Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-07-19
CHAPTER NlN.

Ter nau Mauc Il start uOWnWalN INTO tlo
plains, and the kurhaus itself. though
still we'll filled with visitors, was every
week losing some of its invalids. a few of
the tables looked dcsolatC, and some wCrc
not occupied at all, the lingcrcrs having
chosen, now that their party was broken
up, to seek the refuge of another table, SO
that many Stragglers found their way to
the English dining board, each bringing
with him his own national bad manners
and causing much annoyance To the Dis
agreeable Man, who WAS n true John Bull
in his contempt of all foreigners. The Eng
lish table was so he said, like England
hcrsclf-thC haven of other nations off
scourings.
There We're several other signs, too that
the season WAS far advanced. The food
had fallen off in quality and quantity.
The inValidS, some of them better and
some Of them worse, had become impa-
tent and plans were being discussed
where formerly temperatures and coughs
and general symptoms wCrV the usual sub
jcCts of conversation. The CarctakrrS, too,
were in II state of agitation, some few
kccnly anxious to be OFF to new pastures,
and others, who had perhaps formed at
tachmcnts, an occurrence not unusual in
Pctcrshof, Were wishing to hold back time
with both hands and We're therefore de
lighted that the weather, which had not
yet broken up, gave no legitimate excuse
for immediate departure.
Pretty Fraulcn Muller had gone, lcav-
ing her Spanish gentleman quito discon-
ISOLATE for the time being Tho French
marchioncss had returned to the Partisan
circles where she was celebrated for all the
domestic virtues from which she had been
taking such prolonged holiday in Peters
hof. The little French danscusc and her
poodle had left for Monte Carlo. NJ. lii
ChnSky and his mother passed on To he
TyrOl, where madame would no doubt
have plenty of opportunities for quarrel.
ing, or not finding them would certainly
mako them without amy delay, by this
means keeping herself in good spirits and
her son in bad health. There We're some,
too, who had hurried off without paying
their doctors being, of course, those who
had received the greatest attention and
who had expressed the greatest gratitude
in their time of trouble, but who We're of
opinion that thankfulnCss could very wei
take the place of francs-an opinion not
,ntircly shared by the doctors themselves.
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self off, with his chcssmcn and his chess
board The little Polish govcrncss who
clutchcd 50 ragcrlya at her paltry winnings,
carcssing those confines with the Same
fondncss and fever that Il greater gambler
grasps his thousands of francs-shc bad
left too And indeed most of Bcrnardinc' s
acquaintance had gone their several ways
after six months constant intercourse and
IL hH
same indifference as though they were
! saying good morning or good afternoon.
This cold hcartcdncss struck Brrnardine
moro than once, and she spoke OF II to
| Robert Allitscn 1t was the day before her
/ own departure, and she had gone down
with him TO the restaurant and sat slipping
/ her coffee and making her complaint.
"Such Indifference is astonishing, and
it is sad too. ! cannot understand il, >
she said
'That is because you are a goose, : he re-
1 piled. mourning out some more coffee for him
self, and, as an afterthought, for her too.
| You pretend to know something about
/ the human heart, and yet youdo not seem
to grasp thr fact that most of us are very
/ little interested in other people. They for
Us and we Tor them can spare only a small
iractloh Vi tItlH anu dlt'htl"h- W. ma!
/ perhaps think to the contrary, believing
that we occupy an important position in
/ their lives, until one day, when VIC are
feeling most confident Of our value, we see
an unmistakablc sign, given quite uncon-
/ sciouSly by oar friends, that we are after
all nothing to them. Wecan be done with
out put on one side and forgotten when
not present. Then if we are foolish we are
wounded by this discovery, and we draw
back into ourselves. But if we are wise
we draw back into ourselves without be
ing wounded, recognizing as fair and rea-
sonablc that people can only have time
and attention for their immediate belong
| ings. Isolated persons have to learn this