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fine that Wollmcyer had to sell, then
Wo,lmoycr bought 1t back, ana thci
there was some dispute; what 40
know about Il! Come, Annolicse, eat
Won must be hungry" She put my
d!sordered locks back from my brow
talked Of everything imaginable
turned ND the lamp and brought me
supper, so dainty and neat that any
one would have felt hungry and the
tea smclt so fragrant In the old
pewter pot, which was polished az
bright rs silver. Then she put me
TO bed like q little child; the bed had
canopy, and stood in the adjoining
room with three windows, furnished In
old-fashioned style. The linen smeIt
of lavender, and a bright light was
burning that | might not be afraid,
and a gigantic copper warm-wator
bottle was among the Bnow-white
pillows. This ! removed at once.
Upon the table ut the bedside was n
bell with which to summon cousin.
"Ah." gaid / sleopily, how can any
one move into town and leave such a
magnificent country and such a com
Portable old house2 ! can now under.
stand how Frau IIannchen could not
overcome her sense Of longing"
"Ah, there are many things which
cause people to rove" she replied.
Abruptly she busted herself In the
other room; she probably feared |
would ask her some questions.
I
cousin, come quickly, | have some,
thing to tell youl"
She came in her soft slippers, GO
to sleep, dear Annelese," she i'm
plored.
mo, cousin Just think, yesterday
was standing at IIannchen's grave u
tall handsome, slender young man,
and 1t seemed to me that he bore a
resemblance to Robert Nordmanns
photograph"
She made no reply; she held her
breath and | felt her hand, which lay
upon mine, tromble,
All. AnnclIose, ah, ! wish you had not
told mo Now I shall fancy much and
II viii never come to paasl"
Softly she left the room, and
could hear her weeping and whisper
Ing to herself in the adjoining room.
Suddenly her light was cxtingush,
cd silence and sumber followed
CHAPTER XVI.
My awakening the next morning
was not very Joyous, had dreamed
of mamma. she had been i'll and died,
and 1t was my fault she had told mo
whom dying; and because the absurd
old superstition occurred to me that
what one dreams on the first night IN
n strange place invariably Is true, |
was oppressed by this fear in addition
to the rest, and could think of moth
Ing but mammals pale, distorted face.
My imagination pictured impossible
situations, | roCOnsidorCd mammals
whole behavior, L. too, told cousin how
strangely agitatod SHE was, aud how
very unlike her 1t was to wish to
force mo into an engagements For,
mcrly she had always said to me
and to others that she would mover
interior In an affair of the heart
elthcr one way or the other, were II
to be- oven her own child, every ono
must manage that for herself. Cousin
too was quito depressed, and scarcely
answered me. In the course of the
day she tried to rouse me from my
brooding by showing me through the
old manor. But most of the rooms
were unfinished and 80 cold that
she gave It ur, ! then descended
the stairs with her, babe Inspector
llubner's wife good.day"-the Hub
ners occupied the left wing--and ad-
mircd the baby which was six months
old; the other children were In school.
one Of them was In the Gymnasium Mt
Gotha. Cousin and Frau Huhner
showed me to the dairy, the fruit and
fax rooms and they even enticed me
into the cow.pen, The old lady'a
eyes grew moist as, in answer to her
question If liked ii, | replied: Every
much cousin, 1t is very beautiful
hero!"
See there. Fraulicn Anneliosc.
across the stream, that large building
1T is tho min; and those two win
dows in the gable behind the elm.
tops that Is whore | spent my youth. 8"
We were standing at the open court.
door of the manor as It was called.
and | looked In the direction indicate
ed. 1t was magnificent sight the
pointed snowy gabled roof of the
mill with the gigantic elm, the frozen
stream and, rs living figures in the
landscape, the freight.sled laden with
white sacks and drawn by powerful
horses In the background lowered
the mountains, and the valley OK
tended to the village from the chin.
neys of which curled the blue smoke.
The tiny church nestled higher IN
among the hills looking down like n
watehful mother upon house and
cottage
That is Laugenwald" said cousin
and that large house not Gar from
the church is the school, often went
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