Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-05-20
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the train slowly started. only once
in nv life had [ travelled. When d
small child had been to Cologne
mammals native place, and the feeling
IF terror which possesses the now &c
at travelling possessed me at first VITA
annihilating force. [ had seat ny
the window and gazed out into cae
snowy night as the train rushed along
through the tiny stations; IN the DIS
lance glimmered the village lights,
the dark outlines of the woods were
visible, then again came broad snowy
plains upon which the smoke OF the
locomotive conjured UP many ghost
like forms, and in addition the
whistling Of the wind.
Beside me sat young girl asleep;
her eyes were closed, and about DER
mouth played happy smile. She
held, pressed closely to her, in her
arm, a package, which finally slipped
from her grasp as she moved in her
sleep. She awoke and saw that was
stopping to pick it up; she thanked
me very kindly and began a con-
versation. Where was I bound for
Where did | come from? She had
not even see me enter.
| replied briefly; ITO Thuringen.'
"Well. then, we will travel to-
gether," said she, II am going home
to sew upon my trousseau; was but
recently in a position in Hamburg,
and at Christmas we are to be mar
ried. My father is the chorister at
Quersleben."
81 am going to the same neighbor-
hood" said I; "Quersleben is my Ter
minal station. If you like we can
journey together"
She NODDED, took out a sandwich
and commenced to eat. May | offer
you some?" she asked.
Thank you, l would be glad to have
little" And with the chorister' J,
daughter I ate the slices of Hamburg
black bread, for I had tasted nothing
since noon. These sandwiches mi
the kindness did me good.
zone feels very different" said The
girl, when ones hunger is appeased,
offering me more bread.
Unfortunately she thought she had q
right to question me, but she speedily
saw that it was distasteful to me, AMI
comforted herself with the words.
''You are probably going into servic9
in Langenwald, the inspectors wife
has always some who wish to learn
housekeeping"
AS l made no reply, she ceased her
chatter and fell asleep again to dream
no doubt of her lover, for she smile
in her sleep.
The hustle at the station at Maggie
burg, where we had to wait an hour
confused me somewhat; | was, as
have said, a novice at travelling
But my courageous companion obtain
ed my ticket for me and saw that we
had coffee, and at half-past two
o'clock we journeyed on. At nine
o'clock in the morning we would
reach Quersleben.
'T like to see the snow on the
mountains" said the girl, "for then ii
is so coy at home And my mother
is so happy to have me a few weeks
before I get married. I have not
been with her very much, for in our
family we leave home at fourteen;
but l would not be married from the
shop when 1 have a home"
I listened with burning eyes.
''Your parents are living?" she
asked
mo, my father is dead
"Ah, I am sorry! But your moth
err"
Probably in supressing a sob a
peculiar sound must have escaped me,
for she continued in alright: Lord
now you are weeping! You must
not cry, my father always says, the
good Lord holds an extra large UNI
brella over orphans"
was obliged to laugh at this re-
mark, and yet l was on the verge of
tears. Now the little chaterbox came
to her future husband. "Ah, he is
such fine man, SO economical, and
he understands his business too!
There is not one in the whole Stein
strasse who keeps such good rich and
such delicious cheese as he, for he
knows how to buy, you know. And
he has the faculty of treating custo-
mers just right. All the cooks in the
street patronize our shop; it is some
what small, but they come anyway
too know how to handle customers
Business is business whether one sells
coffee-beans or domestic and we will
manage to get on, so that in our old
age we shall have a cottage of ou1
own at Blankeness or in that neigh
borhood, a cottage at the door OF
which we can sit and rest"
Her innocent chatter did me good
nothing is more refreshing than for j
miserable person to see that there is
still happiness in the world
The night passed, and the cold
white winter morning found us al
ready on the road leading to the
mountains. Never in my life had
been so cold as in the carriage with
it's frozen window-panes upon which
my travelling companion breathed