The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-01
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Martin gave a sight. T don't fol- low. Anfkuschka," he said. "Now tell me from the beginning what it's all about"
 "Yes-well, it was like this. ? Anika began obediently while she dripped water at all points-hair. | clothes, and eyes as we'll. Tt was like this; I got to know him when was dancing in the revue. And was attracted by him straight off. After all, he's very smart. There's an air about him. Besides. he had plenty of money in those days and | he fell madly in love with me, and so we had a jolly time together.
 "We went to Semmering and we | had a car, on the installment sys- tenn. But he had to give 1t up and there was something not quite in order even then, for when you're paving for a car by installments you can't really sell it again, can you? But his friend, Toni, persuad- ed him to, so that was the end of the motorcar. And just about the same time I happened to want a wrist watch, sweet little thing in platinum with a few little stones. And I was annoyed when he would mt give it to me and so we had a quarrel. And he told me he wasn't t so rich as all that. In fact he had no money, and if didn't want any more to do with a fellow because he was poor could leave him.
 But was so madly in love with him, you see, and besides, 1t would mt have been very nice If l had gone and left him just for the sake | 0r fhnV Toni | sent him to a man he knew So- bel he was called-and he lent him money. Toni and another man In his club gave security, and 1t cost l an awful lot in interest. Well. don't know much about all that, but every time he ought to have paid 1t back and had to put it off, | 1t cost him more and more inter- | est. Sometimes he had some money again, for he's lucky at cards, and | then he was always generous to 1 me, and, at any rate I got the | wrist watch.
 Well, then, one day he came to me and said: 'Anjus, we've got to pack up and go somewhere with out a moments delay. SobePs get ting wild, the blood-sucker.' Well, I wasn't any longer so gone on him, but what could I do? There were mt many summer engagements to be got, and it's lovely to travel. So off we went-with lots of pretty
 clothes and all regardless. God l looks after the light hearted, Ferdi- nand always says. So we travelled from place to place always in the best hotels and doing ourselves very well and Ferdinand wrote off to Vienna and Budapest for money, but it didn't come. So he said: Be a bit nice to people, and play the | countess and they'll think it a priv ilege to help us out of our difficult | ties.'
 1T thought that a good lark, and SO I put on an artistocratic air and flirted bit with the men and made bit of a song about money trou-
 bles and about our estates in Hun gary being confiscated. And the men pulled out their pocketbooks, and after that they usually became just a bit pressing in their attentions; then, the count would come along
 and look fierce and talk of duels.
 So they would get into fright and say not a word more of the money they had lent me, or else we clear ed out before the week was up, l leaving the bill unpaid. 'I'il pay 1t one of these days. Ferdinand would say.
 "At first I thought it great fun. It was as good as play to see | everybody lowing before the count and countess and forking out money because the countess was | temporarily embarrassed. Whereas poor little Annie Pozwaurek would have had to tear out her hair by the roots, before anyone gave her a penny. But sometimes, too. was uneasy and thought to myself: This can't go on forever. And when I came on you here was terri- fled that the game was up. And couldn't stand Ferdinand any long, CT. We had quarrels and often I'd have been glad to clear out.
 "'But he had put me on to old Lyssenhop, and certainly turned his head. And Ferdinand said: .Well stay here. We've found gull who'll pay the hotel bill for us.' For lately we had never stayed anywhere longer, than three days and always under false names, and then we did a bolt. But here It went quite we'll, only the last weeks we simply haven't had a sou. And Petermann got impatient, and what happened after haven't notion. They must have sent a description of us and identified us in spite or the false names.
 They all came down on Ferdi- nand at one swoop. There was the motorcar, and Sobel with his bond, and all the gentlemen who had lent me money, and the hotel-keepers, and Peterman, and even old Lys- senhop, who had always been so nice. And suddenly two policemen appeared and Simply arrested Fer dinand. They sealed our trunks and took them away with them. It was horrible beyond words. I was in the bathroom next door to our bed room. So heard 1t all. dressed in hurry and went out on the bal cony and down from there into the cellar of the little Petermann and there hid myself. They'd have been astonished though to see how teh countess could climb.
 'So there I crouched all day In the cellar and my only terror was that the porter uld find me. And I prayed to all eiie saints, and all the time I thought: If only Bulli were here. Bulli would help me. And I'm not going to be arrested just because I've no money. It's not a crime to have no money. Ana then there was that awful thunder storm and everybody took shelter. crept out. There wasn't soul In the street, and went round by the back of the Peterman and over the fence to you. No one'll look for me here and no one will find me. Here shall stay. and my Bulli must help me-"
 (To Be Continued)
 (Copyright 1892, By Vicki Baum)
 THIRSTY ROBBERs.