Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-06-13
CHAPTER XVill,

ana WIN ItH hiA fh'llt' we ''F'''''
pierced the uniast nook, melted an
the rairy.Hko charm, Cousin looked
ye9rs older I'm the bright morning
iight She had come into my room
and with aorIowfui Dyes watched me
do ND tho box or roses from Cannes
and address them to my stepfathef
was very sad ! had just unpacked
mammals box and had taken from It,
bca,acs n very cold letter, a few
triaiug gifts, things such as one gives
when to give Is a bother, when one
irrItablysolccts the first best thing aud
gives It. Firstly, a leather case will,
gewing materials. such as one secs
by the dozen in show-shops; secondly
a diary bound in red leather; thirdly,
Rid gloves. Of no use where ] was;
then o framed cabinet photograph of
the old Emperor bending over the
cradle Of his grandchiId; u little candy
and some pinI, note-paper with n blue
violet in the corner.
Formerly mama did not make such
gifts. The trines she gave were al.
ways chosen with such tender love,
Laet year she gave me papa's tiny
iron cross which he was in the habit
of wearing in his buttonhole when he
wore n civilians dress. Moved to
tears, ! hung II on my watchachaIn ana
was 80 happy over II. One single
such proof that she yet loved me, and
I would have been delighted today,
but she had something else to think
of. My step.fathcr wrote to me! His
Christmas gift awaited me at home;
mamma already longed for mo and he
would fetch me himself the first part
of January
"Unpousantnoss will follow this,
Anneiesc," said cousin, as she carried
the box down IN order to give 1t to
Herr Hubncr. Aud when she re,
turned, she repeated: Unpleasant.
ness viii follow when he opens the
box, What will come Of It yet !
imagined 1t all so different, can
not feel any pleasure in the boy, An
nelIesc; the best thing would be II we
lay over there beneath the white
SNOW"
Directly after the meat the boy"
came, and she could not help looking
up ut him proudly and noddlng her
head you have grown to be fine
fellow, Robert" said she with ad-
mirntlOn.
He had been TO early church and
apoogI2cd to cousin; "she Is not accus-
toned to sitting M late; we read a
sermon to ourselves"
"Aftor service went to the pastors
and to the school. It Is all at II once
was and yet It Is all different cousin
Then wandered beside the mlll-brooIi
aud made the acquaintance of a mill.
hand Great improvements have been
made and business built mp; the
-four goes even into Poscn, he told nc,
Bythe-byo," h" continued, to-day is u
day created for walking. What do
you say couam?"
"Ah, Robert, with my old legs You
would soon grow impatient But An
neiiese-ch Fraulein Annelicse. you
would enjoy IT." she turned TO me.
He looked mt me indulriugly. he was
sitting by the window and the sun
shouo upon his brown curly head, and
his teoth cleaned beneath his
mouetacho MS he smiled "Nou are a
good pedestrian. Fruuleiu Won stern
borg but win II give you any pleas.
ure to traverse the rostpaths with
such a stranger The snow Is deep
and L Is good hours walk to tho
Cottnpo in the Hcimhnch valley"
81 do not fear snow and long dis.
tanccs," said !, "and am pleased to
learn of new walks" with these
words left the room in order to dress
for the stroll
SO upon this day and the next and
che next We walked together, not re-.
turning until dusk Cousin allowed us
Go take our strolls together the dear
soul had no suspicion of what the
world requires of n chaperone; she
eagerly urged us to avail ourselves OF
the fine weather for excursions. Mean
while she sat ut the window and read
or spun, aud welcomed ne with hot
tea aud kindly words, Then Robert
remained TO supper, to which cousin
invited him, and we played at check
ors, or a simple game OF cards with
the old lady, for nuts Ike the children
| learnt to know all his favoritt
walks, and as we sauuicred along h,
told he about Chicago, about the grca
undertaking. his father had cstah
IiShpd and which Nyug NOW I'm IN,