. Three Vassar girls in the Tyrol. n the contrast so greatly in favorof John. More than ever she wished Dorothy to care for John, forin a postscript to his letter, which she had not read to Dorothy, he hadsaid: I am very glad that her interests have prospered in my hands. IN THE TYROL. — THE COUNCIL OE TRENT —STARTLING NEWS. 165 It will be one of the delights of my life if this fortune opens the wayfor her to some beautiful realization of her ideals. Keep my secret,and let me know if ever a time arrives when I can serve her inany way. If the count did not hear of Dorothys fortune, Elsie was su
. Three Vassar girls in the Tyrol. n the contrast so greatly in favorof John. More than ever she wished Dorothy to care for John, forin a postscript to his letter, which she had not read to Dorothy, he hadsaid: I am very glad that her interests have prospered in my hands. IN THE TYROL. — THE COUNCIL OE TRENT —STARTLING NEWS. 165 It will be one of the delights of my life if this fortune opens the wayfor her to some beautiful realization of her ideals. Keep my secret,and let me know if ever a time arrives when I can serve her inany way. If the count did not hear of Dorothys fortune, Elsie was sure thathe would never cross their path again, and then perhaps in time Doro-thy might deign to stoop to John. But she wished for him no suchgrudging acceptance, regretted perhaps in after days as Dorothythought of that other lot which never quite came within the possi-bilities. Her sisterly heart was very proud as well as loyal; shewished for John nothing short of unqualified preference, and of thisshe was not absolutely CHAPTER IX. MERAN AND ITS CASTLES. HE Tyrol is sown thick with castles. They bristleon the mountains, commanding every pass; andtheir ruins come in picturesquely wherever inthe landscape an artist could desire them. Whilewandering over the castle of the prince-bishopsof Trent, Dorothy had wondered whether thatowned by the count resembled it in any way. If so, the posses-sion of such a domain was surely wealth and consequence enoughfor one man. But as they continued their journey to Meran, andshe saw ruins in every degree of dilapidation, she realized that onemight be the owner of a ruined castle and yet be no richer thanan evicted Irish peasant whose cabin has been unroofed abovehim. Before reaching Meran they had stopped at Botzen, — one ofthe most important and picturesque cities of the Tyrol, charminglysituated at the juncture of the Talfer and Eisak rivers, which inturn empty a little farther south into the Adige. Mountains risesteeply all arou
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