The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-31

Schmitt agreed to 90 with me, ana
e was lucky be did. We found the
grizzly, and I poured lead into him.
But my bullets had no more eject
than h%ailstones. I had wasted all the
ammunition in my gun and had no
time to put in any MORE. for the bear
was on me. Schmitt .sprnng ut him
with his knife and saved me- 81
'sThat was very brave, Ned" said
n OF the. party, "andI don't wonder
yOusfeel. under obligations to do some
thing for the fellow. But, really,
wouldn't 1T have been better for you
to write him a,check for. a thousand, or
so-you could. afford, sit--than to. put
him TN with people with whom he
can't assimilate?" 's.S
Ned looked at the speaker. through
q pair Of honest eyes that bespake in
dignant disagreement, but he was too
much Of q gentleman to reprove a
guest on his own yacht so without a
word he arose and walked away.
The incident was repeated among
the party, but 1t did not improve Mr..
Schmitt's position with them a jot.
What had they to do with the repay
ment of their hosts obligations? Be
cause an ordinary fellow-a German at
that-who had probably come wei in
the steerage had helped Ned out Of a
scrape was that any reason why he
should infict the man on them?
Meanwhile Mr.. Schmitt and Miss
Ten Brock chatted in the German Ian.
guage, the latter deriving much bene.
fit therefrom. She discovered that
whatever station he might have occu-
pied in his own country he was very
intelligent. But education in Germany
is breathed in with the air. Miss Ten
Brock told some of the party that
Mr.. Schmitt knew enough to have been
a professor in a university in. his own
country. The information had no eff
feet whatever. Had he discovered an
antitoxin for the disease most fatal to
mankind and given it to the world
free the fact would not be a reason
why they should make a companion to
him.
The days passed, during which the
yacht skirted the coast southwark and
returned to New York. 1t was agreed
that the trip had been an enjoyable
one, though the unanimity Of the par
ty had been somewhat broken in upon
by the presence of at least one person
who had no place in 1t. In parting
with his guests Ned told them that
he had made a mistake in trying to
introduce a foreign element among
them, but that he hoped to make
amends very soon. He wished them
all to dine with him in New York, and
they might assure themselves that
there would be no n present they
would not wish to meet.
The dinner came of at Van Amster.
dams residence, and every member Of
the yachting party was present except
Miss Ten Brock. Her cousin invited.
her, but she declined. When the guests
were assembled and went into the din
ing o 1t was noticed at one that
the chair next the host on his right
was vacant. Several courses had been
served, and the guest for whom the
chair was intended did not appear.
"Who's to be OF your right?" asked
Count Ludwig Won Gehrenstein,"
said Ned.
"Why is he not here?"
"He is in Washington. He went
yesterday to pay his respects to the
president. You know. he is on the staff
Of Emperor William-I mean his per-
sonal staf-one OF his aids.de-camp.
He'll be with us before we finish"
The company looked at n another
with congratulatory glances that they
were to be honored at. meeting so dis
tinguished a person. The conversation :
turned upon the count. and Ned told
them something about him. There was !
royal blood in his veins. he being a
connection of the empress. He was
also one OF the richest men in Ger
many. This added..u stimulus to the
excitement, and when the women were
told that he was unmarried each w0.
man present began to >cherish q faint
hope that she might snare him while
exposed to the armies of %spinsters in
America.
Ten O'clock came, but not the count.
Another hour passed, and still the lion
to be Of the evening had not arrived.
Van Amsterdam directed a butler to
telephone to the station and. ask when
the, train from Washington would ar
rive. The nsWer came that It We
Just in. Il woutdsM b .at leaStaAn
hour before iihec6nnt could get into
evening drasssandsappear. j
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