The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-06-30

fraulein, that this does occasion for
you one worry. but II is all that can
be done Just now. is II not. fraulein ?
Or Is there more that | may do?"
/ thanked him and said perhaps
another time"
AS he held open the door for me. he
bowed many more times and mur-
INJURED low:
Il only hope. fraulein, that there
may another time be-"
As It was then II o'clock. I decided
TO walk TO the agricultural department
leisurely and corral Baron Gustave If
possible before he got away 10 his lodg-
ings Alas! as my Siegfried said, he
too had come. und he had gone! The
secretary laughed and told me he was
mighty sorry. but he could not help
it-that at least five telephone mes
sages from the embassy had come for
the baron while he was in his Office.
and that Prussian gentleman. excitable
az all times, had become quite un-
manageable and had left 20 minutes
before The secretary was good
enough to detail a clerk to locate the
baron for me, while ne joyfully rem
dcred statistics on the point in ques-
tion. lie gave me the thrilling news
that our egg crop exceeded In value the
cOuntry's combined gold and silver
output since 1880 that our American
hens laid during the last fiscal year.
] 200 900 900 Of eggs: that we have in
the United States 81 standard varie-
ties Of chickens. He even presented mo
with pictures Of all the various kinds
of hens. the very ones he had given
10 the baron and the freiherr the day
before. II seemed that all these de-
partment figures had quite staggered
the Prusslans. The secretary said that
Baron Gustave had told him with tears
in his eyes. in the presence Of the frei-
herr. that the hens in Germany would
not lay. and that every egg In the en-
pire had to be imported from Hun
gary.
The baron also stated" remarked
the secretary dryly. that he was
charmed with the American hen. only
he wanted the department to guaran-
tee that she would keep mp her model
standard In Germany-which informa-
tion will ask you to use at your dis
cretion."
BY this time the clerk reported that
the embassy said the baron was at the
club. the club said he was at the lodg-
ings and the lodgings said he was at
The embassy.
I returned to the Office and there
found enough messages 10 float a
dozen barons. The first four actually
stated that the Count Karl Josef VIII
helm Won Steinwartz-Linstow was do
ing all In his power. The last one from
Herr Walters was definite. II informed
me that the baron was al lunch at
the Metropolitan club, and would come
to his lodging at three by the clock,
according to the hour named. where
he would be charmed. An hour later
I was again called up. Herr Walters
asking In a heart-rending tone If
could not possibly make the appoint
ment at two instead Of three by the |
clock. and I replied that / could. |
took a car In time TO make the lodg- |
ing at the hour named, when. as luck |
would have II, the fuse burned out and /
I had TO get out and walk. so II was /
slightly after two when reached the |
lodgings.
This was a twO-story, pressed brick /
painted pale yellow with GIN
ger-bread trimmings, opposite the con-
vent on Connecticut avenue. The first
floor was devoted TO Turkish baths.
On the second flourished the baron and
his suite. went up a LONG flight Of
lark stairs and reached a gloomy hall
with crimson hangings and a few old
guns and shields for armorlal effect.
A small, stout gentleman in an en-
broidered smoking Jacket opened the
ioOr His hair was perfectly erect
over his mushroom brow II was Herr
"Ach! you vas der LADY," he cried.
'und der baron on der ferry instant
vent oudtl He was vatink Won hour,
md den he vas opleeged to gol"
sank into the first chair that
ound. "Oh. dear. I am so sorry!"
"Ach! l was scho chorryl I vas
.cho chorryl" he also cried sympathet-
cally. cannot do Something's. frau
Elm? ! gan telephone to-"
MOI" exclaimed. don't ever think
Il the telephone ever any more. DO
'ou suppose the baron will come
,aCk?"
Il veer not deez afternoon, frauleinl
'ou see he vas opleeched to 90 to meet
Ter Countess Steinwartz-Linstow at
Ter schtation PaldimOre und Benn-
ylvania NIT der COUNT whose wife she
IS. She vas ooneggspected COON at
ree o'clock"
A Countess Steinwartz-Linstowl
recovered presently and asked Herr
Walters about the chicken farms in
Germany
"Achi" he cried "Fraulein. vas
icht Won varmerl"
ALAS Neither am l." | sadly re-
He'd and took my departure Strange
D say. had no sooner boarded the
Ievated 10 return 10 the city room.
han who should step on but Baron
ustave Hermann Won dem Mueller
nd Count Karl Josef Wilhelm Won ,
teinwartz-Linstow.
"Ah!" cried that Volsung. There
IS the fraulein!"
"The baron himself" I exclaimed. {
"Utd lastl Utd lastl" cried the baron J
D such an overwhelming voice that o
very passenger on the car turned
round and stared. "Utd last we Won o
mother yindl" on went his tall hat
nd he bowed to the very platform a
.e was quite as tall as the count. but s
OF nearly so beautiful a man. for his r
ose and his fat cheeks we're very red.
nd then-well. he was Baron Gustave
.ermann Won dem Mueller. Heaven
self could not preserve me- He q