Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-09-17

highness-"
You promised to tell me what she
is like"
Suddenly all his fear went away, all
his trepldation. The spirit OF reckless
ness which had vised him n little while
ago again empowered him. He was
afraid of nothing
How shall describe herY' he said
II have seen only paintings and mar
bles. and these are inanimate. Have
you ever seen ripe wheat In a rain
| storm? That is the color OF her hair
There are jade and lapis lazuli In her
eyes" He leaned toward her "And
! love her better than life. better than
hope. and between us there is the
distance OF a thousand worlds. SO
must give up the dream and so away
as an honorable man should"
Neither Of them heard the chancel.
lOr's approach.
And because love herr
Her fan dropped 20 the floor
Your highness." broke I'm the cold.
even tones Of HerbeCk. your father is
making inquiries about you"
Carmichael rose instantly. white as
the frill in his shirt
Hildegarde. however. was n princess.
She gained her feet leisurely. with a
half smile on her lips.
Count. Herr Carmichael tells me
! that he is soon 10 leave Dreiberg."
Abr There was satisfaction I'm
! Herbeck's ejaculation. But there was
a CLINT OF admiration in his eyes as
he recognized the challenge in Carmi-
| chaers. I'VE shall miss Herr Carmi-
| chael"
Her highness moved serenly toward
the door. Carmichael waited tin she
was gone from sight; then he stopped
and picked UP the fan.
The entrance TO the vast ducal vine
yards was made through small lodge
where the ducal vintner lived and kept
his books and moneys till such time as
he should be required TO place them
before the proper official Upon the
! morning following the bail AT the pal
ace the winner was reclining against
| the outside wall OF the gates. smoking
his china pipe and generally at peace
with the world. He dscerned a soli-
/ tary figure approaching from the dlrec-
/ ton Of Dreiherg-a youthful figure.
| buoyant OF step and confident Herr
! Hoffman was rather interested. The
/ youth paused M the gate and inspected
/ the old man highly
Herr Hoffman. I want work
"SoG What can you dog"
The youth recountcd his abilities.
Il have a letter Co you also"
Let me see t."
eyes. There was. then. something new
under the sun. \ picker OF grapes rec
! commended 10y a princessi
"Du licher Colt, You are Leopold
Dietricb?"
Eyes. herr"
"IIow did you come by this letter2"
Her serene highness is patron "a
/ Gretchen, the goose girl. at whose re-
/ quest the Recommendation was given
/ me"
This altered matters. The two en-
/ tered the Office.
Can you writer"
"a little. herr"
Then write your name on this piece
OF paper and that. Each night you
| viii present yours with the number OF
pounds. which will be credited to You
You must bring IL back each morning
II you lose II you will be paid nothing
| for your labor"
Dietrich wrote his name twice. Still
/ Hoffman was not wholly satisfied with
his eyes.
"Gottlieb." he said 20 one OF the men.
take him 10 terrace %. Wen see
| what sort OF workman he Is" He
spoke 10 Dietrich again. what is
| Gretchen TO your For Hoffman knew
| Gretchen.
''She is my sweetheart. herr" And
there was DO mOckery in the youths
/ eyes as he said this.
Take him along. Gottlieb"
Terrace 9S was given over To small
| grapes. Thus many punches had 10 be
picked 10 fill the basket But Dietrich
went 10 work with a viii. His fingers
were def. and his knife was sharp.
I and by midsun he had turned his sixth
basket. which was fair work. consid-
ering
AS Hoffman did not feed his en-
! ployees, Dietrich was obliged 10 beg
/ from his coworkers. Very willingly
they shared with him their coarse
bread and onions. He ate the bread
and stuffed the onions in his pocket.
Once more the youth was alone. lie
set down his basket and laughed. Was
there ever such a fine world? The
very danger OF 1t was the spice which
/ gave IL flavor.
II love her. love herr His face
grew bright again, and the woOing
blood ran tingling In his veins. "Am
l thief. scOundrelly thief. because
/ have that right common TO all men
TO love one woman? Some day shall
suffer for this; some day my heart shall
ache So be it!'
His fingers were growing sore and
sticky and there was a twlnge in his
back as he shouldered his eighth has
ket and scrambled down to the man
who weighed the pick. He was be-
ginning his ninth when he saw Crotch
en- coming along the purple aisle.
What a beautiful dayr' said Crotch
en-, with a happy laugh.
| kiss mo "