The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-03-27
masters requires money. and that

/ should have been only too glad to
help her In this respect. but there is ali
IN written law that u man cannot give
to 4 woman except under certain ex-
ceptiOnal circumstances.
Il will make another suggestion to
yss." | said. supplementary to my
nrst. Suppose you pose for artists. and
IL you make more than you require
Tor your living you may give the sur
plas in exchange for instruction"
Her face lit up with hope. 'Ach.
herr. you have given me . valuable
plan! And il it is successful l shall
eve everything to you. You have told
me that there is a value to artists In
ny head and neck, and you have told
me that ! have 4 voice. Neither of
these things l knew before today.
Goodby. and God bless you!"
'Oae moment" l said. before we
part. should like you to carry back
this basket affair in which l carried
NJ luncheon to the landlady Of the
Inn FROM which l came. She furnishes
these receptacles to travellers Is an
advertisement to her hosiery"
showed the girl the name Of the
inn sewed In worsted letters on the bag.
slipped q 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 it
herself. 1t could not very well be re-
turned to me. Regretting that l dared
not do more for the poor girl. bade
her goodby. she appearing grateful
for my sympathy.
Five years had passed. l had settled
down a married man and had given up
travelling abroad on foot. But | had
not given up a taste for the fine arts to
which | was born. One after another
primA donnas were visiting New York.
l 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 ne.
and when she sang | recognized in her
voice certain qualities that | had heard
In that Of the girl l bud met between
Leipzig and Dresden five 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 l
had met abroad.
l kept my seat till the end Of the last
act when. taking out my card. scrib-
blel beneath my name in pencil. 'On
tho road t. Dresden: luncheon. with 4
piDt Of German wine." and sent 1t to
the prima donna behind the 1t
wax not long before | received Nm invi-
tation to meet the lady. whom ! found
waiting for me before driving to her
hotel. The pressure Of the hand With
which abe greeted me told me how
we'll she remembered and bow appre-
eiative abe was Of the triaing favor l
had 0Ono her.
This b - place to talk" she said.
I'VE people Of tho stage always sup
after our work. and you must come
With mo for q return Of the luncheon
yoa gave mo when l was famixhed."
l estere1 the carriage with her and
e. arriving ut her hotel found vet out
In Aer private parlor an elaborate sup
pr. We sat down to table together.
and l asked her t. tell me what had
Rppe0eA to her since We parted on
the read I've years before.
II will begin back Of that" she said.
II will tell you how l came into the
condition you found me. But | tell 1t
to you onty because l consider that my
being In my present position Il due to
yeur friendly advice"
Before proceeding further she show
81 me on 4 chain about her neck the
geld cola l had slipped into the lunch
basket which l had sent to my land.
lady.
II Am the daughter of q German
baron. l was brought up. a. most Eu-
ropean girls are. to understand that
my parents would choose the man
should marry. Ny father chose for me
q man about his own age who was
very wealthy aud rs disagreeable rs
be was wealthy. l was not in love
with any one else. but ! rebelled
against marrying 4 man l ioathed. My
father told NE to submit or leave the
home in which l had been carefully
brought up. nOt thinking that | would
d. the latter. That same night when
al were in bed l left In the clothes In
which you met me and with what
money l could scrape together.
whether my father tried to ind me
q not l DO not know. think he has
considered me dead to him. At any
rate. l have eve heard from him
since l left home. As for my mother
though abe might yearn for me. she
wouid be too submissive to my father
10 oppose his will in anything.
after leaving you l went to ORES
dea. where l posed for artists. n yor
suggested. and. getting q little money
together, began the study Of music.
did not need to make a living that wal
long. for my voice proved 40 promising
that l RAJ taken up by n who wal
glad to pay for the finishing Of my ed