Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-05-29

| "hcie HIS hi|tiS uid EraSped II.
you're very silly girl. Virginia. NV
dear" she said. But. oh. how YOU do
love him. How he is worth loving
and-what n glorious hour You're hay
ing"
| For ten minutes she sat alone nor
haps more Then the door was flung
open and her host flung himself in.
no longer with the gay air which had
sat like cloak upon him. but hot and
sulky. the jug in his hand rs empty
as when he had gone out.
Il have failed he said gloomily-.I
have failed. though promised YOU
the milk"
Couldn't you find cow" asked
| Virginia.
"Oh. yes. | found one. more than
one, and caught them too. | even
forced them TO stand still and CRASHED
them by their udderS. but not drop
of milk would come down. Abomiuo-
bic brutes. | would gladly have killed
them. but that would have given you
no milk"
For her life the princess could not
help laughing, his air was so desperate.
III only those cows could have known
who he was and appreciated the honor,
Pray. pray don't mind" she begged.
You have done more than most men
could have done. After all. I'll have
glass Of Rhactian beer With you to
drink your health and that Of your en-
peror. wonder. by the bye. II he.
who rrides himself on doing all things
well. can milk COW"
"lf not, he should learn" said the
channels hunter viciOusly. There's no
knowing. 1t seems. when one may need
the stranGest accomplishments and be
Inundated for lack of them"
NO. not Inundated" Virginia as
surcd him. It's always instructive to
find out ones limitations And you
have been most good TO me. See. while
you were gone | ate the slice nj bread
and ham YOU cut. and never did meal
many things TO do which I've made
you leave undone I've trcspassed on
you too long"
Indeed. lady. II seems scarcely
moment since yOu came and | have no
work TO do" the chamois hunter in
sisted
But I've n friend waitn. for me on
the mountain" the princess confessed
Luckily she had her lunch and will
have eaten II. 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 il she dared to stir. must go
VIII you tell me 10y what name shall
remember my reScuer when I recall
this day."
They named ire for the emperor"
They were wise. 1t suits you. Then
l shall think Of you as Leopold. Leo
pod 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
pod. will you shake hands for good
by"
The strong hand came out eagerly
fraulein. but it's not goodby yet You
must let me help you back by the way
you came and down the mountain"
"Will you really? dared not ask
as much for fear. in spite of your kind
hospitality. you We're. like your noble
namesake. Halter Of women
That's too hard Il word even for an
I,1
ever said to myself NO woman can he
OF much good TO n man rs real COM
panion I'm ready to unsay It,"
I'm 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 he our
guide down to Alleheiligen. where
we've been staying at the inn since
last night. Besides nll that If you
wish to he very good you may carry
our cloaks and rucksacks. whfth seem
so heavy TO us. but will he nothing for
your strong shoulders"
The face Of the channels 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 beast Of burden for
the foreign lady he had seen and her
friend whom he had not seen was in
dubitably genuine. He was pleased
with the adventure. II not as pleased
as his initiated companion. For the
next few hours the hunter was free,
1t seemed. He said that he had been
out since early dawn and had had
good luck. Later he had returned to
the hut for 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' oil the
assistance in his power he would join
them
The way down was easy to Virginia,
with his hand to help her when 1t was
needed. and she had never been 50
happy in her twenty years. But, after
all, she asked herself rs 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 ut Kronburg?
While she wondered his voice broke
into her Questionings.
II hope. gna' fraulein." the channels
hunter was saying. almost shyly and
as If by IN effort. "thnt 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