Show J THE WHITE LADY l Many years Cars have ho pulsed sed ge e th the artillery r regiment in iii which I 1 was an i was wn tent out nut on nn a n march through western Boh Bohemia mla along tho lie foothills of or Wo We were garrisoned In III Hok and the kaiser manoeuvres had ended 11 at Wo We marched for Cor many dase days das e We lund had to tn top stop over nigh night I In the town of tr anti and wo ye officers were quartered in Jut he tC h w wh wre e we were received cIl with l the time greatest at st hos hog After Artel dinner the dau daughter o of the time house took teak it upon herself to act as ns cicerone ciceroni and antI tal take c u us through h the Immense immense Im im- im me mense Fe and Interesting me mediaeval al building build hug ing with Ith its three j anti and numeroUs numerous numer numer- ous os towe towers tejn is fa fat far I farnI fain farn- cd I as rifle onto of th the most t h beautiful castles In G Germany surrounded by a moat with a a. which Is exceedIngly exceedingly exceed exceed- well d Its oaken uI fila planks and auth beams heams having dolled delicti centuries Our OUI beautiful guide took tool Us tin to the I I picture gallery where hung In Jn long rows s her ancestor who had owned I tho the castle for fOl more inure than five hun hun- dl lid dred year a. a I Wo o 0 ere w rc In the best hest of spirits spirit joke and compliments Hew lIew thick and fast nn and the young oung countess evidently c enJoyed enjoyed en- en I Joyed our company One of or us said a with an Incredulous mill A And nil now countess please tell ell us which luIch one of or these theno many beautiful beautiful beau heau- I women here hero Lc Is the white lady for mit III It goes f i without saying that a n. castle Wee lute must have Its white III hidy I Most I o t a assuredly W wo te have a a. white i la lady the tho count n replied rather sternly here is 18 her portrait She I pointed to tn I a painting of nn an unusually beautiful lady wearing the costume co of ot tho period perlo of the Thirty Years Years' war wal and resembling In the most striking m manner the young youn la lady ly landing before he- he fore u usAnd us And Arid where tines dog she ar appear Did I you ever s see pe e her In In the room which time the major surgeon Suit sur geon is ii to tn occupy tonight ht She Sho appears only at dusk tusk lIn and is then always seen secil silting very quietly In iii an aim r III In front of ot the time fireplace I saw h her I there myself Just jut four flur years ago a a. short time time- before mamma died die It II wa was al almost oh- oh rno most tm t lark dark nn and as I J had bac auh no rio light I 1 took toole her to lo be lie one of the time maids nn and said Yh Why do 10 you not rise when hen you OU hem hear me utie coining Then rhen she he turned her hem head hend an and I S saw for the l first r t and amid only time tinie the time white lu lady t of Katzen Katzen- stel steIn n. n There Then Is no tio doubt douht that the th young Connies was wan In ha and lieu her earnest arne t. t words acte acted as a damper on out our gayety At la last t our lieutenant trying vying to make light of nf thi th Ii a affaIr fa Ir to lo tho the OIL Well ell major what would you yell OU do if 11 you ou should hould come conic Into Inlo your loom room tonight had tl the In lady Indy sitting fitting lIn there Oh Oh Olt I r dont don't know but hut If site she looks anything like her here I J have t nn nfl I Idea fa I should throw my arms arias aroun around her neck and kiss lell her Of COur course l' l you ou would laughed hd tho the colonel anti and that would be lIe Ju Just t what she shin would expect ct a Don Doii Juan Tuan like you I to 1 do o. o TI The Thit countess's fa fare tooL took on a strange tran e expression ln and it Wa was evident that hat she h ha had her hel doubts as fiS to lo whether I would ha have the thC courage to do as I C aid Faill Fall but she ItH only shrugged her shout shout- without raying anything The fhe rest t of or time the afternoon we spent laying t tennis feeding tho lime dl deer el In lii the time park pam and amid In inspecting the time splendid l in ho tho stables Homo of nf U 5 s also went snipe snip shooting It was toward the md nd of Septem- Septem bet fr tin hr days had lund shortened con considerably consider consider- rahl r- r ahl ably bly and ani It was growing dark ark as ns I 1 I. I r returning from a long hong walk talk In the time park purk went to lo m my room to dress m forthe for or ortho ho tho evening meal My 1 room was wa on he time second floor liner of ot the time eastern wing wIns and nd I found as I entered that I 1 did didlot nol lot have a single match In him n my ray pocket Damn It I J was waR about to when I looked In iii amid saw sitting In front of ot the fireplace a la lady dressed In 11 a lon long white rob loht I reaching to ii her feet She he did li no not look Jook up and lost los In thought an and the thc ex- ex lon of her face I could I-could could make out t cn In the faint lI light ht was ono onu of or great roat sadness I 1 mirt must admit that thal my mr heart healt b began begano an anto to o beat bent so n that NI T could ulmo almost t hear it it I knew there them wet were matches on the tho able neat near the th beth bed Should 1 I strike hiko title nie and light a n Xo No o that lj bf be h. h I picked up aim courage wanted walked over to the he chair put my nm hand under the tho chin chum of the supposed white while lady and anel found her io to b be a u stuffed cl figure draped I n In n a n sheet ht et The Time next morning at ft it we e started off orf I rode iode behind the regiment t through the old oll gate across the drawbridge drawbridge draw draw- r w- w bridge w. w which trembled under tho time weight v of or the hea heavy guns uns and anti as ag I looked back 1 I thought of or the young oun countess who awakened by t 1 the mumble rumble rum mum ble hIe of or the tho gun carriage wu was probably now not smilingly ly saying to herself There I 1 c. c fin fine trick on Ott th the surgeon Ho Ih II In hI not very 1 apt to ha brag of or his me ate turning fling with nil hut white lady 1111 of ofEn En I U et e I i I Ami lIet I dId fild not |