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remembered how herhusband trusted Fritz, and

Remembered how her husband trusted Fritz, and
how he had been eit;alone iu the house with the
box Of money, and how every day he had taken
from it what he pleased without asking any one !;
she thought all this is surely like one Of the tales
in the story book and Fritz says this by nv hus-
bands orders, to see il / am steadfast in mylove
and trust. She recalled the time before their
marriage, and the loving walksthrough the vine
grounds, and on the hills, and by the rivers
brink, and his whispered admiration; so she re-
solved that nothing should make her mistrust her
husband, though he was a wizard. But on the
next day Fritz put paper in her hand and said,
Read : and she found it run thus ::
COPIED from the Add page Of the great book
which is read most often by Herr Baerclay.
Now verify there be other ways in which u
learned man may get him length of life, and yet
have safety; the one most used is this which fol-
lows: When Azrael has been invoked in the
manner aforesaid, he must be charged in the
| words which are given hereunder, and he will
bestow on the lover Of knowledge, the power to
be always Young at his will, and great riches, SO
| that be may never want The devoir which he
shall do in this case shall be that every year, on
the day and hour of his first invoking the spirit,
he shall sacrifice to him his wife, being virgin
married within the year. Even thus might all
men have great power ct SO little cost -
But the Frau would not now be frightened by
Fritz, and she went in and sat lovingly by her
husband, and was happier than for many months
before for she thought, When my husband has
finished this work he has in hand, then will he
have time, and We shall go out into the fields,
and he will speak kindly to me- When she saw
Fritz the next day she said, Il will not leave my
husband And Fritz said, Alas 7 And she
said, IF these things are done in this house. why
stay you in it7' And Fritz sighed and said, Nay;
as long as Herr Barclay lives, SO long indeed
must serve him. ~, -. t.7..4j
And Fritz said no more, md twelve days pass
ed, and the clock showed tho date of June 18th;
the Doctor as he sat down to breakfast, said
Fritz, on the next day but one thou must 60 q
50 that thou must be ready to start at the sun
RISE And Fritz bowed his head in token of hav-
ing heard, but he said nothing. t
Now the Frau was startled, for the remember
ed that Fritz had said hsw that he was always
sent away on that day, and she feared lest the
rest of the story should be true as this part was
therefore she went into the inner chamber, and
prayed to St. Wolfram to help her, SO that, hay-
ing been married ON that day, she might be saw
ed by him from harm through that marriage
Before this she had not uttered prayer since
she entered the house; many a time she had be-
gun to call upon the ssints while her husband
was near, but the words had died away from her
lips, and the saints had seemed too holy to be ap-4
preached by her; and when she thought of this
also, her fear increased. Then Fritz came in to
trim the lamp. and he said, Show no wonder at
anything that happens, and you may yet possibly
be saved. f.. .-".7F ~ ~5
And the date of the clock was June 18th, and
the doctor and his wife came out of the bedroom
as the clock pointed to six, and she sat down to
her embroidery as usual; but the doctor walked
about the room unquietly, muttering words in
strange languages, and ever and anon looking in
the great book that for the last month had been
constantly before him, as if to help his memory;
and she got very weary, and the time before Fritz
brought in breakfast seemed very long to her,
perhaps because her husband thought so, for she
heard him mutter, The time goes slowly BY
And when Fritz at last brought in the meal, he
seemed to her to be very slow in arranging the
things, so as to be twice as long as usual. And
she was very hungry, and ate much but after
she and the doctor had finished, and the latter
had resumed his troubled walk, Fritz went on
eating with great eomposure, as if doing nothing
unusual, so that she made angry to sit and
see him eat, so long; but when he ended at last,
and she rose and turned round, she saw by the
clock, which then faced her. that Fritz had been
no longer than usual, but it was she and her hus
band that had been quick. Still, after this-warn-
ing, she could hardly help thinking that Fritz
was very slow i'll clearing the meal away, and
she had almost spoken of it when the warning of
Fritz came into her mind show no wonder at
anything; and she said to herself This, maybe
is part ofkee magic house. And she started to
go into ha chamber to pray again to the good
st. Wolfram, but her husband called to her 'Stay!'
And she thought that his voice, which she had
always till now heard firm and grave, trembed
and showed fear. Then she tried to pray, as she
sat at work; but whenever she began, her thoughts
went far away and long the time afterwards
she found that she had not said three words so
she left off trying, and was very much afraid
Again, before dinner came in, did it seem like a
long day passing, and she heard her husband
muttering. How slow the time goes by! Oh,
weary dayl when will it pass away?" And
again at dinner, she was very hungry, and again
did Fritz go eating long after she and her hus-
band had finished she wondered very much, but
said nothing. And she got very sleepy before
supper came in, which was long time. No day
in her life had passed SO slowly as this day, her
husband growing more and more unquiet as the
day went on-twice listening at the clock to see
if it were still going but at last the supper came,
and they went to bed. ta
w neu tney came CUT OF the bedroom IN the |
morning, the doctor went straight to the clock,
and it pointed to six, and the date was June 18th,
and he looked pleased, as if great fear was ia.
ken from him, and turned to Fritz and spoke
And the Frau also looked at Fritz, and she no.
ticed that his eyes were heavy and dull, and that
every minute or two he shivered as if with the
cold, so that he seemed to her like man ex.
hausted with long watching. But the doctor
said, You should have been on your Journey,
and take, and while speaking terrible look
came into his face, and he turned SO as to see
the clock again, and muttered, It's not vet time
and the terrible look gave place to one of anger,
and then Fritz and the Frau heard laugh,
which was not laugh Of mirth, but Of triumph,
and was hard and loud, and horrible, and the
blood in their veins turned cold, aud the hair on
their heads stoed on end Of the sound Of the
laugh. 5a, l.sassag, s3.lsfI5 lsv III 45is, \
Now the face Of the doctor changed from an.
ger to pain and to despair, and, as Fritz looked
at it, it became so hideous that he was fain to
shut his eyes; and when he opened them again,
he looked across the space where the doctor had
stood, bat he only saw the Frau, who stood be-
yond, and except for them two, .the room was
empty. So they waited some time, trembling,
while q strong smell pervaded the room. Then,
with one consent, they took up the box of money
that stood in the corner, and fed away from the
house. 3se t4s5 ''- Il
They took ship and went to England, and, In
time, the Frau learned to love Fritz, and they
were married. Then Fritz told how it was he
that had done the Sorcerer Of Antwerp to death,
in this wise: When on the previous 18th of June,
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