The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-10-14
KRESCENZ,
An IdyI of the MoseIIe.

1t was evening in the ancient town of
Trier; the Angelus was ringing down
from the great fortress-like Dom the
little carts and stalls hal vanished out
OF the market-place and the carved
saints, clustered on the fountain, smiled
benignly in the setting sun. Old women
III strange head-dresses, beads and books
i'll hand, passed in and out of st. Con
dolphus' curious gates young girls,
with long, fair, plated hair, moved in
groups across the open place brilliant
uniforms shone up on the balconies of
the Rothe Haus; the shopkeepers in
the queer little peaked houses stood at
their doors and amused themselves ::
while the awful black arches of the Porta
Nigra frowned more grimly than ever in
the glowing light, and the CAV and
quaint little frescoes at the street corners
seemed to blaze out with new color at
its touch. One particularly bigh-p.aked
roof was suddenly covered with a flock
OF white pigeons alighting TO rest, and
at the same moment face appeared at
little open window among the birds.
looked up and down the streets, and was
withdrawn again. The face belonged to
a young girl, and the room into which
she Withdrew was pleasant and neat, if q
little bare. A workable at the window
showed that it was the home of q seam
stress; little shrine hung in corner,
with tiny lamp burning a few rude
pictures decorated the walls. The girl
was clothed in holiday dress of dark
green stuff, with white sleeves and
apron, and wore a scarlet flower in her
breast. She had a soft, sweet, innocent
face, and her fair hair hung behind in
two long golden braids from her neck to
her knees.
AS she turned from the window. n
curly haired boy burst into the room.
L have a message for you, Krescenz.
/ met Karl, and he told me to tell Won
he could not see you tonight. He is
suddenly sent on business"
A look of disappointment clouded the
girls face but, after few moments of
silence, she said:
&" How good it is that they find him SO
useful. But come, Max, you shall not
be disappointed OF your excursion. You
and L will go for our walk, and 1 will
take you for peep at our cottage"
Max snatched his hat, which he had
flung. off in disgust, and, locking the
door behind them, the sister and brother
descended many stairs, and took their
way through the streets, and out by the
Porta Nigla, into the country.
"Look here, Max, did you ever see
anything so gloriously blue as the Mo-
selle this evening? Could you bear to
live away from it How glad I am that
our new home will be near it. And look,
how magnificent the red light is upon
the vine-covered banks, with the Grim
son earth glowing between How the
tall dark poplars and the golden acacias
seem to thrill as they bask in this Won
derful light If had been man, Max,
should certainly have tried to be an
artist Karl laughs at me when say SO;
he does not care for such things, and
gets annoyed when 1 talk about them /:
and yet never saw half the beauty of |
things till he loved me-"
" How many people are out walking
tonight, Krescenz. 1 never saw the |
road so gay. Oh, there is that Gretchen
kissing her hands to me, and will not |
look at her. Why? Because she was
impertinent this morning, telling me
that Karl had left off loving you, and |
was going to marry Luise."
1T was a silly joke, Max. 1 hope |
1ay?"
Something that ought to have
stopped her kissing hands to me-" said
Max.
"It was too foolish to be angry about,
little brother. Some one said it to me, |
The other day, and 1 only laughed. 1
knew so well it was because sent Karl |
message to Luise, the other evening.
But Gretchen ought not to have said it |
10 you, Max. When 1 get to my new
home, don't think 1 shall ask her to
come and see me. do not want to hate
and -
81 will do the hating for you, Kres-
eenzJ and hate every one who says that
Karl does not love YOU"
every one Don't give such big
name to two people, Max. If Karl did
not love me, should not be the first to
know of it? All, do you see our little
house peeping above the acacias up in
he fields over therel How delightful it
will be to live there, Max, with all the
lowers growing in at ones windows.
And Karl is providing this home for
ne Ah, little Max, this looks rather
ike loving one, doesn't it?"
Max was silent, and kept his face
urned away, with slight frown on the
,rows.
81 wish 1 could suddenly grow big,
Krescenz," he said, abruptly.
The sister laughed. My dear, you
must wait, she said, gayly. "By and