Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-06-03

ment Ia Die anu hcipeu her, Dut without
letting go her hand. HE touched the
Swe dish ducat pendant from her neck
lace and said:
1t has a good resting place.
1T came. too. from a good hand,' said
Little Barefoot. Il received II as gift
when was child
From relation?'
NO, the Lady is not related to me-
You are fond Of dancing, It appears
oh, how fond. Only think how much
! have to dance during the whole year
without music.
You look as round as ball said the
stranger playfully. They must feed you
well!
Amrci answered; Food is nothing, sp-
petite is everything
The stranger nodded, and after pause,
said half musingly. You are the daugh
No, am servant, answered Amrei,
looking Lin firmly in the eyes. His own
!. alf fell, Lis eyeliLs trembled, but he re-
covered himself and returned her gaze
This contes. and victory in his beautiful
eyes were true expression of what
was passing in his mind; he was al
most on the point of leaving the young
gil, yet with an effort. and as if in spite
Oh himself, he said:
Come, let US have one dance more
He held her hand firmly, and they en-
tered into the dance again, but more qui>
ctls. They both felt that the ecstacy of
the former dance was gone, and with This
feeling Amrei said:
Still we have been happy together even
If We should never meet again and though
we DO not know each others name
Tne young man assented, saying; In
deed we have Amrei in embarrassment
bit the ribbon of her plait, AMI said after
a pause:' What you once have.had none
can ever take away from you. and who
ever you may be, do hot regret giving
pleasure to poor girl that will las, her
for life
lido moi regret ii, said Der partner, but
you must regret having given me SO curt
retort This morning.
Indeed you are right
viii you walk with n.e?' eshcd her
partner.
Yes
DO you trust mel?
sies'
But wont your family object?
Il have oo one TO answer but myself, |
am orphan.
Hand in hand they left the dancing hall
Little Barefoot heard a whispering behind
her as she went out, anu she kept her eyes
cast on tic floor. She feared that she
had gone too far.
Outin the open wheat fields, where the
first ears had scarcely appeared and were
yet partly concealed in the shoots, the two
looked silently at each other. Tor some
aimc no; word was spoken until the
man asked:
Il would like to know how it happens
that ore can become-I do not know how
= SO Intimate at first sight. How can
one read what is written in the face?'
There we have freed a lost SOU, cried
Amrci, for you Know when two think
alike at the same moment we have saved
a soul, and I was just thinking wha.
you said.
.Ah, do you know why it ISL
Yes
viii you tell mci'
why nots'
i do not know
See have been goose kccper,-'
At these words the young man trem.
bIcd, but he pretended that something had
flown into his eye, and hc rubbed it, while
Little Barefoot went on boldly:
'Scc, when one sit sail alone in the fields,
u h,...dred things 1oat through the mind,
and there come wonderful thoughts, aud
then this became clear to me;-only pay
attention, ahd you, too, will find it So
Every fruit irec--if you lpok at il as
whole--looks just like the fruit IT bears
Look at the apple tree with iis round
outline, does it no; look like the apple it,
self? Aud the pear tree, ani cherry tree.
Only compare them; look at the cherry
tree, for instance, what long stem it has,
just like the cherry itself. And so think
too
well, what do you think?'
DO Not laugh at me. AS .hc frdft trees
resemble the fruit they bear, 50 it seems
TO be with men, and you can discover it |
at once, except that the trees have always |
their honest faces, but men disigure
theirs. But am l not talking nopsense?'
No, you have rot tended the geese in
vain,' said the young man, with strangely |
mingled emotion. Il like to hear you
talk, and would dearly, lke to give you
a kiss, if l thbogh, 1t was not wong
Little Barefoot ttemblcd, she stopped TO
break flower, but did not do 1t. A long
pause cnsued, and the young man. at last
said:
We shall probably never see each 9th
er again, therefore II is better as il is
Hand in hand the two went back to the
dapcing hall. And now they danced
again without speaking word, and when
ii was over be conducted her to the table
and said:
Iwii say farewell First take ID breath
ing spell. and then glass os WINE
lie handed her a glass, and when she
put il down he said
You must drink it all, for my sake, to
the very bottom
Amrci drank until she emptied the
the .slass, and when she looked up the
stranger had disappeared. Going down
in froEt OF the house, she saw him riding
away on his grey horse, but he did not