Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-03-29

She stood before him and looked at |
him, and the look silenced him, her
eyes were so full of tears.
~Eh, what has happened to your
he asked. You look like"
He did not know exactly what to
say.
Nothing particular, uncle. | have
been taking walk with my good
friend from home"
With the doctor, them?
Yes, uncle"
"Eh; no doubt you found it livelier
than with your old uncle said the
general playfully. "A man like
that has all the classics at his fingers
ends, and can tell you where Nero
had his shoes soled, and where the
lovely Agrippina bought her head
dresses
"Ah, uncle, we were not thinking
about imperial Rome" she replied.
so much the worse, What were
you thinking about? Is that the way
| you improve your minds by travel?"
A few days went by, which the doc
tor spent chiefly with them.
They went out together and took
their meals together, but they did not
mention old times again. At length
he came one evening to say good-by
The general had taken cold during
an excursion to Tivoli the day before,
and was in bed with rheumatism.
/! Lora was sitting in the dusky salotto,
i into whicp .. me ,..,,,,. sem a broad
strip of silvery blue light through
the window; opposite her was the doc
tor.
/ Greet them all at home for me,
she said, putting her hand in his.
Give my love to my mother, and also
to yours-if she cares to hear any
thing about me now
"Ah, Lora," he said gently, .she
forgave you your"
Broken faith she finished for
him. and she added hastily and in a
low tone, and yet was true to you,
Ernest, in every hore OF my heart"
1t was the first time she had adj
dressed him by his first name.
'Lora!" he said, almost breathless
She got up and went to the win
dow, and he followed her.
Il was true to you," she repeated
"A thousand times l have prayed to
God to grant me the opportunity OF
telling you So
He seized both her hands and drew
her toward him. and by the clear
light of the moon he looked into her
eyes with an anxious, questioning
look, and she felt how his hands
trembled, but her wide eyes looked up
at him, clear and pure as child's.
| And was true to you, Lora,' he
murmured.
But she broke away from him.
! NO" she said, don't speak of it,
for Katie is dead and have no
right either to reproach you for that,
for you knew | was lost to you''
| Perhaps you will believe Katie, if
you will not believe me, Lora,'' he said,
taking letter out of his pocket and
! giving it to her. Read 1t, read it, |
insist upon it, and then be lenient,
and let the secret remain with u.s.
The moonlight was so clear that
| she could decipher the wellknown
characters without difficulty; she
went to the window and read it. AT
length the hand which held the letter
| fell, and she laid her head against the
pane and cried quietly.
He stood behind her, waiting till
she should turn round, to draw her
to him, never to let her go. But as
she did not move he said gently,
..Lorat"S
Then she turned her fearful face
toward him. mo, no; not yet,
Ernest And she kept the letter
clasped tight in both hands, which
looked dazzlingly white against the
deep black OF her mourning dress,
for she still wore mourning.
He stepped back.
"Good-by, Lora; auf wiedersehen
Come soon.'
"Auf wiedersehen,' she muir
INJURED.
Soon. Never to leave met
She bent her head silently in as
sent and motioned him to go at
once
And he went obediently. He
knew it was their last separation
their last remuneration.