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small child / had been to CoIognH.
mammals native place, and the feeling
of terror which possesses the novice
at travelling possessed me at first WITH
annikilating force. | had seat 10y
the window and gazed out into Gao
snowy night as the train rushed alons
throush the tiny stations; in the dis
tanco glimmered the village lights,
the dark outlines of the woods We're
visible, then again came broad snowy
plains upon which the smoke of the
locor olive conjured up many ghost
like forms, and in addition the
whisthng of the wind.
Beside me sat young girl asleep;
her eyes We're closed, and about DER
mouth played a happy smile, She
held, pressed closely to her, in her
arm, package, which finally slipped
from her grasp as she moved in her
sleep. She awoke and saw that | was
stopping to pick it up; she thanked
me very kindly and began a con
versation. Where was l bound for'
Where did | come from? She had
not even see me enter.
replied briefly; TO Thuringeu."
well, then, we will travel to-
gether," said she, Il am going home
to sew upon my tr sseau; | was ont
recently in a position in Hamburg,
and at Christmas we are to be mar
ried My father is the chorister At
Quersleben."
Il am going to the same neighbo'-
hood said /; "Quersleben is my ,er-
minal station. If you like we cen
journey together
She NODDED, took out a sandwich
and commenced to eat. May Offer
you some?" she asked
Thank you, | would be glad to have
little" And with the chorister
daughter | ate the slices of Hamburg
black bread, for | had tasted NOTHING
since noon. These sandwiches IN /
the Kindness did me good
zone feels very different said ,he
girl, when ones hunger is appeased,
Offering me more bread.
Unfortunately she thought she had 4
right to question me, but she speedily
saw that it was distastoful to me, AMI
comrortcd herself with the words.
"YcU are probably going into servica
in Iangenwald, the inspectors wiz
has always some who wish to learn
houss keeping"
As / made no reply, she ceased her
chatter and fell asleep again to dream
no GouEt of her lover, for she smil /
in her sleep.
TIE 5ustlo at the station at Mag To-
burg where we had to wait an hodr,
confused me somewhat I was, rs |
have said a novice at travelling.
But ny COURAGEOUS companion obtain
ed ny ticket for me and saw that we
had coffee, and at half-past two
o'clock we journeyed on. At nine
o'clock in the morning we would
reach Quersleben.
u like to see the snow on the
mountains" said the girl, for then it
is so cozy at home. And my mother
is so happy to have me a few weeks
before l get married. | have not
been with her very much, for in our
family we leave home at fourteen,
but | would not be married from the
shop when l have home"
| listened with burning eyes.
Your parents are living?' she
asked.
NO, my father is dead"
"Ah. am sorry But your moth
err"
r,..,.,1,1,- L., .,.,,.,e.i,rr a cob a
peculiar sound must have escaped me,
for She continued in alright: Lord
now Won are weeping, You must
not cry. m" father always says, the
good LORD holds an extra large UNI
brela over orphans"
was OBLIGED to laugh at this re
mark. and yet | was on the verge Of
tears. Now the little chaterboH came
to her future husband All he is
such a fine man, so economical, and
he understands his business too,
There is not one In the whole Stein
strasse who keeps such good rich and
such delicious cheese as he, for he
knows how TO buy, you know. And
he has the faculty of treating custo-
mers just right All the cooks in the
street patronize our shop; it is some
what small but they come anyway.
too know how to handle customers.
Business is business whether one sells
cOffee-hcans or domestic and we viii
manage TO ret on. so that in our old
age we hall have a cottage of orr
own at Drunkenness or in that neigh.