cheeks recover any OF their
Even YOUR uniforms are imitated?" she asked.
are pr9uder Ter of them on on b that s0g u Ts Ro
{hat ina wear H Is stamped With the horse of Hanover
instead of the feur-de-ys.
noticed nothing of his wifes, agitation. or merely
ascrbed it to the ~ Mildred ~ indeed faee0 sum sum
gore from her face before the carriage reached the
ns hUgSe te a' boT @ from al drawer lifted little gold
ornament. 1t was the exact counterpart of that
cept that instead of the horse of Hanover there
was stamped upon 1t the f1eur-de-lys.
Mildred put the ornament back irto the box and
went down the stairs again at once. lest her alb
sence should be remarked upon by the company.
She left for London that day with her husband,
and taking ship at that port. travelled to Hanover
From Hanover they set out at once visit to
Count Harburgs mother, and travelled for many
days among pine forests and past little villages of
thatched white houses, each like to the other,
so that Mildred could not distinguish them; and,
having no varied impressions to mark off the
in a circle which each day completed and the next
ON rhafr etI tn Ant
was DISPATCHED to the campaign in Flan-
ders and thus Mildred was left alone The house