Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-04-18

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! whom the cousin hau Sdld MS Olly
deed OF importance was that Of in
heriting his fathers fortune. He had
not even gone to the war, but had sat
comfortably at home behind the stove,
while papa and all the other brave
men had been in the thickest Of the
fight. And such a man wanted to
marry Anneliese Sternberg, Such a
man would be happy If his love were
to be returned "a little Bit" That
was point of view! He called him
self a man. A true man would have
said: Love me, AnneIiese, love me
with your whole soul. with every
fiber of your heart, or-show me some
favor! | will be grateful even for
that. Entirely or not at all. as our
motto runs"
During this soliloquy had taken
off my silk ball-dress and had slipped
into dark house-dress; after a glance
at the clock | prepared to wish nam
ma goodnight. The stairs, covered
with dark-red Smyrna material-the
stairs In the round tower with the
Oblique windows-were winding, so
| could not see that people were be-
fore me; the carpet. too. deadened
| | heard Olga Sellmanus voice. 1t
was loud and unconcerned The
plan Is excellent, my otto, and quite
practical, too, only you are beginning
the matter in the wrong way. Go
simply to Wollmeyer and propose for
her hand! You are playing hor-
riby unfortunate role MS "A languishing
lOyer!"
"Ah, uncle knows all about it, my
admirer replied irritabIy But you
see, Olga, her mother has declared
that she will not force Anneliese to
marry; her heart shall make its
choice. Well, and up to this time It
seems"
"Ah. that woman, that nonentity!"
said she, scornfully. you must show
Wolmoyer that you are serious"
THE wife has more influence than
you think. Olga; she Is shrewd wo
man of tact"
We'll, In this case your old means
will help too. Bring forth his bug
bear-he Is so terribly afraid of that!
But do not be faint hearted! You will
then have quite "A different position as
lson-in-law! Only think! If AuncIicsc
were to wed some one else. it would
be unpleasant in more than one way,
| If not to say bad"
81 will not suffer IT," he cried, in
tone which made my heart throb
wildly, "for-thcn. Olga"
"Pst' DO not scream SO. If any
one were to hear YOU there would be a
fine scandal Well, do as you please
my boy" she added, 81 will not inter
fere; languish on. or-use serious
ness"
you might help me little with
the girl, Olga" he poutcd.
NO" she replied abruptly. 81
would have taken in hand scnti-
mental broad-and-butter miss of the
ordinary type; one can give such
person couple Of French novels, re
late to her something grand, some
thing romatis about You. and love Is
there! But this black wil-lo.thc-wisp
looks into the depths of ones soul
with her large, dark eyes: those eyes
are strangely unCanny to me. More
over, she Ia very sCcpticnl and crn-
ploys logic, young as she u.s. In ad.
dittOn, she Is conservative from tho
tips of her toes to the ton of her dark
curly head! You cannot trap her
with the prospect of stylish oQutpogcs
Of hall-drossos, and travels; you must
employ some other means, little
brother. To me the affair is too ur~
interesting and too arduous; long
for Berlin. But now come. our
amiahlc host can surely not wait to
hear the description of the wedding
| am convinced your gypsy is already
mp there"
He made no reply. heard the
rustic of n woman's garments, then
the door closed and all was still.
As &c stunned | stood mt the turn of
the stairs, my head leaning against
the wall, Erasping the holusters with
both hands | had been the subject
OF their conversation and had listen
cd something that detestcd ms
much as . falschood. could not
have stirred my limbs had simply re-
| fused to carry me, my brain for few
moments had lost its power OF
! thought Now | knew--no--I did not
| ENCw all What siguitied his threatp
! with what did he wish to force me- TO
force WolvlmeyerH What was con.
! Ccnlcd, which, of brought to light
would cause scandal
II could but speak with mamma!
"Ah. here YOU are, miss" mt this
moment said the housemaid, who was
| descending the stairs. You must
pour ont the tea, madame desires II"
| found them all In the salon
tea-tahle was brought In with cups
and the silver kettle under which the
sptrtt-lamp was burning, Several
lamps with pink shades gave the
beautiful room cozy look Mamma
was seated in lew chair, opposite
her. talking energetically, was Frau
Spllmnnn who had rhnnped hpr costly.