Show L Story Of the Day Illi rn J LOVE LOV ON ONICE ICE f. f 1 Jt One winter afternoon Dr D' Arnold Schemer had come home from om his hla desk dk In of finance eaten his dinner and stretched himself on on the sofa to Ii enjoy a cigar and a a. French novel His young brother Hans burst into the room and nd said I L lma Holde heim asked me to return this book with Adrienne's thanks Y r didn't you give it to me at once the hurry I Th That Thatis lis is my affair Now get out x i H HanS got out and banged the door Arnold opened the book at t page ten ten an Peopled on a piece of paper certain letters which he found marked by byJ J most st st. imperceptible e pencil dots The transcription read I I must see you rou tomorrow Meet me at Hallers Haller's at four tour 1111 The S Schemers w were e a family of officials The father was wa a bureau chief ii oldest son Gustav a provincial Governor Go In Dalmatia Arnold was In Ip the Ministry of Finance and Hans was preparing for a government position The Theda l only da daughter had married an official Arnold 1 was very ambitious Social rank and and- consideration he had what ed was money It had never been too abundant with arnd Arnold fully realized its power Hence Henc he had resolved to marry It As a aMend Mend Rudolf R used to say It is possible to love a girl even if she Is rich J- J He had the entree to the best families in Vienna but If he should go to a ii h man and demand his daughters daughter's hand it was doubtful whether his own D inspects P of official advancement would counterbalance the lack of present fortune Clearl Clearly then the thing to to do was to capture the heart of a rich ich girl preferably a very young one and so enlist the aid of love In overcoming I p parental opposition h His first budding sweetheart was carried off by a predestined tined cousin the thet i t Ia na was dazzled by a Lieutenants Lieutenant's epaulets Then on the Ice Ice everybody everybody l tes ites in Vienna Vienna Vienna-he he met Alma and on his first visit to her house Jt met met her year old sister Adrienne and marked her for tor his own Pretty est eat well bred and most Important of ot all unsophisticated and not yet u s she sie e seemed the very girl for him In the Vienna equivalent nt of Bradstreet o 0 lesheim was thus labeled a large spinning mill mUl an estate in Bohemia and a town house in Estimated to be worth gulden income J 11 wa There were three children and Adrienne's dowry u dl leck ned at lot gulden Arnolds Arnold's wooing began on the ice Hith- Hith OS F-OS- et had skated only with girl friends and a few of their young young- brothers J brothers who count MOr r. r Dr cherner was the first real man who had paid her any ny n attention He f f- f handled and edher her As long as they were alone he treated her in a familiar like comrade manner but in the pres presence nce of others he showed her the elaborate politeness due to a up grown-up young lady and both of these things pleased her 4 And as he was handsome witty and well wen bred It was no wonder that little Adrienne fell feli In love with him During the summer his memory was kept green by the 18 souvenir post-cards post which he sent her In the following winter she made her debut and Arnold net met her everywhere H Hf Ic made himself her shadow so that she once naively said If I go anywhere and not there I miss you rou are you so Adrienne's mother not being blind could not fall fail to notice Dr Schemers Schemer's attentions and their favorable reception by Adrienne Pshaw She is only a child old lm replied to his wife's warn- warn g. g What if people do talk about it Schemer Scherner is an honorable young yung fellow and his father will be in the Ministry some day The ensuing summer strengthened the bond between the lovers Arnold Arnoldl j l d Induced his father to spend the vacation in the vicinity of the C TI Jl young oung man might have done so alone but he was unwilling unwilling- to attract the attention of ot Adrienne's parents too strongly until he had made sure of ot her love This certainly came In the course of or the summer and the first vows of ot love los lovee loee e a e es exchanged changed The third day comes a frost a killing frost and the third Infer nf r Adrienne caught cold and was not allowed to skate or dance The lovers met rarely and hence the device of borrowed books and marked letters But this was not the t Early in inthe the season Adrienne had discovered that Dr Schemer Scherner was not the only young man who cared for tor her society and social s success made her coquettish She meant no harm Arnold she thought t. t ought Jo to o recognize cheerfully her right to hold a little court like other girls But Arnold did nothing the of sort but made the mistake of oC yielding to Jealousy Resolved to nip the growing evil in the bud he scolded her and thereby t jt made matters worse t t Adrienne was offended that he could think her a flirt and waited alted for him to inake overtures toward reconciliation But he obstinately maintained the role oC of the offended party and was very cold and distant Firmness Is necessary with a woman he said to himself elt When she s sees es that she can play with you rou your Influence over her is gone forever Meanwhile something that Adrienne would never have discovered had be beI become become be- be I come come v very ry evident to her m mother mother- namely namely that Arnold Schemer was elm simply In Jn 5 quest of oC a well-dowered well bride She knew that the Schemers were comparatively poor and was not In let favor of an alliance with them But she was too wise to warn arn Adrienne directly Instead she undertook her financial education 0 ing lag her into all the details of the family resources and arid exp expenditures Adrienne l learned to her astonishment that her own fortune amount to g gulden den iden I 1 r This seemed like an Immense sum but it dwindle m marvelously when she learned that that that'll It t r represented an annual Income of only oolf 6 gulden about a third of what she would require to live Inthe style to which site she had hd been accustomed Clearl Clearly then her husband must l have we an income of gulden Then Mamma l one day capped her argument by remarking innocently inno inno- ce that Dr Schemers Schemer's salary of f gulden was a. a very avery high One e for so young a man Here was a sad discrepancy I shall have to e economize thought Adrienne I t r. r At another time her mother said Arnold must marry a 1 rich girl I wonder that he has as tot not t ask asked d for your hand as you and he seem to lIk like each other With your your tho money ey he lie could do something for his family Adrienne had expected opposition but she was not prepared for cold mathematical mathematical mathematical mathe mathe- demonstration i Shortly before this Alfred the son sop of ot a rich brewer had come upon the scene His reception had not been encouraging for the little rift the lute had not yet appeared Now was accustomed to receiving an unpleasant amount of or attention attention attention atten atten- tion and flattery from young ladies and their mammas and he said to himself Thank heaven Here is one girl who does doss not care care if I 1 am rich and un un- un- un married I This feeling inspired the hope of winning Adrienne by his personal merits and he began to court her assiduously She was barely civil to him but Arnolds Arnold's was as aroused as haS hag been said After Alter the lovers' lovers quarrel Adrienne devoted more attention to Mor Mor- tell partly to punish Arnold partly because she was not entirely free from vanity and knew how many girls were envying her the conquest of the young millionaire i iThen Then came the suspicion that Arnold was Jn hJ l love ve with her money and then came a ball at luxurious house Last of ot all came her father with the news that Alfred had asked for her hand She begged for a week of deliberation though her er mind was made up She wanted the week to be off with the old love decently and in order The rupture rupture rupture rup rup- ture sh she was determined should be made by Arnold cArnold not by hers herself lf She wished to appear well In the worlds world's eyes and his for after all she loved him himIn himIn himin in a way and was waS waS' grateful to him for the little romance he had given her Hence the rendezvous at Hailers Haller's There after the waitress had brought the perfunctory ices and retired Adrienne said I have bad news for you rou You must promise to listen calmly to the end Then you will understand and perhaps pity me me Arnold obeyed and she continued At one time time- you time you know we were wealthy Until a little while ago I supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed that we were still wealthy I knew w indeed that papa within the last year has had to pay large sums on my brothers brother's account but still I S could not understand why when we were alone to together ether he always seemed so anxious and troubled But the other da day he told me that my brother had squandered enormous sums and not daring to confess to papa he had tried to c cover ver his losses by speculating in stocks the of w witch which was that he lost a great deal more In fact as he had p power to sign for the firm he has gambled away not only all aU hl his own fortune but most of papas papa's and ours Papa had succeeded in obtaining a delay In the payment of the largest debts he s said id J When papa told me sac this I tried to console him by saying that I for one did not care so much about money Then he told me the whole truth The debts amount mount to more than we can pay Unless we receive assistance from some source the firm will go Into bankruptcy Adrienne paused but Arnold said sald not a a. word he had glanced at him once or twice to discover the effect of ot her communication but she did not dare to look at him squarely for fear tear he would read the lie He in her eyes Such being the state of affairs she continued I resolved after thinking and worrying over it a good deal to ask to you give me up I cannot con con- to chain your ou fate to mine and antI besides I besides I feel compelled to sacrifice my love for you OU to my love lo fo for my father tather The shame of bankruptcy would kill him I him I must save him from It It iL You know v how I Beer said sald Arnold He was surprised but ne never r dreamed of questioning the truth of ot her statement Adrienne shrugged her shoulders Beer or banking or-banking or railways What Is the difference I am in the market for Cor the highest bidder But hm But cannot I perhaps alst your your father that t w 1 i it JL J.L. t is true II UC ll I JL have nothing but my salary Is the sum sum-I mean th sum necessary at once nce- nce so v ver very large A good many thousands There pause was a long p use I cannot give you up Arnold said at last But you must most I cannot let you sacrifice yourself yourself But I love you Adrienne Adrienne- As I do you Arnold But we must Another long silence Then Adrienne said t I 1 must go now I give until you Sunday to if love truly vou me trulyn you will give me up and not Ot tempt from heavier v than n I it Is S me nw dUt duty Do Dc not not make my heart agree agreed U If with I receive me a Good bye Picture post card from yOU on n Sun Sunday a I sh shall a aShe 11 know that you She sprang up and was gone before he could make an effort ff t to detain her Arn Arnold ld or sat looking at the and melted Ices Two years ears wasted he muttered And I believe I a am 11 1 In 1 love with the little really ve thing Confound It But Buta a bankrupt fath r After all It might have been Worse Suppose It hac ha Never e e Adapted from the come after our formal orma betrothal e t ro th a. a I German for tor the New York Evening g P I I t t I s 's |