The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-09-30
CHAPTER xV-Continued.

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She led the girl TO the opposite win
dow of the little room.
Look" she said, pointing up the
Rhine to where ii grew narrower
towas1s Bonn, and to the blue hills in
the far distance, now touched with the
~mid-morning sun. A great yearning
came into her beautiful eyes.
"Ah!" she said; lit is there, behind
those hills, that | shall find my dar-
ling! am sure of It! Something
tells me hat he is there, or that /
shall find him there"
A jackdaw with outstretched pin
Ions came sailing by. They could al
most have touched the bird by
stretching out an arm.
Fly to him." the Duchess said,
smiling sadly. Fly to my little boy,
and tell him hat / am coming"
They both looked out and far down
from that enormous height without
further words. Up there, high in the
middle air, hardly any sound from
the great town below rose up to them.
All they heard was the slow, heavy
ticking mechanism Of the grea: clock,
the breathing of the guide, who had
lit a china pipe, and far below, borne
on the wings OF the high air, an &C.
casional siren from one of the far
distant steamboats, which breasted
the turbulent torrent of the Rhine.
Daisy" the Duchess said, Il feel
up here so relieved, so far away from
the troubles and anxieties down be-
low. 1t really has been a great idea
of us to come up here and stay for a
time to steady our nerves before we
take the train for Wohlau-Lands-
krona. Up here, in this clear air, one
feels the whole sense of the meaning
OF the word 'empyrean.' Unhappy as
I am, anxious as | am, following the
slight clue towards the object of my
life as / am doing, | nevertheless feel
perhaps a bird has"
The guide had lit his pipe, and was
sitting down upon the little stone
bench smoking quietly and philo-
sophically. The Duchess looked at
him, and her she looked at Daisy.
He does not want to go down just
yet" she said, 'and | think to climb
up all this way has been harder for
him than for us. The poor fellow has
to do it every day; and 1t is part and
parcel of his life. We have only done
Il once. and we have not felt 1t. /
should like to stay here a little, Daisy,
and | will tell him to wait. | am sure
he won't mind"
She spoke to the man In German
ard he looked up from his pipe.
Madam" he said, Il love this high
place, and as long as you care to stay
| also shall be pleased to be with
you"
Daisy turned to the Duchess. "Oh,
then. he won't mind us staying up
here for a little timer" she asked. IL
cannot understand his German, but l
can see that he is prepared to wait"
"Oh, of course he is" said the
Duchess; and he knows that he will
be well paid for his attendance here.
Now, let us look down upon the town.
Let us look at the hotel; let us see
what Is going on in that tiny little
microcosm so far below which We
have just left"
The Duchess unslung the leather
strap over her shoulder, which held
q pair OF light aluminium glasses
made by Sinclair, of the Haymarket.
Now, Daisy" she said, W can
zee everything below. These glasses
are simply perfect. The distinctness
Is wonderful! We car see the
pigeons In the road Ia front or the
hotel, and II the porter comes out we
shall even see whether he is smiling
or %frowning." She handed the glasses
TO her companion.
They are very light" Daisy said,
but they seem difficult to manipu-
late. Show me how, Duchess"
''oh, it is quite simple" the Ouch
ess answered. You see, you turn the
central wheel and suit it to your own
focus. When the little Indicator ar
rives at this mark myself know that
the glass is focused for me. but per-
haps that will not suit your eyes ex-
actly. Try for Yourself"
Daisy took the glasses and turned
the little wheel. Then she looked
down towards the hotel which they
had Just left. She say that two men
were just coming out of the front
door. A large motor-car enameled in
red had driven up, and the two were
apparently going to inspect 1t.
She turned the central wheel of the
glasses the fraction of an inch, then
she saw who the two men were-they
were Michael Grant and Basil Mar
riott.
Duchess" she said, her voice full
of excitement in the sudden moment,
"Mr. Grant and Captain Marriott have
just come out Of the hotel. and they
are going up to a motor-car which has
arrived
The Duchess came swiftly up to
her frfenG.Lend me the glasses!
Of course. you know. thsy are buying
} motor in order that they may ee;
/, Neutrality-suspicious. tonight. But
Ills seems rather sudden. What does
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