ed to the Forest-house, a favorite resort of the
people of Frankfort.

As soon as they reached the beautiful grounds, Mrs. Steiner rested upon
a rustic chair and her brother took a seat beside her, and rolling his
handkerchief in a ball, as he had often done before in playful mood, he
showed it to Pixy and then while Fritz held his hands over his pet's
eyes, he threw it far away. Pixy bounded away the moment the hands were
removed, sniffed about through the grass, and in a very short time
returned with the handkerchief. As it was white, it was easily seen in
the grass, so Mr. Heil showed Pixy the black leather letter-case that he
always carried with him, and threw it near a clump of tall bushes. Pixy
ran off, brought it back, but instead of waiting to be applauded and
petted he hurried away, and soon returned with a new pocketbook which
he would deliver to no one but Mr. Heil.

"Some visitor has lost it," said Mrs. Steiner, "and no doubt is worrying
over the loss."

"Yes, and it feels bulky. There may be things of value in it," replied
her brother. "We must try to find the owner."

"Open it, father," said Fritz, "it may be that the owner's name is in
it."

"Yes, it may be, but I prefer to wait until we have a witness other than
ourselves for we are strangers here."

"Why should we not be witnesses enough, father?"

"Because some one may have found it, taken money from it and thrown it
away, and we might be blamed."

"What can you do about it, father?"

"I will take it to the music pavilion. Perhaps some one in the crowd is
the owner."

At that moment the band stationed in the pavilion began playing _The
Watch on the Rhine_, and Mr. Heil and his party left their place under
the trees and joined the listeners within. As soon as the music was
finished, he called a waiter to him. "Will you please ask the proprietor
to favor me by coming here? I have something I wish to say to him."

"Yes," replied the waiter, "but I am sure he cannot come just yet, for
he is intending to speak to the assembly, but I will tell him as soon as
he is at liberty."

A little later the proprietor requested the attention of the guests, and
announced that an English visitor had lost his pocketbook and would be
very grateful if the finder would return it to him as it contained some
valuable papers and some English money. It had also German money which
he would give freely to the finder for restoring the pocketbook.

As soon as the an