The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-12-13
Virginia Of
Washington
And the Man Who Made a
Fight For Her.
by ELEANOR AUSTIN HARRIS,

Hasn't he nice blue eyesY' said Miss
Dressed
Horrors. child! Don't you say such
things out loud. What II he should
understand EngIish?"
Impossible. Aunt Ellen. German
blondness. reading a German paper,
ira yelling In a German train with bag
gage marked A. Won s., Bremen
Virginia! What does POSSESS your
| never heard you talk no"
Miss Dressed laughed hearty Amer
lean laugh. 81 am so glad to shake
the dust Of Europe Off my feet that !
cant keep 1t Ia. I'm 80 glad we're
headed for Hamburg. the Kaiser viii
helm der Crosse, America aud Wash
Ington that-that-well, honestly !
should like to kick the epaulets of the
guards gorgeous blue and gold uni
form. DOn't faint. Aunt Ellen, I'll
stop and not say another word for an
hour"
For an hour and Ave minutes Miss
Dressed sat silent. ostenslbIy watching
the valleys. the German gables. the
green of meadows and forests. as they
swept by. For an hour and i've min
ntes their young German fellow travel
or read his German paper, and for an
hour and Ave minutes Miss Ellen Van
strum enjoyed perfect peace OF mind
Then Miss Dressed cOnghed. and Miss
Vanstrum lnwar,lly caught her breath
"Aunt Ellen" said Miss Dressed In
lilly waving her hand toward the seen
cry "a If she were discussing lt-"Aunt
Ellen. do you know that young man
mas dreadfully nice face, even II he
IA German. oh. don't look shocked
Just gaze out the window AZ II were
talking about the scenery. and he will
never know the difference. I've been
looking at him of and on for the last
hour Just see what nice firHemOutb
he has. He's 10 well grOOmed too
Just look at his finger nails. Oh. Aunt
Ellen. wish you wouldn't gasp so. |
Ike his looks better than any foreigner
| have seen Ia the Ave years we have
spent In Europe Really, | shouldn't
mind being married II conld get such
a handsome, well groOmed man as
he is."
Virginia. oh. vlrgInlaE groaned
Mrs vanstrum. "It's-it's indecent to
talk about man like that when he
can't understand"
Don't jiggle your pOmpadour crook
ed, Aunt Flea" said Miss Dressed
calmly. Don't worry. II he under
stood English be would have betrayed
himself long ago, He might be chunk
Of pink and white and yellow taffy for
All he understands of the English Ian
guage. THANK goodness, Aunt Ellen,
here we are almost at Hamburg Here,
let me tie your veil You are getting
1t on crooked. No, let me carry the
4nlt case. It's \ young house, Now
for my last fee-almost-on foreign
soil"
The train had hardly come to long
stop In the great station at
Hamburg when the door of the car
Rage was Jerked violently open aud a
young man pulled the German out
With hearty grip, exclaiming In Eng.
ish:
We're 10 luck. There was a state
'oom unengaged on the Kaiser VII |
lelm. and We can sail four days earlier
ban we expected. Good luck. man!
Why don't you say something Instead
II looking al me like dazed idiot? p
The German pulled hlmself together
with noticeable effort and began to
tammer out something In German,
when the other Interrupted him lmpa-
lendy,
Jaw. cnt that out! You know per
ectly we'll | can't Hnderstand word
4 German. Never mind; come alongl"
The young German aushPd red, and
With one appealing look straight into
he eyes Of the astOuished Miss Ores
el he picked up HIS suit case and WAS
Don lost to view In the hurrying
hrOng.
Miss Dressed silently picked up her
luggage, carefully avoiding her aunt's
ye, and for a minute after leaving
be carriage she looked helplessly about
er. Then the label Berlin ON a
arriage caught her eye, and without
word to her puzzled relative she took
er by the arm, raced her across the
tation and pushed her in. stumbling In
erself, just as the guard put his hand
u the door TO close IL.
why - what = where said Miss
'anStrum.
IL don't know" said her niece dss-
erately. but most anywhere out OF
hamburg"
But our Steamer!' gasped Miss Van
tFum.
whats losing a steamer, Aunt H.
m. compared with my peace OF mind2