The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1905-01-27

ure be for him."
cit is very important" said |.
"Of course-of course! 1 will tele-
shall here come"
The count retired into the telephone
box. Presently he emerged. "Alas,
he murmured again, 1.-The baron is in
conference with the secretary of agri>
culture until IL o'clock The hour is
not harmonious with him, fraulein."
Where will he be this afternoon"
| 81 will to Herr Walters telephone i'm
mediately, fraulein, and learn"
Again the count telephoned. HE
! will be In his lodgings on Connecticut
| avenue, near L street, at three o'clock,
| fraulein. To make this certain, Herr
Walters will telephone him to be there
and myself will teleph one to the agri-
cultural department, and then, frau
lein, if you will be so kind as to leaf
your number shall there send word
to you that the appointment may be
definitely arranged, and will tell Herr
Walters to do the same. I am sorry,
fraulein, that this does occasion for
you one worry, but 1t is all that can
be done just now, is it not, fraulein?
Or is there more that I may do?"
l thanked him and said, perhaps
another time"
AS he held open the door for me, he
bowed many more times and muir
INJURED low:
Il only hope. fraulein, that there
may another time be-"
AS it was then IL o'clock, I decided
to walk to the agricultural department
leisurely and corral Baron Gustave II
possible before he got away to 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
at all times, had become quite I'M
manageable and had left 20 minutes
before. The secretary was good
enough to detail clerk to locate the
baron for me, while he joyfully rem
dered statistics on the point in ques-
ton. He gave me the thrilling news
chat our egg crop exceeded in value the
country's combined gold and silver
output since 1850; that our American
hens laid during the last fiscal year,
1,290 100000 of eggs; that we have in
the United States 81 standard varie-
ties of chickens. He even presented me
with pictures of all the various kinds
of hens, the very ones he had given
to the baron and the freiherr the day
before. 1t seemed that all these de-
partment figures had quite staggered
the Prussians. 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 up her model
standard in Germany--which informa-
tion will ask you to use at your dis
cretion."
BY this time the clerk reported that
club, the club said he was at the lodg-
ings and the lodgings said he was at
the embassy.
returned to the Office and there I
found enough messages to float a
dozen barons. The first four actually
stated that the Count Karl Josef Will
helm Won SteinwartZ-Linstow was do
ing all in his power. The last one from
Herr Walters was definite. 1t Informed
| me that the baron was at lunch at
the Metropolitan club, and would como
to his lodging at three by the clock,
according to the hour named, where
he would be charmed. An hour later
was again called up, Herr Walters
asking in a heart-rending tone If I
could not possibly make the appoint
ment at two instead of three by the
clock, and replied that 1 could.
took a car in time to make the lodg-
| ing at the hour named, when, as luck
would have it, the fuse burned out and
| I had to get out and walk, so it was
| slightly after two when I reached the
lodgings.
This was a two-story, pressed brick
building, 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 f1ourished the baron and
his suite. went up long flight of
dark stairs and reached a gloomy hall
with crimson hangings and a few old
guns and shields for armorisl effect.
A small, stout gentleman in an en-
broidered smoking jacket opened the
door. His hair was perfectly erect
over his mushroom brow. 1t was Herr
Walters.
each! you vas der LADY," he cried
| "und der baron on der ferry instan
vent oudt! He was vatink Won hour
und den he vas opleeged to go!"
7 sank into the first chair that
found "Oh, dear, am so sorry!
Zach! I was scho chorry! / va
scho chorry!" he also cried sympathet
, ically, "gannot l do Something's, frau
: lein? gan telephone to"
!, mol" exclaimed, don't ever thin
! of the telephone ever any more. D