Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-11-12
THE COLD
HEARTED
by c. N. CREwDsoN
tCopyright, 1904, by Daily Story pub, Co.,

A n, YOU Americansi You cold
"A hearted Americans! You are so
lSal, so Indifferent! You concede
nothing to sentiment" exclaimed Frau
iein, throwing up her hands in mock de-
spair.
Fraulein and | were taking our tea in
her little parlor in Munich. Her spirited
outburst followed some cynical remarks
OF mine. Just for the sake of arousing
her eioquence, l had fallen into the bad
habit of making light of love and mar
rage. L exalted the life of a bachelor
girl and put the pursuit of art above
all domestic happiness.
H S Erad!ein adored love and lovers
Though her brown hair was beginning to
show a grayish tinge, her heart was full
OF youths romantic exuberance. Sh-
was creature of emotion. She did not
waste her affections because she poured
them forth from heart as inexhaustl-
nc az thT y, Ming pitcher OF the
liable. She loved the whole world. the
sunshine and 'Buri." her maltese cat.
with equal extravaganza
The expression of views so repugnant
10 Fraulein's nature as these of mine al
ways brought down her condemnation
upon me; but to-day she did not show
her usual impatient ardor. After her
nrst protest she looked for q moment
INTO her cup as il seeing visions in the
amber depths OF her tea Then she rose
fmpulsively and brought from table the
photograph of beautiful girl.
This is an American girl" she said.
l.,
beautiful and gifted: but she also. like
the rest Of you American girls. has no
sentiment-I might also say no heart.
She is cold. cold, cold! You know she
must have been beautiful since Lenbach
whom money cannot tempt to make
portrait of subject he doesn't care for.
painted her. This is photograph of his
portrait of her"
. looked at the card she thrust into my
hand. did not wonder that Lenbach
had immortalized this maiden. She was
OF the dark, regal type of beauty that he
painted best.
s~"T met Miss c. in Berlin" contin-
ued Fraulein, as looked up from the
photograph. when she afterwards
came TO Munich with her mother, she
came to see me. / saw her often that
winter and we became friends. She was,
with all her American aloofness, SO
tactful and charming that one could not
<but admire her intensely.
lone day when she came to see me, she
brought a young American with her.
He was the sunniest, merriest, happiest
boy ever knew. For he was not much
more than boy, while she-as she told
me later-was five years older than he.
He was handsome and athletic, and fair
rs she was dark. And he was frank and
winning-a man who seemed made to be
happy.
81 saw how 1t was from the first; he
was very much in love with her. He
soon worshiped her. But she-she was
cold. The more the poor boy wore his
very soul on his sleeve for her, the more
she retreated within herself He had
been so light-hearted when first met
him; but he changed when he fell in love
with an icicle.
"He used to, come to see me alone
sometimes, just to talk about her She
had refused him-given him no hope.
He begged me to talk to her, the foolish
boy! He couldn't believe that she did
not love him. I did talk to her. She
called him a boy and his worship of her
a boys love. She said that she was too
old for him; that he would get over It.
Achi" said Fraulein, Struggling her
shoulders, "she was cold, cold, cold, or
she must have returned such love as
bis"
But Fraulein," asked, more touched
than l liked to admit, chow did it end !?
Did she ever relent, or did he get over
it?"
They both went back to America
that spring" replied Fraulein. "T heard
from Miss c. only once after her de-
parture. 1t was just at the time that
your war with Spain came on. She wrote
that Harold had gone as a soldier to
Cuba. She said nothing more about him
But / knew why he had gone. A Ger
man girl would not have driven a man
to such straits as that You American
girls do not know how to love: Won are