THE CARAVANERS BY THE SAME AUTHOR _Elizabeth and Her German Garden_ _Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen_ _Fräulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther_ _Princess Priscilla’s Fortnight_ _The Solitary Summer_ [Illustration: _The fitful flicker of the lanterns played over rapidly cooling eggs and grave faces_] THE CARAVANERS BY THE AUTHOR OF “ELIZABETH AND HER GERMAN GARDEN” [Illustration: colophon] ILLUSTRATIONS BY ARTHUR LITLE NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1910 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES, INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY ILLUSTRATIONS The fitful flicker of the lanterns played over rapidly cooling eggs and grave faces _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE I never saw such little shoes 14 Edelgard most inconsiderately leaving me to bear the entire burden of opening and shutting our things 38 The sun shone its hottest while we slowly surmounted this last obstacle 50 It was an unnerving spectacle 80 “Dear Baron,” said she, “do you think it is wrong to carry stew-pots?” 100 Thus, as it were, with blacking, did I cement my friendship with Lord Sigismund 102 Edelgard posing--and what a pose; good heavens, what a pose! 114 “But surely not here,” murmured Frau von Eckthum 124 The two nondescripts, who were passing, lingered to look 134 “But, lieber Otto, is it then my fault that you have forgotten the paper?” 142 “Do you, Jellaby,” I then inquired, “really understand how best to treat a sausage?” 182 “’Ere ’e is” 200 An imposing lady in the pew in front of us sat sideways in her corner and examined us with calm attention 230 The old gentleman was in the act of addressing me in his turn 268 Gentle as my voice was, it yet made her start 294 THE CARAVANERS CHAPTER I