, 1874-02-01
more beautiful phase Of her nature might
never have been known.

and there Was lndeeh no" lAu6utsr nHn pIa1t4e
in the CASTLE But it was otherwise With Eolf-
There was nono to fill the place In his heart that
Edith had possessed At home he WAS regarded
as IN unnecessary nuisance and misfortune.
Circumstances fostered the feeling OF exclusive
Affection which had been growing in his hear,
and be felt less than ever able Or dosfous Of as
sociating With the younger children. When Glib.
in consequence Of receiving binding Kick IN
the eye from the struggling nlchin, permitted
him to escape, and indeed expedited his depax-
ture by propulsion with his own foot. Eolf ran
to the re- she sls
with reference to her captor similar to his OWL
He slept ID the wood; and before the Bun he
rose, and continued bis search At night ho
went home for food But all the day
he wandered through brake and brler,
Edith, Ho would climb hills that tried the
gtreucth of men. his little heart filed with the
hope that from the crest no should see some
trace Of hor. Then ho would look around over
the dcsolate valleys and call her name, and
penetrated the scrub of tangled forests, aud
tho st,llnees which mnyhap had never before
been broken By q human voice, no crleA,
"ED1Tu, EDITH"
until his piping voice broke with tho grief OF his
heart, He would despair, and sit down in tho
midst of \ wide heath crying and aobbing until
kind Of desperation possessed him, when he
would lump up and run along h0peleBBlv, fright
cning the tluoid rabbits to their burrows with his
blubbering. Tho e1ercise preserved his health
from tho effects Of thus unnatural sorrow; yct
maybe bis mind became Affected, and LUIS love
was but madness.
One day Eolf's mother said to Glib. "Eolf eats
and grows, but docs nothing but hunt md ravo
after Balder'e child" Glib kept awake until Eolf
wandered in at night, and said to him, - To-mor~
dead boughs, and pile them against the hut right
M to the eaves." When Glib returned from work
tie next night and found no wood piled he was
yexed, and again sat ND yawnlng. Glib loved to
Sleep after his work, and remaining awake an
moved him even more than Eolf's disobedience !;
20 when the child came into the hut, Glib seized
him BY the hair and beat him. and told him he
shon]d fare worse If tile next night stack Of
wood was not found.
But ho never touched his son again for when
Eof was fes he went out of the door, mud
NO MORE PASSED IN.
From that time ho lived totally in the woods
and was . savage He understood how to
make fire and grew GINNING in thB trapping OF
bird and beast for food When winter came he
made fagots, and drew them before his cavern,
burying himself in moss and leaves. aud FUR
and feathers He became brown with exposure
to the weather; and his fair hair all tangled
and ragged, descended about his shoulders. As
years passed and he grew, his aspect became
still more strange and formidable, 80 that he
was regarded with fear and dread throughout
all that country. In the most diverse places aud
times he would suddenly appear aud scare tray
elers by rushing to them, staring in their faces,
and as suddenly disappear with wild cry Of
despair. IT, seeing him at distance, they
spurred on their horses to avoid him, he would
pursue, and when he found it impossible to
oyertake them be would stretch his arms
tovards item. crying in ! piteous tone
OF supplicstiep. Edith, Edith" He was
never heard to say any word but this, and it was
belieycd
ur cor1n arrAK NONE OTHER.
When the Enrl heard Of this aud found that
= 4sa. c;i's 10 son he ordered that the lad shond
he c.ntured and treated kindly yet with restraint
whilst his madness lasted. Also lie took such
precaution that Edith never heard word that
ahou,2 make her remember With sorrow the
PLAYMATE of her childhood. But it Was found
impossible to- catch Eolf; his cunning aad
sent to capture him Indeed, these efforts were
not yery great. for the moor rascals, filed with
sunerstitious dread of tho "wild man." wcre
well content when ho ran away from them.
Hia. strance appearance addod greatly to
The tcr1or lis habits inspired. With
tha skins of rabbits. and SQUIRRELS, md
= wolf ho had contriyed covering
for his hody which protected him etfectualy
from the rain and frost. but gave him a terrible
likeneeg to the beast aud fend he was BY most
supposed to be. And. but that he voEshiped .
be ofnf ih1a S1 ,ptntG af a grace and
liz yasAr1Esp.
There WAS no love or feeling in him but for ono
Tna chanring SEASONS. the flowers. the starry
heayans- the song OF birds. never stirred
fhra Of his heart, What wore tho golden val
lava what the purple hill aud tho silver riyu1c.s,
to him In tho valleys he found not Edith,
from the hills ho could but 500 the desolate
emntv world in the water ho saw but the re-
1ectiou of his own snd, weird face. All, all as
barron, cold, dead lifelessncss to him.
And now Edith vas grown tall and wonaaly,
and Aer heart was old enough to cAooso out Of
the whole world oae being for its devotion.
And
sur 7oxrn noovy uaRo1n.
n,,t a.., and f"nd md nnra a. yas hcr lore
i !raa 'pt rp rrch,s;vs s1e was not mad. Eyery
th;n1 - ba,nt1 anraaled 70 Iar rent1er natnrc.
TunE, y, n,sa o ~ lfe ercited her srnnathy The
iovo ~ be, foster.nnther whose rentleneas
S 80 ~ s;1,,,1;o;t az. xa.s1 WA 1,ot d;rn;D.
;S,a5 fecansa si,a 1nyei RroTn Harold more.
49,, 49, -voaa- ~ ahe ~ the fame of her
1lo.ntv nd suitability anrcad aN orcr The land.
T, T.an ~ x;rr;s IN ao,ri,t hcr hand Int Hhe
1-,va = ~ Rrowr Haro1d tSe noorest NJ ali her
f forers aud 30 made hin The richest, Neither
10 I'll nor h;e ladv ,vas onte pleased with her
a1o.t;on +bav 1vnn,1 have Ind her marry a
pr;nca hnt When thcv fonnd how trlIy these
t,rn 1nscd csej, oihcT thev rofraincd
fron, s,v;ne ~ doinr anything rhich
1n;oht c1n,,d Edith's hannincss nnd with a