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The Aus usta Seminary Annual. 23 hold on us, and we thoug-ht with Tennyson, that in the sleepy, restful village, It were sweet, hearing the downward stream, With half-shut eyes, ever to seem falling asleep in a half dream, To dream and dream like yonder amber light, Which will not leave the myrrh -bush on the height. When we had reached the mountain-top, we paused to take one last look at the green, flat roofs, the fountains, and the orange and myrtle groves, then turned away, with a sigh for the scenes and places we should visit no more, to mount our donkeys and clamber down the other side. M. L.
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22 The Augusta Seminary Annual. pipes, silent now like all the rest. From the walls were hanging tattered fragments of painted canvas and at our feet were numer- ous slabs with the words Sister Maria or Sister Anna, Re- quiescat in Pace. We wandered up to the organ loft and there Theresa told me the story of Sister Francesca on whose slab was written, She will awake in the morning. ' ' Sister Francesca ' ' was young and beautiful and lived at the foot of the convent hill. She was the gayest of the gay and the Senorita knows that when one is too happy it is that soon will sorrow come. She sang all day and the young men went mad for love of her dark eyes . She laughed them all to scorn but Pedro, to whom she gave her troth. Yet she was not happy long, for jealous Chico in his rage stabbed Pedro to the heart one dark ni ht. Then her heart broke and when Easter came she went up to the convent on the hill and took the vows. They say she never smiled again, but she nursed the sick with tender care and taught the little children. VVhen Sunday came she sang in the convent chapel and strangers came from far and near to hear. She died soon after, and sometimes on summer nights, when all is still, if one will come up here, one can hear her sing, like an angel moan- ing in despair. She paused, and we sat in silence, watching with eyes intent the violet lights that shifted uneasily on the altar only to rest at last on the white tomb of ' ' Sister Francesca ' ' and then fade .softly away into darkness. What mu.st .she not have suffered before she at la.st found peace in this quiet chapel ? We crept down the steps softly and passed out the rickety gate, while the stars came peeping out one by one and on the breeze was wafted to us the music of an old Latin vesper. O, Israel ' s watchful Shepherd spreads- Tents of Angels round our bed, While our eyes we gently close. Stealing o ' er us soft repose, Soul and body now we leave O, Israel ' s Watchman unto Thee. At last the donkeys came and we left Jundiahy half reluc- tant, .so strongly had the charm of the quaint little town taken
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24 The Augusta Seumiary Annual. Ein Kurzerer Weg. IR wohnten damals, wiihrend des Sommers in einem kleinen Landhause, ungefahr vier Meilen von , , Riverside ' ' ; aber was fiir ein langer, langer Weg sind vier Meilen an einem heissen Tage im August ! Und wie der Pfad sich in verschiedenen Richtun- gen windet, hier, bergauf, da, bergab ! ,,Es muss einen kiirzeren Weg geben, sagte Edith, ein schones, lustiges Madchen, zu uns. .,Kommt, lasst uns gera- deaus nach Hause gehen, anstatt durch diese heissen, staubigen Strassen. Wir werden noch einmal so schnell zu Hause sein. Wir alle gaben unsere Einwilligung, und bald befanden wir tins in einem grossen, finstern Walde, wo der Geruch von Wach- holder sehr stark war. ,,Ich rieche Wachholder, sagte Maria, und wir waren alle auf unseren Knieen und suchten unter den diirren Bla ' tern nach den guten Strauchern. Bald horten wir ein lautes Geschrei von Edith, die in einen Sumpf gesunken war. Mit vielem Sto.s.sen und Ziehen gelang es uns, sie herauszubringen. Dann salien wir, zu unserem Schrecken, da.ss es fast dunkel war Wir standen da mit bleichen Gesichtern — wir hatten den Weg verfehlt— wir hatten nns verirrt. Plotzlich kam eine Herde von Kiihen liber den Hiigel, in vollem Galopp! Ach, wassollten wir thun? Wir konnten nicht fortlaufen. mit einem Sumpf an einer vSeite und einem drohenden Abhang an der anderen. Eine kam auf uns zu, mit hangendem Kopf und schwingendem Schwanz. Wir schrieen um Hilfe, und bald sahen wir zwei Manner heran- nahen Einer sprach: ,,Was fehlt Ihnen, Fraulein? ,,0 wollen Sie uns sagen, wo Rockland Farm ist? ' ' .schrieen wir alle zusammen. In der Diimmerung sahen wir die Marnier lacheln, und dann fiihrten sie uns auf die Spitze des Hiigels, und da, nach langem Suchen, lag ruhig das alte, liebe Haus. Bald waren wir inmitten un.seres Familienkreises, und erzahlten die Abenteuer un.seres kiirzeren Weges, welche uns wahrend drei Stunden beschaftigt hatten. Minnie Watson Grattan
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