Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-03-06
Continued.
By ". HEIMBURG.

What now?" he said aloud, as ht
tore open the envelope and his eyes
were fixed on the few words in blue
pencil. They were as follows:
Your order received too late. F.
bank stopped payment. Deficit large
Letter follows.
"Kreisler"
The trembling hand dropped The
paper: the pickering fame lighted NJ
a distorted face. Leo took up the
glass of water and drank it off to the
last drop in long, eager draughts, for
his tongue seemed To cleave to the
roof of his mouth. AS he set it down
again, he knocked over the candle,
which went out. and .le glass went
crashing en- the floor. Then the bed
stead creaked, and a dull grean
echoed through the little room. 1t
penetrated to the room below. Lola,
who slept beside the Frau Forsterin's
bed lifted up her head and emitted a
low howl, followed by a prolonged
growl.
The woman's head rose from the
pillow. "Will you be quiet?" scolded
the mistress under her breath. Then
she too, heard the groans, and she
started up In bed.
Husband. go see what is the mat
ter upstairs"
Il heard the noise; will go up"
was the reply.
A minute later the Forster was
stumbling up the stairs with big
stick. and knocked at the chamber
door.
rlerr Jussnitz. what's the natter"
No answer.
Wend tried to turn the handle. but
the door was locked.
This isn't a robbers cave" he
grumbled Herr Jussnitz' he
shouted louder.
Steps approached the door, and a
voice so hUarse and strange that he
felt as II he had never heard it he
fore said from within:
at is nothing, Wend; | was only
having a bad dream
open the window" advised the
forester; "the air is too close in that
little room. Dorchen made up too hot
a FIRE. Goodnight.
Then he went downstairs again.
you are always fancying things"
he grumbled; ut was nothing but
nightmare. Probably the funeral
feast was rather heavy"
And you scold me for that, do you,
you cross old bear?" she said, mock
ingly; adding gravely: you remem-
Der his accident when he was here
before? Well. he looked just the
same tonight"
You ought to be prophecies, or
fortune-teller," he said. with a
yawn. You are too clever by half.
Dora And thereupon he pulled up
the coyerlet over his head and began
TO snore.
But his young wife could not sleep.
II seemed to her as though something
mysterious We're going on upstairs;
her heart beat violently, and she lay
and stared up at the ceiling as II she
could pierce II with her eyes, and she
listened to the sounds overhead; now
chair was being pulled out. it must
have stood in front of the table be.
tween the windows; she could hear
II distinctly.
Lola had crept out of her basket
and was SHINING up at her mistress.
The young wife fe., that the dog was
listening too. for nervous shudder
passed over her body now and then.
and she occasionally uttered low
gfowl
Lola, what is going on up there.
she whispered. and she began to feel
frightened, she did not herself know
why Had the nightmare chung Ia
her husbands clothes, and had he
brought II down with him. Her
limbs seemd weighted with lead ard
she was overpowered by horrible
dread.
The cuCkoo-cloek In the sitting.
room struck two She thought ot
the day when the man upstairs ha,
met with his accident" she and he,
husband had both had very shrew,
suspicion what sort of an accident i,
was, The night before. he had crent
aAout in tie room upstairs in precise
" the same way and she had lai,
awake then just as she was dom,
row, with a strong presontiment tina
something dreadful was going I,
happen, and she had net been ms
taken.
Lola kent ON growing at short in
teryals. Now the man upsta,r
would walk up and down. and row Il
would stand still: she thought sh
could hear a deep sigh. Sh
tried To clasp her hands i
prayer but she could not At he
head. in the old hea~S,ead in whir
the forester's mother used to sleeI
she could hear a ticking, loud an,
hurried. ike weten.
Such nonsense" she said. scoie
ing herself 1T Is wood.moth: bu
il must have gone crazy tonight, 10
do not hear il usually. II is tn
death-watch, she thought. with
shudder.
Then the cuckoo sang out again Il
he.