Evening star., 1909-07-11
He Played Cupid to Kentucky Beauty
By Mrs. Charles N. Crewdson
Drawings by Modest Stein
vi. The Rev. Cyril Hamilton

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~ parture Mary and Fraulein Lechner with
y the American Baby and Roxie drove from
Oberammergau over the winding mountain
road their way to NeueschWansteln the -
celebrated castle built by Ludwig H. 1t was ~
such day makes the autumn in this region
aseason of rare delight; day when earth and
air and sky seem a rapturous mlnglng OF llte
light and beauty. The joyousness of such morning
was needed to restore to Mary her usual buoyant
deepest chagrin of her life She had early that
ing heard of the hurried flight of Captain Hamilton.
Wilhelm, the long haired young Passion Play actor
of the pension. proved his klnsh1p to the ordinary
On this particular morning Frauleln Lechner by
judlcious questioning, had CLEANED = from Wilhelm
left by the train for Munich and strangely not
coming back Sunday to the play.
Mary was too maidenly to grasp at Frauleln Lech-
ners sentimental solution of the young officers
duct She was too Inundated at the unlocked for
results of her innocent little comedy the train to
reason clearly She burned with shame to think that
the Engishman might have avoided another meeting
with her account of Pauls treatment of him at
Versailles. He must. second thought have seen
through her cousins ridiculous assumption of being
her husband Unaware of PaulS close relationship
to her and of her utter helpessness before his rail
iery he had doubtless thought her undlgnihed and
bold and that she had prompted her cousin actions
He had made attempt to speak to her at the
Grotto; yet she had forgotten herself far as to
smile at him. After all that had happened, how
could he think well of her.
Finding no path of peasantness at any turn of her
thoughts she abandoned these memory haunted
ways. determining never to give another thought to
the Englishman. Surely there enough of inter
est and enchantment in this picturesque region to
minister to girls very gently aching heart?
EARLY during her stay at Munich. Mary irnagna-
- ton had been fired by the romantic story of the
art loving i'll fated Mad Monarch of Bavaria She
therefore eagerly avaled herself of this opportunity
to visit the famous mountain palace he built IN the
Tyrol not far from Oberammergau. The story Of
King Ludwig with all its haunting mystery and its
dark tragedy she had heard eoquenty and feelingly
told by Frauein Lechner, who, like most Bavarians.
cherished a romantic veneraton for the memory OF
King Ludwig III. She had. in her teens. seen King
Ludwig when he the newly crowned boy King
Of Bavaria His beauty and charm had dazzled her
Mary recalled this story to-day as she drove
through the mountains over the King Road toward
the Palace of Neueschwansten She and the trauleln
talked little The American Baby, however, filled
the silence of his chaperons with his gurgllng JOY
the fast trotting of the horses and the ingng
of the bells beneath their necks The masculine
tastes of Georg the driver who eagle feather
in his cap. fitted in remarkably with those of the
bryonc bit of American mascunlty. At the end of
the second hour of driving. Georg solemnly an
nounced that. alas his horses tired, and with
the gracious fraulens permission he would let them
rest With the yinkged handed him by the
pretending fraulein, he disappeared into the way
side tavern the sight of which made his horses tired
to drink mug of beer. The American Baby. upon
the stopping of the carriage set up his milk cry and
thereby compelled his protectors to hurry after
Georg into the tavern in search of milk.
Despite the blbulouS tastes of Georg and the
American Baby however. the travellers at last
reached Hohenswangau, the pretty village which
lies at the base of the mountain crag which Is stu
ated Neueschwansten Georg drove to the little Inn
of the Alpine Rose Mary could see the castle far
the village pure white and graceful with min
aret like towers oult on the crest of mountain spur.
1t makes very sorry, alas!" said Georg.
mournfulv nodo,;lg his eagle feather. that must
beg the gracious faulen to walk to the castle One
has built peri -ct highway to the entrance but the
way, alas is too steep for the horses. When the very
gracious fraulen will be SO good alas"
After the luncheon in the inn, Frauein Lechner
and Mary prepared to walk to Neueschwanstein. As
Roxie could not carry the Baby up such height.
they put forth all their persuasive powers prevail