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Madame GOctZcMbcrgcr'S Christ
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CHAPTEREIII.
BY MARY HOWlTT,

OIlA Ii In III.
Ii wos now the autumn Ferien. and
letter came TO the Professor which took
him at once from home. A trusty friend
Of his had found IN Konigsberg Madame
Bernhard aud "a Fraulein lta Schmidt,
who were living together. They seemed
TO answer the description of the persons
lie was in search of, more especially as
Fraulein Ida, it was said, was from
northern university town. OF, there.
fore, Sc, our good Professor, once more
fondly hoping that she whom he had
sought so long was at length found. He
Sc, off at night, when his little Lima, who
had spent The day at the good neighbors'.
was in bed, ard kissing her in her sleep,
and leaving a note for Fraulein Ida, was
"a long way on his journey before she
awoke. The note, which little Lima
presented next morning. was addressed.
as the Professor believed correctly. TO
Fraulein Goetzenbergrr, and it said that
the Professor Won Hoffman wss sudden
denly called from homo on business Of
great importance, and begged TO com
mend his Little Lima to the kind attentions
Of Fraulein LA Goe,zenberger during his
absence. Again Ida smiled. and "a mark.
ed that her pane was not Goelzenberger.
adding, however. that it was not of much
importance; and she undertook The charge
OF little Lima with right good will. The
Professor had written his note in great
haste, and it was such an almost unintel-
ligible scrawl as scarcely ever was seen;
but there was, for all that, some thing
in the handwriting which made our dear
Ida look at it again and ngain.
There is something about it tha, re-
minds me of a handwriting that was very
dear to me many yeaus ago. sighed she
to herself. but oil learned men. 10 a GER
tain degree. write alike and she put the
! note into her work box.
Little Lima was as welcome as day.
light.
1t is such an excellent thing Ida
said, for Sanchen 10 have companion
of her own age. and besides little Lima is
a very loveable child; :here is some
thing about her which has taken strange
hold Of my heart and so saying, she
once more took tho note from her work
box and read it through, though there was
nothing moro to puzzle out in it. can
hardly tell why she did so, yet it is fact
nevertheless.
! Il am to be your child while papa is
away said little Hina. throwing her
arms round aunt Ida's neck, Il wish you
were my mama, love you SO dearly!
Poor Ida! the letter. or rather tie re-
collections that it called up, and the
words of the child. stirred her heart very
strangely. She clasped The little one in
/ her arms. kissed her with tender otion,
and said that from that time she should
call her aunt Ida. as little Sanchen did.
end they should be two sisters.
The poor Professor had fruitless jour
ney, and all that long. long way to Kon-
icsberg; he travelled night and day to
find. once more, disappointment. The
Fraulein Ida Schmidt was, he found. old
er than himself, and the Madam Berb-
hard was her niece. 1t was a mistake al
together. and sad disappointment to
the professor. who. Immediately leaving
Konigsberg. made another long journey
to Carlsbad, where he determined to spend
the autumn Fericn. In the meantime.
all was as happy as could be at the house
of Frau Goetzenberger. The children's
lessons were joyful amusements; they
played together the sweet little duets;
they sang with aunt Ida. and they danced
while she played. They wore. at the
same time, their white frocks, and their