The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-05-21

spreading trCpical piahts
! "Oh, this is jollyl" cried Jennie,
quite forgetting the dignity of prin-
cess "Ycu told me why you came to
the ball. Do you know why am heres"
"On the remote chance of meeting
me, whom you pretended to have for
gotten" replied the young man auda-
ciously.
"Of course" laughed jennie. "But,
aside from that, came to see the eos
tunes. You know we women are libel
ously said to dress for each other.
Away from the world, In the Tyrol, ]
have little opportunity of seeing any
thing fine in the way of dress, and so
accepted the invitation of the duchess. "
Have you the invitation Of the
duchess with your
"Yes l am going to take some notes
on the back of it. Would You like to
see it ?" She handed him the letter and
then leaned back in her chair, regarding
him closely. The puzzled expression on
his face deepened as he glanced over
the invitation and saw that it was ex
actly what 1t purported to be. He gave
the letter back to her. saying;
$50 you are here to see the fashions
It is subject I know little about; but,
Judging by effect. should say that the
Princess Won Steinheimer has nothing
to learn from any one present. If / may
touch on topic 80 personal, your cos
tune is what they call creation, Is 1t
not princessf'
at isn't bad" said the girl, looking
down at her gown and then glancing
up at him with merriment dancing in
her eyes. The diplomat had his elbow
resting on the balustrade, his head
leaning on his hand. and, quite obliv
ious to everything else, was gazing ut
her with such absorbed intentness that
the girl blushed and cast down her
eyes. The intense admiration in his
look was undisguised. "Still, she rat
| tied on somewhat breathlessly, zone
gets many hints from Others and the
creation Of today Is merely the old
clothes Of tomorrow. Invention has no
vacation, so far as ladies apparel il
concerned. Take no thought of tomor-
row, wherewithal we shall be clothed.
may have been good motto for the
court of Solomon, but 1t has little rela-
ton with that Of Victoria. "
Solomon, if the saying is his, was
hedging. He had many wives, you
| know.
"Well, as l was about to say, you
must now turn your attention to the
other guests and tell me who's who. l
have already confessed my ignorance.
and you promised to enlighten me. -
The young man, with visible reluc
lance, directed his thoughts from the
one to the many and named this person
and that, while Jennie, with the pencil
attached to her card, made cabalistic
| notes In shorthand, economi2ing thus
both space and time. When at last she
had all the information she desired, she
leaned back In her chair with little
sigh Of supreme content. Whatever
might now betide, her mission was full
filled if she could once get quietly
away. The complete details Of the most
| important society event of the season
were Mt her fingers ends. She closed
her eyes for moment to enjoy the sat
| isfaction which success leaves In its
train and when she opened them again
found Lord Donal in his old posture,
absorbed in the contemplation of her I'M
deniable beauty.
~ see you are determined l shall
have no difficulty In remembering you
| next time we meet, she said, with a
smile, at the same time flushing slight
ly under his ardent gaze.
81 was just thinking" he replied,
| shifting his position a little, chat the
five years which have dealt so hardly
with me have left you five years youn-
ger"
cage has many privileges, Lord
Donal," she continued laughing out
right, "but l don't think you can yet
lay claim to any Of them. The pose OF
the prematurely old il not In the least
borne ont by your appearance, however
hardly the girl you met in Washington
dealt with you.
"Ah, princess, it Is very easy for you
to treat these serious matters lightly |!
he laughs ut scars who never felt q
wound. Time, being, above all things,
treacherous, often leaves the face I'M
touched the more clfectuallyto scar tho
heart. The hurt concealed Ia ever the
most dangerous.
II fancy it has been concealed 40
effectually that it is not as deep as you
Imagined.
princess, | will confess to you that
the wound at Washington was rs moth
ing to the one received in London.
eyes; you told mo you had been
here for week -
1.-The week has nothing to do with It.
have been here for night--for two
hours or three. | have lost count OF
time since / met you.
What reply the girl might have made
to this speech, delivered with all the
fervency Of man in thorough earnest,
will never be known, for at that mo-
ment their tete-a-tete was Interrupted
by messenger, who said:
ellis exccllency the Austrian en-
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