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II ust you may not find yourself mis-
taken in this belief. dear Hilda. But
Low, goodnight, goodnight" And
Hilda slipped out of the room.
! But Ante did not go to sleep. She
walked up and down on this last
night in May, in her comfortable,
cosey room And her thoughts
strayed away into the wide world
somewhere, somewhere out there, a
little boat was tossing on the waves
of life: would the weak hand that
steered il be strong enough to guide
it past the breakers? Had it ballast
enough of force and character,
Would 1t ever return to her?
A nightingale began to sing out
side, in front Of the window; the
odorous, She went to the window,
and looked out in the the twilight
garden; she stood there as she had
done when she was a betrothed
maiden, and wished that she might
look out to that distant spot whittier
ne 0du uSLdhtu IL.
She thought that a mother who is
sending out a beloved son into all the
dangers of the world would feel, per-
haps, as she did now; that she could
not sleep during the night for
anxiety; that no morning would
dawn In which she would not think
of him with fear and dread.
Thank Cod" she said, that have
work to do--a great deal Of work"
CHAPTER XVIII.
Summer passed away, and autumn
came round again. The Wild Hunts
man dashed through the air in the
frightfully stormy nights. the rusty
weathercock creaked on it's hinges,
and the sparks from the forge were
scattered in all directions. But the
old walls of the manor-house guarded
well the loney woman and her child,
who had taken refuge there. The
fire blaZed in the huge green
porcelain stove through all the fury
of the tempest. The nightlamp hum
med slightly. and the child, in its
little bed. breathed softly.
But the large bed remained I'M
touched Frau Ante could not sleep.
She thought of her wedding-day the
year before when he made her feel,
for the first time. that she was an
unloved wife. OF no value in his life;
and she recalled all the sad, weary
days that had followed. But these
late months had seemed the hardest
of all. At first. when she found
Leo had gone away. she had hoped
for a few ines of farewell; but no
news had come. then or later--she
had never once heard from him.
Maiberg went away but he, too, knew
rothing OF Leo.
Hilda had already left "Gottes-
segen," and returned to her parents.
Her lover had followed her, and the
wedding had just taken place, only a
few days before. The steamer which
was carrying them to Rio de Janeiro
was already tossing about on the
ocean. Aunt Polly had been present
at the wedding. which was made the
occasion of complete reconciliation.
A postalcard, which Hilda had
thank Ante for a costly wedding
gift snoke of another present, a.
Anue could scarcely decipher the
ords--a charming statuette of
bronze, representing little Cupid
with bandaged eyes. but the happy.
thoughtless Hilda had not said
word of whence this present came
from what city or what country
Nor did the bridegroom mention his
friend in the few earnest words that
he sent; there was only a heartfelt
desire for her future happiness. an
entretay to be kept in remembrance.
the hope of future meeting. He,
too. knew nothing definite, or. il he
did, he would not speak of X.
Antje was brave and steadfast: she
tried to soothe her pain by work, and
OF this she had more than enough;
1t was a marvel how she managed to
attend to 1t all. The workmen made
claims upon the new mistress. which
they would not have thought of max
ing upon the Frau Bergrath. The
times were changed. and Ante under
stood this. She was always ready 10
consider just demands, but she had
courage enough to put down all in
science, and this even in personal In
terourse with the people. For when
gigantic workman called out to her
an insolent threat-she was standing,
raised little above the people. on
I one OF the steps in the hall-she
turned him away with few words,
ana his dismissal followed instantly.
Old Herr Kortmer and the young
clerks in the counting.house could
not believe their ears; the for.
mer urgently entrested Frau Ante 70
cease her lonely walks. for the dis
charged workman was a reyengerul
fellow, and quite capable of anything.
/ hut Antje shook her head. with
, smile. and that very same evening
she went to the big imprudent fello VS.
! house TO tell his wife who had