Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-12-22

care of her somewhere else; she is
out of place here; do it for her owr
sake
"She had spoken beseechingiy. and
stepping nearer him, laid her right
hand on his shoulder.
We'll, what more?' he asked.
rapidly stroking his beard. Where
would you think best to Danish this
chiId?'
Send her to a good boarding
school; let her be teacher; she is
poor and it is an honorable position
Or
You are probably thinking OF
Mademoiselle Lemon in this connec-
ton, Anna Maria?' rejoined Klaus.
1 still have her honorable post on
| distinctly before my eyes. which she
! held in dealing with your stubborn
ness. If there ever was a beins
unfit TO take upon herself the martyr
| dom OF a gOverness, it is Susann2
Mattoni,'
"A slight shadow passed over Anna
Maria's face as he spoke of her
stubbornness, but she was silent
Perhaps continued Klaus bitterly,
you would also like to make an
actress of her because she happens
to have a voice and recites chain
ingly.' He pushed away the news
paper and sprang up. L am I'M
utterably exasperated. Anna Maria,
that you should venture to repeat
this proposition. i was not prepared
for il, | must confess! What makes
you appear so hostile toward Su,
sauna? Do you know, you who live
here in happy security, what it means
for girl so young, SO inexperienced
to be thus thrust into the world?
Surely not. You fulfil your duties
here, you care and labor as hundreds
would not do in your place; but here
you act the mistress, inapprOachable,
untouched by all the common things
of life. You do not know, even by
name, those humiliations which g
woman in a dependent position must
endure. | know, indeed, that hun
dredS must endure them, and hun
dreds. perhaps, do not feel what they
are deprived of; but this girl would
feel it, and would be unhappy, most
unhappy.
He paused for a moment and look.
ed at Anna Maria. She had claspel
her hands, and coldly and steadily re
turned his look; an almost mocking
smile lay on her lips, and put Klaus
beside himself
You certainly have no compre.
hension of this he cried, his face
flushed with anger. You have every
thing, Anna Maria, but you have
never possessed a heart. You can do
everything but that which glorifies
and ennobles a woman-love Anna
Maria, that you cannot do, feel
deep pity for you, for you lack
woman's sweetest charm; love and
pity go hand-in-hand. | could not
imagine you as a solicitors wife, or
even as a mother; how can l expect
pity for strange child?
Klaus! for Gods sake, stop
entreated in mortal terror, for Anna
Maria had grown pale as death, and
her eyes stared out into the darn
night with vacant, terrified expires
sion, but not word of defense passec
her lips. Klaus shook off my hand,
and continued with unchecked
vehemence:
cit is time for me to tell you,
Anna Maria; it must be said some
time. | am your guardian, and it is
my right and my duty. | must, alas!
accuse myself of having given you too
much liberty, and you have abused it.
You have become cold and hard |
said before | could not imagine you
as loving mother, as a wife that you
will never be, for you will not bend,
You would never do a rash. thought
less act, but you are unable to make