Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-04-11

fed with the melancholy charm Of my
dear country" | continued angriIy'
The Prussian officers daughter re
bclled within me
This great, magnificent Prussia is
my home, a portion Of my fathcrland,
and if any one says he cannot under
stand how he can again live in his
| latherland, after having seen the
beauties of other lands, he wounds me,
J for by this expression he proves that
| he Possesses no love for his country,
for his home. He would surely do
Germany kindness, were he to live
abroad
Now he would let me alone, /
! thought sitting up with tn" feeling
| that had certainly snubbed him,
you are bewitchng, Anneliesc, ~
struck, however, upon my ear again,
truly bewitcbing In your youthful
patriotism. / too join in your cry Of;
fIurrah for Germany hurrah for
! Prussia, hurrah for the Mark, the
cradle OF Prussia And furthermore
/ almost believe, | could love this
Mark, If you"-again he bent over me
III with you----"
Herr Won BrankwitZ you are a
miserable driver, do you want to over
turn us?" ! cried, at the same time
selling the relns and turning th"
horse to the left. otherwise we would
certainly have driven into n pile Of
wood. "A driver should look neither
to the right nor to the left, but directly
before him ut the road" ! added con
tcmputouply.
He was embarrassed, that Is, as
much so as a man of his stamp could
be. "ln your vicinity inattcntion is
oXcusablc," he pleaded in Bolfdcfensc.
"Ah, you cannot think, AnnolieSo-r--'
"If you please, give me the whip" |
bcsought. | took IT and hcld II over
the side Of the carriage,
'Do you Ike to driye?" he asked.
II know nothing about 1t"
would you like to learn, Anne
licsoY'
Mo-"
But 1t Is u great pleasure to guide
Il spirited animal oneself, to fly along
ldrawn by it-tO-rto----"
you are no doubt fine whip" |
asked. We'll, then. show what you
can do" with those words in my
anger ! gave the unsuspccting animal
n lash which caused him to gallon
madIy along, dragging the light cart
with him at such q rate that 1t threat.
oned every moment to oycrturn.
Br0nkwitZ, who was almost thrown
from his seat by the horses sudden
start, had great difficulty in controlI-
ing the fiery beast, or rather, he did
not control him. the wellbrcd hand.
some horse in n few moments changed
his mind and took II calmcr pace.
II beg of YOU he at length painted.
"how could you've might almost
have had an accident upon THIS
miserable road! You are dashing
little lady AnnoIieso, but You arc
playing with danger | would have
sent bullet through my head. If you
Annel!rso-"
'Oh, will do something quite differ
ont, 30 soon MS YOU dare to call mo
'Annolioao once moro. Herr Won
Brankwtt2 am no longer a child,
remember that, You are Il total
stranger to mo and viii remain SUCH
He bit his lips, and as we mmcdl
atcly thereafter reached cross.roaa
which led to Wcstouhcrg. he turned
into 1t, without uttcring another word.
In n short while we drew up nj our
door and disrcgardiug his proCrercd
hand, | sprang from the carriage and
sought my room.
All, wore but the cousin stlll there,
How cold. how dosolate il was. al
though there was fire and although
saw that mamma had been there
She had left a note for mo upon the
table It ran:
"RoCkora have at the last moment
invited Frau SCllmaun and BrankWitz
to the wedding You are to call with
the guests this afternoon at Reckcrs
and Tollcus, make your toilet accord
,nglyt"
went to the table with the care
lrssnces which had inherited from
papa, and which Is peculiar tu those
with clear Conscicnces and dauntlcss
hearts, d"untlcss because they have
mot yet OWNED, not yet dreamed OF
the hasonoss of their tellow-mcu
You are rid OF him. | said to myself
land with this conviction conducted
myself as usual towards the brother
and sister, and AS on that morning
had been exceptionally rude to Brauk
witt, | allowed the meal to pass with
out any further rudcness. for
Imamma's sake. Unfortunately. he
misintcrprctod this, as | soon had or
casion to observe At four O'Clock
was to so with him and his sister to
pay the calls Frau Scllmauu had
sent off half dozen dispatches rcla
tive to her toilet TO presents. and
Heaven nows what besides She had
determined to Impress Westcrhcrg
She now crossed our dangerous walk
balancing herself upon high French
heels and hCr blqrk velvet drpsN