Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-29

oness often made wry face. Really
extraordinary Well, the future will
reveal what is behind all this
Herr Won HollfeId must have re-
manned in ~-denburg. He was with
the ladies this morning when they
drove by" said Diana
How will FrauIein Won Waldo bear
the separation?" said Dian contempt
uousIy.
''Why SOP" asked the Frau Assessor
'Wen, if you do not know that
child?'' cried Ceres, what he thinks
and feels we have yet to learn, it is
true; but that she loves him passion
atels is beyond all doubt. Besides, 1t
may be taken for granted that the in
clination is all on one side, for how
could it be possible that so dreadfully
crippled a being could awaken love in
any one, and especially in so ice-cold
man as Won HolIfeld, who passes
| by the greatest beauties unmoved."
Yes, that is true" observed Venus
with a glance at the mirror, OF which,
however, Flora, in spite of her lean
ness had presumptuously taken com
plete possession.
But Fraulein Won Wade is I'M
mensely wealthy"
He can have the wealth more cas-
| ily,' said Flora in a superior tone.
He is the presumable heir of brother
and sister,"
The sister, you mean to say" add
ed the Frau Assessor. Herr Won
Waldo is not to old to marry
oh! don't come with him!" cried
Ceres angrily.
The woman has yet to be born or
would have to descend from heaven
direct, to suit him. He is made up
of sheer arrogance, and has still less
heart than his cousin. How | used
rage a him when | was a girl
when he used to lean against the
door at the court balls with his arms
folded as though they had grown TO-
gether, looking down at the assenbl-
age in his distinguished manner!
| Only when he was commanded by
| the princess did he move from his
post, and even then he did not find
it worth while to conceal the fact
that he did not care a straw for the
! honor. What he must think of her
at whose feet he will place the proud
name Won Wade we know, for he
said boldly enough. Ancestors, ances-
tors, she must have, and if possible a
genealogical tree going back to the
men and women in Noah's ark"
1ney all lauhed, Elizabeth being
the only exception. Fraulein Won
Walde's behaviour had made a deep
impression upon her. She was indie-
nant and felt her views of human nat
ure shocked. Could such a change
have taken place in a few hours? For
others with less Ideal views the in
comprehensive magic which the bar
oness exercised upon Fraulein Won
waldo would have been explained
/ by the ladies ASSERTION that the young
girl loved the baroness son. But
not SO for Elizabeth The noble
feeling which the poets of all ages
and zones have sung with enthusiasm
as the Iovliest of earth, could not
possibly be the handspring OF ignoble
actions. But just as little could she
understand how Herr Hollfeld had
aroued such a feeling. she judged
from her own individuality, the pref
erence OF another, but whether 1t was
the instinct of her noble, womanly
nature on that rare quick insight for
which the lines of the face and the
threads of the soul are so closely
united, certain 1t is that here her es
innate of person whom she had
scarcely seen was perfectly correct
Herr Won Hollfeld was emphaticaLy
not qualified to realize the idea of q
noble womanly soul. He possessed
neither mind nor heart, was bound
lessly vain, and desired to arouse ad-
miration not alone by his handsome
| figure. He knew very well that most
women paruon an ugly exterior more
readily than the want of depth. There
was, therefore, nothing left him but
the assumption of that determination
and reserve of demeanor behind which
the world is inclined to imagine pen
Grating 0iscernment, originality, ano
strenuous views. There was no man
in the wolrd who could boast of stand
ing alone upon confidential footing
with Herr Won Hollfeld. He was sly
to ward off every from his inner
man, and carefully avoided converse
perfectly to awaken confidence in the
proverb the sweeter the nut" Herr
Won Hollfeld knew how to calculate.
He became the object of silent wishes
and longings, as the love of conquer
ing difficulties finds spur in every
obstacle. What Hollfeld's mind lack
ed in strength of fire, was richly com
pensated for in the domain of the
lower passions, among which avarice
and sensual love had the leading
roles