The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-30

Doctor said you warnt to see 'em till
you were strong enough" and left him
Well, Miss Ans5rath had not written him.
His lawyer had, also his partner, and there
were two or three other business cOmmuni-
cations. That was all
Ethring managed to scrawl brief answers
to each. Then leaning back with an air Of
relief, Edhring began CHANGING about him
with eager in crest
The large front room had been modern
lied to the ex tent Of two clumsy but
roomy bow windows These were filed
with plants A canary sang blithely in one
LIPS piano heaped up with music was be-
tween the two. The furniture itself had an
air of ant quated comfort. There We're
cleverly executed water colors hanging be-
tween old family photographs on the walls
Lill's work table and basket stood in a cozy
nook-her books looked down from an old
ash bookcase Without, the March wind
clustered boisterously. Within was warm ii
and rest anu peace.
And so Ethring sat browsing and dream
ing till with the twilight came Margaret
with lamps, Jack with boisterous greeting
and Lill with smile of welcome.
IA lilly maiden in very truth" was Eth
she entered the room and stood by the
piano for moment half absently turning
over the sheets of music
To an extent. yes But without the fra
gility of the flower to which he had COM
pared her. She was tall and exquisitely
formed, with a sweet serious face. dark
eyes Of unfathomable pths, and broad
tie forehead crowned with soft rings of
ohnc+ l,of - l, L
just tinged the soft, white cheek turned
partly toward him.
"Do you like music, Mr. Ethring?'' she
asked, half abrup ly. But without awaiting
an answer, Lii sc tied herself and began
playing. For Lill's soul was bound up, SO to
speak, in music 1t was her life-and love.
tnen. So from her slim finger tips flowed
harmonies such as the fashionable drawing
room knows not of. Dreamy noc5urnes
and bits of Bach OF Listz, and the grander
thoughts of Beethoven.
And so evening after evening, as Ethring
grew better and stronger, he listened to
Lills music But more The charm of her
presence, the magic of her voice, the at
traction of her beauty and purity, were all
| throwing about him the spell Which comes
In its reality but once in a lifetime.
1t so happened that it was in the twilight
of an Easter s ,bbath that Ethring tried to
express so nething of this to Lill herself
Lem not repeat his words, of course
But know that he told her that she, and
she alone, was the one woman in the whole
world for him, in such manner that she
felt intuitively that this was no passing
fancy.
Trembling with strange confusion, ILL
stood with downcast eyes and crimson
cheeks, as her lover, who had ven5ured to
take her sin hands in his own, plead, as a
man mi INT plead, for his life.
But have known you so short a time,
Mr. EGhring," she said, in low and rather
troubled voice, II can not tell my own
heart in tbs thing"
II do not ask your answer now" he said.
grave God forbid Perhaps I should
not have spoken so soon. You know COM
paratively no5hing of me save that have
been in business and met with heavy losses.
But let me say this. Tomorrow go back
to the world SIX months hence I will ask
your answer. Ii you say, come-that is
enough. Shall it be sos''
There was silence in the room for a mo-
men, Ethring fancied he could he r the
quickened beating of the young girls heart
as she cod motionless before him in the
half darkness.
1t shall be as you wish" she said And
softly withdrawing her hands from his clasp
she glided away.
Lii was not one to wear her heart upon
her sleeve She took up her burden of duty
as of yore, but as the days went by after
E5hring had gone, Lii was vaguely con-
scious that something was missing out of
her life Yet at the same time it was as
though life itself WAS taking on new bright
ness and beauty. AS she sat at the old piano
in the twilight, sometimes her lips would
shape into the tender smile which is the re-
fex of happy thoughts. And then from the
white keys came improvisations of wonder
full swe tness and beauty.
Before leaving her Ethring had spoken
briefly of Rose, the or nal of the photo
graph she had seen His deceased father
had been anxious that Etnring should
marry her to unite the two estates and
drawn from him half promise that he would
sshiak Of tt But the faess be thought