The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-29

day. Hobbs positively refused TO escort
/ him TO the castle grounds again No
amount of br1bing or brOwbeatlng could
move the COMPOUNDED Englishman from
his stand. He was willing to take him
anywhere else, but never again would
he risk a personally conducted tour
| into hot waters royal Mr.. King re-
signed himself &c a purely business call
at the shop OF Mr.. Spanrz. He looked
/ long with somewhat shifty eye, at
| the cabinet OF ancient rings and neck
laces, and then departed without hav-
| ing seen the interesting Miss PIaRanOva.
II the Old man observed tendfsHcs- to
roam IN the young mans eye, he did
not betray the facial least, not so
Jnat any one could notice. Tru>kton de-
parted. but returned Immediately after
| IunCheon, vaguely inclined to decide be-
I tween Two desirable rings. After a pro-
tracIed period OF INDIGESTION. in which
Olga remained stubbornIy out of sight
he announced that he could not make
up his mind, and would return later for
another inspection
At his room in the hotel he found a.
: note addressed to himself. It did not
have much to say, but IL meant a great
deal There was no signature, and the
handwriting was that of a woman
Please do not come again" That
was all
He laughed with a fine tone of de-
nance and-Went back to the shop at
I timid as ncte could stop him. This
however, was after he had taken a
lcng walk dawn Castle avenue, with
supplementary stroll of little Incl
dent outside the grim. high walls that
inciosed the sroUnds. II any one had
told him that he was secretly hoping
70 md creEaSse through which he
could invade paradise. / make no doubt
he would have resented the fnputa-
ton Soundly. On the occasion of this
last visit to the shop. he did not stay
.onS, DIT went away somewhat dazed
10 md himself the possessor Of a ring
he did not want and out of pocket Just $50
American Having come to the conclu-
sion that. knight errantry Of that kind
was not only profiigate but distinctly
irritating TO his sense OF huTnor he
looked up Mr.. Hobbs and arranged for
a days ride in the mountains
You'll oblige me. Mr.. Hobbs, by re-
know yozre an interpreter. It's an
insult 10 my intelligence to have IL
Haunted "a my face all day long. IN
admit YOU re what you say you are 50
take il or before We start out tornor-
row.
And so. minus the beguiling insignia
Of Office, Mr.. Hobbs led his hypercriucal
patron into the mountain roads early
the next morning. both well mounted
and provided with a luncheon large
CROUCH to restore the aulfability that
was sure to flag at midday unless stis-
tanned by unssthetic sandwiches and
beer.
The day was bright and clear. warm
in the valley where the city lay, cooler
10 cold as one mounted the winding
roads that led past the lofty Monastery
OF St Valentine, somi0er sentinel among
The clouds.
A part of EdelWeiss is built along the
side of the mountain. its narrow streets
winding upward and past countless ter
races to the very base of the rocky
Jagged eminence at whose top. a full
mile above The last sprinkling OF houses,
stands the isolated, bleak monastery.
The view from these upper streets, be-
fore one enters the o1rcuitous and hid
den monastery road that winds afar
in its climb, is never 10 be forgotten by
the spectator. no matter how often he
traverses the lofty thOroughfares. As
far as the eye can reach. lies the green
valley, through which winds the silvery
river with its evergreen banks and spot
less white houses-greens and whites
that almost shame the Wanted tints Of
old ireland as one views them from the
incoming steamers. immediately below
ones feet lies the compact little city
with lis red roofs and green chimney
pots, its narrow streets and vivid avn
ings its wide avenues and the ancient
castle TO the north. To The south, the
fortress and the bridges; encirciing the
city q thick. high wall with here and
there enormous gates ffauked by towers
so grim ana Old that they seem ready
TO tOpple over from the sheer fatigue of
centuries A soft, Indian summer haze