A NOBLE NAME

OR

DÖNNINGHAUSEN

BY CLAIRE VON GLÜMER

TRANSLATED BY
MRS. A. L. WISTER

PHILADELPHIA
J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.
1883

Copyright, 1882, by J. B. Lippincott & Co.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.—"All the World's a Stage"
CHAPTER II.—Disappointed Aspirations
CHAPTER III.—A Crisis
CHAPTER IV.—Future Plans Decided
CHAPTER V.—At Dönninghausen
CHAPTER VI.—The Freiherr's Principles
CHAPTER VII.—Johanna to Ludwig
CHAPTER VIII.—Christmas at Dönninghausen
CHAPTER IX.—New Year's Eve
CHAPTER X.—"That Blasé Lieutenant"
CHAPTER XI.—Recovery
CHAPTER XII.—Cela n'engage à Rien
CHAPTER XIII.—Johanna to Ludwig
CHAPTER XIV.—An Unexpected Return
CHAPTER XV.—A Birthday Fête
CHAPTER XVI.—A Betrothal
CHAPTER XVII.—Johanna to Ludwig
CHAPTER XVIII.—Tannhagen
CHAPTER XIX.—Professional Enthusiasm
CHAPTER XX.—An Equestrian Artist
CHAPTER XXI.—Shipwreck
CHAPTER XXII.—Dönninghausen Obstinacy
CHAPTER XXIII.—The Freiherr asserts his Authority
CHAPTER XXIV.—Dr. Urban Wolf
CHAPTER XXV.—A Wager and an Adviser
CHAPTER XXVI.—Dr. Stein's Scheme
CHAPTER XXVII.—The Freiherr's Weakness is Past
CHAPTER XXVIII.—The Terrace-Cottage
CHAPTER XXIX.—Changes at Dönninghausen
CHAPTER XXX.—An Old Friend once more
CHAPTER XXXI.—The Truth at Last
CHAPTER XXXII.—Two Years Afterward

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A NOBLE NAME;

OR,

DÖNNINGHAUSEN.

CHAPTER I.

"ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE."

At the window of a luxuriously-furnished dressing-room a young girl was seated sewing, murmuring verses the while to herself with an absorbed air. All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons,