Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-15

piled mamma, and" she ceased
speaking and drew herself up in her
chair From the next room-the
speaker must have been standing
lnear the door-came these words, as
distinctly as if they had been spokeo
in the same room:
"Old Arvensleben is in excellent
circumstances, said my step-father,
therefore there is no risk; ten thous-
and marks cash, twenty thousand in
notes. two months time; tell that &c
the merry blade!"
/ Involuntarily the Countess listened,
her nose became white and sharp, she
looked first at the door, then at us.
Zone can hear remarkably clearly
here, LEM" said she, CURLY. Mamma
had sprung up, but re-seated herself;
strange agitation was visible upon
| her face.
What do you say?" again was
audible in Wollmeyer's voice. "The
dewitt I should have thought you
might have been satisfied with the
business you did with my money !!
How is it that you have difficulties?
thought you lived like prince!
cannot help it that you have gambled
away your large fortune, and, more
over, you earn enough by your specu-
lations."
eOne-half, exactly one-half, dear
uncle" said BrankwitZ. "You will
not give me more, although if any
think happens I shall be directly in
front of the breach!"
us not one-half sufficient? What
can happen? Do you think old Barren
roder will attempt anything because
the son, the rake, shot himself? Do
not fancy such a thing! The Barren
roders have been sufficiently exposed
by the gaming-suit of the old mans
brother; they will keep STILL
The Countess rose suddenly. II
must go, Anneliese!" she murmured,
take your mother into another room:
Len, rise, go to your room,' said
she in whisper, shaking mammals
arm. Thereupon she disappeared.
| put my arm around mamma.
Come, mammal" cried | anxiously;
she stared so fxedly and unnaturally
at the door.
BE STILL" she murmured softly,
violently, pressing her hand to nv
| lips. Darkness was around us, my
head lay in her lap from time to time
could feel her form tremble. Her
fingers were entwined in my hair so
tightly that it gave me pain, while the
conversation to which she wished to
listen, continued.
81 must repeat uncle said Drank
WITT, Il have had enough of being
pulled around by the nose. Your vain
promises avail me nothing. | can I'M
dertake nothing; and as can see that
have little prospect of becoming
your son-in-laW-"
Wollmeyer now softly opened the
door, probably in order to look in.
rs that 500" he then said in a calm
voice, as he left the door ajar. "who
says 500"
81 found, short while ago, in my
room the bracelet with a. card from
Anneliese, on which she informed me
that by mistake a present had been
sent her. and that she FASTENED to re-
1
tunately she did not know his adj
dress, or it would have been sent
back Immediately"
-Wollmeyer made no reply; he mere
ly uttered a half-suppresed exclama-
ton of indignation.
''I have concluded to make the best
of this very sad fact, continued
Brankwitz @T will leave you your
daughter, but require the payment
of the capital"
WHAT" asked Wollmeyer, what
capital?"
| "Anneliese is not suited to me, but
the forty thousand dollars are"
Forty thousand dollars 2"
'You would surely not have given
her less. uncle?"
"You are mad! You know Of
Helene's condition.
certainly! I congratulate you
heartily. With regard to my mad
ness, we shall see. Up to this time,
dear uncle. you alone have shown
signs of insanity.
''How SOP
s'You sent cousin to the mill, al
lowed the girl to remain there for
weeks, and seemed to have forgotten
that every stone there still cries out
the old story. Not satisfied with
that, you permitted her to remain
there when young Herr Nordmann
himself appeared upon the sceneT
cousins favorite. victim of the ca
/ tastrope which occurred there. a
victim sympathized with by the entire
community"
''Pah, the good-for-nothing!
pray, pray, do not be over-hasty!
At any rate he would be glad to pay
forty thousand dollars for certain
papers which he can now use to adj
vantage, in order to clear the blemish
from his name
"You are talking nonsense! Forty
thousand dollars! Do you mean to
imply that the papers are at my SER
vice for this price?'