Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-08-01

tanned the burden upon his soul,
burned which he crossed the ocean
in order to remove? | cannot restore
his fathers honor, nor replace his
fatherland. ! pray you, cousin, say
nothing! He will know what he has
to do as well as ! know it. And +
upon that terrible night he forgot all.
his father. his home, all, in order to
remove me from this persons vicinity,
for my mothers sake, it was
magnanimous act, which ! shall blush
for having accepted all my life"
But, If Robert desires to forgive
He cannot dear cousin, for he has
not this right His future wife, be
she who she may, will require an un-
sullled name; his children would not
| thank him for his weakness And
now must tell you something else,
dear cousin-if you have in your
possession the requisite proofs and
withhold them from him, you are
Wollmoyer's accomplice! That is my
opinion!"
Heavenly Father" evaded the old
lady, what do you mean, Anneiese?
and If you have anything in your
hands and you haye-the sooner
YOU send it to him the better, for you
will hardly have an opportunity to
speak with him personally at the mill
he will not come, that is certain"
| paused; the door slammed in the
anteroom.
"Anneliese, he has been listening"
cried the trembling old lady.
"Wcu, then he knows what ground
he Is on"
"Anneliese, O God, if you knew how
he watches me, spies upon me, does
not let me out OF his sight! He
knows that stand by Robert, and
knows what influence | have over
him; for that reason, Notwithstanding
all, he treats me pleasantly, for that
reason he wants us to 90 to the mill
I'm order to meet Robert there"
"Ho must think, too, that you have
something in your possession"
She looked in another direction ana
was silent He knew that Hannchen
had something of the kind" she con
fesBcd.
Did his wife know of his knayish
trick" | exclaimed.
"Did Hannchen know of it,"
"Ah, she knew ALL AnneIiese and it
almost killed her You see, when the
warrant of caption was issued against
Nordmann-it Is difficult to speak
about 1t, child; WoIImeyer himself &C
cused the fugitive Nordmann as being
the purIoiner of his sons fortune
his wife was nearly crazed, for"
and cousin dropped her voice to
whispcr--"for Wollmeyor was the
thief himself, Anncliese! He took
the few paltry bonds out of Ham
chen's chest at night when he thought
the good soul was asleep. The oaben
chest stood in the adjoining sitting
room, she awoke and crept in, and
there she saw him rummagng. That
very night she was taken seriously i'll,
and when, in few weeks she re-
gained consciousness the deed had
been done-it had been published in
all the papers"
And his wife-his poor wife," |
stammorod.
What she said to him do no.
know; to me she said nothing, only
later did learn many things But
she was as If crushed after that; the
child Robert She loved, almost wor-
SHIPPED, as if she wished to make
amends to him for the sin committed
against his parents
well, and the warrant Of caption?'.
"Ah, AnneIlcsc, it was arranged so
wisely by Wollmeyer that it could
only be delivered when the poor man
had gone to America and could no
longer defend himself"
1T is dreadful, cousin And the
other, the terrible affair of the bank
ruptcy-did IIannchen know Of that
too"
she accidentally discovered this
guilty act Of her husband too. An,
Frauletn Annelicsc, what have we
| poor women not endured since that
! day, though his Wife would die then
! and there, when she came upon the
thing on looking through the old
wrtting-desk, 1t was at the time that
we moved here from the mill Vol
meyer had himself arranged his
papers in a box which he bought for
this purpose; he was always SO par
! tcular and careful with his records
his books; not soul, least of all
| Hannchcn, could touch his desk
Once she came with trembling limbs
! and pallid cheeks to my tiny room, the
gabel-room, where the elm.trce pueps
in at the window, you know. wa,
sitting there resting myself, the cIea,-
| ing mp had been so hard.
Dorchcn, norchcnn she moaned
| @, Almighty God what have done
to be so severely punished? 1t is
not enough that he robs the child and
accuses the father Of being the thief?
| And now this too shall n,,a, Ia