Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-06-24

Life in your Germany is like a fairy
tale" said Ada, after repeating the verse
to herself; everything. is SO dreamy, so
pervaded with poetry
Then stay in our Germany. stay
with u.s. he pleaded. softly, his voice
expressing far more than his words.
She shook her little head sorrowfulIy.
I came five years too late.
DO not say that" replied Bergman,
pressing the bare arm which rested
on his closely to his side. How old
are you now?
1t did not occur to her to smile at the
question or to answer it, according to
the ordinary custom of women, with an
affected reply. She said, instead, as
simply as child:
'Twenty-three."
''And at twenty-three would it be too
late to seek and strive for happiness in
life? When sorrow has been experienced
childish disease, and there is nothing
to be done except to forget it as quick
~ as possible
Ada gazed fxedly into vacancy, say
ing, as if lost in thought:
No, no. That is not so. There are
Injuries which are incurable. The moth
er of two children is old at %. Since
she can no longer offer a man the full
happiness of love, she has no right to
expect it from him."
He was about to answer. but with a
hasty movement she placed her slender
finger Oh her lip, saying:
Hush! Not another word on this sub
ject. Look"~-and her hand pointed
down to the park.
From a bow window in the castle a
powerful apparatus was sending Il broad
stream of electric light into the darkness.
It often changed and moved. being
thrown now here, then there. In its
course it illuminei the tops of the trees
with faint, livid, phosphorescence, in
terwove the shrubbery with fantastic
gliding spots of light, and gave the turf,
wherever it was visible, the appearance
of strip of a glittering glacier. IN the
distance, where the light was lost in the
dense groups of trees, it produced the
illusion of indistinct shapes and gleam-
ing out there for a moment and then
vanishing. 1t seemed as if one could see
something mysterious moving or stand
ing, perhaps a human form, wrapped in
floating robes, perhaps q white marble
statue hidden behind the foliage, per-
haps a mist, gathering and scattering
Night moths and bats, futtering across
the bar of light out of the darkness into
the darkness, shone brightly during the
brief period of their passage, then sud
denly vanished again like moss blown
through a flame. The electric light
seemed to make a road through the park,
spread a silver carpet over it. and in
vite the two who watched its course to
walk along this shining road to the dis
lance where the shadOWy white shapes
lowered in the shrubbery, appearing and
disappearing.
The temptation was irresistible.
Let us go down." said Ada, and
few minutes later, with a light mantilIa
over her shoulders, she was walking by
his side over the creaking gravel of the
nd thf, l.
paths.
How blissful is the wandering Of q
handsome young couple, with glowing
hearts in their breasts, through & moon
lit, fragrant sumner night Their feet
do not feel the earth on which they
tread, but seem to be floating on clouds.
Nothing is left of the world save these
two and the night which materially con-
ceals them-he and she. naught else. like
Adam and Eve, when they were the only
human jewellers in Paradise.
\ damp branch of the bushes often
brushed -ida's shoulders like an affec-
Tomato, caTessing hand. as she slowly
whose nest was in the underbrush dis
turbed in its sleep, tuttered up before
them, and, stupid with slumber, few
to a neighboring Dough. Ada sometimes
plucked a flower, or cautiously touched
with her fingers one of the little glow
NOIIlS WHICH III great numbers GuSeU Ine
path with their greenish light They
went down TO the Main and back again
TO the park fence, facing Marktbreit
Just as they reached it the clock struck
l, and the night Waterman blew his
horn and again solemnly intoned his old
fashioned melody:
Cne thing. Lord God Of Truth. we want:
a happy death to Us ali grant.
The full magic of the moment held
them both in its thrall. Bergman pas
sionately clasped Ada's head between his
hands, and pressed a long, ardent kiss
on her golden hair and her white brow.
Drawing a long breath, she submitted.
not shrinking back until his burning lips
sought hers. Their hearts beat audibly
as they continued their walk. and long
pauses interrupted their faltering speech.
What did they say to each other?
Why repeat it? One who has never had
such conversations Will net understand