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Table of Contents Titlepage Imprint With the Violin A No-Account Creole I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX For Marse Chouchoute The Maid of Saint Phillippe A Wizard from Gettysburg A Rude Awakening A Very Fine Fiddle BoulĂŽt and Boulotte Love on the Bon-Dieu Beyond the Bayou After the Winter I II III The BĂȘnitousâ Slave A Turkey Hunt Old Aunt Peggy The Lilies Ripe Figs Loka At the âCadian Ball A Visit to Avoyelles Maâame PĂ©lagie I II III IV DĂ©sirĂ©eâs Baby Caline The Return of Alcibiade In and Out of Old Natchitoches Mamouche Madame CĂ©lestinâs Divorce A Matter of Prejudice AzĂ©lie A Lady of Bayou St. John La Belle ZoraĂŻde At ChĂȘniĂšre Caminada I II III IV A Gentleman of Bayou TĂȘche In Sabine A Respectable Woman Tante Catârinette A Dresden Lady in Dixie The Dream of an Hour The Night Came Slowly Juanita Cavanelle Regret OzĂšmeâs Holiday A Sentimental Soul I II III IV Odalie Misses Mass Polydore Dead Menâs Shoes AthĂ©naĂŻse I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI A Night in Acadie NĂ©g CrĂ©ole Endnotes Colophon Uncopyright ImprintThis ebook is the product of many hours of hard work by volunteers for Standard Ebooks, and builds on the hard work of other literature lovers made possible by the public domain.
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With the ViolinâAnd he over the mantlepiece with big black eyes, and such long black hair, and a violin; is he your brother too, Papa Konrad? And why do you keep a green branch always hanging over his picture?â
âNo, that is not my brother, Sophie; that is an angel whom the good God allowed once, to save a poor desperate human being from sin and death.â
âBut where are his wings. Papa Konrad? I never saw an angel look like that; and so black too!â
âThere are some angels without wings, little Grissel. Not many I admit; but I have known a few.â
âTell us how he saved the poor desperate man, Papa Konrad.â
âWell, Sophie, if you will brush up the hearth like a good little housewife; and Ernst throw some coals on the fire; and little Grissel come and sit here on my knee, I will try to tell you the story. It happened a good many weary years agoâ âas you little ones count them. As many years, I suppose, as Ernst has been living in the world. How old are you, Ernst?â
âTen years old, going on eleven.â
âThen it was before your time, for it happened just twelve years ago tonight. My! but that was a cold night!â
âColder than it is tonight, Papa Konrad?â
âOh, far, far colder. There was no snow on the ground as there is tonight, but the air seemed filtered through ice. People hurried from one shop to another to keep away from the cold. And the coachmen, driving their fine carriages, were wrapped in great furs till only their eyes peeped out. All the shops were ablaze; but there were not many on such a night, willing to stand and look into their windows. Yet there stood the poor devil I am going to tell you about, looking into a jewelerâs big showcase, where the workmen had just laid aside their tools. Those watch-menders, whom you have seen wearing a big round glass in one eye, you know.â
âThatâs what you areâ âa watch-mender, isnât it, Papa Konrad?â
âTo be sure, Sophie. Well, he had been inside, asking for work, and there was none for him. He had said to himself before going in, this shall be my last trial. So now he stood looking absently in at the window; the frozen air penetrating his body; for his clothes were thin and few. He was hungry, and very, very miserable. Only think, he was in a strange city, without friends, and without work, and with no money. He still had a little room, away up in the top story of a very high, rickety old building.â
âHow high was the building, Papa Konrad? I bet, not so high as the little windows of the Cathedral steeple.â
âNo, no, Ernst, not so high, but quite high enough, that when he reach the top he was faint and exhausted from mounting the stairs. I believe that little room was colder than outdoors. At any rate, it was more cheerless. Another lump of coal on the fire, Ernst; thatâs a fine boy, and how strong! Little Grissel is not sleeping? thatâs well. The broken windows were rattling in their loose casings, and the bitter cold was sweeping in gusts down the bleak chimney, through the empty fireplace and into the room. He went in and sat right downâ âfor he had no greatcoat to stop and take off, you know. He spread his arms out on the table,
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