Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-08-15
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tbumb-that is right, thank you!
Now sit down, old lady, and drink
some punch with u.s." he continued
condesccndingIy addressing her In
the second person, And give me %
rational answer-what has Robert re-
Piled to the Whit8un invitation"
The old lady, who was at the mo.
ment emptying a bottle Of wine into
the bowl, did not look Mt him.
Il wrote him nothing about it,
she replied, chat was surely only a
Joke, gIr?"
Heaven forbid! | pray you, write
to him tonight" Sho shook her
head. THAT is not my Office"
"Ah, am to humble myself AM
write to him?" he asked angrlly.
81 certainly do not require that"
she replied, con tho contrary, / would
advise you against It, for he win not
come
He put down the fork he had raised
TO his mouth, and looked at her as II
he wished to read her inmost
thoughts. How do you know thls?'
a fancy 80"
"YOu fancy too much dearest
cousin; you as well as this young
lady here should check the activity Of
hor brain AnneIcso seems TO be
suffering from sort of Illusion, for
she frequently tells mo things she
heard on the day upon which her
mother died, have already talked
with the doctor about IT, he says it is
serious symptom, dear child. The
only help is to rouse yourself, or you
may become very iIl--hcro!" he
tapped his forehead with his index
finger "Do You see, my little daugb-
terri"
A peculiarly mocung tone ran
through his words and It drove the
blood to my brain. with my former
rashness ! cried 1T Is fortunate that
! am not the only ono who Is suffering
from these illusions" that other
people have them too, and that this
hallucination indeed exists in black
and white"
Cousin suddenly seized me by my
shoulder. you do not know what
you are saying, child, Tho beer Is
probably too strong for you--comc
come, You are nervous, and the air is
oppressive"
She lifted me from my seat pushed
me towards the door and across the
threshold, Tho door closed noislly
behind us. Wollmeyer ala not stir, |
could not see how he looked the
room was too dark, | felt that had
been unwisc, that had given him
warning to be upon his guard, that
had betrayed to him that all signs OF
the CrimC had not been cradicotcd "
the letters so dearly purchased from
Brnnkwitz
"Annelicscl" whispered cousin in a
tone Of robulc Then became
violent ana accused her and Robert.
For what was he waiting? | would
not be free until he acted, and
wanted to be free, wanted to go away,
TO be Independent, away from that
slavery, from that atmosphere laden
with guilt and bascness. II be- did
not come soon, ! should fan III. and
then Herr Wolmeyer could have mo
put IN an insane asylum, took a
shawl from the nearest chair and
rushed out into tho dark garden.
Tho old house lay behind me in
silence and darkness like tho house
or ilI.luck it was. Even the Garden
when flooded with sunshine wore a
gloomy air, today It seemed to me nj.
most unoarthly, Tho surface of the
pond lay there unripplcd, rejecting
tho dark sky; the air was sultry, op.
pressiyc, and thunder rumbled in the
distance.
Mamma, mamma, were | with |
YOU, my soul cried out Then II
paused and listened. u nightingale
began to lament and to sob and the
entire enchanting yoamiug charm OF
spring night laid hold upon NV
lonely heart. Why did Robert hest |
tate, IL he really loved me lie must
know that | should die in that house
he must have OWNED that | had only
refused him out of sense of duty,
If at this moment he had stood before
me MS upon the night of mammals
DEATH ! would hnve rushed into his
arms aud have said: "Ncs, YOU are
right Whit are tEe dead to us. what
jh" homo which yet is not homo?
We are living, We viii find over the
water another, pleasautcr homo;
come, come away, al, como away from
hercl"
Never had felt the isolation the
detenceIossuess of my position as at
this hour.
\ lamp was lighted in cousins
room; through my tears | could see
tn" old, bent form moving hither and
thtthor in the lampight Just as had
seen it MS child from the same SPOT
the larg" elm, whose trunk higher IN
brouched out into two trees. and nj
this point formed a fine scat. Today
| had climbed from the bench ia his
natural seat and was watching cousin
she seemed to be busy ut her chest
Of drawers, she bent over and stood