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piled.
She slipped his ring from her finger
and offered 1t to him hastily. But,
with one hand clutching a round OF
the ladder and the other arm about
the hatbox, he was hardly in a posi-.
ton to take 1t.
"How can II" he sputtered. at iss
a ring, not der mumps."
Put the hat in the window; then
you can take the ring" she advised.
"Und den you get der hat und gift
me der laugh?"
"Nonsense!" she answered. 81 nev.
er want to see your ring, or you
again!"
der same to you, und many off
dem," he retorted, swinging the hat
box around and trying to shove it
through the window She caught hold
Of it, also, but it was too wide to go
through the opening. In the effort
to force 1t through the count lost his
balance and came perilously near go.
ing down with a crash He saved him
self by clutching the window frame,
however Mrs Blazes fretfully said :
Clumsy! Let me show you"
She united the string on the box,
took off the lid and took out the hat.
She let the box drop to the ground,
and with little scream Of delight
stepped back into the room and hur-
riedly donned the hat.
It's perfect duplicated" she said,
happily. Then, while the count was
descending the ladder she started to
climb out Of the window, but the
count stopped her.
MY ring, iff you blease!" he said.
For goodness sake! Take it and
let me go!"
She thrust the ring into his hand,
and he ran down the ladder and stead
led it at the bottom. Mrs. Blazes
carefully crept from the window, with
much manipulation of her skirts, and
anxiously let herself down a rung at
a time. When she was half way down
she cried:
"Oh! I'm scared! I'm going back!"
She started up the ladder again,
and the count almost tainted. He
shook the ladder violently and threat
ened:
"Iff you go up anudder round, up
set it,"
Timorously, she came down, and at
last stood on the ground.
"Oh! How heavenly it is to be
free!" she exclaimed
Up the walk again stormed the gen.
eral, and Mrs. Blazes at sight of him
screamed, and would have climbed
the ladder had not the count caught
her arm and restrained her.
General Blazes had not found her
at home, and had returned to hold
counsel with Harry as to the best
way to locate her. And now he found
her in the company of the count in
Harry's lawn, with a ladder leading
to a window in Harry's house.
"Aha!" he shouted.
"Merciful heavens! My husband"
she walled.
"Und he only buries nodding of
dem but deir hats!" the count reflect
ed, keeping Mrs. Blazes between him
and the general.
"So!" the general roared confront
ing her. This has been your plan,
has it?" He turned on the count vim
dictively. Trying to inveigle my wife
to climb into that house!"
MY dear, you are wrOng!" Mrs.
Blases wept Listen a moment, and
l can explain"
Wrong? Explain? Woman, I see
It oil now! You have planned an
elopement with this-this Dretzel!"
"Bretzel! Ach Gott! Und l must
stand dis!" the count fumcd.
"What?" Mrs. Blazes demanded. 81
elope with that?"
She pointed a scornful finger at the
count.
Don't try to palaver mel" the gen.
eral shouted.
All this noise and shouting CT
course was heard by those in the