Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-03-21
Colo Elsie

By e. kARLITT

| outer wall. Here the SyrlnglaS grew
luxuriance, but the men OF the .afty
succeeded, nevertheless, in forcing
passage, and three steps brought
them to portal in the wall where
the forest underbrush began.
| Now" said Ferber, rejoicing "the
last difficulty vanishes here. This en-
trance Is worth much for now we
need not go through the courts,
which would have been troublesome
and dangerous
They retraced their steps through
| the dwelling discussing its future
arrangements and engaged the mason
| for the following day to arrange one
Of the back rooms for use as kit
chen. Then having thoroughly bolt
ed the oaken door that led toward
the large wing, they began their
| homeward journey, an undertaking
rendered difficult for the moment by
! the thick underbrush but much to
be preferred to the Iormer 0reakneck
route
AS the returning explorers entered
the Iodga.garden Sabine csme, ex.
pectantly, to meet them, with little
| Ernst whom the forester had con.
fined to her keeping. She had served
afternoon coffee upon a white-coyered
table among the shrubbery and ar
ranged the shady srot in the most
comfortable manner; and now she
wished TO know how they had found
things at the castle and clapped her
hands with joyful surprise at the re-
port
All, gracious powers!' she ex-
claimed, Does the Herr Forester
see now that was right? Yes,
yes the things have been forgotten,
and small wonder. When young
Baron Won Gnadewtz was buried the
old baron travelled head over heels
away, and took all the servants with
MIN. Only the old steward, Stilber,
remained, but he was weak in his
head. and there was an immense
quantity of things down in the new
new castle, so that he had enough 70
10 to see that nothing was sipped
away from him and he left things
standing up there at last and no hu-
man soul knew a word about it. Good
heavens, ! have had my hands upon
every piece Of 1t, and busted ard
cleaned II often enough. .. And
was always anxious about the clock
Tor 1t plays melancholy air when II
strikes, and that sounded so i'll
omened through the rooms where I
had TO be roaming about all alone bv
myseh, Yes, ! was young then. Where
IL the time gone since?"
Now came cosy hour of rest and
planning while they drank the coffee
Elizabeth thought nothing more de.
iightiuI could be imagined than TO
wake up at the castle, WhitsuntIde
morning when the church bells of
ohe heghboring village were ringing,
Il view which Frau Ferber shared. II
was therefore decided to begin the
work of renovation with full vigor on
the morrow, and to move into the
new home on Whitsun eve The for.
ester placed all his people at his
Slblne had taken her place near
lhe company upon a grassy bank, TO
De at hand If anything should be re-
CURED, Not TO he idle, she had pull.
ed up couple of handfuls of Young
heets and was busily scraping them
Elizabeth seated herself beside her
lhe old woman, cast rougish glance
at the slender young hands with
their dainty white fingers, appearing
beside her own brown horny ones
and taking some beets from her lap.
No, no. she said, warningly, that
Is no work for you--you1l be having
yellow fingers"
That's nothing" laughed Eliza
beth. TN help you, and you tell
me little about the neighborhood
here; You must know the history of
the old castle"
"Of course | do" replied the old
housekeeper. "Lindhof, where
was born belonged to the Barons
Won Gnadewitz since the memory of
man. and see, In such a little place
everything turns uron the masters
FAMILY Nothing to note Is forgotten
that happens in the castle: that Is
handed down from father to son.
and when the great people have long
forgotten their last toothache in the
cool of the grave, the lads and lasses
IN the village still hand down thei.
history
There was my blessed great.
Grand mother. that I re~,ombe, very
well, She could tell tales that made
your hair stand on end But she had
great fear of the people of GnadeCk
and bent over me, with her two trem,
bling hands, clear to the floor when
ever the great people drove by. for
was little thing then. and could
not make proper courtesy, She
knew the names of all the Gnade-