Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-03-21

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insolent acts of tactlessness he had
some kindness, for every palpable
neglect of any one of his wishes the
fulfillment of one of mine. Suddenly,
as | refused to undertake the long
talked-of journey for the sake of my
health, found myself the possessor of
charming span of ponies, in order
that | might enjoy great deal of
fresh air, and one day | found in my
room a new, very beautiful piano.
Thank God, they left the old one be-
side it, and the ponies were not
troubled by me very much!
Entire Westenberg marvelled at
young Frau Wollmeyer's new house
hold; wherever l went, | heard of the
wonderful good fortune which had fall
en- to mamma, even the Countess was
reeonciled to the mans manners and
said that Len had already polished
him a great deal, and finally | with
my opinion, my GOODNESS, was among
all the other people like a raven, and
mammals sorrowful glances told how
deeply she felt this.
Yes, but was she really happy? On
the one hand, the possibility that she
was, afforded me genuine comfort:
on the other the thought that she
might be capable of living contentedly
beside this man, stirred my inmost
heart with Indignation and occasional
ly, when She came down to me in the
evening, now to be sure very rarely
indeed, to, as formerly sit a few mo-
ments at my bed, found myself star
ing at her in silence, in order to solve
this problem. Once it seemed to me as
if she had been weeping, but had not
the courage to ask her. She never
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES should she?
She possessed everything that the heart
of woman could wish for, but it
panied me to see her so satisfied.
1T is very good" she said once,
when | found her bending over her ac-
count book-accounts were always her
weak side-trying to discover a mis-.
take she had made He has so much
patience with me-" At this moment
he looked in at the door and laughed
to see her thus occupied. Eyes, yes."
cried he, you are now the wife of a
merchant, books have to be kept diff
ferently from what they were for
merIy."
l Will relieve you, mamma" said |
quietly, and from that day | helped her
with her bookkeeping; she then came
down to me, and when we were not
figuring, we talked as in days comedy,
or | was upstairs in her dressing-room
while she donned some silk or velvet
dress for at noon and in the after
noon their first calls were paid, and
mamma had to be dressed in accord
ance with the position of a Frau Woll-
meyer Later on the return visits
were paid, visits for which my pres.
ence was required, and when that was
over, the master of the house took I'D
his old life. that is, he went occasion.
ally to a town-cOuncil meeting. twice
daily to get his pint, Sundays to
church, and Wednesday evening with
mamma to the whist-club which in
cluded the Countess and Postmaster
Won Blessow, the superintendent and
their wives.
Meanwhile | lived like the enchant-
ed Princess in the fairy-tale with my
old cousin and pondered over how to
free myself for that another person
could liberate me, seemed to me i'm.
possible. Then, too, / desired to owe
my liberty to myself alone and worked
diligently to perfect myself in music
and the languages. | was not needed
here-mamma was happy.
To be continued.