Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-02

beth the meat as he beckoned TO her
TO do, whispered to him that Herr
Won Waldo, who had come from his
journey late last night, had been
waiting some time for him.
Where?" he asked.
Here, in the living room
They were standing directly IN
front of the room and the windows
were open. Elizabeth turned sue
denly, surprised; she could, however
see nothing, and was blushing fu1-
ouly. Her uncle, without looking
about him at all, drew his head,
T! with an incomparably cOmical express
sion, between his shoulders, stroked
his beard and said with a suppressed
You've broken a dainty crust into
the soup; he heard everything"
AL the better" replied the young
girl, raising her head defiantly; he
SO rarely has a chance to hear the
truth" Then she gave her hand TO
Ter uncle and Sabine by way Of adieu
and walked slowly through the woods
to Lindhof.
The first moment it was painful to
her to know that Herr Won Waldo
had been obliged to hear her opinion
of him thus against his will Then
she reflected that she should have
spoken as truthfully to his face.
Since, however, it was scarcely to be
presumed that he would ever consult
her about her approval, a cOnSidera-
ton at the absurdity of which she
laughed to herself, it could really do
him no narm that accident had made
him a witness to a wholly unpreju-
diced opinion upon him, though it
came only from a young girl. Bur
how could he have returned so sud
denly she remembered her encontre
ways assumed that her brother would
remain absent several years, and had
yesterday no idea Of his return. Sud
denly she remembered her encounter
of the previous evening. The old
gentleman had called himself a re-
turning traveller, but he, with his
agreeably smiling face and comfort
able being, surely could not be the
grave, proud owner of LindhoI;
rather the man who had waited silent
ly among the shrubbery while his
cOmrade obtained the desired inform
alton upon the light IN question
But what could Herr Won Waldo
want Of her uncle. who, she knew.
had never had any relations with
him? 2"
These and similar thoughts kept
her mind busily occupied on the
way ITO the weaver's cottage. Hus-
band and wife cried with pleasure at
the unhOped-for-gifts, and Elizabeth !
left the cottage accompanied by a |
thousand blessings of the poor PEG
pie.
Elizabeth walked through the Ill |
Iage toward Lindhof to her accustom- |
ed music lessons, which she had not |
been notified to omit in consequence |
of Herr Won Walde's return. With !
the arrival of it's owner the castle
had assumed a wholly new aspect.
All the windows along the ground !
floor on the south side, which had SO
long been hidden mvsteriOusly be-
hind their white shutters, now ex-
hibited their broad panes to the sun.
In me rooms there was a vigorous
going on A glass
door stood wide open, revealing the
interiOr~of a large salon; on one -
the steps that led down into the gar
den lay a stone-white greyhound; its
slender body stretched upon the
stone, warm in the sunshine, and its
nose resting upon its forepaws, it
bliuked q. Elizabeth as though she
had been an old acquaintance. In an
open window the gardner was arrang-
ing table of flowers, and Lorenz,
the old steward strobe at that mo-
ment through the room investigating
he arrangements with the eye Of
Judge.
1t was noteworthy that every one
whom the young girl met in the
house wore a totally new expression.
Had a storm wind roared through
he close atmosphere, bringing a new
tir into the rooms, so that the voices
'ang clearer, and human figures
Strengthened up, elastic and refresh
med? Old Lorenz himself, whose ia
,ia1 muscles always hung down as
Iaccid and woe begone as though
ragged by leaden weights, had sun
shine in his eyes today, though yeX-
ID at the dust-beaters; and his voice
vas so loud that Elizabeth looked up
for she knew the old man
My as he moved silently about on
iptoe and made his communication
n the lowest possible whisper.
Amazed at this sudden revival,
elizabeth turned to the wing where
he ladies dwelt Here, however, the I
eepest silence reigned. IN the bar I
nesse's room the shades hung thick {
nd heavy behind the panes, Not a I
ound came through the doors which I
elizabeth passed. The air of the I
arrow corridor was filed with the I
eneJrating odor of Valerain, and
'hen at last a door opened at the 7
arther end Of the passage, Elizabs;r
aw human head, but in such I
tate, I was the baroness old lady's
la:i. who probably wished ID sec c
-" O UIG be SO intrusive IS to lHe1N [
he solemn silence of the corridor I