The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-05

eager to get rid of the castle at any price, I did not relish the thought of being laughed at for fool by MaIts ! Tarnowsy after he had laid his greedy hands upon treasure that had been mine without my knowledge.
 He was no fool The castle meant nothing to him as a home or as an in vestment. No doubt he would blow it to pieces in order to unearth the thing he knew its walls secreted.
 q We spent two unProfitab1e days in going over the place, and in the end sank down tired, defeated and without the slightest evidence in our possession that so much as a half crown lay hid den there as treasure trove. gave in and announced that if Tarnowsy could find anything worth having he was en- titled to it so far as was concerned, and I wouldn't begTudge him a farth- Afg's worth.
 He telegraphed that he would arrive on the morning of the third day, ae- companied by his lawyer, a notary and an architect My four guests departed 1 in, haste by the late night train after i extracting a promise from me 60 jeiR 1 them in Vienna when I was no 1eAger the master of SchIoss Rothhoefen. rather relished the thought of a brief vacation.
 Then, like the spider, crept back into my web and waited for the fool
 ish fly, knowing all the time that he
 woul1 have the better of me in the
 long fun.
 i confess to feeling of sadness in
 parting with the place, after aHs ele-
 phantine though it was in every sense
 of the word. Within its gray and an
 cient walls that beautiful thing called
 love had come to me to live with me
 forever. It had come unbidden, against
 my will gainst my better judgment
 and in spite of my prejudices, but still
 1t was thing to cherish and to hold
 in it's virgin youth all through the long II years to come. It would always be young and sweet and rose colored, this
 unrequited love of mine. Walking
 through the empty, dismantled rooms
 that had once been hers, grew sick
 with longing and in something Ike fear fled downward, absurd tears blind
 ing my eyes. Verify, I was fool-a
 monstrous, silly foeli
 Tarnowsy was as bland and smiling
 as a May morning as he came 5auEgtilyr
 down the great hall to where await
 ed him.
 T fam here ~ineognito, my dear Smart, he said, extending his gloYed , , hand, which I took perferce. Sub rosa, you might say,Y he Went ons
 with a wry smile. "A stupid, unchlV-
 alric empire has designs upon me, per functorily perhaps, but its just as well . . not to stir up the monkeys, as you Americans would put it. [ ssOur late friend, the baron, was not totally without friends, take it," said
 I dryly.
 | He made a grimace. '1Nor enemies. P 2 he declared. Brave men usually have :. more enemies than friends, and he was a brave man, truly brave man. Be cause he was brave man/I have nc
 feeling of regret over the outcome oi e our-er-meeting It is no honor tt FI kill a coward, MT. Smart r He introduced his three companions n I was surprised to see that the lavVye t was moi, the fawning Schymansky ani 5 later on inquired for him. TarnOwsl e laughed. Poor old SchymansSyl H' e is in prison 2
 ~Aha! am not surprised, said I-
 ssHe was my second, poor chap T | did not occur to him to run away art e CT the-er-duel. They had to make al r example of some one His trial come e ID next week I am afraid he ma d be dealt with rather harshly. I mis
 him dreadfully. But let us come t Q the matter in hand, MT. Smart l dare
 say your time is valuable. Ycu hay | no objection to nay going over tn a place with MT. Saks, am sure H n is the architect who is to relsslild th e castle for me. My attorney and MI Q PooIy, the notary, will, with your as d sistanee, draw up the proper contract D. preliminary to.the formal transfer, an It I will sign them with you upon my n y turn
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