Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-03-19

drink your nealJn ana mat OF your EN-
peror. wonder. by the bye. If he
who prides himself on doing all things
well, can milk a COW"
IF not he should learn" said tn,
chamois hunter viciously. There's NJ
knowing, it seems when one may neet
the strangest accomplishments and b,
Inundated for lack Of them"
mo, not humilated' Virginia as
sured him. Its always instructive e
find out ones limitations. And you
have been most good to me- See, while
you were gone ate the slice Of bread
and ham you cut, and neve. did a meai
taste better. Now, you must have
many things to do which I've made
you leave undone. I've trespassed on
you too long"
Indeed. lady. it seems scarcely a
moment since you came, and / have no
work to do" the channels hunter in.
sisted.
"But I've a friend waiting for me on
the mountain" the princess confessed.
Luckily she had her lunch and will
have eaten it. and her guidebook
must have kept her happy for awhile,
but by this time I'm afraid she's anx-
ious and would be coming in search of
me if she dared to stir. l must go.
viii you tell me by what name l shall
remember my rescuer when recall
this day."
"They named me for the emperor"
They were wise 1t suits you. Then
shall think of you as Leopold. Leo
pold what? But, no; don't tell me the
other name, 1t can't be good enough
to match the first, for, do you know,
admire the name of Leopold more than
any other I've ever heard? SO. Leo
pold. will you shake hands for good
by?"
The strong hand came out eagerly
and pressed hers. THANK you, gna'
fraulein. but it's not goodby yet. You
must let me help you back by the way
you came and down the mountain"
evil you really? dared not ask
as much for fear, in spite of your kind
you were. like your noble
hater of women"
THAT'S too hard a word even for an
lady, while, as for me, if
ever said to myself No woman can be
of much good to a man as a real com
panion' I'm ready to unsay Il"
"Tm glad Then you shall come
with me and help me, and you shall
help my friend, who is so good and
so strongminded that. perhaps she
may make you think even better of
our sex. II you will you shall be our
guide down to Alleheiligen, where
we've been staying at the inn since
last night Besides all that, If you
wish to be very good you may carry
our cloaks and rucksacks, which seem
so heavy to US, but will be nothing for
your strong shoulders"
The face of the chamois hunter
changed and changed again with such
amused appreciation of her demands
that Virginia turned her head away
lest she should laugh and thus let
him guess that she held the key to the
inner situation.
His willingness to become a cow
herd and now a beast of burden for
the foreign lady be had seen and her
friend whom he had not seen was in
dubitably genuine. He was pleased
with the adventure if not as pleased
as his initiated companion. For the
next few hours the hunter was free,
it seemed. He said that he had been
out since early dawn and had had
good luck. Later he had returned to
the hut for a meal and rest. while
his friends went down to the village
on business which concerned them all
AS they had not come back, they were
probably amusing themselves, and
when he had given the ladies all the
assistance in his power he would join
them.
The way down was easy to Virginia,
with his hand to help her when it was
needed, an6 she had never been so
happy in her twenty years. But, after
all, she asked herself as they neared
the place where she had left Miss
Portman, what had she accomplish
ed? What impression was she leav-
ing? Would this radiant morning OF
adventure do her good or harm with
Leopold when Miss Mowbray should
meet him later in some conventional
way through letters of Introduction to
court dignitaries at Kronburg?
While she wondered his voice broke
into her questionings.
81 hope, gna' fraulein," the channels
hunter was saying almost shyly and
as if by an effort, chat you won't go
away from our country thinking that
we Rhaetians are so cold of heart and
blood as you've seemed to fancy. We
men of the mountains may be differ
ent from others you have seen, but
we're not more cold. The torrent of
our blood may sleep for a, season I'M
der ice, but when the spring comes,
as it must, and the ice melts, then the
torrent gushes forth the more holly
because it has not spent its strength
before"
81 shall remember your words" said