Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-05-20

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And 1 slept. I did not awake until
it was quite dark. All, and how pleas
ant was my awakening, The freight
played upon the white floor. the lofty
snowy frs peeped in at the windows,
upon the whitewasAed wall. above the
commode with the cleaning brass
handles, licked an old-fashioned clock,
while in the armchair by the stove
sat cousin spinning. | did not stir,
but allowed the charm to enter my
soul Finally she tripped through the
room, bent over me, and listened to
see if + were still sleeping.
Cousin said I. II have run away!
[ will confess at once. I borrowed
from. you twenty marks. I have
only brought eighty; but you see, l
could not obtain money from any one
for this journey"
Il know. know all, Anneliese; If
you only do not get ill"
''Ah, God forbid! But how do you
know that"
ST received a telegram"
Il shall not go back, cousin!"
cried, sitting up abruptly
mo, no. soothed the old lady, you
are to remain here for the present,
Fraulein Anneliese; this is the word
ing of it: My daughter wishes to
spend some time in Langenwald.
Pray, make her stay as pleasant as
possible Luggage will follow Wolf
meyer"
Speeches., I stared at cousins
face, which was inscrutable. What
did he mean? Should I remain-or
not?
Cousin" said | at length, ut can
not be; / must go on, cannot remain.
Do you not know of one spot for me
in Gods wild world in which I need
not again meet Herr Wollmeyer?
fled hither but only to obtain your ad-
vice and present add
For Gods sake. what has happen
ed? she asked. and now my whole
trouble of the last few days escaped
me like a torrent. She did not in
terrupt me, she stood motionlessly be-
fore me and listened.
IT OWNED all this, Anneliese,' was
all she said, when / concluded.
And what shall | do, cousin?'
Remain quietly her for the present,
Anneliese, without any fear. Moth
ing will happen you here" said she
simply. 1--WE will see what follows.
But. rest quite easy; he will do moth
ing for the present, believe me. Only
think: for your mothers sake you
cannot now go out into the world
you can see that yourself?"
What if he should come here
with Brankwitz!"
'eHe will not comet she said
positively "Just now, do you stay
here and we will not talk about the
matter. You must first look very
different
.'Ah, cousin. if / am to live in such
uncertainty I shall not grow better. :
Uncertainty? No, peace! Do you
think I will help you to marry that
man? No, Anneliese. rather she
drew step nearer me and her voice
trembled strangely, rather would I
do something that-that she
paused But that will not be neces-
sary," she murmured, ''he will recon
slider it,"
.'You see, cousin, went on, Drank
WITT does not love me at all. he mere
ly says SO; he has some other reason
for wishing to marry me. He
probably thinks I will some day in
herit Wollmeyer's entire fortune"
She shook her head. God knows
what he thinks; but besides that, he
took fancy to you too. If he had
wanted to marry for money, he might
have done so long since. There are
plenty of girls who would pay big
price for his won.
Cousin, I pray you!" I whispered,
painfully agitated.
'sWhat?"
cousin, must tell you something
more should surely not have run
away, but-yes, you can inform me
more fully; in what relation does
Wollmeyer stand to Herr Won Drank
witz?'
The old lady sighed. "Why,
Fraulein Anneliese?"
II overheard Frau Sellmann say her
brother should threaten him-with
what, I do not just know,-then my
stepfather would make every effort
to obtain my consent"
The old lady suddenly turned death
~ pale, and her lips were firmly com
pressed.
ooh, there is something mysterious
here, tell it to me, cousin!''
ut is nothing" she replied hoarse-
ly.
Eyes, oh. yes! I am no longer
child-tell mel"
mo, Anneliese, I can say nothing,
and if I could I would not betray it.
You see, there are things-things-
ah, God protect you and all other
Christian people from such things!"
"Are the Wollmeyers and the
Brankwitzs related?"
mo, no! But. dear Fraulein An
nelieSe. do not ask any further cues