The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-03-11
An
Unpronounceable
Name
BY MARTHA V. MONROE

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lady what there was In the way o
sights In the country round about
They had done" the city. and II onl!
remained for them to take In anything
remarkable In the environs.
"The Wohfarth schloss is very OLE
building" the woman replied. 1T Il
not far from here. You will find 4
very interesting"
lis 1t a ruiny'
"oh. no. 1t is occupied by the Wohl
farths"
"Goodw said one of the girls
"well go. I'm tired OF ruins and pic
! lures of saints and martyrs being
roasted on gridirons Let's go. Belle
I'm with you, Rosie. | would like
to see real old castle that's kept up
In modern style"
| Alighting at railway station. they
asked the way TO the castle OF an off,
clal who showed them the towers ris-
ing above the trees within walking
| distance. He Informed them that
Count Wolfgang Wohlfarth occupied
the castle and sometimes tourists were
| admitted to Inspect 1t. On reaching
1t they crossed n drawbridge. passed
under a portcullis and told the gate
man In German. which they spoke
tolerably WELL that they were Ameri-
can tourists and would like to see the
castle.
"Ich w-w-w"-
Can you tell us to whom to applyT
asked Belle.
"H-h-h-h"-
The man broke down again.
Poor fellow" said Rosie. II sup
pose he fell to stammering by trying
to pronounce his masters name. Wolf
gang Wohlfarth. How would you like
to be Countess Wofgang Wohlfarth.
BELIEF"
I'D rather be the countess without
the Wolfgang Wohfarth."
Both girls laughed, and just then a
man came toward them in clothes that
they supposed were livery. He bowed
politely to the girls and waited for
them to speak They told him that
they would be obliged If he would so
to the count and get permission for
them to see the castle At the same
time Belle put silver coin in his hand.
He put it in his pocket. replying that
he had authority to show the castle to
visitors and would be happy to do so
In their case.
He seemed to be well versed in the
history of the castle. showing them
apartments the Emperor Charles V. |
and other notables had occupied.
tower that had been battered down /
and repaired in a war with the k ;"
of Sweden and no end of arms t
had been taken In battle by the Woi
farths of olden times. Indeed. for
lackey he seemed remarkably familiar
with the history of Europe during a |
period that few Americans are not In
terested in The girls. however. had been
sufficiently educated to recognize the
fact that the man made no historical
least none that they could
detect. When they had finished the
tour of the different objects of in
terest and they were about to depart
Belle thanked the man and said:
Please tell your master that we
have been very much pleased with his
castle. We are from Milwaukee. In the
United States II he ever comes to .
America | shall be happy to show him {
my fathers home
Milwaukee, exclaimed the man.
Eyes; we have great many Ger
mans in our city"
The man changed the language he ]
used from German TO fair English and t
said that the count had relatives liv- 1
ing in Milwaukee. If the visitors ,
would wait for a few moments he q
would like to ask the count If he would I
not wish to meet them, They assent q
ID. and he ushered them into a waiting !
'oom Presently he returned with an :
invitation from the count to remain to h
unch. then turned them over to a maid. 4
When the visitors entered the draw
ng room they were received by an a
derly lady. who welcomed them gra. t
iously. though she did not speak Eng. o
ish. and the girls German was not "
eadily understood by her nor hers by
hem. While they were chatting to
ether In came the man who had shown 4
hem about the castle He had dotted d
is livery. which was really a hunting ST
and appeared in the everyday n
ress of gentleman, ri
This Is my son. Wolfgang." said the D.
ldy who had received them. Sc
And this is my mother. the Countess y
replied the young man. I,
She has a cousin living in Milwaukee, N,
nd therefore ! presumed she would ri
Ike to meet one coming from the same W
ty"
You are Count Wohlgang"- er
The count smiled and begged her not IA
attempt so difficult vocal feat as to >, y,
his name. He then told the -
tests that he was about starting out 70
shoot in his preserves when he saw mr.
lem and could not refrain from hu- tn
oring their mistake in installing him lI
hunting costume for one of the serv- in
it's Then all went to luncheon m
The girls were invited by the dowa- an ~
II countess to make visit at the cas- y. ~
;. which lasted a week. The next ~
ar the count appeared in Milwaukee "a
TO visit his cousin. but really
propose marriage TO the girl who -
Ia that she would prefer being count NJ;