Putnam patriot., 1910-07-29

crnl Dncwltz. too and some If his maff. and smooth faced handsome young mnn in civilian riding clothes. who. though he rode like cavalry. man, sas obviously of foreign birth. m Engllshman ar m American
 When the cavalcade reached the goose girl the pence of the scene van ished forthwith. Confusion took ur the seepter. The silly geese. instead of remaining on the Jeff of the road in safety. elraighfwny determined that their haven of refuge was on the ep posite side. Gonk. Fonk. Quaek anark. They scrambled. they biun. dered. they flew. Sonn tried 10 go over The horses. sDme endeavored t0 te under.
 The civilian looked casually al the rir
 lily Georref' he exclaimed in Eng lish
 What is it3" asked the duke. gath. ertng up the reins
 The girls face. If Ia beautiful"
 The duke. after glance. readily agreed You Americans arc always elservanf'
 Pretty figure. too' said oae of the aids. colonel Rut his eye held none .f the abstract admiration which characterized the Americans.
 The goose girl had seen this look in other mems eyes. Sue knew A faint color grew under her tan and waned.
 The troop proceeded with dust and small thunder and shortly passed the city gates II traversed the lumpy eohhles of the narrow streets. offsa crowding pedestrians One among those so ineonveuieneed was a youth dressed as vintner. He was tall. pliantly built. blond as a viking. pos sesslng singular beauty of the mas. .uiiue nrlef He was fonsed To fiat ien hlnselt against the wall of a huusc his af4HS extended en either side h khld ef temporary crueillx= ion. EYeu then the stirrup of the American t.'ug had him siiehtiy But it tas uot the touch pf tue slirrup that sMgt ted hiN IL was the dark. clean cut fare ef tle rider. ones they Were by Che youth daryed info a doorway
 "Iie7 What ean he be doing heref No. il k utterly impossible. II is mere iy likeness.
 He ventured forth presently, none of thp perturbation. however, gone from hls face. He ran his baud across his chin Yes. he would let his beard grow.
 The duke and his escort turned Into the broad aud restfui sweep of the kaaisstfasse. At the end was the Ehrensfein rlatx. the great square round which ran the palaces and the royal and public ganiens. The halt was made in the courtyard and all dismounted
 The American thanked the duke gratefuily for the use of the horse.
 You are welcome to mount al all tlmes. Mir. Carmichael replied the duke pleasantly "A man who rides as well as yourself may he trusted anywhere with any kind of horse.
 The group looked admiringly at the object of this marked attention. Here was one who had seen two years of constant and terrible warfare, whe had ridden horses under tire and whe bore en hts body many honorable scars, for the great civil strife in Auer lea had come fo it's elase bat two years hefore aud Europe was still captive to her amaxenaent al the military prowess of the erstwhlle ineonsiterstie Ameri. can.
 As Carmichael satated and turned to leave tue courtyard he threw swift. searching glance al one of the palace windows. Did the curtain stirl He could not say He eontiausSi oa. cross ing the Plata. toward the Grand hotel. He was s bachelor. so he might easily have had his quarters st the censuiase but as usual with Amertcan consuiafes -even 10 the present ttme--it was ait uated ln an undesirable part of tho