Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-08

weitzer. We all left by the window 10
was beautiful moonlight as we fed across
the country Then we waited for the autos
mobile 1t came swiftly and silently, and
we were on"
what emotions" murmured severine.
I'VE feared TO be followed" admitted
Stoeger. who had come with the auto. had
provided herself with great bag of tackA
These she threw out on the road behind us
every now and then. TO puncture the tires
of pursuing automobiles. But there were
none. have often hoped that no innocent
parties were annoyed. We lunched at Hof
| In Bavaria. then passed through Banberg
to Berlin. where we remained the guests OF
the socialist deputy Sudekum a few days"
Were you never recognizedT'
Once only. At Hildersheim we were
getting into the express for Paris by
Cologne and verviers The two conductors
| OF the train recognized me. The Belgian
one said with mysterious air that ex-
ploded into a laugh: What storyl IL
go tell him. and the Frenchman winked
and murmured; Poor woman. let her so
In peaceP"
In the above accounts have given tho
story OF the princess simply without att
tempting to reproduce the rhythmical prose
of Severine. l have said that the two
women were made to understand each other,
Doubtless the mind of Severine went back
to her own no less romantic evasion.
She a Parisienne of the little bour-
geoisie Her father. n detective attached
man of learning and piety. Her mother
was a great housekeeper, tranquil and cold
The home life was so rigid that while yet
child OF seven years the little severine
profited by her mothers tales OF kidnapping
gypsies to put on her little hat and walk
off one morning Taking her doll, the re-
mains of cherry pie and a laurel crown
won at a school examination. she fed across
Paris and gained the Place des Invalldess
where a gypsy fair was In course, and care-
fully selecting the blacklist old witch OF
the caravan, the child bowed politely and
said: Madame, / have come to be kids
napedi"
There are gllmpses OF her later childhood
and early maiden life where nine hours q
day of piano mingled with the grounds
work of a profound erudition In Latin,i
Green and mathematics For one instant
she thought OF God" one of her biographers
has told, and the tenderness which smol-
ders In this burning soul sought refuge In
the mysticism of which she will never DO
wholly cured So much so that the superior
of her convent school said to her; Daugh-
ter remain with us; you VIII become the
St Theresa of our ORDER =" Nevertheless. at
the age of fifteen she was married TO an
honorable man, much older than herself and
able TO support her decently.
Similarity of the Two Cases.
Now you shall see the parallels OF tho
two cases Severine drew the confession
from Louise of Coburg. She had many
tranquil years with Ferdinand of SaXe-Co-
burg and then, one day, in the summer OF
her beauty she was riding In the Prefer OF
Vienna, isolated, without tenderness in the
midst OF hattery, infinitely sad under the
veil of a smile, and, all at once, her gaze
fell on - Him, 1t was Geza, Older than
his years serious and passionate, wearing
the heart of one of those old paladins under
the uniform of an Austrian cavalry heu@i
tenant He saw the fair vision approaching
49, She Their glances met and thence<
forth IL was - . They,
So 1t was with Severine In 1850 her
husband managed to take her on modest
vacation trip TO Brussels. There, in a board-l
ing house, she made the acquaintance or
the arch communist Wales escaped from
being shot against the wall in Paris to lan<
guish In the pleasure-loving Belgian capital.,
Severine understood that she was born for
the second time. 1870,
In the same year amnesty brought
Wales back to Paris. one or his nrst ac'
was TO propose @ career to Severine 3! .
should work with him He would teaeh
her the trade of writing.
Severine accepted with enthusia sm. and,
all glowing, communicated the plan to her
husband. ,,I
He, with the rest OF the family. objectedt
and Severine despairing, shot herseir IN
the breast after leaving pathetic letter.
to Wales attached to her pillow by hatH
pin.
Two months later. being on her feeS
again, they permitted her to follow her des-
companion of Wales Now, the true nature
of Severine, made up at once OF tendernesA
and gayety, is said to have b1oomed into e.
magnificent Towering. Seated at httS
table beside the master. dipping her pen
into his ink she copied his MSS. for the
compositors. In the evening they would
wander to a nelghboring restaurant. inter-
rogating the street, that enormous poohC
always open, whose every page contains
romance Wales taught her to see and in|
ter2ret.
Became Wales Literary Heiress.
At other times they stayed in the house.
and the fair pupil. transformed into NURSE,
prepared dinner for the aging and weakly
communist. Cook book in hand. she ADAM
doned herself to the cuisne-au-beurre, ana
she did not seek to conceal the pride with
which her progress filed her. Wales grew
rapidly worse.
How. little by little, more important
functions were intrusted to her, how from
correcting proofs she advanced to inserting
adtectives, and finally became active col-
laboratory, is a story full of charm. Vall=a
died in 1855, an old man and a faithful rev-
outionlst to the last, and Severine became
his literary heiress i
The princess was touched by the similaris
ties of the two cases. "Helasi" she res
fiected Instead of helping Matte chich al
his profession l took him away from IT.
he soldier
Seyerine saw evidences OF luxury in the
apartment at the Hotel westminster. Ina
princess has her things from the most ex-
pensive and stylish makers She must do
a power of shopping. Flowers were every.
where-a perfect bower Two windows OF
the boudoir give on the Rue de la Paix. on
whose elegant money-spending throng the
princess looks down contentedy. The Ho-
tel Westminster is itself expensive. ]
Also the princess has the dachshund
Kiki and two birds OF mornings while sha
waters the flowers and feeds the birdss
Count Geza takes the dog out for a walk.
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS.