The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-08
How a Courtship
Began
By JAMES c. WHARTON
Copyright by American Press Assoc
citation, 1911.

hin, having finished her course there,
took a train for Paris, intending, after
replenishlng her wardrobe in that city,
to proceed to England and thence by
steamer to America. Miss Cartright
had German maid with her, with
whom she conversed in the German
language.
Besides the American girl and her
maid, there were in the compartment
n gentleman who sat directly opposite
her and two others sitting together at
the other side Of the compartment.
The man who sat opposite was about
twenty-eight years old wore serious
look on his face and buried himself in
book. The two men who sat further
on were made up after the manner OF
London swells. The train had hardly
started when one of them said to the
other In English, referring to Miss
Cartright:
"She's the first pwetty German wom-
an I've seen In this beastly country"
slow do you know she's German
Haven't you heard her speaking to
her maid in the jaw breaking German
language"
II rather fawncy from her outland-
fish costume she's an Amewiean."
"Oh, no: she's not one o those dis
gushing Amcwicans. She's got too
much chic about her for that"
"She cawn't be German. or all the
frlghtful cweatures | ever met the
German women
Gentlemen" interrupted the man
with the book, "such discussion Of la
dies of different nationalities is mad
Missile in a railway carriage"
BEG pawdon,' said one of the Lon
doners; I'VE didn't knowyou understood
English. But you might as well under
stand first as last that an Englishman
expresses his opinions wherever he Is.
The British empire extends around the
globe; therefore British subject is al
ways at home; therefore he has a right
to say what he likes"
so he has If he chooses to take the
consequences You have insulted this
lady. though presume she doesn't un-
derstand English and is therefore I'M
aware of the fact. ] am glad that she
does not. for propose to call you TO
account for your conduct, and | prefer
that she should not know that am
acting in her behalf Please apologize
to me for what you have said about
her"
II make no apologies to any one
"Then will you inform me where you
can be found on the arrival Of this
train at its destination%
"At the Hotel de L., Paris" replied
the Englishman taking a card from a
case bearing the name of the Marquis
of Butterton. The card he received in
exchange bore the name Baron Rol-
landsek.
well. Baron Rollandsek." said the
Britisher, Il fawncy / can satisfy you
that we Englishmen are not to be
frightened by you Germans in any
event"
Miss Cartright had been pretending
to understand not a word of this dia.
logue, but the moment the name Rol-
landsek was spoken her manner
changed
Baron. are you the Heidelberg man
have heard so much about through
the Ehrensteins Of Berlin"
They are my friends" said the bar
on, evidently astonished at her speak
ing English.
Doubtless you are the same. This
gentleman probably doesn't know that
you We're conqueror with the small
sword in all the student duels of your
year at Heidelberg, am very much
obliged to you for your defense of me,
but it is not necessary. We Americans
are the only nation Of the world that
has ever successfully resisted British
tyranny and we have lost nothing since
CORVALLIS surrendered to General L
Washington" Then, turning to the
Englishmen: Gentlemen, can under
stand your dislike to apologizing TO
Baron Rolandsek. but am quite sure
you will not object to apologizing to a
woman. Not that care for an apology
on my own account, but that It will
settle this matter without the necessity
for any further making mountain out
OF mole hill"
II don't recognize the barons right"
said tha marouiS 'tto ori4icisa INV no Il
ton in any event"
Every WELL" replied Miss Cartright;
"he has shown great delicacy in say
ing that he would prefer that should
not know he was acting in my defense.
Now that he is aware that l have ua-
derstood your conversation am quite
sure he will at my request withdraw
that defense"
"Only at your command" said the
baron, who was by this time disgust H
ed with the position taken by the mar
quis.
"Then I must command you" said
the lady"
II regret your command. but feel
bound to obey it,.
This ended the episode so far as the
Englishmen We're concerned. Miss Il
Cartright and Baron Rollandsek enter
ed into conversation. the lady cour-
teously addressing him in his native
language. He was accorded permits
sion TO call upon her in Paris and
followed her to London. Before she