Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-04-04

Amalie," said Fraulein Won Waldo.
He voice was exquisitely soothing as
She spoke these words.
oh. yes, you say that with your
angelic kindness; but though do
not understand English, l recognize
instantly when you speak it. Dear
heart, how much more elegant your
pronunciation is.
Elizabeth doubted inwardly the
competence of this judgment, and
, Fraulein Won Wade blushed ana
made a deprecating gesture; but the
baroness continued, undeterred:
Bella seems to feel this strongly;
she is persistently silent when her
governess speaks English to her l
/ do not blame her a moment for It,
but am always indescribably fnd1g-
, nant when this person insists that it
is mere obstinacy and malice on the
child's part
The baroness's voice, at first so
feeble and full of suffering, had grown
! remarkably vigorous as she proceeded
, to vent her displeasure This she
suddenly observed, and YEARLY clos
ed her eyes. 'Heavens!" she sighed,
my unfortunate nerves are maltreat-
ing me again. i grow excited when
I should be patient. These annoy
ances are actual poison for body and
i soul"
! II would advise you to leave Bella
! in care of Mohring and Miss Mertens
; when You are feeling so wretcheu |
| am convinced that she is very well
cared for. Though perfectly under
stand your touching anxiety about
the child, I must, nevertheless, say
| that Miss Mertens is far 100 gentle
| and refined to do anything which
| could be harmful to the little girl.
| You look quite exhausted she add
we'll for me to leave you alone sow.
! ed, sympathetically. ''It will be
J Fraulein Ferber will be so kind, I
am sure as to help me to
ny ROOM
She arose, leaned over the baroness
and kissed her cheek. Then she
laid her hand on Elizabeth's arm, and
the latter being dismissed by a very
| Notwithstanding gesture Of the bar
oness, they left the room.
On their long journey through d.
vers corridors Fraulein Won Waldo
i said that it would be great pleasure
! to her brother who was now SO far
away, if she should resume her mu-
| sic; that he had sat for hours in a
dark corner listening to her playing,
until an increased irritability COM
| PEELED her to renounce her beloved
music for long time. Now Sc pro-
posed to practise faithfully to sur
prise her brother upon his return.
! Elizabeth fastened up through the
forest as if upon wings. At the top,
in the open space before the small
| portal, her parents were walking up
and down, and little Ernst bounded
toward her while she was still far be,
| low. Everything seemed to her
wonderfully cosy. Her dear ones
greeted her as though they had miss
ed her painfully On the window
| sill of her room Hans was trilling
and rejoicing, and beyond the doors
| of the great dusky halls the garden
| looked dOubly sunny with it's linden
! group in the background above the
! cool fountain, near which stood the
table set for supper.
The whole Italian castle with all
Its splendor, its aristocratic atmos-
phere, and almost alarming stiffness,
interrupted only by the noise of a
spoiled, ill-bred child, vanished like a
dream that one gladly shakes off
And when she had finished telling
her parents the sequence of her i'm
preston, sh closed with the words:
According to your teachings, father,
I should not form any settled opinion
of the new acquaintance today, for
you cast aside the first impression as
something deceptive that makes us
often unjust. But what can I do to
my rebelnous fancy? AS often as I
think of the two ladies seem to see
lovely young water-willov giving
its branches unresistingly to be the
| sport of furious gale"
To be continued.