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In ordinary life, of course, the man would have contented himself with continuing to make love to the lady, leaving the rich somebody else to pay for her keep. IN ORDINARY LIFE OF COURSE THE MAN WOULD HAVE CONTENTED HIMSELF WITH CONTINUING TO MAKE LOVE TO THE LADY LEAVING THE RICH SOMEBODY ELSE TO PAY FOR HER KEEP
e thought it was music, and danced! A few years later on, at the very same spot where King Ludwig threw back to the gods their gift of life, a pair of somewhat foolish young lovers ended their disappointments, and, finding they could not be wedded together in life, wedded themselves together in death. The story, duly reported in the newspapers as an item of foreign intelligence, read more like some old Rhine-legend than the record of a real occurrence in this prosaic nineteenth century. He was a German Count, if I remember rightly, and, like most German Counts, had not much money; and her father, as fathers will when proposed to by impecunious would-be sons-in-law, refused his consent. The Count then went abroad to try and make, or at all events improve, his fortune. He went to America, and there he prospered. In a year or two he came back, tolerably rich--to find, however, that he was too late. His lady, persuaded of his death, had been urged into a marriage with a rich somebody else. ES ON A CRACK TIN WHISTLE AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS MUSIC AND DANCED A FEW YEARS LATER ON AT THE VERY SAME SPOT WHERE KING LUDVIG THREW BACK TO THE GODS THEIR GIFT OF LIFE A PAIR OF SOMEWHAT FOOLISH YOUNG LOVERS ENDED THEIR DISAPPOINTMENTS AND FINDING THEY COULD NOT BE WEDDED TOGETHER IN LIFE WEDDED THEMSELVES TOGETHER IN DEATH THE STORY DULY REPORTED IN THE NEWSPAPERS AS AN ITEM OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE READ MORE LIKE SOME OLD RHINE LEGEND THAN THE RECORD OF A REAL OCCURRENCE IN THIS PROSAIC NINETEENTH CENTURY HE WAS A GERMAN COUNT IF I REMEMBER RIGHTLY AND LIKE MOST GERMAN COUNTS HAD NOT MUCH MONEY AND HER FATHER AS FATHER'S WILL WHEN PROPOSED TO BY IMPECUNIOUS WOULD BE SONS IN LAW REFUSED HIS CONSENT THE COUNT THEN WENT ABROAD TO TRY AND MAKE OR AT ALL EVENTS IMPROVE HIS FORTUNE HE WENT TO AMERICA AND THERE HE PROSPERED IN A YEAR OR TWO HE CAME BACK TOLERABLY RICH TO FIND HOWEVER THAT HE WAS TOO LATE HIS LADY PERSUADED OF HIS DEATH HAD BEEN URGED INTO A MARRIAGE WITH A RICH SOMEBODY ELSE
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