The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-03-20
masters requires money. and that |


help her IN this respect. but there is an
unwritten law that u man cannot give
to woman except under certain ex-
reptional circumstances.
II will make another suggestion to
YOU" | said. supplementary TO my
first. Suppose YOU pose for artists. and
if YOU make more than you require
for your living YOU may give the sur
plus in exchange for instruction.
Her face lit up with hope. "Ach,
herr. you have given me valuable
plan. And if it is successful | shall
owe everything 10 you. You have tod
me that there Is value TO artists in
my head and neck. and you have told
me that | have voice. Neither of
Goodby, and God bless you!'
'One moment" | said. before we
part. | should Hike you to carry back
this basket affair in which | carried
my luncheon TO the landlady of the
inn from which came. She furnishes
these receptacies to travellers as an
advertisement to her hostelry.'
1 SuOWcu tue SlIl Tie VI Lie
inn sewed in worsted letters on the bag.
While she was not looking at me l
slipped piece of gold into it. then
handed it to her. | knew my landlady
well and was sure that If she found
the money inside she would compel the
bearer to take it. having no right to 1t
herself. 1t could not very we'll be re-
turned to me. Regretting that dared
not do more for the poor girl. ! babe
her goodby. she appearing grateful
for my sympathy.
Five years had passed had settled
down married man and had given up
travelling abroad on foot But l had
not given up taste for the fine arts to
which / was born. One after another
prima donnas were visiting New York.
| went one night to the opera In New
York when the Academy Of Music was
still the only opera house in that city.
When the prima donna came upon the
stage her face seemed familiar to me.
and when she sang recognized in her
voice certain qualities that had heard
i'm that of the girl had met between
Leipzig and Dresden Eve years before.
Perhaps | might not have recognized
the face alone or the voice alone, but
the two together convinced me that
the lady on the stage was the girl
had met abroad.
| kept my seat till the end of the last
act. when. taking out my card. | scrib-
bled beneath my name in pencil. "On
the road to Dresden; luncheon. with a
pint Of German wine," and sent it to
the prima donna behind the scenes. 1t
was not long before received an inyi-
tation to meet the lady. whom found
waiting for me before driving to her
hotel. The pressure Of the hand with
which she greeted me told me how
well she remembered and how appre.
ciative she was of the trifing favor
had done her.
This is no place to talk" she said
I'VE people of the stage always sup
after our work. and you must come
with me for return of the luncheon
| you gave NE when was famished."
entered the carriage with her and
on arriving at her hotel found set ont
| in her private paror IN elaborate sup
| per. We sat down TO table together.
and l asked her to tell me what had
| happened to her since we parted on
the road five years before.
| II will begin back of that" she said.
II will tell you how | came into the
condition you found me- But | tell it
to you only because consider that my
being in my present position is due to
your friendly advice
Before proceeding further she show
ed me on chain about her neck the
| gold coin l had slipped into the lunch
basket which ! had sent to my land
lady.
| II am the daughter Of German
baron. was brought up. as most Eu-
ropean girls are. to understand that
my parents would choose the man |
| should marry. My father chose for me
IA man about his own age who was
very wealthy and us disagreeable as
be was wealthy. | was not in love
with any one else. but rebelled
against marrying man Iloathed. My
father told me to submit or leave the
home in which l had been carefully
brought up. not thinking that would
do the latter. That same night when
Ill were in bed | left in the clothes in
which you met me and with what
money | could scrape together
whether my father tried to find me
or not | do not know. think he has
considered me dead to him. At any
rate. have never heard from him
since ! left home. As for my mother,
though she might yearn for me. she
would be too submissive to my father
to oppose his will in anything.
after leaving YOU | went to Ores
den. where ] posed for artists. as you
suggested, and. getting little money
together. began the study of music.
did not need to make n living that way
long. for my voice proved SO promising
that | was taken up by one who was
glad to pay for the finishing of my ed
ucatiOn. | making contract to sing
under his management as soon as
had completed my studies"
l spent pleasant hour listening to
her recital. during which time she
told me that she was welded to her
profession and would never take a hus-
band. a resolution she kept On the