Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-12-29

/ to the goal? And how, after all,
/ should | tread it?
! 'Susanna's illness was violent but
brief. The delirium had ceased by
/ the next day, but she lay very feeble
for a week after, without speaking or
showing interest in anything. But
! her great eyes continually followed
Anna Maria, as she moved noiselessly
about the sick-room. Anna Maria's
/ manner toward Susanna was altered:
/ there was a certain gentleness and
tenderness about her that became her
wonderfully well Whether it was
sympathy with the invalid, or whether
she wanted to show the girl whom
the shelter of her home that she
cherished no ill-will toward her, | do
/ not know; az any rate, she took care
of her like a loving mother.
| After about a week Susanna raised
her head, begged to have the windows
opened and showed an appetite; and
when the doctor came he found her
! sitting up in bed, eating with ex-
cellent appetite the prescribed con-
d
pigeons.
'Bravo!' cried the gay little man,
keep on so, A small glass of Dor,
/ deaux, too. would do no harm
And tomorrow l shall get up!'
cried Susanna.
! Not tomorrow; and day after to-
morrow | shall inspect you again be-
! fore you do it, answered the doctor.
/ Susanna laughed, and then, with
/ the pleasant feeling OF returning
health lay back on the pillows, took a
hundred-leaved rose from the bunch
of flowers which Klaus sent daily
| through Anna Maria, to be placed by
the sick-bed, and asked-what! did [
hear Alright? Mortified, | turned my
head away and looked for Anna Ma
| ria; fortunately she had gone out
with the doctor-and asked: Has
Klaus-Herr Won Hegewitz-ever in
CURED for me?' And as she spoke
her dark eyes flashed beneath the
long lashes.
oh, yes, Susanna, but he is very
much occupied with the harvesting
now | said deceitfully, and he
knows you are having the best of
care
She nodded. And has not Herr
Won Sturmer been here? Did he not
know that l was ill?"
/ 'Sturmer? Yes, | think he has
been here frequently | replied.
And hasn't he asked at all how |
WASP she questioned me further.
You are assuming, ma mignonne!'
said l, irritaed. He has inquired for
you, perhaps-yes, | remember-noth,
ing more
How ungailant!' whispered SUI
sauna, sulkily. At that moment the
door opened and Brockeimann entered
with little basket of choice apricots,
with a fresh rosebud placed here
and there among them.
IAN expression OF regard from
Baron Won Sturmer, who sent his
wishes for the Fraulein's improve.
ment, hoping that she might like to
eat the fruit With these words the
basket was set down rather roughly
on the table beside the bed The old
woman's glance met mine, and in her
eyes was plainly to be read: Well.
let anybody who can understand such
a state of affairs; | can't But SUI
/ sauna, with cry of joy, had seized
the basket, and buried her nose in
the flowers, inhaling their spicy odor.
Then she rested it on her knees, pu.
her delicate arms around it, leaned
her head on the dainty handle, ana
with happy smile closed her eyes,
and thus Anna Maria found her She
frowned at this ecstasy. 1t is very
kind Of Sturmer,' she said, quietly:
he always shows such delicate at
tentions when he knows any one to
be Ill and suffering. Then st)9 rang
for plate and silver fruit-knife.
Give them to me, Susanna; | will
prepare some of the beautiful fruit
for you
To be continued