Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-22
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! heriting his fathers fortune. He had
not even gone to the war; but had sat
/ comfortably at home behind the stove,
while papa and all the other brave
men had been in the thickest OF the
fight. And such man wanted to
marry Anneliese Sternberg. Such
man would be happy if his love were
to be returned "a little bit!' That
was q point of view! He called him
self man! A true man would have
said: Love me, Anneliese, love me
with your whole soul. with every
fiber of your heart, or-show me some
favor! I will be grateful even for
that! Entirely or not at all. as our
motto runs"
During this soliloquy | had taken
/ off my silk ball-dress and had slipped
into dark house-dress; after a glance
at the clock I prepared to wish mann
ma goodnight. The stairs, covered
with dark-red Smyrna material-the
stairs in the round tower with the
oblique windows-were winding, 50
could not see that people were be-
/ IOIG I4C5 IuC Nctl POC3 VIVA NSc"0NAASNt
| heard Olga Sellmann's voice. 1t
was loud and unconcerned: THE
plan is excellent, my Otto, and quite
practical, too, only you are beginning
the matter in the wrong way. Go
simply to Wollmeyer and propose for
her hand! You are playing a hor-
ribly unfortunate role as a languishing
| lover!"
"Ah, uncle knows all about it., my
admirer replied irritably But you
see, Olga, her mother has declared
that she will not force Anneliese to
marry; her heart shall make it's
choice. Well, and up to this time it
seems"
"Ah, that woman, that nonentityl'
said she, scornfully. .<You must show
Wollmeyer that you are serious"
''The wife has more influence than
you think. Olga; she is shrewd wo-
man of tact
We'll, in this case your old means
will help too. Bring forth his bug
bear-he is so terribly afraid of that!
| But do not be faint hearted! You will
| then have quite different position as
son-in-law! Only think! if Anneliese
we're to we'd some one else. it would
be unpleasant in more than one way
| if not to say bad
II will not suffer it," he cried, in a
tone which made my heart throb
wildly, "for-then. Olga"
"Pst, Do not scream so. If any
one were to hear you there would be a
fine scandal. Well, do as you please,
my boy" she added, 'I will not inter
fere; languish on, or-use serious
ness!"
"You might help me little with
the girl, Olga" he pouted.
mo" she replied abruptly. II
would have taken in hand a senti-
mental bread-and-butter miss of the
ordinary type; one can give such a
person a couple Of French novels, re-
late to her something grand. some
thing romatis about you, and love is
there! But this black wil-lo' -the-wisp
looks into the depths of ones soul
with her large, dark eyes; those eyes
are strangely uncanny to me. More
over, she is very sceptical, and en-
ploys logic, young as she is. In ad
dition, she is conservative from the
tips of her toes to the top of her dark
curly head! You cannot trap her
with the prospect Of stylish equipoges,
Of ball-dresses, and travels; you must
employ some other means. little
brother. To me the affair is too ur-
interesting and too arduous; I long
for Berlin. But now come, our
amiable host can surely not wait to
hear the description of the wedding.
I am convinced your gypsy is already
up there"
He made no reply. I heard the
rustic of woman's garments, then
the door closed and all was still.
AS if stunned I stood at the turn of
the stairs, my head leaning against
the WALL grasping the balusters with
both hands. I had been the subject
Of their conversation and had listen
ed-something that [ detested as
much as a .falsehood I could not
have stirred, my limbs had simply re-
luS0Q W carry HE, my Drain lOI lew
moments had lost it's power Of
thought. Now I knew-no-I did not
know all. What signified his threat?
With what did he wish to force me, to
force Wolvlmeyer? What was con-
cealed, which, Of brought to light
would cause scandal?
If I could but speak with mamma!
''Ah. here you are, miss" at this
moment said the housemaid, who was
descending the stairs "You must
pour out the tea, madame desires it.
l found them all in the salon. A
tea-tahle was brought in with cups
and the silver kettle under which the
spirit-lamp was burning. Several
lamps with pink shades gave the
beautiful room cozy look Mamma
was seated in low chair, opposite
her, talking energetically, was Frau
Sellmann, who had changed her costly
| light-green brocade gown for a light
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