The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-30

he owed me nothing"
"Herr Heinlein, wish to pay what m
father owed you."
"But / say he owed me nothing"
~ have seen his accounts. inten
to sell this h0use-these grounds-t0 pa
lyou the amount; or you may take ther
and give me receipt for the liquidatio
of his Indebtedness. Now do you under
standp
"Yes." old Jacob says. "but you are t
be my wife. All this is foolish"
"Not foolish" she answers. "Afte
this is done, and am poor girl, yo
may, if you please, ask me TO marry yo'
for L am now the Fraulein Lisa, n
longer the burgomaster's daughter"
II do not understand. Why should
ask you to marry meW
because you never asked me before
NY father answered in my stead, ant
his answer was the saving of his none!
and the giving OF his daughter. pitiet
him and love his memory, but l am fre
now." ;,
"But, Lisa, will your answer be th'
same as your. father'sp' asks old jacob
astonlshed.
"Nol'' she replies, "my answer will b'
the answer of a poor girl who loves som'
one else."
Then old Jacob is angry, Is insulting
claims the house and grounds as hii
own, and the neighbors, together Will
old Hensel, blame Lisa for being 81
wicked to the memory OF her father.
But Lisa disappears one nignh ant
she is on her way to Leipsic. 1t has Deei
whole year since Hans went away, ana
not one day has passed but her lovint
thought has gone out to him, comforting
and blessing herself with the knowledge
| that she loves him, and that he loves her'
although he doubted her love. Now she
| ia free: she will seek him out; she VIII
tell him all; ana he must surely prize
her more than ever Tor doing as she has
done.
The people who travelled with herwon.
der at the fair-haired girl who so often
wipes the tears from her eyes, although
she is smiling all the time. They say 1t
is young wife going to meet her hus'
band. AS night again comes on she
seems lonely, SO kindly woman sits be,
side her and saying nothing comforts
her with her presence.
She thinks of the joy of Hans, how he
will stop instantly when lie sees her;
how she has but to say, II am free, Hans,
my love; am freer and he will clasp
her in his arms, and then she Will ex'
plain all 10 him, will sit by him holding
his hand in hers, and she will go over all
the wide, wide world with him-his vile,
his love, his pride.
The kindly woman beside her thinks
how quiet sne is. All, kindly woman
Happy thoughts live often IN quiet
places.
At last, at last, they tell her she Is at
Leipse. She goes out strange and be.
wildered. The place is SO full OF people;
the merry students, the gifted musicians,
the wonderful artisans. She goes
through the streets knowing not where
TO finu Hans, only knowing that she Is
near him, that she sees the things which
his eyes know so well; that she breathes
the air with him. What Is his is hers
once more, as in the 0lden time.
she wanders around long time, till
at last tired but hopeful she nears a
church, q pretty little place, and is
stopped by the crowd coming out. it's
wedding. A young girl Of her own age
is beside her. Lisa is so glad, SO happy,
that she is interested in the wedding.
Suppose Hans and she were now being
married in the sweet little church, would
the same crowd be there? Would the
Young girl at her side be herep She
turns TO her; 'swhose happy marriage is
is this?" she asks.
"Hans. the musician, the rising violin.
ist. and the Fraulein Merten, the
singer" says the young girl, and then
catcnes hold OF Lisa, for she staggers ul
against her, holding her nand to hei
heart.
"Take me awayW she whispers
hoarsely TO the young girl.
"WhereW
"AnywhereW
"Haye you no homew
"No. l am a stranger here. have
come from far away"
Then the young girl leads her to hel
own home, to her own mother Wht
pities the pretty stranger and cares Tor
In the night Lisa calls to the yount
girl and asks her to talk TO her.
"What about" asks she.
"About something happy. About the
wedding OF this morning"
So the young girl tells her how Hans
is such q sad-looking man, so talented
40 grand; that the singer is rich influ
entail woman, older than he is, and who
will help him ON in the world 10 fame
and riches.
She rises from the bed when she has
heard the story, and says that she mus
20. They would detain her till she is
well, but no-Hans must not see her
now, she must never vex him with the
sight Of her face; he must never have
the sorrow that she truly loved him.
And thus she comes back to her birth.
place, for she thinks of no other place to
20 to, and the people look at her with
averted faces, for, say they, there is a
wicked mystery in her life; that she is a
woman not to be trusted.
Sne is poor, and goes to work In the
large factory there. She is quiet, pale
and gentle, speaking kindly to those
who notice her, working steadily on.
Old Jacob meets her, and she mods tl
him: he does not notice her.
She goes on with her work, and the
people, seeing how good she is to al
around her, at last say that there is 6
mystery in her life, but only the gooC
God knows ii it is pure or bad, and as
His word teaches them not to judge
they will say that her mystery, her Sc
cret, is sad one and so pity her.-Phila
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