Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-03-14


for they might suffer from all the
briliancy that awaits us up yonder ,
After -reakfast while her parents
slept and little Ernst dreamed In 4
wide bed of all the miraculous things
In the lodge, Elizabeth unpacked the
most necessary articles in the upper
room. 3 could not possibly have
slept. She kept going to the win
dow and looking at the wood-coyered
mountain that rose behind the lodge
Up here among the tree-tops there
was sharp, black line against the
sly. Same had told her that th s
was an ancient iron rod upon thu
roof of the castle, from which, in
times long gone by the proud banner
OF the -nadewitzes had streamed
Might elere not be, behind thos
trees, the asylum so longed for dur
ing many years, where her parents
could rest their weary feet after the
"ahderlngs in strange lands?
Her searching eyes wandered over
the farm, too; but the silent girl was
not TO be seen. She had not coma
to breakfast and seemed determined
10 avoid every contact with the
guests. Elizabeth was sorry TO.
It's. Her uncle's description had
conveyed very unattractive i'm
preston but a young spirit does not
readil abandon its illusions and pre-.
fers the disappointment caused pv
the bursting of its soap-bubbes. TO
the same disappointment conveye1
by the sage experience of its elders
The pretty girl who kept her Sc
cret so persistently shut up betweel
her closed lips had a redoubled in
terest for her now. And she ex.
hausted her ingenuity in trying to
discover reasons for her silence.
CHAPTER ".
After dinner, which passed amid
the greatest merriment, Sabine
brought pipe, ready filed, from the
chimney piece, and handed it to the
forester. What are you thingink d.
sabine" he asked, waving her on
with mock indignation. Did YOU
suppose | could peacefully smoke A
pire while little Estes feet are
twitching with eagerness to clino1
| the mountain and poke her small
nose into the enchanted castle? Nav.
think We might begin our voyage
at once"
They all got ready. The forester
gave his sistern-law his arm, and
they started through the garden and
across the farm. Presently a stone.
mason IRON the nearest village join.
the company, the forester having en-.
gagged him in advance.
The path was rather deep through
the thick woods. and was narrow
from long disuse, growing broader,
however, anti it emerged which. as
1t seemed a lofty gray rock lowered
above the climbers.
u have now the pleasure" sal
the forester smiling sarcastically at
the amazed Ferber, "or presenting to
YOU the legacy Of Baron Won Gnade-
witt, Of blessed memory, in all it's
spendor"
The We're standing before an la.
mense wall, which looked like a sin
gle IocE OF granite. OF the buildings
which lay behind it no trace was e.
| be seen for the reason that the for
est pressed too close to them. and
gave the observer no chance of step.
ping back for a view The forester
strobe along the wall. the foot of
which was Oyergrown with thick
underbrush, and paused at last be.
fore a mighty oalen door, the upper
part of which was replaced by an
iron grating. He had had the under.
| brush removed from here the day
before, and now produced a great
| bunme of keys which Frau Ferber
had obtained in l.. It required
the united vigorous efforts of the
three men to move the rusty bolts
and turn the keys, Finally how.
ever the door swung, creaking upor
the hinges, and sending up a might
cloud Of dust, he newcomers found
'''iHH'lN'S III Il court surrounded
upon three sides by buildings. on.
poslte them stretched the imposing
front Of the castle, to the first floor
| of which 4 flight of stone steps with
a massive iron handrail led up. Dark
colonnades stretched along the side
wings, and their granite pillars and
arches seemed to defy the effects OF
ume In the midst Of the court
several old chestnut trees stretched
their sparse limbs over a vast basin
in the midst Of which roclined four
stone lions with wide.open Jaws In
days gone by four might streams of
water may have assembled from the
depths of the earth to / the basin
But now only a feeble little rlll lust
strong enough to moisteu the i'm.
pertinent grass-blades in the cracks
of me basin and to give a faint sue
| Sestton of life with its peptIe mol