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so sweetly arch that for moment Sd
looked quite beautiful.

with an Irresistible consciousness that
he was on her side.
The effect ON the Rittmeister was
electric.
His eyes met hers with bold admir-
alton almost startling. and certainly
not agreeable to its object.
IF being a rustic insures good taste.'
he said, II should be inclined to beat
my sword into ploughshare."
bah! mein lieber Camerad! Where
is your perception" cried Burchardt
ito accept the Frauleins description o'
herself as a rustic!
eostume-DlN velvet slashed VIII
white satin s1d laced with silver; ny
mother lent me her diamond alrrett
for"
"She should have added her apron,
growled the Rittmeister.
Won Planitz blushed vividly for I
warrior and cOnqueror, and ClarcheI
came generously to the rescue,
81 dare say you would have beer
very glad to have an aigrette your
self, Herr Rittmeister, had you beer
asked to the ball." she said, saucily.
"Clarchen," said the warning voic'
of the elder sister.
Won Steinhausen laughed good-hum'
oredly.
"Well, now we are all united" re
sumed the young Fahnrch, II do hope
the Fraulein will come to Berlin, anC
Gee something of the court gayeties.'
"Oh! at Berlin. No; l do not think
we can ever 20 there! even to our owl
court we cannot go-Cnly papa and my
brother.
"Is it not funny! Mamma continued
the chatterbox, used to go to court
and now she is married she canndt
that does not seem quite fair
"Then noble Frauleins should wed
with mobiles, and not forfeit their priv
ileges,' put in the Baronin. impatient
to catch the ball Of conversation, anc
speaking with tone of superior vir
tue.
Clarchen was opening her mouth G
reply when her sister asked her t.
pass the salad with glance of re-
monstrance which silenced her for
few moments.
No one taking up the thread of the
discourse, Frau Won Wuthcnau c1rr
tinued:
'In these days it is necessary to draw
the line more strictly than ever.
You remember, Bertha" addressin:
her daughter, "what n struggle Graf
II. made to have his English wife re.
ccived, and she was almost noble
only her people never went to the
English court
"Yes," returned the young BaronnsSa,
"Graf r. was an enthusiast, and they
say tinged with democratic ideas.
Did he not quit Berlin, and abjures
the court because the Gratin was net
admitted?'
"They said so. but scarce believe
it."
"He acted like man of sense ana
spirit" remarked the young lady.
whom, in the uncertainty as to her sur
name, we must call "Lies'-shc had
hitherto been silent except to utter the
.,mall necessary civiities of the table.
Zach Gottw cried the Baronin, I'VE
have revolutiOnsts here, too
"And a dangerous One,' observed
Steinhausen, with slight and utterly
unnoticed bow.
mo, gnadige Frau! said the lady OF
the house. quickly.
"We ladies are no politicians, ana
my husband is a strict upholder OF
law and government"
"Nor do we care much to 80 -
court" cried Clarchen: "Our deaf
Princess Marguerite told me herself
that the balls are tiresome, but the
water parties to beautiful Pillnitz-
sometimes late in the evening in illulni
. mated gondolas- they must be delight.
full.
"The Hohen Herrschaften all seem
so merry and bright and the princess
says they are better than many balls
"The Princess Marguerite" almost
screamed the noble young lady oppo.
site.
"Where did you speak to her?'-a
most uncomplimentary emphasis on
the ''yOu."
Here. Fraulein V. Wutherau.' re-
turned Clarchen, with little nod OF
perfect contentment.
zone can well see she has known
wider world that Bergfelde.'
"Oh. yes" broke in Clarchen, IN!
sister has been in Dresden, and so nave
l; but she has been in Vienna, 100
and also in England"
81 trust, then" said Won Planitz gal
lantly, "that the gnadige Fraulein VII
come for season to Berlin.
"The court festivities are, oh! th'
most beautiful, the gayest!
"Just before the war Her Majest!
gave a superb fancy ball.
II was one of the pages of honor, ano
held her traip; mine was mediaeva
1.-The royal family, often the good
King himself, come here every sum
mer once or twice to enjoy the view
from our balcony, so when the princess
was visiting her grandparents, she.
too, came"
at seems. then" said Lieutenant
Burchardt helping himself to third
edition of roast hare, 'that their Majes-
ties of SaXony are also revolutionary.
81 am not astonished, mine Gnadise
If you give them such beverage as
this" and he dipped his mustache into
the foaming goblet beside him.
eve did not know how fair and rich
a land the Saxony is until we tasted
it's benefits" said young Won Planitz
gallantly.