Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-10-03
hen she got up and left the room.

hen she got up and left the room.
Immediately afte dinner Leo drove
into town. Ante heard the carriage
roll cut of the courtyard. She was
liz the diningroom, occupied in putting
Up and locking away the silver which
had been taken out for yesterdays
dinner. 1t was after four o'clock,
and twilight had already settled down.
She mechanically wiped off every sill
yer spoon, every fork. with a dainty
lit of chamois leather and put them
away, piece by piece, on the blue vel
vet cushion of the great leather case.
Her thoughts were with Leo. What
would he do in his injured pride? She
| felt sorry for him in her Utmost soul.
She had never seen her mother so
violent. When Ante, white with ter
ror rushed into the room that moi ming
where they were talking together, the
old lady, flushed with anger, was sit
ting at the table with the bank book
before her. The hand she had just
dashed down on the table was still
clinched as it rested on the bright
table-cover, beside the inkstand Leo,
white as chalk, but with a supercilious
smile curling his lips, was standing
in careless attitude before the stove,
as f warming his hands.
Mother, beg of YOU" cried Ante.
What have you been saying?"
"That you will be welcome in my
home, at any moment" was the bitter
reply; that / have still a warm cor
ner for you, and that | hope you will
come soon, before you have to see
how everything here's going to
| ruin!"
Now you know; decide for your
self" Eaid Leo dTyly.
But she paid no attention to him.
She went I'D to her mother with clasp
ed hands, and looked at her with an
imploring glance.
You need not repeat it, mamma"
Leo continued; my wife knows that l
sell no pictures, and that / am fond
of champagne and fine horses"
| LEO, say no more about it," inter-
rupted his wife. "All that | have is
yours; / have never complained of
your expenditures. If my mother does
so, she means it kindly and-perhaps
she is not wrong. Oh, beg of you,
do not quarrel; please, please do mott"
you have never yet complained,
child that is true. You would not say
word even IL the very last penny
were to be flung out of the window to-
| day 1t is for that that | am here; it
is for that very reason that | have
simply explained to him that if you go
on living as you do now, your whole
fortune will be gone in six or eight
years-and that is the end of every
thing Or do you fancy perhaps that
after that you can devour the iron
works for your bread and butter? By
Heavens, will take very good care
that that never happens"
The resolute woman wiped the beads
of perspiration from her forehead.
Antje was silent.
Leave us, Leo" she entreated, at
length.
| EACuSt me. III lulSItSlS me W
hear what rules your mother pre-
scribes for our guidance in the flu
ture." was Leo's reply.
Nothing more" Frau Klaartje SLOW
ly repned-"nothing more than that
which Ante learned while she lived
in my house-simplicity, economy, and
labor, labor such as beseems man
who has a wife and child to care for;
not an art that brings in nothing! And
now | must ask you for a timetable"
Leo looked at the clock. "The ex-
press train for Leipzig goes in three
quarters of an hour" he said, very
calmly.
"Leo!" The young wife's heart al
most stood STILL
To be continued.