Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-07-18

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feel so tenderIy where my sense OF
beauty is so constantly offended? l
treasure my little cousin, but l do not
for single moment forget that she
is year older than l, limps, has hip
disease, and"
"DetestabIe," interrupted Elizabeth
beside herself with indignation
springing across the road. He follow
ed her; especially when l see your
Hebe form at her side. Nov don't run
so. You would much better make your
peace with me and not postpone the
bliss I dream Of night and day"
He laid his arm around her waist
and forced her to stand still. His
glowing face with its lurid eyes ap
preached her own. The first moment
she stared at him as if she had lost
consciousness. Then she shuddered
and pushed him from her, with an
expression of profoundest adherence.
Never do you dare to touch me
again, she cried in voice audible
far and wide At that moment dogs
loud bark was heard near by. Eliza
beth turned in joyful surprise in the
direction whence the sound came.
Hector, here!" she called. The
foresters hunting dog came bounding
through the thicket, springin@ high
into the air with joyful leaps.
my uncle is at hand" she said
turning coldly and quietly to Won
HoIIfeld, standing dumb-struck before
her. He may come at any moment
You surely will not wish NE to beg
him to relieve me of your presence.
would therefore advise you to de
part"
The coward actually stood still,
while she went off with the dog. He
stamped his foot furiousIy and ours
ed his mad passion that had made
him thus incautious. That he could
thus inspire the young girl with real
dislike never for a moment remotely
occurred to him-him the highIy-prized
whose scanty words, whose invitation
to dance, set all the ladies of L in
fiutter, and often became the fire
brand of dissension. The thought
could not occur to him. It was much
simpler to assume that the forester's
daughter was a coquette, making the
conquest as difficult as possible. He
did not believe in the maidenly purity
of soul which made Elizabeth so ir.
'resistible, the charm of which In
fiuenced himself without his even un.
derstanding it; he had no conception
of her chaste, undesecrated inward
life, and could therefore never have
reached the conclusion that the young
girl instinctively turned away from
his own fOuIness. He reproached
himself bitterly for being so abrupt
and stormy, and So Indefinitely post
poning the accomplishment of his
own hopes. More than an hour ne
rOamed aimlessly about the woods 10
try to master his own excitement, for
the people over there upon the scene
Of the festivities, whence the music
even now reached his ears. must
never know that such a volcano
slumbered beneath the Interestingly
cold, reserved exterior
Elizabeth had gone quickly for
ward, apparently walking firmly
enough. But she carefully avoided
glancing to the right or left, for fear
of seeing Hollfeld's hated face about
her. He had disappeared. Drawing Il
long breath, she leaned against a tree
to collect her thoughts, while Hector
stood before her, quietly watching
her with an intelligent eye, as though
he knew exactly what the trouble
was, and that he was playing the
part of protector He had evidently
been taking q turn through the for
est alone, for Of his master there was
not a trace. Elizabeth felt now for
the first time how her knees were
trembling. Her horror when HolIfeld
had dared to embrace her was hides
cribable. The thought of such an at
tack had never sprung up in her limo
cent mind. The action had there
fore rendered her mOtionless with
horror. She shed tear of NOR
tification as she thought of Herr
Won Waldo, seeing him not wearing
the gentle expression of the last few
hours, but in all his stern unapprOach~
ableness. She had not ventured to
look up at him because that odious
creature had touched her. Her whole
happiness lay crumbled at her feet
The wretched meeting with Hollfeld
had mercilessly brought her back to
the present His utterances touching
Herr Won Wade, mean and SANDER
Gus as they were, had renewed much
which she had once used as a rudder
to steer against the tide Of her inclin-
alton. She remembered his unyielding
ancestral pride, his self-sacrificing
love for his sister the universal I'M
preston that his heart was hard and
cold toward other women. All the mot
ley dreams which had fiutteSed about
on the way through the still woods
folded their wings and Polished, one
after the other, beneath the scrutin-
izing gaze of her awakened eyes.
She was now clear wherein her bliss
had consisted Might it not be from
his stern sense of justice that he
had been wonderfully gentle today
and taken her under his protection
from all the arrogance of his rela-
tives? Had he not generously pro
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