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TRANSLATED VBOM TB* GERMAN 07 QOETHE.
■"CHAPTER lE>' /
Edward wa& alone in his
repetition of the incidents of his life
from Cbnrlottc’a lips; the representation
of their mutual situation, their mutual
purposes; bad worked him,
he was, into a very pleasant state of mind.
While close to her—while in her presence
lie bad felt so happy, that hehad thought
out a warro, kind. i>pt quiet and indefi
nite epistle which be would send to the
jCaptain. 3VJien,
~hiinsclf at his writing table, and taken up
his friend’s letter to read it over once
more, the sad condition of this excellent
* (.
man rose again vividly before him. The
feelings which had been alTday distress
ing him again awoke, and it appeared im
possible to him to leave one whom he
called his friend in such painful embar-
rassment
Edward was unaccustomed to deny
bimself anything. The only child, and
consequently the spoilt child, of wealthy
patents, who bad persuaded him into a
singular, but highly advantageous mar
riage with a lady far older than himself;
and again by her petted and indulged in
every possible way, she seeking to re
ward bis kindness to her by the utmost
liberality; after her early death his own
master, traveling independently of every,
one, equal to all contingencies and all
changes, with desires never excessive, but
multiple and various—free-hearted* gener
ous, brave, at times even noble.—what
was there in the world to cross or thwart
him?
Hitherto, everything had gone as he de
sired ! Charlotte had become his; he had
won her at last, with an obstinate, roman-
tic fidelity; and now he felt himself, for the
first time contradicted,rrossed in his wishes
when those wishes were to invite to his
home the friend of bis youth-just as he
was longing, as it were, to throw open
his whole heart to him. He felt annoyed,
impatient; be took up his pen again and
again, and as often threw it down again,
because he conld not make up bis mind
what to write. Against his life’s wishes
be would not go ; "against her expressed
desire be could not. 11l at ease as be was,
it would have been impossible for him,
even if he had fished, to write a quiet,
easy letter. The most natural thing to
do, was to put it off. In a few words, he
begged his friend to forgive him for hav
ing left his letter unanswered ; that day
he was unable to write circumstantially ;
but shortly, he hoped to be able to tell
him what he felt at greater length.
The next day, as they were walking to
the same spot, Charlotte took the uppor
that there surer way of rooting out
any plan or purpose than by talking it
over*
It was what Edward wished. He ex
pressed himself in his own way, kindly
and sweetly. For although, sensitive as
he was, he flamed up readily—although
the vehemerce with which he desired
anything made him pressing, and his ob-
stinacy made him impatient—his words
were so softened by his wish to spare the
feelings to whom he was speak-
ing, that il was impossible not to be
charmed, even when one most disagreed,
with him.
This morning, he first contrived to
bring Charlotte into the happiest humor,
and then disarmed her with the graceful
turn which he gave to the conversation,
that she cried oytat last .-
“You are determined that what I refus
ed to the husband you will make me grant
to the lover. At least, my dearest,” she
continued, “I will acknowledge that your
wishes, and IhcNvarmlh and sweetness
with which you express them, have not
lefixne untouched, have not left me un-
You drive me to make a confes-
moved.
sion ; —till now, I, too, have had a con
ceilment from you ; I am in exactly the
--^e v posili°n with you, and 1 have hith
erto bee..*-ouUiDg the same restraint on
my*inclinaiion > wulc- T have been exhort-
ing you to pul on yours.” "
“Glad am 1 to hear that," said EdwarS.'
“In the married state, a difference of
opinion now, and then, 1 see, is no bad
thing; wc learn something Irom one an
other by it.”
“You are to learn at the present, then,”
said Charlotte, “that it is with me about
Ottilie as it is with you about the Captain.
The child is most uncomfortable at school,
and lam thoroughly uneasy about her.
ttuci&na, my daughter, bora as she is for
the world, is there training hourly fur
the world; languages, history, every
thing that is taught there, she acquires
with so much ease that, as it were, she
learns them off at sight. She has quick
natural gifts, and an excellent memory ;
one may almost say that she forgets every.
thing, and in a moment calls it all back
again. She distinguishes herself above
everyone at the school with the freedom
of her carriage, the grace of her move
meiit, and the elegance of her address,
and with the inborn royalty of nature
makes her the quteii of the little circle
there. The superior of the establishment
regards her as a little divinity, who, un
der her hands, ts shaping into excellence,
r.nd who will do her honor, gain her rep-
utation, and bring her a large increase of
pupils; the first pages of this good lady’s
biters, and her monthly notice of pro-
gress, are lor ever byms about the escel-
A. Novel.
PAST I.
lence of such a child, which I have to
translate in my own prose; while her
concluding sentences about Ottilie are
nothing but excuse after excuse-—attempts
at explaining how it can be that a girl in
other respects growingirp so lovely seems
l&mlnglonothing, neitherlea
jfeacity par a|compli|Smetff|
the littleahe his to sgy besfde, is noxfddie
|f> me, bemuse I can aee intbis dearebild
the same character of her mother, who
was my own dearesffriend ; who grew up
with myself, and whose daughter, I. amu
certain,lf I had the cared! her educa
tion, would form into an cqdisite creat-
ure.”
“This, however, has not fallen in with
our plan, and ss one ought not to be pick,-'
ing apd pulling,or for evegiotroductng new
I think It better to bear, and conquer as
I can, even the unpleasant impression
that my daughter who knows very well
that poor Ottilie is entirely dependent
upon us, does not refrain from flourishing
her own successes in her face; and: so,-to tr
pertain extent, destroys the little good
wfcich we. haw done for her. Who arc
well trained enough never to wound blh
era by a parade of their own advantages f
In trials like these, Otlilie’scbaracter Is
growing in strength, but since I have
dearly known the painfulness of her sit
uation, I have been thinking oyer all pos
sible ways to make some other afragge
menu Every hour lam expecting an an
swer to my own last letter, and then .1 do
not mean to hesitate any more. So, my
dear Edward, it is with me. We have
both, you see, the same sorrows to bear,
touching both our hearts in the’ same
point. Let us bear them together, since
neither of us can press our own against
the other.”
“We are strange creatures,” said Ed
ward, smiling. “If we can only put out
of sight anything which troubles us, we
fancy at once we have got rid of ft. We
can give up much in the large and gener
al; but to make sacrifices in little things
is a demand to which we are rarely equal.
So it was with my mother—as Jong as I
lived with her, while a hoy and a young
man, she could not bear to let me be a
moment out of her sigh t. If I was out la
ter than usual in my ride, some misfor
tune most have happened to me. If I got
wet through in a shower, a fever was in
evitable. I traveled ; I was absent from
her altogether; and, at once, t scarcely
Seemed to belong lf we look at it
closer," he continued, “we are both act-
ing very foolishly, very culpably. Two
very noble natures, both of which have
the closest claims on our affection, we are
leaving exposed to pain and distress,
merely to avoid exposing ourselves to a
chance of danger. If this is hot to bo
called selfish, what is it f You take Ot
tilie. Let me take the Captain ; and, for
a short period, at least, let the triaLJbe
made.”
"We might venture It,” said Charlotte.
thoughtfully, “if the danger were only to
ourselves. But do you think it prudent
to bring Ottilie and the Captain Into a
situation where they must necessarily be
so closely intimate; the Captain, a man
no older than yourself, of an age (I am
not saying this to flatter you) when a man
becomes first capable of love and first de
serving of it, and a gfrf of OlUlle’a at
tractiveness ? ”
*T cannot conceive how you can raise
Ottilie so high,” replied Edward. “I can
only explain it to myself by supposing
her to have inherited your affection for
her mother. Pretty she is, no doubt. I
remember the Captain observing it to me,
when we came back last year' and met’
her at your aunt’s. Attractive she is—
she has particularly pretty eyes ; but I do
not know that she made the slightest im-
pression upon me.”
‘‘That was quite proper in you,” said
Charlotte, “seeing that I was there ; and»
although she is much younger than I, the
presence oi your old friend has so many
charms for you, that you overlooked the
promise of the opening beauty. It is one
of your ways ; and that is one reason
why it is so pleasant to live with you.”
Charlotte, openly as she appeared to be
speaking, was keeping someting back.
nevertheless; which was that at the time
when Edward came first back from
abroad, she had purposely thrown OttPie
taJus^a&.JLo.secure,jif possible, so desi
rable a _match for her —Eon
herself, at that time, in connection with
Edward, she never thought at all. The
Captain, also, had a bint given to him to
draw Edward’s attention to her ; but the
latter, who was clinging determinately to
his early affection for Charlotte, looked
neither right nor left, and was only hap
py in the feeling that it was at last within
his power to obtain for himself the one
happiness which he so earnestly desired ;
and which a series of incidents bad op
peared lo have placed for ever bepond
his reach
They were on the point of descending
the new grounds, in order to return to
the castle, when a servant came hastily to
meet them, and, with a laugh on bis face,
called op from below :
“Will your grace be pleased to come
quickly to the castle. The Herr Mittler
has just galloped into the court. He
shouted to us, to go all of ua in search of
you, and we, were to ask whether there
was need, ‘whether there is need,’ he err
cd after us, ‘jdo you hear? but be quick,
be quick.”’
“The odd fellow,” exclaimed Edward.
“But has he not romo at the fight time,
Charlotte? Tell him, Here is need, griev
ous need. He mutt alight. £ee bis horse
taken care of. Take him into the saloon
THE RADICAL: FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1873.
and let him have some luncheon.
shall be with him immediately.”!
c J*Let us take the nearest way,!’ he said
to his wife, and struck Into the path
across the chufchyard,which he usually
avoided. He was notiaflittle surprised to
fiudhere, too, traces of Charlotte’s deli
neate hand. Sparing, as far as possible, the
old monuments, she had Contrived to lev
el it, and lay it carefully out, so as to
make it appear a pleasant spot on which
the eye and the imagination could equal
ly- repose with-pleasure. - The oldest
stones had each the special honor assigned
-them. - They "Were ranged according to
-their dates along ihe waJteHber leanlng
against It, or let into U, or however it
be cobtlivld £ %bd the f
of the church was thus variously orna
mentecr. — ■
' Edward was singularly affected as he
came in upon it through the little wicket;
be pressed Charlotte’s hand, and tears
started Into his eyes. Bht these were very
soon put to flight, by the appearance of
their singular visitor; This gentleman,
had declined ln'the castle ;
he had ridden straight through the village
ti) the churchyard gate; and then, halting
he called out to his friends:
“Are you not making a fool of me f Is
need, really ? If there is, I cab stay till
mid-day. Bul don’t keep me, I have a
great deal to do before night."
“Since you haye taken the, trouble to
come so faf,” oried Edward to him, in an
swer, “you had, better come through the
gate. We meet at a solemn spot. Come
and see the variety which Charlotte baa
thrown over Us sadness.”
"Inside there,” called out the rider
“come I neither on horseback, nor in car
riage, nor on foot. These herb rest in
peace; with them I have nothing to do.
One day X shall be carried in feet fore
most...! must bear that as 1 can. Is it
serious, I want,to know ?”
"Indeed it is,” cried Charlotte, "right se
rious. For the first time In par married
lives we are in a strait and difficulty, from
which we do not know how to extricate
ourselves.”" ~
“You do not look as if it were so," an
swered he. “But I will believe yon. If
you are deceiving me, for the future you
shall help yourselves. Follow me quick
jy.’my horse will be none the worse for a
rest.”
The three speedily found themselves in
the' saloon together. Luncheon was
brought in, and Mittler told them what
that day he bad done, and was going to
do. This, eccentric person had in early
life, been a clergyman, and had distinguish
ed himself in hie office by the never-rest
ing activity with which h? contrived to
make up and put an end to quarrels; quar
rels in families and quarrels between
neighbors; first among the individuals im
mediately about him, and afterwards
amonc who 1a oniOD^
the country gentlemen round. While he
was in the ministry, no married couple*
were allowed to separate; and the district
courts were untroubled with either cause
or process. A knowledge of the law, he
was well aware, was necessary to him. He
gave himself with all bis might to the
study of it, and very soon felt himself a
match for the best trained advocate. His
circle of activity extended wonderfully,
and people were on the point of inducing
him to move to the Residence, where be
would dud opportunities of exercising in
the higher circles what he had began in
the lowest, when be won a considerable
sum of money in a lottery. With this he
bought himself a small property, let the
ground to a tenant, and made it the cen*
tre of his.operaiions, with the fixed deter
ioration, or rather in accordance with bis
old customs and Inclinations, never to en
ter a house where there was no dispute to
make up and no help to be given. People
Who were superstitious about names and
about what they imported, maintained
that it was bis being called 31 it tier that
drove him Uy take upon himselt this
strange employment.
Luncheon was laid on ti\e table, and the
stranger then solemnly pressed bis host
not to wait any 1 onger with the disclosure
which be bad to make. Immediately after
refreshing himself he would be obliged to
leave them.
Husband and wife made a
tial confession;but Ecarpely^ a(1 h e caught
the 6ub3iancejj£-4he matter, when be
StaxiSlL&Dgrily up from the table, rushed
out of the saloon, and ordered his horse
to be saddled immediately.
“Either you do not know me, yon do.
not understand me,” he ere 1, “or you are
sorely mischievous. Do 30a call this a
quarrel ? Is there any want of help here?
Do you suppose that I am in the world to
give advice ? Of all occupations which
man can pursue, that is the most foolish.
Every man must be his own counsellor*
and do what he:caunot let alone* If all
go well, let him be happy, let him enjoy
bis wisdom and bis fortune; if it go ill,
I am at hand to do what I can for him.
The man who desires to bo rid of an evil
knows what be wants; bat the man who
desires something better than be has got
is stone blind. Yes, yes, laogh as you will,
he is playing blindmanVbuff; perhaps
he gets hold of something, but the ques
turn is what he has got hold of. Do ns
yon will it is all one. Invite your friends
to you, or let them be, it is all the same
The most prudent plans I have seen rnis
carry, and the most foolish succeed.
Don’t split your brains abont it; and it
one way or the other, evil comes of wh-«t
you settle; send fr»in me, and ymj shall in*
helped. Till which lime, lam your hum
ble servant.”
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