Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-09-09

Then he led me to the old grand
fathers chair by the stove. | seated
myself therein, and he kneeled before
me. ''My little maid, cease weeping,
tears are not for you, you shall never,
never again have cause to weep.
Think no more of the past, of the last,
terrible years, of all they took from
YOU: think only that this time drew us
together Do you still remember
the New Years night in the sleigh?
You thought it was farewell kiss?
too,-but only for an instant, then /
knew it was the commencement OF
infinite happiness. And, do you hear,
we will be married at the old mill.
Not now, no, no, but you must go
there to live at once, I want~to know
that you are there when | think OF
YOU. You will go thither with cousin
as speedily as possible. In a year, a
year from Christmas, | shall come,
then the sleigh will take us to the
tinv church, Anneliese, and after
wards we will go to mothers grave,
and before we start out into the wide
world. cousin will lay her hands upon
our heads, her faithful, old hands,
which shall guard our dear home,
until have shown you my new one in
the distant part of the world, Anne
Iiese"
No one needs to know my reply.
We parted at a late hour with an
until we meet again!" and cousin
stood blissfully by with her sorrow
full old eyes in which no signs Of
tears, tears so bravely suppressed,
flor. Robert, saltwater burns so,
and my eyes are weak and I want to
save them all can in order to see
what happiness is"
My refuge on this night was again
the old armchair beside the stove.
Cousin slept soundly and quietly in
the next room, but how could !
sleep after such hours Of bliss!
nestled among the cushions with a
delightful feeling of security and said
softly to myseii: "Tn a year-Christ-
mas year,"
The next morning I sought the
Countess. She was sitting in her
neat kitchen and peeling ounces for
preserving. AUNT, am not going to
England, cancel the engagement"
called TO her.
st am sorry, but it IS impossible:"
she answered drily, assuming an in
jured look.
Dear aunt, it must be, please,
pleased"
mo. have almost famed my
fingers writing nothing can be
changed now. You can thank God
that you have got such position-a
hundred a month and only three
children to teach! You are beginning
Just like your mother-one should
know what one wants"
But, aunt, know exactly what
want, want to stay with cousin at
the mill"
"Ah, God forbid! How can you de-
prive the old person of her scanty
means of subsistence"
"But what if tell you, that cousin
is almost eating my bread, aunt, al
most
''Good Heavens, you have inherited
something from Wollmeyer? Anne
liese, you will surely not take it!
Or" And she passed her sticky
kitchen-knife over the secured
surface of the table, "or will
solemnly cut the table-cloth between
us; then you are not the girl up to
this time have taken you to be-"
81 have inherited nothing. I have
simply betrothed myself, aunt; but for
the present no one must know of it
besides you"
She let me finish talking; her broad,
usually so mobile countenance looked
expresGionless. ''Nonsense!" said
she, throwing knife and ounces into
the bowl and putting it so violently
upon the kitchen-table that it is
mystery to me to this day how the
earthen vessel escaped unbroken.
Come upstairs with me-some
stupidity has been gone through with
again, of counsel"
Upstairs, I was put through an ex-
animation as rigid and as much to the
point as any magistrate could have
made il.
Such thing as that, merciful
Father, cried she finally "And you
never mentioned a syllable to me?
Well, come here-I am pleased, and
surely l shall be at the wedding, for
ne is q nice man, or he would have
pocketed the money, so sinfully
amassed, instead of giving it to the
poor"
He sent you his love, aunt, and he
wanted to know if you could make use
of the lower rooms in the castle here
for your children's school? The
upper story is to be fixed for the
orphans, and the first one to enter
will be Button Martha's boy"
Gracious heaven, I will save two
hundred and fifty marks rent thereby
of course! You do not want to live
here? I cannot blame you Of
course, l will accept of course"
'And, aunt, it shall remain a secret