The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-09-25

tratcd all the rooms. and 10 this
day. whenever this smell meets me.
those dreadful days OF cholera rise
before my Imagination.
on the very day OF Lilly's death.
the carriage was standing ready
which was to convey away Aunt
Mary. Rosa. Otto and my little
boy. when the coachman. seized
by tho invisible destroyer. was
forced TO get Off tho eoaeh.box
again.
Then will drive YOU" said
my father, when the news was
brought to him Quick. Is every
thing ready"
Rosa came out. Drive on" she
said. but must stop behind. /
am going Lilly's way"
And she spoke tho truth. The
break OF day dawned on this sec
ond young bride. too. In tho cham
Der OF death.
or course. In tho horror OF this
new calamity, the departure OF the
others was not carried out
In the midst OF my anguish. Of
my raging fear. the deepest acorn
again seized mo for that gigantic
folly which had voluntarily called
forth so great calamity. My
father. when Roaa'A corpse had
been carried out, had sunk on his
knees. with his head against the
wall.
went TO him. and took him by
tho arm. Father" | said. "this
Ia war" No answer. Father. do
you hear7 Now or never. will you
now curse war;
lie. however. collected himself.
You remind me OF it-this mis-
fortune shall be borne with n sol
dicrs courage. 10 IL not | alone.
the whole country has 90 offer it's
sacrifice OF blood and tears"
A footman came into the room.
Your orcelleney. the carpenter
will not carry the coffin into the
chamber where the countessea are
lying. and no one will venture into
H."
Not you. either. cownrd7"
Il could not alone"
Then will help you will
see 20 my daughters. and he
strobe TO the door
Back" he cried 10 me. ms was
following him. you must not go
with me. You must not die aH
well as me-think Of your child.
To Conrad had sent a single
line 10 prepare him for the awful
evcnt--"Lilly very IT." lie could
not come Immediately. the service
detained him II was not till the
fourth day that tho poor fellow
rushed into the house.
"Llllyi" he cried. is 4, trus7'
He had heard OF the misfortune
AZ he was on the way.
We said yes. A
Ito remained unnRturaily s,ill
and fearless.
II have loved her many years. :"
was all he sai1. low 10 himself
Then aloud Where IL she lyingf
In the churchyardT Goodbye. She
Is waiting for me"
shall ! come with YOU" some
one offered.
NO. / prefer going alone"
lie went. and we saw him no
more. on the grave OF his sweet.
heart he put a bullet through his
/ brains.
so ended Conrad Count Alihaus.
| aptainlieutsnant In the Fourth
regiment OF Hussars. In his 27th
year.
At another time the tragic ma
ture OF this event would have pro
duced very shocking effect: but
now. how many young officers had
not the war carried off immedi.
ately. this one only indirectly,
And at the moment when we heard
OF his deed new misfortune had
occurred in our midst. which called
for all the anguish OF our hearts.
Otto. my poor fathers adored and
only son. was seized by the de
stroying angel. His sufferlngs
lasted the whole night and the
next day, with alterations of hope
and despair. about 7 p. m. all was
over.
My father threw himself on the
corpse with such a thrilling shrek
that II pealed through the whole
house We could hardly tear him
from the dead body. And OH the
cries of agony that now ensued
for hours and hours long the old
man poured ont bowling. roaring.
rafting shrieks OF desperation.
His son--his pride his otto-his
ALL
To this outburst succeeded. on n
sudden. a stiff. dumb apathy He
had not had the strength to attend
the burial OF his darling. He lay
on sofa. motionless. and, II al
most seemed. unconscious. Bres-
ser ordered him TO be undressed
and put TO bed.
After an hour he seemed TO
awake. Aunt Mary. Frederick and
were AT his side. For a time he
looked about him with question
ing look. and then sat up and tried
to speak. He could not. however,
pronounce n word and was strug-
Cling for breath. with a puzzled
face of anguish.
Then he began to shake and TO
throw himself about. as II he were
attacked by those terrible cramps
which are the last symptoms OF the
cholera, though he had not shown
any OF the other symptoms OF II.
A. last he got out one word
Martial"
I fell on my knees at his bed
side.
Father. my poor. dear father!
He held his hands over my head.