Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-05-23

laughed like d child at Ernst's reYeE
atoms, which she found deliciously
funny.
No, never cross, replied the boy,
but often grave. and then she plays
the piano"
But Ernst"
oh! yes, Elsie interrupted the
boy, eagerly; do you remember III
B-when we were so poor?'
WEI, you may be right about
that" the girl replied, unconstrain-
eddy. But that was only when papa
and mamma were forced to wear
themselves out alone for our daily
bread. 1t was better afterward."
But you play the piano still?"
Yes, responded Elizabeth; but
no longer in the sense in which
Ernst means. Ny family are provided
for"
And your" inquired Herr Won
Waldo,
Il? | have courage to take up the
gauntlet from life and wiring out of
it what is necessary for my indepen-
dence."
You mean 10 undertake that?'
y shall take position as COVER
! ness next yerr"
Does not Miss Mertens expert
ence deter your"
Not at ALL l am not so weak as
to wish for the bread Of idleness
when | see thousands in my circum-
stances taking the burden Of service
upon them
But here it is not a question of
work, but of endurability, bearing
You are proud. That is proved, not
alone by your expression, but by the
| views you expressed yesterday"
1T may be pride to value the dig
nifty of the human being more highly
| than those externals which egotism
has invented and maintains. But be-
cause l do that / believe that one
person can humiliate another only so
far as seems to him morally and in
| tellectually higher, unattainable-
never by humiliating treatment"
And you think yourself steeled by
this belief to endure all the great
| and small suffering which a heartless
capricious mistress can infiict upon
| you?"
! "Oh; no; but 1 shall keep my head
erect with her"
A brief pause followed, during
which Ernst approached the horse
and looked at it with great attention
Il thought from what you said yes
home" began Herr Won Wade, anew
Yes; indescribably."
Il can understand that, for we
| have here the most beautiful region
| in Thuringia- But how can you so
rapidly accept the thought of going
| away from it again?''
1T will not be in the least degree
easy; on the contrary But my
! father has always taught me that we
must accept the necessary before the
agreeable, and that / perfectly com
prehenu. What is less comprehensive
is that one can have the agreeable
when there IS no necessity
"Ah! that is meant for me. You do
| not understand how a man can vOlun-
tarily poke about among the dusky
pyramids when he might be breathing
this cooi sunny air?''
! Elizabeth felt a fiery flush mount
to her face. Herr Won Wade was
| touching, with light humOr. upon the
| testing conversation between her
Uncle and herself, of which he had
been an involuntary eaEesdropper.
II | should try TO make that COM
| prehensible % you, you would not
understand me. You seem to me TO
feel no Jack within your nome-circle,
he SAID, after a short silence. He was
| leaning forward, mechanically draw,
ing a circle at his feet with his nd
| ing-W hip. He spoke in a deep voice,
which always appealed strongly to
| Elizabeth. But there comes a time
when one fees out into the wild
| home. A lainlul lack in ones eX-
| iStence a man can best push into the
| background, if he cannot fill it out
| by Dury;ng himself in scientific work. -
Size stood before the sore point i'll
his soul. He felt deeply that at home
| he did not receive the love he eagerly
longed for and might well claim,
since he constantly showed his sister
| the pureSt, most self-sacrificing ten
derness. This pain Elizabeth had
| conn rehende0 before she knew Herr
Won Waldo, but in the moment in
which he expressed it so undisguised-
| ly the longing to comfort h m welle
up in her heart Words Of sympathy
| almost formed upon her lips, but an
| ineNplicable reluctance to express
what she felt deferred her, and as
| glance strayed TO the firm lines OF
his profile-the brow that remained
| imperious and proud, while his voice
was gentle and sorrowIul-there
arose the disquieting suspicion that
! he had forgotten for the moment who
! sat beside him, and his aristocratic
/ feeling would make hIm bitterly re
J pent the moment when he had let an
insignificant girl glance into his
! sternly reserved soul. T is thought
| sent the blood TO her cheeks again.
She arose quickly, and called Ernst.
Hnr oil IL ~