The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-16
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 Martin Hell, handsome young
 university graduate in engineer
 ing, became swimming instructor
 at an Austrian lake resort after
 he lost hls job when the plant
 in which he was employed was
 merged. He often went hungry as
 he received less than a third Of
 a schilling for each lesson ne
 gave to Herr BirndPs patrons,
 and there had been so much rain
 that there were no bathers. He
 went to the pOstoffice several
 times . day for letter he ex-
 pected regarding a non-infiam.
 mablc movie film he had invent
 ed. Martin and May Lyssenhop,
 whose father was wealthy, fell
 deeply i'm love and became en-
 gagged. When Herr Lyssenhop
 suddenly decided to leave, May
 urged Martoin to speak to her
 father. He did, but when Martin
 admitted he had placed his in-
 yention in the hands of . v1r-
 tual stranger, LyssenhOp called
 Martin an idiot and forbade May
 to see him any more. Alter the
 Lyssenhops left, the weather was
 particularly bad, Martin earned
 nothing and was practically
 starving. Earlier in the season,
 Martin was caught in storm while swimming across the lake
 and was almost drowned before
 Puck, 16-year-Old daughter OI
 Baron DObbersberg, rowed out
 and saved him. Now. while Mar
 tin was half delirious from an
 infection which resulted from
 scratching his arm on n rusty
 nail, Puck came one night to his
 bathing hut living quarters. He
 raved at her, told her to go home
 and when her empty boat was
 found the next morning, the lake
 was dragged.
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 INSTALLMENT 27
 MatZ rowed, and with silent determination that did credit to his six years. In one of the other boats they were hauling in 8 net close by, almost grazing them, and Matz had to ship his oar. The baron glanced across with a fevered, un- seeing look at Martin, who was dropping, wet, and done up. Dob- bersberg opened his mouth three times before sound would come. At last he said in his high-pitched voice: Shall we give up?"
 "No, mo-" Martin replied quickly, and pulled himself together.
 "Do you think we shall find her. then?" asked the baron. He had scarcely opened his lips that morn ing.
 eff she's in the lake we'll find her Martin answered. He was sur prised to hear himself talking ra- eff she is in the lake she's bound to come to the top"
 The boats glided apart. The bar on relapsed again. He seemed like a ghost and his face was sunken and yellow. Martin took a deep breath and dive in once more.
 Three o'clock The freight train came along from the Salzefelden The people of Frauen- see had scattered again. since it went on so long and nothing of in- terest occurred. The few remain ing visitors were dozing in deck chairs. The Iron Tooth was free of cloud for the first time for weeks, and the white peak above was once more mirrored below. A bier had been brought to the Wurmta1 landing stage in case it might be needed. Later the rumor was that the baron had had to be taken home. He had had a collapse with an onset of fever and heart-stroke. The old doctor from Frauensee, with black leather bag dating from the last century, hurried across to the Schloss in the motor.
 Martins heart, too, was far from right, but he kept going He en- dured 1t all = mental strain and physical fatigue. Now and then he thought dimly to himself that this was the most terrible day of his life.
 Meanwhile the sun travelled across to the west side of the lake On the Wurmtal shore the alders cast short shadows. Four o'clock. Tiger jumped into the lake and swam far out Her Birndl took the oars and rowed toward him. Martin understood him at once and summoning up his strength he dived in at the spot round which Tiger swam in circles.
 The man descended a long dis tance. It was dark down there and there was an immense weight of water above him. For a moment it seemed that he would never em- erge. Then an eddy caught him and swirled him to the top, and he was pulled into the boat. He felt no pain whatever now. Not a place. He lay in the bottom of the boat and gazed up into the sky. It was and he saw it quite black through the drops of water on his eyelashes. A sweet and consoling thought came to him unawkares: Puck was not in the lake. She had not done 1t, he decided with com plete certainty. Puck was a child. She was fond of life She would come back. He slept for a few = comforted by this thought.
 The evening drew in. The orches- The Mayreders at the Seespitz let the telescope fall and set off along the promenade, with Pamperl so- berly walking between them. |
 They may want me along there said Dr Meyreder. as he waddled on his short legs in Frauensee.
 Frau Meyreder brought q bottle of brandy. That poor young Mar tin will be frozen." she said with reason, for she hnd her own ex- perienccs of the lake.
 The Mayraders went on to the beach and there on the blackboard wns chaiked up 1s deerees-which was scarcely the truth. The ticket ofIice was empty. Tho humpbas!sed ftesi cat hunched up near the hut where the towels were given out.
 ssYos. yes" she said, "thefD