Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-01-09
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to be good or i'll, gracious lady, said
the old woman. please God. you will
b. back home in four weeks time. |
cant fancy the house without you,
though I will do my best. 1t will be
like a room from which the lamp has
been carried out, when the carriage
drives away with you and the baby.
But, gracious lady, will you not go and
have your breakfast with the master ?
He is in the dining-room now"
Il have already said good-by to him,
Classen."
Good gracious, ma'am. how pale
you look. But that is all your own
obstinacy-you would sleep on that
miserable sofa all night"
"Classen, | cried all night, after /
came to myself. till this morning; but
why should disturb your master?
II Is better to keep ones anxiety and
distress to ones self"
ut ceretainly would be dreadful
thing IL Re should lose a nights sleep
for once!" thought Frau Classen,
grizzly. as she looked at the narrow,
uncomfortable sofa on which her
young mistress had spent the night.
Then she added aloud. with a deep
Sigh: "Oh. will take care of him;
know all his favorite dishes; you can
be quite easy about him, ma AM. /
should IKE best to be going with you
as nurse"
And she turned sobbing away and
went downstairs into her kitchen with
Antics key-basket There she put 1t
I'm the cupboard behind the shining
glass doors. and, drying her eyes with
the corner Of her apron. she declared
that she felt just as II some great mis-.
fortune were coming to this house
Ante. quite broken down, had
locked herself into her room: she
had sent the child downstairs with
its nurse to say good-by to papa. She
was quite crushed and broken and
she felt a sharp physical pain in the
region of the heart. The beating OF
the poor, tortured heart was irregular
as the terrified flutterings of some i'm.
prisoned bird. She thought he must
come. with the child in his arms; he
must say 1T is impossible, Ante,
that you should be going away for
ever; stay here with met"
But he could not do that II would
be hypocrisy, it would be lie: he
aid not love her 1t would only have
been a continuation of the same oil
miserable existence. No, he could
mot Keep her, and she--could not stay
II was all over!
Then she suddenly started up; the
child's voice sounded in the corridor,
Her head swan in her dread OF seeing
him again; she shuddered at the tor
ture of this parting and yet-ah, il
was only the nurse.
Can you keep the baby with you
for a few minutes. maam?" she In.
auired, Il would like to pack up my
things" And she put the child down
ON the floor in front of its mother.
Jump me, mammal! said the little
enc.
Antics trembling hands caught up
The light little creature. Mouse.
ahe stammered out, did papa give
you kiss? What did papa say?"
Papa say nothing" replied the
child,
THE master kissed her little hand.
called back the nurse from the door,
way. Il think he was in great
bury"
Ante fixed her burning eyes on
the child and put the little hand TO
her lips.
Was 1t so easy for him, Mousle.
80 very easyG" she murmured.
Then she saw dark spot on the
pale blue bow which adorned the
>hild's dainty sleeve at the wrist
Perhaps he shed tear over you
your poor little baby. 1t must be n
tear, he could not be so heartless
Mamma will keep the bow for YOU.
Who knows that 1t may not some day
be the only proof that your father
ever loved you. Mousie!" And sh,
took Off the bow and hid it in hel
prayerbook. which lay at the ton OF
abe open trunk
Down in the court the coupe drove
up to the door. Ante heard II from
the window. but she did not stir
Would he really so away without once
coming to see her?
~ length she got up. took the
ahill in her arms. ana went to tn,
window She saw Leo standing o.
the steps, she saw him look mp 81
Hildas window, and then get into IN,
carriage. The carriage drove ava,
THROUGH Tho open gateway. ana sh,
followed II with her eyes till It dis
appeared round the Corner of 10,
yarden.wall.
With tottering steps she carried tn
child back 20 the nursery and dec
into the studio. which she locked be
hind her.
She was still there when the car
riage drove up TO take her to IN,
STATEN.
Old Classcn knocked vigorously a
she door
Gracious lady. II Is time to go