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hear, TO make wife happy with. and
these do not always rank as high in value
as gold and silver, houses and lands.
The Professor married the beautiful
Lima, and not long afterwards her ia ather
dying. her husband came into possession
OF the fine house and estate in the Saxon
Switzerland, and assumed the excellent
name of Hoffman, henceforth dropping
his own undignified family name Of Grun,
and by which he had been betrolhed to
Ida Schmidt The next event that oc-
CURED to him was the birth of little
daughter, who was called after her moth
err Lima, and soon afterwards he received
from his sovereign that patent Of nobility
which have mentioned, and which was
bestowed upon him in consequence Of
his great learning, and Aenceforth he
was the Herr Baron Won Hoffman.
Blu. wonderful as was ,he Professors s
outward prosperity, his domestic happi
ness was not TO be Of very long continu-
ance. Four years after his marriage, his
wife died, leaving him no other child
than his li,.le Lima, then about three
years old. Very desolate was now the
Professors heart nnd home. AS time
went on, and the acuteness Of the grief
caused by the death of his wife little
worse off, be thought about equally Of Ida,
his first love. ond Linn, his child's moth
er. People wondered that he did not
marry again. With his reputation. his
title. and his fine estate in the Saxon
Switzerland. he might marry any lady in
the land. believe he knew that very
we'll, but, as said before, he thought
great deal about poor Ida and her hard
life with The cross old gentleman her
father. He thought so much. indeed.
iha, five years after bis wiie's death. when
his little Lima was eight years old, he Sc,
off during the University Ferisr OIL holy
days on journey 20 the north, taking
Griefswsld in his way. He did not tell
q single soul that he did SO, bu, mention
it TO you in confidence.
Well. the frs! ,hing he did when he
arrived at Grieiswald was 10 inquire after
old Professor S=hmid. and HE family.-
He made inquiries from one old woman
VINO was Kn'rnug by the side of wood
while white goat, fastened to her apron
string by lcng chain, was feeding. aud
she was keeping two cows. which were
likewise grazing. within bounds.
OF Herr Professor Schmidt ask your
said The old woman, hes been dead aud
buried these six years
And Fssulein lda?'
No; she's not here. She was a. an
gel! What daughter she was She
never thought her duty hard; and yet it
is unknown what she had TO bear. and
vet know, for was sick nurse in thnt
family for wears. All, Fraulein Ida she
would have made any man happy: she
was such an angel; many's the good
chance for herself that she sacrificed to
her duty 10 her fathers You never knew
Fraulein Ida. then?' asked the old wo.
man.
The Professor made a sort Of sound
which she understood 10 mean no, there
fore she went on:
Then you never knew what an angel
she was? She was cruelty used, sir. by a
student: but he's learned professor ow,
they tell me; one Eberhard Grun. You.
may be, may know him, for he studied in
Griefswald?'
Again the Professor made tha, peculiar
sound which passed for negative. and
the old woman went on:
No; dare say you don't; but no good
could come to him. that's certain. He's
married, however. and was betrothed to
Fraulein Ida for several years. never
shall forge. her reading OF his marr;sge
to her father. for she always read the
newspapers TO him. and he would have
every word: she dropped down in faint.
ing fit wEer she read that, and If it had
not been for me. tho had just come in to
tell the Herr Professor that his bran bath
was ready. she would have fallen on the
stove. Psor Fraulein Ida. and when her
friends said to her. as many did al first,
how heartless was that Eberhnrd Grun, TO
leave her as he had done, she used to say,
with tears in her eyes. .Dor't blame
him. don't blame him myself. 1t is
a good thing if he does not suffer as do;
and ! hope he doesn't" That was the
way she talked. But she's gone from
Griefswald now continued the old wo-
man. when the Herr Professor died.
he lsft her nothing but his books and pa.
pers. and they were not worth much; !;
and soon after his death. Mrs. Bernhard.
the eldest daughter. died also; she had
been . widow some years. but she was
well ofF. cha Ieft child : heaut;fuI III .