Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-04-29
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| an anxious lace, III lie u0pIHo u LILY
heart I was Just as shy, as gentle, as
other young girls. "Ah, mamma,
mammal" [ stammered
She looked very pale and weary as
she seated herself before me. "Are
you still SO diligent?" she asked.
''Why did you not bid us good-night?'
''Do you not know?" l was about to
exclaim. But the words which rose to
nv lips remained unspoken for she
seemed to know nothing. And where
| fore should I add to her anxiety? "Ah
yes" | stammered, that is so, but |
felt so fatigued after the excitement
Of the wedding, and, too, | am on my
feet so much now"
eyes, we are not accustomed to this
gay life. Anneliese.'
fI should so much like to sit still,
mamma, just for once, and not see a
SOUL
'1Ah, child, you are SO young, enjoy
your brief youth! The few years fly
by swiftly, and then You looked
so pretty in the yellow dress with
your wreath of red anemones, darling
/ Olga Sellmann remarked it too; she
wanted to bid you goodnight, Anne
liese. I thought I should meet her
here"
Gracious Father. am to be safe
nowhere from these people, | MUIR
INJURED.
'Anneliese, if you would but be a
little less rude!" she lamented.
where have you got this uncouth
way of expressing yourself? Neither
your papa nor were SOL"
where? I do not know, mamma.
Just at present my tongue is my sole
weapon and my sole defence"
"That sounds as if you were con-
stantly exposed to attacks. No one
injuries you, Anneliese!"
She rose with a sigh. Good night,
my child! Rise in a better mood in
the morning."
Goodnight, mamma"
| accompanied her as far as the
front room and watched her as she
crossed the hall and disappeared in
the stair-tower She walked with
bowed head, as if still grieving about
her obstinate. hayward child.
"Ah!" cried Olga Sellmann's flute
! like tones in the hall. and her blonde
head was thrust through the opposite
door, "are you still awake, Fraulein
Anneliese? I am coming to see you
a moment, l must say goodnight to
YOU" She disappeared for several
seconds and then came. throwing a
scarf over her white theatrical
neglige, across the hall towards me.
MAY come in?'
| l did not say: Certainly" l simply
went back slowly and she followed
me-
"Ah! You live here? How coy,
how delightfully."- old-fashioned. This
is how things looked at my mother-in-
laws; very neat to look at, but not
for long-eh?" She paused in front
Of papa's picture with her lorgnette.
II desire nothing BETTER" [ replied.
as I thought: what does she want?
She turned. compared me with. the
portrait, shook her head, in whose
perfumed hair glittered the gold-dust
which she had used to heighten its
ruddy hue, and said: mot a trace Of
resemblance"
81 know it."
'Let us it down little she cried,
sinking into an easy-chair. LET us
chat a while! In this blessed hamlet
they go to roost with the cnIckens; I
am in the habit of just beginning to
wake up at ten o'clock. Child, how
like Philistines you are here! All,
that wedding, those toilettes-the
brides mother especially and the
good Countess! The only really styl-
ish person was-present company al
ways excepted, little one-was the
bride; regal, indeed, regal! Had she
not looked SO grave, as if she were.
being buried instead of married"
perhaps she had occasion-it was
kind of interment for her." said I.
Pub" cried the rosy-cheeked wo-
man, ''too horrible! That sounds
like Heine! What is it," She
snapped her fingers, but could not
think of it, something about dead
love and a coffin! All, that is all
matter OF fashion. today it is no longer
the style. If one marries man
one does not love, all is not lost! Look
at me, | too married a husband who
was Of no consequence to me. The
man whom | loved had not red cent
with which to marry me- What was
to be done? I was sensible, I took the
rich one. The other? Well" she
smiled, looked past me. eve remained
GOOD friends. In these days people
are quite tolerant, and my husband
was SO as WE'LL
I looked at her in perplexity.
was much too innocent to grasp the
full meaning of the conversation, but
felt the unhealthy breath which
radiated from the frivolous speech of
this large, voluptuous person, who
now arose and approached me with
her smile and her strangely scintilla-
ting green eyes. II see yor are
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