Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-12-19

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BAH" he replied They will be
glad enough at home to know that she
Is in good hands for a time
ante was silent; the matter was
settled. Hilda did some painting
herself now; she had declared that
she must earn some money. Leo
procured silk, leather and water
color paper, and an art-dealer in
Berlin undertook the sale of the trifes
she made. Even Antje once bought
several little notebooks on which a
bird or flower was painted with
wonderful truth to nature. With her
earnings Hilda bought for herself a
simple but pretty costume, and
gradually she ceased to look shabby.
She did not wear Leo's Christmas
brooch; she had returned ii to him in
Antics presence with the remark that
she never accepted gifts, least Of all
such costly ones. The pretty glitter
ing thing was now lying in a drawer
of Leo's writing-table, with the
jewellers unpaid bill beside it. All,
how many unpaid bills were there
lying in that same drawerl
Il will settle them all before April, ["
he had said. by that time my
picture will be sold.o
And so the days had slipped by.
II seemed to Antje as IL there were a
gray veil continually before her eyes: :
everything was so Indifferent to her.
eyerything-except the child
All, the child In a moment Antie
was back In the present, and she ran
to the spot where her darling lay on
the carpet and looked down at her.
How pretty Leonie was with her
golden curls and her little apple
blossom face! Would she have a
happy life? So far as Ante could
make 1t so-she certainly would. She
should learn a great deal and she
should learn not to hide what she
knew, as her poor, silly mother did.
who always was afraid when an on.
portunity offered to join in the con
versation.
How long Leo and Hilda stayed out
today! The great room was already
getting quite dark, and they had not
come yet.
Antje remembered that Hilda had
spoken OF particularly picturesque
point OF view which she had dis.
covered a short time before ON the
banks of the Elbe, and which they
were going to visit today. True, they
had gone in that direction. The
young mother carried her sieening
child to its nurse; then she per.
eeived that she had left her key.
basket in the studio. and she went
hastily back to look for il. The hall
and staircase were already lighted.
and she saw the servant coming up
with a package of newspapers ana
several letters.
something for the gracious lady"
he said, and hurrying up, he gave
Antje a letter.
1t was big letter, with the address
in a business hand. She at once
recognized the writing of Kortmer. |
the old foreman of the iron works. and
an old friend of the family.
AS he usually sent his greetings to |
her through her mother, Ante was |
surprised at getting letter from him.
She went quickly up to the lamp. |
which was upheld by a colossal figure |
In bronze, opened the letter. read it |
hastily, and then let fall the hand |
which held 1t. with an expression of |
torturing anxiety on her face. In
voluntarily, she turned her steps
toward the studio again, thinking that
her husband might have come in in
the mean time.
Leo she called, and then listen |
ed. Her eyes. blinded by the light, /!
could distinguish nothing in the dark.
ness.
No answer, She felt for the chair
In which she had been sitting sat
down, then got up again, took a few
steps to the window and gazed out
into the garden. The grass-plats
looked like dark shadows. and the
white gravel walks shone out among
them like broad. curling ribbons. A
few yellow strips OF sky still glimmer-
ed in the west among the dark clouds.
looking solemn and mysterious, as
the old painters used to represent the
heavens in the pictures of the cruel.
tixion.
Such n picture hung above her
mothers bed at home; Antje could
see II before her distinctly at this
moment. and she saw also feverish
face resting on the white cushions.
saw eyes looking inQuiringly up TO tho
Saviour as IL begging for relief and
then searching about the room for the
} only object that bound her 20 this
world-her daughter
Where can he beS Oh. my God
why does he not Gomez"
At ten o'clock the express train
/ would go. and II she meant TO take Il
she had no time to lose.
+, She controlled herself and looke(
! about for her key.basket; there II wa
on Leo's great writing.table. Sh'
, would SO and pack up something 10
+ her journey. The nurse was a trust
. I