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sion as though she Would embrace IT,
smiling happily. The forester ap-
preached her, softly kissed her brow.
and went silently away
After that he came to the castle
every evening. As soon as the last
rays of he setting sun had left the
tree-tops Elizabeth must go to the
piano The little family seated them
selves in the niche Of the farthest
window and were soon immersed in
ocean Of thought of the master whose
image looked down from the wall up
on the enthusiastic young musician.
FerDer recalled EIizabeth's picture
Of life in the forest sketched, on re-
ceipt of the forester's letter, in the
attic room in B. True, here were
neither elves nor kObOlds; but the
spirits whom the composer had plac-
ed under ban in his chord issued
forth free in the stream of music
and breathed into the solemn still.
ness that mysterious life whose joy
and sorrow, though it GIBBS and flows
in every human breast, genius alone
embodies and expresses.
One afternoon the Ferber family
were sitting over their coffee. The
forester had joined them, bringing
pipe and paper, and finding great
pleasure in having Elizabeth fill mis-
cup. He was about to read aloud
an interesting article, when there
tho el,rr,rieo ~ oil when IittIo Erpet
oronad tho cate . servant fro-n Cae.
He Tjndbof entered and handed Eliza
beth p letter It came from Baroness
Lessen She hogan NV saving many
fatteriDg things n the girl about
her excellent piano Dlaving. which
she claimed TO have overheard dur
ing several evening walks in the
woods and added the question
whether rrauIeiD Ferber would
coma once week unon conditions
which could later he determined to
play duets with Fraulefn Waldo.
The letter was very polite in tone
vet the forester having read if tbrouoh
twice, threw it angriIv uDon the
table and looking sbarDIy at Eliza
beth said:
Il think Won will not undertake if '.
"l.-.y no, dear CARL asked Eer.
Der for her
.,Roooreo r,7i.,olo4t
The con,nanr dau,n t5o "o,, not -, ~
foraetor sor,or,hat o,..4t.,I,. 49,.
Won witch to COO 7oct,.o-.a,7 ,....,,
what Won have 80 oanos,,,,., o. .l,!i,',"
ed now tba+ i :. ,.ina C =, q :
..,rruoo soid r,a,l,an 81 1o.
hftborto bo.5 A.. ,,l,,1 = ,,,,, It'll,
cIrsiveI, i, ,,,, on,n Dasan.aia, 80,
nave ,I.an zoaIona caro 90 n,a. ' wv
,utv to awake ovor,, Gown, -,
every tjniest miami that Ala hnt nror,
Use growth Nevertheless navor
meant to make 2 feeble prnan-honsa
pant of her. and woes me if Thar
which have boan cuItivo+i,o for
eighteen years merely cIinps wftbou4
roots, ready to no blown about NV +bo
first rough breeze of life 7
have trained nv daugbte,, for orr bu.
man life for She will bo,-o - hoais
the battle as well as every other hui
man child; and if I should close my
eyes today, she must grasp the rud-
der that / have held hitherto. If
the people down there in the castle
are really no companions for ner,
The fact will become evident soon
enough. Either both sides will soa1
" oiioe mat lhey DO no suit one an
ollle'' ana the connection will die
Out oI IISeH' or Elizabeth will passby
" I','' comes CONNECT with her prin-
S'pleS' ana Holhlhs Will do her any
r ,,'l - - lou aIe one OF those
O'''i' WHO never go out OIL the way or
''ii' u''llSe'' out always try your
strength your own worth, upon it.
OF course, but then l am a man
a an. must stand up for myself, re
piieu 'lie FORESTER.
are you sure then' that IN later
''''S Hllzaoetn VIII nave any other
support Ihan herseH' any one who
'"" lake responsibility for her?' ask
Ell nef IaIher.
The forester cast a quick glance
at the young girl, whose eyes were
lntently fixed upon her father. He
was speaking from her own inmost
soul and he was for her the embodi-