Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-01-28

were in the house. Naturally no
one likes losing bet, and such mare
in addition!
So I said quite pleasantly I'd in
low tone from under the covering:
'Well-wheh of you is it ?" and in the
silence exactly like an echo resounded
from the empty walls of the great hall,
switch of you is it ?"-but no answer
came. | repeated the question louder
a second time and angyily and impa-
tiently a third time but the
only sound / heard was my own voice
strange in the still night. The
form at the window took no notice.
And suddenly it became clear to me,
that is our adiutant! Then | thought
again: if it is the adiutant-wel he is
my eomrade, my good friend. The ad
iutant had been dark man of medium
size The lieutenant here, however, had
fair hair. That struck me, for it did
not correspond. 1t must then be an
other man. But who else would be wear
ing the uniform of my regiment?
When was it then? Two days ago?-
no, three days ago. | had been shaving
myself that morning and had cut my
self-at the back of my cheek-under
the right ear. The military surgeon who
happened to be there, put on to it
little pad of wadding. 1t was still ad-
herring / could feel it with my hand.
But over there at the window he too
had it on exactly the same spot And
if that We're so, then apparently that
strange officer in the moonshine was me.
and | must be duplicated in this room
WI S,Nrr nro hn1,V e.1a
everything about the shadowy phan-
tom over there--and in my foolishness /
thought when he turns round to me,
then l shall know
And a morbid curiosity seized me He
must turn round--you must see your
self once again!-and Immediately he
did it, and / noticed whatever /, at the
Preside, was thinking, that one over at
the window Immediately did My will
acted both here and there through
it we We're united-and we looked at
each other-and now l fully recognized
myself and trembingly thought:
If only that other one does not begin to
laugh! And already he was laughing
so that | could see his white teeth under
the mustache. Thank God--we are tea
PAGES apart / must not let hin
come nearer-he must not come any
nearerl And in this same moment the
one at the window put himself in mo-
ton and came with quick long strides
| toward the mattress on which ! lay.
sprang up and rushed like terrified
(, hare out of the room to the open hall
| door, and behind me We're hasty, buoy
ant steps and soft changing of spurs,
and | ran faster and ever faster. and
lost my footing on the slippery outside
| steps and fell headlong into the snow
That cooled me, and gradually my
senses returned. / lay there in clear
cool air ard saw over me the stars
nothing else. Slowly l rose up and
strobe away through the snow-any-
thing to get away from that house-and
| / kept nervously turning round to look
back. | did not wish to return to my
quarters. Ny comrades would have no
| tieed me and laughed at me- But near
| by was the stable where my horses and
those of the other lieutenants were kept.
| There. with a constant cold SILVER down
my back, although it was warm among
the horses. | waited for The dawn.
| Dawn was already breaking. From
| the distance ! heard hollow sound
ouce. twice then at regular in
| tervals cannon shots Grad
ually .hey became louder There would
be d fight today. We were coming to
the enemy and then l was CON
WINGED ,tat { should not 1--we through;
the next dav. To die so young--to leave
this beautiful world I heard changing
outside. The trumpeters were riding
through the snowy stress sounding the
alarm. In the hurry of mounting no one
observed my appearance. Only my
| friend called out:
~Well-I congratulate you the
Arab is yoms!' And I waved my hard