The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-12-16

Mt SmartT' he said coldly lie glanced
at his watch My time Is valuable
when can you give possessionT"
The day the deed l. transferred"
THAT will be In less than three days
have satisfied myself that the title Is
clear There need be- 90 delay"
We signed the contract after ! bad
requested Ppopendykc TO read II aloud
TO me. II called Tor the payment II
5000 kronen. or n little over f2O00
az tho time OF signing Ills lawyer
handed me a package OF crisp bank
notes aud asked the TO count them !
did 30 deliberately. the purchaser look
Ing on with a Sarionlc smile.
Correct said 1. laying the package
on the table. lie bowed very deeply
Are you satisfied. Mr. Smart, that
there are no eounterfelts among themr
he inquired. with polite lriny; then 10
his lawyer; Take the gentlcmnn's ~
ceipt for the amount IN the presence OF
witnesses. This IL business ltansac-
ton. not a game Of chance" II was
the Insult perfect
As he prepared 20 take bis dcpar.
ture be assumed an insinuatlng air %
apology and remarked to the:
Il owe you nm apology. Mr. Smart
There was a time when ! did you an
injustice. suspected you Of keeping
your mistress here Pray forgive ny
error"
Five days later ! was snngly en-
sconced IN the ducal sait o. the Bris
tol. overlooking the KartHcrringstrnsse
bereft Of my baronial possessions but
not az all sorry. Ny romance had been
short lived II Il one thing 60 write
novels about medieval castles and
quite another thing TO try % write
novel Ia one Of them trust may
never again be guilty Of such arnui
stupidity as TO think that an American
/ born citizen can become q feudal baron
by virtue Of his dollars and cents any
more than an American born girl can
hope 20 be a real. dyed In the wool
countess or duchess because some one
needs the money more than she does.
II would be quite as impossible. con
trariwise, 10 transform noble duke
into a plain American citizen. so Their
/ you are. even up
Ny plans were made After fort
night In Vienna ! expected 10 so west
20 London for the autumn aud then
back TO New York. Strange to relate.
I was homesick Never before had my
thoughts turned ~ restlessly. 10 visit.
fully 20 the haunts Of my boyhood days
began 10 long for the lights Of Broad
way (which had scorufully dcspiscd
In other days. aud the gny peacOckery
OF Fifth avenue nc In the afternoon.
/ II seemed 10 me that nowhere IN nli
the world was life NJ joyous and bllthe
and worth while M In odd New York"
nowhere were the theatcrs 40 attract
| i've. nowhere such restaurants. Even
in retrospect. the subway looked allur.
ing. aud M for the Firth avenue stages.
they were too beautiful for words
All. what a builder u unreal things a
spell Of homeslckness may become n
one gives II half chance!
As for Schloss Rothhoefen. had II
on excellent authority mo less a person
than Conrad Schmick HIMSELF that
barely had shaken the dust Of the
place from myself before the new mas.
ter put into execution u most extraOr.
binary aud lncomprchenslble plan Of
reconstruction In the Hut place. he
gave MI the servants two weeks notice
and then begun 10 rue the castle from
the bottom upward Instead ~ the other
way round. m sensible person might
have been expected 10 do. lie was
knocking out the walls IN the cellars
and digging IN the stone floors with
Little Cook" corn; none bet
! ter, only l0c the can.-Betters-