Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-03-28

yes; there do these worthy people
run fulfill, unwashed. and purified
| into the kingdom of God, and think
now pleased he must be that they do
| Him the honor
is Baron Won Waldo satisfied with
Baroness Lessons reforms?" asked
Frau Ferber
According to all that hear of him
in this connection. probably not. But
! what does that help matters? He
may be climbing oyer the pyramids,
to get some new light on antiquity.
That his worthy cousin is busy blow
ing out the Objectionable light of the
present with ali the Christian feryor
at her command, he cannot know
Besides he may have his own crack
4 ed notions. The Prince of L, who
| is his very near relation, is said TO
have most eagerly desired a marriage,
years ago. between Won Wade and d
young lady at court But they say
he declined because she had not the
requisite number of ancestors"
=
nat he will some day establish fair
daughter Of fellah, who finds her
ancestors among the mummies of
Memphis, as mistress of Lindhof."
said Elizabeth. laughing.
II do not think he will marry now"
responded the forester, he is no
longer young, is devoted to his roam
ing life, and is said never to have
cared much for women ] will bet
my little finger that the fellow down
there under he linden shares my be
lief. and considers Lindhof and all
the other pretty properties in Saxony,
and God knows where else, as his
own inalienable property"
Has he claim upon it," asked
Frau FeTber.
or course; he is the son of Bar
oness Lessen. Except herself, this
brother and sister have not relation
in the whole wide world. The bar
oness married first a Won HoIlfeld,
and from that marriage sprang the
young man down there, who beca-Ae
by the early death of his father
master Of Odenburg a large estate
| beyond L. The pretty widow
thought she must make the speediest
use of her freedom to mount at least
one round of the ladder of human
happiness and perfection. So she
married Baron Lessen. His fame
was a trife questionable-some facts
| to TrI oh Of
degree narrOw-Iindedly call dishonor-
able; but that did no harm he was
chamberlain, and the key on his coat
button opened the paradise of court
life and before that even the keys Of
Holy Peter must make way. The
baron left his wife widowed again
after two years of marriage, and pos
sessed Of a little daughter and end
less debts. I dare say she is glad
enough to be at Lindhof and act as
absolute sovereign, for [ hear she has
no place Or voice on her sons estates.
A maid from the lodge interrupted
the conversation at this point, by ap
pearing with a pail and scrubbing
brush and giving unmistakabIe signs
that her rule must now begin. The
SPY glass was put speedily into it's
case, and while the forester set about
freeing the outer window-sill from
creeping plants Frau Ferber and Eliz-
abeth attacked the furniture to re-
store its original briIliancy with
| brushes and busters.
CHAPTER vi.
Whitsuntide was past, the brazen
| bells had returned to quiet life, and
| looked out from their loop-holes as
though they were the tombs, silent,
| back, and motionless, of the musical
life which, during the holidays had
centered about the towers. But the
varigated bells in the forest hanging
from their green stems and con-
scious of their solemn office, could
not forget the festival They had
| chimed in brayely when the air yibrat-
ed tremendously and rang now, untir-
iIgly at every breeze that penetrated
| the underbrush. It did not disturb
| them in the least that the wood-cutter
| IedN1uS ouuudy duu ISSJdl array DIT
| home, threatened them with his
| heavy sword, whistling some rude
melody on his way to his work The
| forest was not to be deceived; there
were mysterious sounds in its tree
| tops, as of a prayer murmured by
| thousand voices, and the birds sang
| their mathis and evensong as before.
| At the castle the lasting holiday
| spirits harmOnized with those of the
| forest, though Ferber had gone to
work and had the inevitable visits to
| make In L on being installed in his
| office Frau Ferber and Elizabeth
| had obtained through Sabine abund-
| ant work from a linen house in L,
| and ousied themselves in the garden
| besides, which was to yield tribute
| this year, so far as possible. That
a holiday atmosphere prevailed in the
Ferber home, in spite-of the activity.
was due to the exalted spirits of the
| family who still felt the influence Of
| the favorable change in their circum-
| stances, and were stimulated anew
| at every turn to compare the past
with the present. The life in the
! forest. so unaccustomed. so new, al