Show it I j MAD E MATCH I t ADA j Fraulein Frulein Greta Greta Schilling was 8 Mrs Mr Clara Browns pretty young gov She Sho was wan wa 22 i memories but no expectations She was w pretty but as Ih she h reflected what was w the be use uee since sic no ono onu on ever saw her no o on on one at least leant but Mrs Ir Brown Brwn who Wo was wan wa a widow and something of a recluse and Mrs Browns son Stanley y who was wal too young who hu gF Fraulein to UI appreciate thought g f and g the pa matter servants f cay any tt how life at t Gl West Wes Ve Forty ninth street was uneventful She Mt escort corf cd c young oung Stanley Brown to the kinder kindergarten kindergarten garten every eer morning She replaced the tle young joung mans toys tos She saw to Jt it tnt All tl the dapper garments garment in his wardrobe were whole and d neat She chatted with th Mrs Brown In German and French c Sirs Mrs Brown was a bit ar of an invalid and gives l to melancholy and It it was as one ono of duties to pet her and nd assure her In broken German that it I was all al right Then Theu It was wa Ume time to go to the kindergarten for lor Stan Icy ley I Afterward there there was dinner antI nd then the Fraulein Frulein was free for her music She had no friends frends In New York Yok She he had ha been there the such sch a I little im and few came to the house at West t Forty hony ninth street because it I was a house hOU of ofa mourning and New York Y which has baa been called a the laughing i city f J Ja on nb the site theother other side of ot the tho street to avoid a Q hOe hoase of grief And so it I befell that Schilling I had a but one e bright r t hour of the tha day That ga gaa she h spent eon eone Jn in J the t music d I roam which was wa the th second floor Hoor loor of f fO 64 West ln street s One O day when h the e atmosphere of of the limo Brown homo home had been especially damp amp Fraulein Frulein Greta voiced her soul Boul In Helm weh She played on and on en 0 the strains of the music sounding like the sobs 7 a ae ae tired e heart She e thought of the old OI home at Breslau e 1 of et the t Ufa lather father and d dOI mother J YI lovers always whom death separated separate 1 by v y vonly only two to weeks weel of f the ulSter sister wao eno 10 lived with wih her husband In a great creat Iret hous house iuar HYde Hydo park parle in London Lonon that was teas yet ct not noten great enough en to hold her pretty yun un ilni sister And being b n truthful I must u ad admit mit that at that l moment e the seemed m big and lon loney to t g ling and that she leaned her ll brown taU head on the piano ind dd tilt the thE Key Jey board bard with wih tears ter Suddenly she sat st up strai nt and sniped e absently through her ler tears tear merci Surely all had heard beard It last at atthe atthe t the twilight recital Jn in n the tha the little church at Lucerne Lucere Dreams And Aad such beautiful dreams drams They seemed floating Into another anoter world worl on the waves of those tose dreams But who was wa playing Trum reI so welt wel Sho She pushed hack back the window winlow curtains and peeped pepe through the A young man with wih a round fair head and an honest honet kindly kind face fare that wa turned earnestly toward the musIc room ro m of No 04 61 He was one of the family who had moved Into 65 t the day before The young man finished e playing placing with I a aShy eplI ll nw r soft o strain and a walked to o the window Yn Shy Fraulein FruleIn Schilling drew baek back let the tho curtains curins fall fail fal into place and sat t down at the piano She played Last Hope ope There wits was w silence in 1 But what was that that Ach Himmel Longing as I live said sid Fraulein lInt lut near the tha th curtains She thoi tho lit she was seas angry She would not return to lo When Ten she took Stanley Stanle to the kinder kindergarten kindergarten garten next morning a figure appeared at the second send floor front opposite She turned turM her face haughtily away until only ony two little red ears Were Vere visible like Ute r two crimson n roe rose e petals petal blown by b a wayward wind into the mass of brown curls curie curs But that did not prevent young Herr r Englander la front from seating el himself elf at atthe atthe J the piano p and playing n insistently ft and u with Blue infinite and Dreaming tenderness Thine Eyes Byes Eye bo So fo After that Fraulein Frulein Schilling took Stan Stanley St ley to the by way of the 10 back area until Mrs Brown r nW discovered c e and reprimanded her Fraulein Frulein was was angry enough and brava brate bm enough to say stay away from the music room rom for three evenings evening When she did von ven venture yel Sorrow ture d Into It i she was greeted with Coves oves O 0 come coma to me my love lov loveO 0 O come to me ale my love lovel My l heart hear In anguish angIsh thrills For thee and thee thea the alone aloneO O 0 speed time the lingering hour And Alid hasten love loe thy coming walled the piano A tinge of humor colored the solemnity of Fraulein Teutonic mind She turned the piano plane stool high with many an energetic twist perched perche her solid ol young figure upon u it and played Ye energetically ele The he heu heI Storm She I of closed close warning the piece with wih some staccato notes The fiend fend she muttered muter when the I piano Pano across the tho way tinkled its Is an anHa answer answer I Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha It I shouted its It answer in Alice Alc Laughing I Song s h Again the e slight n unaccustomed phosphorescent ph phosphorescent os gleam Iem of humor flashed across acrONS pensIveness She Sho sent forth her challenge The Dead March from Saul He answered with Dreams of Heaven Fraulein went below beaten in this bout of ot musical repartee Then the temper temer of the younger Herr I Englander changed He applied him himself himself I self sel assiduously to the love songs song of all al nations He wooed In piquant French In gloomy Spanish In romantic Italian ItalianI I but most of ot all al In their beloved lan language lanI language I guage age of the fatherland nd Fraulein listened her mischievous smile smIe and even her strong si young figure naf concealed ed by bythe bythe I the accommodating Renaissance 5 cur curtains c curIn tins In ins r One morning there came a letter leter from Breslau au It was from Fraulein Schillings I Il lings hags cousin ou a strapping handsome nJ Gorman German officer I shall send my nO good friend Karl KarlEn Englander En laDder a i letter lter to you ou He H has gone to New Ne York York and when I learn lear his ad address address address dress from his aunt 1 I shall send him to see st you ou That evening there was as no battle batHo of the pianos nor yet any an one oe side love loe lovemaking lovemaking making in any language Karl England Englander er wont went wet out early erly after ator dinner Greta Gret watched him from behind her veil vei of Renaissance Perhaps he has other letters lotters and Is I going to o call cal on other girls she said to herself and wondered why the sug suggestion geton should disturb her so She misted missed tho the concert and when It I was resumed the next evening she was wa strangely con content content tent tet tetOne One afternoon she saw saO the postman leave ean many letters at 63 and an after 7 I i I p I I i SH HAD FINISHED THC LAST the piano but the fascination of ot nor hot neighbors impertinence held her hor near the Wo curtains curtins He waited for a t musical reply None Nona came mm He peered boldly b from his h Tha rho go twilight t g ter hid d everything but u the th vague misty patterns of the lace lac draperies across the way He went wont back to the piano and played plaintively Mine Own regular little teeth showed in what wh t she sha had intended as asa a sneer but developed into a 1 smile smie How dare he her she sho cried and rushed crimsoning from rom the room as she heard the big bl crashing chords of or Wedding March larh cried herself to sleep s The creature cr r she said Ha He is s ss making n 1 fun of me Fraulein Schilling had ever a I Ihs horror of seeming ridiculous I hs She noticed the tho next i morning f g that thal there th re rewa was wa a great blazoning new sign on I geat 63 Ol 6 It was waN now a School of or Music and Herr Her Englander Son worn went worl the I fore foro and front of ot the enterprise Frau Fraulein lein Schillings face displayed a mild mid ruI in iD interest iDI interest terest though she told herself she was I atil at that bold man dinner she saw sw Karl Englander Engl Engl cross the street and an heard her him ring the bell bel With the strange contrariety of wo women women women men she took her place at the piano pIan and and was w playing The Te Storm thunderously when ho Iso was wa admitted A AHe He respectfully waited at the door un until til ti she had finished the last note Then he advanced ada ce his eyes twinkling with wih a a merriment he ht could not conceal concel She read her cousin Ludwigs brief letter of introduction gravely grael She raised her eyes timidly and they the laughed laughe like happy children The ThE courtship was a short one Now No Frulein Schilling I beg her pardon ardon Englander sits at the window of 13 53 6 after aCer dinner and plays plas bright airs to cheer her neighbor Mrs Irs Brown Brwn rollicking bits to delight Master Stanley Stan Ie and tender love songs of ot all al nations to I further enthrall enthral her one time neighbor I Inow now noO her per husband They have been married marrie two years and aul aule not once e has she wanted tep to play The l Storm r ADA PATTERSON Copyright 1901 by TV W 0 R TIis Hearst Heart |