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A.޺ *zº sº $3. º Aº. # / , ; ..º. A FAIRY TALE FOR FATHERS AND MOTHERS AS WELL AS FOR THE IR D A U GHT E R S 3º ; : ĺ i&; º w *…* QChe (Libret (CH taberg # . . . .，.:.，，, , ?） *** «“:，:; ' ，: ， |-，-！，|× （， ， ， ©®°¶√∞∞∞ zººs AºS. } tº Aº, tº A FAIRY TALE FOR FATHERS AND MOTHERS AS WELL AS FOR THEIR D A U G HT E R S BY ANNIE Fellows JoHNSTON Author of “The Little Colonel Series,” “Big Brother,” “Joel: A Boy of Galilee,” etc. BOSTON L. C. PAGE &f COMPANY ** > * * » §º: & as tº $. ... .º.º. $3. ...e.ºr Copyright, 1904, by L. C. PAGE & CoMPANY (Incorporated) Copyright, 1905, by L. C. PAGE & CoMPANY (Incorporated) All rights reserved # *: º *...* ... 3 --> *ry, e. gº jºy -***, * * -e-..." A "**** * . - ,” ºrº, is : - :-- º a.º.º.º. Tºgº º sº G ຠsº G º 3.A. * - tº y - rt- Fs. *- ºr.” - w zºº’s gºzº. 8 ׺s zºº.º. ºº / º's,…º. ºº::, ... . * ... x*. £º . . . 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An abbot on an ambling pad, ºc . . . *.*. 3' ". . . . * , , -º §º-º: * * :- - .:: * *, *, *., - - - , º, ... “5” ºr º- ~~~~-ºx.º.º.º., “S. —33 s º--ºxº ** = ** < x *** – &T, . . . .º. º.3 º §3 ºf ...?...º. sº.º.º.º. º . . . . . .” - sº :=\tº $º Sºº Tº X:/º'- ". . . . . . . . . ſºlº º sy ſº * A ſº § & flºº º §º s? . . ; sº º º, º (º.s.º.º.º. o ºsº. 9 㺠e Keys, Gººſe Gººgº ºf :^*...&rºº Sometimes a curly shepherd Sº lad % or long-haired page in crim- i. son clad Goes by to Camelot. And sometimes through the mirror blue ºr. § 2 & t * & The knights come riding two by two. She hath no loyal knight and true, The Lady of Shalott.” *. & * --* * s x; . & AP t(i.º : § % ęj * †3.tº: ; } t 3.3. 3. º == %.•º ºy..” º º 2 … - > -º - ** gº-ºº: º sº ׺A:2-ºxº - - - v **** º, 2 £º - : º, ºº, e Áº ~#, * -ºxº sº, 6 * : * * * (p £º Aş tº Gºº & º ſº. 2 ... º.º. ºf , "...º. *A* *º. 4. º, , º, a §3 º ºsº, º º Aº, źf zºº. 3: *: *:::: [1] º, NCE upon a time (the same time that the Lady of Shalott wove her magic web, and near the four gray towers from which she watched the road running down to Came- lot) there lived three weavers. Their houses :º-t #. 2. ſº i . -...- s stood side by side, and & such had been their equal gºs, - gºº... ?". ...&Sº...º.º.º.º. # * ſº, rººf º ºx *.*. & nº r º ~ / ; º' Wº "" ºzºº.º.º. † ff;. £º-º: *... Lºst ſº- *...* ; : * § {. -º-º: ,43 - --> fº - -º 2-, ºf? A. ſº. **, *. - *> o ºk. § *, fortunes that whatever happened under the roof of one had always hap- pened under the roofs of the others. They wove the same patterns in their looms, and they received the same number of shil- lings for their webs. They sang the same songs, told the same tales, ate the same kind of broth from the same kind of bowls, and dressed in the same coarse goods of hodden gray. But they were unlike s could gº º ºſe ºsſº ſº. . . . .º. º.º. '', - . r ‘. . ,”ys, A , "...º. gº: t º -º'-º'-º-º-º-º-º-º-º, i & * 23-, 2-s, š.” £; gº. & Tº → . 2 ºf ºil-ſºº. &-º’s * , r QLjt (Ljtet (!(Heabetg possibly be. The first insisted on weaving all his webs a certain length, regardless of the size of the man who must wear the mantle. (Each web was supposed to be just long enough to make one mantle.) The second carelessly wove his any length that happened to be convenient, and stretched or cut it after- ward to fit whomsoever would take it. But the third, with great pains- taking and care, meas- ured first the man and then the web by the inches and ells of his º carefully notched yard- * stick. Now to each weaver was born a daughter, all on the same day, and they named them Hertha, Huberta, and Hildegarde. On the night after the gº christening, as the three ºl men sat smoking their 6 f pipes on the same stoop, the father of Hertha said, “Do not think me puffed up with unseemly pride, ºg good neighbours, but sº wonderful fortune hath & befallen me and mine this day. Clotho, the good fairy of all the weavers, was present at my Her- tha’s christening, and left beside her cradle a gift: a tiny loom that from beam to shuttle is of pur- est gold. And she whis- pered to me in passing, * Good fortune, Herthold. It is written in the stars that a royal prince shall seek to wed thy child.’ But Herthold’s news caused no astonishment to his neighbours. What had hap d under the pene :: *, *-ºsº * º, *- .* 3. *--X' º, ºr ºr :- ºº:: **ś º *** § ºxy A. - 7 r ſe ** {*, § º * ºf . ... . . ** * . . . . . . -- . * : *, * ... . . --- 3. o -. zºº. §s :: ; , . . f. 2 #7 & ..+ º-, a fi' { *, *śa. sy (“Yº. º Aº º sº ºffs, º ºxº *...: * * ºf 3. *:: ; ::: * - -º-, 2-ºs. ‘. . . sº, Fº - •, - E--- * * * :*-*, * … “Aºxº~-º. *…&#£º. *...?' -2.2"...º.º.º.º. -- **-*. Jºy gº, ..." tº Aº, ºf . **.*.*.*…*.*.*&^%. QLüt (Lijtee (Cleabeta -*- roof of one had happened under the roofs of all, and the same good fortune was written in the stars for each, and the same gift had been left by each child’s cradle. So the three friends rejoiced to- gether, and boasted jest- ingly among themselves of the three kings' sons who should some day sit down at their tables. But presently Hild- gardmar, the father of Hildegarde, said, “But there may be a slip twixt Mayhap our 3 Pºi • ‘A’.” --, -, -º-º-º: ... -. ºf A3 º & ~, sº - & º " sº - * ...ºf x . **, ºxi, . - - - &”. *...*.*.*. .*, *.*.*, *s *** --e. r .º.º. *A*...' Nº º *s 23 ºr 22*. sº º ** { sº .*, *, *, *º f §º gº.º.º., & cº.º. & § ** r -- -- - - .* ** - : *...* , - + lº.…..” . . . .2-—º- 'ºx. -ºº º' ----ºr, "rºw-- ;: "…º.º.º. 3'-'. QLjt (Lijtcz (Ilitatittg … . . * > *::: - *.*.*. sº wºme daughters cannot fulfil the required condition.’ At that they looked grave for a moment, for Clotho had added in pass- ing, “One thing is neces- sary. She must weave upon this loom I leave a royal mantle for the prince's wearing. It must be ample and fair to look upon, rich cloth of gold, of princely size and text- ure. Many will come to clairn it, but if it is woven rightly the destined prince alone can wear it, and him it will fit in all fault- *::, ...... . . .", ſº.º.º.º.º. gº *…º.º-º-º-, *. --~, T. & “...". *** , Tº lºº. -ºº ºl. 3. 5 * QLije (Iñtee abºtø lessness, as the falcon's feathers fit the falcon. But if it should not be ample and fine, meet for royal wearing, the prince will not deign to don it, and the maiden's heart shall break, as broke the shattered mirror of the Lady of Shalott.' * Oh, well,” said Her- thold, when the three had smoked in silence a little space. “I’ll guard against ºf that. I shall hide all ºt knowledge of the magic º loom from my daughter º until she be grown. Then, * -º-;º.º-r 2::=-ºs.º. # * ~. *º-gº º º sº *** , |w. º,-ºf $2.2'-' '..." ºr *S* **, . *A*" * - As º, -- •º º º'º. <ºf sº ** Nº º º 'º, º ~ !” º : º3 jºº jºº & flºº & ſº g ſº. * ; } º -A.º:j º :º : &s º *..3. º . § º Ǻ s gº K. º ºs sº, & [8] t; - ... º.º. gº. .* .*.*. ºr: -- ..ºr’ '-." ... ...? ". º-sºº.4 º’s...º.º.º. QLſ)t QL5tet Q(Heabetg under mine own eye, by mine own measurements that I always use, shall she weave the good ly garment. In the mean- time she shall learn all the arts which become a princess to know — broi- dery and fair needlework, and songs upon a lute. But of the weaving she shall know naught until she be grown. That I am determined upon. 'Tis sorry work her childish hands would make of it, if left to throw the shuttle ºzººsº-º-º: ''' six º' x- s º cº * * * *** *, * * * 32-’. * _*}^*-* w º'Sº I gº, 3 ." . . . …”. * Sº I' J._2^* s'*--> Q_3: º [9] i. §º ğ !. ºt, y }, X º º # f \;. * . *F. s Clijt (Lijtee (KHeaberg But Hubert shook his head. “Why stew about a trifle !” he exclaimed. ‘Forsooth, on such a tiny loom no web of any kind can well be woven. ”Tis but a toy that Clotho left the child to play with, and she shall weave her dreams and fancies on it at her own sweet will. I shall not interfere. What's written in the stars is written, and naught that I can do will change it. Away, friend Hildgardmar, with thy forebodings!’ - º º, Sº rº * * * \. & sº .*.*. -- * * º } \, ( ; (Lije (Lijtee (KHeabętº Hildgard m a r s a id nothing in reply, but he thought much. He fol- lowed the example of the others, and early and late might have been heard the pounding of the three looms, for there was need to work harder than ever now, that the little maid- ens might have teachers for all the arts becoming a princess—broidery and fair needlework and songs upon the lute. While the 1 o O m S pounded in the dwell- ings the little maidens *~~~ 2 tº $. ... →º", -ºº-ºººº... ** ... s”. ... ex: º, º, ... ----….” gº - ºx. “ -, * ~ ---- 32-ºx, *º-º-º: A." #3, "...º.º. º. .*...Tº •º dº.” ... *s jº ºr ºs. Sº r- A. _i^ ¥ - *- Clijt (Lijtee (IHzabetg grew apace. They played together in the same gar- den and learned from the same skilled teachers their daily lessons, and in their fondness for each other were as three sis- terS. One day Huberta said to the others, ‘Come with me and I will show you a beautiful toy that Clotho left me at my christening. My father says she gave one to each of us, and that it is written in the stars that we are each to wed a prince if we can - -- *** ****-º-'z, *:::: -, --- sº <>, <~~i= <2*-*.*.*.*-----|zº, sº ºx.” .*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*3: gjºº-sº &zºº-º-º: gº...º. “* 2: … ..., x * * * * * **** 2. 3. --- - ...+ x- cº **, *, *. º º 4. **, * * Af *; º; * * * * * * * * * * * * 3 ºff & 3 tº esſ & 3 ºr 1ſº • *. … “ ... $.4% - - ** - “. -cars. ** ; : º: º, **. *****, 2 “. ...; * : . ****.x º r s& *...*.*.* gº & rºº, , º, ø, º º a ~. .*.*.*, 2*, º, º Aº Aº.º. Tº gº.º.º.º. º ºszºº. . . . -- . ...:…' …' .…. º.º.º.º-------'8:... *º-º-º-º-º-, *ś-dº Jº —--º, º ſº. QLje (Lijtee (IHeabetg day-dream. Hertha and Hildegarde looked on in silent envy, not so much for the loom as for the mirror which hung be- side it, wherein, as in the Lady of Shalott’s, moved the shadows of the world. The same pictures that flitted across hers, flitted across Huberta’s. ‘See?' she cried again, pointing to the mirror, ‘That curly shepherd lad! Does he not look like a prince as he strides by with his head high, and his blue eyes smiling upon ': - - - ...'... . . . . * * ... º. ºº, - : ; *.*.*.*, *.*. ...; ºr º, . . . . .” ...: .. * * : - … ...?' -—#...”.”:-2.” ..º. -----'º. º. ...,x* ...?' -------. * . - *-** ***.x. QIjt (Iſºtte (KHeabetg 3, all the world P. He car- ries his crook like a royal sceptre, forsooth. Well you may believe I am always at my mirror both at sunrise and sun- set to see him pass gaily by.’ “Yon long-haired page in crimson clad is more to my liking,” said Hertha, timidly. ‘Methinks he has a noble mien, as of one brought up in pal- aces. I wonder why my father has never said aught to me of Clotho's ge gift. I, too, should be at *-* …” zºº --" 3 & #. n º tº: * *-* **: my weaving, for I am as old as thou, Huberta.” ‘And I also,” added Hildegarde. “Ask him,' quoth Hu- berta. “Mayhap he hath forgot.’ So, when Herth a reached home, she went to her father Herthold, and said, timidly, with down cast eyes and blushes, ‘Father—where is my loom, like Huber- ta’s P I, too, would be weaving as it is written in the stars.’ But Herth old glow- r; . . .”.” 2. ....' . . - " is . .” . . .” - - - ... *** **, 3 E. .22° - **Tºte 3 & 45° “s *** **, *, *.*... o.” . ..., “... ". ...,’ 3 - 3 º - * , , º, ----- ** { . Wºr § f 3. jºr, a. J.; ;&º *...' ...~ 3 - 3 #2 * * * * * *f; 22 ºn tº 2, ºf & Cº. ººz & # ** * tº: * . - - -: ... 's.'" - . §. *& --- * ... * * , --, * - : *- : *; , ...?' - ... . . ' ' ' - ‘’ 3 * *. . . . ... } #: Af. **. 's -*.*.*, *.* X- *...*, *, *.* ...~, k. -- -*...*& &.” !---3 . ~~ 3. * : " - * *…*. |- - **** 3. &º, ... ºr " & * , tº ºr * - 3. * * * * * - - - -xx = *** ,” A* * * *** . . .” '*, *. *...”. Aft *...*&^*. Rºº. ** % A* £fº sº. -íº... ' ... :: *" ºr -º- --" *º---... --~~~ * * ‘….?. Yºº------ **s-, --- ~ * *-*- : *z.: “.…" • * * QLjt (Lijtet (!(Htaberg ered upon her grimly. ‘Who told thee of aught that is written in the stars?’ he demanded, so sternly that her heart quaked within her. “Hear me! Never again must thou listen to such idle tales. When thou art a woman grown, thou mayst come to me, and I may talk to thee then of webs and weaving, but what hast thou to do with such things now? Thou! a silly child! Bah! I am a shamed that ever a daughter of mine - *** -----zº º-º-º-º-º:* {. Ǻsº.º.º. - ~...~$3' cº º i. Jºº ('' 'º * * *** ***... ...º. ir fig º'º' ** "... . .” (3 ºz ºf -, -ºs 2: ..., 3 * 4: … ‘A’ º ... •. .. • - " '** -> - . . .''.< *, * * , >\, . . . . .es (2\Atº. ..º. ºf sº t -- ^º. 2. 23A s A * - … * * * * {...sº, º 'º, #: 7%, dº ºf & º' ºr, - * ...}º.º.º.º. ->^*S. º.º. Jº - (.. h -- :-} '.... "...º. `…" . . 3’- " -º-, *…~3-* … QLije (Lütze (KHzabeta should think such fool- ishness!” Hertha, shamed and abashed, stole away to weep, that she had in- curred her father's scorn. But next day, when they played in the garden, Huberta said, ‘Thy father is an old tyrant to forbid thee the use of Clotho's gift. He cannot love thee as mine does me, or he would not deny thee such a pleasure. Come! I will help thee to find it.’ So hand in hand they stole into an inner room s ; º º :*º [º -*.- - 9 : . | QLüt (Lijtee (IIHeabetg * . by a door that Herthold thought securely bolted, and there stood a loom like Huberta's, and over it a mirror in which the same shadows of the world were repeated in passing. And as Hertha picked up the shuttle to send the thread of a rosy day-dream through the warp of gold, the long- haired page in crimson clad passed down the street outside, and she saw his image in the mirror. ‘How like a prince he * , º ~º,” 3. * 3. {} - is. § *A* *, r*. 4. ſº. %3 º, *::A; 3) Gºazº G #.2, º º ÇA'. :3# * - º - º º' s “...º. sº ** 1: *…º. sº ºr -º ‘º, º s: 2 tº "...º.º. tºº.”:* * * * •.S. 4 2 . . . .º.º. ººk,” X + gºº, 4 gº gº º, ø, ºº,” %.” ºf ſº, cº, * * * * * * * * *, *.*.*, , g 3 ſ. } sº, & Wif sºrrº, ºx. $.” -: , ;" º ºg. ś gº º, .3 § 3 ;& 2& "...º., , ; ; ; * *~~ºº-º-º-º-º-º-º-º: QL92 QLſ)tte (KHzabeta bears himself!' she mur- mured. “My father is in- deed a tyrant to deny me the pleasure of looking out upon the world and weaving sweet fancies about it. Henceforth I shall not obey him, but shall daily steal away in here, to weave in secret what he will not allow me to do openly.’ At the same time, Hil- degarde stood before her father, saying, timidly, ‘Is it true, my father, what Huberta says is written in the stars? To-day when * < ... " ...' * --> <-- ~~" < • *----.” ... ...” z. * : *- - * * *-* * ... ..."tº sº. g. º. : "a I saw Huberta's loom I pushed back the bolt which has always barred the door leading into an inner room from mine, and there I found the loom of gold and a won- derful mirror. I fain would use them as Hu- berta does, but I have come to ask thee first, if all be well.’ A very tender smile lighted the face of old Hildgardmar. Taking the hand of the little Hilde- garde in his, he led the way into the inner room. º for looking in that mirror Q[i]t (Lijtee (KHeatletº ‘I have often looked for- ward to this day, my little one,’ he exclaimed, ‘ al- though I did not think thou wouldst come quite so soon with thy ques- tions. It is indeed true, what Huberta hast told thee is written in the stars. On the right weaving of this web depends the hap- piness of all thy future, and not only thine but of those who may come after thee. ‘'Tis a dangerous gift the good Clotho left thee, . … --- * ~ :: ***...— 2- -, - * :- ".. ------- - * > ** ****, *---->|->|<º-ºs.º----ºº-ºº-ºººº-º-º: :: *.*, *s-, *::::: *, *, *, *::Fºsſº & Yºº &r’ \'º' ſy (Lijt (Lijtee (IHeaberg thou wilt be tempted to weave thy web to fit the shifting figures that flit therein. But listen to thy father who hath never yet deceived thee, and who has only thy good at heart. Keep always by thy side this sterling yard- stick which I give thee, for it marks the inches and the ells to which the stature of a prince must measure. Not until the web doth fully equal it can it be safely taken from the loom. ‘Thou art so young, -ºš «- •rº, & --—-gº. &#$º-gº ſº.-- º: - --- ºº::sº-ºº-ºº-ºº: #ºsgrºxº~. The Côtee (Cleaberg 'tis but a little mantle thou couldst weave this year, at best. Fit but to clothe the shoulders of yon curly shepherd lad.' He pointed to the bright reflection passing in the mirror. “But 'tis a magic loom that lengthens with thy growth, and each year shall the web grow longer, until at last, a woman grown, thou canst hold it up against the yardstick, and find that it doth measure to the last inch and ell the size de m and ed ~-1----> . .º.º. ----- ... "…” < *-*.*, *ſ-, ------..…:* ...":... ſº, º---------,+º, -º- is º-sº-g gº?' 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He was only a page, but she called him prince in her thoughts until she really believed him one. When she worked at the web she sang to herself, ‘It is for him — for him l’ Hu be r t a laughed openly about her web, and her father often teased her about the one for whom it was intended, saying, when the village lads went by, ‘Is that thy * ºgº.º.º.º.º. # * * .*.*. * . r ... ...&# tº X..., J., & 9% ºl, º, º ºx ...'s, ." ...? º jº.' <º º Ǻ sº. & º --- - º, *º-f --- * : ; º” & * * $% &Y º Aº & ºftº'º & ji" ...? 2\,...” tº º' º, º & A.”.º.º. tº 4:" "Nº º 'º. 3 # 2. [30] . . . .';...º.º., Az' sº. 25. "...”. rº * - ... ...º.º.º.º.º.º. º.º.º. º.º.º.º. QLjt (Lütze (KHeatletº prince?’ or, ‘Is it for this one thou weavest?' But he never went with her into that inner room, so he never knew whether the weaving was done well or ill. And he never knew that she cut the web of One year's WeaW- ing and gave it to the curly shepherd lad. He wore it with jaunty grace at first, and Huberta spent long hours at the mirror, watching to see him pass by all wrapped within its folds. But it grew tar- nished after awhile from his long tramps over the dirty moors after his flocks, and Huberta saw other figures in the mir- ror which pleased her fancy, and she began an- other web. And that she gave to a student in cap and gown, and the next to a troubadour strolling past her window, and the next to a knight in armour who rode by one idle summer day. The years went by, she scattering her favours to whomsoever called her sweetheart with vows of --gº” .33rº.” - :*A*S*-s: 3: f º - * , Šar-º:* ** & - + * r x • * • gº ..."? - “...ſº, ºr --> '. - - devotion, and Hertha faithful to the page alone. Hildegarde worked on, true to her promise. But there came a time when a face shone across her mirror so noble and fair that she started back in a flutter. ‘Oh, surely, 'tis he,’ she whispered to her father. “His eyes are so blue they fill a 11 my dreams.” But old Hild- gardmar answered her, “Does he measure up to the standard set by the sterling yardstick for a : - , ; * < *.*.*.*.*.*-----ºr" ...}*****: §.--º ºr "ºx º, *...* ºz * “. .3 .* ..- … == . ..., “ . .”.” º .# - QLſt (Iſºtte (KHeabeta full-grown prince to ‘No,' she answered, sadly. ‘Only to the meas- ure of an ordinary man. But see how perfectly the mantle I have woven would fit him '' ‘Nay, weave on, then,’ he said, kindly. ‘Thou hast not yet reached the best thou canst do. This is not the one written for thee in the stars.’ A long time after a knight flashed across the mirror blue. A knight like Sir Lancelot: .* º +--- yº-" ºr sº, “º, -- . .” gºt *...*::: ,-------tºº.” “... *.* f “His broad clear brow in sun- . . ." light glowed. On burnished hooves his war-horse trode. From underneath his hel- met flowed His coal-black curls, as on he rode, As he rode down to Cam- elot.” So noble he was that she felt sure that he was the one destined to wear her mantle, and she went to her father, saying, “He inas asked for the robe, and measured by thy own sterling yard stick, it would fit him in fault- lessness, as the falcon's feathers fit the falcon.” Hildgardmar laid the yardstick against the web. ‘Nay,’ he said. “This is only the size of a knight. It lacks a handbreadth yet of the measure of a prince.' Hildegarde hesitated, half-pouting, till he said, beseechingly, ‘I am an old man, knowing far more of the world and º its ways than thou, my sº daughter. Have I ever ſº deceived thee? Have I & ever had QLjt (Løret Q(Heabetg good at heart? Have pa- tience a little longer. An- other year and thou wilt be able to fashion a still larger web.’ At last it came to pass, as it was written in the stars, a prince came rid- ing by to ask for Hertha as his bride. Old Her- thold, taking her by the hand, said, ‘Now I will lead thee into the inner room and teach thee how to use the fairy's sacred gift. With me for a teach- er thou canst surely make no mistake.’ *..i .ºsº **, *, *. X: º *...º.º. —-4.,. *- QIijt (Lijtee Kºltābeta When they came into the inner room there stood only the empty loom from which the golden warp had been clipped. ‘How now !” he de- manded, angrily. Hertha, braving his ill-humour, said, defiantly, ‘Thou art too late. Because I feared thy scorn of what thou wast pleased to call my childish foolishness, I wove in secret, and when my prince came by, long ago I gave it him. He stands outside at the case- ; : . iſ . e i. 3. ; : (Lje (Lijtee (IIHeaberg The astonished Her- thold, turning in a rage, saw the long-haired page clad in the mantle which she had woven in secret. He tore it angrily from the youth, and demanded she should give it to the prince, who waited to claim it, but the prince would have none of it. It was of too small a fashion to fit his royal shoulders, and had been defiled by the wearing of a common page. So with one look of disdain he rode away. *::::: º Stripped of the robe - - - , º, … <-sº-ºº-ºº, *…*.*. ~~ S. º. 3.3%º ºg QLút (Løtet (HHeabetg her own fancy had woven around him, the page stood shorn before her. It was as if a veil had been torn from her eyes, and she no longer saw him as her fond dreams had painted him. She saw him in all his un- worthiness; and the cloth of gold which was her maiden-love, and the rosy day-dreams she had woven into it to make the mantle of a high ideal, lay in tattered shreds at her feet. 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This was all she had left to give. ‘We 11,” said her fa- ther, at length, “’tis only what many another has done in the wanton fool- ishness of youth. But per chance when the prince sees how fair thou art, and how sweetly thou Clijt (Lijtee (HHeabetg dost sing to thy lute, he may overlook the paltri- ness of thy offering. Take it to him.’ When she had laid it before him he cast only one glance at it, so small it was, so meagre of gold thread, so unmeet for a true prince's wearing. Then he looked sorrow- her beautiful eyes and turned away. The gaze burned into her very soul and revealed to her all that she had lost for evermore. She * * * ~~2. fully into the depths of º --~~~ & : …; "T". --Titºve # , ºf"º- ,”vº, tº *2:5’ → {~\ * } r; *:: ** sº £º º º:* sº 8. § £3, * *} º ** * …~ 22, ºr ''Yº * } *** -->, gº-º-º: 23, eº cºe, 2 . & *:::: / * º *º 2. - - * &^ - & & -- º: & “ Fº kº, -º - º, “A.” gº sº.º.º.º...?' sº *> _º 㺠3. *—º,*śs-ºº:sº.º.º.º. k sº 3.: tº ºxº ºv. T. ſº * *...**** - " -, ** & S. The Three Qatabers º * , 8. gºº -ºº: cried out to her father with pitiful sobs that set his heart strings in a quiver, “It is thy fault 1 Why didst thou not warn me what a precious gift was the gold warp Clotho gave me! Why didst thou say to me, “Is this the lad P Is that the lad P” till I looked only at the village churls and wove my web to fit their un- worthy shoulders, and forgot how high is the stature of a perfect prince l’ Then, hiding her face, she fled away, **, 3, 4 & 8 • *.*, *...* *. .* *- :3: 3 ***** ^*.*, '-' cº ...” *** & & Yºº tº tº 3 º & ! { *...trº, tºº.” ". . º, gº. * , º ºs. Acº. ºx, Vºf. º ¥ **::. G- Aº. *** * º sº, &f & &ºgº.º.º.º.º.; # * ~ * Žº º - QLije (Iñtet (!(Heabeta and as it was written in the stars, her heart broke, as broke the shattered mirror of the Lady of Shalott. Then came the prince to Hildegarde. All blush- ing and a flutter, she clipped the threads that º held the golden web of ºº her maiden-love, through sº which ran all her happy girlish day-dreams, and let him take it from her. Glancing shyly up, she saw that it fitted him in all faultlessness, as the falcon's feathers fit the falcon. §.º. * <º.ºx-----> ***, 2*.*.*.*.*.*------rº .x. . , # rº.”f._* *, &zºº.º.º. sº#3: tº * \sº -: *::::: Ǻ zºº * * º: \,{{* 3 ***, *, tº 5% *ś, e. *A*. sº © 3 º' W. S.; :* * ~ * * 3: "...: * . . . 2,” e° *- -" " _ _3:?" tº --- *…* ^.…” * -- * c = ... * [46] * * * * 5. * KIſ)? QLjtcz (ſizabetg Then old Hildgard- mar, stretching out his hands, said, ‘Because even in childhood days thou ever kept in view the sterling yardstick as I bade thee, because no single strand of all the golden warp that Clotho gave thee was squandered on another, because thou waitedst till thy woman's fingers wrought the best that lay within thy woman's heart, all hap- piness shall now be thine! 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