Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-03-25

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Why. bless me. WAS small, too. at your
/ age
II was impossible to resist the comicali
| " OF Peters consolation. considering hi
remarkably dimlnutIve size. Fritz, viii
/ his cheek still smartlng, sniied up into N.
| laughing face Even Behr's grim muscles
| relaxed. and lleiuer's lips (eveu though
one was sorc) broke into smile.
And then, ye See conc uded Peter
with uumOved gravity, Il shot up all a
once.
OF course we laughed out, then; and
declare it wa, almost mcrlily that we paid
for the split ale aud started once more OF
our walk.
On We went in our old order. except
that kept the boys beside mc now. Ia the
waning light between the day aud the DARK
We were startled a. We plod,Ied ON By a
loud "Hurrah." from Peter, who, In sd-
vance, had made a dead stop before large
red mansion-lish. and warm and wealthy
lOoAln.-'he he very place 10 give N hope.
llciror characteri>ticAlly forborc 10 cNhIb-
1t any excitement or Anticipation; but II
was he himself who opened the lawn gate
aud watc.cd II, IN one at a time A. II tu
maA- quite sure OF u; and noticed that
Bchr. though lr muttercd that IL Wasn't
chance, WAS the hi,t To enter tapped
FutZ mcrriy on the mead. tciln. him To
play IN, br>t. aud hc-simpiy answering
mc by bright smllr-Whi-per,d to his
little hroth"r II dry hi eyes. Tor HuIo It
would be AL right"
What a blaze oi freight there was in
many windows, l. almost gave uS warmth
10 loo> at it. reflection on the pictured
MAILS. though Nc We're staudlu. la The
SNOW.
We played tune after tun". only pau,iug
few seconds between; tor there Wt- a
group uf chlidrcu'~ faces a. one window,
and Ia one at the lower room. there Was
a ch, 81 "f ,dlr ii-ur,>. S'lll 40 one ap-
!, ar'7i Al the door answered lIulc karl'-
mute appeal, wi.h IA, hat
'-Oncc piece more. only" said.
">pru-. >ptIu.." dictated B,hr. who
i"oh> upon that mule mcl"dy a, thc favor
ltc national All of knglaud.
d,t1tcd itiir. uuCnu>cinu-lv las ns
ny hand on the head OF ht;ic Fiuz-l sup
pose be- au-c Ma thinking how brave
the chi.I looked sud what \ contrast his
cold like lace va, - those glowing oDrs
at the window.
Fcruap, he thought from my gesture
that had addressed d ~. too. Please.
Leader he whispered. 'lct i toe "Dcs
Drut>chen Nat,riand:"
turned hastily enough from the pr.pn>
a. The beautiful sir, with It. tu1u, and
dear associations, Away made the home
less. father c-> lads Cll, made even Peter
silent. and put Bchr out temper d b had
not been nut before. At such a time -
ms Anr" il would uHmau u> all. 80
chose a simple English air tn which there
" - = refrain To De sung. for thought the
clear sweet voice OF uttlc Fulz ui ht move
the lI-tcu-r-.
No response still. aud then We s,ut Karl
schcu to the door "hIir Wr all stood wait
in-. surely hi pretty, delicate face pinch
cJ by cold and hunger, wolld win SOME
pity. The child Wa soon back. M
servant who came to him had thrown out
penny and then shut The door hururaly
against the wind. BrAr multcr,d .luiil,
that "he had told H. 80" but tha. iutci.i-
Scnce dl not maze he dI-appniuimru,
very much less kccn 10 ANY oi u. Hrinur.
shlAlug the snow from hI> icct with lu-u-
briou- con etnpt, gave vent to a mid lam
eutatIou over Ihr too-hIJuc>- OF things iu
general, but fctrr, after bow lug Pheasant
" 10 The lighted windows, raised hi- from
bone aud etrucA into gay Att!e tuuh.ct,
mdTchln. down the white lawn the while
with airy defiance.
Come along. boys" | called. holdiu,
out my hand and hoping, must Own. that
FrliZ would take il. JccAu>- he Wa N, M
HofIte; come along" Aud al that NOM
ent Behr gave the .atc i huge ban. 70 rN-
press his feeling.
The sno" fen from the >hrua> a, We
brushed pa. them. and when We stood t.
play We ieit II over our boots.
Through one Oi In" loMsr window. OF
the house beio.c us We saw llitic glr.
sitting alone Ia the iirc!i.ht aud when
We had played one tame iu- house door
was opened. aud the pretty child. loJAiu.
a. warm and biisHt a. II 1t Wa u mil,um-
mcr dI,. ran ifom the house straight up
To fTHL aud put siNPeucc INTO hi hand
passing harl-chen's, which waS held OUT
by force OF habit 10 receive it. Wea.! no.
tcel tins, liltlc surprised and 80 little
amused. too. She gave il wi'h i smile
straight into the lad'- face. and a ieW nIu-
utcs aitcrwArd We san her again, sittln.
upon the ruc alone ia the iirei shl.-Hard-
~ once lid The wl>tiui eyes OF lttte Futz
wander irOIu her a, she sal there - slIl. ia
the glow OF warmth and lisht.
W hen that tune was finished intended
10 turn; but at that moment. Ia a sudden.
unexpected manner. Peters tromhpuc
broke into lively rene, ,ring of The n. AT
Rose OF summer" and We all scrambled ia
a quickly a. We could aud a> correctly H.
We might. Hciner. who nu DOUBT felt that
he had been taken al "A disadvantage clu>-
td his lips IN silence on his reed. With ms
cornct al my mouth, | turned to Peter Ior
solution of hl- haste. aud then | saw It
all Explained. At a little gate among the
shrub-->O n Al that wc coud PLAINLY see
them even IN the gloou--lwu people stood
quite SIN listening 10 u; a yuuu. .irl on
one side the path. her dress warm aud
hii.ht against the snowy leaves, u bunch
OF @listcnlng holly Ia her hand. aud pair
oi iu>tr"u, eyes fixed upon IA, Beside uer
a gentleman stood against the little gate
gazing >teadia,tIy into her lace, with a
i"ok that made me lee! pretty sure that
just before this. lac had tod hrr a certain
story. and had been answered in wuId>
which fpated back 10 him upon the music
he heard just as perhaps hI, story floAted
back TO her
Presently, in our pause, they came for
ward together. aud the gentleinan-I fan
cird he didn't belon. u the house. aud tAat
she 'lid-put TWO half-crowns into uiy
hands. The young lady stood aud spoke
TO Us for little bit about in the cold and
the music. then gave us smile aud a
"Good-night,' aud passed on; aud the
smile made her face just like the face OF
the little girl who had given her .ixpence
TO Fritz. We were badly of just then 50
l don't say that the smile was worth a.
much TO Us as the five shiilings, bur think
1t was received quite as gratefully.
Another time | whispered as the two
walked on TO the house
Spring, Gentle Spring" cried Behr
quite excitedIy.
AT the same moment Fritz whispered ca
gerry. "Des Deutschen Vaterland," please.
Leader. Praps they love it,
start Oh. put in Peter in tone of un-
questionable authority. "Du, du. liegst
mir i'm Herzen." And remembering the
tender episode of Marguerite. We acanowl-
edged Peters right to dictate in this in
stance.
"A pleasant change in our days expert
ence." observed Behr as we put up our in
struments. aud he closed the snowy gate
quite gently. II hope 10 see thi. house
again some day"
Quite cheerfully now We hurried on to
the first inn we found. Two or three miles
the walk must have been; but we thought
nothing OF it. choosing our supper as we
went. and getting more and more extrava-
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