The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-04-25
WILHELM kEISTE3'S APfREn-
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D1tSt tI ms -
WIIhelm had visited q creator o. -,
father t, md the family n SiIot
commission because the daughter ~
house had run OFF with an actois
runaway pain were FOUND anu - 20
hack and Wilhelm had uSeu - -
persuasion to induce the poi -
ronsfnt TO the union of the elopel9,
rhov baa done so. but the bride hau
haan given no. dowry by her ahSl4
narents an! Herr Melina ana me-
bride had zone forth into the !"
atr;caI world n which he set up 10"
for a sort Of manager.
.Put no had made q failure OF It
his was dlsperScu ana tno
pair were travelling o the country
seeking an engagement. A malicious
fate seemed TO cause actors ana
actresses out Of a Job to graVltate
naturally to the vicinity of WllhelHi-
Also deeply enJoyed THESE
IS. tations-he was seeing HE he
was tIvang in the "artisuc alfnos-
phere." Wilhelm, of course, at once
introduced Herr Melina and his "lle
TO the other Thespians VINO Were
ministerfng 70 his soultulness. Inc
newcomers had the "old settlers
upon W.lhelm's ARTISTIC preserves
naturally looked upon each other
with suspicion. Mellna by no means
pleased the lively Laertes any more
than Meiina's wife pleased the
frivolous Philina. In fact. the merry
girl hated Melina's wife cordially.
Frau Melina was a young woman
not without culture, but WOefuily de-
tc4ent in soul and spirit People gen
orally asclibed to her q tine unuer-
standing, tor she was what might be
called a Observation-Disclosures on n
could fiatter with a peculiar adrOlt-
ness by rejecting the IDEAS OF the
person to whom she was talking SO
long as she could understand ms
ideas. h understood when to
speak and when to keep silent
many persons have by these same
qualities achieved in tn s world
tations to be envied. Me1ina maze
strict inquiries about the wrecks OF
the late theatrical establishment OF
the town. The wardrobe. as we'll as
the theatrical decorations, had been
pawned to some traders and a notary
was empowered to dispose of them un-
der certain conditions.
In the Mignon's form
and manner Of existence were grow
ing more and more attractive to Will
helm every day. In her whole sys-
tenn Of procedure there was something
singular. She never walked up or
down stairs. but jumped. She would
spring along the railing, and before
enc could realize it was on the land
ing above. She had different forms
Of salutation for each individual. For
Wilhelm she a Of late adopted the
salutation of arms crossed upon her
breast. Every morning she wen, early
70 mass. Wilhelm followed her upon
one occasion and saw her kneeling
with her rosary in Il dusky corner Of
the church and praying devoutly.
Herr Melina having concluded his
4 1nCtigr1tjnr of tho nffaofC ~ tho do
funct theatrical company, proposed
bluntly to Wilhelm that the young
man redeem the properties n be-
come the angel of a new
to be formed out Of the stranded
actors and actresses now encamped
about him. At first this made Will
helm thin seriously Of setting of
about his business, but no ooner had
IL written q letter to Werner-a
business letter-then he tore it up
and thought for a little while longer
to enjoy the "artistic atmosphere
with which he was surrounded.
When Wilhelm a first met Phi
lima she had waiting upon her a flaxen-
haired boy called Frederick. Soon
after the arrival of Wilhelm the boy
and his mistress quarrelled violently
and he left her employ. But not a
week had passed when the boy re-
turned again n resumed his former
aEocations-wait4ng upon the table
and running the errands of Philina.
Frederick easily established himself as
II Of the company which now circled
about Wilhelm Meister.
In spite of the intrigues of Phi
lima, who wished Wilhelm to buy the
pawned theatrical properties for her
self. Wilhelm bought them for Herr
Melina and a regular theatrical com
panv was m Wilhelm nov felt
himself h patron of art" and made
his satellites read his poems and his
incompetent plays. 1t was a cruel re-
venge. although the calloW youth
had not the least idea hat it was
SO. Just as the new company had
been formed there came to the town
the Count, a great noble, master Of the
castle which reared itself on the h IL
with him were his brother-in-law, the
Baron. and the Countess and the
Baroness, as we'll as a host az =