Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-08-08
BY W. HEIMBURG.

of the beautiful baroness. There ne
dipped his finger into a shallow glass
dish filed with water, which was
standing on the table, and drew il
across the hair which peeped out
| from under the Stuart cap The
golden lights in the chestnut waves
came out more clearly, and an ex-
preston CT satisfaction frightened up
/ his face as he went to the window
| opened it, and called out: THE car
riage in ten minutes"
Then he disappeared into an adjoin
ing room, and in few minutes had
changed his brown velvet coat for an
elegant walking suit, asked the ser
vent If her mistress was in her room,
and when the latter replied that he
thought Frau Jussnitz was down
stairs, frown appeared for a mo-
ment on his forehead, and he ordered
! the servant to say that he should not
be home that evening. With a light
ed cigar between his fingers, he ran
downstairs; he would not have
entered the housekeeper's rooms at
! any price.
A young woman was standing in
the hall before an enormous antique
linen-press, just behind the broad
staircase; she wore a plain black silk
dress, over which was a very costly
fichu of beautiful old lace, caught up
in the manner of those Marie An
toipete was so fond of wearing. On
/. hnr cl, ;nI To- H..
her hands seemed to be wandering
aimlessly among the linen, for she
pushed and pulled about the packages
arranged with such painstaking care,
without taking any out. A pale
young face turned toward the master
of the house, and pair of wonder
fully clear, greenish eyes looked up
at him with glance of anxious
inquiry.
Leo" she called out to him in
low voice-"Leo, are you going to
driver"
He turned quickly.
Yes, as you see, Antje," he said
with the air of man who is vexed at
being detained.
The pale face flushed up to the
golden hair.
To-day. Leo?"
ITO be sure! Or do you want me
for anything?" The voice sounded
very cold and very impatient
She leaned against the carved
press and twisted the delicate blue
ribbons, which tied together the
Hny1Ifp er1x xuI
fingers in evident embarrassment
The pale pink of her cheeks had
deepened to crimson flush.
81 thought, Leo" she began, but
was checked by the glance that met
hers.
'You wanted me to stay at home.
Ante? Then you should have said
so before and would have sent a
telegram. Now it is too late; they
are expecting me-"
"They expect you, Leo? Oh. that
is another thing!" she said. There
was perceptible change in her voice,
as IL she were suffering severe pain
He did not perceive it, evidently, for
he asked:
"Have you any commissions in
Dresden, Antje?"
Nothing, Leo"
| Then good-by,"
| He pressed her hand for a moment
to his lips and was gone.
This confounded Indifference" he
murmured, as he got into the car
riage. "If the woman would only
ask for something once, would defy
me once-but this everlasting
monotony! Even her way of being
| jealous is enough to bore me to
! extinction. The clothes-press and the
kitchen are the end and aim of her
| existence"
AS he drove away he unconsciously
| glanced up at window in the first
story; childs face framed in fair
hair was pressed against the pane.
He threw a kiss at her, but the child
did not stir, and not the slightest
look of recognition lighted up the
soft features.
THE mother all overt" he NUT
tered, as he drove away into the
reddening autumn evening. 1.-THE
| mother all Overt"
CHAPTER u.
Frau Ante remained standing for a |
while before her clothes-press, trying |
TO unite knot which she had made |
as she played with the ribbon, but |
the effort seemed entirely mechanical. |
for when a servant passed through |
the hall to the dining-room she gave |
sudden start. hurriedly arranged the |
linen, and shut up the press. Then |
she went down to the shining kitchen. |
where the old cook. who had served |
as such in the house of Antics father |
for twenty years, was standing before |
! the dazzlingly white table busily |
setting out a number of dishes Of
! cold meat and other appetizing
viands.
you need not so on with it,
Classen," said the young wife. "Your
master will not be at home this even.