Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-22

| HARMLESS lutte WuIIS S1Ouuo up JoA
der cast upon it,
| Soon after dinner a little equipage
drew up at the door. The forester
stepped into it, and like lightning
flash Elizabeth was at his side. Nod
ding parting greetings to those be-
hInd, she cast feeting glance at the
house. But she was terrified to
the depths of her soul by the eyes that
were fastened upon her from the top
story. The head vanished instantly,
but Elizabeth had recognized the
mute Bertha, and had seen that her
! look of rage and hate was meant for
| herself, though she could not con,
ceive the cause of the enmity Bertha
had hitherto maintained the most
strenuous reserve toward the Ferber
family, never having been visible,
alten as Elizabeth went to the
Lodge. She ate alone in ner room
since the forester had invited regular
guests for Sunday, and he let her do
so. Perhaps he was very well
pleased that the two girls did not
come together.
Frau Ferber made a solitary at
tempt to approach the young girl.
Her warm, womanly heart found Ii
impossible to believe that defiance
and i'll will could be the impelling mo-
tives of Bertha's extraordinary coll
duct. She suspected a deep inward
depression, some trouble which made
the girl Indifferent to her sorround
ings, or IRRITABLE that she mighs
prefer silence to speaking for fear OF
conflict She hoped that gentle
words, friendly approach, might
loosen the seal upon Bertha's lips
She had Jared no better than Eliza
beth. The girls demeanor incens-
ed her to such degree that she for
babe her daughter any further at
tempt in the same direction.
The end of the drive was speedily
reached.
/ L. was a veritable diminutive pro-
vincial city, and was not in any way
ashamed of being such, though the
court resided there from the appear
ance of the first primrose to the de-
: parture of the last leaves in autumn,
and the principal inhabitants spent
great industry and energy in the ell
deavor to attain a Gifted tone in
their social life and also in the matter
of the fashions. But the loud rump-
lings of the numbering team of econ.
omy, vigorously driven, was not to be
merged in the rustlings of crinoline,
however elegant The honest. poul-
try that strayed, in all security from
the broad doors of the houses to
seek its daily bread between the I'M
even stones the sidewalk and IN
the turf beyond, turned to proud pea
cocks as little as their neighbors, the
ducks, who swarm happily along the
bosom of the little brook that cut
the town in two, laid claim to the
majestic beauty of swans.
I The position of the city was I'M
deniably charming. In the midst of
a not very broad valley, clustered
about the foot of an elevation, the
top Of which was crowned by the
imposing princely castle, it lay deep
ly 1mpedded in the dark green of an
cient lindens enwreathed in spring,
with a very ocean of blossoms from
the orchards.
The forester conducted Elizabeth
to the house of an assessor of his
acquaintance. Here she was to wat5
the completion of his business
Though heartily welcomed by the
lady of the house, the young girl
would vastly have preferred to hasten
down the stairs after her departing
uncle, for here, to her vexation, she
found herself in the midst of large
told her, very few words, that in
honor of the assessors birthday, pict-
ures from neurological subjects were
to be represented, and that the
| ladies had assembled for the purpose
Or representing the female figures
Eight or ten ladies in NEUROLOGICAL
:, costumes were engaged in vigorous
conversation abound the coffe-table
in the midst of a prettily decorated
room. When the newcomer entered
/ ell eyes were fastned upon her, try
/ ing to penetrate to the innermost
fold of her simple dress.
All the goddesses, without except
ion, had willingly subjected them
selves to the sceptre of the Empress
/ of France, and tneir white robes des-
cended over wide crinolines; for, :
said Ceres, rather compact blonde,
upon whose flushed brow whole
harvest waved, one would be scan
dalous spectacle, and indeed it would
be a physical impossibilitv, without
this support, to fasten the ears OF
corn and punches of roses upon ones
| skirt. How the original Ceres help,
ed herself out of this difficulty, IN
| the days of her glory, was a problem
which offered new interest after this