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

me, even paler than before. Sic
talks necessarily of Klaus, she said
slowly. I knew that it must come,
but Klaus did not understand me.
She loves him, aunt, believe me-
My thoughts were so full CT
Klaus that l said, quite consistently
ana he loves her.'
Anna Maria did not understand me
Alright. What did you say, aunt?' she
asked, the WEAKNESS all gone from
her eyes.
81 said Klaus is tenderiy inclined
toward Susanna Mattoni,' / repeated
boldly.
THE girl broke into a smile-nay
she even laughed-and | saw her firm
white teeth shine for the first time
for many day; then she grew grave.
How can you joke now, aunt?
joking, | replied warmly. Anna
Maria puzzled me; she must have
noticed it for long time; then why
was she so opposed to the child?
You are not joking, aunt? she
asked icily. Then you little under
stand how to Judge Klaus. Klaus.
Klaus, with his cool reason, his calm
nature, he who might have had "a
wife any day if he had wished, shoul d
care for this child-it is ridiculous,
perfectly ridiculous!"
But, Anna Maria, are you 50
blind?' | cried.
i am not blind, she replied, with
one OF her glaD3es which showed
plainly her contempt of my opinion.
Not till | see the two come, uniteu,
out of the church will | believe thai
Klaus loves her, and that, Aunt Rosa,
mond, neither you nor | will live to
see
Stop, Anna Maria | begged 1T
is, OF course, possible that | am mis-
taken, but-God grant that you are
right | added.
Anna Maria was silent for a mo
ment. No. she said then, as if to
herself, lifting up her arms-no,
Klaus is not capable of such an error.
believe in Klaus. His kind heart,
his compassion for the orphan, impel
him to be hard toward me; our
so contrary. But | know, aunt, tina,
Klaus loves me so much, that | stana
before any other in his heart. so +
Will gladly bear the narshness; per-
haps he has borne something harder
for my sake When Susanna is gone
we shall find the old good will back
again.
1 do not believe that Susanna will
go away, will be allowed to go away,
| threw in, uncertainty, touched by
her confidence.
Her eyes shone. Leave that to
me, Aunt Rosa, she replied; she
shall go, take my word for it,.
And if you vex Klaus afresh by
such a demand?'
Klaus desires Susanna's best
good, and he will find such other
place for her as soon as he learns
that he is not an object of indifference
to her. Klaus is man OF honor
and a glance will suffice
What, Anna Maria?' | groaned
/ you would inform him that-that-
Yes she replied.
beg you, Anna Maria, do not dc
1t; do not pour oil on the fire, my
child; be silent"
Never, aunt; | have been silent
100 long already she said decidedly
l saw it coming ,on, it had to come
and had not the courage to warn
Klaus, and say: Protect this chilo
from the saddest thing that can come
! to a ma'den's heart; do not let II
! awaken into first love, which mus,
then be renounced.
Anna Maria, for Heavens sake.
| implored, how do you know so Ger,
tainly that Susanna no longer regards
Klaus with Indifference? You canno,
take her feverish talk for ANYTHING
positive. She talks about Sturmer as
well as Klaus. beg you, keep s!len,
IL Is only a conjecture OF yours; SUI
sauna may be N state of un
certainty still, herself.
"A precocious, passionate nature
like that girls?' she asked, and went
I to the door, about to leave; there is
! nothing uncertain there. | owe it tC
her
! Anna Maria, let her get well
first; it is over-hasty, and may make
dreadful jumble!'
She did not answer, but gave me
a nod that agreed with her earnest
look, and then left me alone with my
thoughts.
How sorry was for her, this
young maiden with the heart of an
old woman, How this firm confidence
in Klaus touched me, | had eN,
pected a little jealousy from her, had
supposed thai SlsarGas appearance
! seemed dangerous enough to her to
rob her OF her brothers heart: but
nothing oil all this-that she wished
to preserve the girls peace of MIND.
She believed in Klaus with firm, un.
shaken trust. 1 know that | stand
before all others in his heart only
our opinions about Susanna differ
widely. Klaus was a man of honor,
Klaus could not marry Susanna: it
lay beyond the reach OF possibility!
A love without this final end was not
conceivable to her pure mind; of a
passion VIII ch could outreach all