Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-12-26

was Sne going, d1Jer allI men
well. then, she would be responsible
for whatever might happen. No, she
was coming back again. She was
only wandering about in her ex-
aggerated anxiety; there was some
thing, then, that could shake her out
of that intolerable calmness!
CHAPTER XIV.
Hilda was sitting writing in her
costly room-that is, she had been
writing, and now was reading her
letter over 1t was addressed to her
eldest sister, OF whom she had lately
made a confidante.
The young artist was greatly
changed; her face had grown smaller,
and her mouth constantly wore that
half-scornful, misunderstanding smile
peculiar to people who feel them
selves immensely superior to all the
follies and pettiness of their fellow
men, and are only constrained to keep
their opinions to themselves by the
force OF circumstances. There was
an air of watching and waiting for
something In her whole manner; her
movements had grown supple and cat
like; in short, she was scarcely recog-
nizable for the same person she had
been before. II Antje was quietly
patient, she was absolutely apathetic
in her manner II Leo asked her II
she would go to walk, she replied
curtly; "Oh, certainly" and marched
off hacfdA him % l.
fell just short of rudeness But this
reserve. this coolness, suited her
admirably. for a fire blazed out of
her dark eyes which formed a
strange contrast to her calm manner.
She was perfectly well aware that
this tortured Leo, and delighted and
vexed him at the same time. but she
wore an air of such Indifference that
nc one would have thought she had
any idea of the storm she had raised
Ard she hardly confessed even to her
self the delight which this occasioned
her.
When Leo writhed and twisted like
a worm trodden under foot, she felt
that even then all his sufferings did
not outweigh what she had endured
on that evening when she learned
that he was married. And all this
time she had not the slightest thought
for Ante. What was this woman to
her? She was quite satisfied IL she
only had the key to the cup-boards
and the linen-press at her girdle. and
her baby on her arm.
She caught up her letter and read
II over Cnce more:
Dearest Tony:
DO not torture me with questions.
for ] cannot tell you when shall
come home-Jussnitz has not yet
finished my picture. And you know
that | am in good hands here.
II am delighted to hear that papa
has effectually stopped Aunt Polly's
slanderous tongue. Tony, you know
meas il | would remain here II only
one atom of all she says were true!
There are some people who cannot
look an inch beyond the wall which
their own narrow-mindedness and
commonplace natures have built up
around them. | do not love Jussnitz:
| write II down once more How
should |. Hilda Won Zweidorf. come
TO such a pass as to be interested in
a married man? Good Heavens, IL
IL too utterly absurd!
Perhaps may come home some
day quite unexpectedly-for a short
time. think shall try Munich by
nv nd I
denly In your old attic room. between
the Gathering sewing machine and the
work.basket. Good Heavens. how
can you stand that horrible monotony
children?
There is little enough variety here.
Heaven knows, except the caprices of
my host, Now he thinks he will
paint; | fling on my costume and pose
myself-though. really, what remains
to be done to the picture do not
know myself; II might have been In
Berlin long ago. so far as | can see
and in a quarter of an hour he finds
himself too nervous. not in the mood
for il, and he wishes TO talk instead.
The next minute he says he will take
walk, IL that everlasting night
lamp were not in the house with her
faint but steady glimmer. which keeps
the balance against all these whims.
everything would be turned topsy.
turvey; but as Il is-good Heavens.
how can any one be so intolerably
stupid as that woman?
do you remember that poem OF
Annette Won Droste Hulshoff. The
silly Woman? | tell you, Tony, that
the Hulshoff woman was perfect
model OF sense and intelligence com.
pared with Frau Ante. She had
sense enough. at least, not to make
her husbands pecuniary situation
more difficult. But this one, And
always with the same cool. friendly
manner, II she would only storm
and scold once in a while by way of
variety. as Durer's amiable spouse
used to debut no; that never hap
pens. But what nonsense am writ
ing, Good.by. Love to my father