The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-03-27

Ioat;;osoeno-7snd t; s'allo seliag that for very
ht!le alsI money, tor hi. wants vers, few. =.
! At l.netth, ens day, b. found him.
elf f'h il + Rome, q q, Walking mp the street
The,. :. . J h.d lodsipe,,s, in what had
cne. q! been . PALACE; :; Feterioe the door,
: pretty young woman dropped him =
eurtsey, and Jed the way up !. broad
staircase. She unlocked door !; be be
entered. II was bis room. There was
the unfinished picture which he
had loft, to obey Erost's sumuoos to
kronenthal, where bis presence had
turned that happiness into sorrow.
he sank upon chair and hid his
face in bis hands. Ills the signvr
tired ?" asked the pretty young woman
io her soft language. "Can I bring
him some vine? Will he not take
something ?"
Eric looked up. He made sign to
her'thst he wanted nothing. "Is this
the signors beautiful dog? she iuquir.
cd, pointing to q large volt hound that
lay beside his chair, parting. "Poor
hound, be is tired he seems quite
footsore. ] will fetch him some water"
And the young woman went out.
Eric stopped down to lock at the
dog. It was Schwartz who lay there,
Schwartz who had traced him out o.
that fatal night; who had followed him
al, through hia wanderioge. Unoon-
sciously Eric had fed him; unconscious
y modelled him and sold the model
one day topay Tor his nights lodging.
Her dog! M.ries dog! Why had It
clung to him +! Why: followed him :
At first he felt tempted to chase him
from bis sight but Schwartz got up,
put bis large paws on Eri,'. knees, and
looked Into his eyes: Eric looked 1t
him: It was his own dog, the dog he
reared himself; the dog be had taken
out for his first hunt, the last time te
had been at Kronnenthal Ernst had civ.
en- him to Marie but the dog preferred
his old master. How was it thai he
had not recognized him before?
"Peor fellow, you have been more
faithful than I have been. an not
worthy to have you as my friend but
remain with me, Schwartz.
He found several letters waiting for
him. Two or three bore the post.m.rk
Of Stettin. These: he flung into draw
or, and loekiug it, threw the key out of
the window. "Notbiug shall tempt
me-" he said, "to read those letters
Who knows if I might bs able to resist
their eDtreaties to rsturn2'' And then
he wandered out, day aud night, in the
6rst day Of the young spring. The
faithful Schwartz followed him every.
where and when ks sat down on some
venerable old ruin or green messy bank
GOV cred with purple violets, the dog
would crouch beside him, and look up
into his face. >s~: =
One day he approached bis unfnish.
ed picture ; he wiped the dust of: His
eyes rested on it for some time; then
be took up pencil, made some alter
ations in it, looked for his palette, put
fresh colors 90 it, and was soon absorb
ed in his painting. Day after day he
sat at his long.neglected easel. Peace
came gradually baok to hi, soul, aud a
calm look to his eye.
"Why should l lose my youth" he
thought, "lameuttng fault I have no,
the power to undo? Time will copque,
these feelings, and then, perhaps,
may be able some day. TO return to
Kroueuthal to my mother, and look up
on Erost-yes, even upon Marie-hil
wife-unmoved." Then he thought h.
would look at the letters be had shut
up in the drawer when he first came
home but the drawer was locked, and
the key nowhere to be found. During hi
researches after it, the letter which b
had received from Ernst, asking him t.
come up to his marriage, fell under hi
hand. He opened It.; it VAS full o
Joyous affection and buoyant happiness
Erio's' he.rt::throboed with sympathetic
affection, even 40 it threbbed when h
had first read the letter II ran thus:
o~Northernmost ho Eric, my soul
beloved brother; your presence i. nee
essary TO complete ny happiness.
have wooed and Won ! pea,l OF surpris
i6g beauty. Come and beEa' witness t
our ub,oa.. Pardon mo, dear Eric, ii
have not told you Of this before, but
yass 10th 70 trouble your brstherly hear
With Al my hopes and fears. The sal
his q length broken through th'
clouds, aud when you are here 1t vii
beam in< faif s2lsndor on our marriage
Come as soon as]you receive this; {.
Loon as you arrive it will take place
/ Our mother is veil ; she hopes 5000 t.
have tho joy Of seeing you again. Sh.
| counts the hours till you come as i'm
! p,tiently as I do. Do not refuse t.
como !; without you our joy will b.
| clouded with sorrow.
1.~:.-:>: Your loving brother,
| !, ERNST.
| PS. I do not tell you tho name o
| my bride. ! vaot to surprise you, She
is IN Old friend Of your', though you
have not seen her for years. Perhaps
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