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with what he b I'd felt for rer. lie returned TO he,
the ring which he too had worn with equal Fl lp'-
itv with long letter which, instead Of cuinorl-
ing,onv added to her misery. For several week
he felt very unhappy and de>olate but all hi,
married friends and acqna intece thought it thei'
duty to be dnuby kind to him. What sisters.
and nieces. and cousins, all beautiful toung
ladies'. wete introduced tu him at suppers and
little lea parties which we're rot up expressly
fnr the OCCASION and at length it appeared to
him that the beautiful Caroline, only daughter
Of the rich Oberst or Colonel Hoffman, might
probably I'll the place in his heart left vacant
ty the loss of his Ida. Caroline, or Lima as
lie was called, was reckoned Il great match for
Ier father moi only wore many orders al his
burton hole, but was possessed n handsome
estate aud having come To the c ,onel by his
wife, would pass DIR CT Ia h< d,u hpr on hi Z.
death, with the simple CONDITION of her husband
taking the name OF II ffnam. vtrv groi
match was thus fr the P'oles.or, who though
he was growing int, great reputation for -8rr-
ing. had nnthiug bur his head 10 make money
by 6nd his good heart to make wife happy
with, and these do not always rank As high IN
value as gold aud silver, houses aud land.
The Prnfes or married the BEAUTIFUL Lima
and not long afterwards her father dying, her
and estate in the Saxon S Sutherland and AS
sutned The * 'ellent name Of II ifnan. hence.
forth dropping his own undigniied family name
Of Gtun, and bv which he had been bpthrtled
to Ida Schmidt The Gcxt event that occur
red 10 him was the birth Of a little daughter.
who was called after her mother Lana md soon
afterwards he received from his sovereign tha,
patent Of nobility which have mentioned a nd
which was bptSowed upon him in consequence
Of his great learning. and henceforth lie vas
the Herr B tron Won Hoffman.
, Bnt wonderful as was the Prnfnssor's ou'-
ward prosperity, his dnrnesic happinns. was
not destined to he of very long crntinuancp-
Four years sitter his marriage his wife di.d
= leaving him M other child thsn his Iilte Lima
then about three years old. Very desolaie wa.
now the Professors heart and home A, time
went on. and the acntpDess of the grief caused
by the death of his wife a little wore off, he
: thought about equally of Ida his first love, anc
Lima, his chi'd's mother. People wondered
; that he did not marry again. With his -epu
talon his title, and his fine estate in the Saxor
Switzerland. lie might marry any lady in the
lard. ] believe he knew that very we'll but
as said before he thonght great deal abuu
poor Ida ard her hard life with the cross olt
2 gentleman her father. lie thought so much
Y indeed. 'ha' five years after his wifp's death
+ when his hlIe Lima was eighr wears old, he So
: off during the University Fricn or hoviday,
r on journey IN the north, taking Gref.waI'
r in his way. II did moi tell single .on tn,
II he did so, but | mention it to yuu in conii
dence
d We'll. the first thing he did when he arrive
r. at Greltswald was to inquire after oil Profes
e sor Schmidt and his family. He mpde his in
j. qulries from an old woman who was knittn
!. by the side Of wood while a white golt fas
o tened to her apron string by long chain, wa
v feeding. and she was keeping two cows whic
It wcro likewise grazing, within bounds.
i "Of Herr Professor Schmidt ask you :" 81,
RI the old woman: "hc's been dead and burle
. these six Years"
c "And Fraulein Ida"
'r NO; she's rot here. She was an ANGEL
r. What a daughter she was She never though
:, hor du V hIrd; and yet it is unknown what sh
d h1d to bear, AMI yet know, for was SICK
If nurse in that family for years All, FriuIel
Ida she would have mide any man happy
Is she was such an angel; mnny's the good chlnc
Is for herself Tint she sacrificed to her duty to he
70 father. lou never knew Fraulcn Ida then :
e a.kcd the old woman.
The Professor made sort Of sound whic
- she undeisoo to mean no. therefore she wcr
~ on: "Then yon never knew wlItan anrnl sh
y was' She was crlclly used. sir, BY a stu lent
- but he's a elrnel professor now they tell nc
~ one Eherhlrd Grun. Yon, may be. NAV kno
!" him, and can tell me what's become Of him, f
~ he studied in Grcifswald Z"
= Again the Professor made that pcculi-
ID sound wdlch passrS for negative. and the ol
"a woman went on: No; dare say vou ,.on't: bl
n, no good could come to him. that's certain. He
is mlrrlcl, how YER, and he was betrothcd
ID Frlnieln Ida for several years never shl
M forget her reading of his marriage to her fiji
e1. for she alw lyS read the newspapers to hin
\: nni ha would hWc every word she droppc
Y, down IN fiin'lng fit when she read tn IT. an
'Is II It md not been for me, who hid lust co /
l. IN to tell the Herr Professor that his brin-blt
I's WIS rcndy, she would hive fallen on the stoy
q Poor Franlcln n and when her frenls 81
,k to her, as mlnv di 1t first, how helrtlcss w
nt that Ebcrhld Grun, TO I'VE her AS he hi
nj done, she used to say with telrs in her eve
SO Don't blame him, | don't blame hun rnyse
II is good thing if h. does not suffer rs | d
,. AMI hope he does MI Tht WAS the W
Wv Wv She talked. But she's = me from GrcltSw Il
W now," continued the old woman. "When II
W. Herr Professor died he left her nothing but Ii
W. Nv hooks AMI papers. anl they were not wor
w. w IN lch; and soon after his DEATH Mrs BnrnhI
~ the eldest daughter died also: she h I'd been
NJ widow some years but she was well of; s
"e left a child beautiful little girl, to Franle
~ ld''s C ire with small legacy, which brn
" her IN 4 little ln,omc, AMI after th1t FrIulc
~ Ida and her little orphln niece went to ii
=, with an old aunt of the late Herr Bernhar
WI but where, nobody knows They did live
ta Ut asset for time, hut they are gone ava
ne but 90 where she will, heavens blessings W
ioe ~" light on her, sooner or later; of that | u
NC sure"
y. "Perhaps," said the Herr Professor Won 10
Nv MN. IN vo &C which was very husky,
ao which the old woman, not knowing him, su
~ posed to he natural to him; "perhlps she IN
be married by this time
er' The old woman almost screamed at I
IN idea
eS married" repeated she married by Il
~ limc!' and, in her impatipnce, ,he rave I
ne poor little goat such sudden pluck bv
~, chain, that thinking the tuft of yellow ragw,
'Iu at which it was smelling was soon forbdd
ers fruit, it set up a sharp bIeat and gave gre
u leap so far in contrary direction, that the
ed, ,yoman uas nulIad in Lar ,,,r, 4. Marr;oJ