Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-25

posed toward him-eh! eh!" he laugh
ed, as | involuntarily made an avasive
gesture-"of course not today and to-
morrow time brings everything to
pass!" With these words he threw
me a kiss and disappeared in the din
ing-room, in order to take look at
the table.
"You might at least have shown
some gratitude in your letters, Anne
liese, for the tender solicitude with
which he furnished you with home
in his house. What will come of it if
you are so stubborn? Will you never
see how unjustly you judge him? That
you owe him many thanks?"
Il should be very happy if could
see it some day, mamma-for your
sake. Please, please, let me be happy
in my fashion, downstairs among my
old memories; I will do everything
else in order not to disturb the peace
of your home
All, could not for the present have
disturbed the peace of the house,
had I wanted to. Herr Wollmeyer
beamed upon his house like sun of
peace itself and flooded everything
that came near him with his golden
rays, and my utter Indifference to
these rays he seemed unconscious of
in the fulness of his brilliance, on the
contrary, he only smiled so much the
more benignly upon me. For every
Of or xNfh
insolent acts of tactlessness he had
some kindness, for every palpable
neglect of any one of his wishes the
fulfillment of one of mine Suddenly,
as I refused to undertake the long
talked-of journey for the sake of my
health, found myself the possessor Of
charming span of ponies. in order
that / might enjoy a great deal Of
fresh air, and one day found in my
room a new, very beautiful piano.
Thank God, they left the old one be-
side it, and the ponies were not
troubled by me very much!
Entire Westenberg marvelled at
young Frau Wollmeyer's new house
hold wherever I went, heard of the
wonderful good fortune which had fall
en- to mamma, even the Countess was
reconciled to the mans manners and
said that Len had already polished
him a great deal, and finally I with
my opinion, my coldness, was among
all the other people like raven, and
mammals sorrowful glances told how
deeply she felt this.
Yes, but was she really happy? On
was, afforded me genuine comfort;
on the other, the thought that she
might be capable of living contentedly
beside this man. stirred my Utmost
heart with indignation, and occasional
ly, when She came down to me in the
evening, now to be sure very rarely
indeed, to, as formerly, sit few mo-
ments at my bed, found myself star
ing at her in silence, in order to solve
this problem. Once it seemed to me as
if she had been weeping, but had not
the courage to ask her. She never
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sshould she?
She possessed everything that the heart
III a WOludn COulu WISH lOI, UuL II
panied me to see her so satisfied.
1T is very good" she said once,
when I found her bending over her ac-
count bOOk-accounts were always her
weak side-trying to discover mis-
take she had made. ''He has SO much
patience with me- At this moment
he looked in at the door and laughed
to see her thus occupied. Eyes, yes!"|
cried he, "you are now the wife of a
merchant, books have to be kept diff
ferently from what they were for
merly."
II will relieve you, mamma" said II
quietly, and from that day helped her
with her bookkeeping; she then came
down to me, and when we were not
figuring, we talked as in days gone-by,
or was upstairs in her dressing-room,
while she donned some silk or velvet
dress for at noon and in the after
noon their first calls were paid, and
mamma had to be dressed in accord
ance with the position Of Frau Woll-
meyer. Later on the return visits
were paid, visits for which my pres
ence was required, and when that was
over, the master of the house took up
his old life. that is. he went OCCASION
ally to town-council meeting, twice
daily to get his pint, Sundays to
church, and Wednesday evening with |
mamma to the whist-club, which in
cluded the Countess and Postmaster
Won BlessOw, the superintendent and |
their wives.
Meanwhile lived like. the enchant. |
ed Princess IN the fairy-tale with my
old cousin and pondered over how to
free myself, for that another person
could liberate me, seemed to me i'm
possible. Then, too, I desired to owe
my liberty to myself alone and worked |
diligently to perfect myself in music
and the languages. was not needed |
here-mamma was happy.
To be continued.
Lobster as Slang Word.