Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-06-17
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!. as.Now she will sit there and borrow
trouble said to my companion, who
was walking thoughtfully beside me.
Unfortunately, she needs not tc
I borrow trouble, Fraulien Won Stern
berg" he answered; 'it is already al
hand, but I cannot relieve her OF it.
fwould do anything for the good ole
lady, but what she asks cannot do
Only fancy, last night, after. had left
her old, stiff fingers wrote to me, and
today bright and early Hubner's stu
dent brought me the writing. Up to
now have never had a note from
cousin, and I could have smiled, had
not all that she wrote me seemed SO
true and clear. Besides, Fraulein
Anneliese, you have bewitched her,
every word, is: my poor Anneliese!
what have to do with it" asked l.
He looked at me. Really nothing.
and yeti
"But howe"
"Be careful. there comes ditch
hopsa!" cried he, supporting me. The
snow makes everything unequal equal,
Fraulein Anneliese," he continued;
come nearer my side-so-and walk
rather slower, please! 1t is so
beautiful beneath these Christmas
trees which the Lord himself has trim
med up. Just see how the fir cones
glitter with frost, just as if they were
spun out of glass; and what beautiful
blue tones the snow takes on in the
shaded"
"What have I to do with the trouble
which cousin assumes on your &C.
count?" asked I pertinaciously.
ooh, you forget-you belong to the
family now, nothing more he TESTED.
II do not being to the Wollmeyer
family" cried I angrily. Nor is that
the reason you, are trying to evade
me-"
But you do, nevertheless, be-
long to the Wollmeyer family, =
said he, growing suddenly very
grave, "and some day you will
not be able to bear me, and were to
ask you: Will you take a stroll in the
woods? you would turn your back up
on me-you would have to do so, for
shall appear to you like a sacrileg-
| ist-''
"What nonsense!" I exclaimed,
throwing handful of snow past his
face, 81 do not care to hear any more
about it,
"But at any rate is this not so.
Fraulein Won Sternberg, one can, too,
respect and understand ones enemies
can one not?" he asked, paying no
iced to my fun.
"Certainly-but one cannot love
them" said I inconsiderately, for Herr
| Wollmeyer rose before my eyes, the
most respected citizen of Wester-
berg, as the Countess had once called
him, and according to my conviction
my bitterest enemy. ut is a difficult
thing that Christ requires of us for our
enemies, love; are many human hearts
capable of loving their en0nies?"
mot to love-that would be the best
! in this case-the best!" said he softly
but a great struggle would begin, a
struggle to which one is scarcely
equal" And as If he wished to rid
himself of these thoughts he began to
whistle a march or some gay air, and
then he talked of Indifferent things.
But suddenly it dawned upon me
what he meant, and as we stood in the
vicinity of the stalls and saw a couple
of deer taking the hay out of the rack,
| said: II know of one case in which
you would appear to me as my enemy
even did I understand and respect
you
He looked at me in surprise and in,
quiringly.
Were you to do anything that
would render my mother more wretch
ed than she already is?''
"Is she wretched?" was the soft re.
ply.
Il think she must be so-you know
as well as that she must bel"
He turned again towards the deer.
81 should like to treat your mother
tenderly," said he.
was trembling with fear and ex-
element. "Tell me ALL implored
THAT wrong has been done you by
/ Wollmeyer, by my mothers husband
cousin has confided in me, that
know but
mot today, ah, not today" he inter
rupted. Leave me these few days OF
peace, please, please! If you knew
what | had lived through since thai
Christmas Eve you would not ask me.
He took few hasty steps forward
and returned just as hastily; his fresh
handsome face wore such grieyed
anxious look that it seemed totall.
changed. / was standing by the trunl
of beech; with switch, which h
had cut off on the way, he cleared tht
snow from the stump of a tree, he nov
seated himself thereon, and rested hi
head in his hand
"Rest assured, that you need not ex
) pect rash, unkind judgment Tell me
| again implored. 'You cannot imagin
how | am suffering beneath the burden
of not understanding all these condi
lions; you do not know in what