Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1913-05-24

posing MS a model even when he does
not need money. which you evidently
do need"
! had my portemonnaic In n bag !
had brought with me ana was opening
Il when be looked ut me reproachfullS
so reproachfully that. though he spuke
not word desisted Rising and ~
ing his cap with the same Difference as
before. he said:
Farewell fraulein - mademoiscHo
You English ana Americans have 90
word by which 20 address a lady noi
married This has been n pleasant
episode in a ruined life shall never
forget IT,"
Farewell wished he had saii
adieu goodby anything but farewell
II Is word NJ only 10 use NJ partiHa
with the dying And 10 this case il Sd .
tcnsiaed the feelings | had NJ seela-
him stroll away from me down the
road erect aud with that swinging step
a soldier gets and once got can never
shake OF
II when had sat down TO transfer to
canvas the FIRST verdure Of spring amy
one had told me that a man whom
had never seen and did not expect to
see again would come along aud leave
sketch Of his face and figure. takire
away In exchange my heart Should
have considered the prophet n lunafie
Yet there sat. with the picture IN nay
hand. and there walked away the man
with my heart. without once looking
back
saw him approach a rise IN the
ground and hoped before he descended
on the other side he would turn with
last wave Of bis hand But he did
not He passed out Of sight. treating
me rs n woman with whom he had 20
acquaintance
lie has been ruined" said to my
self through no fault OF his own
but he will not permit any one else to
share his obloquyr
About year from this meeting. Oh
looking over newspaper. I glanced ai
the personal column don't know
why have always been accustomed to-
read the personals. but do. suppose
II is because In some. OF them think
can see romance. and love to won
der what that romance may be For
the same reason like stories In which
the principal parts are left to the i'm
agination What know ceases at once
TO interest me. What don't know and
Imagine 10 be story in itself never
ceases 10 interest me
As ! was saying. was reading thu
personals In the newspaper when I
came upon one under the heading Of
Information Wanted that described
my model The description OF him was
perfect felt absolutely sure that /
was right In my inference that Il re-
ferred 10 him II occurred TO me that
IN identifying the missing man the
sketch had made of him might be 81
great assistance. wrote n note to thu
advertiser that | bad met such a man
and had made n sketch OF him. which
would he at his service If he re-
quired IT,
received reply from German
American firm OF attorneys. who re
piled that the person sought was want
ed abroad and the lawyers had letters
for him took the picture 10 them
which they referred TO one who knew
him and pronounced II his likeness
loaned 1t 10 them. and they had il pho
tographed and used with subsequent
advertisements
One morning n card came up TO me
bearing the name OF Baron Carl Rich
ter. My heart eaped to my throat. fol
OWNED at once that the man had
thought Of by day and dreamed Of hS
night had returned TO me But how
should 20 down to see him with my
heart fluttering like frightened bird
Mastering my feelings rs well rs
could. finally went down. 10 see III,
model. not in shabby genteel hahll
ments. but dressed like gentleman
But one thing noticed-his present at
tire did not add one whit TO his an
pearance OF refinement
He told me that he had been Wind
catcd-how. never knew and do not
know today Nor do | care 10 know
run tue uTSl WIS Us sure pl MS lN
nocence as if an angel had proclaimed
IT. And IL did not raise him In my opiu
ion. for he had never so required rails
Ing. But | rejoiced that the obloqu,
had been taken from him. And | re-
joiced. too. that his former rank and
Office had been restored TO him by ~
sovereign OF his state
He had been discovered by means 81
the sketch had made OF him aud
when shown It at the office of the AZ
torneys. bad asked for my address. AMI +
as soon as he could make himself pr.
sentable had called upon me
That brief meeting az which IN"
sketch had been made was as much To
him ms 10 me When he had walked
away from me-so he told me "a"
world before him looked darker evei
than II had looked before II was TIN
trfat ~ his Iffa Uhap no stood ttrof So. +