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a soldier, body and soul, and that she
knew what he was when she took him,
and he would remain an officer what
ever might happen The young wife
scolded and ragged, and, at last, took
to coaxing; but he stood firm, and said
a wife should adapt herself TO her hus-
bands position. The Frau Baroness at
first took her daughters despair very
much to heart, and made proposition
to the Herr Baron that he should re-
tire, and let Eberhardt manage the
estate. But both Eberhardt and the
Herr Baron refused-the first De-
cause he wanted to be a soldier, ana
the other because he was too young
TO be willing to live in idleness. SO, at
last, Frau Won Bendeleben came to
the conclusion that the young wires
delicate health was the cause OF her
excitement and irritation, and Wnen
she had her child in her arms every
thing would come right Now she has
q dear little boy. Liesel says, and 1t is
still the same old thing, and heaven
ONLY knows what will come Of 1t.
know what know; the punishment
could not be delayed, for there is
Just God above
'I folded my hands.
" Poor, poor Eberhardt!' thought,
and pictured to myself what household
scenes he must already have lived
through with his beautiful, restless,
eccentric wife.
much pleased when she got engaged
to their handsome nephew continued
Katharine. Something dreadful must
have happened in her first marriage,
the people talk so. The coachman, who
drove her in such hurry from Wen
ma that time, when Count Satewski
died, spread some very queer reports,
and he sometimes scratched his head
very expressively. The Herr Baron
packed him off home the very next
day, but it only takes a few hours to
SOW seed that will afterward come up
in a rich harvest l can't say anything
about it, for people will gossip, and
often say things they cannot answer
for, but where there is so much smoke
there must be some fire
"This time | could scarcely wait for
the day to come for me to go to the
castle. I wanted to know If Ruth had
really gone to Vienna. 1t was quite
true she had gone, and Frau Won Ben
deleben had already been once to the
city to see how things were going with
her grandchild.
1t is really touching to see Eber-
hardt,' she said. He stays at home
he whole day when he is not on duty.
/ wish Ruth had little of his liking
for home but that gay Vienna life has
destroyed it entirely in her. AS Coun-
tess Satewski, she was surrounded by
a little court, and it must be hard for
her to adapt herself to the position of
a lieutenant's wife. l hope Eberhardt
will be persuaded to leave the service
entirely; we are thinking of giving up
the estate to him, for Ruth is the ED
est daughter, and he IS our nephew.
If she would only curb her wishes for
a little while
Have you heard from VIENNA?
inquired
Yes; she sent a letter to Eher-
hardt, though it was a very short one.
She only wrote about the will, which
does not seem to have been very favor
able to her. The heir to the great
wealth is a nephew of the old Coun-
tess SatewsBi, the only son of her
only brother, whom she was always
very fond of, young Prince Bodresky
But l do not consider that great
misfortune. Ruth has become a very
rich woman through the fortune left
her by her husband. l cannot under
stand how she could imagine that her
mOther-in-law would leave her the for
tune that she herself brought to the
Satewskis. The latter had literally no.
thing but their ancient name; even
the hotel in Vienna in which the Sa-
tewsk's lived came from the Bodre-
skys, and the family estates of the
former were very heavily encountered.
When Princess Bodresky married
Count Satewski, she prevented their
sale by giving up part of her fortune.
Ruth received large sum immediate
~ after her husbands death, and how
she can expect more now is more than
I can understand. think she ought to
be cOntented, for she has some for
tune of her own, and she is married
to Eberhardt, who have very consider
able wealth.
Frau Won Bendeleben stopped, as
if she had already said too much. In
fact, she had never been confidential
with me; she probably was glad to have
some one to whom she could speak
out. She seemed to me to be restless
and agitated, as if she were tortured
by some concealed anxiety.
4 turned the conversation upon
Hannah; We spoke a few words about
Ner last letter, and then Ruth came
INTO tae foreground again.
You would not believe, Gretchen
she began again, what a great grief it
is to me that Ruth and Wilhelm do
not get on together as a young mar
ried couple ought to do. I can bear
witness that I warned Ruth when
Eberhardt came to me so suddenly
with his suit. told her she would not
be in her element in the narrow circle
of an officers wife. But she laughed
at me, and declared that she loved
him, and that she would not be talked
out of it. On the whole, we were glad
that she had chosen Eberhardt, and
we hoped everything would so right.
But, before a year had passed, she
found her life uncomfortable and Eher.