Show I 1 MADE IN GERMANY anthony alexander was a woman hater lie ile atas as also a student of philosophy ophy very comfortably off a 1 bachelor of course and at 10 40 the despair of determined ter mined mothers and dutiful dau daughters h who trim when lie he came lit in their way he did it as little as aa llos possible sible scarcely had bad heart for an attack ale alexander arnder mado up his mind to learn german because lie he desired to read in the original the of kant flegel co in a weekly paper he came on the following advertisement the german tongue taught on oil a 11 new and speedy system apply herr 0 may street pimlico air 1 said the short grimy maid of the tall grimy looking house fifth floor first door to the left mind your feet when you gets noir near the top the carpets gave alexander climbed to the door indicated and knocked A sweet treble voice with a strong foreign recent accent said come in what a fool man Is thought thou glit alexander the less he can afford a female appurtenance the more sure he be Is to have bare one rie he entered the little room was neatness itself A girl lit in a brown dross dress and black apron stood up to receive him she had a pretty figure rosy cheeks checks largo large blue eyes and an e quantity of fair hair rolled into a tight ball alexander boned and sald bald that having seen tile the advertisement of a herr kierr yes said tile the girl quickly ho be Is my fader at all you want to learn german sir alexander replied in the affirmative and added that he much time to spare he would be glad to sep sc larr at once lie ile tood stood i like a to er one bristling with battlements the girl gave him an anxious glance I 1 my fader cannot now she said since de notice appear lie he has a complaint de of my fader Is ill sir lie ile must not spick alexander said he be waa sorry and with a second stiff bow moved toward door but 1 I I 1 know de d of my fader said the girl irl with a bright flush 1 I can I 1 have it Is a great se estell for do de adults at all she looked imploringly up lot into the face of the 6 foot 2 black bearded rage narlan he shook ills his head im much obliged he said lien herr sell maybe may be better soon ill wait vat nearly let him go pride and filial love made a sad todo to do with her As alexander got to the door he be heard beard a choking voice ile he will not be better soon if I 1 earn no money to get him what he wants will you try sir I 1 am not young I 1 am 23 at all at all this was one of the first phrases had acquired on tier her arrival in england she regarded it as an idiom of all work and brought it in whenever she wanted to ile bo par barly emphatic look here she went on oil 11 1 shall give you two lessons and if you are not contented you pay nothing nothing and I 1 beg your pardon of you veil I 1 shall persevere till de trout of my fader Is good will you try 1 I dont doubt your abill ability ty said alexander but the expression of his race face enlightened hednig Is my womanliness nn an object objection jon she cried er all ah 11 really stammered aie alexander feeling it must be confessed a bit of till an ass but hedweg hed ig swept on believe me you yell will find no differences I 1 like my fader I 1 ting not of my ay womanliness I 1 well like be from an adjoining bedroom a door was pushed open and a ballut e fiut leathery face with frenzied hair and glaring spectacles looked through the girl 1 nodded che to this apparition which instantly vanished the blue eyes sought alexanders face again something glittered in them which ans not allowed to fall oh well I 1 dont maud said eald alex tinder hurriedly to himself what a lie will 30 10 tomorrow to morrow suit still you and lie added with more humanity than gallantry 1 I trust herr alb will soon he be able to take your place 1 I trust said id hedweg hedal the rosy face beamed alexanders face ace when lie he sot got down into the street did nothing of the kind beastly Keast ly nuisance he be said aloud three weeks passed herr seemed nearly aln but the doctor still forbade him to teach hedweg hall had ghedi gha 11 alexander three lessons a week ile he was growing strangely resigned to the situation As long iong as the books vere open was stem curt curl dry one to soc see the spectacles of herr Seli on tier her nose noho whan the books book were shut she became a girl again and the transformation having taken place alexander lid did not after the first make a point of leaving directly on the Satur saturday daX morning which brought the tenth lesson time being up till looked gny ly IY at it tier her pupil and salt said dont you tink link you proceed im astonished at myself sald said alexander ex herr nodded blandly front from his chair all ah I 1 told you ruy my womanliness was notting dotting said hedweg with a pliant air alexander looked at the sweet modest figure in the lie shabby brown dress dres s at the round face flushed with the july heat beat and with her pedagogic ogle exertions on his behalf her womanliness nothing well poor little girl irl 11 lie asked if she lind ever been to hampton IIan ipton court no would site she like to go hedwiga hedwigs lied Hed wigs eyes spoke would ifera trust alexander to take tier her down on oil the noonday coach and bring tier her buck back by 6 in the evening allerdings which meant nic ant she might go but liow low ions iong would the fraulean fraul eln take to got get dres dresch Cd lavished laughed rin ran across the passage and in ili live minutes reappeared a red having pinned a lace collar on the brown dress loosened the tight ball of shining hair and mounted a fresh little lint hat like tier her face one nest of roses oli oil fairy day happy happy hours the very sight of the great gates and ami meat groat trees set ilean digs heart dancing and then the naming flaming flower beds bcd 3 and cool alleys and emerald grass and diamond fountains made her cry ach heavenly heavenly lica venly again and again and alexander conducted her through the hie looms and courts of the famous old palace pal and chattered of cardinal woley as if lie he had been bior let uncle and of henry VIII as if ohe bail bad been ills his grandi grandmother nother and the next box t thin tiling in order was nas to order tea in a i queer little shop parlor looking on the park and while they were at tea lc i a n beautiful tamo tame deer with sad ees came to the window and asked to lo be red fed take care sald aid alexander as lied wig g leaned forward to touch the creatures tures head shead ile he caught herby her by the hand and pulled her balk back ll irsch we wc call the animal so said liedel II edwig standing meekly by lit his side how to do you call him at all deer fraulein said alexander ile had forgotten to lot go of her hand and bespoke very gently and any ignorant intruder hearing ln aring what he sit said aellig liow how close tile the shi simple lille pretty little rhine maiden and the woman linter stood together in tile the alcove of the parlor window might have fancied but it was time to go home of course alexander saw hedwig safe to the door of 3 may street 1 I can enough tank you never she said earnestly gute guto nt clit traul eln gute turning away he ran against nn an acquaintance jonos jones jones sun sum eyed liliu film with a twinkling pyo eye changed your lows lews dont understand 1 I thought according to loll 1011 ou the host best IN woman Ollian that ever breathed was only to be tolerated yon yell seemed a trifle 0 overflowing ver with toleration just now neat little article made in ili germany ilal hallo no offense Tense of old chap clial alexander no offense I 1 say but alexander resisting the temptation to knock jones who was a small man mail lato into the gutter stalked away and after dinner in ili ills his lux luxurious arlous study lie sat solitary ind and thought and thought ile he thought ot of the girl to whom he be had given his heart in early lays days and who tic hid had deceived him ile ho thought of the undisturbed regular independent life to which he 11 0 wis accustomed ile he thought of ills 40 years and tile the end of these meditations w was is tim that no lie went to his bis writing table al ami penned 11 loiter letter to lie ile said that lie ile was unexpectedly obliged to RO go abroad ile he thanked for the pains she had liall taken v ith illi him and ami begged to tile the sum sit ra due to tier her for tile the lessons of the course ile he inch regretted being behig unable to receive them mbeni ite he sent ills hid best compliments to to herr Sell and hers very sincerely I 1 alexander lie ile went to switzerland Intend intending lug to do a mountain or two but in ridiculous defiance of the most elementary element a ry rules of physical geography mountains proved lat flat so did other things when he tried them A blooming face under tinder it hat with roses an old brown dress a happy girls voice followed bi him where every ey 1 at last leaning dismally over a balcony one tine evening in Cli artion hot 1 he be heart beard G X a german ennian lady say gay to a arlena MM lite ti acht eta alf lie ho stand it an adv I 1 V longer oni guto racial the words called 1 back to 3 alny street find lie he WM v his traps that night and to 3 1 na may 1 1 Y st lie ho I 1 lushes as fast anstr et t as aa tra train I 1 n 1 boat 0 am cal cab would take him the same maid at apparently with win i 1 sanio dirt on her face Rn answered 9 bell air ra lead dead dead yes 0 o died 1 I IS got worse and UK the e d died I 1 ed and nud the young lady left lef I 1 wheres she gone dont kalov A sovereign n shone lit in tier her hand im very sorry sira sir she phe said eald 1 I 1 ins ing excited b but u t t the b f w oln I 1 a ro ly rol ael n e ni e r said a word I 1 to 0 n nobody 0 b R she j just ll 11 9 1 P nali a and leu left when three weeks last Toos day 1 I do you think he wat was going to get acri many im sure clr sit I 1 ilov allt nil idea si ab pa bild id the week an and 1 I left she all d I 1 t of a 1 daze alexander knew bilat lie ile laid done lie ile had run awny away from his one of happiness mid and now dhere wai hy BY night london looked to him like libei I 1 couchant beast stuck over with nith cruel S eyes a beast that swallowed ies i f I 1 down and ami kept appt the secret sc ret b by y jay day I 1 be e sunny streets mocked him with hailu pas 5 faces with trim figures that in 1 lie dia tance looked like hers with glamp g I 1 imps of yellow it hair a ir or was she back in tile tie safe with friends falth it a bt betrothal betro thol otho lover it it were bo ind anil lie could but know of it he thought lie should have I 1 ali he 11 manhood to thank heas hea en ell ile he had been returned to to town wa four conr As lie he paine mine in late days from a jre wean stretch ot of IN albing ills his valet met nw him A person to see you sir what sort of a person alexanders nerves were in a queer state lie ile turned very pale A woman sir A lady 1 I 1 think sir ashes a utin nun alexander walked into his study amazed lie saw rise before him a figare in black with flipping flapping sleeves and flowing skirts A calm cairn good face looked from under the white hand band and sable veil A Is it you said the lie nun quietly quietly 11 who have bare been advertising to todI scoTa the address addic is of alb ills his heart sank ff yes yes she is with us Ilc dilg A nuu she rile shook tier her head with a grave air nuns ire not made so quickly our order li as a chapel and infirmary near soho we A ork there two tivo days dars ago a I 1 found the poor woman ly lyla ill on I 1 the lie chapel cli aipel steps stepa I 1 am sister frances she was ill insensible we took her ber in her name Is on oil her clothes we could not find out anything about her slie lias has fever it is on the brain she speak peak sense but wesee we see she is a good girl and lias has been becu well cared for innocent refined it if youage you are a aci relative flud and wish to 10 see lier you cat come with me not a re lathe alexander V in an old friend t the nun bent tier hend head 1 I ini am sorry to have to say it but there is no time to lose it if you want to t see tier her alive beds narrow beds beds SIR sick beds in rows walls gray walls silent walls glimmering valls alls with pictures ll lights lits dim lights kind ll 11 slits holy lights like hewers flowers and on a pillow pili I 1 face with the roundness y and the roses and the splendid hair gone from it and voice babbling in german wildly she wont know you said sister frances but she lid know him no he took her bet hand anil and bent beat over lier her and she be bab talking in english at once A light came into into the sunken face it Is you I 1 nm am pleased to see you at all I 1 was knowing you would come COB what a fi fine ie day what a blue bitter AF f i happy happily hal happy her gize g ize wandered I 1 k and look only the beautiful doer deer call I 1 give him bread no 00 ills his eyes are too sad tate take him away I 1 am all tired tire gute glite perhaps sister frinces frances had bail bad 9 love lore story in her youth slie she turned her back when she how alexanders toai s rallied doff and how he held the poor delirious clr tj tie girl in a passionate clasp was it the warm tc tears rs the vira TO rul i clasp that brought back t tc lifes shores from which she ille had bebell be fist fast drifting who can say As soon as 18 she was better Alex allder asked her very timidly if sonic dav da SM she v would marry ma rry him in ili a whisper came ileda 11 s reply 1 I A n ill at all answers |