Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-08-29
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who are lily cared for,--the rest Tor
the pOor-fund. Yes, and only think,
he would have been unable to prove
that his father was once innocentIy
convicted, had not cousin held n
couple Of scraps Of paper, which ex-
planned the whole story; a letter let
by the first wife, which proves that
Nordmann senior was no thief, ana
secondly, a writing which old Brank-
WITT gave to his confederate, Woll-
meyer, as receipt for the consider
able sum received for LangenWald,
which Wollmeycr paid him in good
bonds and cash-three days after the
oath OF manifestation was given!
And these letters the worthless man
may God forgive him his sins-was
trying to pilfer when you called for
help and brought the entire affair 20
light. Lord, AnneIiese the story -
in all the newspapers under the head
ing: "A dead mans vindcatlon.'
II have read nothing, aunt"
Child, you must not grieye; Woll-
meyer blinded more people than your
poor mother ana me.
aunt, he never deceived mel" re-
piled |.
ut Is true" she assented, you
could not endure him from the first.
As | aid, child, taken all In all, it
would be better were you to leave
here for while. The affair will die
out in time-at present It Is against
your future, though you are not In the
least to blame. You have nothing
here from which II will grinvo you to
p0lt. think that when the heart Is
deeply attached to anything or person,
It seems impossible to one to tear
oneself away. Cousin and ] are two
old women, what can you care about
us? And you know, too, that we shall
think OF you constantly, and that as
long rs live you will always be MS
aured of n shelter when the waves
dash too high"
you are right, aunt, ! have nothing
but you two that Is a great deal, and
| shall leave you with regret"
HIM" said she.
She had probably expected that |
would mention something else that |
should have to leave / could not; |
thought that Robert had long since
forgotten me- and that If he had not
forgotten me- that tho terrible
catastrophe would lie cternally be
tween us like nm abyss which even
the most ardent love could never
sufficiently bridge over.
We'll then-to England, child"
yes, aunt"
"Your effects, / mean your mothers
effects, you can leave them with me,
AnnelIese."
Eyes, aunt. | thank you"
II will go MS far as Hamburg with
YOU, chicken, have wanted to go
there long time"
nodded with emotion.
What sort OF man Is this Nord-
mana" she then asked. "He must be
n wonderful saint hundreds In his
| place would have poCkoted the money.
| Welt, to be surC-whon one has plenty
oneself! St,li it was good of him.
he has acted magnnnimously all
| through the affair. He wanted moth.
| ing but to clear his deceased fathcr'G
memory, ne ia said to have remarked,
II panied hin that in doing so blot
should have been put upon the name
! Of one no longer able to defend him
Relf, but he could not do any different,
he owed II to his dead parents and to
his future family What alls you,
Anncllose? Arc you crying. You
are, too, quite pale; this tndinE exer.
else causes you to pant Walk slowly.
| must go home, | want to close your
| engagement?
She kissed my brow Courage.
child things are not half rs hard as
they seem"
stood beside the trunk Of the old
elm and leaned my head against It.
The garden lay before me deserted,
! IN Autumnal baroness, the mist from
! the fields rose and hung upon tho
trees like veil; damp and faded the
leaves lay upon the ground. Tho
world was as silent, as drowsy. as if IL
longod to fall asleep, weary Of the
| bloom of summer If mortals could
but fall asleep thus to awake in the
spring after delightful rcpose ?
! Why had we to live on, on. under a
| gray sky, without sunbeams, without
warmth, deserted, alone in "A strange
land, among strange people, II
would be SO beautiful, SO fuiry-ltkc.
were Robert to stand before me once
more rs he did ON the night Of
mammals death, and to say: Como
Annelcsei" But he did not do so
again, too much guilt lay between us,
heavy gutlt-another's guilt
A faint voice within me tried to
contradict: but he does love YOU still,
| ho will come; patience, Auueliese,
patience, But patience was mover
my strong point; how can one be-
patcp. when one loves and thinks
that he whom ono loves does not
share ones passion, No, he did not
love me! II had been pity, com.
passion, for the poor, tortured girl,
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