The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-10
Che Schemes 81 GclcneI CLAW

OF milliOnaires than out Of other peo-
ple-which is the reverse of the truth,
or how could they ever have amassed
their millions? Instead of oozing gold
as a tree oozes gum, they mop it up
like blotting paper, and seldom give ii
out again.
We went to Meran The place was
practically decided for US by Amelia s
French maid, who really casts on such
occasions as our guide and courier.
She is such clever girl. is Amelias
French maid. Whenever we are going
anywhere Amelia generally asks land
accepts her advice as to choice of ho-
tells and furnished villas. Cesarine had
been all over the continent in her time;
and, being Alsatian by birth. she, of
course, speaks German as we'll as she
speaks French, while her long residence
with Amelia has made her at last al
most equally at home in our native
English. She is treasure, that girl:
so neat and dexterous, and not above
dabbling in anything on earth she may
be asked to turn her hand to. She
walks the world with a needle case in
one hand and an Etna in the other. She
can cook an omelette on occasion or
drive Norwegian cariole she can
sew, and knit. and make dresses. and
cure a cold, and do anything else on
you ASK nef. Her SALADS are the
most savoury [ ever tasted; while as
for her coffee (Which she prepares for
US in the train on long joyrneys) there
isn't a chef de cuisine at a West End
club to be named in the same day
with her
So, when Amelia said, in her imper-
rious way, "Cesarine. we want to go
to the EXPERIMENTATION mid
October; where do you advise us to
put up?" Cesarine answered, like a
shot. '"rhe Erzherzog Johann of
course at Meran, for the autumn,
madame"
rs he-an archduke?" Amelia asked.
little staggered at such apparent IA
miliarity with imperial personages.
Ma foil no, madame. He is an ho-
tel-as you would say in England, the
Victoria or the Prince of Wales -
| the most comfortable hotel in all South
Tyrol; and at this time of year, natur-
ally. you must go beyond the Alps; it
begins already to be cold at Inns
bruck."
So to Meran we went; and prettier
or more picturesque place | confess /
have seldom set eyes on. A rushing
torrent: high hills and mountain peaks:
terraced vineyard slopes; old walls and
| towers; quaint, arcaded streets; a
| craggy waterfall; a promenade after
| the fashion of a German Spa; and
when you lift your eyes from the
ground, Jagged SUBMITS of Dolomites;
1t was a combination such as | had
never before beheld; Rhine town
pumped down among green Alpine
heights, and threaded by the cool col
| onnades of Italy.
l approved Cesarine's choice: and I
was particularly glad she had pro-
nounced for an hotel. where all is plain
sailing, instead of advising a furnished
villa, the arrangements for which
would naturally have fallen in large
part upon the shoulders of the wretched
| secretary. AS in any case l have to do
| three hours work q day. / feel that
such additions to my normal burden
may well be spared me. 1 tipped Ce-
sarlne half a sovereign, in fact, for her
| JudiciouS choice. Cesarine glanced at
it on her palm in her mysterious. Gu
rious, half-smiling way, and >pocketed
1t at once with a "Merci, monsieur
| that had touch of contempt in It, |
always fancy Cesarine has large ideas
OF her own on the subject of tipping,
and thinks very small beer of the mod
! est sums mere secretary can alone at
ford to bestow upon her.
| The great popularity of Meran is the
number of achlousen q believe my plu-
raj is strictly irregular. but very con-
| Ven1ent to English ears) which you can
see in every direction from its out
skirts. A statistical eye, it is sup
posed, can count no fewer than forty
! OF these picturesque, ramshackled Did
castles from point on the Kuchel-
berg. For myself, 1 hate statistics Tex
cept as an element in financial pros
pectuses), and 1 really don't know how
| many ruinous piles Isabel and Amelia
| counted under Cesarines guidance cut
l remember that most of them were
quaint and beautiful. and that their
| variety of architecture seemed posi-
lively bewildering. One would be
square, with funny little turrets stuck
out at each angle, while another would
rejoice in a big round keep, and. spread
on either side, long, iVy-clad walls anC
delightful bastions. Charles was i'm
mensely taken with them. He love.
the picturesque, and has a poet bidder
| in that financial soul of his. Very eff.
fectually hidden, though, L am ready tC
grant you.) From the moment he came
he felt at once he would love to possess
a castle of his own among these no.
mantle mountains. Seldom" he ex
| claimed, contemptuously. '"They cal
Seldom castle! But you and 1 know
very well, Sey it was built in 1866, witt
antique stones, for Macpherson of Sci
don, at market rates, by Cubitt & Co.
| worshipful contractors of London
Macpherson charged me for that shan
antiquity preposterous price, a
which one ought to procure a real an
cestral mansion. Now, these castles arr
real They are hoary with antiquity
Schloss Tyrol is Romanesque-tentho -
eleventh century" (He had been read
ing 1T up in "Baedeker.' That's tht
sort of place for me, tenth or elev
enth century. l could live here. remote
from stocks and shares. forever; anC
IN these sequesteTed glens, recoiect
Sey, my boy. there are no Colone
Gays, and no arch Madame Picar
dets!'
As matter of fact, he could hav,
, lived there six weeks, and then tiret
for Park Lane, Monte Carlo, Brighton
AS for Amelia, strange to say, sh,
, was equally taken with this new fac
{ of Charles. As a rule, she hates every
! where on earth save London. excep
during the time when no respecta bl.
person can be seen in town, and whel
modest blinds shade the scandalize,
face of Mayfair and Belgravia. Sh,
bores herself to death even at SeldoI
castle, Rosshire, and yawns all Ga,
long in Paris and Vienna. She is a con
, firmed Cockney. Yet, for some Occul
reason my amiable sister-in-law fell !,
love with South Tyrol. She wanted I,
vegetate in the lush vegetation. TIL
grapes were being picked: pumkin