Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-03-20

J, himself to say it. It was all the
same to him; he no longer owned q
single stone of it.
At this moment Classen spied the
Frau Foresterin, who was beckonine
to her from the house, and she
charged the little one to be good
At any rate there was a good cup oil
ccffee I'm store for her
The pale man and the rosy child
were left alone together; the child
had come back TO him and sat play
ling quietly at his feet. smiling up at
him now and then with pair OF
lclear, wonderfully deep greenish
reyes. He watched her as he would q
flower which had blossomed in a
night, with amazement and admira-
ton. He Dardly knew his child, aud
perceived now for the first time how
wonderfully pretty she was.
At length she stood up. Come
with me to mamma" she said, taking
MIN coayingly by the hand.
He flushed beneath the eyes of this
little creature.
TO mammal" she repeated, and
! puckered up her mouth to cry. And
as he still remained seated without
moving she began to cry in good
earnest, and this note of alarm
brought Classen and the forester's
wife running up at the same moment
ooh, you naughty child" scolded
the Frau Foresterin, carrying the
sobbing little one away to show her
the moody cow" but Classen stayed
behind.
Little impetuous thing!" she
said; but she gets that from you,
sir"
And then she began 10 enumerate
some of her characteristics In which
she resembled her father, and wound
up by saying: But we don't give in
tn her; she has to mind"
CHAPTER XVI.
When the little one drove away
with the old woman, quiet comforted
again. Leo went back into the house
and seated himself. as he used often
to do, by the window of Frau Dora's
oxquisitely neat parlor. But here he
was even less able to concentrate
his thoughts, for the young Forsterin
thought 1t her duty to entertain the
gloomy man, and she had a whole
budget of news from the iron works.
Frau Jussnitz had laid the corner
stone for the new schoolhouse yester-
day, and the little one had to give
the first stroke of the hammer. And
then she and Herr Ferdinand Frey
together had bought the "Gunderode"
iron-works. and they were building a
furnace In common. Who would
ever have though 1t of the quiet. pale
woman! Herr Kortmer said the DID
lady had been capable enough, but
this one went far ahead of her. for
the late Frau Bergrath was little
afraid of new enterprises.
Il am sure you will be surprised"
she concluded, when wou go down
again. And when are you going
back? Heaven forbid that | should
wish you to go. but | am sure you
must find it frightfully dull here.
Tomorrow morning the Herr Doctor
is going fox-huntingl with Wilhelm.
Then you will be left alone here
again. But what do you say? Up
stairs in the attic are all your old
ainting-things-even the umbrella
is there. You ought to paint, nerr
Jussnitz, you ought to paint"
And the agile little woman hurried
away to look for the things, to the
roll f Nf he ~
behind. He stood up, and walked mp
and down the room till, lost in
thought, he stopped at length before
the Frau Fovesterin's glass cupboard.
IN which stood out against a bright
blue back ground brilliant cups,
cake-plates. her bridal wreath. wax
angels flower-vases, and variety OF
thlngs OF similar nature. His
eyes rested absently on these splen-
doris, until they were caught by
little object at which he looked long
and thoughtfully. 1t was womans
head modelled in clay, representing
III lifelile manner the saucy nose.
tho full lips and the wavy masses or
hair of the young Forsterin-a nor.
trait bust which could not have been
better.
; He was still looking at it when
Frau Dorchen came back
1T is all arranged in your rooms
upstairs, Herr Jussnitz as If YOU hat;
only Just left it," she cried gayly.
But he did not even say Thank
You He pointed TO the little bust
! and said; 1T has kept pretty we'll
that little thing"
. She had come nearer. aud she
l laughed. Yes; did you think | was
soing to throw that beautiful piece OF
+ work out of the window, as YOU
r wanted me to do. Herr Jussuitz'
4 Heaven forbid lots of people have
admired it and said 1t looked exactly
{ like me shall save this up sor
my old age, to let people see that
I was once y0Gug and pretty. And
she stopped suddenly and looked a
: the painter, who could not take hi.
eyes OF the little clay head.
, Herr JussnitE." she burst out A
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