Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-18
Continued.

That is my acair. I earnestly beg
of you not to make any further at
tempt at this moment to eVade me, for
time presses. | ask you, therefore, will
you in the time that / shall be gone
try to remember the beginning Of the
greeting?"
Yes"
And you will be ready to hear the
close when I return?"
Yes.
Very well; amid all the sorrow an
Suffering shall have a scrap Of blue
sky over me. May my good angel
whisper to you meanwhile the name OF
the realm l spoke Of. Farewell"
He gave her his hand, and strobe
away along tie shortest path toward
the castle.
Elizabeth stood for a time in sort
of sweet stupehcation, cut of which
she was first aroused by the doctors
wife, who returned laden with plates
and dishes, and was much amazed 10
find neither Oh the gentlemen. The
young girl told her what had hap
pened. The doctor soon returned, and
reported that the baroness had been
greatly ofendd that her cousin had
not thought it worth while to tell her
personally Of the accident. The unfor-
tunate doctor had had to accept sever
al bitter observations Of the irritated
lady meant for himself, but he was SO
impolite as not to be in the least dis
turbed by them. He seated himself
comfortably before the weIlfIIed plat
tiers, and ate with excellent appetite.
Elizabeth meanwhile went to take
leave of F'rauIein Won Waldo. There
was nothing further to detain her.
She needed most urgently to be alone
with her thoughts, to recall immedi.
ately every word that had been spOk-
end and reflect upon it's meaning.
You wish to go?" asked Helene.
as Elizabeth began to taker her leace.
What does my brother say to this?"
Rudolph has cen called to the
castle upon urgent business" replied
the baroness, who appeared at the
moment, and Fraulein Ferber is thus
TeIeied of the obligation to remain
longer"
Helene darted a glance of disap-
probation at the speaker. 81 do not
see it So" she said; his business
surely will not prevent his return.
ing"
Il think not" replied the baroness,
hesitatingly but his return may be
very late. Fraulein Ferber will be
greatly bored among persons whom
she does not know at all, and"
Has my brother released you?
inquired FrauIein Won Waldo of EIIz-
abeth without letting the baroness
finish.
Yes" replied the young girl, land
] beg you to permit me to 60"
During this brief debate the first
lady-in-waiting leaned back and sur
beyed Elizabeth frof top to toe with
cold, penetrating eyes. HoIlfeId arose
and went off in silence Fraulefn Won
Waldo looked after him with a sort
of panied anger, and did not at first
respond to Elizaeth's request. At
last she extended her hand abstract
Iy, and said: Nov, there 90 dear
child and accept many thanks for
your kind help"
Elizabeth quickly took leave Of
Doctor and Frau Ferber and entered
the woods with a strong sense of re
relief.
She drew a long breath when the
noise had died away, the last waltz
subsidized the jubiIant tones of which
had accompanied her for time. She
could now yield undisturbed to the
charm which lay upon her whole
thought, which made her hear again
and again the voice whose appealing
resonance touched her heart, before
which all her maidenIy pride, all the
prudent principles of reason, vanished
away. She remembered how she had
obeyed him INTERESTINGLY from the
first though her deeply wounded
sense Of honor commanded her to
leave at once a circle in which she
was so evidently unwelcome. She
felt anew the bliss with which she
had FASTENED to his side when he in
sisted before all the people present
that he belonged to her for the dav
and desired no substitute. He might
have led her to the end of the world;
she would have followed him blindlv
with mistaken trust and the fullest
surrender of all her being and her
parents. She understood now how a
maiden could leave her fathers house
TO belong to a man whose path in life
mad hitherto lain far from hers, per
maps in some opposite direction: who
knew nothing of all the Hkings. reIa-
lions, events, small and large. nv
which every fibre of her being had
hitherto been most closely inter,
woven with that of her whole family
Two months before this had been an
lnsolvable problem for her.
She had entered a path which she
had frequently traversed with Miss
Mertens. Penetrating the thicket in
countless windings. it opened upon
the road which crossed the forest and
formed the boundary between the
portions belonging to the Prince of
L and to Herr Won Waldo. On the
other side of this road. opposite the
toot-path. was the wagon road LEADING
to the Lodge.