Live Oak daily Democrat. (Live Oak, Fla.) 190?-190?, 1906-09-22


voices ever heard OF the stage s.t6
me wife Of "A South American dipIO-
mat. But the family Il one Of the
KIND they can herr #. FSW'zand Wi
not let her accept any Of the offers ~
has had forsgrsnd opera. This "a her
only appearance in public since she -.
turned from Europe. There's Anton
Won StOsch- Did you ever see auy oue
50 eager to 90 everywhere as that man
Is1 Hes simply crazy about meeting
Aux Al. r rlca ~ i3T14s HE~u
american women strangers. Won
should say" laughed a man wearing
the cross Of the Legion Of Honor. ''You
can get Tony vori Stosch to 60 any.
where Just by limiting that some new
girls VIII be there"
They say at the German LEGATION
that by actual count Tony Won Stosch
has met 800 new girls since the sea-
son opened And he's still going"
As the ripple Of merriment greeting
this expression OF the well known fol-
bic Of the popular Anton Won Stosch
died away some one said: Hush. The
programme begins"
For some time Anton Won Stosch
watched the artists come and go. his
face wearing an unwonted look of
WEAKNESS and disbursement. For
months he had sought diligently for
the two American women who called
Washington their home, who had been
his fellow travellers from Berlin to
Hamburg on that fateful August day.
More than once he had followed
1.-THE, active girl with glinting chestnut
hair, only to find 1t was a stranger in
stead Of Virginia Of Washington" as
be had come to call her. Day after
day, night after night. he had followed
the whirl Of the social wheel, but never
had he found a clew to their identity.
He had spent hours porting over the
city directory, but never a young Vir-
glnla nor an elderly Ellen proved to be
the first bearers Of the names he had
met 90 oddly.
As a ripple Of enthusiastic applause
greeted the appearance Of the star Of
the evening Anton Won Stosch raised
his eyes and then grew rigid as he saw
Virginia Of Washington" in the Hesh,
smiling acknowledgment to the enthu-
siAsm. One long look to assure himself
1t was really she. and Anton Won
StOsch sat back In his chair with fold
ed arms and look Of content upon bis
face such a. II had not worn In all the
months since he had arrived at the
German legation. No sooner was the
programme ended than he made his
way to the blue room where Miss
Dressed was holding court and without
delay sought an introduction.
'-Ohy' said Miss Dressed, her hand
poised halfway toward hig "Why-oh,
I'm glad to meet you. I'm sure" she
ended lamely as she saw her exclama-
ton and gesture had attracted atten-
ton. Anton Won Stosch looked straight
into her eyes as he took her hand.
81 am glad to meet yOu-again." he
said quietly. II have hunted this town
over to find you. May l call tomor-
I-I-oh, really don't know" said
Miss Dressed Then she began to laugh
almost Historically Its all too alb
surd-and l can't talk about it now
and please don't get offended, but l
was so surprised and"-
I'll wait" said Anton Won StOSch.
| quietly falling back 1T is quite enough
to know that l have found you at last"
Though he spoke no more to her that
| evening, Miss Dressed was well aware
| that he followed her from group to
group and from room to room, as If
fearful of losing sight Of her. As the
door Of her carriage was snapped shut
his face appeared in the opening. and
he said quietly, but firmly:
'T shall do myself the honor to call
! upon you tomorrow afternoon"
Had Anton Won StoSch been less
eager or determined he would have
waited until the conventional hour OF
| calling and possibly have missed Miss
| Dressed for his cOnyentiOnality, but as
it was he arrived so early and unex'
pectedly upon the scene that he was
ushered into the library where she sat
81 don't know how they do things
! In America" he said after the first
greetings. but I'm not going to lose
any more time. l desire much that
you should be my wife" he said sim
ply, dropping uneonsciOusly into the
| German idiom.
Miss Dressed had seen the night be
fore just what the intentions OF An
ton Won Stosch were, and she had been
trying to make up her mind whether
to let the affair run its course or tC