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WATERBUllY EVENING DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1895.
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WALUJt 5Tpycg Primrose
fL'opytight. 1S85. by the Author.
I'HAFTKR II.
After a pleasant voyage the Russia
arrived, mid onn May morning I walked
into tho Northwestern r.i'hvay statiou
in Liverpool to take the tram for Lon
don. Going to tho station. I bought my
ticket, for Frankfort that old town I
was destined to see so much of during
tho next few years. On my journey I
would pass through Cologne, and from
there the railway skirts tho bank of tho
Rhine.
I traveled through relirium and some
parts of Germany by daylight, and was,
as most Americans are who travel on
the continent, shivked to see the em
ployments of women. Soon after leav
ing Brussels I saw the. to me, novel
Fight of a number of women shoveling
coal, handling tho slvovel like meu. In
other places I piw them laboring in the
brickyards, digging and wheelinr clay,
and everywhere they were to be teen
Yvo-king at. men's work in the fields.
A traveler in my compartment proved
a most 111U rt a;uin;; companion, fie de
wxilied hiii.sfiif to me a one who went
rbout patter:'-!; over a 1- t of antiquities
and fooling arovin.l generally.
But my friend, the petti ring old an
tiquary, pave mo four'thiug of a sn?
tiriso. At Chalons all of onr follow
travelers iu the conn 'art meiit left us. I
Two of then- were voluble Frenchwom
en, and thoy koi h it up with a;tiar.i'ag
energy for thi' sir hours from Unis.-ols j
o t "h-.S.i i s Ar e:'.-v unusual sva liar I
of the car there would bo a volley of
"Hon Dions !" and ear piercing excla
xnations. and it was certainly a relief
when tilt y left.
P.riiigang out a b.ix of cipa:.- and my
companion producing a rlatk of wine.
WO soon became confidential. Presently,
to my great amusement, my old anti
quary, warmed by the wine, confided to
Hie that he was a detective police otVu-er
and chief of the secret service at Ant
vorp; that ho was then working cn a
famous ease and had boon shadowing
one of the ladies who had journeyed
vith us from Brussels, liefore leaving
BrusseLs he hart discovered his quarry
was to quit the train, aud as he had to
po on to May. nee had turned the
business over to a ocrfech rate.
I was young, amino doubt he thought
luoiimccout. t'ert.iiu'iy he iiid not with
hold his co'.if.th - v Tins it. the case he.
Was itivesfgiiting :
There was a vw'iihhy gentleman of
tho name of Van Tromp 1 ving in Ant
werp, a widower. 1') oars of age. tho
father of a growv.x.p iainily am I ma;ey
timts a grnndtather. It had been ins
custom to g to I'asiei'-B.eleu every mihi
nuc, KpeiKorg money f eiy b th in
pleasure :; ol in il.o famous gambling
resorts there. The la.-t tune he had met
a woman.
I null- s .riser, 'to. one
CI tho raanv
ai i eitt aressi s to no i"i!Ut
there. and
b UUO ini'.ltUtite.'l.
was a descend. m: of
This Van Tr. rap w;
old Admiral Van Tr.
mighu life ami death
nip. v no. in ' he
si niggle between
Holland and Spinn. and in t!:e two wars
vith K: gland. '.!'" :irst v :.t ti Cr mwell
ruled, the second win. it the scvend
Charles was Mil the i'lt.Hie. held up the
far.ie and gh ry of Holland. In one case
ho swept the pn ml na ie-of Spam from
tho m-.s ;md caiT'cd the I'ut.'h fl.ig
liromid the world. In tho other lie wa.s
only vanquished after st ubboni sea fight.
lasting far ".. s. This Van Tromp was
the heir i !' ihe fame and the wealth of
all The Van Ti mps., and b. ;h h.ad gone
on a; evr.aalati':.-: f- r :' 0 years.
The self styli il count. s k-.ew all this,
and, as tb.e sequel shews, knew her man.
She was -10. had been beautiful, was
Etill comely, with g "d (ice re, fair
hatred, but with steel VI .a- yes. She
spoke many languages an-i had dwelt In
every hvu fro.n l' t rsbttrg to l'a: as.
It is needless to tell how hey first met
or of the intimacy that sprang up be
tween them, but I will merely say m
passing that within five days of their
first meeting he had given her a magnif
icent diamond bracelet which had 1" on
iu his family more than a century. This
alarmed his two daughters, who were
terrified at the nu ie sea-, ieiou that their
father was m eari'.eat and might possi
bly present them with a stepmother,
above all a comparatively yening step
mother, and, so far afl physique went,
a magnificent tuiimal. with promise of
a long life, so long that her rights of
dower would make a cut in the Van
Tromp e.'tates and treasures winch
might well cause the old admiral to
rouse himself from his three century
eleep in llordroeht church and once !
more walk these glimpses of the nifou '
ill protest, of the sacrilege.
Then the scandal ef a oonsitess advon- i
turess becoming a Van Tromp head of
that family too! They knew of the pen
chant of the eoimuss imd cared nothing
for it until, with a feeling akin to
horror, they observed at tho dress ball
one uight the count, ss airing the his
toric bracelet. It would require a vol
ume to relate the scene's that followed
in tho Van Tromp domicile on this
paralyzing disoovei v, but prayers, tears
and histrionic t uch s were all met by
the still id reply of Van Tromp. "I please
juyself. "
As a last resort the daughters apjval
ed to the countess. jrt'emiR all their
ready cash and a pension if she would
only disappear. Hut visions of tho
Van Tromp diamonds and of the Van
Tromp bank account were in her head,
and she was deaf to every appeal. In
fact, she depised these heavy, matter of
fact Du'eh ladies and rather gloried to
think that she would soon be the female
haul of the Van Tromp house and step
mother to these two highly respectable
flames, who would perforce have to live
in her shadow. But then of course the
cotuitoss was a woman, and it is to be
feared that even Rood women love to
triumuh over others. Sho of course
eonta tiave no love for this portly old
penllemau of 70. But it is pitiful to
think he was madly infatuated.- Tho
poor old man, in spite of his-anromau-fie
appearauce, had warm blood in his
veins and plenty of romance in his
heart. At last, in spito of potwip and
opposition, they were married, and then
instead of settling down, as the happy
groom had hoped, to a life of wedded
bliss in one of his country houses at
llordroeht. Lady Van Tromp insisted
tin spending her honeymoon in Palis.
There they went, and the very day of
their arrival the bride, resumed a liaison
with a beggarly count, who. not being
an actual criminal, yet was written
black enough in the books of the Paris
police and f or whom tha countess had
as warm an admiration as one of her
cold, calculating nature was capable, of
feeling.
Van Tromp speedily found his dream
of bliss blown to the winds, but he was
not so blind as not to see that his wifo
not only did not love him. but was false,
to him as well. Poor old Van Tromp
felt he had made his last throw for
happiness, and. hoping against hope,
dreamed she in time would learn to ap
preciate his devotion and would Jove
him. and so tried to persuade himself
of her truth. The first anrjiyersary of
the marriage found them at Baden
Baden, and there tho unhappy husband,
tlnukinp to give his wife a pleasant
surprise, entered her chamber at nu un
usual hour, hearing a diamond necklace
for a present, and found her in a posi
tion which could no longer leave any
doubt as to her fa .hlessness. Seizing, a
chair, lie felled her companion, who nev
er stirred again, but tho shool. w as to
great for tb.e husband, who himself fell
to the llo a- ard instantly expired, the
d. v'.ors fr.id of heart disease, and I think
thoy were vipHt. This event w as only a
few wei'.-s old. Tlv w ill had been read,
uiid. it w a.s found, that he had ht- '-al'iy
leit eveiythingto "my wif- Elizabeth. "
Here 'my friend, the chief of police
and a distant ri lative of Van Tramp,
came to the front, eetermined quietly
on his own ace nmt t inv s; ig.it e l.adv
i Van Tromp. lie found this last was at
i least her third venture on the stormy
sea of naf r'Tvony. He ha i a fancy that
j sane oii'i of her husbands mi phi ft 11 be
living and undisoo erod. If this could
bo proved, then her marriage to Van
; Tromp wais no marriage, and the ducats,
dollars and diamonds 1 eqi.e..! inal by
an Tromp to "my wife. Khr itx th. "
i would instantly melt into air into very
thin air. s far as the countess was eon-
cerr.ed, provided, of c airse. they had
! not a. 'tually passed into her clutches. In
i fact, they were 1 gaily hers, for the will
had boon admitted to probate. Those of
i the faintly object in:: could offer no val
id opposition, and she had been put m
possession, but by a strange nerrleet on
her part left every, bin r inta ".. save a
' dip' -it of e'oo.OOO sodden iu the Rink
of Am-teril.mt. wha"h she soe.irvd and
, sot out 1i -r N.vi'-s with a now lover,
i The detect: o w hom I will a" Am
st el d.-ooercd that she had tit Wen
mairr.ed when only 15 years o'a! to a
young Swiss in cieneva. who seen left
her and Pe'd t America. Jba had su!vo-
queut .y
was my
i r if h.
the Sw
'.nine
o to il
as In
was
' I-linoHa lin;
.ver Ills wiiei
Ho suspiv
r only a.lno.
a ,.1
a. r.'s
that
n.
ba
in
i mmunioai .
tliaa -lie. :u :.
He had toilo.
pie- to lVr.-.
and was new
:.s Atn-u-: 1
il ti
into
at i
it Iv
his 1' gal wife.
l .-s iri mi Na
li it her !o . r
I Nui, ::iii .-g.
aeet her liisl
d ' lie oi ra
Tin re shi
i h'T wav
ved. to
l.ti-'raiiii
main a t
of hers,
there w .
but she had
ai ra;
;ed t
id ft
i re
nds w days wiili seme
F.vi ry moveni nt
-.Id be watcb.ed, w hi
she made
,e Amstel.
g. iiig mi to (
clews, intent! i
formed til.'.'. A:
the t ram all i i
to i nu r it an i
ing to wit in ss
'ol .gno to lo k up si me
. 1 1 w a it ll'.el e Ul til ill
' had departed, and w hen
d at Cologne h" p. epos. d
taih.w mv lady on. la p-
i a meet mg 1 etw veu lu r
hojed for husband. Hap
and ihe much.
pily wo had arrived ill Cologne at tins
pomt in tin' story, .Tad as Aiiist'd was
lo retrain here we had t sav goodl y.
b;,t f. r th whale 'CO iii'tniiesoi' mv
Ma we walked up ai d down the plat
form tiilk'ng eagerly el the ease. I bad
become much interested, so deeply ni
di od that iuid I had leisure 1 cot taiuly
Clonal have turned amateur detective
mill joined Amstel.
The tram sta. ted. and. promising to
write me in New York the outcome of
the case, we .shook hands warmly and
parted. He wrote me twice, and the fol
lowing year I returned to Kurope and
met Amstel at Brussels. We had a very
delightful time together, during which
he told me tho sequel of tii" Van Tromp
episode. Insutid of one. the countess
had two husbands living, but the Van
Trou.ps preferred to buy off the woman
at a good round sum ret her than have a
public, scandal.
Amstel interviewed the countess and '
gave her the choice between arrest and
a full release of all claims on the Van
Tromp property for the nun of 100,000
puidon. She made a hard light, but at
last gave in gracefully. But. my chapter
has grown tov? lonp already, mid I w ill
close !t with the remark that I myself
met the lady at Wiesbaden m lisTl and
became acquainted with the brilliant
adventuress. She will appsar again iu
the sequel.
The last face that I saw at the Cologne
statiou was that of Amstel. lit up with
smiles as he waved his hand iu adieu.
Sitting ooiily m the corner of the car
riage, eager to see all that was to be
seen, I found, as all tourists do, much
to eharm and delight. But my thoughts
were on the bonds I had to sell, and I
was plad enough w hen at 5 o'clock onr
train drew iuto the depot at Frankfort
My reader will recall that payment
upon all United States bonds payable to
bearer, as mine were, could not be
stopped, and so far as the innocent hold
er was concerned he was perfectly se
cure. But tiie custom anioup bunkers
j was, whenever any bonds were lostJ by
theft or fraud, to seud out circulars con
taining the numbers, asking that any
; parties ottering them might bo ques
tioned and held. But as American bonds
were 60ld in millions all over the oon-
tineur, ana were passing ireeiy rroru
hand to hand, as a matter of fact little
or no attention was paid to such circu
lars; but, of course, had strangers of
disreputable nppearanco offered bonds
in large sums the lists might have been
scrutinized and awkward questions
usked. Therefore I felt a trifle nervous
and determined to run uo ohtuico of los
ing my bonds, at least not nil of them.
So I resolved to po to Wicibadoii, some
15 miles away, stop at. some hotel under
a different name, leate the bonds there,
and take tho morning train for Frank
fort, conduct my negotiations, and re
turn to Wiesbaden every evening. It
was at this time easy to lose one's iden
tity in Wiesbaden, for tho town then
was, along with Baden-Baden, tho
Monte Carlo of the continent, and ad-ventui-ers,
men aud women, from all
over Europe fl,eked there hi thousands
to chance their fortune in the gjuiblinp
halls. Although a little in advance of
this portion of my history. I will hero
relate an adventure of niiuo thero some
years after the period of which I am
speaking.
I w ill, however, preface ray narrative
with a brief account of the history of
the place. The city of Wiesbaden, pre
vious to tho Franco-Prussian war of
170. wr,s t he chief town of one of those
petty principalities which were plenti
fully sprinkled over the face of Europe.
Since tho old Roman days the town had
been famous for its hot springs, and con
sequently for its h,i baths, and a good
many people during tho winter par
ticularly losorted there to bathe and
to drink the waters. As a matter of
?onrse. the townspeople, a.s the eus'om
of such places is, have recorded many a
m:.re1ous cure, ranging all tho way
from headache to hydrophobia. But still
tb.e town wa.s of little iinportar.ee save
livaily. The petty ruler, with a title
lorn -or than his income, lived in the pre
tentious castle, beguiling the time by
sin. 'toig c'ln ap cigars or order! up on
haiiqre's wh v-o pie' e do resistance eon
sistedof gob-.a.te. o gans mid karteffelti,
tho unlucky bird bo ng tribute in kind
fr. iru the f.umv.u d of some peasant sub
i. ct living in a miserable hut on black
'broad.
Beat a change, was impending. A
mighty wi.aird 1
1 visited the pl:uv.
with an eyi
ties of the
plan ar l a !
was 1Y,'!' "o
gr. it gan.bl
burg. Va.t
achifvei'aetc
quick to see the pess'hili
sitnarian, with a bruin to
ma! ti exeoute. His name
- r- oae. ihe hi ad of the
eg e-;.ibli.-luiu nt. at Hoin
as were his ambition and
, he was a man of the sim-
.lrst ta tes.
To sev' him a:
I i 'fian have in his
'hi fash.ii ti' (i sr.-eiaoles
r. one would have
country advecste whoso
wt. o of a practice of
i yea,'-, w ;'h at: old pip
aire to haul hi; i around
fin in e! i i n" t . client,
hade:! s lie had been
it i;i ti e ,e,-.-ot: n . f the
.;g halV. the ('a ino at
on the t:i
taken him
wiliest ri"
I'.n'OO the".
ano
the
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n and w i .h n.t
a-.-! !i table and
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and liiotui
niiiaiglllg ill
than an after
s or a. qu.et
h the count rv
ir. ti.--. 1 ut i.aual
I'oii l.g 1.. ie ex.
una r game i i
rive wiih his wile
th
lav s.
1 bus th
fis-t i pa:;:!
til a.saials
MViety so
r.a'.uo I iiai
he 1. ., .k, d
llig the fi
and. fascin
Hi:? 'C'.e
is Franc 's Blanc with per
i:i.:t ;c w it. -lie 1 t iio thousand
. ; batti -ilies and moth.- of
ivh tii .r wings in too tt rr.iio
gl 'kvoi in his I csiiio. winio
i .1 a enieal observer, ilospis
mIs eurami'.red with rouleite
atod wiili rou go et no'r.
th.":; he w a.s not afraid of.
1 tlii't w
s ii s br.
av a-1 :
' ending moi'.pv. To coni
ss iMi'ls be laid it n,i: lav-
". tho einl bo drew all llerope
!i n Still In ader ;uid stall
laid the foundations of the
to
Wi, fba
-aer ho
fortune that uhimateiy grow to colossal
prop' rtioiis. But he did not make Wies
baden lanwus without ke-n opposition,
lie maul" the fortune of the beggarly
Prinee Karl and. t he whole bnngi y eia'w d
of royal highnesses in spite of them
selves. At ivory fresh opposition ho
simply opened his purse and a golden
shower foil on ilu m.
It roqu.ied a h.ud head to w ithstand
the attacks made on 1 ;?u when it be
came known that he had bought up
both prince and municipality and pro
posed to make Wiesbaden pur exeellrnce
tho gambling city of the continent. But,
dos i;e i f all. he pushed on his plans to
waa.ilerf al smvess. A great p.u'k was
laid out and stately buildings aiose. ail
dedicated to the goddess of chance. Slim
was the chance the votaries of the game
had in his gorgeous halls. He threw out
his money m millions, hut ho knew the
weak, foolish heart of man, the egotism
of each and every one of us, that leads
ns to ignore for ourselves the immuta
ble law of numbers. So he counted up
on his reiuri'S, aud never counted in
vain.
As I say. lie had a hard head to with
stand the attacks made upon him. liv
ery day the p, st brought hundreds of
letters containing prnposit ious or threats
from people who hid lost iheir money
and demanded it return with tierce
threats, pitiful supplications and warn
ings of intended suicide, place, date aud
hour carefully specified, so thero could
lie no mistake, and more than one at
tempt was made upon his life. But the
equanimity of Francois B'uucwat! equal
to all .adventures. Threats, prayers,
temptations, left him untouched. This
man of ice. self possessed, cold, indift'or
snt to the rum of the thousands of vic
tims of his will, had a fad or a fauQj.
It was for raising red and white rosso,
aud while the mad throngs were flutter
ing in frenay around the tables in his
halls at Homburg. Wiesbaden and Moute
I Carlo he. hoe or trowel in hand, would
t training ana transpiantlnp his roaea,
solicitous over an opening bad or d- !
plcring the raTapes of an insect, or,
again, refuwug all invitations, he 'wotild
sit down with his wife to a dinner of
boiled turnips and bacon, waahed down :
with a ploss of vichy wateir and milk.
This was the town aud these the scones
coufttautb occnrrin.tj there.
Now for my adventure. In 1S70. jnrt
before the warclnnd burst, coverimj all
that part of the world, I was stopping
for some weeks at the Hotal Kansau. It
stands in the main street, opposite the
park pate lending to tho Casino. All ths
world went to Wiesbaden to b amused.
However fashionable frivolity and view
may be elsewhere, hero it was strictly
do riguenr, and to pretend to decency
and sobriety would bo to stamp ons's
pelf a heathen ond barbarian, all un
versed in the glorious flower wreathed
Primrose Way of our orb.
The daily routins for the throng be
gan with coffee in bed at 8 p.m.; then
dressing gowns were donned, and the
baths in tho nudargronml floors of the
hotel were sought and a bath had in ths
hot mineral waters which wora con
ducted to all the hotels direct frora the
hot springs of the town. Half an hour
in the bath, then a liht breakfait, pre
paratory to sallying out fes an hour on
the Spazierganp around the quollen
to drink ho water, listua to tho band,
see and be seen, but, above all, to gos
sip and tell lies. At 11a. m. th gam
bling began in the Casino, and with a
rush the scabi aronnd tho table would
bo lill'd. Then speedily there would bo
rows behind rows of ea,ger players or
spectators, and what a sight it all was
to the cool headed observer 1
At the time of which I speak many
were my idle days, in which I was free
to seek pleasure. I used to find much
euj.ymont in frequenting ths Caoino to
w ateh the people aud to piuy tho rokt of
"looker on in Vienna," which, by the
way, is a star role and therefore rather
agreeable. One evening while watching
tho ronpe et noir I noticed a lady jtuit
in front of nuv magnificently dressed in
all save that there was an entire absence
of jewelry. She was literally dressed to
kill. and. although, near f 0. yet to tho
casus! observer she seemed no more than
to r rvrn less. She was a well pre
served woman of the world and was
known a the Conntess do Winr.erele.
This was the adventure's who had mar
ried Van Tromp some two years before.
What a career had been that of this
worn an !
Jsbo had been mistress from first to
last a d r.ru men, noblemen, diplo
mat:', soldiers, but being an inveterate
pambler one after another savr, with
dismay, tho cash, estates, diamond,
carriages, costly fur." and laces ho show
ered upon her ail po whirling into the
aver open maw of tho Casino or in the
ilrawing re?-.! games of the boncoa in
Paris or Petersburg. Oim bravo youth,
mi efaorr in the Frrts.n.m guard, had.
m IMS ttiiafr.ntioa rer the countess, and
impvegtiab'o. as lie thought, against
bankruptcy by re-a.-on of his real for
uaic, tried to satisfy her cravings for
splendor of mt uvhi;o and hov infatua
liou for gambling. The rtisult waa that
one day the crack ef a pistol phot was
heard in the oontiio.ss' chamber, and the
servants rashoig iu found the yonug
bankrupt eh .id. lying across tho bod.
with a bullet through, the heart. Tho
next day a horde of clamorous creditor
iKSuped tho house, wherw the eouawss
calm r t '1.1 them shi" hud sent for hor
bankers and on thn morrow thoy would
be paid. That niht bis comrade buried
their dead friend with militury honors,
j At midnight the cortege pa! the ho
; tel. and all ryes watched the lovely
c en ti toss robed in white as sho appeal cd.
i her bosi m heaving with motion, while
' she w nviu a farewell ro her dead lover.
Ton minutes latfr she fled throtajfb. the
bark door aud over the garden wall,
' fail" g into the aim rf another lover
' w ail mg there. Ho himself d.d le't go
tho way of Xo. 4. hut half of his for
tune did. so i no morning, leaving a po
, lite note of farewell, he, tulting for com -
pan ion ;1k litvssiug maid of hit mis
irtss, embai'krd for America.
At the time I met. her the ennnross'
reputation was too well known f.nd her
beauty too much fallen off for her to
make any more proud cxtohe. A local
: banker at Wiesbaden became veTy frieud-
ly. How ever, the friendship Ioki all itd
j warmth when the bauker's stout wife
one day caught them together, and lmv-
mg already provided herself with a
j whip iu anticipation visited them both
with a jealous woman's rage and a
i sound tlu-,hiup.
Now tho countess eprnt har time
i around the tables, following the win
i ners and petting douceurs from theni.
' These were by no means small, most of
i them 1 einp gifts pure and rlmplo, giv
en from mere goodness cf heart or shser
! prodigality, far there were too many
gay and beautiful women flocking
; aromid icr.dy to smile cn winners in the
game for the counters now to make
' even a temporary conquest. However,
' at this period she lived well even ox-
travagtmtly but, of course, saved noth
1 iiip. As related. I first mot the countess
j her at the tablo whore the game was
going on. She had just staked and lost
her Inst pulden. Sho was betting on the
black, and four times in succession, the
red had won. She turned, and looking
'' iu my face implored me to bet a double
Frederick on the red. I instantly placed
the money on the red and won. She
begged mo to transfer the stake to thu
black. I did so and black won. Placing
her hand on the stake, she said, "Sir,
leave it ; black will win again. " Sure
enough, it did. She seized the cash, $S0,
aud handing mo a double Frederick
i said iu her most bewitching manner.
"Oh, sir, bo generous and let me keep
this!" I said, "Certainly, madsm. "
She promptly staked it. and in two
turns of the cards it was gene.
Wo met several times the next few
days, but merely bowed without speak
ing. One afternoon, entering the Mnsik
Sual, I took a small tablo, and brdoriug
a bottle of wine sat down to listen to
the music and watch the throng. The
countess came in, and seeing me alone
came stxaiaht to me. shook bands warm.
ry ana sat a iwn. l, ai course, mviioa
hsr to bar a glass of viae. We aoon
finished that bottle and ordered mother.
We had whs " waa to me a mast amus
ing talk. Bin waa a character had been
everywhere ad spoke all the modsru
languages. She eiunxred nae tbet 1 wac a
very charming man. In paying y WU
I incautiously displayed a gold pier or
two, and, soeinj aha was going to ask
mfi to give hur quo, I saved u or th
troublo by placing cue in her hand. la
time we techno quite good friend.
Twice I paid her board bill in order to
rescue her wardrcbo from tits elatchee
of bar landlord, and once I savel bar
from tho band of aa irate washerwom
an. When, altar a tinut. I Vrt Wiesba
den, I left bet- aa gey, aa prooparoau and
i4 extravagant as ever.
I did not see Wiosbaden again for
over two years, bat the second wook of
Janui-ry, lbTS, found mo thero. TSm
Proabian govamuiaut now rakid in the
town and refused to runow tho license
of M. Blauo. It had expired 14 days be-
fore myarrivaL What a eiange had i
fallen on the tows! Th Casino was
nt The Pino TVa
gloomy and cold ; the gay orowda had j
Ced. AH the life and movement of the '
street and promenade waa forever a j
thing of tho past. I had located thore I
imply as a prscaution, disposing of i
large amounts cf bonds in Frankfort, 15
miles away, and returning to Wiaba
2en each night. At this time I pet up
at the Hotel Victoria, near tho railroad
station. One Saturday, going np to
Frankfort rather late, my btuaneaa de
tainud ins until ivftJsr dark- Oti reaoh
ing the station I happened to look into
tho third class waiting room, and there
I s,ied a figure alone that looked famil
iar. I soon TrziraiB& the eoiir.tM).
From her appoarasoe and sorrouiidinga
it was plain that Lb are was now no
wealthy lover at hoc beck and call. L
5Bns she looked so onhappy I gave her
a cordial gristtug, wbiok ske rorunied
rather wearily. It waa very cold, and I
waa clad in fur from kead to foot ; be-
I, of course, vit:ii her to ?uii'? a flnss of
Uijllf.
tides, I was apparently on the full flood
tide of ferrur.f. having with mo then a
very largo rum of money . senior which
she ivuie larva had for the asking.
1 t.ad. "Come, connuise; lat bo go to
gether fcri cWis tu Wiejhadt. " fhe
reiphad teat ahu lived at Bieborich. a
small town on iLjj Rhine, four milea below-
Mayouoe, aud four milus frosn Wies
baaon. As tiw uuiii was sraning I bade
bar paodt-y. b;t uisd pjVTKiiiwien to cell
on her the nit Cay, she gtriK her ad
ilr w as Hotel Pollrvue.
The iwiit monxing was vwy cold, but
I eiujtryed tiiat ; n, uJT a lifht breok
fact, 1 startud evtr the hills for a walk
to the town, M-iiving thare aeon eartor
noon. I fonnd tiie hotvl a tifth rao one.
and, entrt-ing, was shown to ti room
of the counters. Whiit a char.ge fT her
from the past I Her room was a small
one. plastered, but uwpapered, and with
a f aw trtieles of furnirnre cf the cheap
est. Tta poor woaian was too evidently
in a sraw of frighfcfal oppression, and
well sba mitrht Ihj.
Hers hud been, a butterfly erirtence,
life all cue stuiiiMt holidcy. no hos
tam given to ferrnne, no bond taken
against future wreck rr eAainge. Like
tho butterfly, the had roatiod firm flow
er to tower, sipping tho awoot uuly, r,
ii'mj tha oriaket, hail miuiily fipod all
the tuminw tluvuh. thiiikui,- atutahlna
and bloom ctsrnaL Even when youth
and btauty bud fiod an-i lorers no lon
ger stood ready to attend aud serve abe
gs-c
py harvest &ld on the iloors of Uua Va
sino. but mIu-a th Ciuice lights at
Wisbcden went out tbna for the
eouutets h.ad thu winter indued oouie.
My walk huu given me nouietbiug of
an appetite, aud it now being S o'uLuk
I at oueo proposed to hiivo dinner. 1
my turjirico site said she had already
dined, aiid upon my remarking that it
waa curly for Jaiiunr she replied that it
wu, bst aa she wus cwing juiw a hutl
bill she femrad to give any trouble last
the landlord might present bis bill, und
in dufttult cJf ptiyniwal khe wai liable to ;
amt and a very ousiderabls iuipris-
oiunens. I ntud hardly tell my rftialara
tiwt they do tiioo vkinga diiiemntiy in
Germany Uitui with us. I could aaily :
atfevd to be gMisrous vith other people's ,
money and did uot niean to see the
eouuteaa sufier for a hotel bilL Ringing ;
the bell. I told the waiter to bring me j
some dinner aud a bottle of wine. The '
oorrntess looked very uneauy over my ,
order. Of late years she had keen life
from the soamy side and had observed
to much ol1 tho fahtenetiK and cruelty oi
men that aim bod apparently lost all
faith in them and no doubt thought me '
an adventurer, one who might possibly
dine and order exponsiv wituw, "leaving
her to face an angry landlord. While
dinner was being prvpured she told me
sho was in the greatost distress, had not j
even a single kreutner to pay postage, I
and. woret df all, was owing for two
weeks' board. She had uo means to fly, I
no place to tlv to. and if she remained
incarceration awaited hor.
She had for weeks been writing ev- ;
erywhero to every one she had known,
former lovors, disiant bnt long cegloct
ed relatives. The result dead silence.
no response from anywhttre. She at last
was alone, caught in the world's great
snare, with no friendly hand to shel
ter or to save. It waa a sight to read
' this woman's face. There swept over it
I all aha annttinafaur wotm mt vaararisi ovaa-
!
misbt have benos aud the gloomy shadea
of despair. Beth proprietor and waiter
appeared to aot the table ; it was foe
one, bat wineglasses for two were
hrooght tuisolioited. They were ofS-
akiualy anxious to please "your high
note, " as tfcey ohrisaaad me.
Tho euiutUsu eat looking gloomily out
i ef tlie witulow aeroas th Hbiue, whiht
' I wetchd lujr Cuue until aa infiaite pity
far tbe shipwrooked soul filled my mind.
Itefivw owing tho waiter, I went to the
window, and, otxutdiug by her ebair, I
: eoid, "Don't worry any tuore, ermnts6 (
I will pr yocr bill. " At tiie urns
time, drawing from aei inner pocket
I bode oBoraiued with uoti, I placed cer
! fxl 100 fouiuc notes in ber lap, saying,
j "Tbio one is for your board bill, andths
I other aix are for yor poeikix mooey. ' ' X
I need not att'Ciupt to picture hr auiae
i meat and iielig5it. firwinly no woman
' was ever more grateful. We bad a long
aatiTevaatioa, and I was talking to hr
! like a brutiiar. Peihaus had the still
boon beaatiful aud young lay manner
...... L. ?
" '" -
hi'OtiiQrly. I told hor she had Aanoed and
bub, but at loot, the tame bad coma for
toil, and attaced sho should go to
Braesels. Wbieb is aver thronged with
tottriatc, whare bT knowledge of lan
gnaffes and her ravoir faire could be
node available in cue of the many (hops
where gireerurks are sold to travelers. I
advised her to oCer a small prcminm for
a posiUrji. Tbi?i she said the would do.
In Bayir?; goodby I prcaniaed to aea
br axaiu Uie next night, bat I found a
telepnan awaiting me on my arrival at ;
my hovel vbioh called me to meet two
of my companions at Calais, and I waa
forced to leave by am early train. Tho "
next time I aaw the conntees was in
Newpate. ftie viffitied me there and
was in pn-fnot detair ever ray position
and her tnalabry to stirve me. Pot thoea
who may care to know more of her I
will t?y that, following my advice, aha
went to Brussels and obtained a posi
tion in a tourist exche.nge and within a
year married the proprietor, who waa a
councilman and a man of considerable
local importance. Sho made him a good
wife and became a true mother to hie
five daughters. Whan he died he made
her guardian both of them and of hia
wealth. She became very religions and
to the last was a devout member of the
Roman church. Hie died in 1S8C, 18
years after the episode at Bieberioh. He
ashes rest in the little arraveyard of th
Convent dos Soeurs de Ste. Agnes, on
tho Charleroi road, two miles from the
city, and on her monument is engraved I
TO EIJZABETH. :
; Tho Tlnved Wife, l'vuu nail Trw. Ph :
; Servfa God uid lins Crone to Live With ;
; th? Ang.-lJ. j
',v7' pro tr. rotmsTT.Tf.i
Bt Pl!5.
Ecbbie (in a sober mood) Oh, m.ira-
! mo, I wish I only had all the money
; I've Hpent for sweets.
' Mumnm pmuilyi My boy wonld
i put it hi his savings bunk, wouldn't hef
Robbie (deliberately) Xo, mamma.
I'd buy more sweets. Botjton Homo
; Journal.
A Mru ,7oko.
i First Doctor Thst wns a moan jok
ami) one played on Firkins.
&oeond Doctor What was that?
FHrst Doctor Why, some one tele
graphed htm to hurry to Niagara fall
to remove a cataract, and he never tum
bled till he got there. New York
World.
i
j A Mere Nothing.
i "You seem excited, dear. What hat
'. happened?"
roar Jack Murray ! I have just ra-
ei"td him. "
j "Oh, dont mind a little thing like
! that. Why, I reject him every six
i months." Loaisvillo Cosrrier-Journal.
Part Bench rnrnnnnlnts.
" Wot's the good of a corab anyhow?"
j queried Yattorilon Miidmle, turning hia
I tnhcr side to the sun.
I "I nover could get it rrongh my
'head," resrwr.iled lreozie V rambler,
blinking at a keep off the grass sign.
I Viergo Vrfbrme.
An Otostele.
First Lady Is it. a fact that yon ar
going to marry Herr Kieveriezakoffski?
rVcond Idy Certtiinly, as soon aa
I have learned how to pronounce hia
Masse. Wooausaacbrfrt.
Of Cr.
Miss Modesty Have yon a hook call
ed "Guide to Lot letter vTriting?"
Fhoitkver1- Is 't yourself, miss?
Kiss Modasty Ke ; it's for my grand
mother. Vit-Bits.
A Matter of Time,
flho It e!yn in-var be. All 1 can promise
yen is a mere BMaaiatanccshlp.
T.e Tiien umopt my oer of marriage.
I will crrtft into nw eerjuaintanceshlpi
fast eatrejb. Indianapolis Journal.
JLixl Matu! buck (roui seanding sea
Wlh a luatrf ijililt taa
Ana a aiuxiurx kUcd itU klMpless nifthta
la tmrfTv pmoim. sad tuoDaalkn tolt,
Xzrd aanty m-occ' tiiat war airaoat flghtt
Per ae sanies tt Ui ou Laa nan. i
Ciiulaaan Snqnlrer. 1
A Matter of HuklaeM.
"I will wttlutraw my auit," remarked
young Jobson ac be oouatrd up his cash
and found that H cotTeapondBd with tha
sum on his pawn ticket. Boston Horn
Journal.
HtorolMM, bnt !ta Files.
There my h mlrrobea ta a Visa
Thtn mal: bvi little perturbation.
Tot 1ovct tay. Kah nam and mis.
There era jio Cuia oo eIat1on.
New York World.
Vbe Eojr Viaw.
KlHy I avs Jbck Hardin kissing you
fcuuiH iiov Well, 1 gua I can staad La
U kbe can. Detroit Fre Proas.
Trausturred.
I praa niy !uit to call on tier.
My truiu.Ts are lu craasea.
I ann on b r tu preas my ealt .W
And ch4 bar aaura laaraasea. .