The Red Cloud chief., 1879-07-03

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At the age Of Is, the hear. Of Goethe
began 70 fsut;er with the emotions OF
love. A merry life he and Gretchen led
In picuics and pleasure bouts, but hs
passion VA turned TO melancholy when
he found that the girls affection for
him Was merely that Of . sister. He
suffered greatly NJ the destruction OF
his first romance. but pride came 70 his
aid, and he threw himself into study,
which filed him with q new ambition.
A year later he arrived in LeiI zig 70
commence BIZ, collegiate life. He join
ed the family Of an i~nn-keeper and fell
in love with the lively daughter. The
portrait Of Katehen Is very pleasing.
They saW each other daily, and In pm
vate theatricals played the lovers. I'm
agine this fantastic youth INDUCING in
the boyish caprice Of iormenting his be-
loved. He teased her with tribes and
idle suspicious; was jealous withou.
cause, till at last her endurance wss
exhausted. No sooner was he aware Of
this than he rcpented and tried 70 re-
cover the jewel, bat in vain. So fall
away the blossoms Of love. His
mobile nature soon dried the tears
wrung from him by the Ices Of Kat
chen.
He reached S~trassburg in l770; the
one spot above all others @! special in
terest, as the home Of Frederika. From
the first hour this bright young creature
bounded into Goethe's presence the two
hearts rushed into one. Gayly passed
the days, the youngsters hourly falling
deeper and deeper in love. But the So
ciai disparity was great, and although
love in no wise troubled itself abou. STA
ton, there is quite q different solicitude
felt by approaching marriage. Goethe
was called to leave Strassburg-to leave
Frederika. With q touching sentiment
he bore away a sprig Of jessanine
which, in days gone by, had been touch
ed by the white hands of the peasant
girl, and placed it in his pocket book as
u souvenir!
In the spring of 1872 he arrived at
Wetzlar, with the arrow in his breast,
and the image of the last beloved could
only be banished by the presence of An
other. He saw Ia Lottchen his ideal,
but soon found that a. she was betroth-
| ed to another, she could give him moth
! ing but friendship. Hence the situation
was full of danger; there was no safety
bet in flight. So, bidding adieu to this
romance, he devoted himself to law, lit
era,ure and painting.
Anna Elizabeth Schonemann, immor.
talized as "Lili," was the daughter of
4 banker in Frankfort, and this child of
16 next ensnared the heart Of Goethe.
She was cOnfessedly 3 cOquette, and
served her adorer as he served poor
Katchen. Disparity Of station again
arose as a barrier, and the betrothal
was Cancelled. The lover was once more
free, but not happy, and quilted forever
the paternal roof.
In Novembsr, 1875, Goethe, aged 26,
arrived in the little City of Weimar.
His heart was still trembling from the
late a%gitatiOns;; and hence was more liza
BILE to the invasion of q new idol. Hith-
erto he has been c%aptivated by young
girls; now he is fascinated by q oma
"a woman of rank, elegance and cul-
ture; who made herself necessary to
him, made her love al aim, and con-
iinued to keep him in the pleasant fever
of hope. Charlotte Won Stein was mis-
tress of herself, and Goethe's passion for
her excited sympathy without a word of
blame. The quiet influence of the Frau
Won Stein is visible in all his alterna-
tons. At last he said, 81 will give up
this vain love-I will be lord over my
self" Leaving this woman as an inage
which pursued him, he plunged into the
destiny of tO-mOrrow-saying "WhO
knows whittier he is hasting? The morn
ing wakes us to new joys; the evening
brings US the hope of new pleasures"
One day in the autumn Of 1888 Goethe
was accOsted by a bright looking girl,
by name Christine Vulpins. Her mai.
vete and gaiety completely fascinated
the poet, and she became the mistress
OF his affections. One would fain pass
over this episode, but tits too generally
known to be ignored, and suggests q
tragedy which finally resulted in mar
rage.
The death of the wife Christine YVES
the saddest event of bis life. She who
for eight and-twenty years, had loved
and aided him. could not be taken from
him without making him deeply feel the
loss. In q letter to letter, the words
were these: "When l tell thee, that
my dear little wife has left me, thou wilt
know what that means"
As the years increased Goethe work.
ed harder. There was abundant life in
the Did Jupiter; who had scarcely a
wrinkle of age; whose large brown eyes
had still a flashing splendor. In the
seventy-four,h year of his age, he had
youth enough to love-and it was
thought he would marry the Fraulein
Won Lewezon, but the ridicule of frie2ds
withheld him.
Ottilie. the widow of his son, devoted
herself TO cheer his last days. When
the final darkness came, she sat beside
him, holding his hand in both Of hers,
until the sleep in which q life glided
from the world. Goethe lived and loved