Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1907-04-08

breat1lessly, as she threw the dog on
the floor
You have probably been teasing
the little creature cruelty again, my
child said her mamma but /
cannot have you here, Bella; you
make too much noise, and l nave d
headache. Go to your ROOM
It's so stupid there. Miss Merten rs
forbade me to play with Ali. l have
to keep learning those old fables that
l cannot bear"
Then stay here, but be quiet.
The child brushed by Elizabeth,
staring at the young girls dress from
top to toe, and climbed upon an en-
broidered stool near the mirror TO
reach a vase of flowers. In a NOM
ent the earning boquet had become
a chaos under the small hands, which
zealously ~endeavored to place single
| blossoms in the finely embroidered
holes of the curtain borders. Large
| drops of the discolored water IN
| which the flowers had been standlng
dropped continuously from the stems
on Elizabeth's dress so that Elizabeth
| was obliged to move away, for there
was no prospect that the small van
dial herself any command from her
mother would make a speedy end or
/ the amusement.
Elizabeth had just time to beat her
| n to he hor re-
| peated question, that she now felt
perfectly at home in Thuringia and
very happy, when the lady arose SUD-
denly from her reclining posture,
nodding with a winning smile to-
ward tapestry door which noise
lessly opened at one side. On the sill
appeared the two young persons
whom Elizabeth had recently observ-
ed through the spy-glass. But how
peculiar they looked here, standing
side by side! Won Hollfeld, an almost
too tall, slender figure, bent far to
one side to afford support to the
small hand that rested upon his arm
The sylph-like being that had reposed
upon the couch was a wholly distort-
ed childish figure. The head, per
fectly beautiful even at this moment
was set low between the shoulders
and the crutch in her right hand
showed that the limbs too must be
unequal
Pardon, dear Helene" exclaimed
the baroness, that I am obliged to
trouble you to move here, but you
you see I am the poor tortured Lag
uras again, upon whom you always
are exercising your angelic goodness
Fraulein Ferber"-she waved tC
Elizabeth, introducing the young
girl-"has been so kind as to cone
in reply to my note Of yesterday"
the depths of my heart" said the
For that / am grateful to you from
young lady, with winning smile
giving Elizabeth her hand Her
glance measured the newcomer WITH
admiring surprise, and fastened al
last upon the blond braids beneath
her hat. 'Ah! yes, she said, ''you1
beautiful golden hair | have seen be
fore-while walking in the woods
yesterday; you were leaning over the
wall, up at the old castle
Elizabeth blushed still more deep
ly.
But just because you We're there
continued Helene, Il lost the pleasure
for the sake OF which l had climbed
up the mountain side-purely to hear
you playing as l had done ON the pre-
vious evening. So young and child
like, and possessed of such deep ap
probation of classical musici how Is
it possible? You will make me very
happy if you will often play with me- .
Something resembling dlsapprovai
fitted over the face Of the baroness,
and fine observer would not have
missed the slight contemptuous
smile in the corners of the mouth
But it was wholly lost upon Elizabeth
for her attention was absorbed by the
the unfortunate young lady, whose
silvery voice seemed to come direct
ly from her heart.
Won Hollfeld had meanwhile push.
ed fauteuil to the side of the concn
| for Fraulein Won Wade. Then he
departed, without having uttered one
word. Because he left the room by
the door which stood directly opposite
Elizabeth, she could not fail to OBJ
serve that his departing glance rest
ed upon herself as he slowly closed
the door. She was actually terrified
| at the way in which he stared at her.
1t was so extraordinary that she ex-
amlned her dress in silence. ponder
Ing whether it could possibly be too
conspicuous.
Fraulein Won Wade interrupted
these reflections with the question
to what teacher Elizabeth owed her
exquisite playing; whereupon Eliza
beth related that her mother alone
had taught her, and that she had. in
deed, no one else than her parents to
thank for all that she had been able
to learn.
During this recital Bella had been
crouching upon the floor playing with
the dog. 1t would have been a charm