Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-08-01
Continued.

NAMED a puzzle until this hour; To-
the papers which insured the chile
its rights were burnt with the Rath
house in l. before they had eVel
been read. We must interrupt thE
work for some days" he continued
turning to one Of the masons who, II
pardonabIe eagerness for further de
veIopmeuts, had climbed half way
down the ladder and listened from
his height in speeches. wondermeni
to the prominent part in the spinning
rooms Of Lndhof.
But tomorrow you must dig
crave in Lindhof churchyard, cried
the forester Il shall 90 directly
from here to the pastor to speak Of
it."
He returned to the closet and sur
yeyed the clothing which had once
arrayed the limbs of the gypsy girl
and had evidently been hung witt
greaL care in the combinations II
which they had delighted the eye oil
Lila's lover. Upon the floor Of the
cupboard stood shoes. The forester
took up pair of them. They JUST
covered his broad hand. It must have
been d pair of real Cinderella feet
which had fitted them.
These / will take to Elsie" he said
smiling, and carefully picked them up
between his thumb and first finger.
She will be surprised that her grand
mother was such a Lilliputian."
Ferber meanwhile had cleansed the
mandolin of the dust and pushed II
carefully under his arm, while Rein
hardt closed the jewel-casket and
lifted it from the table by its dainty
handle fastened to the lid. Thus
laden the three men clambered out
again. At the top all the boards that
could be got together were placed
over he opening in the roof for tenn
porary protection from wind and
weather. Then the three returned to
the ladies', who had been waiting in
keen expectation at the foot of the
jutty, and were not little amazed
at the strange procession which
came climbing down the ladder. But
not one word did they learn of what
had happened above until they al
reached the Iindens. Then Reinhardt
deposited the casket upon the table,
described infinitely the hidden cham
Der and its contents, and repeated
his former work of Interpretation
this time much more fuently thai
before.
Silent and breathless the ladies
listened to these outbursts of a pas
sionate heart Elizabeth sat pale and
silent, but when Reinhardt reached
the paragraph which cast so gIarng
a light upon the one obscure point Of
their family history she bounded up
and fixed her eyes upon her uncle S
smiling face He had been watching
her eXpectantly. Frau Ferber, TOO
seemed stupefied for a time after the
close of the reading. For her clear
usually calm, judicial mind this TO,
mantle question seemed incompre
hensible But Miss Mertens, to whom
Reinhardt had first to explain the
whole bearing and significance Of the
discovery, she knowing nothing of
the founding, clasped her hands
above her head at the marvellous rev,
citation.
Have you a claim upon your in
heritance by virtue of this sheet?'
she asked, with intense eagerness.
Doubtless" replied Ferber; 'but
how can we tell in what the matern
al inheritance consisted? The family
is extinct. the name of Gnadewitz is
lost. Everything has passed into
strange hands. Who can tell us what
we have to claim and where?"
No, that we shall not NEEDLE
with" decided the forester. Such un
dertakings cost money, and at last
we might have to be satisfied with a
compromise for a few thalers. Let
that all so, We have never starved
yet"
Elizabeth dreanily picked up the
Shoes which her uncle had placed
before her. The faded silk cut here
and there revealed the form of the
foot They had been much used, but
evidently not in the forest, for the
soIes we're fresh. The fleet little feet
must have worn them during the
imprisonment at the time when she
"sprang through the rooms as though
fleeing from pursuers, beating heI
delicate breast"
Look, Elsie. now we know, too
whence YOU come with your fragile
waist and the feet that trip over tbs
grass-blades without their breaking,
said her uncle. You are Just such q
forest butterfly as your ancestor; yoI
too, would beat your brow against the
walls if YOU were shut in. It's gypsy
blood in your veins, though you were
ten times Gold Elsie with a skin
white as a snow-drift. There, put on
the things; you will see at once thai
you can dance in them perfectly
well"
He offered her the shoes.
oh. no uncle" said Elizabeth WITH
a deprecating voice and gesture
They are relics. I could never pro
fame them so without fearing Jost':
black wrathful eyes upon me"
Frau Ferber and Miss MertenE
took the same view of the matter
and the former was of the opinion
that the closet with all its contents
should be placed in some dry. SAT-
spot where it might stand unharmet