Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-06-24
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the silent, leateu air, anu "i' ~"
worthy was left to contemplate 1t al
his leisure. Full of wrath, he was
about to knock peremptorily and In
sist that II should be re-opened; but
on second thoughts he decided that II
was beneath his dignity to argue with
servant, much less with declared
lunatic like Sigurd,--so no made inc
best Of his way back to his boat, think
ing gloomily of the hard labor awaiting
him in the long pull back to Bosekop.
Other thoughts, too, tortured and
harassed his brain, and as he again
took the oars and piled them YEARLY
through the water he was In an exceed
ingly unchristinn humor. 1honPh a
specious hypocrite, he was no FOOL
He knew the ways OF men and Wo-
men, and he thoroughly realized the
present position Of affairs. lie was
quite aware Of Thelma Guldmar's ex-
ceptonal beauty he felt pretty
certain that no man could look upon
her without admiration. But up to
this time, she had been, AZ 1t were,
secluded from all eyes,--a few hay
makers and fishermen were the only
persons of the male sex who had ever
been within the precincts of Olaf Guild
mars dwelling, with the exception or
himself. Dyceworthy, who, being
armed with letter OF introduction
from the actual minister of Bosekop
whose place, he, for the present. filled,
had intruded his company frequently
and persistently on the bonde and his
daughter, though he knew himself to
be entirely unwelcome. lie had gath
cred together as much as he could, all
the scraps of information concerning
them; how Olaf Guldmar was credited
with having made away with his wife
by foul means; how nobody even
knew where his wife had come from;
how Thelma had been mystorously
educated, and had learned strange
things concerning foreign lands, which
no one else In the place understood
anything about; how she was reputed
to be witch, and was believed to
have cast her spells on the unhappy
Sigurd, to the destruction Of his rea-
son,---and how nobody could tell where
Sigurd himself had come from.
All this Mr.. Dyceworthy had heard
with much interest, and as the sensual
pait OF his nature was always more or
less predominant, he had resolved In
his own mind that here was Il field of
action suitable to his ability. To tame
and break the evil spirit in the re-
puted witch; 10 convert her to the
holy and edifyiug Lutheran faith: to
save her soul for the Lord, and take
her beautiful body for himself, these
were Mr.. Dyceworthy's laudable ambi-
tions. There was no rival to oppose
him. and he had plenty of time to
mature his plans. SO he had thought,
He had not bargained for tho appear
ance OF Sir Philip Bruce Errington on
the scene,-a man, young, handsome,
and well-bred with vast wealth to
back up his prattrsions, should he
make any,
"Iow did he find hor OUT" thought
pulled his craft along, And that
brutal pagan Guldmur, too, who pre-
tends he cannot endure strangers!"
And rs he meditatod, flush of
righteous indignation crimsoned his
flabby features.
Let her take care" he half NUT
tered, with a smile that was not pleas
ant; "lot her take care There are
her pride! Sir Philip Errington must
be to rich and popular IN his own coun.
try to think of wishing to marry girl
who Is only farmers daughter aftei
all. lie may triie with her, ycst
and he will help me by SO doing. The
more mud on her name, the better for
me; the more disgrace. the more need
of rescue, and the more grateful she
will have to be. Just u word to lllrika
and the scandal will spread. Patience
patience"
And somewhat cht.red by his owl
reflections. though still wearing Al
All vi OhehHcu uiShilsi uS lONtu VII
EliLeinG up every now and then Il
see II the Eulalie had returned, but he
place was still empty.
Meanwhile MS he thought and plan
ned, other thoughts and plans wor,
discussed at meeting which wa
held In II little ruined stone hut. sit
uated behind some trees on drear,
hill just outside Bosekop, 1t was
miserable place, barren of foliage, tn
ground was dry and yellow, and tn
hut itself looked as If 1t had bee
struck by lightning. The friends
whose taste had led them to selec
this eilapidated dwelling AS place Q
conference, were two In number, bot
women, -one of them no other tina
the minister's servant. the droarface
Ulrika. She was crouched on til
earth-tloor In an attitude Of ute
ahasement, at the feet of her con
panion,- An aged dame of tall imposin
appearance, who, standing erect. lool
ed down upon her with an air
mingled contempt and malevolenc
The hut was rather dark, for til
"a Alnt4 !. .