Daily globe., 1879-04-27

AS flushed as flower in heat Of day,
And glows with love as roses may,
When kissed, and cannot kiss oppose.
My love is like pale, white rose,
AS faint and frail to human hand:
In whose sad eyes the tear-drops stand,
Like dash of dew at evenings close.
Ny love is like lovely rose
A thing of bloom and blush and blight.
All, those may sever wrong from light
Who know not why the red rose grows.
THE FAIRIES OF THE WENGERN
MOUNTAIN.
Whatever you may think, there are
still fairies in the Wengern Mountains
Hans and Gretel knew it quite we'll. and
so did Nils, the cobbler. You might
have said Nils was unfortunate, for he
was lame and crooked, and though he
was not an old fellow, yet there was not
one of his kin to say "God bless thee"
So, as nobody cared for him, he took to
caring for all the world; for the old men
at the almshouse; for the stray dogs that
skunk about the alleys; but especially for
Hans and Gretel, who must have been
cold and hungry but for him. No doubt
Nils himself was sometimes hungry, since
the loaf that would have made one very
comfortable was hardly enough for three,
but then the children had claim upon
| Nils he had taken them for debt, and so
in a way they belonged to him. Their
father was Peter Larsen, who had been a
clock-maker when there. were any to buy
clocks at Brunden, but who lay dying
one morning between dusk and daylight
with no one to sit by him but Nils the
cobbler.
"Ah, Mis-" said Peter, ST am going
without ever paying You the money l
owe you."
"It does not matter" said Nils, cheer
fully, II will take the tools for the debt.
Some man may like to buy them
'But the tools are pledged to the
miller; he takes them away this even
ing"
$50! Then I will take the COW, and the
children can still have their milk"
ut is the butcher who has the COW
be drove her off on Friday.
$50! Then I should like the clock. II
is famous thing to have clock like
that in ones house to cry the hour wher
one lies awake
"Tbe clock is pledged to the docto
and the bed to Hanne Petersen" said tn
sick man, growing blue and pinched a
he spoke. "Everything is pledged bu
the children, and they must starve."
"Why, them" said Nils, shifting hi
hands together, IL will even take tn
children. Look you, Peter, will talk
them for the debt"
He put his hands on Gretel and Hans
who stood very still and frightened OF
either side of him, and at that momen
the sun rose. 1t shone into the mans face
and filled the room with strange wonder
full light. No one spoke, neither Nils Q
Peter; they only looked at each other
By and by Gretel went to the windo1
and drew the curtain.
"The sun blinds my father" she SAID
"He does not see it; he is in create
!, light" said Nils.
Then he took the children by the han
and led them away, but at the door h
turned back and went to the bedside.
"Wherever you have gone," he said t
the dead man, s'you may know that
have taken the children. will answe
for them at the judgment"
Afterwards the miller took away th
tools, and Hanne Petersen came for tn
bed, and the great clock licked in th
doctors hall, and nothing was left to tn
dead man but the box in which he wa
carried away to burial; but he looked S
peaceful think he did not mind. Han
and Gretel wept, but there is an end
every thing, whether joy or sorrow, an
!, they were soon comforted. They ha
! almost forgotten that they were orphan
: when one day the pastor stopped to sa
to Nils:
"These children should not eat you
bread. They should be cared for at th
aims house."
+ Nils bowed very respectfully.
II have taken them for debt" he sale
: Sin these times one takes what he ca
r get"
E The pastor shook his head, and rod
on laughing.
"Do we eat thy bread. Nilss" aske
little Gretel, coming to his knee.
"Thou art my blessing" said Nil
s!roking her yellow hair; "The pastor
a good man, but he studies much.
is bad for the wits to read much i
books"
It was about this time that Nils bougt
for Hans and Gretel some picture books
won 1erful picture books, such as the
sell nowhere but at the fair at Konigs
burg. There was long table with row
upon rows of them, not shut up, but sc
open, so that one could see the gay pit
: lures and even read little of the storie
s, Nils stood looking at them when th
! pastor came by.
ssSee," he said to his companion, eth
is the fellow who takes two poor childre
in payment of debt and starves himse
to feed them"
Il He drew silver coin from his poke
'There," said he, "buy the youngline
some picture books"
J So Nils bought two books, and fin
t ones they were I promise you, with sue
| stories of knights and fairies as make on
I1roarn 1roomo in tho 6av <imea