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mas always been merciful, He will be
so again"
Mamma laughed, cutting, hooking
laugh. which pierced my wounded
breast ike the point of a poniard.
IL will endeavor to believe it, Count
~ess,'' she said aloud I will approach
Him and implore Him. With clasped
hands I will cry: Dear Lord, do you
hear, [ have a sick child, child who
is all that you have left me, and this
child must have change Of air in ordes.
that her life may be saved-give ne
the money for it, for l have none. |
R1aye not even two halfpence, and not a
soul who can help me! Do you hear,
give me the money, or work a
miracle. Perhaps that will be OF
some avail. Countess"
During this hooking, despairing out
burst, [ felt an icy chill enter my heart,
TO be followed by glowing heat-red
lights and sparks danced before my
eyes I wanted to rise and cry out,
but 1 was not master of my heavy
limbs, of my voice. I could no longer
hear the Countess Gliding words, nor
do I know now what 1 thought in that
terrible hour which I spent alone and
haIf-unconscious, only that it was
horrible, I still remember. What at
length my mother approached me with
an assumed air of composure, she
found me feverish and confused, in
capable of giving her an answer to any
ching, and very i'll.
L remember nothing of the days i'm
mediately ensuing. When conscious
ness returned, mamma was sitting be-
side my bed a tired sweet smile upon
her emacinated face She bent over
me and kissed me.
@'Be still, Anneliese, be still-you
must not talk much
I looked around me feebly; I had to
collect my thoughts. Mamma, how
song was | ill?" With horror the
thought of her straitened circum-
stance stole over me- Had she found
help?
Three weeks, Anneliese; but do not
ask any questions-only get we'll
again."
Mamma, who helped you?"
How
~Oh, mamma, who gave you
money!"
Il do not understand child; do not
worry! Suppose that Uncle Herbert
sent me some again; we are out of
&rouble"
/ could not think clearly enough to
perceive the untruthfulness of these
words.
go to sleep again, go to sleep!
When you are well enough, we will
go away, Anneliese."
''Whither?"
Somewhere where you will be-
come well. Go to sleep, child"
And l fell asleep, | slept days at a
time, I slept and ate until my
strength returned. Recovery came
quickly under my mothers faithful
care She was so transparency pale,
she walked so YEARLY, and the
peculiar, melancholy smile would not
leave her face. She looked like a
martyr.
Mamma, have you any sorrow?"
f'No, my darling. You are getting
'OSGI6I-l DISK nOIuIHS
"You have taxed yourself greatly
10y your care for me-" l lamented.
mo, darling! Cousin Himmel
nursed you almost altogether; you
must be very grateful to her-and to
Herr Wollmeyer too; they both did a
greal deal for you. Yes, yes,
Anneliese, you have drunk his dear
est wines, and looked at those mag
niffcent fiowers!"
Il will thank him, mamma, but he
must not send me any more flowers,
do not care to smell them. But
would like the cousin to come and see
me" So I comforted my fears and
did not divine what mamma had
done, but proceeded unprepared
towards a terrible discovery.
CHAPTER vi.
1t was on a warm July evening,
shortly before the day for our de-
Darture for st. NORTH, whose air the
doctor had prescribed for me. The
dressmaker had tortured me all day
trying on dresses; mamma had taken
care to have simple but very neat
travelling wardrobe made for herself
and me; all other preparations had
likewise been made, and what tri
fling, practical things were still lack
ing, things that were to make the
Journey lighter, we would obtain
at Frankport-on-the-M Main. We might
perhaps have found in Westerberg all
the necessary instruments for
tbotanizing, but no satchel, and
mamma thought it essential to have
one. And she was able to buy one.
1Evidently Uncle Herbert had sent
her an abundance of money. He
mad, mamma told me, married a wo-
man with means.
Notwithstanding the doctors
orders I could not resist the tempta-
Gion to visiting the garden at about
nine o'clock on this last evening; the
air in The room was SO heavy, so op-
Dressive Mamma was not at home;