Oxford Democrat., 1908-04-21

dences when am Mt Alleheiligen? This
time / believe he $ ut the baths Of Me
lima. If you can't remember these
things l fear l shall be driven away
from here to look for chamols else
where than on the Schneehorn."
Indeed, l will not be so stupid
again, you'll mean l will do my very
best not to forget But never before
have been so tried, to see your high
born, imperial shoulders loaded down
as if-as If you had been common
gepacktrager for tourists instead off,
"a chamois hunter. Don't distress
yourself, good friend. I've had day
of excellent sport"
"For that l am thankful. But to see
your-to see you coming back in such
all unsuitable way has given me
weakness Of the heart. How can or
der myself civilly to those ladies who
have
"Who have given peasant Leopold
some hours Of amusement. Be more
civil than ever for my sake. And, by
the way. can you tell me the names Of
the ladies? That one Of them-a COM
panion, l judge-is Miss Manchester,
l have heard in conversation, but the
others
"They are mother and daughter, sir.
The elder. who in her ignorance cried
out such reasonable denominations
from the window. as | could tell even
with the little English / have picked
up. is Lady Mowbray. l have seen the
name written down, and l know how
to speak it because 1 have heard 1t
pronounced by the companion. the
Mees Manchester. The younger, the
beautiful one. is also a mees, and the
mother calls her Helene. They talk
together in English, also in French,
and. though have so few words of
either language, l could tell that Lon
don was mentioned between them more
than once while waited on the table.
Besides, it is painted in black letters
on their travelling boxes"
"You did not expect their arrival"
"Oh, no, sir! Had they written he
orally expect to be honored by your
presence, should have answered that
the house was full or closed or any
excuse which occurred to me to keep
strangers away. But none have ever
before arrived so late In the year, and
was taken all unawares when my
son, Alois, drove them up last night
He did not know you had arrived, as
the papers spoke so positively of your
visit to the baths, and could not send
travellers away. You have biddeh me
not to do so once they are in the
house. But these ladies are here but
for day or two more on their way to
Kronburg for visit, and | thought
"You did quite right, Frau Yorvan.
Has my messenger come-up with let.
ters?"
"Yes, your-yes, sir. Just now also
telegram was brought by another
messenger, who came and left in
great hurry"
The chamois hunter shrugged his
shoulders and sighed an impatient
sigh. ITS too much to expect that ]
should be left in peace for single
day, even here" he muttered as he
went toward the stairs.
To reach Frau Yorvan's best sitting
room (selfishly occupied, according to
one opinion, by four men absent all
day OH a mountain he was obliged to
pass by a door through which issued
unusual sounds. So unusual were they
that the emperor paused.
Some one was striking the prelim'
mary chords of volkslied of his fa-
vorite instrument, a Rhaetian varia'
tion of the either. AS he fingered. lis
tening. Il voice began to sing. Ali. what
a voice!
Softly seductive it was as the cooling
of dove in the spring To its mate,
pure as the purling Of brook among