The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-12-11
An Idyl Of the Moselle.

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 had vanished out
of the market-place; and the carved
saints. clustered on the fountain, smiled
benigr1y in the setting sun. Old wo-
men in strange head dresses, heads and
books in hand, passed ii and out of st.
Gondolphus curious gates; young girls,
with long, fair, plated hair, moved in
groups across the apen space. brilliant
uniforms shole NJ .Sn= The balconies of
the Rothe Haus; the shopkeepers in
the queer little. peaked houses stood at
their doors and appsed themselves;
while the awful klck, arches of the
Porta nigga frowned more grizzly than
ever ih he5glSwfhlN1gIftsa6asAhe gay
and quaint little .frescoes at the street
corners seemed to-blaze out With new
color atrits touch. One particularly
high-peaked 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, leaked up and down the
streets, and was Withdrawn again.
The face belonged to a young girl, and
the room into which-sh withdrew was
pleasant and beat, if little bare. A
workable at the window showed that
it WIS the honie of seamstress; lit
tie shrine huAg in corner, with tiny
lamp burning;t a few rude pictures dec
GRATED the walls. The girl was clothed
in holiday dress of dark-green stuff,
with white sleeves and apron, and wore
scarlet Hover in her breast. She had
son, sweet, innocent face, and her fair
hair hung behind in two long golden.
braids from herneck to,her knees.
As she turned from the window, a
curiy-haired boy burst into the room.
II have message for you, Kres-
cenz. l met Karl, and he told me to
telyou he could not see you tonight.
Hers suddenly sent on business.
x. look disappointment clouded
the-girps faceJ but after few moments
of silence, stH said:
sHow goN1 tits that they find him
SO useful. But come, Max, you shall
notsbe Aeeppsjete,l n YOU, xcursisp,
wiIssaX s5~1sI d = - sEoEs J
Max snatched his hat, which he had
flung off in disgust, and, locking the
door behind them, the sister and
brother Aescsud1f fmnystairs, andtoqk
their. way through the streets, and out
by the-Pwts Nigra- into the country.
"Look here, Max, did you ever see
anythinoEn0wl orfa, taHv~ Nine sse fbfFsnGo-
selIe tbs svehihgs Gould YOU beaf 70
live away from it? Low glad Lam that
our pey home will be near it. And
look Encouragement the red lights are
upon the uncovered banks, with the
crimson earth glowing between! How
the tall dark poplars and the golden
acacias seem to thrill as they bask in
this wonderful light If / had been a
man, Max, I should certainly have
tried to be an artist. Karl laughs at
me when I say so; he does not care
for such things, and gets annoyed
when / talk about them; and yet 1
never saw half the beauty of things
till he loved me. " ~
Chow many people are out walking
tonight, Krescenz! L never saw the
road so gay Oh. there is that Gretch-
en- kissing her hands to me, and 1 will
not look at her. Why? Because she
was 20 impertinent this morning, telling
me that Karl had left off loving you,
and was going to marry Luise."
1T was silly joke, Max. / hope
you did not get angry. What did you
say%
Something that ought to have
stopped her kissing her hands to me"
said Max.
sit was too foolish to be angry
about, little brother. Some one said it