The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-23
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Another roar from the guns.
"Come in, said Frederick, quietly,
as though in answer to some one lightly
tapping at the door.
"She .hearsl' cried Herr Schnellen,
with agratiied air. "You perceive
that Frederick is not so deaf as people
have. said" y .. III ~
"Deaf 2" aH-i 'ti
"Yop have forgotten mein ,her.
Frederica was held to be almost stone
deaf in her youth.nn ir --ajs5 IN =,
No wonder that in addition TO her
other charms she had possessed that OF
silence-that her repose OF manner had
been 50 supreme that she had ahrunk
from being troubled, with speeches, Of
which she could not hear one word.t le
leR' ftmalSes her Syery quiet," said Herr
Schnellen. s ButthAt isnot, in wife,
such d drawback as you.may think. y n
There was a slate before her, which
was employed, IL appeared, as q means
o. conversation. She wasiuformed, by
It's means, concerning me. But Il was
clear that she did not entertain the
slightest recollection Of me. There
were so many students under the Herr
Professor, her father, she explained.
And, so many OF them were named
Hans. And they were all young
whereas I-but this she did not add
was middle.aged, TO say the least OF it.
Little more than this passed at our
interview. }i'JS'iC qi
ItookImy leave, depressed and dis.
turbed as TO the present, but not as TO
the past that could not be. I did not
love the wife OF Herr schnellen. j am
q moral character. But still Iloved the
Frederick who, though lost, was vel
contained in the stout form OF that mat.
ron lady, Frau Schnellen, like SOY.
ereign secreted in o loaf Of bread, OF
the needle in the bottle Of hay OF the
English proverb. II was true that my
Frederica could not now be parted from
the envelope which 80 substantialized
and magnilied her. That was misfor.
tune / had to endure. as best I could.
Altogether, I bore 1t pretty well. -iai
Mine,was still the ethereal Frederick.
Herr Schnellen's the more material-1
may even say the very material-Fred-
erica, from whom al ethereal properties
had completely evaporated. Mine had
been the spell; the disenchantment,
possibly, Her schnellen's! h., -
She never knew OF my love. i am not
sure that shewas ever thoroughlyaware
OF my existence. But what did IL mat.
ter? The genuineness Of my passion
was not thereby affected. The votary's
offerings may not be received his
alteration may be unrequited. Still,
his sincerity remains tinquestionableL
II may eyenibe the more sublime, tl
Ny love was dream, almost folly !;
but not entirely SO, for, remember, IL
sustained me in on hour Of sore trouble,
Il was attended with solid advantages.
To 1t | owed such success as hay OBJ.
tanned and, moreover, it colored and
Influenced my Life, weaving into its tex
turo thread OF gold. It was romance
1t was poetry, to, my thinking (; and
have not otthese value, however seeming.
ly fond and futile, vague Of purpose,
and vain Of results2r
I shouldShaye sought her sooner ? IT
may be so, Perhaps things happened
for the best. I sti1l call her my Fred:
erica, thinking Of her ever as, she was
in my Burschen days she appeared
inlthat vision, in my Btndio, when she
like IN angel released me from despair
and destitution, and led me back 10 life
and well,being. -.-.st ~ W.
Treturned 70 London to my ait and
to my pipe. Art, at any rate, is always
faithful; and, perhaps, TO one Of my
years, o pipeis the best Of wiyesa Itis
silent as3Frederica but what comfort
II exhales how II bears with one how
1t even encourages ones dreamings, and
hopes;i and flightsof f6neSn How COM
panionable how enduring how conf
soling And IL never disagrees with
one !; unless, Of course, IL Is very much
abused. tn fiiA ii d