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..Fd eli! HIM! hm!" he muttered-
81 knew che MOTHER; and gong up "
NV mariner he whispered in his ear
hut has tones were SO energetic -Ihat
could not nelp hearing: besluIiiui
woman. was her mother! but uan-
gerous person; played high agaIne'
/ tell you. oquaudered hall her Aoi-
tune; mother kept hold on nel
otherwise everything would nave sone
tn the dogs. Have seen her MgseAA a.
Monte CAIRO: a devil OF woman; Aei
daughter the image OF her; the very
image!" 1oo1,a
met. ane must have known We "s4o
speaklng about her, for the color SUI
den,v totgooK her face, and gave
Mace to a marble pallor.
What has become OF her mother!
| heard my partner ask.
What snoulG become OF her! Zone
to the dogs in Paris or Nlzza' re-
nlied the old man, and then was
whirled away again in the dance.
Good heavens, how eadlIa! "n"'
misery lay Ill those carelessly spoken
words. And as 1 danced, thought OF
Jaschas choking cry when once /
auuded to ner mother, an unutterap4e
pity tn~d my heat. Ho" much
how deeply she must have suffered
In the next pause, hurried up 10
her.
Hal" said Dora scorntully; you
after the rising sun too?
did not answer, but stood beside
Iascba. She as talking with a young
man in dress coat and white craVat'
and they formed handsome couple
Jagcha scarcely noticed me; her eyes
sDarhed, and she spoke IN her $40"
clear way. with the peculiar /
turned and went away. who Is the
gentleman with whom Jascha Is talk
ing. Lddy?" l asked as the IatIeE
passed me.
Herr Won Ahnfeldt, OF an estate
near here. Charming, isn't heF
In the next dance | saw them
together again; at supper also' ano
afterwards in the cotillion. l had never
seen Jascha smile, but now, when ne
gave her q bunch Of roses, q lovely
smile lit I'D her face, making her more
charming still. / scarcely knew why
could not help feeling sad, ana kept
constantly looking at Jascna' THIS
dazzling Jascha, and thinking or heI
mother, and then musing about tha'
miserable woman with the dark eyes
who ooked SO longingly at the beautl
full girl. Bah! 1t is all nonseace she
was lost In Paris or Nizza-HeaVel
only knew where!
Herr Won AhnfeIdt is completely
fascinated" said the old general, com
ing to my side again, and looking al
Jascba who now sat with husheo
cheeks and sparkling eyes, talking
with her partner. Charming child
ANYHOW. this little Ponianska! The
princess favored her greatly to
night"
After a while, Jascha came over to
me. and Herr Won Ahnfeldt took a
seat by Frau Degenhardt and entered
into an earnest conversation with her
Jascha did not turn her eyes from
them, but pressed her fan teYerlshly
to her half parted lips. asked her a
question but she was too absorbed to
hear, and it was only when the royal
party withdrew, and Herr Won AIM
feldt excused himself, that she slipped
her hand in my arm, and CALCULATED
ct is Overt"
When we all came from the CLOAK
room and were waiting for our car
riages, l saw Herr Won Ahnfeldt for
moment, with Jascha. Then we drove
OFF, she and l being in different We
hicIes.
| was already in our room, wher
the beautiful girl entered. She slipped
the cloak from her shoulders, ano
stood still, with clasped hands, gazing
at nothing, with a wrapt expression
on her face. oh, Miss Mary" she
said at last, 'it was so lovely" AnC
coming close she knelt by my chair
and threw her arms around me. "
never knew life could be so beauti
full" she whispered 4 must say so K
you, I cannot keep it to myself
i am glad you have enjoyed your
SELF l said, half frightened at such
burst of emotion from such a Quie
girl
Enjoyed" she cried. How tame
that sounds! How small and cold. l
oh, Miss Mary; if you knew, if you
only knew"
At this moment, we heard door:
open and shut rapidly, and Frau Degen
hardt calling: johanna! Johanna!
and in the next moment our door wa;
burst open and the usually calm lad!
appeared on the threshold, half IN
dressed.
Children! Mary! What do yol
think! l have been robbed! Foul
hundred marks are gone out of my
desk! Johanna, run for the police!"
We both stood dumb, Jascha and
but the next moment the former sanl
on a chair. l did not trouble myself a
all about her, but ran after our princi
pal and looked in the drawer of the
desk, in which four hundred marks il
bills had lain beside six hundred il
gold which were still there. Frau Deg
enhardt had gone there to get one
hundred marks for household pur
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