Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-22

want who waited on US, put her bead In the
door and said;
"Ah. poor children, 30 dull Il is whom It
rains. hut como init me 10 tho garrett up de
stairs, dcro I have some play toys bring
from Germany. and viii make out for you
nit dem, and We will have some FUN"
She was so pleasant TINT She made us all
cheerful at once. and we followed her up into
tho garrett OF the hotel. Such great room
high in the middle and sloping down on all
sides.
There were all sorts OF boxes and bundles
there, trunks and old furniture and know
not what else, and from one corner Bertha
drew two-handled basket.
A large-;ahe stood under the skylieht, and
sho placed chairs for us 10 Sit upon, and
from the basket took out, first a number Of
wooden soldiers cannon, dried peas and
littla white fonts, which she gayo TO the boys,
saying
"play now you have battle" Then sho
sat down betweon Edith and myself, aud
said, ''Now See here arc houses, some peo-
pies, some animals, some trees. build for
you village. and We must mako out Il Ia all
real. 1t is de village whore ! was born. My
home-placo, 1t has a German name, but you
know not German. aud will call II dc Village
| Of Peace,
! I'm tho middle Is II lake see, dis viii be tho
lake" From hcr pocket she took little
! hHss-backod hand-mirror, abou, as big as the
top OF tumblcr.
"De lake ia here, /" she said; "oh. It is
| lovely, so sweet aud placid, and all around Il
stands dose linden trees-sco, dcy reflect
themselves in de water md the shadows arc
sha ,Io,,.i M 40 i,,tt., ol,t, - ,,,r,,a
tho mirror and sop,ehov a bce,un 10 sec,n ma
Wo Ma rc.l,yiay Io,ara ns mi ailnrnnnd n
del;cn,o grecn troos tbo brnnobos ya,ine In
,ha bre.zo
"Ahl How b,,,,,,t,,tn ,,,b,s,o,,1 por,ha
and wa aiso wb,snnre1 .i,o,y bonntlh,ia
"Dose trace stnnh ois, .ion, Az vida
road y snid p.rths osoo INIT MOI "a ncar
togc5dor uero I nnt do car,iagos mil In
dem de 0ne ladies and dere 90 ,entiemcn on
hnraehack nav rtdo M Ia 40 great housns
on tha hin and annie s,J saw M each
| oddor
,1n,s "a do rt.rr Co,,,,p,o,,. bo,so 1, dts
hopse lIyes IA ,navo, mi Madame do liar.
onoss In Nh. cas,ie ,tp,e ,,,,,. ,,o,nio aIand
and eonrtosy no fe,, nnss da ana tolls--so
mi nnyy d5,yn lnr, n,o oo,,o ard hn,,d N,
vI,nso NV hons ytl.c. In a. i,1iio yellav
Mons. ,,o ,iye nv G9iIor ,rol,os sh,es ma
neil. 1o,n ~, 49, an,na ,n, aid ,.,and.
nodar toi,s ",oct,n@. 7, ds d9or cogid so
o ,',s,, v ,,,,, go,,ld see' der ali o
,,yos i nil Fd,,h aT seo ,,r, so,hor bas
,.t,t, nod t,,,, ,,, ,,,,,,,,.,. "a H., ,'o,,,s
VIZ ''''i, Is' 49, '''s'V' - i''N' ''''''
anu the oiu leuS, sue hus cap on
49, said Bertha, "all is clean, everything
al laIITN HUN 81 "a
m Jat pross Ia plantv Of linen No arc nal 40
-, nm -, ..,,..,t,,,,,.. -, a.. ,..,,,.i.,.
p '"e'o "'o S0''''''''l' '' u' "i'u'n-
HhelL'
GLOW pretty" ] said. We both saw that
interior. and Il was plain that Bertha saw IL
boreeif
IN as youoW mousse ives ue lhoio-oA.eher'
she said, "ho has seen fairies white he looked
| for moles and the old troll under the bridge
MA crncll In tie tnbIe ia the riyer AZ nIeht
he tells U.S. ana we are frightened. And here
are cows ana ience' DIS makes dc dairy
mans yard, and here IL u milk'maid. Die
we will call Gretchen. his daughter. milking
- :. -. n.
ue chuloii' ~ piescnt '"e pastor nVNlH 10
children dolr catechism IN DO parsonage. We
call dis de parsonage. Tor 1t Is white lliso do
churcb Afier,earfs bia wife az GOOD n indv
/ afiyae dam gnnt -puLo Ia tnlp lqma
| So 49,, -
81 like her face, sho Is 80 sweet" said
Edith.
'Tho pastor " so Kind and benevolent. too
7 toyo III, ~ qald
~,
~ was Nv Nhei o'lote w. We heu como IN
at the door and saw the little yellow-hnired
children standing before tho old man,
''Dere ls carpet on do room, said Bertha,
and plano, The irau lastorin plays beauti-
fully"
We fnncled We could seo 4 AL And now
she went on building tho viage, telling us
who lived here, and who lived there. who
drove the cart with wood who carried tho
basket with FISH. We believed TINT VIC saw ~
OIL know them AL. They were no longer
wooden houses. wooden people without much
nhape, they were pa much alye aH We were.
Now we looked upon tho Village Of Peace,
sweet aud beautiful In IT, quiet valley. with
the castle on the hin, the great folks driving
on the road, and tho COWS lowing IN the dairy
mans enclosure.
Tho mole-chtcher looked out Of his window,
and he knew that tho troll lay laughing undor
tho bridge.
"Iiut al this while whore are you, BerthaY
asked. She smiled
"Wherc am I r. she said. "Ah u Is now
evening, work is over, see, do moon rises. /
\ am down beside do nko tuit my HnugW Che