The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-03-28

WY u&u you 1cO tAttH ~ e@rA
laughed clarehen.
''There are books" pointing to the
well-flled table; 'tthen there are some
wonderful gardens. the Versailles, they
| say, not far off. and yen might catch
Herr Lieutenant if you likethey had
only just ridden out of the Hot as
came in.
$50 adieu, Herr Rittmeister," and
with a saucy courtesy she walked
| quickly out of the room
eImpertinent little puss," thought
Steinhausen, looking after her
1T is too absurd, the prejudices Of
these people"
He paused in momentary hesitation,
then. catching a glimpse of trim little
Daisy clearing away the remains Of
breakfast he called her into the salon.
whereabouts are these wonderful
gardens Of yours?" he asked.
sOh! the Schloss gardens?'
Eyes, i suppose So"
1.-THE gnadiger Herr must go up the
hill right through the village to Ober.
bergfelder, and leave the Gasthof yum
Schwarz on Bar to the right, keep on
across the fields until you come to
| little house in clump of fir trees, ana
there they will DIRECT you
Thanks interrupted the Ritfmeis'
ter. "OberbergfeIder. have no doubt
/ shall find the place.
Daisy dropped a courtesy and re.
| treated. while Steinhausen, remember
ing Clarchen's account of her sisters
errand, took up his cap and started
forth on the sunny, dusty road in
search of the will-o' the-wisp mystery,
the attraction Of which he could not
resist.
The distance to the Oberbergfelder
was not great, but on the way the
Rittmeister met and spoke with sew
eral of his troopers; he also paused
more than once to look behind him at
the villa and its sheltering lindens, so
that a good deal Of time was consumed
before be reached the little hamlet
Yet the only specimen of womankind
whom he encountered was an aged,
bent and bare-legged crone, with a
huge basket on her back, who bid him
"Guten Tag mechanically.
Reaching the few cottages which
constituted the Dorf. the road divided,
or. rather, a cart track diyerged to the
right and the road kept away left
across some open grassland, Nat and
unbroken. to the clump Of fir trees in
dicated by Daisy.
The Rittenmeister heSitated
1t was improbable that such an ac-
complished housewife as the young
Frau Lisabet would at this period of
the day absent herself long; but as yet
there was no sign Of her.
To be sure, she knew the country and
had probably returned by some more
agreeable route.
True to his Hussar training, Won
Steinhausen looked about for a want
age post whence to study the position;
a stunted, gnarled pollard was the only
object (save the housetops) at all ele-
waited above the level of the field and
road.
The Rittmeister, though no slender
STRIPPING. managed to climb up couple
of feet Of the ungainly knotted trunk,
and, taking a searching look around,
fancied he saw a whitish, strange OBJ
iect moving toward a sudden steep
declivity, down which the cart track
led. and which he had not before per-
ceived.
A continuous eager gaze convinced
him that this object was a certain
drab-white cotton sunshade, lined with
green, which he had noticed in an UNI
brella stand in the entrance of Villa
Bellevue.
This was clew enough; the enter
prising Rittmeister started at once in
pursuit, and when within reach of his
quarry slackened speed in order to
come up alongside as if by pure acci-
| dent
The certainty that had grown upon
him since morning that Lies was mar
ried and in some way, more or less I'M
fortunate, separated from her husband,
had changed the current Of Steinhau-
sens ideas considerably.
If this charming girl, or woman, was
thus shackled, he must assume diff
ferent tone and approach her on diff
ferent footing.
Her bonds did not render her less
fascinating; far from it, but he might
be better understood, more appreciated,
than by mere girl; vet, preposterous
as it was, he was conscious of a dim
regret that there was any one before
himself that had better chance Of
winning What?
What arrant folly to think seriously
of such passing fancy?
What did he seek?
Only to while away few hours Of
Punishment in an enemy's country.
ITO be Continued)
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