Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-02-18
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bowl of oatmeal which she ate every
! night of her life and advancing toward
the kitchen-door We walked together
as far as the large hall, then she salo
once more: VERY well, I will see &c
it," and disappeared in the dining
room, the door of which was opened
for her by the maid. | caught
glimpse of Herr Wollmeyer seated al
the table, devouring an unfortunate
red-wing. At any rate his thoughts
and resolutions had not destroyed his
appetite.
Scarcely had l reached our apart
ments than the servant followed me
The Town-councillor' respects, he was
very much pleased and agreed to the
proposition; he would send UP the re
newed lease to be signed when the
time came.
My mother, who was sitting at the
| table behind the lamp, still with the
same pallor upon her countenance
merely replied: II am much obliged .
She again fell into a reverie.
fetched my books and writing-ma
terials and prepared to translate into
German verse poem of Beranger's'
With hasty movement of her hand
she closed the book.
Leave that"
"But-mamma!"
Leave it! you look so pale-you will
you must leave it"
But must do this work"
"No! MOI" she cried violently.
You must not! 1t is absurd of me, .
she added, with more composure. Gas
if it was absolutely necessary for you
to take the examination! You may do
something else-perhaps, later on,
Anneliese- first you must regain
your health. We will take vacation,
Anneliese, a long vacation"
was still so innocent, so youthful,
understood life so little, that I really
felt very much relieved after her
words. My entire nature rebelled
against becoming a preceptress; [ en-
joyed study, but the drill for the pro-
fession of a governess was loathsome
to me, and for sometime I had
wondered if there was nothing else in
the world for a girl to do but to teach
the only profession which Aunt
Countess thought in a way conform
able to ones rank.
The sigh of relief must have been
very loud and honest, for a sweet smile
filtered over my mothers face, and
she extended her hand to me across
the table. Get well and strong, An
neliese, perhaps l can help you to that,
but whether you will be happy God
only knows
CHAPTER v.
During the days which followed I
was exceedingly happy! With the
cessation of the constant tax upon my
mind came a sensation Of languor. I
or sit idly by the window. Then I be-
gan to feel more active, and desire to
be out-of-doors; | gave mamma no
peace until she went with me, far out
upon the lonesome high-road, where at
the most we met a peasant with his
span of oxen, or saw a flock of crows;
so far. that we saw the castle-tower of
Uetze before us, and turning around
could scarcely distinguish the lights of
Westerberg; so far that mamma
sighed and said she could go no
farther, I always carried things to ex-
tremes, first study and now so-called
recreation. But the doctor smiled and
silenced mammals complaints with the
remark: ''It is high time that it
should be SO: let her alone, suppressed
youth wants it's rights"
Mamma had suddenly grown
daughter. To the full did I enjoy the
extremely primitive pleasure of West
erberg, the coffee or tea-parties and
the moonlight-balls, which we're much
less romatic than their titles. for they
were simply a question of the il
Eliminating of the main-road for the
people from the country, who did not
care to risk the legs of their horses or
their own necks in the pitchy dark
ness, al wlo therefore came only by
moonligl
To my Aspeaka Bile sorrow the doc
tor had forbidden me to dance; more
over, there was, too, a lack of partners,
with the exception of Christmas, when
number Of brothers and cousins were
home upon leave of absence. The
ToWn-councillor, having no son of his
own, usually on such occasions in
tr0duced young man of whom he
always spoke as my nephew, Won
Brankwitz.' This nephew with a
Berliner's accent, whose occupation no
one could tell, and who had, it was re-
ported, a great deal of money, did not
impress us forcibly, but was welcomed
as partner. He was introduced TO
mamma and me, but took little or no
notice of me, possibly because did not
dance or because | paid no attention
to him. At any rate, he did not inter-
fere with my enjoyment. I amused
myself, even though it only at the
ladies' toilettes, which Riekchen Wob-
ser, the fashionable modiste, turned
out so much alike in cut, the only
difference being in the selection OF
colors, and the result being that we
looked like a collection Of flags: black