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CHAPTER vII.-(continued.)

CHAPTER vlI.-(continued.)
"And art thee teacher o. Ger
mani" Lucy asked, artlessly, Of the
| Count Before he could reply. Harry
laughed:
"Yes, he's a German teacher OF Ger
man German. Ha. ha! Good joke,
dear teacher!"
He nudged the Count in the ribs. to
that gentleman's discontinue.
"He iss always choking ven he
should be learning" the Count grave
ly informed Lucy.
HAS he learned much?" Lucy want
ed to know.
He has lot to learn yet" the
Count replied. with significance that
was not lost on Harry.
"oh, Harry" Lucy cried. clapping
her hands together delightedly. "Wit
thee speak some German for me?
Wilt?"
Sure. I'll wilt" Harry smiled. "Ich
liebe dich."
"Is that good German?" Lucy asked
the Count.
Very fne," the Count assured her.
HE iss a quick scholar-he iss-vat
you call-rapid-fast."
What does that mean-what he
said?" Lucy asked.
TT iss not for me, hiss tutor. to
translate for him. Later, he will tell
you vat it means, know" the Count
replied
What was thy last lesson about,
Harry" asked Mr.. Medders. WAS
| it some passage from the German
masters. or a chapter of history, per-
chance?"
What was our last lesson about?"
Harry asked the Count.
"It vas reading writing" the Count
said.
Reading and writing, you mean?"
Lucy asked.
mo, no. Reading %riting. am
writing der reading und den he iss
reading der writing"
Harry saw that the Count had some
plan in his mind, but what it might be
he could not imagine. However, he
willingly lent himself to forward 1t.
He means that he would write
something and then would try to
read it," he said. Mr.. Medders nodded
gravely; to him it appeared to be a
very good plan. Lucy, with great in
terest, said:
"Oh, write something in German
now, then-it must be awfully hard to
write in German, isn't it?--and then
thee let Harry read It,"
So the Count tore the fly leaf from
the book in his hand and solemnly
wrote thereon the line:
Find die dame ihr hut?"
He handed the sheet to Harry, who
assumed the painfully awkward posi-
ton of schoo.boy and laboredly read
the line, with an atrocious mispronun-
citation of almost every word The
Count smiled, and took the paper
from him, saying:
you see, he has der Cherman ac.
cent, but not yet der Cherman words.
Der line is: Find ,He dame ihr hut?
1t iss a question, you see, unit iss to
be answered yet"
"Oh, and what does 1t mean in Eng
Hsh?" Lucy asked.
1T means" the Count said, with
much significance, and speaking with
great deliberation and emphasis, III
means: Did the lady find her hat?'"
did, the lady find her hat?" Lucy
repeated after him.
"Not yeti" Harry said, absent
mindedly.
"Ah," tre Count said. smiling, "Noci
nicht."
"of course! OF course!" Harry said
as though being corrected in his pro
nunciation. Mock nit"
The Count nodded his head witt
commendation.
Some day he will be great Cher
man scholarAsome day." he asserted
Harry beamed with pride-anc
amusement. Mr.. Medders observed Il
him:
Verify, thy tutor must be Learned
man"
rHe reads nothing but the classics.
Harry replied. You'll always find hin
* tie library. He's dying to get bacl
there now, expect"
"And no doubt that is classic h
hath in his hand even at this me
ment." Medders said.
i've no doubt" said Harry. takini
the book from the Counts hand an
glancing at the title, which wa
Three Weeks" "Ah, it is an oil
treatise on the brevity of time"
He tossed the book into the library
and said:
Now, don't want to have to thin
of any more German today. This i
to be real holiday, Count, and | re
fuse to study any more"
T think thee art doing grea
work." Lucy said to the Count. It
teach Harry German. 1t is fine tha
he hath thee for a tutor. How di
thee happen to be engaged by him
Merely by accident" the Count a:
swered.
eyes," Harry added. through
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