Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-10-03
misunderstood
By M. Heimburg.

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long worn the green hunters coat as
installed head forester in the
preserves of our archduke.. Our
princely friend had cared for us like
a real friend, for we were young ia
years for such Offices, but he himself
wanted to leave on the morrow for a
foreign court. You know right well
how he took the glass from which we
had drunk the parting toast, ana
throwing it in the water said:
No ones lips will be pressed upon
it again. and when we kissed e2cn
other and swore once more, eternal
friendship, we affirmed that nothing
on earth should ever estrange Us.
You also must remember, Johann, as
l do, his youthful, intellectual face L
never realized again, as | did then,
what a nobly handsome man he was.
How did you look then, Johann Just
like well kept donkey beside a
splendid horse. And [? Spare the com
| parlson! Beauty was never my herit-
age. But enough! On that evening we
for the last time clasped hands in old.
faithful friendship,-past and gone!
Through whom? Through a woman
A woman! Search the history of the
world, Johann, from Adam until now
the cause Of all the evil in the
World is Woman, and female beauty
IS like poison, it intoxicates the brain
and makes the heart miserable. IT
| friends grow to be enemies, family
happiness destroyed, husband and
wife part, the furies of war stalk
/ through the land-cherchez Ia femme
GU est Ia femme? And VOLTA. she &c
always to be found; guilty Or inno-
! cent-the evil spirit of the world ic
woman. And if it is true as Won firmly
DelleVe, that there is a devil whn
roams to and fro in the world seek
ing whom he may devour, then he
certainly goes around in the form of
DedutlIul woman. Let us find COM
Iort, Johann, in the saddle. with .
horn at our side!
1t was at the holy Christmas time
When L saw her for the first time 4
STORM rus Cd sver the moun AN - "a
u seemed as if the fierce chase had
never been driven SO wfIdIv o1,or +t,o
Ilarz forest. 1t whIstIed and sighed
ana hoWIed around my old OWLS nest
as II all the demons sang a song of
triumph, in addition, the rain and
snow together dashed against tho
closed shutters Of my apartmanr
winch l had just entered, after hav,
ing come home with my rife ana
Jugs all wet, and dispirited enoron
too' the devil knows, without bavino
fired a shot.
lhere was a knock from without
ana as no one ever came To NV lone
~ mouse IN the evening, especially in
Such weather, l babe the dogs he CT.
lenC' and going out, opened the door
winch the storm Immediately tora
from my hold. There she stood unon
me threshold! All Johann. if T had
onIy known whom I was letting IN
Cnen A woman; so queenIy, slender
and proud, and yet so humble with
her beautiful head bowed. The storm
tore at her garments and dashed tbo
ven from the pale face and gave me
view OF pair Of blue eyes,-Tbosa
eyes,-Johann!
a shelter, and help she gasped
me carriage lay broken by the road
sue, and the coachman was with +bo
'orses. l opened the door of NV room,
md babe her enter; she bent bar
mead under the low arch, and as she
stood beside me- her blonde head
reached only to my chin. I was al. |
ways awkward with women. vet =
smile fitted around her grave mouth
when she saw how I strove to be
polite.
Thank you, monsieur she said, |
and threw off her mantle. Then she |
took the W veil from her head, seat
ed by the fire, in the arm chair and
called to my dog, Caesar, who laid |
his head confidingly on her knee, |
while she stroked him with her deli |
cate little white hand Lost in |
thought, l stood still, looking at her;
a strange sensation came over me, at
seeing woman sitting in my lonely
little room. 1t seemed strange and yet
so sWeetly comfortable l thought, and
forgot everything but the pleasant
picture, until she asked me to please
send some assistance to her coach !
man.
L immediately fastened in con-
fusion and alarm, and ordered Joyce
to take the best care of the strange
nags, and regale the coachman with
beer and other refreshment, while
small room upstairs must be prepared !
by his wife Ior the lady, as it would
be impossible for her to continue the
journey in such a storm.
And thus it was that was not
comfortable in my own room because
Of confusion and the throbbing OF my
neart; but when l controlled myself
sufficiently o approach her, she
thanked me in gentle words, and her
Hly-white cheek blushed rosy red. 81
lently We sat side by side, while out
side the storm ragged and tore furious
in the branches of the tall indens.
i am d helpless sort of a fellow; I
could not speak, but only looked at