Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-01

nizable. Lore had gone to Italy with
her uncle and divorce was under
way, the Countess told me afterwards.
why are they separating?"
"Ah, child, it is a terrible thing, and
Frau Tollen begged me to say nothing
about lido not ask mel"
Poor Lore! Only the half-hour,
which I spent at night with cousin in.
my room, disrobing, belonged to me.
In silence she unlaced my gown and
brushed my hair, in her usual tender
and caressing manner. We scarcely
spoke, but we had the same thought
Robert. Sometimes looked fixedly in
her small eyes-had she seen the
kiss, the sweet sad kiss with which
our souls met and parted? Not a
muscle of her face, not word be-.
trayed it to me. She simply said
occasionally: when the human I'M
Outstanding can devise no further
means God opens a way. Do not
look so pale, Anneliese. Just glance
in the mirror, this is not your old,
roguish facet"
No, it was not; l was aware of it
myself. A pallid, long countenance
looked out at me, with eyes beneath
which were dark circles, and firmly
compressed mouth which had lost all
inclination to reply partly. Nor were
the lips any longer those of child
but he alone knew that,-he and /
and the storm which ragged around u.s.
Laughter, too, had been forgotten in a
| few seconds-probably forever, for
when should it be re-learnt?
"Ah, cousin, how will it be so?"
| ''The Lord has said: Fear not!' If
I did not believe in His help, l should
have died long SINCE" she replied.
"But the inevitable will surely come,
it must come" She made no answer,
for she too knew-it must come.
! cousin, have you heard from him?"
I asked with hesitation.
mo-" was the curt reply.
In the morning bright and early
cousin was up, descending and ascend
ing the stairs, and relieving mamma Of
all household cares Herr Wollmeyer
| SLOW OoA1y AAOAO AO4 NOuO 0uO OANAGOO,
and cousin muttered something about
being insane when he requested her
to wear the costume of an old Ger
man woman in honor of the fancy
dress ball, the costume to be re-
! production Of that worn by Frau
Swerdtlein in Faust" and to repre-
sent a housewife with Golf, full
cloth dress, a ruff around her neck,
and a large white apron.
who was she?" asked the honest
old soul, 81 never heard of her in my
life. He must leave me in peace!"
'1He must leave me in peace said
the Countess, too, entering mamma S
room one night. We were sitting to-
gether in the twilight, talking of indif-
ferent things. HE must leave me in
peace, Len; I am beyond masquerad-
ing and mummery What has possess
ed him? Every sparrow upon the roof
is piping of Wollmeyer's fancy-dress
fete! If you were still young people
but, as it is! You have every. reason
to lead a quiet life
Mamma made no answer
"And then, Len, one thing more!
How came you to call at Erdmunds-
chenk Won Pauersleben's? I know his
Excellency was very friendly to Woll-
meyer on the Emperor's last birthday,
| but-but-''
/ Mamma shrugged her shoulders a
little and remained silent, while a
flush of shame suffused her cheeks.
well, I mean no offence, Len, "
continued the Countess inexorably, II
only mean that everything has limit
The Professionalism is, his Excel
lency's wife, was just at my house
she seemed very much surprised; you
know her, Len! They have nothing
against you, but Wollmeyer is a per-
| feet stranger to them, and you see,
| Len"
81 see, yes, I see, Countess, but I
cannot help it," cried mamma nerv-
ously.
II will tell you something, Lem
you have become puppet," main
tanned the Countess. 'tYou allow your
self to be Influenced in a way incom-
prehensible to me, and you have ut
terly lost all regard for that which
your position demands. Do not be
| vexed, but it must be said. If things
go on in this manner you will make
yourself absurd You must have
enough independence to say: this is
the limit of good taste, beyond this we
cannot go! You always influenced
Sternberg, and now you are not cap.
| able Of
Aunt" I implored, ''do not scold,
mamma is fll-are you not, mamma I?
And you see, aunt, papa-papa was
Eyes, yes, chicken, you are right"
replied the Countess, Grossly "Papa
was-well, no harm meant, Len, and
tell him if I may not come in my black
| silk dress will stay at home. Do not
look so sad; he, too, has his good
qualities Only see, he dresses you
in velvet and silk, and let us give him
his due-yesterday he gave again two
hundred marks for coal for Tho moor