The evening world., 1914-03-09
IN THE E VENING WORLD 3
By George Barr MCCutcheon
Author of " CRAUSTARk," Eyc.=-


we have been faithful ssrvssHe 10
III. Kothhoofens for sixty ysass."
sobbed his wife.
And ssiil are. ! suspect" sFssd
Zach. mein herr. me.n hertz" ~.
tested Conrad. greatly perturbsl.
where are the keys. you old -.
Poopendyke was startled.
"But not to- night, not Tonight" ~
pleaded. 'Shc viii be very anuy.
She Will not like It mein herr. xeh,
oottI She will drive ~ out, Oho vii
shame ~ all! Ach, and she Who =
20 .sntls and % unhappy ana $3.50
no,i % N :,i Of u'' II oaanos-i sAa-
However. We forced somsthin9 sut
OF Schmick. The old man gave - Q
touch OF inside history concsrnAa0
Schloss Rothhoefen and III erstWhljo
powerful barons. not to minimiso In
the least sense the peculiar proves
Of tho present Amason Who held
forth Tonight In the east wing ana
who. I had some reason 70 suSpoct,
was one Of the family despite the UNI.
Newport.
About the middle OF the nineteenth
century tho last OF the real basono-
the powerful. land downing, despo4io
barons. ] mean--cams to the end az
his four-score years and ten, end WN0
laid away with great pomp and gieO
By the people Of the town a0roD
the river. He was the last Of the Roth.
hoefens. for he left no male heir.
His two daughters had married Aus.
TRAN noblomen, and neither Of them
produced male descendant.
Tho estate. already In . sea1o q
financial - well - physical dislnts.
gration. fell into the hands Of W0msA
and went from bad to worse 20 rAp.
Idly that long before the last QuAStae
OF the century was fairly ba9un thA
castle and the reduced koldan0
clipped away from the Rothhoees0o
altogether and into the control q u
father Of the Count from Wien
purchased the property. The ceuats
srsss wealth in S,s Ssy. sa6 -
Of action. Unfortunatsiy b diod 8.
fore he had the chance 10 CARR ct
his projects In connection Witt ne
rehabilitation Of 0chloae RothhoofOn.
even then . deserted. ramsha0nglo
resort for paying tourists aad .
Mecca for antique and picture AeAl.
Tho new count-my' inmsAsats
predeceseor@was not long In A1as1pae.
sno snO BIvoS tOtSUno J0ky " 010
father. the worthy distiller. He Nd
run through With the bulk q Aio
patrimony by the time hs was twonty.
nve and was pretty mueh run loWu
!. at the heel whom he married In tho
hope Of recouping his lest fostu0A
The 0chmicks did not Nike hin, 3Aey
nd not approve of him - loeA -
.. master. nor was Il possible To- -
70 rsaen themselves 70 The faAo ~
: had put this young scapegracs Int ~
shoes, % TO speak. Of the gf9iS -
Barons Rothhoefen. who WhaSoveV -
|, they may have bsen In Q high. hanA.
. e. sort OF way were men % the o0eo
THIS pretender. this creature W1tSoul
brains or blood, this spongln9 fO0ro.
bate. was not to thelr nkinG. n -
to quote Conrad, =
He. bis wife and HE SOMA he aasuevl
- me. we're full Of rsjolcing WhSo -
\ learned that the castle he'd 49,
= from Count Hohsndahl's hanAo ~
mine ]. 1t least, would pay -
y their waGes and ] might, q q p1n0A
be depended upon 20 ponsleo -
J. when they got too old % b. a -
use about the castle.
All attempts on my part 10 eoanool
? the lady IN the east wing Mn ~
. history OF the extinct RothosfcnS NJ,
futile. He would not commit himooil
WELL" said L yawning In hslplosI
collusion With the sleepy 0rotoI
. well let Il 30 over I'm morninS. Cal
, me at seven. BrittoA."