Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-02-04

brilliant memory of her youth, when
she, the daughter of ducal minister,
was enveloped in the simmer of court
life. The old lady was an incorrupti-
Bile Judge in matters of honor and of
good form, civil to subordinates, proud
| to the second" class, and always
ready to give her friends the benefit
| Of her counsel, the confident of women
| both young and old in matters matri-
monial. Not disinclined for a rude
| Jest in staid society, especially at
whist, she was very sensitive to the
slightest breach of etiquette COM
mitted by young person. Besides,
| she was living guide to the nobility
| and the chronicler of all interesting
family affairs An old acquaintance
Of my mothers parents, she "thoud
her and always spoke of me conde-
scendingly as the chicken
Like me she held my fathers mem
DRY as that of a perfect cavalier with
a high code of honor, and therefore |
loved her respectfully. My mother
was her acknowledged darling, her
stay.
Helene is aristocratic to her very
| finger-tips," she once said to me. 'You
are not much like her, Anneliese, un-
| fortunately! Did you ever see SO no
BILE profile, SO aristocratic hand?
And her gait-the composure of her
movements, in her expressions! That
| is native to her, that is race, my
chicken. She would have made SUI
perb maid-of-honor. And how she
bears all! If I did not know that she
was in straitened circumstances, |
should think her a millionaire. Your
mother is CONNIE il fault very CONNIE
| il fault, Anneliese.".
Mamma went to her. She remained
a long time. My teacher had been
gone quite a while, but I was upon
nettles awaiting her, for, firstly,
Base" had asked for her and second
ly. the bearer of a letter containing
money had come with note with
five large seals upon it, and it could
only be delivered to mamma in person
something that had not happened
since papas death.
Finally I could endure it no longer,
but took up hat and coat and sought
mamma at the Countess The old
maid-servant opened the door for me
and whispered Cat the Countess a low
tone belonged to the requirements of
good form, only she herself was an ex-
ception; she had voice like a bea-
con and made abundant use Of it,
Frau Won Sternberg was still there; |
should wait in the summer house
drawing-room while she went to an
nounce me- I stepped in front of the
mirror in the cool room which only a
very vivid imagination could desig-
nate as drawing-room, and studied
my personal appearance; there was no
mlrror at home in which one could
see ones self full-length.
The Countess was right: / was not
as pretty as mamma -ah, too much
was lacking! The chestnut brown,
silky hair which, in luxuriant fullness
framed mammals delicate, rather long
face, was replaced in me by short,
curly, dark locks; my complexion was
somewhat sallow, my face not long,
but rather round. Dark, straight
brows extended over a pair of eyes
somewhat too 1arge-as the Countess
said almost as large as my mothers.
A nose too short, and tolerable teeth,
completed the face; in addition, as
slender as young cat, and short, very
short, while mamma was built like a
Juno
I turned away with a shrug of the
shoulders and advanced to the door
which was draped with Powered cot
ton curtain; suddenly I heard the
Countess voice:
'Then, my dear Len, if can get
the lodging for eighty dollars I will
close the bargain"
II would be very grateful to you,
dearest Countess"
1t is TOO PAD, Len, IHdI HOCHlHS
came again of the foundation for An
neliese; there are entirely too many
poor aristocratic girls; they might be
taken to- the fair. Well, do not de-
spair, Len; strange things happen in
life, something will turn up. No one
starves to death nowadays. Some
good house will be open in which a
governess is respected as lady; pos
sibly a match can be found for her.
But keep a tight hand over her, so
chat she does not one day do as Lore
Tollen, who fell head over ears in love
with that Becker! I shall undeceive
old Tollen sometime" she added grim
". 'eYou know, Len, am not proud,
and if the girl accepts Doctor Schon-
berg, well and good, if she must be
married! But that person-that per-
sCn-"
"Anneliese is till child my moth
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