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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of Sielanka: An Idyll, by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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+Title: Sielanka: An Idyll
+
+Author: Henryk Sienkiewicz
+
+Translator: Vatslaf A. Hlasko
+            Thos. H. Bullick
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+Release Date: July 4, 2009 [EBook #29305]
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+Language: English
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+SIELANKA
+
+_An Idyll_
+
+
+BY
+
+
+HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ
+
+
+TRANSLATED BY
+
+VATSLAF A. HLASKO and THOS. H. BULLICK
+
+
+R. F. FENNO & COMPANY : 9 AND 11 EAST
+SIXTEENTH STREET : : NEW YORK CITY
+1898
+
+
+
+
+Copyright, 1897
+
+BY
+
+R. F. FENNO & COMPANY
+
+
+
+
+SIELANKA.
+
+_An Idyll._
+
+
+In the woods, in the deep woods, was an open glade in which stood the
+house of the forester Stephan. The house was built of logs packed with
+moss, and the roof was thatched with straw; hard by the house stood
+two outbuildings; in front of it was a piece of fenced-in ground, and
+an old well with a long, crooked sweep; the water in the well was
+covered with a green vegetation at the edges.
+
+Opposite the windows grew sunflowers and wild hollyhocks, high,
+stately, and covered with blossoms as if with a swarm of gorgeous
+butterflies; between the sunflowers there peeped the red heads of the
+poppy; around the hollyhocks entwined sweet peas with pink blossoms
+and morning-glories; close to the ground grew nasturtiums, marigolds,
+primroses, and asters, pale because they were shaded from the sunlight
+by the leaves of the hollyhocks and sunflowers.
+
+The fenced ground on either side of the pathway leading to the house
+was planted with vegetables--carrots, beets, and cabbage; further off
+in a separate fenced-in lot there waved with each breath of wind the
+tender blue flower of the flax; still beyond could be seen the dark
+green of the potato patch; the rest of the clearing was checkered with
+the variegated shades of the different cereals that ran to the edge of
+the lake which touched the glade on one side.
+
+Near to the house a few trees were growing. Some were cherry trees,
+and one was a birch, with long, slender branches which swayed in the
+wind, and with every breeze its leaves touched the dilapidated
+moss-covered straw thatch of the roof; when the stronger gusts of wind
+bent its boughs to the wall, and pressed its twigs and the waves of
+leaves against the roof, it would seem as if the tree loved the house
+and embraced it.
+
+In this tree the sparrows made their home; the rustling of the leaves
+and twigs commingled with the chirp and joyous noise of the birds; in
+the eaves of the house the doves had built their nests, and the place
+was filled with their speech, cooing and calling to each other,
+entreating and discussing as is customary between doves, these noisy
+and talkative people.
+
+At times it happened that they were startled by some unknown cause;
+then around the house was heard a loud flapping, the air was filled
+with the whirl of wings and a multitude of white-feathered breasts;
+you could hear tumult, noise and excited cries--the whole flock flew
+out suddenly, circled round the house, now near, now far off.
+Sometimes they melted in the blue, sometimes their white feathers
+reflected the sunlight, again they hung over the house, undulating in
+the air, and alighting at last like a downfall of snowflakes on the
+gray straw of the roof.
+
+If this occurred in the rosy morning or in the splendor of the red
+setting sun, then in the glory of the air these doves were not white,
+but tinted pink, and settled on the roof and birch tree as flames or
+scattered rose leaves.
+
+At twilight, when the sun had hidden itself beyond the woods, this
+cooing under the roof and chirping in the birch tree became gradually
+quiet. The sparrows and the doves shook the dew from their wings and
+prepared to sleep; sometimes one of them gave voice once more, but
+more rarely, more softly, more drowsily, and then all was silent--the
+dusk was falling from the heavens upon the earth. The house, cherry
+trees, and birch were losing their form, mingling together, melting,
+and veiled in a mist which rose from the lake.
+
+Around the glade, as far as the eye could reach, there stretched the
+wall of dark pine trees and thick undergrowth. This wall was broken in
+one place by a wide dividing line, which reached to the edge of the
+lake. The lake was a very large one, the opposite side was nearly lost
+to view, and in the mist could be hardly discerned the red roof and
+steeple of a church, and the black line of the woods closing the
+horizon beyond the church.
+
+The pines were looking from the high sandy banks upon their reflection
+in the lake as if in a mirror, and it seemed as if there was another
+forest in the water; and when the trees were swaying on the earth they
+were also swaying in the water, and when they quivered on the earth
+they seemed to quiver in the water; as they stood in the still air
+motionless, then every needle of the pines was painted distinctly on
+the smooth, unruffled surface, and the straight trunks of the trees
+standing like rows of pillars reaching afar off into infinity. In the
+middle of the lake the water in the daytime reflected the sun, and in
+the morning and the evening the glories of its rising and its setting;
+at night the moon and stars; and it seemed to be as deep as the dome
+of the sky above us is high, beyond the sun, moon, and stars.
+
+In the house dwelt the forester, named Stephan, and his daughter,
+Kasya, a maiden of sixteen. Kasya was the light of the household, as
+bright and fresh as the morning. She was brought up in great innocence
+and in the fear of God. Her uncle, who was now dead, and who was a
+poor but devout man, the organist of the neighboring church, had
+taught her to read her prayer book, and her education was perfected by
+her communing with nature. The bees taught her to work, the doves
+taught her purity, the happy sparrows to speak joyfully to her father,
+the quiet water taught her peace, the serenity of the sky taught her
+contemplation, the matin-bell of the distant church called her to
+devotion, and the universal good in all nature, which reflected the
+love of God, sank deep into her soul.
+
+Therefore the father and Kasya led a peaceful and happy life,
+surrounded by the silence and solitude of the woods.
+
+One noon, before Ascension Day, Stephan came home to his dinner. He
+had visited a large tract of the forest, so he arrived weary, having
+returned through the thickets of the swamp. Kasya placed the dinner on
+the table, and after they had finished and she had fed the dog and
+washed the dishes, she said:
+
+"Papa."
+
+"What is it?"
+
+"I shall go into the woods."
+
+"Go, go," adding jestingly, "and let some wolf or wild beast devour
+you."
+
+"I shall go and gather herbs. To-morrow is Ascension Day and they will
+be needed in the church."
+
+"If so, you can go."
+
+She covered her head with a yellow kerchief embroidered with blue
+flowers, and looking for her basket she began singing:
+
+  "The falcon came flying, the falcon came grey."
+
+The old man began to grumble: "If you were as fond of working as you
+are of singing."
+
+Kasya, who was standing on her tiptoes to look on a shelf, turned her
+head to her father, laughed merrily, and showing her white teeth, sang
+again as if to tease him:
+
+  "He hoots in the woods and the cuckoo's his prey."
+
+"You would be glad yourself to be a cuckoo until a falcon came," said
+the old man. "Perhaps 'tis falcon who is at the turpentine works? but
+this is folly. You can't earn a piece of bread by singing."
+
+Kasya again sang:
+
+  "Hoot not thou, my falcon, unhappy thy quest,
+  In the depths of the lake thy cuckoo doth rest."
+
+Then she said:
+
+"Wilt thou decorate the room with the evergreens for to-morrow? I
+shall return in time to milk the cows, but they should be brought from
+the pasture."
+
+She found her basket, kissed her father, and went out. Old Stephan got
+his unfinished fishing-net, and seated himself on a bench outside the
+door. He gathered his twine, and half-closing one eye he tried to
+thread his netting needle; after several attempts he succeeded and
+began to work.
+
+From time to time he watched Kasya. She was walking on the left side
+of the lake; against the background of the sandy banks she stood out
+in relief as if in a picture. Her white waist and red striped skirt
+and yellow kerchief glistened in the sunlight like a variegated
+flower. Though it was spring the heat was unbearable. After she had
+gone about half a mile she turned aside and disappeared into the
+woods. The afternoon hours were hot in the sun, but in the shade of
+the trees it was quite cool. Kasya pressed forward, suddenly stopped,
+smiled, and blushed like a rose.
+
+In front of her in the pathway stood a youth about eighteen years of
+age.
+
+This youth was the turpentine worker, from the edge of the woods, who
+was now on his way to visit Stephan.
+
+"The Lord be praised!" said he.
+
+"Forever and ever," answered she, and in her confusion she covered her
+face with her apron, peeping shyly out of a corner of it and smiling
+at her companion.
+
+"Kasya," said he.
+
+"What is it, John?"
+
+"Is your father at home?"
+
+"He is."
+
+The turpentine worker, poor fellow, perhaps desired to speak of
+something else beside the father, but somehow he was frightened and
+unconsciously inquired for him; then he became silent and waited for
+Kasya to speak to him first. She stood confused, twisting the corners
+of her apron.
+
+At last she spoke.
+
+"John?"
+
+"What is it, Kasya?"
+
+"Does the turpentine works smoke to-day?" She also wished to speak of
+something else.
+
+"Why should it not? The turpentine works never stop. I left lame Frank
+there; but dost thou wish to go there?"
+
+"No, I go to gather plants."
+
+"I will go with thee, and on our return, if thou dost not chase me
+away, I will come to thy house."
+
+"Why should I chase thee away?"
+
+"If thou dost like me thou wilt not chase me away, and if thou dost
+not, then thou wilt. Tell me, Kasya, dost thou like me?"
+
+"Fate, my fate," and Kasya covered her face with her hands. "What can
+I say to thee? I like thee, John, very much I like thee," she
+whispered faintly.
+
+Then before he could reply she uncovered her blushing face and cried
+out, "Let us go and gather plants; let us hurry."
+
+And so went they, John and Kasya. The radiance of love surrounded
+them, but these simple children of nature dared not speak of it. They
+felt it, although they knew not what they felt; they were embarrassed
+but happy. Never before had the forest sung so wonderfully over their
+heads, never was the wind so sweet and caressing, never at any time
+had the noises of the forest, the rustling of the breeze in the trees,
+the voices of the birds, the echoes of the woods, seemed to merge into
+such an angelic choir, so sweet and grand, as at this moment, full of
+unconscious happiness.
+
+Oh, holy power of love! how good an angel of light thou art, how rosy
+an aureole in the dusk, how bright a rainbow on the cloud of human
+tears!
+
+Meanwhile, in the woods resounded echoes from pine to pine, the
+barking of the dog, Burek, who had escaped from the house and ran on
+the pathway after Kasya. He came panting heavily, and with great joy
+he jumped with his big paws on Kasya and John, and looked from one to
+the other with his wise and mild eyes, as if wishing to say:
+
+"I see that you love one another; this is good."
+
+He wagged his tail and ran quickly ahead of them, then circled round
+to them, then stopped, barked once more with joy, and rushed into the
+woods, looking back from time to time on the boy and girl.
+
+Kasya put her hand to her forehead, and looking upward upon the bright
+sun between the leaves she said:
+
+"Just think, the sun is two hours beyond noontime and we have not yet
+gathered any plants. Go thou, John, to the left side and I shall go
+the right, and let us begin. We should hasten, for the dear Lord's
+sake."
+
+They separated and went into the woods, but not far from one another
+and in a parallel direction, so that they could see each other. Among
+the ferns between the pine trees could be seen fluttering the
+vari-colored skirt and yellow kerchief of Kasya. The slender, supple
+maiden seemed to float amid the berry-laden bushes, mosses and ferns.
+You would say it was some fairy _wila_ or _rusalka_ of the woods;
+every moment she stooped and stood erect again, and so, further and
+further, passing the pine trees, she entered deeper into the forest as
+some spritely nymph.
+
+Sometimes the thick growth of young hemlocks and cedars would conceal
+her from view, then John stopped, and putting his hand to his mouth
+would shout, "Halloo! Halloo!"
+
+Kasya heard it; she stopped with a smile, and pretending that she did
+not see him, answered in a high, silvery voice:
+
+"John!"
+
+The echo answers:
+
+"John! John!"
+
+Meanwhile Burek had espied a squirrel up a tree, and, standing before
+it looking upward, barked. The squirrel sitting on a branch covered
+herself with her tail in a mocking manner, lifted her forepaws to her
+mouth and rubbed her nose, seemed to play with her forefingers, make
+grimaces, and laugh at the anger of Burek. Kasya, seeing it, laughed
+with a resounding, silvery tone, and so did John, and so the woods
+were filled with the sound of human voices, echoes, laughter and sunny
+joy.
+
+Sometimes there was a deep silence, and then the woods seemed to
+speak; the breeze struck the fronds of the ferns, which emitted a
+sharp sound; the trunks of the pines swayed and creaked, and there was
+silence again.
+
+Then could be heard the measured strokes of the woodpecker. It seemed
+as if some one kept knock--knocking at a door, and you could even
+expect that some mysterious voice would ask:
+
+"Who is there?"
+
+Again, the wood thrush was whistling with a sweet voice; the
+golden-crowned hammer plumed his feathers. In the thicket the
+pheasants clucked and the bright green humming birds flitted between
+the leaves; sometimes on the top of the pine tree a crow, hiding
+itself from the heat of the sun, lazily flapped its wings.
+
+On this afternoon the weather was most clear, the sky was cloudless,
+and above the green canopy of the leaves there spread out the blue
+dome of the heavens--immense, limitless, transparently gray-tinted on
+the sides and deep blue above. In the sky stood the great golden sun;
+the space was flooded with light; the air was bright and serene, and
+far-off objects stood out distinctly, their forms clearly defined.
+From the height of heaven the eye of the great Creator embraced the
+whole earth; in the fields the grain bowed to Him with a golden wave,
+rustled the heavy heads of the wheat, and the delicate tasseled oats
+trembled like a cluster of tiny bells. In the air, filled with
+brightness here and there, floated the spring thread of the spider's
+web, blue from the azure of the sky and golden from the sun, as if a
+veritable thread from the loom of the Mother of God.
+
+In the vales between the fields of the waving grain stood dark-green
+meadows; here and there were crystal springs, around whose edges the
+grass was greener still; the whole meadows were sprinkled with yellow
+buttercups and dandelions which struck the eye with a profusion of
+golden brightness. In the wet places there thrived cypress trees,
+which had an air of coldness and moisture.
+
+In the woods among the pine trees there were now both heat and
+silence. It seemed as if a dreamy stillness enveloped the whole world.
+Not a breath of wind stirred; the trees, grain, and grass were
+motionless. The leaves hung on the trees as if rocked to sleep; the
+birds had ceased their noises, and the moment of rest had come. But
+this rest seemed to come from an ineffable sweetness, and all nature
+seemed to meditate. Only the great expanse of heaven seemed to smile,
+and somewhere, high in the unknowable depths of its blue, the great
+and beneficent God was glad with the gladness of the fields, the
+woods, the meadows, and the waters.
+
+Kasya and John were still busy in the woods collecting herbs, laughing
+gleefully and speaking to each other joyfully. Man is as artless as a
+bird; he will sing when he can, for this is his nature. John now began
+to sing a simple and touching song.
+
+As Kasya and John sang in unison the last refrain of the song ended
+mournfully, and as if in accompaniment the echo repeated it in the
+dark depths of the woods; the pines gave resonance as the words ran
+between their trunks and died away in the far distance like a sigh,
+less distinct, light, ethereal; then silence.
+
+Later Kasya sang a more cheerful song, beginning with the words:
+
+  "I shall become a ring of gold now."
+
+This is a good song. A willful young girl quarrels with her lover and
+enumerates the means she intends to use to escape from him. But it is
+useless. When she says that she will be a golden ring and will roll
+away on the road, he says that he will quickly see and recover her.
+When she wants to be a golden fish in the water he sings to her of the
+silken net; when she wants to be a wild fowl on the lake he appears
+before her as a hunter. At last the poor maiden, seeing she is unable
+to hide herself from him on the earth, sings:
+
+  "I shall become a star in heaven,
+  Light to earth by will be given.
+  My love to thee I shall not render,
+  Nor my sweet will to thee surrender."
+
+But the undaunted youth answers:
+
+  "Then shall I pray to the saint's grace
+  That the star may fall from its heavenly place.
+  Thy love to me thou then wilt render,
+  And thy sweet will to me surrender."
+
+The maiden, seeing there is no refuge either in heaven or on earth for
+her, accepts the view of Providence and sings:
+
+  "I see, I see, fate's decree doth bind me;
+  Where'er I hide, thou sure wilt find me.
+  My love to thee I must now render,
+  And my sweet will to thee surrender."
+
+John, turning to Kasya, said:
+
+"Do you understand?"
+
+"What, John?"
+
+He began to sing:
+
+  "Thy love to me thou must now render,
+  And thy sweet will to me surrender."
+
+Kasya was troubled, and laughed loudly to cover her confusion; and
+wishing to speak, she said:
+
+"I have gathered a large lot of plants; it would be well to dip them
+in water, for in this heat they will wither."
+
+Verily the heat was great; the wind had entirely ceased. In the woods,
+though in the shade, the air vibrated with moist heat, the pines
+exuding a strong, resinous odor. The delicate, golden-tinted face of
+Kasya was touched with perspiration, and her blue eyes showed traces
+of weariness. She removed the kerchief from her head, and began to fan
+herself. John, taking the basket from her, said:
+
+"Here, Kasya, stand two aspen trees, and between them a spring. Come,
+let us drink."
+
+Both went. After a short interval they noticed that the ground of the
+forest began to slope here. Among the trees, instead of bushes, ferns
+and dry mosses, there was a green, damp turf, then one aspen tree,
+then another, and after them whole rows. They entered into this dark,
+humid retreat, where the rays of the sun, passing through the leaves,
+took on their color and reflected on the human face a pale green
+light. John and Kasya descended lower and lower into the shadows and
+dampness; a chilliness breathed upon them, refreshing after the heat
+of the woods; and in a moment, between the rows of the aspen trees,
+they espied in the black turf a deep stream of water winding its way
+under and through canes and bushy thickets, and interspersed with the
+large, round leaves of the water-lilies, which we call "_nenufars_,"
+and by the peasants are called "white flowers."
+
+Beautiful was this spot, quiet, secluded, shady, even somewhat sombre
+and solemn. The transparent stream of water wound its way between the
+trees. The _nenufars_, touched by the light movement of the water,
+swayed gently backward and forward, leaning toward each other as if
+kissing. Above their broad leaves, lying like shields on the surface
+of the water, swarmed indigo-colored insects with wide, translucent,
+sibilant wings, so delicate and fragile that they are justly called
+water-sprites. Black butterflies, with white-edged, mournful wings,
+rested on the sharp, slender tops of the tamarack. On the dark turf
+blossomed blue forget-me-nots. On the edge of the stream grew some
+alder trees, and under the bushes peeped out heads of the
+lily-of-the-valley, bluebells and honeysuckles. The white heads of the
+_biedrzenica_ hung over the waters; the silvery threads of the
+_strojka_ spread out upon the current of the stream and weaved
+themselves into thin and long strands; besides--seclusion--a wild
+spot, forgotten by men, peaceful, peopled only with the world of
+birds, flowers and insects.
+
+In such places generally dwell nymphs, _rusalki_, and other bad or
+good forest sprites. Kasya, who was in advance, stood first on the
+banks of the stream and looked upon the water in which was reflected
+her graceful form. She verily appeared as one of those beautiful
+forest spirits as they are seen sometimes by the woodsmen or lumber
+men who float on their rafts down the rivers through the woods. She
+had no covering upon her head, and the wind gently played with her
+locks and ruffled her ray-like hair. Sunburned she was, blond-haired,
+and her eyes, as blue as turquoise, were as laughing as her lips.
+Besides, she was a divinely tall, slender, and fairy-like maiden. No
+one could swear, if she was suddenly startled, that she would not jump
+into the water--would not dissolve into mist--into rainbow rays--would
+not turn quickly into a water-lily or _kalina_ tree, which, when
+robbed of its flowers, remonstrates with a voice so human, yet
+recalling the sigh of the forest:
+
+"Don't touch me."
+
+Kasya, bending over the water so that her tresses fell on her
+shoulders, turned toward John and said:
+
+"How shall we drink?"
+
+"As birds," answered John, pointing to some silver pheasants on the
+opposite side of the stream.
+
+John, who knew how to help himself better than the birds, plucked a
+large leaf from a tree, and, making a funnel out of it, filled it with
+water and gave it to Kasya.
+
+They both drank, then Kasya gathered some forget-me-nots, and John
+with his knife made a flute from the willow bark, on which, when he
+had finished, he began to play the air which the shepherds play in the
+eventide on the meadows. The soft notes floated away with ineffable
+tenderness in this secluded spot. Shortly he removed the flute and
+listened intently as if to catch an echo returning from the aspen
+trees, and it seemed that the clear stream, the dark aspen trees, and
+the birds hidden in the canes listened to these notes with him.
+
+All became silent, but shortly, as if in answer--as if a
+challenge--came the first faint note of the nightingale, followed by a
+stronger trill. The nightingale wanted to sing--it challenged the
+flute.
+
+Now he began to sing. All nature was listening to this divine singer.
+The lilies lifted their heads above the water; the forget-me-nots
+pressed closer together; the canes ceased to rustle; no bird dared to
+peep except an unwise and absent-minded cuckoo, who with her silent
+wing alighted near by on a dry bough, lifted her head, widely opened
+her beak, and foolishly called aloud:
+
+"Cuckoo! cuckoo!"
+
+Afterward it seemed as if she was ashamed of her outbreak, and she
+quietly subsided.
+
+Vainly Kasya, who stood on the edge of the stream with the
+forget-me-nots in her hand, turned to the side from whence came the
+voice of the cuckoo and queried:
+
+"Cuckoo, blue-gray cuckoo, how long shall I live?"
+
+The cuckoo answered not.
+
+"Cuckoo, shall I be rich?"
+
+The cuckoo was silent.
+
+Then John: "Cuckoo, gray cuckoo, how soon will I wed?"
+
+The cuckoo replied not.
+
+"She cares not to answer us," said John; "let us return to the
+forest."
+
+On returning they found the large stone by which they had placed the
+basket and bunches of herbs. Kasya, seating herself beside it, began
+to weave garlands, and John helped her. Burek lay near them, stretched
+his hairy forepaws, lolled out his tongue and breathed heavily from
+fatigue, looking carefully around to see if he could not spy some
+living thing to chase and enjoy his own noise. But everything in the
+woods was quiet. The sun was traveling toward the west, and through
+the leaves and the needles of the pines shot his rays, becoming more
+and more red, covering the ground of the woods in places with great
+golden circles. The air was dry; in the west were spreading great
+shafts of golden light, which flooded all like an ocean of molten gold
+and amber. The wondrous beauties of the peaceful, warm spring evening
+were glowing in the sky. In the woods the daily work was gradually
+ceasing. The noise of the woodpecker had stopped; black and bronzed
+ants returned in rows to their hills, which were red in the rays of
+the setting sun. Some carried in their mouths pine needles and some
+insects. Among the herbs here and there circled small forest bees,
+humming joyfully as they completed their last load of the sweet
+flower-dust. From the fissures in the bark of the trees came gloomy
+and blind millers; in the streams of the golden light circled swarms
+of midgets and gnats scarcely visible to the eye; mosquitoes began
+their mournful song. On the trees the birds were choosing their places
+for the night; a yellow bird was softly whistling; the crows flapped
+their wings, crowding all on one tree and quarreling about the best
+places. But these voices were more and more rare, and became fainter;
+gradually all ceased, and the silence was interrupted by the evening
+breeze playing among the trees. The poplar tree tried to lift her
+bluish-green leaves upward; the king-oak murmured softly; the leaves
+of the birch tree slightly moved--silence.
+
+Now the sky became more red; in the east the horizon became dark blue,
+and all the voices of the woods merged into a chorus, solemn, deep and
+immense. Thus the forest sings its evening song of praise, and says
+its prayers before it sleeps; tree speaks to tree of the glory of God,
+and you would say that it spoke with a human voice.
+
+Only very innocent souls understand this great and blessed speech.
+Only very innocent hearts hear and understand when the first chorus of
+the parent oaks begins its strain:
+
+"Rejoice, O sister pines, and be glad. The Lord hath given a warm and
+peaceful day, and now above the earth He makes the starry night. Great
+is the Lord, and mighty, powerful and good is He, so let there be
+glory to Him upon the heights, upon the waters, upon the lands, and
+upon the air."
+
+And the pines pondered a moment upon the words of the oaks, and then
+they raised their voices together, saying:
+
+"Now, O Lord, to thy great glory, we, as censers, offer to Thee the
+incense of our sweet-smelling balsam, strong, resinous and fragrant.
+'Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name.'"
+
+Then the birches said:
+
+"Thy evening brightness illumines the heavens, O Lord! and in Thy
+splendors our small leaves golden are and burning. Now with our golden
+leaves we sing to Thee, O Lord, and our delicate twigs play as the
+strings of the harp, O good Father of ours!"
+
+Again the sorrowing cypress said:
+
+"Upon our sad foreheads, exhausted with the heat, softly falls the
+evening dew. Praise be to Thee, O Lord; brothers and sisters rejoice,
+because there falls the cooling dew."
+
+Amid this chorus of trees the aspen alone trembles and is afraid; for
+it gave the wood for the Cross of the Saviour of the world; at times
+it faintly groans:
+
+"O Lord, have mercy upon me. Have mercy upon me, O Lord."
+
+Again, sometimes, when the oaks and pines cease for a moment, there
+rises from under their feet a faint, modest voice, low as the murmur
+of insects, silent as silence itself, which says:
+
+"A small berry am I, O Lord, and hidden in the moss. But Thou wilt
+hear, discern and love me; though small, devout am I, and sing Thy
+glory."
+
+Thus every evening prays the forest, and these orchestral sounds rise
+at every sunset from earth to heaven--and float high, high, reaching
+where there is no creature, where there is nothing only the silvery
+dust and the milky way of the stars, and above the stars--God.
+
+At this moment the sun hides his radiant head in the far-distant seas;
+the farmer turns upward his plowshares and hastens to his cottage.
+From the pastures return the bellowing herds; the sheep raise clouds
+of the golden dust. The twilight falls; in the village creek the well
+sweeps; later the windows shine, and from the distance comes the
+barking of the dogs.
+
+The sun had not gone beyond the woods when Kasya had seated herself
+under the mossy stone to weave her garlands. Its rays were thrown upon
+her face, broken by the shadows of the leaves and twigs. The work did
+not proceed rapidly, for Kasya was tired from heat and running in the
+woods. Her sunburnt hands moved slowly at her work. The warm breeze
+kissed her temples and face, and the voices of the forest lulled her
+to sleep. Her large eyes became heavy and drowsy; her eyelashes began
+to close slowly; she leaned her head against the stone, opened her
+eyes once more as a child looking upon the divine beauty of the world;
+then the noise of the trees, the rows of the stumps, the ground full
+of pine needles, and the skies that could be seen between the branches
+all became indistinct, darkened, dissolved, disappeared--and she
+smiled and slept. Her head was hidden in a soft shade, but the
+covering of her breast shone all rosy and purple. Her soft breathing
+lifted her bosom gently; so wonderful and beautiful she looked in this
+quiet sleep in the evening rays that John looked upon her as if upon
+the image of a saint, glorious with gold, and colored as the rainbow.
+
+Kasya's hands were clinging yet to the unfinished garland of herbs.
+She slept with a sleep light and sweet, for she smiled through her
+dreams as a child who speaks with the angels. Perhaps she verily
+conversed with angels, for pure she was as a child, and had dedicated
+her whole day to the service of God by gathering and weaving the
+garlands for His temple.
+
+John was sitting by her side, but he did not sleep. His simple breast
+could not contain the feelings that arose there; he felt as if his
+soul had got wings and was preparing to fly away to the realms of
+heaven. He knew not what was happening to him, and he only raised his
+eyes to the skies and was motionless; you would say that love had
+transfigured him.
+
+Kasya slumbered on, and for a long time they both remained there.
+Meanwhile the dusk came. The remnants of the purple light fought with
+the darkness. The interior of the woods deepened--became dumb. From
+the canes of the lake near the glade with its cottage came the buzzing
+of a night beetle.
+
+Suddenly on the other side of the lake from the church rang out the
+Angelus bell. Its tones floated on the wings of the evening breeze
+over the face of the quiet waters, clear, resonant, and distinct. It
+called the faithful to prayer, and also proclaimed: "Rest! Enough of
+work and the heat of the day," spoke the bell. "Wrap yourself to sleep
+in the wing of God. Come, come ye weary to Him--in Him is joy! Here is
+peace! here gladness! here sleep! here sleep! here sleep!"
+
+John took off his hat at the sound of the bell, Kasya shook the sleep
+from her eyes, and said:
+
+"The bell rings."
+
+"For the Angel of the Lord."
+
+Both kneeled near by the mossy stone as if before an altar. Kasya
+began to pray with a low, soft voice:
+
+"The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary,"
+
+"And she conceived by the Holy Ghost," answered John.
+
+"Behold the handmaiden of the Lord; may it be done to me according to
+Thy word."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Thus kneeling, prayed these children of God. The silent summer
+lightning shone from the east to the west, and upon its light flew
+down from heaven a radiant host of winged angels, and hovered above
+their heads. Then they blended with the angels and were themselves as
+if angels, for upon earth there were no two souls more bright, more
+pure, more innocent.
+
+
+
+
+ORSO.
+
+
+The last days of autumn in Anaheim, a town situated in Southern
+California, are days of joy and celebration. The grape gathering is
+finished and the town is crowded with the vineyard hands. There is
+nothing more picturesque than the sight of these people, composed
+partly of a sprinkling of Mexicans, but mainly of Cahuilla Indians,
+who come from the wild mountains of San Bernardino to earn some money
+by gathering grapes. They scatter through the streets and market
+places, called lolas, where they sleep in tents or under the roof of
+the sky, which is always clear at this time of the year. This
+beautiful city, surrounded with its growths of eucalyptus, olive,
+castor, and pepper trees, is filled with the noisy confusion of a
+fair, which strangely contrasts with the deep and solemn silence of
+the plains, covered with cacti, just beyond the vineyards. In the
+evening, when the sun hides his radiant head in the depths of the
+ocean, and upon the rosy sky are seen in its light the equally
+rosy-tinted wings of the wild geese, ducks, pelicans and cranes,
+descending by the thousands from the mountains to the ocean, then in
+the town the lights are lit and the evening amusements begin. The
+negro minstrels play on bones, and by the campfires can be heard the
+picking of the banjo; the Mexicans dance on an out-spread poncha their
+favorite bolero; Indians join in the dance, holding in their teeth
+long white sticks of kiotte, or beating time with their hands, and
+exclaiming, "E viva;" the fires, fed with redwood, crackle as they
+blaze, sending up clouds of bright sparks, and by its reflection can
+be seen the dancing figures, and around them the local settlers with
+their comely wives and sisters watching the scene.
+
+The day on which the juice from the last bunch of grapes is trampled
+out by the feet of the Indians is generally celebrated by the advent
+of Hirsch's Circus, from Los Angeles. The proprietor of the circus is
+a German, and besides owns a menagerie composed of monkeys, jaguars,
+pumas, African lions, one elephant, and several parrots, childish with
+age--"_The greatest attraction of the world._" The Cahuilla will give
+his last peso, if he has not spent it on drink, to see not only wild
+animals--for these abound in the San Bernardino Mountains--but to see
+the circus girls, athletes, clowns, and all its wonders, which seem to
+him as "a great medicine"--that is, magical feats, impossible of
+accomplishment except by the aid of supernatural powers.
+
+Mr. Hirsch, the proprietor of the circus, would be very angry with any
+one who would dare to say that his circus only attracted Mexicans,
+Indians, and Chinese. Certainly not; the arrival of the circus brings
+hither not only the people of the town and vicinity, but even those of
+the neighboring towns of Westminster, Orange, and Los Nietos. Orange
+Street is crowded with buggies and wagons of divers shapes, so that it
+is difficult to get through. The whole world of settlers come as one
+man. Young, bright girls, with their hair prettily banged over their
+eyes, sitting on the front seats, drive some of these vehicles, and
+gracefully upset passing pedestrians, chatter and show their white
+teeth; the Spanish senoritas from Los Nietos cover you with their
+warm, ardent glances from under their lace mantillas; the married
+women from the country, dressed in their latest and best fashions,
+lean with pride on the arms of the sunburned farmers, who are dressed
+in old hats, jean pants, and flannel shirts, fastened with hook and
+eye, and without neckties.
+
+All these people meet and greet each other, gossip, and the women
+inspect with critical eye the dresses of their neighbors, to see if
+they are "very fashionable."
+
+Among the buggies are some covered with flowers, which look like huge
+bouquets; the young men, mounted on mustangs, bend from their high
+Mexican saddles and peer under the hats of the young girls; the
+half-wild horses, frightened by the noise and confusion, look here and
+there with their bloodshot eyes, curvet, rear, and try to unseat their
+riders, but the cool riders seem to pay no attention to them.
+
+They all speak of "the greatest attraction," which was about to excel
+everything that had been seen before. Truly the flaming posters
+announced genuine wonders. The proprietor, Hirsch, that renowned
+"artist of the whip," will in the arena give a contest with a fierce,
+untamed African lion. The lion, according to the programme, springs
+upon the proprietor, whose only defense is his whip. This simple
+weapon in his hands (according to the programme) will change itself
+into a fiery sword and shield. The end of this whip will sting as a
+rattlesnake, flash as lightning, shoot as a thunderbolt, and keep at a
+proper distance the enraged monster, who vainly roars and tries to
+jump on the artist. This is not the end yet: sixteen-year-old Orso, an
+"American Hercules," born of a white father and Indian mother, will
+carry around six people, three on each shoulder; besides this, the
+management offers one hundred dollars to any man, regardless of color,
+who can throw Orso in a wrestling match. A rumor arose in Anaheim that
+from the mountains of San Bernardino comes for this purpose the
+"Grizzly Killer," a hunter who was celebrated for his bravery and
+strength, and who, since California was settled, was the first man who
+attacked these great bears single-handed and armed only with a knife.
+It is the probable victory of the "Grizzly Killer" over the
+sixteen-year-old athlete of the circus that highly excites the minds
+of the males of Anaheim, because if Orso, who until now, from the
+Atlantic to the Pacific, had overthrown the strongest Americans, will
+be defeated, great glory will cover all California. The feminine minds
+are not less excited by the following number of the programme: Orso
+will carry, on a pole thirty feet high, a small fairy, the "Wonder of
+the World," of which the poster says that she is the most beautiful
+girl that ever lived on this earth since the beginning of the
+"Christian Era." Though she is only thirteen years of age, the
+management also offers one hundred dollars to every maiden, "without
+regard to color of skin," who will dare to compete and wrest the palm
+of beauty from this "Aerial Angel." The maidens of Anaheim, both great
+and small, make grimaces on reading this, and say that it would not be
+ladylike to enter such a contest. Nevertheless they gladly surrender
+the comfort of their rocking chairs rather than miss the show and the
+chance of seeing their childish rival, in whose beauty, in comparison
+with the sisters Bimpa, for instance, none of them believed. The two
+sisters Bimpa, the elder Refugio, and the younger Mercedes, sitting
+gracefully in a handsome buggy, are now reading the posters; their
+faces show no trace of emotion, though they feel that the eyes of
+Anaheim are on them, as if supplicating them to save the honor of the
+whole county, and with a patriotic pride, founded upon the conviction
+that there is none more beautiful than these two California flowers in
+all the mountains and cañons of the whole world. Oh, beautiful indeed
+are the sisters Refugio and Mercedes! Not in vain does the pure
+Castilian blood flow in their veins, to which their mother constantly
+refers, showing her disdain for all colored races, as well as for the
+Americans.
+
+The figures of the sisters are slender, subtle, and full of mysterious
+grace, quiet, and so luxurious that they greatly impress all young men
+who come near them. From Donnas Refugio and Mercedes exhales a charm
+as the fragrance from the magnolia and the lily. Their faces are
+delicate, complexions transparent with a slight rosy tint, as if
+illumed with the dawn; the eyes dark and dreamy, sweet, innocent, and
+tender in their glances. Wrapped in muslin rebosos, they sit in their
+buggy adorned with flowers, pure and innocent, unconscious of their
+own beauty. Anaheim looked upon them, devoured them with its eyes, was
+proud of them, and loved them. Who then is this "Jenny," that can win
+victory over these? "Truly," the _Saturday Review_ wrote, "when little
+Jenny had climbed to the top of the mast, resting on the powerful
+shoulders of Orso, and from this eminence, suspended above the earth,
+in danger of death, she outstretched her arms and poised like a
+butterfly, the circus became silent and all eyes and hearts followed
+with trembling the movements of this wonderful child. That he who saw
+her on the mast or on a horse," concluded the _Saturday Review_, "will
+never forget her, because the greatest painter in the world, even Mr.
+Harvey, of San Francisco, who decorated the Palace Hotel, could paint
+nothing equal to it."
+
+The youths of Anaheim who were enamored by the Misses Bimpa were
+skeptical of this, and affirmed that it was a "humbug," but this
+question will be settled in the evening. Meanwhile, the commotion
+around the circus is increasing each moment. From among the long, low
+wooden buildings surrounding the canvas circus there comes the roar of
+the lions and elephant; the parrots, fastened to rings hanging to the
+huts, fill the air with their cries and whistles; the monkeys swing
+suspended by their tails or mock the public, who are kept at a
+distance by a rope fence. At last, from the main inclosure the
+procession emerges for the purpose of whetting and astonishing the
+curiosity of the public to a greater extent. The procession is headed
+by a gaudy band-wagon, drawn by six prancing horses with fine harness,
+and feathers on their heads. The riders on the saddles are in the
+costume of French postilions. On the other wagons come cages of lions,
+and in every cage is seated a lady with an olive branch in her hand.
+Then follows an elephant, covered with a carpet, and a tower on its
+back, which contains several men arrayed as East Indian hunters. The
+band is playing, the drums are beating, the lions are roaring, the
+whips are cracking; in a word, this cavalcade moves forward with great
+noise and uproar. But this is not all: behind the elephant there
+follows a machine on wheels, with a locomotive pipe, somewhat
+resembling an organ, which, blown by steam, emits the most discordant
+yells and whistles intended for the national "Yankee Doodle." The
+Americans cry "Hurrah!" the Germans, "Hoch!" the Mexicans, "E viva!"
+and the Cahuillas howl for joy.
+
+The crowds follow the procession, the place around the circus becomes
+deserted, the parrots cease their chatter, and the monkeys their
+gymnastics. But "the greatest attractions" do not take part in the
+procession. The "incomparable artist of the whip," the manager, the
+"unconquerable Orso," and the "Aërial Angel, Jenny," are all absent.
+All this is preserved for the evening so as to attract the crowds.
+
+The manager is somewhere in one of the wooden buildings, or looks into
+the ticket seller's van, where he pretends to be angry. Orso and Jenny
+are in the ring practicing some of their feats. Under its canvas roof
+reigns dust and silence. In the distance, where the seats are
+arranged, it is totally dark; the greatest part of the light falls
+through the roof on the ring, with its sand and sawdust covering. With
+the help of the gray light which filters through the canvas can be
+seen a horse standing near the parapet. The big horse feels very
+lonely, whisks the flies with his tail, and often sways his head.
+Gradually the eye, becoming accustomed to the dim light, discerns
+other objects--for instance: the mast upon which Orso carries Jenny,
+the hoops pasted with paper for her to jump through. All these lie on
+the ground without order, and the half-lighted arena and nearly dark
+benches give an impression of a deserted building with battened
+windows. The terrace of seats, only here and there broken with a stray
+glimmer of light, look like ruins. The horse, standing with drooping
+head, does not enliven the picture.
+
+Where are Orso and Jenny? One of the rays of light that stream through
+an aperture of the canvas, in which floats the golden dust, falls on a
+row of distant seats. This body of light, undulating with the swaying
+canvas, at last falls upon a group composed of Orso and Jenny.
+
+Orso sits on top of the bench, and near to him is Jenny. Her beautiful
+childish face leans against the arm of the athlete and her hand rests
+on his neck. The eyes of the girl are lifted upward, as if listening
+intently to the words of her companion, who bends over her, moving his
+head at times, apparently explaining something.
+
+Leaning as they are against each other, you might take them for a pair
+of lovers, but for the fact that the girl's uplifted eyes express
+strong attention and intense thought, rather than any romantic
+feeling, and that her legs, which are covered with pink fleshings, and
+her feet in slippers, sway to and fro with a childish abandon. Her
+figure has just begun to blossom into maidenhood. In everything Jenny
+is still a child, but so charming and beautiful that, without
+reflecting upon the ability of Mr. Harvey, who decorated the Palace
+Hotel, of San Francisco, it would be difficult even for him to imagine
+anything to equal her. Her delicate face is simply angelic; her large,
+sad blue eyes have a deep, sweet and confiding expression; her dark
+eyebrows are penciled with unequaled purity on her forehead, white and
+reposeful as if in deep thought, and the bright, silky hair, somewhat
+tossed, throws a shadow on it, of which, not only Master Harvey, but a
+certain other painter, named Rembrandt, would not have been ashamed.
+The girl at once reminds you of Cinderella and Gretchen, and the
+leaning posture which she now maintains suggests timidity and the need
+of protection.
+
+Her posture, which strongly reminds you of those of Greuz, contrasts
+strangely with her circus attire, composed of a short, white muslin
+skirt, embroidered with small silver stars, and pink tights. Sitting
+in a golden beam of light with the dark, deep background, she looks
+like some sunny and transparent vision, and her slender form contrasts
+with the square and sturdy figure of the youth.
+
+Orso, who is dressed in pink tights, appears from afar as if he were
+naked, and the same ray of light distinctly reveals his immense
+shoulders, rounded chest, small waist, and legs too short in
+proportion to the trunk.
+
+His powerful form seems as if it were hewn out with an ax. He has all
+the features of a circus athlete, but so magnified that they make him
+noticeable; besides, his face is not handsome. Sometimes, when he
+raises his head, you can see his face, the lines of which are regular,
+perhaps too regular, and somewhat rigid, as if carved from marble. The
+low forehead, with the hair falling on it, like the mane of a horse,
+straight and black, inherited from his squaw mother, gives to his face
+a gloomy and threatening expression. He has a similarity to both the
+bull and the bear, and he personifies a terrible and somewhat evil
+force. He is not of a good disposition.
+
+When Jenny passes by the horses, those gentle creatures turn their
+heads and look at her with intelligent eyes, and neigh and whinny, as
+if wishing to say: "How do you do, darling?" while at the sight of
+Orso they shudder with fear. He is a reticent and gloomy youth. Mr.
+Hirsch's negroes, who are his hostlers, clowns, minstrels, and
+rope-walkers, do not like Orso and tease him as much as they dare, and
+because he is half-Indian they think nothing of him, and plague and
+mock him. Truly, the manager, who offers the hundred dollars to any
+one who can defeat him, does not risk much; he dislikes and fears him,
+as the tamer of the wild animals fears a lion, and whips him on the
+slightest provocation.
+
+Mr. Hirsch feels that, if he does not keep the youth in subjection by
+constantly beating him, he will be beaten himself, and he follows the
+principle of the Creole woman, who considered beating a punishment,
+and no beating a reward.
+
+Such was Orso. Recently he began to be less sullen, because little
+Jenny had a good influence over him. It happened about a year ago that
+when Orso, who was then the attendant of the wild animals, was
+cleaning the cage of the puma, the beast put its paws through the bars
+of the cage and wounded his head severely. Then he entered the cage,
+and after a terrible fight between them, he alone remained alive. But
+he was so badly hurt that he fainted from loss of blood. He was ill a
+long time, which was greatly aggravated by a severe whipping which the
+manager gave him for breaking the spine of the puma.
+
+When he was ill Jenny took great care of him, and dressed his wounds,
+and when she had leisure, read the Bible to him. That is a "good book"
+which speaks of love, of forgiveness, of mercy--in a word, of things
+that are never mentioned in Mr. Hirsch's circus. Orso, listening to
+this book, pondered long in his Indian head and at last came to the
+conclusion that if it would be as good in the circus as in this book,
+perhaps he would not be so bad. He thought also that then he would not
+be beaten so often, and some one would be found who would love him.
+But who? Not negroes and not Mr. Hirsch; little Jenny, whose voice
+sounded as sweetly in his ears as the voice of the mavis, might be the
+one.
+
+One evening, under the influence of this thought, he began to weep and
+kiss the small hands of Jenny, and from this time on he loved her very
+much. During the performance in the evening, when Jenny was riding a
+horse, he was always in the ring and carefully watching over her to
+prevent any accident. When he held the paper hoops for her to jump
+through he smiled on her; when to the sound of the music be balanced
+her on the top of the high mast, and the audience was hushed with
+fright, he felt uneasy himself. He knew very well if she should fall
+that no one from the "good book" would be left in the circus; he never
+removed his eyes from her, and the evident caution and anxiety
+expressed in his movements added to the terror of the people. Then,
+when recalled into the ring by the storm of applause, they would run
+in together, he would push her forward, as if deserving of all the
+praise, and murmur from joy. This reticent youth spoke only to Jenny,
+and to her alone he opened his mind. He hated the circus and Mr.
+Hirsch, who was entirely different from the people in the "good book."
+Something always attracted him to the edge of the horizon, to the
+woods and plains. When the circus troupe in their constant wanderings
+chanced to pass through wild, lonely spots, he heard voices awakening
+the instincts of a captive wolf, who sees the woods and plains for the
+first time. This propensity he inherited not only from his mother, but
+also from his father, who had been a frontiersman. He shared all his
+hopes with Jenny, and often narrated to her how fully and untrammeled
+live the people of the plains. Most of this he guessed or gleaned from
+the hunters of the prairies, who came to the circus with wild animals
+which they had captured for the menagerie, or to try their prowess for
+the hundred-dollar prize.
+
+Little Jenny listened to these Indian visions, opening widely her blue
+eyes and falling into deep reveries. For Orso never spoke of going
+alone to the desert; she was always with him, and it was very good for
+them there. Every day they saw something new; they possessed all they
+needed, and it seemed right to make all their plans carefully.
+
+So now they sit in this beam of light, talking to each other, instead
+of practicing and attempting new feats. The horse stands in the ring
+and feels lonely. Jenny leans on Orso's arm, thoughtfully
+contemplating and looking with wistful, wondering eyes into the dim
+space, swinging her feet like a child and musing--how it will be on
+the plains, and asking questions from Orso.
+
+"How do they live there?" says she, raising her eyes to the face of
+her friend.
+
+"There is plenty of oaks. They take an ax and build a house."
+
+"Well," says Jenny, "but until the house is built?"
+
+"It is always warm there. The 'Grizzly Killer' says it is very warm."
+
+Jenny begins to swing her feet more lively, as if the warmth there has
+settled the question in her mind; but shortly she remembers that she
+has in the circus a dog and a cat, and that she would like to take
+them with her. She calls her dog Mister Dog and her cat Mister Cat.
+
+"And will Mr. Dog and Mr. Cat go with us?"
+
+"They will," answers Orso, looking pleased.
+
+"Will we take with us the 'good book'?"
+
+"We will," says Orso, still more pleased.
+
+"Well," says the girl in her innocence, "Mr. Cat will catch birds for
+us; Mr. Dog will drive away bad people with his bark; you will be my
+husband and I will be your wife, and they will be our children."
+
+Orso feels so happy that he cannot speak, and Jenny continues:
+
+"There, there will be no Mr. Hirsch, no circus, we will not work, and
+basta! But no!" she adds a moment later, "the 'good book' says that we
+should work, and I sometimes will jump through one--through the two
+hoops, the three, the four hoops."
+
+Jenny evidently does not imagine work under any other form than
+jumping through hoops.
+
+Shortly she says again:
+
+"Orso, will I indeed be always with you?"
+
+"Yes, Jen, for I love you very much."
+
+His face brightens as he says so, and becomes almost beautiful.
+
+And yet he does not know himself how dear to him has become this small
+bright head.
+
+He has nothing else in this world but her, and he watches her as the
+faithful dog guards his mistress. By her fragile side he looks like
+Hercules, but he is unconscious of this.
+
+"Jen," says he after a moment, "listen to what I tell you."
+
+Jenny, who shortly before had got up to look at the horse, now turns
+and, kneeling down before Orso, puts her two elbows on his knees,
+crosses her arms and, resting her chin on her wrists, uplifts her face
+and is all attention.
+
+At this moment, to the consternation of the children, the "artist of
+the whip" enters the ring in a very bad humor, because his trial with
+a lion had entirely failed.
+
+This lion, who was bald from old age, desired only to be let alone,
+had no inclination to attack the "artist," and hid himself from the
+lash of the whip in a far corner of the cage. The manager thought with
+despair that if this loyal disposition remained with the lion until
+the evening the contest with the whip would be a failure; for to fight
+a lion who slinks away needs no more art than to eat a lobster from
+his tail. The bad temper of the proprietor became still worse when he
+learned from the ticket seller that he was disposing of no seats in
+the "gods;" that the Cahuillas evidently had spent all their money
+that they had earned in the vineyards for drinks, and that they came
+to his window and offered their blankets, marked "U. S.," or their
+wives, especially the old ones, in exchange for tickets of admission.
+The lack of money among the Cahuillas was no small loss for the
+"artist of the whip;" for he counted on a "crowded house," and if the
+seats in the "gods" were not sold no "crowded house" was obtainable;
+therefore the manager wished at this moment that all the Indians had
+but one back, and that he might give an exhibition of his skill with
+the whip on that one back, in the presence of all Anaheim. Thus he
+felt as he entered the ring, and seeing the horse standing idle under
+the parapet, he felt like jumping with anger. Where are Orso and
+Jenny? Shading his eyes with his hand he looked all around the circus,
+and observed in a bright beam, Orso, and Jenny kneeling before him
+with her elbows resting on his knees. At this sight he let the lash of
+his whip trail on the ground.
+
+"Orso!"
+
+If lightning had struck in the midst of the children they could not
+have been more startled. Orso jumped to his feet and descended in the
+passageway between the benches with the hasty movement of an animal
+who comes to his master at his call; behind him followed Jenny with
+eyes wide open from fright, and clutching the benches as she passed
+them.
+
+Orso, on entering the ring, stopped by the parapet, gloomy and silent,
+the gray light from above bringing into relief his Herculean trunk
+upon its short legs.
+
+"Nearer," cried out the manager in a hoarse voice; meanwhile the lash
+of his long whip moved upon the sand with a threatening motion, like
+the tail of a tiger watching his approaching prey.
+
+Orso advanced several steps, and for a few minutes they looked into
+each other's eyes. The manager's face resembled that of the tamer who
+enters the cage, intending to subdue a dangerous animal, and at the
+same time watches it.
+
+His rage overcame his caution. His legs, incased in elk riding
+breeches and high boots, pranced under him with anger. Perhaps it was
+not the idleness alone of the children which increased his rage.
+Jenny, from above, looked at both of them like a frightened hare
+watching two lynxes.
+
+"Hoodlum! dog catcher, thou cur!" hissed the manager.
+
+The whip with the velocity of lightning whistled through the air in a
+circle, hissed and struck. Orso winced and howled a little, and
+stepped toward the manager, but the second stroke stopped him at once,
+then the third, fourth--tenth. The contest had begun, although there
+was no audience. The uplifted hand of the "great artist" scarcely
+moved, but his wrist revolved, as if a part of some machinery, and,
+with each revolution, the sharp point of the lash stung the skin of
+Orso. It seemed as if the whip, or rather its poisonous fang, filled
+the whole space between the athlete and the manager, who in his
+increasing excitement reached the genuine enthusiasm of the artist.
+The "master" simply improvised. The cracking end flashing in the air
+twice had written down its bloody trace on the bare neck of the
+athlete. Orso was silent in this dance. At every cut he stepped one
+step forward and the manager one step backward. In this way they
+circled the arena, and at last the manager backed out of the ring as a
+conqueror from the cage, and disappeared through the entrance to the
+stables, still as the conqueror. As he left his eye fell on Jenny.
+
+"Get on your horse," he cried; "I will settle with you later."
+
+His voice had scarcely ceased before her white skirt flashed in the
+air, and in a moment she was on the back of the horse. The manager had
+disappeared, and the horse began to gallop around the ring,
+occasionally striking the side with its hoofs.
+
+"Hep! Hep!" agitatedly said Jenny to the horse with her childish
+voice: "Hep! hep!" but this "hep, hep," was at the same time a sob.
+The horse increased his speed, clattering with his hoofs as he leaned
+more and more to the center. The girl, standing on the pad with her
+feet close together, seemed scarcely to touch it with the ends of her
+toes; her bare rosy arms rose and fell as she maintained her balance;
+her hair and light muslin dress floated behind her supple figure,
+which looked like a bird circling in the air.
+
+"Hep! hep!" she kept exclaiming. Meanwhile her eyes were filled with
+tears, and to see she had to raise her head; the movement of the horse
+made her dizzy; the terrace of seats and the ring seemed to revolve
+around her; she wavered once, twice, and then fell down into the arms
+of Orso.
+
+"Oh! Orso, poor Orso!" cried the child.
+
+"What's the matter, Jen? why do you cry? I don't feel the pain, I
+don't feel it."
+
+Jenny threw both her arms around his neck and began to kiss his
+cheeks. Her whole body trembled, and she sobbed convulsively.
+
+"Orso, oh, Orso," she sobbed, for she could not speak, and her arms
+clung closer to his neck. She could not have cried more if she had
+been beaten herself. So, in the end, he began to pet and console her.
+Forgetting his own pain he took her in his arms and pressed her to his
+heart, and his nerves being excited by the beating, he now felt for
+the first time that he loved her more than the dog loved his mistress.
+He breathed heavily, and his lips panted out the words:
+
+"I feel no pain. When you are with me, I am happy, Jenny, Jenny!"
+
+When this was transpiring the manager was walking in the stables,
+foaming with rage. His heart was filled with jealousy. He saw the girl
+on her knees before Orso; recently this beautiful child had awakened
+the lower instincts in him, but as yet undeveloped, and now he fancied
+that she and Orso loved each other, and he felt revengeful, and had a
+wild desire to punish her--to whip her soundly. This desire he could
+not resist. Shortly he called to her.
+
+She at once left Orso, and in a moment had disappeared in the dark
+entrance to the stables. Orso stood stupefied, and instead of
+following her he walked with unsteady steps to a bench, and, seating
+himself, began to breathe heavily.
+
+When the girl entered the stables she could see nothing, as it was
+much darker there than in the ring. Yet, fearing that she would be
+suspected of having delayed her coming, she cried out in a faint
+voice:
+
+"I am here, master, I am here."
+
+At the same moment the hand of the manager caught hers, and he
+hoarsely said:
+
+"Come!"
+
+If he had shown anger or badly scolded her she would have felt less
+frightened than at this silence with which he led her to the circus
+wardrobe. She hung back, resisting him, and repeating quickly:
+
+"Oh, dear Mr. Hirsch, forgive me! forgive me!"
+
+But forcibly he dragged her to the long room where they stored their
+costumes, and turned the key in the door.
+
+Jenny fell down on her knees. With uplifted eyes and folded hands,
+trembling as a leaf, the tears streaming down her cheeks, she tried to
+arouse his mercy; in answer to her supplications, he took from the
+wall a wire whip, and said:
+
+"Lie down."
+
+With despair she flung herself at his feet, nearly dying from fright.
+Every nerve of her body quivered; but vainly she pressed her pallid
+lips to his polished boots. Her alarm and pleading seemed to arouse
+the demon in him more than ever. Grasping her roughly, he threw her
+violently on a heap of dresses, and in an instant, after trying to
+stop the kicking of her feet, he began beating her cruelly.
+
+"Orso! Orso!" she shouted.
+
+About this moment the door shook on its hinges, rattled, creaked and
+gave way, and half of it, pushed in with a tremendous force, fell with
+a crash upon the ground.
+
+In this opening stood Orso.
+
+The wire whip fell from the hand of the manager, and his face became
+deadly pale, because Orso looked ferocious. His eyes were bloodshot,
+his lips covered with foam, his head inclined to one side like a
+bull's, and his whole body was crouched and gathered, as if ready to
+spring.
+
+"Get out!" cried the manager, trying to hide his fear behind a show of
+authority.
+
+The pent-up dam was already broken. Orso, who was usually as obedient
+to every motion as a dog, this time did not move, but leaning his head
+still more to one side, he moved slowly and threateningly toward the
+"artist of the whip," his iron muscles taut as whipcords.
+
+"Help! help!" cried the manager.
+
+They heard him.
+
+Four brawny negroes from the stables ran in through the broken door
+and fell upon Orso. A terrible fight ensued, upon which the manager
+looked with chattering teeth. For a long time you could see nothing
+but a tangled mass of dark bodies wrestling with convulsive movements,
+rolling on the ground in a writhing heap; in the silence which
+followed sometimes was heard a groan, a snort, loud short breathing,
+the gritting of teeth.
+
+In a moment one of the negroes, as if by a superhuman force, was sent
+from this formless mass, whirling headlong through the air, and fell
+at the feet of the manager, striking his skull with great force on the
+ground; soon a second flew out; then from the center of this turbulent
+group Orso's body alone arose, covered with blood and looking more
+terrible than before. His knees were still pressing heavily on the
+breasts of the two fainting negroes. He arose to his feet and moved
+toward the manager.
+
+Hirsch closed his eyes.
+
+The next moment he felt that his feet had left the ground, that he was
+flying through the air--then he felt nothing; his whole body was
+dashed with monstrous force into the remaining half of the door, and
+he fell to the earth unconscious.
+
+Orso wiped his face, and, coming over to Jenny, said:
+
+"Let us go."
+
+He took her by the hand and they went.
+
+The whole town was following the circus procession and the steam
+calliope, playing "Yankee Doodle," and the place around the circus was
+deserted. The parrots only, swinging in their hoops, filled the air
+with their cries. Hand in hand, Orso and Jenny went forward; from the
+end of the street could be seen the immense plains, covered with
+cacti. Silently they passed by the houses, shaded by the eucalyptus
+trees; then they passed the slaughter-houses, around which had
+gathered thousands of small black birds with red-tipped wings. They
+jumped over the large irrigation ditches, entered into an orange
+grove, and on emerging from it found themselves among the cacti.
+
+This was the desert.
+
+As far as the eye could reach these prickly plants rose higher and
+higher; thick leaves growing from other leaves obstructed the path,
+sometimes catching on Jenny's dress. In places they grew to such a
+great height that the children seemed to be as much lost here as if
+they were in the woods, and no one could find them there. So they kept
+threading their way through them, now to the right and then to the
+left, but careful always to go from the town. Sometimes between the
+cacti they could see on the horizon the blue mountains of Santa Ana.
+They went to the mountains. The heat was great. Gray-colored locusts
+chirped in the cacti; the sun's rays poured down upon the earth in
+streams; the dried-up earth was covered with a network of cracks; the
+stiff leaves of the cacti seemed to soften from the heat, and the
+flowers were languid and half-wilted. The children proceeded, silent
+and thoughtful. But all that surrounded them was so new that they
+surrendered themselves to their impressions, and for the moment forgot
+even their weariness. Jenny's eyes ran from one bunch of cacti to
+another; again she looked to the farther clusters, saying to her
+friend:
+
+"Is this the wilderness, Orso?"
+
+But the desert did not appear to be deserted. From the farther clumps
+came the calling of the male quail, and around sounded the different
+murmurs of clucking, of twittering, of the ruffling of feathers: in a
+word, the divers voices of the small inhabitants of the plains.
+Sometimes there flew up a whole covey of quail; the gaudy-topped
+pheasants scattered on their approach; the black squirrels dived into
+their holes; the rabbits disappeared in all directions; the gophers
+were sitting on their hind legs beside their holes, looking like fat
+German farmers standing in their doorway.
+
+After resting an hour the children proceeded on their journey. Jenny
+soon felt thirsty. Orso, in whom had awakened his Indian inventive
+faculties, began to pluck cactus fruits. They were in abundance, and
+grew together with the flowers on the same leaves. In plucking them
+they pricked their fingers with the sharp points, but the fruit was
+luscious. Their sweet and acid flavor quenched at once their thirst
+and appeased their hunger. The prairies fed the children as a mother;
+thus strengthened they could proceed further. The cacti arose higher,
+and you could say that they grew on the head of one another. The
+ground on which they walked ascended gradually and continuously.
+Looking backward once more they saw Anaheim, dissolving in the
+distance and looking like a grove of trees upon the low plains. Not a
+trace of the circus could be distinguished. They still pressed
+steadily onward to the mountains, which now became more distinct in
+the distance. The surroundings assumed another phase. Between the
+cacti appeared different bushes and even trees; the wooded portion of
+the foothills of Santa Ana had commenced. Orso broke one of the
+saplings, and, clearing off its branches, made a cudgel of it, which,
+in his hands, would prove a terrible weapon. His Indian instincts
+whispered to him that in the mountains it was better to be provided,
+even with a stick, than to go unarmed, especially now that the sun had
+lowered itself into the west. Its great fiery shield had rolled down
+far beyond Anaheim, into the blue ocean. After a while it disappeared,
+and in the west there gleamed red, golden, and orange lights, similar
+to ribbons and gauzy veils, stretched over the whole sky. The
+mountains uplifted themselves in this glow; the cacti assumed
+different fantastical shapes, resembling people and animals. Jenny
+felt tired and sleepy, but they still hastened to the mountains,
+although they knew not why. Soon they saw rocks, and on reaching them
+they discovered a stream; they drank some water and continued along
+its course. The rocks, which were at first broken and scattered, then
+changed into a solid wall, which became higher and higher, and soon
+they entered into a cañon.
+
+The rosy lights died away; deeper and deeper dusk enveloped the earth.
+In places immense vines reached from one side of the cañon to the
+other, covering it like a roof, and making it dark and uncanny. On the
+mountain side, above them, could be heard the voices of the swaying
+and creaking forest trees. Orso implied that now they were in the
+depths of the wilderness, where certainly there were many wild
+animals. From time to time his ear detected suspicious sounds, and
+when night fell he distinctly heard the hoarse mewing of the lynxes,
+the roar of the pumas, and the melancholy howling of the coyotes.
+
+"Are you afraid, Jen?" asked Orso.
+
+"No," replied the girl.
+
+But she was already very tired, and could proceed no farther, so Orso
+took her in his arms and carried her. He went forward with the hope
+that he would reach the house of some squatter, or should meet some
+Mexican campers. Once or twice it seemed to him that he saw the gleam
+of some wild animal's eyes. Then with one hand he pressed Jenny, who
+had now fallen asleep, to his breast, and with the other he grasped
+his stick. He was very tired himself; notwithstanding his great
+strength Jenny began to prove heavy to him, especially as he carried
+her on his left arm; the right one he wished to have free for defense.
+Occasionally he stopped to regain his breath and then continued on.
+Suddenly he paused and listened intently. It seemed to him as if he
+heard the echoes of the small bells which the settlers tie for the
+night to the neck of their cows and goats. Rushing forward, he soon
+reached a bend in the stream. The sound of the bells became more
+distinct, and joined with them in the distance was heard the barking
+of a dog. Then Orso was sure that he was nearing some settlement. It
+was high time that he did, for he was exhausted by the events of the
+day, and his strength had begun to fail him. On turning another bend
+he saw a light; as he moved forward his quick eyes discerned a
+campfire, a dog, evidently tied to a stump, tearing and barking, and
+at last the figure of a man seated by the fire.
+
+"God send that this may be a man from the 'good book'!" thought he.
+
+Then he resolved to awaken Jenny.
+
+"Jen!" called he, "awake, we shall eat."
+
+"What is it?" asked the girl; "where are we?"
+
+"In the wilderness."
+
+She was now wide awake.
+
+"What light is that?"
+
+"A man lives there; we shall eat."
+
+Poor Orso was very hungry.
+
+Meanwhile they were nearing the fire. The dog barked more violently,
+and the old man, sitting by the fire, shaded his eyes and peered into
+the gloom. Shortly he said:
+
+"Who is there?"
+
+"It is us," answered Jenny in her delicate voice, "and we are very
+hungry."
+
+"Come nearer," said the old man.
+
+Emerging from behind a great rock, which had partly concealed them,
+they both stood in the light of the fire, holding each other's hands.
+The old man looked at them with astonishment, and involuntarily
+exclaimed:
+
+"What is that?"
+
+For he saw a sight which, in the sparsely populated mountains of Santa
+Ana, would astonish any one. Orso and Jenny were dressed in their
+circus attire. The beautiful girl, clothed in pink tights and short
+white skirt, appearing so suddenly before him, looked in the firelight
+like some fairy sylph. Behind her stood the youth with his powerful
+figure, covered also with pink fleshings, through which you could see
+his muscles standing out like knots on the oak.
+
+The old squatter gazed at them with wide-open eyes.
+
+"Who are you?" he inquired.
+
+The girl, relying more on her own eloquence than on that of Orso,
+began to speak.
+
+"We are from the circus, kind sir! Mr. Hirsch beat Orso very much and
+then wanted to beat me, but Orso did not let him, and fought Mr.
+Hirsch and four negroes, and then we ran off on the plains, and went a
+long distance through the cacti, and Orso carried me; then we came
+here and are very hungry."
+
+The face of the old man softened and brightened as he listened to her
+story, and he looked with a fatherly interest on this charming child,
+who spoke with great haste, as if she wished to tell all in one
+breath.
+
+"What is your name, little one?" he asked.
+
+"Jenny."
+
+"Welcome, Jenny! and you, Orso! people rarely come here. Come to me,
+Jenny."
+
+Without hesitation the little girl put her arms around the neck of the
+old man and kissed him warmly. He appeared to her to be some one from
+the "good book."
+
+"Will Mr. Hirsch find us here?" she said, as she took her lips from
+his face.
+
+"If he comes he will find a bullet here," replied the old man; then
+added, "you said that you wanted to eat?"
+
+"Oh, yes, very much."
+
+The squatter, raking in the ashes of the fire, took out a fine leg of
+venison, the pleasant odor of which filled the air. Then they sat down
+to eat.
+
+The night was gorgeous; the moon came out high in the heavens above
+the cañon; in the thicket the mavis began to sing sweetly; the fire
+burned brightly, and Orso was so filled with joy that he chanted with
+gladness. Both he and the girl ate heartily. The old man had no
+appetite; he looked upon little Jenny, and, for some unknown cause,
+his eyes were filled with tears.
+
+Perhaps he had been once a father, or, perhaps, he so rarely saw
+people in these deserted mountains.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Since then these three lived together.
+
+
+
+
+
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+<div id="the_beginning">&nbsp;</div>
+<div id="title_page"><a class="pagenum" id="page1" title="1"> </a>
+	<h1>SIELANKA<br />
+		<em class="subtitle">An Idyll</em></h1>
+
+<p id="author">BY<br />
+HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ</p>
+
+<p id="translators">TRANSLATED BY<br />
+VATSLAF A. HLASKO and THOS. H. BULLICK</p>
+<p id="device"><img src="images/illo1.png" width="100" height="98" alt="" /></p>
+<p id="publisher">R. F. FENNO &amp; COMPANY&nbsp;:&nbsp;9 AND 11 EAST <br />
+SIXTEENTH STREET&nbsp;:&nbsp;:&nbsp;NEW YORK CITY <br />
+1898</p>
+</div>
+
+<div id="verso"><a class="pagenum" id="page2" title="2"> </a>
+	<p>Copyright, 1897<br />
+	BY<br />
+	R. F. FENNO &amp; COMPANY</p>
+</div>
+
+<div id="contents"> <!-- Contents added by transcriber -->
+	<ul>
+		<li><a href="#sielanka">Sielanka</a></li>
+		<li><a href="#orso">Orso</a></li>
+	</ul>
+</div>
+
+
+<div id="sielanka" class="story"><a class="pagenum" id="page3" title="3"> </a>
+	<h2>SIELANKA.<br />
+		<em class="subtitle">An Idyll.</em></h2>
+
+	<p>In the woods, in the deep woods, was
+	an open glade in which stood the house of
+	the forester Stephan. The house was
+	built of logs packed with moss, and the
+	roof was thatched with straw; hard by
+	the house stood two outbuildings; in
+	front of it was a piece of fenced-in ground,
+	and an old well with a long, crooked sweep;
+	the water in the well was covered with a
+	green vegetation at the edges.</p>
+
+	<p>Opposite the windows grew sunflowers
+	and wild hollyhocks, high, stately, and
+	covered with blossoms as if with a swarm
+	of gorgeous butterflies; between the sunflowers
+	there peeped the red heads of the
+	poppy; around the hollyhocks entwined
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page4" title="4"> </a>sweet peas with pink blossoms and morning-glories;
+	close to the ground grew
+	nasturtiums, marigolds, primroses, and
+	asters, pale because they were shaded from
+	the sunlight by the leaves of the hollyhocks
+	and sunflowers.</p>
+
+	<p>The fenced ground on either side of the
+	pathway leading to the house was planted
+	with vegetables—carrots, beets, and cabbage;
+	further off in a separate fenced-in
+	lot there waved with each breath of wind
+	the tender blue flower of the flax; still beyond
+	could be seen the dark green of the
+	potato patch; the rest of the clearing was
+	checkered with the variegated shades of
+	the different cereals that ran to the edge
+	of the lake which touched the glade on
+	one side.</p>
+
+	<p>Near to the house a few trees were
+	growing. Some were cherry trees, and
+	one was a birch, with long, slender
+	branches which swayed in the wind, and
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page5" title="5"> </a>with every breeze its leaves touched the
+	dilapidated moss-covered straw thatch of
+	the roof; when the stronger gusts of wind
+	bent its boughs to the wall, and pressed
+	its twigs and the waves of leaves against
+	the roof, it would seem as if the tree loved
+	the house and embraced it.</p>
+
+	<p>In this tree the sparrows made their
+	home; the rustling of the leaves and twigs
+	commingled with the chirp and joyous
+	noise of the birds; in the eaves of the
+	house the doves had built their nests, and
+	the place was filled with their speech,
+	cooing and calling to each other, entreating
+	and discussing as is customary between
+	doves, these noisy and talkative people.</p>
+
+	<p>At times it happened that they were
+	startled by some unknown cause; then
+	around the house was heard a loud flapping,
+	the air was filled with the whirl of
+	wings and a multitude of white-feathered
+	breasts; you could hear tumult, noise and
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page6" title="6"> </a>excited cries—the whole flock flew out
+	suddenly, circled round the house, now
+	near, now far off. Sometimes they melted
+	in the blue, sometimes their white feathers
+	reflected the sunlight, again they hung
+	over the house, undulating in the air, and
+	alighting at last like a downfall of snowflakes
+	on the gray straw of the roof.</p>
+
+	<p>If this occurred in the rosy morning or
+	in the splendor of the red setting sun,
+	then in the glory of the air these doves
+	were not white, but tinted pink, and
+	settled on the roof and birch tree as flames
+	or scattered rose leaves.</p>
+
+	<p>At twilight, when the sun had hidden
+	itself beyond the woods, this cooing under
+	the roof and chirping in the birch tree
+	became gradually quiet. The sparrows
+	and the doves shook the dew from their
+	wings and prepared to sleep; sometimes
+	one of them gave voice once more, but
+	more rarely, more softly, more drowsily,
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page7" title="7"> </a>and then all was silent—the dusk was falling
+	from the heavens upon the earth.
+	The house, cherry trees, and birch were
+	losing their form, mingling together,
+	melting, and veiled in a mist which rose
+	from the lake.</p>
+
+	<p>Around the glade, as far as the eye
+	could reach, there stretched the wall of
+	dark pine trees and thick undergrowth.
+	This wall was broken in one place by a
+	wide dividing line, which reached to the
+	edge of the lake. The lake was a very
+	large one, the opposite side was nearly
+	lost to view, and in the mist could be
+	hardly discerned the red roof and steeple
+	of a church, and the black line of the
+	woods closing the horizon beyond the
+	church.</p>
+
+	<p>The pines were looking from the high
+	sandy banks upon their reflection in the
+	lake as if in a mirror, and it seemed as if
+	there was another forest in the water; and
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page8" title="8"> </a>when the trees were swaying on the earth
+	they were also swaying in the water, and
+	when they quivered on the earth they
+	seemed to quiver in the water; as they
+	stood in the still air motionless, then
+	every needle of the pines was painted distinctly
+	on the smooth, unruffled surface,
+	and the straight trunks of the trees standing
+	like rows of pillars reaching afar off
+	into infinity. In the middle of the lake
+	the water in the daytime reflected the
+	sun, and in the morning and the evening
+	the glories of its rising and its setting; at
+	night the moon and stars; and it seemed
+	to be as deep as the dome of the sky
+	above us is high, beyond the sun, moon,
+	and stars.</p>
+
+	<p>In the house dwelt the forester, named
+	Stephan, and his daughter, Kasya, a
+	maiden of sixteen. Kasya was the light
+	of the household, as bright and fresh as
+	the morning. She was brought up in
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page9" title="9"> </a>great innocence and in the fear of God.
+	Her uncle, who was now dead, and who was
+	a poor but devout man, the organist of the
+	neighboring church, had taught her to
+	read her prayer book, and her education
+	was perfected by her communing with
+	nature. The bees taught her to work,
+	the doves taught her purity, the happy
+	sparrows to speak joyfully to her father,
+	the quiet water taught her peace, the
+	serenity of the sky taught her contemplation,
+	the matin-bell of the distant church
+	called her to devotion, and the universal
+	good in all nature, which reflected the
+	love of God, sank deep into her soul.</p>
+
+	<p>Therefore the father and Kasya led a
+	peaceful and happy life, surrounded by
+	the silence and solitude of the woods.</p>
+
+	<p>One noon, before Ascension Day,
+	Stephan came home to his dinner. He
+	had visited a large tract of the forest, so
+	he arrived weary, having returned through
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page10" title="10"> </a>the thickets of the swamp. Kasya placed
+	the dinner on the table, and after they
+	had finished and she had fed the dog and
+	washed the dishes, she said:</p>
+
+	<p>“Papa.�</p>
+
+	<p>“What is it?�</p>
+
+	<p>“I shall go into the woods.�</p>
+
+	<p>“Go, go,� adding jestingly, “and let
+	some wolf or wild beast devour you.�</p>
+
+	<p>“I shall go and gather herbs. To-morrow
+	is Ascension Day and they will be
+	needed in the church.�</p>
+
+	<p>“If so, you can go.�</p>
+
+	<p>She covered her head with a yellow
+	kerchief embroidered with blue flowers,
+	and looking for her basket she began
+	singing:</p>
+
+	<blockquote>
+	    <p>“The falcon came flying, the falcon came grey.�</p>
+	</blockquote>
+
+	<p>The old man began to grumble: “If
+	you were as fond of working as you are of
+	singing.�</p>
+
+	<p><a class="pagenum" id="page11" title="11"> </a>Kasya, who was standing on her tiptoes
+	to look on a shelf, turned her head to
+	her father, laughed merrily, and showing
+	her white teeth, sang again as if to tease
+	him:</p>
+
+	<blockquote>
+	    <p>“He hoots in the woods and the cuckoo’s his prey.�</p>
+	</blockquote>
+
+	<p>“You would be glad yourself to be a
+	cuckoo until a falcon came,� said the old
+	man. “Perhaps ’tis falcon who is at the
+	turpentine works? but this is folly. You
+	can’t earn a piece of bread by singing.�</p>
+
+	<p>Kasya again sang:</p>
+
+	<blockquote>
+	    <p>“Hoot not thou, my falcon, unhappy thy quest, <br />
+	    In the depths of the lake thy cuckoo doth rest.�</p>
+	</blockquote>
+
+	<p>Then she said:</p>
+
+	<p>“Wilt thou decorate the room with the
+	evergreens for to-morrow? I shall return
+	in time to milk the cows, but they should
+	be brought from the pasture.�</p>
+
+	<p>She found her basket, kissed her father,
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page12" title="12"> </a>and went out. Old Stephan got his unfinished
+	fishing-net, and seated himself
+	on a bench outside the door. He gathered
+	his twine, and half-closing one eye
+	he tried to thread his netting needle; after
+	several attempts he succeeded and began
+	to work.</p>
+
+	<p>From time to time he watched Kasya.
+	She was walking on the left side of the
+	lake; against the background of the sandy
+	banks she stood out in relief as if in a
+	picture. Her white waist and red striped
+	skirt and yellow kerchief glistened in the
+	sunlight like a variegated flower. Though
+	it was spring the heat was unbearable.
+	After she had gone about half a mile she
+	turned aside and disappeared into the
+	woods. The afternoon hours were hot in
+	the sun, but in the shade of the trees it
+	was quite cool. Kasya pressed forward,
+	suddenly stopped, smiled, and blushed like
+	a rose.</p>
+
+	<p><a class="pagenum" id="page13" title="13"> </a>In front of her in the pathway stood a
+	youth about eighteen years of age.</p>
+
+	<p>This youth was the turpentine worker,
+	from the edge of the woods, who was now
+	on his way to visit Stephan.</p>
+
+	<p>“The Lord be praised!� said he.</p>
+
+	<p>“Forever and ever,� answered she, and
+	in her confusion she covered her face with
+	her apron, peeping shyly out of a corner
+	of it and smiling at her companion.</p>
+
+	<p>“Kasya,� said he.</p>
+
+	<p>“What is it, John?�</p>
+
+	<p>“Is your father at home?�</p>
+
+	<p>“He is.�</p>
+
+	<p>The turpentine worker, poor fellow,
+	perhaps desired to speak of something
+	else beside the father, but somehow he
+	was frightened and unconsciously inquired
+	for him; then he became silent and waited
+	for Kasya to speak to him first. She
+	stood confused, twisting the corners of
+	her apron.</p>
+
+	<p><a class="pagenum" id="page14" title="14"> </a>At last she spoke.</p>
+
+	<p>“John?�</p>
+
+	<p>“What is it, Kasya?�</p>
+
+	<p>“Does the turpentine works smoke to-day?�
+	She also wished to speak of something
+	else.</p>
+
+	<p>“Why should it not? The turpentine
+	works never stop. I left lame Frank
+	there; but dost thou wish to go there?�</p>
+
+	<p>“No, I go to gather plants.�</p>
+
+	<p>“I will go with thee, and on our return,
+	if thou dost not chase me away, I
+	will come to thy house.�</p>
+
+	<p>“Why should I chase thee away?�</p>
+
+	<p>“If thou dost like me thou wilt not
+	chase me away, and if thou dost not, then
+	thou wilt. Tell me, Kasya, dost thou like
+	me?�</p>
+
+	<p>“Fate, my fate,� and Kasya covered her
+	face with her hands. “What can I say
+	to thee? I like thee, John, very much I
+	like thee,� she whispered faintly.</p>
+
+	<p><a class="pagenum" id="page15" title="15"> </a>Then before he could reply she uncovered
+	her blushing face and cried out,
+	“Let us go and gather plants; let us
+	hurry.�</p>
+
+	<p>And so went they, John and Kasya.
+	The radiance of love surrounded them,
+	but these simple children of nature dared
+	not speak of it. They felt it, although
+	they knew not what they felt; they were
+	embarrassed but happy. Never before
+	had the forest sung so wonderfully over
+	their heads, never was the wind so sweet
+	and caressing, never at any time had the
+	noises of the forest, the rustling of the
+	breeze in the trees, the voices of the birds,
+	the echoes of the woods, seemed to merge
+	into such an angelic choir, so sweet and
+	grand, as at this moment, full of unconscious
+	happiness.</p>
+
+	<p>Oh, holy power of love! how good an
+	angel of light thou art, how rosy an
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page16" title="16"> </a>aureole in the dusk, how bright a rainbow
+	on the cloud of human tears!</p>
+
+	<p>Meanwhile, in the woods resounded
+	echoes from pine to pine, the barking of
+	the dog, Burek, who had escaped from
+	the house and ran on the pathway after
+	Kasya. He came panting heavily, and
+	with great joy he jumped with his big
+	paws on Kasya and John, and looked from
+	one to the other with his wise and mild
+	eyes, as if wishing to say:</p>
+
+	<p>“I see that you love one another; this
+	is good.�</p>
+
+	<p>He wagged his tail and ran quickly
+	ahead of them, then circled round to them,
+	then stopped, barked once more with joy,
+	and rushed into the woods, looking back
+	from time to time on the boy and girl.</p>
+
+	<p>Kasya put her hand to her forehead,
+	and looking upward upon the bright sun
+	between the leaves she said:</p>
+
+	<p>“Just think, the sun is two hours beyond
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page17" title="17"> </a>noontime and we have not yet gathered
+	any plants. Go thou, John, to the
+	left side and I shall go the right, and let
+	us begin. We should hasten, for the dear
+	Lord’s sake.�</p>
+
+	<p>They separated and went into the woods,
+	but not far from one another and in a
+	parallel direction, so that they could see
+	each other. Among the ferns between
+	the pine trees could be seen fluttering the
+	vari-colored skirt and yellow kerchief of
+	Kasya. The slender, supple maiden
+	seemed to float amid the berry-laden
+	bushes, mosses and ferns. You would
+	say it was some fairy <em>wila</em> or <em>rusalka</em> of
+	the woods; every moment she stooped and
+	stood erect again, and so, further and
+	further, passing the pine trees, she entered
+	deeper into the forest as some
+	spritely nymph.</p>
+
+	<p>Sometimes the thick growth of young
+	hemlocks and cedars would conceal her
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page18" title="18"> </a>from view, then John stopped, and putting
+	his hand to his mouth would shout,
+	“Halloo! Halloo!�</p>
+
+	<p>Kasya heard it; she stopped with a
+	smile, and pretending that she did not
+	see him, answered in a high, silvery
+	voice:</p>
+
+	<p>“John!�</p>
+
+	<p>The echo answers:</p>
+
+	<p>“John! John!�</p>
+
+	<p>Meanwhile Burek had espied a squirrel
+	up a tree, and, standing before it looking
+	upward, barked. The squirrel sitting on
+	a branch covered herself with her tail in a
+	mocking manner, lifted her forepaws to
+	her mouth and rubbed her nose, seemed
+	to play with her forefingers, make grimaces,
+	and laugh at the anger of Burek.
+	Kasya, seeing it, laughed with a resounding,
+	silvery tone, and so did John, and so
+	the woods were filled with the sound of
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page19" title="19"> </a>human voices, echoes, laughter and sunny
+	joy.</p>
+
+	<p>Sometimes there was a deep silence, and
+	then the woods seemed to speak; the
+	breeze struck the fronds of the ferns,
+	which emitted a sharp sound; the trunks
+	of the pines swayed and creaked, and
+	there was silence again.</p>
+
+	<p>Then could be heard the measured
+	strokes of the woodpecker. It seemed as
+	if some one kept knock—knocking at a
+	door, and you could even expect that
+	some mysterious voice would ask:</p>
+
+	<p>“Who is there?�</p>
+
+	<p>Again, the wood thrush was whistling
+	with a sweet voice; the golden-crowned
+	hammer plumed his feathers. In the
+	thicket the pheasants clucked and the
+	bright green humming birds flitted between
+	the leaves; sometimes on the top of
+	the pine tree a crow, hiding itself from
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page20" title="20"> </a>the heat of the sun, lazily flapped its
+	wings.</p>
+
+	<p>On this afternoon the weather was most
+	clear, the sky was cloudless, and above the
+	green canopy of the leaves there spread
+	out the blue dome of the heavens—immense,
+	limitless, transparently gray-tinted
+	on the sides and deep blue above. In the
+	sky stood the great golden sun; the space
+	was flooded with light; the air was bright
+	and serene, and far-off objects stood out
+	distinctly, their forms clearly defined.
+	From the height of heaven the eye of the
+	great Creator embraced the whole earth;
+	in the fields the grain bowed to Him with
+	a golden wave, rustled the heavy heads of
+	the wheat, and the delicate tasseled oats
+	trembled like a cluster of tiny bells. In
+	the air, filled with brightness here and
+	there, floated the spring thread of the
+	spider’s web, blue from the azure of the
+	sky and golden from the sun, as if a veritable
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page21" title="21"> </a>thread from the loom of the Mother
+	of God.</p>
+
+	<p>In the vales between the fields of the
+	waving grain stood dark-green meadows;
+	here and there were crystal springs, around
+	whose edges the grass was greener still;
+	the whole meadows were sprinkled with
+	yellow buttercups and dandelions which
+	struck the eye with a profusion of golden
+	brightness. In the wet places there thrived
+	cypress trees, which had an air of coldness
+	and moisture.</p>
+
+	<p>In the woods among the pine trees there
+	were now both heat and silence. It seemed
+	as if a dreamy stillness enveloped the
+	whole world. Not a breath of wind stirred;
+	the trees, grain, and grass were motionless.
+	The leaves hung on the trees as if
+	rocked to sleep; the birds had ceased their
+	noises, and the moment of rest had come.
+	But this rest seemed to come from an ineffable
+	sweetness, and all nature seemed
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page22" title="22"> </a>to meditate. Only the great expanse of
+	heaven seemed to smile, and somewhere,
+	high in the unknowable depths of its blue,
+	the great and beneficent God was glad
+	with the gladness of the fields, the woods,
+	the meadows, and the waters.</p>
+
+	<p>Kasya and John were still busy in the
+	woods collecting herbs, laughing gleefully
+	and speaking to each other joyfully. Man
+	is as artless as a bird; he will sing when
+	he can, for this is his nature. John now
+	began to sing a simple and touching song.</p>
+
+	<p>As Kasya and John sang in unison the
+	last refrain of the song ended mournfully,
+	and as if in accompaniment the echo repeated
+	it in the dark depths of the woods;
+	the pines gave resonance as the words
+	ran between their trunks and died away in
+	the far distance like a sigh, less distinct,
+	light, ethereal; then silence.</p>
+
+	<p>Later Kasya sang a more cheerful song,
+	beginning with the words:</p>
+
+	<blockquote>
+	    <p><a class="pagenum" id="page23" title="23"> </a>“I shall become a ring of gold now.�</p>
+	</blockquote>
+
+	<p>This is a good song. A willful young
+	girl quarrels with her lover and enumerates
+	the means she intends to use to escape
+	from him. But it is useless. When she
+	says that she will be a golden ring and
+	will roll away on the road, he says that he
+	will quickly see and recover her. When
+	she wants to be a golden fish in the water
+	he sings to her of the silken net; when
+	she wants to be a wild fowl on the lake he
+	appears before her as a hunter. At last
+	the poor maiden, seeing she is unable to
+	hide herself from him on the earth,
+	sings:</p>
+
+	<blockquote>
+	    <p>“I shall become a star in heaven, <br />
+	    Light to earth by will be given. <br />
+	    My love to thee I shall not render, <br />
+	    Nor my sweet will to thee surrender.�</p>
+	</blockquote>
+
+	<p>But the undaunted youth answers:</p>
+
+	<blockquote>
+	    <p><a class="pagenum" id="page24" title="24"> </a>“Then shall I pray to the saint’s grace <br />
+	    That the star may fall from its heavenly place. <br />
+	    Thy love to me thou then wilt render, <br />
+	    And thy sweet will to me surrender.�</p>
+	</blockquote>
+
+	<p>The maiden, seeing there is no refuge
+	either in heaven or on earth for her,
+	accepts the view of Providence and sings:</p>
+
+	<blockquote>
+	    <p>“I see, I see, fate’s decree doth bind me; <br />
+	    Where’er I hide, thou sure wilt find me. <br />
+	    My love to thee I must now render, <br />
+	    And my sweet will to thee surrender.�</p>
+	</blockquote>
+
+	<p>John, turning to Kasya, said:</p>
+
+	<p>“Do you understand?�</p>
+
+	<p>“What, John?�</p>
+
+	<p>He began to sing:</p>
+
+	<blockquote>
+	    <p>“Thy love to me thou must now render, <br />
+	    And thy sweet will to me surrender.�</p>
+	</blockquote>
+
+	<p>Kasya was troubled, and laughed loudly
+	to cover her confusion; and wishing to
+	speak, she said:</p>
+
+	<p><a class="pagenum" id="page25" title="25"> </a>“I have gathered a large lot of plants;
+	it would be well to dip them in water, for
+	in this heat they will wither.�</p>
+
+	<p>Verily the heat was great; the wind had
+	entirely ceased. In the woods, though in
+	the shade, the air vibrated with moist
+	heat, the pines exuding a strong, resinous
+	odor. The delicate, golden-tinted
+	face of Kasya was touched with perspiration,
+	and her blue eyes showed traces of
+	weariness. She removed the kerchief
+	from her head, and began to fan herself.
+	John, taking the basket from her, said:</p>
+
+	<p>“Here, Kasya, stand two aspen trees,
+	and between them a spring. Come, let us
+	drink.�</p>
+
+	<p>Both went. After a short interval they
+	noticed that the ground of the forest
+	began to slope here. Among the trees,
+	instead of bushes, ferns and dry mosses,
+	there was a green, damp turf, then one
+	aspen tree, then another, and after them
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page26" title="26"> </a>whole rows. They entered into this dark,
+	humid retreat, where the rays of the sun,
+	passing through the leaves, took on their
+	color and reflected on the human face a
+	pale green light. John and Kasya descended
+	lower and lower into the shadows
+	and dampness; a chilliness breathed upon
+	them, refreshing after the heat of the
+	woods; and in a moment, between the
+	rows of the aspen trees, they espied in
+	the black turf a deep stream of water
+	winding its way under and through canes
+	and bushy thickets, and interspersed
+	with the large, round leaves of the water-lilies,
+	which we call “<em>nenufars</em>,� and by
+	the peasants are called “white flowers.�</p>
+
+	<p>Beautiful was this spot, quiet, secluded,
+	shady, even somewhat sombre and solemn.
+	The transparent stream of water wound
+	its way between the trees. The <em>nenufars</em>,
+	touched by the light movement of the
+	water, swayed gently backward and forward,
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page27" title="27"> </a>leaning toward each other as if kissing.
+	Above their broad leaves, lying like
+	shields on the surface of the water,
+	swarmed indigo-colored insects with wide,
+	translucent, sibilant wings, so delicate and
+	fragile that they are justly called water-sprites.
+	Black butterflies, with white-edged,
+	mournful wings, rested on the
+	sharp, slender tops of the tamarack. On
+	the dark turf blossomed blue forget-me-nots.
+	On the edge of the stream grew
+	some alder trees, and under the bushes
+	peeped out heads of the lily-of-the-valley,
+	bluebells and honeysuckles. The
+	white heads of the <em>biedrzenica</em> hung over
+	the waters; the silvery threads of the
+	<em>strojka</em> spread out upon the current of
+	the stream and weaved themselves into
+	thin and long strands; besides—seclusion—a
+	wild spot, forgotten by men, peaceful,
+	peopled only with the world of birds,
+	flowers and insects.</p>
+
+	<p><a class="pagenum" id="page28" title="28"> </a>In such places generally dwell nymphs,
+	<em>rusalki</em>, and other bad or good forest
+	sprites. Kasya, who was in advance,
+	stood first on the banks of the stream and
+	looked upon the water in which was reflected
+	her graceful form. She verily appeared
+	as one of those beautiful forest
+	spirits as they are seen sometimes by the
+	woodsmen or lumber men who float on
+	their rafts down the rivers through the
+	woods. She had no covering upon her
+	head, and the wind gently played with
+	her locks and ruffled her ray-like hair.
+	Sunburned she was, blond-haired, and
+	her eyes, as blue as turquoise, were as
+	laughing as her lips. Besides, she was
+	a divinely tall, slender, and fairy-like
+	maiden. No one could swear, if she was
+	suddenly startled, that she would not jump
+	into the water—would not dissolve into
+	mist—into rainbow rays—would not turn
+	quickly into a water-lily or <em>kalina</em> tree,
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page29" title="29"> </a>which, when robbed of its flowers, remonstrates
+	with a voice so human, yet recalling
+	the sigh of the forest:</p>
+
+	<p>“Don’t touch me.�</p>
+
+	<p>Kasya, bending over the water so that
+	her tresses fell on her shoulders, turned
+	toward John and said:</p>
+
+	<p>“How shall we drink?�</p>
+
+	<p>“As birds,� answered John, pointing
+	to some silver pheasants on the opposite
+	side of the stream.</p>
+
+	<p>John, who knew how to help himself
+	better than the birds, plucked a large leaf
+	from a tree, and, making a funnel out of
+	it, filled it with water and gave it to
+	Kasya.</p>
+
+	<p>They both drank, then Kasya gathered
+	some forget-me-nots, and John with his
+	knife made a flute from the willow bark,
+	on which, when he had finished, he began
+	to play the air which the shepherds play
+	in the eventide on the meadows. The
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page30" title="30"> </a>soft notes floated away with ineffable tenderness
+	in this secluded spot. Shortly
+	he removed the flute and listened intently
+	as if to catch an echo returning from the
+	aspen trees, and it seemed that the clear
+	stream, the dark aspen trees, and the birds
+	hidden in the canes listened to these notes
+	with him.</p>
+
+	<p>All became silent, but shortly, as if in
+	answer—as if a challenge—came the first
+	faint note of the nightingale, followed by
+	a stronger trill. The nightingale wanted
+	to sing—it challenged the flute.</p>
+
+	<p>Now he began to sing. All nature was
+	listening to this divine singer. The lilies
+	lifted their heads above the water; the
+	forget-me-nots pressed closer together; the
+	canes ceased to rustle; no bird dared to
+	peep except an unwise and absent-minded
+	cuckoo, who with her silent wing alighted
+	near by on a dry bough, lifted her head,
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page31" title="31"> </a>widely opened her beak, and foolishly
+	called aloud:</p>
+
+	<p>“Cuckoo! cuckoo!�</p>
+
+	<p>Afterward it seemed as if she was
+	ashamed of her outbreak, and she quietly
+	subsided.</p>
+
+	<p>Vainly Kasya, who stood on the edge of
+	the stream with the forget-me-nots in her
+	hand, turned to the side from whence
+	came the voice of the cuckoo and queried:</p>
+
+	<p>“Cuckoo, blue-gray cuckoo, how long
+	shall I live?�</p>
+
+	<p>The cuckoo answered not.</p>
+
+	<p>“Cuckoo, shall I be rich?�</p>
+
+	<p>The cuckoo was silent.</p>
+
+	<p>Then John: “Cuckoo, gray cuckoo,
+	how soon will I wed?�</p>
+
+	<p>The cuckoo replied not.</p>
+
+	<p>“She cares not to answer us,� said
+	John; “let us return to the forest.�</p>
+
+	<p>On returning they found the large stone
+	by which they had placed the basket and
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page32" title="32"> </a>bunches of herbs. Kasya, seating herself
+	beside it, began to weave garlands, and
+	John helped her. Burek lay near them,
+	stretched his hairy forepaws, lolled out his
+	tongue and breathed heavily from fatigue,
+	looking carefully around to see if he could
+	not spy some living thing to chase and
+	enjoy his own noise. But everything in
+	the woods was quiet. The sun was traveling
+	toward the west, and through the
+	leaves and the needles of the pines shot
+	his rays, becoming more and more red,
+	covering the ground of the woods in places
+	with great golden circles. The air was
+	dry; in the west were spreading great
+	shafts of golden light, which flooded all
+	like an ocean of molten gold and amber.
+	The wondrous beauties of the peaceful,
+	warm spring evening were glowing in the
+	sky. In the woods the daily work was
+	gradually ceasing. The noise of the woodpecker
+	had stopped; black and bronzed
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page33" title="33"> </a>ants returned in rows to their hills, which
+	were red in the rays of the setting sun.
+	Some carried in their mouths pine needles
+	and some insects. Among the herbs here
+	and there circled small forest bees, humming
+	joyfully as they completed their last
+	load of the sweet flower-dust. From the
+	fissures in the bark of the trees came
+	gloomy and blind millers; in the streams
+	of the golden light circled swarms of midgets
+	and gnats scarcely visible to the eye;
+	mosquitoes began their mournful song.
+	On the trees the birds were choosing their
+	places for the night; a yellow bird was
+	softly whistling; the crows flapped their
+	wings, crowding all on one tree and
+	quarreling about the best places. But
+	these voices were more and more rare, and
+	became fainter; gradually all ceased, and
+	the silence was interrupted by the evening
+	breeze playing among the trees. The
+	poplar tree tried to lift her bluish-green
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page34" title="34"> </a>leaves upward; the king-oak murmured
+	softly; the leaves of the birch tree slightly
+	moved—silence.</p>
+
+	<p>Now the sky became more red; in the
+	east the horizon became dark blue, and all
+	the voices of the woods merged into a
+	chorus, solemn, deep and immense.
+	Thus the forest sings its evening song of
+	praise, and says its prayers before it sleeps;
+	tree speaks to tree of the glory of God,
+	and you would say that it spoke with a
+	human voice.</p>
+
+	<p>Only very innocent souls understand
+	this great and blessed speech. Only very
+	innocent hearts hear and understand
+	when the first chorus of the parent oaks
+	begins its strain:</p>
+
+	<p>“Rejoice, O sister pines, and be glad.
+	The Lord hath given a warm and peaceful
+	day, and now above the earth He makes
+	the starry night. Great is the Lord, and
+	mighty, powerful and good is He, so let
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page35" title="35"> </a>there be glory to Him upon the heights,
+	upon the waters, upon the lands, and upon
+	the air.�</p>
+
+	<p>And the pines pondered a moment upon
+	the words of the oaks, and then they
+	raised their voices together, saying:</p>
+
+	<p>“Now, O Lord, to thy great glory, we,
+	as censers, offer to Thee the incense of
+	our sweet-smelling balsam, strong, resinous
+	and fragrant. ‘Our Father, who art in
+	heaven, hallowed be Thy Name.’�</p>
+
+	<p>Then the birches said:</p>
+
+	<p>“Thy evening brightness illumines the
+	heavens, O Lord! and in Thy splendors
+	our small leaves golden are and burning.
+	Now with our golden leaves we sing to
+	Thee, O Lord, and our delicate twigs play
+	as the strings of the harp, O good Father
+	of ours!�</p>
+
+	<p>Again the sorrowing cypress said:</p>
+
+	<p>“Upon our sad foreheads, exhausted
+	with the heat, softly falls the evening dew.
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page36" title="36"> </a>Praise be to Thee, O Lord; brothers and
+	sisters rejoice, because there falls the cooling
+	dew.�</p>
+
+	<p>Amid this chorus of trees the aspen
+	alone trembles and is afraid; for it gave
+	the wood for the Cross of the Saviour of
+	the world; at times it faintly groans:</p>
+
+	<p>“O Lord, have mercy upon me.
+	Have mercy upon me, O Lord.�</p>
+
+	<p>Again, sometimes, when the oaks and
+	pines cease for a moment, there rises from
+	under their feet a faint, modest voice, low
+	as the murmur of insects, silent as silence
+	itself, which says:</p>
+
+	<p>“A small berry am I, O Lord, and
+	hidden in the moss. But Thou wilt hear,
+	discern and love me; though small, devout
+	am I, and sing Thy glory.�</p>
+
+	<p>Thus every evening prays the forest,
+	and these orchestral sounds rise at every
+	sunset from earth to heaven—and float
+	high, high, reaching where there is no
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page37" title="37"> </a>creature, where there is nothing only the
+	silvery dust and the milky way of the
+	stars, and above the stars—God.</p>
+
+	<p>At this moment the sun hides his
+	radiant head in the far-distant seas; the
+	farmer turns upward his plowshares and
+	hastens to his cottage. From the pastures
+	return the bellowing herds; the sheep
+	raise clouds of the golden dust. The twilight
+	falls; in the village creek the well
+	sweeps; later the windows shine, and
+	from the distance comes the barking of
+	the dogs.</p>
+
+	<p>The sun had not gone beyond the woods
+	when Kasya had seated herself under the
+	mossy stone to weave her garlands. Its rays
+	were thrown upon her face, broken by the
+	shadows of the leaves and twigs. The
+	work did not proceed rapidly, for Kasya
+	was tired from heat and running in the
+	woods. Her sunburnt hands moved slowly
+	at her work. The warm breeze kissed her
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page38" title="38"> </a>temples and face, and the voices of the
+	forest lulled her to sleep. Her large eyes
+	became heavy and drowsy; her eyelashes
+	began to close slowly; she leaned her head
+	against the stone, opened her eyes once
+	more as a child looking upon the divine
+	beauty of the world; then the noise of the
+	trees, the rows of the stumps, the ground
+	full of pine needles, and the skies that
+	could be seen between the branches all
+	became indistinct, darkened, dissolved,
+	disappeared—and she smiled and slept.
+	Her head was hidden in a soft shade, but
+	the covering of her breast shone all rosy
+	and purple. Her soft breathing lifted
+	her bosom gently; so wonderful and
+	beautiful she looked in this quiet sleep in
+	the evening rays that John looked upon
+	her as if upon the image of a saint, glorious
+	with gold, and colored as the rainbow.</p>
+
+	<p>Kasya’s hands were clinging yet to the
+	unfinished garland of herbs. She slept
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page39" title="39"> </a>with a sleep light and sweet, for she smiled
+	through her dreams as a child who speaks
+	with the angels. Perhaps she verily conversed
+	with angels, for pure she was as a
+	child, and had dedicated her whole day to
+	the service of God by gathering and weaving
+	the garlands for His temple.</p>
+
+	<p>John was sitting by her side, but he did
+	not sleep. His simple breast could not
+	contain the feelings that arose there; he
+	felt as if his soul had got wings and was
+	preparing to fly away to the realms of
+	heaven. He knew not what was happening
+	to him, and he only raised his eyes to
+	the skies and was motionless; you would
+	say that love had transfigured him.</p>
+
+	<p>Kasya slumbered on, and for a long
+	time they both remained there. Meanwhile
+	the dusk came. The remnants of
+	the purple light fought with the darkness.
+	The interior of the woods deepened—became
+	dumb. From the canes of the lake
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page40" title="40"> </a>near the glade with its cottage came the
+	buzzing of a night beetle.</p>
+
+	<p>Suddenly on the other side of the lake
+	from the church rang out the Angelus
+	bell. Its tones floated on the wings of the
+	evening breeze over the face of the quiet
+	waters, clear, resonant, and distinct. It
+	called the faithful to prayer, and also proclaimed:
+	“Rest! Enough of work and
+	the heat of the day,� spoke the bell.
+	“Wrap yourself to sleep in the wing of
+	God. Come, come ye weary to Him—in
+	Him is joy! Here is peace! here gladness!
+	here sleep! here sleep! here sleep!�</p>
+
+	<p>John took off his hat at the sound of
+	the bell, Kasya shook the sleep from her
+	eyes, and said:</p>
+
+	<p>“The bell rings.�</p>
+
+	<p>“For the Angel of the Lord.�</p>
+
+	<p>Both kneeled near by the mossy stone
+	as if before an altar. Kasya began to
+	pray with a low, soft voice:</p>
+
+	<p><a class="pagenum" id="page41" title="41"> </a>“The Angel of the Lord declared unto
+	Mary,�</p>
+
+	<p>“And she conceived by the Holy
+	Ghost,� answered John.</p>
+
+	<p>“Behold the handmaiden of the Lord;
+	may it be done to me according to Thy
+	word.�</p>
+
+	<hr class="thoughtbreak" />
+
+
+	<p>Thus kneeling, prayed these children of
+	God. The silent summer lightning shone
+	from the east to the west, and upon its
+	light flew down from heaven a radiant
+	host of winged angels, and hovered above
+	their heads. Then they blended with the
+	angels and were themselves as if angels,
+	for upon earth there were no two souls
+	more bright, more pure, more innocent.</p>
+</div>
+
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+<div id="orso" class="story"><a class="pagenum" id="page43" title="43"> </a>
+	<h2>ORSO.</h2>
+
+	<p>The last days of autumn in Anaheim, a
+	town situated in Southern California, are
+	days of joy and celebration. The grape
+	gathering is finished and the town is
+	crowded with the vineyard hands. There
+	is nothing more picturesque than the
+	sight of these people, composed partly of
+	a sprinkling of Mexicans, but mainly of
+	Cahuilla Indians, who come from the
+	wild mountains of San Bernardino to earn
+	some money by gathering grapes. They
+	scatter through the streets and market
+	places, called lolas, where they sleep in
+	tents or under the roof of the sky, which
+	is always clear at this time of the year.
+	This beautiful city, surrounded with its
+	growths of eucalyptus, olive, castor, and
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page44" title="44"> </a>pepper trees, is filled with the noisy
+	confusion of a fair, which strangely contrasts
+	with the deep and solemn silence
+	of the plains, covered with cacti, just beyond
+	the vineyards. In the evening, when
+	the sun hides his radiant head in the
+	depths of the ocean, and upon the rosy
+	sky are seen in its light the equally rosy-tinted
+	wings of the wild geese, ducks,
+	pelicans and cranes, descending by the
+	thousands from the mountains to the
+	ocean, then in the town the lights are lit
+	and the evening amusements begin. The
+	negro minstrels play on bones, and by the
+	campfires can be heard the picking of
+	the banjo; the Mexicans dance on an out-spread
+	poncha their favorite bolero; Indians
+	join in the dance, holding in their
+	teeth long white sticks of kiotte, or beating
+	time with their hands, and exclaiming,
+	“E viva;� the fires, fed with redwood,
+	crackle as they blaze, sending up clouds
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page45" title="45"> </a>of bright sparks, and by its reflection
+	can be seen the dancing figures, and
+	around them the local settlers with their
+	comely wives and sisters watching the
+	scene.</p>
+
+	<p>The day on which the juice from the
+	last bunch of grapes is trampled out by
+	the feet of the Indians is generally celebrated
+	by the advent of Hirsch’s Circus,
+	from Los Angeles. The proprietor of the
+	circus is a German, and besides owns a
+	menagerie composed of monkeys, jaguars,
+	pumas, African lions, one elephant, and
+	several parrots, childish with age—“<em>The
+	greatest attraction of the world.</em>� The
+	Cahuilla will give his last peso, if he has
+	not spent it on drink, to see not only wild
+	animals—for these abound in the San
+	Bernardino Mountains—but to see the
+	circus girls, athletes, clowns, and all its
+	wonders, which seem to him as “a great
+	medicine�—that is, magical feats, impossible
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page46" title="46"> </a>of accomplishment except by the aid
+	of supernatural powers.</p>
+
+	<p>Mr. Hirsch, the proprietor of the circus,
+	would be very angry with any one who
+	would dare to say that his circus only attracted
+	Mexicans, Indians, and Chinese.
+	Certainly not; the arrival of the circus
+	brings hither not only the people of the
+	town and vicinity, but even those of the
+	neighboring towns of Westminster, Orange,
+	and Los Nietos. Orange Street is
+	crowded with buggies and wagons of divers
+	shapes, so that it is difficult to get through.
+	The whole world of settlers come as one
+	man. Young, bright girls, with their
+	hair prettily banged over their eyes, sitting
+	on the front seats, drive some of these
+	vehicles, and gracefully upset passing pedestrians,
+	chatter and show their white
+	teeth; the Spanish senoritas from Los
+	Nietos cover you with their warm, ardent
+	glances from under their lace mantillas;
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page47" title="47"> </a>the married women from the country,
+	dressed in their latest and best fashions,
+	lean with pride on the arms of the sunburned
+	farmers, who are dressed in old
+	hats, jean pants, and flannel shirts, fastened
+	with hook and eye, and without
+	neckties.</p>
+
+	<p>All these people meet and greet each
+	other, gossip, and the women inspect with
+	critical eye the dresses of their neighbors,
+	to see if they are “very fashionable.�</p>
+
+	<p>Among the buggies are some covered
+	with flowers, which look like huge bouquets;
+	the young men, mounted on mustangs,
+	bend from their high Mexican
+	saddles and peer under the hats of the
+	young girls; the half-wild horses, frightened
+	by the noise and confusion, look here
+	and there with their bloodshot eyes, curvet,
+	rear, and try to unseat their riders, but
+	the cool riders seem to pay no attention to
+	them.</p>
+
+	<p><a class="pagenum" id="page48" title="48"> </a>They all speak of “the greatest attraction,�
+	which was about to excel everything
+	that had been seen before. Truly
+	the flaming posters announced genuine
+	wonders. The proprietor, Hirsch, that
+	renowned “artist of the whip,� will in the
+	arena give a contest with a fierce, untamed
+	African lion. The lion, according to the
+	programme, springs upon the proprietor,
+	whose only defense is his whip. This
+	simple weapon in his hands (according to
+	the programme) will change itself into a
+	fiery sword and shield. The end of this
+	whip will sting as a rattlesnake, flash as
+	lightning, shoot as a thunderbolt, and
+	keep at a proper distance the enraged
+	monster, who vainly roars and tries to
+	jump on the artist. This is not the end
+	yet: sixteen-year-old Orso, an “American
+	Hercules,� born of a white father and Indian
+	mother, will carry around six people,
+	three on each shoulder; besides this, the
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page49" title="49"> </a>management offers one hundred dollars
+	to any man, regardless of color, who
+	can throw Orso in a wrestling match. A
+	rumor arose in Anaheim that from the
+	mountains of San Bernardino comes for
+	this purpose the “Grizzly Killer,� a
+	hunter who was celebrated for his bravery
+	and strength, and who, since California
+	was settled, was the first man who attacked
+	these great bears single-handed and armed
+	only with a knife. It is the probable victory
+	of the “Grizzly Killer� over the sixteen-year-old
+	athlete of the circus that
+	highly excites the minds of the males of
+	Anaheim, because if Orso, who until now,
+	from the Atlantic to the Pacific, had overthrown
+	the strongest Americans, will be
+	defeated, great glory will cover all California.
+	The feminine minds are not
+	less excited by the following number of
+	the programme: Orso will carry, on a pole
+	thirty feet high, a small fairy, the “Wonder
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page50" title="50"> </a>of the World,� of which the poster
+	says that she is the most beautiful girl
+	that ever lived on this earth since the beginning
+	of the “Christian Era.� Though
+	she is only thirteen years of age, the management
+	also offers one hundred dollars
+	to every maiden, “without regard to
+	color of skin,� who will dare to compete
+	and wrest the palm of beauty from this
+	“Aerial Angel.� The maidens of Anaheim,
+	both great and small, make grimaces
+	on reading this, and say that it would
+	not be ladylike to enter such a contest.
+	Nevertheless they gladly surrender the
+	comfort of their rocking chairs rather than
+	miss the show and the chance of seeing
+	their childish rival, in whose beauty, in
+	comparison with the sisters Bimpa, for instance,
+	none of them believed. The two
+	sisters Bimpa, the elder Refugio, and the
+	younger Mercedes, sitting gracefully in a
+	handsome buggy, are now reading the
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page51" title="51"> </a>posters; their faces show no trace of emotion,
+	though they feel that the eyes of
+	Anaheim are on them, as if supplicating
+	them to save the honor of the whole
+	county, and with a patriotic pride, founded
+	upon the conviction that there is none
+	more beautiful than these two California
+	flowers in all the mountains and cañons
+	of the whole world. Oh, beautiful indeed
+	are the sisters Refugio and Mercedes!
+	Not in vain does the pure Castilian blood
+	flow in their veins, to which their mother
+	constantly refers, showing her disdain
+	for all colored races, as well as for the
+	Americans.</p>
+
+	<p>The figures of the sisters are slender,
+	subtle, and full of mysterious grace, quiet,
+	and so luxurious that they greatly impress
+	all young men who come near
+	them. From Donnas Refugio and Mercedes
+	exhales a charm as the fragrance
+	from the magnolia and the lily. Their
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page52" title="52"> </a>faces are delicate, complexions transparent
+	with a slight rosy tint, as if illumed with
+	the dawn; the eyes dark and dreamy,
+	sweet, innocent, and tender in their
+	glances. Wrapped in muslin rebosos, they
+	sit in their buggy adorned with flowers,
+	pure and innocent, unconscious of their
+	own beauty. Anaheim looked upon them,
+	devoured them with its eyes, was proud of
+	them, and loved them. Who then is this
+	“Jenny,� that can win victory over these?
+	“Truly,� the <cite>Saturday Review</cite> wrote,
+	“when little Jenny had climbed to the top
+	of the mast, resting on the powerful shoulders
+	of Orso, and from this eminence,
+	suspended above the earth, in danger of
+	death, she outstretched her arms and
+	poised like a butterfly, the circus became
+	silent and all eyes and hearts followed with
+	trembling the movements of this wonderful
+	child. That he who saw her on the
+	mast or on a horse,� concluded the <cite>Saturday
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page53" title="53"> </a>Review</cite>, “will never forget her, because
+	the greatest painter in the world,
+	even Mr. Harvey, of San Francisco, who
+	decorated the Palace Hotel, could paint
+	nothing equal to it.�</p>
+
+	<p>The youths of Anaheim who were enamored
+	by the Misses Bimpa were skeptical
+	of this, and affirmed that it was a
+	“humbug,� but this question will be settled
+	in the evening. Meanwhile, the
+	commotion around the circus is increasing
+	each moment. From among the
+	long, low wooden buildings surrounding
+	the canvas circus there comes the roar of
+	the lions and elephant; the parrots, fastened
+	to rings hanging to the huts, fill the
+	air with their cries and whistles; the monkeys
+	swing suspended by their tails or
+	mock the public, who are kept at a distance
+	by a rope fence. At last, from the
+	main inclosure the procession emerges for
+	the purpose of whetting and astonishing
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page54" title="54"> </a>the curiosity of the public to a greater
+	extent. The procession is headed by a
+	gaudy band-wagon, drawn by six prancing
+	horses with fine harness, and feathers on
+	their heads. The riders on the saddles
+	are in the costume of French postilions.
+	On the other wagons come cages of lions,
+	and in every cage is seated a lady with an
+	olive branch in her hand. Then follows
+	an elephant, covered with a carpet, and a
+	tower on its back, which contains several
+	men arrayed as East Indian hunters. The
+	band is playing, the drums are beating, the
+	lions are roaring, the whips are cracking;
+	in a word, this cavalcade moves forward
+	with great noise and uproar. But this is
+	not all: behind the elephant there follows
+	a machine on wheels, with a locomotive
+	pipe, somewhat resembling an organ,
+	which, blown by steam, emits the most
+	discordant yells and whistles intended for
+	the national “Yankee Doodle.� The
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page55" title="55"> </a>Americans cry “Hurrah!� the Germans,
+	“Hoch!� the Mexicans, “E viva!� and
+	the Cahuillas howl for joy.</p>
+
+	<p>The crowds follow the procession, the
+	place around the circus becomes deserted,
+	the parrots cease their chatter, and the
+	monkeys their gymnastics. But “the
+	greatest attractions� do not take part in
+	the procession. The “incomparable
+	artist of the whip,� the manager, the
+	“unconquerable Orso,� and the “Aërial
+	Angel, Jenny,� are all absent. All this is
+	preserved for the evening so as to attract
+	the crowds.</p>
+
+	<p>The manager is somewhere in one of
+	the wooden buildings, or looks into the
+	ticket seller’s van, where he pretends to
+	be angry. Orso and Jenny are in the ring
+	practicing some of their feats. Under its
+	canvas roof reigns dust and silence. In
+	the distance, where the seats are arranged,
+	it is totally dark; the greatest part of the
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page56" title="56"> </a>light falls through the roof on the ring,
+	with its sand and sawdust covering. With
+	the help of the gray light which filters
+	through the canvas can be seen a horse
+	standing near the parapet. The big horse
+	feels very lonely, whisks the flies with his
+	tail, and often sways his head. Gradually
+	the eye, becoming accustomed to the dim
+	light, discerns other objects—for instance:
+	the mast upon which Orso carries Jenny,
+	the hoops pasted with paper for her to
+	jump through. All these lie on the
+	ground without order, and the half-lighted
+	arena and nearly dark benches give an
+	impression of a deserted building with
+	battened windows. The terrace of seats,
+	only here and there broken with a stray
+	glimmer of light, look like ruins. The
+	horse, standing with drooping head, does
+	not enliven the picture.</p>
+
+	<p>Where are Orso and Jenny? One of the
+	rays of light that stream through an
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page57" title="57"> </a>aperture of the canvas, in which floats
+	the golden dust, falls on a row of distant
+	seats. This body of light, undulating
+	with the swaying canvas, at last falls upon
+	a group composed of Orso and Jenny.</p>
+
+	<p>Orso sits on top of the bench, and near
+	to him is Jenny. Her beautiful childish
+	face leans against the arm of the athlete
+	and her hand rests on his neck. The
+	eyes of the girl are lifted upward, as if
+	listening intently to the words of her companion,
+	who bends over her, moving his
+	head at times, apparently explaining something.</p>
+
+	<p>Leaning as they are against each other,
+	you might take them for a pair of lovers,
+	but for the fact that the girl’s uplifted
+	eyes express strong attention and intense
+	thought, rather than any romantic feeling,
+	and that her legs, which are covered
+	with pink fleshings, and her feet in
+	slippers, sway to and fro with a childish
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page58" title="58"> </a>abandon. Her figure has just begun to
+	blossom into maidenhood. In everything
+	Jenny is still a child, but so charming and
+	beautiful that, without reflecting upon
+	the ability of Mr. Harvey, who decorated
+	the Palace Hotel, of San Francisco, it
+	would be difficult even for him to imagine
+	anything to equal her. Her delicate face
+	is simply angelic; her large, sad blue eyes
+	have a deep, sweet and confiding expression;
+	her dark eyebrows are penciled with
+	unequaled purity on her forehead, white
+	and reposeful as if in deep thought, and the
+	bright, silky hair, somewhat tossed, throws
+	a shadow on it, of which, not only Master
+	Harvey, but a certain other painter, named
+	Rembrandt, would not have been ashamed.
+	The girl at once reminds you of Cinderella
+	and Gretchen, and the leaning posture
+	which she now maintains suggests timidity
+	and the need of protection.</p>
+
+	<p>Her posture, which strongly reminds
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page59" title="59"> </a>you of those of Greuz, contrasts strangely
+	with her circus attire, composed of a short,
+	white muslin skirt, embroidered with
+	small silver stars, and pink tights. Sitting
+	in a golden beam of light with the
+	dark, deep background, she looks like
+	some sunny and transparent vision, and
+	her slender form contrasts with the square
+	and sturdy figure of the youth.</p>
+
+	<p>Orso, who is dressed in pink tights,
+	appears from afar as if he were naked,
+	and the same ray of light distinctly reveals
+	his immense shoulders, rounded
+	chest, small waist, and legs too short in
+	proportion to the trunk.</p>
+
+	<p>His powerful form seems as if it were
+	hewn out with an ax. He has all the features
+	of a circus athlete, but so magnified
+	that they make him noticeable; besides,
+	his face is not handsome. Sometimes,
+	when he raises his head, you can see his
+	face, the lines of which are regular, perhaps
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page60" title="60"> </a>too regular, and somewhat rigid, as
+	if carved from marble. The low forehead,
+	with the hair falling on it, like the
+	mane of a horse, straight and black, inherited
+	from his squaw mother, gives to
+	his face a gloomy and threatening expression.
+	He has a similarity to both the
+	bull and the bear, and he personifies a
+	terrible and somewhat evil force. He is
+	not of a good disposition.</p>
+
+	<p>When Jenny passes by the horses, those
+	gentle creatures turn their heads and look
+	at her with intelligent eyes, and neigh and
+	whinny, as if wishing to say: “How do
+	you do, darling?� while at the sight of
+	Orso they shudder with fear. He is a
+	reticent and gloomy youth. Mr. Hirsch’s
+	negroes, who are his hostlers, clowns, minstrels,
+	and rope-walkers, do not like Orso
+	and tease him as much as they dare, and
+	because he is half-Indian they think nothing
+	of him, and plague and mock him.
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page61" title="61"> </a>Truly, the manager, who offers the hundred
+	dollars to any one who can defeat
+	him, does not risk much; he dislikes and
+	fears him, as the tamer of the wild animals
+	fears a lion, and whips him on the
+	slightest provocation.</p>
+
+	<p>Mr. Hirsch feels that, if he does not
+	keep the youth in subjection by constantly
+	beating him, he will be beaten himself,
+	and he follows the principle of the Creole
+	woman, who considered beating a punishment,
+	and no beating a reward.</p>
+
+	<p>Such was Orso. Recently he began to
+	be less sullen, because little Jenny had a
+	good influence over him. It happened
+	about a year ago that when Orso, who
+	was then the attendant of the wild animals,
+	was cleaning the cage of the puma,
+	the beast put its paws through the bars of
+	the cage and wounded his head severely.
+	Then he entered the cage, and after a terrible
+	fight between them, he alone remained
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page62" title="62"> </a>alive. But he was so badly hurt
+	that he fainted from loss of blood. He was
+	ill a long time, which was greatly aggravated
+	by a severe whipping which the
+	manager gave him for breaking the spine
+	of the puma.</p>
+
+	<p>When he was ill Jenny took great care
+	of him, and dressed his wounds, and when
+	she had leisure, read the Bible to him.
+	That is a “good book� which speaks of
+	love, of forgiveness, of mercy—in a word,
+	of things that are never mentioned in Mr.
+	Hirsch’s circus. Orso, listening to this
+	book, pondered long in his Indian head
+	and at last came to the conclusion that if
+	it would be as good in the circus as in this
+	book, perhaps he would not be so bad. He
+	thought also that then he would not be
+	beaten so often, and some one would be
+	found who would love him. But who?
+	Not negroes and not Mr. Hirsch; little
+	Jenny, whose voice sounded as sweetly in
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page63" title="63"> </a>his ears as the voice of the mavis, might
+	be the one.</p>
+
+	<p>One evening, under the influence of
+	this thought, he began to weep and kiss
+	the small hands of Jenny, and from this
+	time on he loved her very much. During
+	the performance in the evening, when
+	Jenny was riding a horse, he was always in
+	the ring and carefully watching over her
+	to prevent any accident. When he held
+	the paper hoops for her to jump through
+	he smiled on her; when to the sound of
+	the music be balanced her on the top of
+	the high mast, and the audience was
+	hushed with fright, he felt uneasy himself.
+	He knew very well if she should
+	fall that no one from the “good book�
+	would be left in the circus; he never removed
+	his eyes from her, and the evident
+	caution and anxiety expressed in his
+	movements added to the terror of the
+	people. Then, when recalled into the
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page64" title="64"> </a>ring by the storm of applause, they would
+	run in together, he would push her forward,
+	as if deserving of all the praise, and
+	murmur from joy. This reticent youth
+	spoke only to Jenny, and to her alone he
+	opened his mind. He hated the circus
+	and Mr. Hirsch, who was entirely different
+	from the people in the “good book.�
+	Something always attracted him to the edge
+	of the horizon, to the woods and plains.
+	When the circus troupe in their constant
+	wanderings chanced to pass through wild,
+	lonely spots, he heard voices awakening
+	the instincts of a captive wolf, who sees
+	the woods and plains for the first time.
+	This propensity he inherited not only
+	from his mother, but also from his father,
+	who had been a frontiersman. He shared
+	all his hopes with Jenny, and often narrated
+	to her how fully and untrammeled
+	live the people of the plains. Most of this
+	he guessed or gleaned from the hunters of
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page65" title="65"> </a>the prairies, who came to the circus with
+	wild animals which they had captured for
+	the menagerie, or to try their prowess for
+	the hundred-dollar prize.</p>
+
+	<p>Little Jenny listened to these Indian
+	visions, opening widely her blue eyes and
+	falling into deep reveries. For Orso
+	never spoke of going alone to the desert;
+	she was always with him, and it was very
+	good for them there. Every day they
+	saw something new; they possessed all they
+	needed, and it seemed right to make all
+	their plans carefully.</p>
+
+	<p>So now they sit in this beam of light,
+	talking to each other, instead of practicing
+	and attempting new feats. The horse
+	stands in the ring and feels lonely. Jenny
+	leans on Orso’s arm, thoughtfully contemplating
+	and looking with wistful, wondering
+	eyes into the dim space, swinging
+	her feet like a child and musing—how it
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page66" title="66"> </a>will be on the plains, and asking questions
+	from Orso.</p>
+
+	<p>“How do they live there?� says she,
+	raising her eyes to the face of her friend.</p>
+
+	<p>“There is plenty of oaks. They take
+	an ax and build a house.�</p>
+
+	<p>“Well,� says Jenny, “but until the
+	house is built?�</p>
+
+	<p>“It is always warm there. The
+	‘Grizzly Killer’ says it is very warm.�</p>
+
+	<p>Jenny begins to swing her feet more
+	lively, as if the warmth there has settled
+	the question in her mind; but shortly she
+	remembers that she has in the circus a
+	dog and a cat, and that she would like to
+	take them with her. She calls her dog
+	Mister Dog and her cat Mister Cat.</p>
+
+	<p>“And will Mr. Dog and Mr. Cat go
+	with us?�</p>
+
+	<p>“They will,� answers Orso, looking
+	pleased.</p>
+
+	<p><a class="pagenum" id="page67" title="67"> </a>“Will we take with us the ‘good
+	book’?�</p>
+
+	<p>“We will,� says Orso, still more pleased.</p>
+
+	<p>“Well,� says the girl in her innocence,
+	“Mr. Cat will catch birds for us; Mr.
+	Dog will drive away bad people with his
+	bark; you will be my husband and I will
+	be your wife, and they will be our
+	children.�</p>
+
+	<p>Orso feels so happy that he cannot
+	speak, and Jenny continues:</p>
+
+	<p>“There, there will be no Mr. Hirsch,
+	no circus, we will not work, and basta!
+	But no!� she adds a moment later, “the
+	‘good book’ says that we should work, and
+	I sometimes will jump through one—through
+	the two hoops, the three, the four
+	hoops.�</p>
+
+	<p>Jenny evidently does not imagine work
+	under any other form than jumping
+	through hoops.</p>
+
+	<p>Shortly she says again:</p>
+
+	<p><a class="pagenum" id="page68" title="68"> </a>“Orso, will I indeed be always with
+	you?�</p>
+
+	<p>“Yes, Jen, for I love you very much.�</p>
+
+	<p>His face brightens as he says so, and
+	becomes almost beautiful.</p>
+
+	<p>And yet he does not know himself how
+	dear to him has become this small bright
+	head.</p>
+
+	<p>He has nothing else in this world but
+	her, and he watches her as the faithful
+	dog guards his mistress. By her fragile
+	side he looks like Hercules, but he is
+	unconscious of this.</p>
+
+	<p>“Jen,� says he after a moment, “listen
+	to what I tell you.�</p>
+
+	<p>Jenny, who shortly before had got up
+	to look at the horse, now turns and,
+	kneeling down before Orso, puts her two
+	elbows on his knees, crosses her arms and,
+	resting her chin on her wrists, uplifts
+	her face and is all attention.</p>
+
+	<p>At this moment, to the consternation of
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page69" title="69"> </a>the children, the “artist of the whip�
+	enters the ring in a very bad humor, because
+	his trial with a lion had entirely
+	failed.</p>
+
+	<p>This lion, who was bald from old age,
+	desired only to be let alone, had no inclination
+	to attack the “artist,� and hid
+	himself from the lash of the whip in a far
+	corner of the cage. The manager thought
+	with despair that if this loyal disposition remained
+	with the lion until the evening the
+	contest with the whip would be a failure;
+	for to fight a lion who slinks away needs
+	no more art than to eat a lobster from his
+	tail. The bad temper of the proprietor
+	became still worse when he learned from
+	the ticket seller that he was disposing of
+	no seats in the “gods;� that the Cahuillas
+	evidently had spent all their money that
+	they had earned in the vineyards for drinks,
+	and that they came to his window and
+	offered their blankets, marked “U. S.,�
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page70" title="70"> </a>or their wives, especially the old ones, in
+	exchange for tickets of admission. The
+	lack of money among the Cahuillas was no
+	small loss for the “artist of the whip;�
+	for he counted on a “crowded house,� and
+	if the seats in the “gods� were not sold no
+	“crowded house� was obtainable; therefore
+	the manager wished at this moment
+	that all the Indians had but one back, and
+	that he might give an exhibition of his
+	skill with the whip on that one back, in the
+	presence of all Anaheim. Thus he felt as
+	he entered the ring, and seeing the horse
+	standing idle under the parapet, he felt
+	like jumping with anger. Where are Orso
+	and Jenny? Shading his eyes with his
+	hand he looked all around the circus, and
+	observed in a bright beam, Orso, and Jenny
+	kneeling before him with her elbows resting
+	on his knees. At this sight he let
+	the lash of his whip trail on the ground.</p>
+
+	<p>“Orso!�</p>
+
+	<p><a class="pagenum" id="page71" title="71"> </a>If lightning had struck in the midst of
+	the children they could not have been
+	more startled. Orso jumped to his feet and
+	descended in the passageway between the
+	benches with the hasty movement of an
+	animal who comes to his master at his
+	call; behind him followed Jenny with eyes
+	wide open from fright, and clutching the
+	benches as she passed them.</p>
+
+	<p>Orso, on entering the ring, stopped by
+	the parapet, gloomy and silent, the gray
+	light from above bringing into relief his
+	Herculean trunk upon its short legs.</p>
+
+	<p>“Nearer,� cried out the manager in a
+	hoarse voice; meanwhile the lash of his
+	long whip moved upon the sand with a
+	threatening motion, like the tail of a
+	tiger watching his approaching prey.</p>
+
+	<p>Orso advanced several steps, and for a
+	few minutes they looked into each other’s
+	eyes. The manager’s face resembled that
+	of the tamer who enters the cage, intending
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page72" title="72"> </a>to subdue a dangerous animal, and at
+	the same time watches it.</p>
+
+	<p>His rage overcame his caution. His
+	legs, incased in elk riding breeches and
+	high boots, pranced under him with anger.
+	Perhaps it was not the idleness alone of
+	the children which increased his rage.
+	Jenny, from above, looked at both of them
+	like a frightened hare watching two
+	lynxes.</p>
+
+	<p>“Hoodlum! dog catcher, thou cur!�
+	hissed the manager.</p>
+
+	<p>The whip with the velocity of lightning
+	whistled through the air in a circle,
+	hissed and struck. Orso winced and
+	howled a little, and stepped toward the
+	manager, but the second stroke stopped
+	him at once, then the third, fourth—tenth.
+	The contest had begun, although
+	there was no audience. The uplifted
+	hand of the “great artist� scarcely moved,
+	but his wrist revolved, as if a part of some
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page73" title="73"> </a>machinery, and, with each revolution, the
+	sharp point of the lash stung the skin of
+	Orso. It seemed as if the whip, or rather
+	its poisonous fang, filled the whole space
+	between the athlete and the manager, who
+	in his increasing excitement reached the
+	genuine enthusiasm of the artist. The
+	“master� simply improvised. The cracking
+	end flashing in the air twice had
+	written down its bloody trace on the bare
+	neck of the athlete. Orso was silent in
+	this dance. At every cut he stepped one
+	step forward and the manager one step
+	backward. In this way they circled the
+	arena, and at last the manager backed out
+	of the ring as a conqueror from the cage,
+	and disappeared through the entrance to
+	the stables, still as the conqueror. As he
+	left his eye fell on Jenny.</p>
+
+	<p>“Get on your horse,� he cried; “I will
+	settle with you later.�</p>
+
+	<p>His voice had scarcely ceased before her
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page74" title="74"> </a>white skirt flashed in the air, and in a
+	moment she was on the back of the horse.
+	The manager had disappeared, and the
+	horse began to gallop around the ring, occasionally
+	striking the side with its hoofs.</p>
+
+	<p>“Hep! Hep!� agitatedly said Jenny to
+	the horse with her childish voice: “Hep!
+	hep!� but this “hep, hep,� was at the
+	same time a sob. The horse increased his
+	speed, clattering with his hoofs as he
+	leaned more and more to the center. The
+	girl, standing on the pad with her feet
+	close together, seemed scarcely to touch it
+	with the ends of her toes; her bare rosy
+	arms rose and fell as she maintained her
+	balance; her hair and light muslin dress
+	floated behind her supple figure, which
+	looked like a bird circling in the air.</p>
+
+	<p>“Hep! hep!� she kept exclaiming.
+	Meanwhile her eyes were filled with tears,
+	and to see she had to raise her head; the
+	movement of the horse made her dizzy;
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page75" title="75"> </a>the terrace of seats and the ring seemed to
+	revolve around her; she wavered once,
+	twice, and then fell down into the arms of
+	Orso.</p>
+
+	<p>“Oh! Orso, poor Orso!� cried the child.</p>
+
+	<p>“What’s the matter, Jen? why do you
+	cry? I don’t feel the pain, I don’t feel
+	it.�</p>
+
+	<p>Jenny threw both her arms around his
+	neck and began to kiss his cheeks. Her
+	whole body trembled, and she sobbed
+	convulsively.</p>
+
+	<p>“Orso, oh, Orso,� she sobbed, for she
+	could not speak, and her arms clung closer
+	to his neck. She could not have cried more
+	if she had been beaten herself. So, in the
+	end, he began to pet and console her.
+	Forgetting his own pain he took her in his
+	arms and pressed her to his heart, and his
+	nerves being excited by the beating, he
+	now felt for the first time that he loved
+	her more than the dog loved his mistress.
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page76" title="76"> </a>He breathed heavily, and his lips panted
+	out the words:</p>
+
+	<p>“I feel no pain. When you are with
+	me, I am happy, Jenny, Jenny!�</p>
+
+	<p>When this was transpiring the manager
+	was walking in the stables, foaming with
+	rage. His heart was filled with jealousy.
+	He saw the girl on her knees before Orso;
+	recently this beautiful child had awakened
+	the lower instincts in him, but as yet undeveloped,
+	and now he fancied that she
+	and Orso loved each other, and he felt revengeful,
+	and had a wild desire to punish
+	her—to whip her soundly. This desire
+	he could not resist. Shortly he called to
+	her.</p>
+
+	<p>She at once left Orso, and in a moment
+	had disappeared in the dark entrance to
+	the stables. Orso stood stupefied, and
+	instead of following her he walked with
+	unsteady steps to a bench, and, seating
+	himself, began to breathe heavily.</p>
+
+	<p><a class="pagenum" id="page77" title="77"> </a>When the girl entered the stables she
+	could see nothing, as it was much darker
+	there than in the ring. Yet, fearing that
+	she would be suspected of having delayed
+	her coming, she cried out in a faint voice:</p>
+
+	<p>“I am here, master, I am here.�</p>
+
+	<p>At the same moment the hand of the
+	manager caught hers, and he hoarsely
+	said:</p>
+
+	<p>“Come!�</p>
+
+	<p>If he had shown anger or badly scolded
+	her she would have felt less frightened
+	than at this silence with which he led her
+	to the circus wardrobe. She hung back,
+	resisting him, and repeating quickly:</p>
+
+	<p>“Oh, dear Mr. Hirsch, forgive me! forgive
+	me!�</p>
+
+	<p>But forcibly he dragged her to the long
+	room where they stored their costumes,
+	and turned the key in the door.</p>
+
+	<p>Jenny fell down on her knees. With
+	uplifted eyes and folded hands, trembling
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page78" title="78"> </a>as a leaf, the tears streaming down her
+	cheeks, she tried to arouse his mercy; in
+	answer to her supplications, he took from
+	the wall a wire whip, and said:</p>
+
+	<p>“Lie down.�</p>
+
+	<p>With despair she flung herself at his
+	feet, nearly dying from fright. Every
+	nerve of her body quivered; but vainly she
+	pressed her pallid lips to his polished
+	boots. Her alarm and pleading seemed to
+	arouse the demon in him more than ever.
+	Grasping her roughly, he threw her
+	violently on a heap of dresses, and in an
+	instant, after trying to stop the kicking
+	of her feet, he began beating her cruelly.</p>
+
+	<p>“Orso! Orso!� she shouted.</p>
+
+	<p>About this moment the door shook on
+	its hinges, rattled, creaked and gave way,
+	and half of it, pushed in with a tremendous
+	force, fell with a crash upon the
+	ground.</p>
+
+	<p>In this opening stood Orso.</p>
+
+	<p><a class="pagenum" id="page79" title="79"> </a>The wire whip fell from the hand of the
+	manager, and his face became deadly pale,
+	because Orso looked ferocious. His eyes
+	were bloodshot, his lips covered with
+	foam, his head inclined to one side like a
+	bull’s, and his whole body was crouched
+	and gathered, as if ready to spring.</p>
+
+	<p>“Get out!� cried the manager, trying to
+	hide his fear behind a show of authority.</p>
+
+	<p>The pent-up dam was already broken.
+	Orso, who was usually as obedient to every
+	motion as a dog, this time did not move,
+	but leaning his head still more to one side,
+	he moved slowly and threateningly toward
+	the “artist of the whip,� his iron muscles
+	taut as whipcords.</p>
+
+	<p>“Help! help!� cried the manager.</p>
+
+	<p>They heard him.</p>
+
+	<p>Four brawny negroes from the stables
+	ran in through the broken door and fell
+	upon Orso. A terrible fight ensued, upon
+	which the manager looked with chattering
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page80" title="80"> </a>teeth. For a long time you could see
+	nothing but a tangled mass of dark bodies
+	wrestling with convulsive movements,
+	rolling on the ground in a writhing heap;
+	in the silence which followed sometimes
+	was heard a groan, a snort, loud short
+	breathing, the gritting of teeth.</p>
+
+	<p>In a moment one of the negroes, as if
+	by a superhuman force, was sent from
+	this formless mass, whirling headlong
+	through the air, and fell at the feet of the
+	manager, striking his skull with great
+	force on the ground; soon a second flew
+	out; then from the center of this turbulent
+	group Orso’s body alone arose, covered
+	with blood and looking more terrible than
+	before. His knees were still pressing
+	heavily on the breasts of the two fainting
+	negroes. He arose to his feet and moved
+	toward the manager.</p>
+
+	<p>Hirsch closed his eyes.</p>
+
+	<p>The next moment he felt that his feet
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page81" title="81"> </a>had left the ground, that he was flying
+	through the air—then he felt nothing;
+	his whole body was dashed with monstrous
+	force into the remaining half of the door,
+	and he fell to the earth unconscious.</p>
+
+	<p>Orso wiped his face, and, coming over
+	to Jenny, said:</p>
+
+	<p>“Let us go.�</p>
+
+	<p>He took her by the hand and they
+	went.</p>
+
+	<p>The whole town was following the circus
+	procession and the steam calliope, playing
+	“Yankee Doodle,� and the place around
+	the circus was deserted. The parrots
+	only, swinging in their hoops, filled the
+	air with their cries. Hand in hand, Orso
+	and Jenny went forward; from the end of
+	the street could be seen the immense plains,
+	covered with cacti. Silently they passed
+	by the houses, shaded by the eucalyptus
+	trees; then they passed the slaughter-houses,
+	around which had gathered thousands
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page82" title="82"> </a>of small black birds with red-tipped
+	wings. They jumped over the large irrigation
+	ditches, entered into an orange
+	grove, and on emerging from it found
+	themselves among the cacti.</p>
+
+	<p>This was the desert.</p>
+
+	<p>As far as the eye could reach these
+	prickly plants rose higher and higher;
+	thick leaves growing from other leaves
+	obstructed the path, sometimes catching
+	on Jenny’s dress. In places they grew to
+	such a great height that the children
+	seemed to be as much lost here as if they
+	were in the woods, and no one could find
+	them there. So they kept threading
+	their way through them, now to the right
+	and then to the left, but careful always to
+	go from the town. Sometimes between the
+	cacti they could see on the horizon the
+	blue mountains of Santa Ana. They
+	went to the mountains. The heat was
+	great. Gray-colored locusts chirped in
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page83" title="83"> </a>the cacti; the sun’s rays poured down
+	upon the earth in streams; the dried-up
+	earth was covered with a network of
+	cracks; the stiff leaves of the cacti seemed
+	to soften from the heat, and the flowers
+	were languid and half-wilted. The children
+	proceeded, silent and thoughtful.
+	But all that surrounded them was so new
+	that they surrendered themselves to their
+	impressions, and for the moment forgot
+	even their weariness. Jenny’s eyes ran
+	from one bunch of cacti to another; again
+	she looked to the farther clusters, saying
+	to her friend:</p>
+
+	<p>“Is this the wilderness, Orso?�</p>
+
+	<p>But the desert did not appear to be
+	deserted. From the farther clumps came
+	the calling of the male quail, and around
+	sounded the different murmurs of clucking,
+	of twittering, of the ruffling of
+	feathers: in a word, the divers voices of
+	the small inhabitants of the plains. Sometimes
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page84" title="84"> </a>there flew up a whole covey of
+	quail; the gaudy-topped pheasants scattered
+	on their approach; the black squirrels
+	dived into their holes; the rabbits disappeared
+	in all directions; the gophers were
+	sitting on their hind legs beside their
+	holes, looking like fat German farmers
+	standing in their doorway.</p>
+
+	<p>After resting an hour the children proceeded
+	on their journey. Jenny soon felt
+	thirsty. Orso, in whom had awakened
+	his Indian inventive faculties, began to
+	pluck cactus fruits. They were in abundance,
+	and grew together with the flowers
+	on the same leaves. In plucking them
+	they pricked their fingers with the
+	sharp points, but the fruit was luscious.
+	Their sweet and acid flavor quenched at
+	once their thirst and appeased their
+	hunger. The prairies fed the children
+	as a mother; thus strengthened they could
+	proceed further. The cacti arose higher,
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page85" title="85"> </a>and you could say that they grew on the
+	head of one another. The ground on
+	which they walked ascended gradually and
+	continuously. Looking backward once
+	more they saw Anaheim, dissolving in the
+	distance and looking like a grove of trees
+	upon the low plains. Not a trace of the
+	circus could be distinguished. They still
+	pressed steadily onward to the mountains,
+	which now became more distinct in the
+	distance. The surroundings assumed
+	another phase. Between the cacti appeared
+	different bushes and even trees;
+	the wooded portion of the foothills of
+	Santa Ana had commenced. Orso broke
+	one of the saplings, and, clearing off its
+	branches, made a cudgel of it, which, in
+	his hands, would prove a terrible weapon.
+	His Indian instincts whispered to him
+	that in the mountains it was better to be
+	provided, even with a stick, than to go
+	unarmed, especially now that the sun had
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page86" title="86"> </a>lowered itself into the west. Its great
+	fiery shield had rolled down far beyond
+	Anaheim, into the blue ocean. After a
+	while it disappeared, and in the west there
+	gleamed red, golden, and orange lights,
+	similar to ribbons and gauzy veils, stretched
+	over the whole sky. The mountains uplifted
+	themselves in this glow; the cacti
+	assumed different fantastical shapes, resembling
+	people and animals. Jenny felt
+	tired and sleepy, but they still hastened to
+	the mountains, although they knew not
+	why. Soon they saw rocks, and on reaching
+	them they discovered a stream; they
+	drank some water and continued along its
+	course. The rocks, which were at first
+	broken and scattered, then changed into
+	a solid wall, which became higher and
+	higher, and soon they entered into a
+	cañon.</p>
+
+	<p>The rosy lights died away; deeper and
+	deeper dusk enveloped the earth.  In
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page87" title="87"> </a>places immense vines reached from one
+	side of the cañon to the other, covering
+	it like a roof, and making it dark and uncanny.
+	On the mountain side, above
+	them, could be heard the voices of the
+	swaying and creaking forest trees. Orso
+	implied that now they were in the depths of
+	the wilderness, where certainly there were
+	many wild animals. From time to time
+	his ear detected suspicious sounds, and
+	when night fell he distinctly heard the
+	hoarse mewing of the lynxes, the roar of
+	the pumas, and the melancholy howling of
+	the coyotes.</p>
+
+	<p>“Are you afraid, Jen?� asked Orso.</p>
+
+	<p>“No,� replied the girl.</p>
+
+	<p>But she was already very tired, and
+	could proceed no farther, so Orso took her
+	in his arms and carried her. He went
+	forward with the hope that he would reach
+	the house of some squatter, or should meet
+	some Mexican campers. Once or twice it
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page88" title="88"> </a>seemed to him that he saw the gleam of
+	some wild animal’s eyes. Then with one
+	hand he pressed Jenny, who had now
+	fallen asleep, to his breast, and with the
+	other he grasped his stick. He was very
+	tired himself; notwithstanding his great
+	strength Jenny began to prove heavy to
+	him, especially as he carried her on his
+	left arm; the right one he wished to have
+	free for defense. Occasionally he stopped
+	to regain his breath and then continued
+	on. Suddenly he paused and listened
+	intently. It seemed to him as if he heard
+	the echoes of the small bells which the
+	settlers tie for the night to the neck of
+	their cows and goats. Rushing forward,
+	he soon reached a bend in the stream.
+	The sound of the bells became more distinct,
+	and joined with them in the distance
+	was heard the barking of a dog.
+	Then Orso was sure that he was nearing
+	some settlement. It was high time that
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page89" title="89"> </a>he did, for he was exhausted by the events
+	of the day, and his strength had begun to
+	fail him. On turning another bend he
+	saw a light; as he moved forward his
+	quick eyes discerned a campfire, a dog,
+	evidently tied to a stump, tearing and
+	barking, and at last the figure of a man
+	seated by the fire.</p>
+
+	<p>“God send that this may be a man
+	from the ‘good book’!� thought he.</p>
+
+	<p>Then he resolved to awaken Jenny.</p>
+
+	<p>“Jen!� called he, “awake, we shall
+	eat.�</p>
+
+	<p>“What is it?� asked the girl; “where
+	are we?�</p>
+
+	<p>“In the wilderness.�</p>
+
+	<p>She was now wide awake.</p>
+
+	<p>“What light is that?�</p>
+
+	<p>“A man lives there; we shall eat.�</p>
+
+	<p>Poor Orso was very hungry.</p>
+
+	<p>Meanwhile they were nearing the fire.
+	The dog barked more violently, and the
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page90" title="90"> </a>old man, sitting by the fire, shaded his
+	eyes and peered into the gloom. Shortly
+	he said:</p>
+
+	<p>“Who is there?�</p>
+
+	<p>“It is us,� answered Jenny in her
+	delicate voice, “and we are very hungry.�</p>
+
+	<p>“Come nearer,� said the old man.</p>
+
+	<p>Emerging from behind a great rock,
+	which had partly concealed them, they
+	both stood in the light of the fire, holding
+	each other’s hands. The old man looked
+	at them with astonishment, and involuntarily
+	exclaimed:</p>
+
+	<p>“What is that?�</p>
+
+	<p>For he saw a sight which, in the
+	sparsely populated mountains of Santa
+	Ana, would astonish any one. Orso and
+	Jenny were dressed in their circus attire.
+	The beautiful girl, clothed in pink tights
+	and short white skirt, appearing so suddenly
+	before him, looked in the firelight
+	like some fairy sylph. Behind her stood
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page91" title="91"> </a>the youth with his powerful figure, covered
+	also with pink fleshings, through which
+	you could see his muscles standing out
+	like knots on the oak.</p>
+
+	<p>The old squatter gazed at them with
+	wide-open eyes.</p>
+
+	<p>“Who are you?� he inquired.</p>
+
+	<p>The girl, relying more on her own eloquence
+	than on that of Orso, began to
+	speak.</p>
+
+	<p>“We are from the circus, kind sir!
+	Mr. Hirsch beat Orso very much and then
+	wanted to beat me, but Orso did not let
+	him, and fought Mr. Hirsch and four
+	negroes, and then we ran off on the plains,
+	and went a long distance through the
+	cacti, and Orso carried me; then we came
+	here and are very hungry.�</p>
+
+	<p>The face of the old man softened and
+	brightened as he listened to her story, and
+	he looked with a fatherly interest on this
+	charming child, who spoke with great
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page92" title="92"> </a>haste, as if she wished to tell all in one
+	breath.</p>
+
+	<p>“What is your name, little one?� he
+	asked.</p>
+
+	<p>“Jenny.�</p>
+
+	<p>“Welcome, Jenny! and you, Orso!
+	people rarely come here. Come to me,
+	Jenny.�</p>
+
+	<p>Without hesitation the little girl put
+	her arms around the neck of the old man
+	and kissed him warmly. He appeared
+	to her to be some one from the “good
+	book.�</p>
+
+	<p>“Will Mr. Hirsch find us here?� she
+	said, as she took her lips from his face.</p>
+
+	<p>“If he comes he will find a bullet here,�
+	replied the old man; then added, “you
+	said that you wanted to eat?�</p>
+
+	<p>“Oh, yes, very much.�</p>
+
+	<p>The squatter, raking in the ashes of the
+	fire, took out a fine leg of venison, the
+	<a class="pagenum" id="page93" title="93"> </a>pleasant odor of which filled the air.
+	Then they sat down to eat.</p>
+
+	<p>The night was gorgeous; the moon came
+	out high in the heavens above the cañon;
+	in the thicket the mavis began to sing
+	sweetly; the fire burned brightly, and
+	Orso was so filled with joy that he chanted
+	with gladness. Both he and the girl ate
+	heartily. The old man had no appetite; he
+	looked upon little Jenny, and, for some
+	unknown cause, his eyes were filled with
+	tears.</p>
+
+	<p>Perhaps he had been once a father, or,
+	perhaps, he so rarely saw people in these
+	deserted mountains.</p>
+
+	<hr class="thoughtbreak" />
+
+	<p>Since then these three lived together.</p>
+
+</div>
+<div id="the_end">&nbsp;</div>
+
+
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+Title: Sielanka: An Idyll
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+Author: Henryk Sienkiewicz
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+Translator: Vatslaf A. Hlasko
+            Thos. H. Bullick
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+SIELANKA
+
+_An Idyll_
+
+
+BY
+
+
+HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ
+
+
+TRANSLATED BY
+
+VATSLAF A. HLASKO and THOS. H. BULLICK
+
+
+R. F. FENNO & COMPANY : 9 AND 11 EAST
+SIXTEENTH STREET : : NEW YORK CITY
+1898
+
+
+
+
+Copyright, 1897
+
+BY
+
+R. F. FENNO & COMPANY
+
+
+
+
+SIELANKA.
+
+_An Idyll._
+
+
+In the woods, in the deep woods, was an open glade in which stood the
+house of the forester Stephan. The house was built of logs packed with
+moss, and the roof was thatched with straw; hard by the house stood
+two outbuildings; in front of it was a piece of fenced-in ground, and
+an old well with a long, crooked sweep; the water in the well was
+covered with a green vegetation at the edges.
+
+Opposite the windows grew sunflowers and wild hollyhocks, high,
+stately, and covered with blossoms as if with a swarm of gorgeous
+butterflies; between the sunflowers there peeped the red heads of the
+poppy; around the hollyhocks entwined sweet peas with pink blossoms
+and morning-glories; close to the ground grew nasturtiums, marigolds,
+primroses, and asters, pale because they were shaded from the sunlight
+by the leaves of the hollyhocks and sunflowers.
+
+The fenced ground on either side of the pathway leading to the house
+was planted with vegetables--carrots, beets, and cabbage; further off
+in a separate fenced-in lot there waved with each breath of wind the
+tender blue flower of the flax; still beyond could be seen the dark
+green of the potato patch; the rest of the clearing was checkered with
+the variegated shades of the different cereals that ran to the edge of
+the lake which touched the glade on one side.
+
+Near to the house a few trees were growing. Some were cherry trees,
+and one was a birch, with long, slender branches which swayed in the
+wind, and with every breeze its leaves touched the dilapidated
+moss-covered straw thatch of the roof; when the stronger gusts of wind
+bent its boughs to the wall, and pressed its twigs and the waves of
+leaves against the roof, it would seem as if the tree loved the house
+and embraced it.
+
+In this tree the sparrows made their home; the rustling of the leaves
+and twigs commingled with the chirp and joyous noise of the birds; in
+the eaves of the house the doves had built their nests, and the place
+was filled with their speech, cooing and calling to each other,
+entreating and discussing as is customary between doves, these noisy
+and talkative people.
+
+At times it happened that they were startled by some unknown cause;
+then around the house was heard a loud flapping, the air was filled
+with the whirl of wings and a multitude of white-feathered breasts;
+you could hear tumult, noise and excited cries--the whole flock flew
+out suddenly, circled round the house, now near, now far off.
+Sometimes they melted in the blue, sometimes their white feathers
+reflected the sunlight, again they hung over the house, undulating in
+the air, and alighting at last like a downfall of snowflakes on the
+gray straw of the roof.
+
+If this occurred in the rosy morning or in the splendor of the red
+setting sun, then in the glory of the air these doves were not white,
+but tinted pink, and settled on the roof and birch tree as flames or
+scattered rose leaves.
+
+At twilight, when the sun had hidden itself beyond the woods, this
+cooing under the roof and chirping in the birch tree became gradually
+quiet. The sparrows and the doves shook the dew from their wings and
+prepared to sleep; sometimes one of them gave voice once more, but
+more rarely, more softly, more drowsily, and then all was silent--the
+dusk was falling from the heavens upon the earth. The house, cherry
+trees, and birch were losing their form, mingling together, melting,
+and veiled in a mist which rose from the lake.
+
+Around the glade, as far as the eye could reach, there stretched the
+wall of dark pine trees and thick undergrowth. This wall was broken in
+one place by a wide dividing line, which reached to the edge of the
+lake. The lake was a very large one, the opposite side was nearly lost
+to view, and in the mist could be hardly discerned the red roof and
+steeple of a church, and the black line of the woods closing the
+horizon beyond the church.
+
+The pines were looking from the high sandy banks upon their reflection
+in the lake as if in a mirror, and it seemed as if there was another
+forest in the water; and when the trees were swaying on the earth they
+were also swaying in the water, and when they quivered on the earth
+they seemed to quiver in the water; as they stood in the still air
+motionless, then every needle of the pines was painted distinctly on
+the smooth, unruffled surface, and the straight trunks of the trees
+standing like rows of pillars reaching afar off into infinity. In the
+middle of the lake the water in the daytime reflected the sun, and in
+the morning and the evening the glories of its rising and its setting;
+at night the moon and stars; and it seemed to be as deep as the dome
+of the sky above us is high, beyond the sun, moon, and stars.
+
+In the house dwelt the forester, named Stephan, and his daughter,
+Kasya, a maiden of sixteen. Kasya was the light of the household, as
+bright and fresh as the morning. She was brought up in great innocence
+and in the fear of God. Her uncle, who was now dead, and who was a
+poor but devout man, the organist of the neighboring church, had
+taught her to read her prayer book, and her education was perfected by
+her communing with nature. The bees taught her to work, the doves
+taught her purity, the happy sparrows to speak joyfully to her father,
+the quiet water taught her peace, the serenity of the sky taught her
+contemplation, the matin-bell of the distant church called her to
+devotion, and the universal good in all nature, which reflected the
+love of God, sank deep into her soul.
+
+Therefore the father and Kasya led a peaceful and happy life,
+surrounded by the silence and solitude of the woods.
+
+One noon, before Ascension Day, Stephan came home to his dinner. He
+had visited a large tract of the forest, so he arrived weary, having
+returned through the thickets of the swamp. Kasya placed the dinner on
+the table, and after they had finished and she had fed the dog and
+washed the dishes, she said:
+
+"Papa."
+
+"What is it?"
+
+"I shall go into the woods."
+
+"Go, go," adding jestingly, "and let some wolf or wild beast devour
+you."
+
+"I shall go and gather herbs. To-morrow is Ascension Day and they will
+be needed in the church."
+
+"If so, you can go."
+
+She covered her head with a yellow kerchief embroidered with blue
+flowers, and looking for her basket she began singing:
+
+  "The falcon came flying, the falcon came grey."
+
+The old man began to grumble: "If you were as fond of working as you
+are of singing."
+
+Kasya, who was standing on her tiptoes to look on a shelf, turned her
+head to her father, laughed merrily, and showing her white teeth, sang
+again as if to tease him:
+
+  "He hoots in the woods and the cuckoo's his prey."
+
+"You would be glad yourself to be a cuckoo until a falcon came," said
+the old man. "Perhaps 'tis falcon who is at the turpentine works? but
+this is folly. You can't earn a piece of bread by singing."
+
+Kasya again sang:
+
+  "Hoot not thou, my falcon, unhappy thy quest,
+  In the depths of the lake thy cuckoo doth rest."
+
+Then she said:
+
+"Wilt thou decorate the room with the evergreens for to-morrow? I
+shall return in time to milk the cows, but they should be brought from
+the pasture."
+
+She found her basket, kissed her father, and went out. Old Stephan got
+his unfinished fishing-net, and seated himself on a bench outside the
+door. He gathered his twine, and half-closing one eye he tried to
+thread his netting needle; after several attempts he succeeded and
+began to work.
+
+From time to time he watched Kasya. She was walking on the left side
+of the lake; against the background of the sandy banks she stood out
+in relief as if in a picture. Her white waist and red striped skirt
+and yellow kerchief glistened in the sunlight like a variegated
+flower. Though it was spring the heat was unbearable. After she had
+gone about half a mile she turned aside and disappeared into the
+woods. The afternoon hours were hot in the sun, but in the shade of
+the trees it was quite cool. Kasya pressed forward, suddenly stopped,
+smiled, and blushed like a rose.
+
+In front of her in the pathway stood a youth about eighteen years of
+age.
+
+This youth was the turpentine worker, from the edge of the woods, who
+was now on his way to visit Stephan.
+
+"The Lord be praised!" said he.
+
+"Forever and ever," answered she, and in her confusion she covered her
+face with her apron, peeping shyly out of a corner of it and smiling
+at her companion.
+
+"Kasya," said he.
+
+"What is it, John?"
+
+"Is your father at home?"
+
+"He is."
+
+The turpentine worker, poor fellow, perhaps desired to speak of
+something else beside the father, but somehow he was frightened and
+unconsciously inquired for him; then he became silent and waited for
+Kasya to speak to him first. She stood confused, twisting the corners
+of her apron.
+
+At last she spoke.
+
+"John?"
+
+"What is it, Kasya?"
+
+"Does the turpentine works smoke to-day?" She also wished to speak of
+something else.
+
+"Why should it not? The turpentine works never stop. I left lame Frank
+there; but dost thou wish to go there?"
+
+"No, I go to gather plants."
+
+"I will go with thee, and on our return, if thou dost not chase me
+away, I will come to thy house."
+
+"Why should I chase thee away?"
+
+"If thou dost like me thou wilt not chase me away, and if thou dost
+not, then thou wilt. Tell me, Kasya, dost thou like me?"
+
+"Fate, my fate," and Kasya covered her face with her hands. "What can
+I say to thee? I like thee, John, very much I like thee," she
+whispered faintly.
+
+Then before he could reply she uncovered her blushing face and cried
+out, "Let us go and gather plants; let us hurry."
+
+And so went they, John and Kasya. The radiance of love surrounded
+them, but these simple children of nature dared not speak of it. They
+felt it, although they knew not what they felt; they were embarrassed
+but happy. Never before had the forest sung so wonderfully over their
+heads, never was the wind so sweet and caressing, never at any time
+had the noises of the forest, the rustling of the breeze in the trees,
+the voices of the birds, the echoes of the woods, seemed to merge into
+such an angelic choir, so sweet and grand, as at this moment, full of
+unconscious happiness.
+
+Oh, holy power of love! how good an angel of light thou art, how rosy
+an aureole in the dusk, how bright a rainbow on the cloud of human
+tears!
+
+Meanwhile, in the woods resounded echoes from pine to pine, the
+barking of the dog, Burek, who had escaped from the house and ran on
+the pathway after Kasya. He came panting heavily, and with great joy
+he jumped with his big paws on Kasya and John, and looked from one to
+the other with his wise and mild eyes, as if wishing to say:
+
+"I see that you love one another; this is good."
+
+He wagged his tail and ran quickly ahead of them, then circled round
+to them, then stopped, barked once more with joy, and rushed into the
+woods, looking back from time to time on the boy and girl.
+
+Kasya put her hand to her forehead, and looking upward upon the bright
+sun between the leaves she said:
+
+"Just think, the sun is two hours beyond noontime and we have not yet
+gathered any plants. Go thou, John, to the left side and I shall go
+the right, and let us begin. We should hasten, for the dear Lord's
+sake."
+
+They separated and went into the woods, but not far from one another
+and in a parallel direction, so that they could see each other. Among
+the ferns between the pine trees could be seen fluttering the
+vari-colored skirt and yellow kerchief of Kasya. The slender, supple
+maiden seemed to float amid the berry-laden bushes, mosses and ferns.
+You would say it was some fairy _wila_ or _rusalka_ of the woods;
+every moment she stooped and stood erect again, and so, further and
+further, passing the pine trees, she entered deeper into the forest as
+some spritely nymph.
+
+Sometimes the thick growth of young hemlocks and cedars would conceal
+her from view, then John stopped, and putting his hand to his mouth
+would shout, "Halloo! Halloo!"
+
+Kasya heard it; she stopped with a smile, and pretending that she did
+not see him, answered in a high, silvery voice:
+
+"John!"
+
+The echo answers:
+
+"John! John!"
+
+Meanwhile Burek had espied a squirrel up a tree, and, standing before
+it looking upward, barked. The squirrel sitting on a branch covered
+herself with her tail in a mocking manner, lifted her forepaws to her
+mouth and rubbed her nose, seemed to play with her forefingers, make
+grimaces, and laugh at the anger of Burek. Kasya, seeing it, laughed
+with a resounding, silvery tone, and so did John, and so the woods
+were filled with the sound of human voices, echoes, laughter and sunny
+joy.
+
+Sometimes there was a deep silence, and then the woods seemed to
+speak; the breeze struck the fronds of the ferns, which emitted a
+sharp sound; the trunks of the pines swayed and creaked, and there was
+silence again.
+
+Then could be heard the measured strokes of the woodpecker. It seemed
+as if some one kept knock--knocking at a door, and you could even
+expect that some mysterious voice would ask:
+
+"Who is there?"
+
+Again, the wood thrush was whistling with a sweet voice; the
+golden-crowned hammer plumed his feathers. In the thicket the
+pheasants clucked and the bright green humming birds flitted between
+the leaves; sometimes on the top of the pine tree a crow, hiding
+itself from the heat of the sun, lazily flapped its wings.
+
+On this afternoon the weather was most clear, the sky was cloudless,
+and above the green canopy of the leaves there spread out the blue
+dome of the heavens--immense, limitless, transparently gray-tinted on
+the sides and deep blue above. In the sky stood the great golden sun;
+the space was flooded with light; the air was bright and serene, and
+far-off objects stood out distinctly, their forms clearly defined.
+From the height of heaven the eye of the great Creator embraced the
+whole earth; in the fields the grain bowed to Him with a golden wave,
+rustled the heavy heads of the wheat, and the delicate tasseled oats
+trembled like a cluster of tiny bells. In the air, filled with
+brightness here and there, floated the spring thread of the spider's
+web, blue from the azure of the sky and golden from the sun, as if a
+veritable thread from the loom of the Mother of God.
+
+In the vales between the fields of the waving grain stood dark-green
+meadows; here and there were crystal springs, around whose edges the
+grass was greener still; the whole meadows were sprinkled with yellow
+buttercups and dandelions which struck the eye with a profusion of
+golden brightness. In the wet places there thrived cypress trees,
+which had an air of coldness and moisture.
+
+In the woods among the pine trees there were now both heat and
+silence. It seemed as if a dreamy stillness enveloped the whole world.
+Not a breath of wind stirred; the trees, grain, and grass were
+motionless. The leaves hung on the trees as if rocked to sleep; the
+birds had ceased their noises, and the moment of rest had come. But
+this rest seemed to come from an ineffable sweetness, and all nature
+seemed to meditate. Only the great expanse of heaven seemed to smile,
+and somewhere, high in the unknowable depths of its blue, the great
+and beneficent God was glad with the gladness of the fields, the
+woods, the meadows, and the waters.
+
+Kasya and John were still busy in the woods collecting herbs, laughing
+gleefully and speaking to each other joyfully. Man is as artless as a
+bird; he will sing when he can, for this is his nature. John now began
+to sing a simple and touching song.
+
+As Kasya and John sang in unison the last refrain of the song ended
+mournfully, and as if in accompaniment the echo repeated it in the
+dark depths of the woods; the pines gave resonance as the words ran
+between their trunks and died away in the far distance like a sigh,
+less distinct, light, ethereal; then silence.
+
+Later Kasya sang a more cheerful song, beginning with the words:
+
+  "I shall become a ring of gold now."
+
+This is a good song. A willful young girl quarrels with her lover and
+enumerates the means she intends to use to escape from him. But it is
+useless. When she says that she will be a golden ring and will roll
+away on the road, he says that he will quickly see and recover her.
+When she wants to be a golden fish in the water he sings to her of the
+silken net; when she wants to be a wild fowl on the lake he appears
+before her as a hunter. At last the poor maiden, seeing she is unable
+to hide herself from him on the earth, sings:
+
+  "I shall become a star in heaven,
+  Light to earth by will be given.
+  My love to thee I shall not render,
+  Nor my sweet will to thee surrender."
+
+But the undaunted youth answers:
+
+  "Then shall I pray to the saint's grace
+  That the star may fall from its heavenly place.
+  Thy love to me thou then wilt render,
+  And thy sweet will to me surrender."
+
+The maiden, seeing there is no refuge either in heaven or on earth for
+her, accepts the view of Providence and sings:
+
+  "I see, I see, fate's decree doth bind me;
+  Where'er I hide, thou sure wilt find me.
+  My love to thee I must now render,
+  And my sweet will to thee surrender."
+
+John, turning to Kasya, said:
+
+"Do you understand?"
+
+"What, John?"
+
+He began to sing:
+
+  "Thy love to me thou must now render,
+  And thy sweet will to me surrender."
+
+Kasya was troubled, and laughed loudly to cover her confusion; and
+wishing to speak, she said:
+
+"I have gathered a large lot of plants; it would be well to dip them
+in water, for in this heat they will wither."
+
+Verily the heat was great; the wind had entirely ceased. In the woods,
+though in the shade, the air vibrated with moist heat, the pines
+exuding a strong, resinous odor. The delicate, golden-tinted face of
+Kasya was touched with perspiration, and her blue eyes showed traces
+of weariness. She removed the kerchief from her head, and began to fan
+herself. John, taking the basket from her, said:
+
+"Here, Kasya, stand two aspen trees, and between them a spring. Come,
+let us drink."
+
+Both went. After a short interval they noticed that the ground of the
+forest began to slope here. Among the trees, instead of bushes, ferns
+and dry mosses, there was a green, damp turf, then one aspen tree,
+then another, and after them whole rows. They entered into this dark,
+humid retreat, where the rays of the sun, passing through the leaves,
+took on their color and reflected on the human face a pale green
+light. John and Kasya descended lower and lower into the shadows and
+dampness; a chilliness breathed upon them, refreshing after the heat
+of the woods; and in a moment, between the rows of the aspen trees,
+they espied in the black turf a deep stream of water winding its way
+under and through canes and bushy thickets, and interspersed with the
+large, round leaves of the water-lilies, which we call "_nenufars_,"
+and by the peasants are called "white flowers."
+
+Beautiful was this spot, quiet, secluded, shady, even somewhat sombre
+and solemn. The transparent stream of water wound its way between the
+trees. The _nenufars_, touched by the light movement of the water,
+swayed gently backward and forward, leaning toward each other as if
+kissing. Above their broad leaves, lying like shields on the surface
+of the water, swarmed indigo-colored insects with wide, translucent,
+sibilant wings, so delicate and fragile that they are justly called
+water-sprites. Black butterflies, with white-edged, mournful wings,
+rested on the sharp, slender tops of the tamarack. On the dark turf
+blossomed blue forget-me-nots. On the edge of the stream grew some
+alder trees, and under the bushes peeped out heads of the
+lily-of-the-valley, bluebells and honeysuckles. The white heads of the
+_biedrzenica_ hung over the waters; the silvery threads of the
+_strojka_ spread out upon the current of the stream and weaved
+themselves into thin and long strands; besides--seclusion--a wild
+spot, forgotten by men, peaceful, peopled only with the world of
+birds, flowers and insects.
+
+In such places generally dwell nymphs, _rusalki_, and other bad or
+good forest sprites. Kasya, who was in advance, stood first on the
+banks of the stream and looked upon the water in which was reflected
+her graceful form. She verily appeared as one of those beautiful
+forest spirits as they are seen sometimes by the woodsmen or lumber
+men who float on their rafts down the rivers through the woods. She
+had no covering upon her head, and the wind gently played with her
+locks and ruffled her ray-like hair. Sunburned she was, blond-haired,
+and her eyes, as blue as turquoise, were as laughing as her lips.
+Besides, she was a divinely tall, slender, and fairy-like maiden. No
+one could swear, if she was suddenly startled, that she would not jump
+into the water--would not dissolve into mist--into rainbow rays--would
+not turn quickly into a water-lily or _kalina_ tree, which, when
+robbed of its flowers, remonstrates with a voice so human, yet
+recalling the sigh of the forest:
+
+"Don't touch me."
+
+Kasya, bending over the water so that her tresses fell on her
+shoulders, turned toward John and said:
+
+"How shall we drink?"
+
+"As birds," answered John, pointing to some silver pheasants on the
+opposite side of the stream.
+
+John, who knew how to help himself better than the birds, plucked a
+large leaf from a tree, and, making a funnel out of it, filled it with
+water and gave it to Kasya.
+
+They both drank, then Kasya gathered some forget-me-nots, and John
+with his knife made a flute from the willow bark, on which, when he
+had finished, he began to play the air which the shepherds play in the
+eventide on the meadows. The soft notes floated away with ineffable
+tenderness in this secluded spot. Shortly he removed the flute and
+listened intently as if to catch an echo returning from the aspen
+trees, and it seemed that the clear stream, the dark aspen trees, and
+the birds hidden in the canes listened to these notes with him.
+
+All became silent, but shortly, as if in answer--as if a
+challenge--came the first faint note of the nightingale, followed by a
+stronger trill. The nightingale wanted to sing--it challenged the
+flute.
+
+Now he began to sing. All nature was listening to this divine singer.
+The lilies lifted their heads above the water; the forget-me-nots
+pressed closer together; the canes ceased to rustle; no bird dared to
+peep except an unwise and absent-minded cuckoo, who with her silent
+wing alighted near by on a dry bough, lifted her head, widely opened
+her beak, and foolishly called aloud:
+
+"Cuckoo! cuckoo!"
+
+Afterward it seemed as if she was ashamed of her outbreak, and she
+quietly subsided.
+
+Vainly Kasya, who stood on the edge of the stream with the
+forget-me-nots in her hand, turned to the side from whence came the
+voice of the cuckoo and queried:
+
+"Cuckoo, blue-gray cuckoo, how long shall I live?"
+
+The cuckoo answered not.
+
+"Cuckoo, shall I be rich?"
+
+The cuckoo was silent.
+
+Then John: "Cuckoo, gray cuckoo, how soon will I wed?"
+
+The cuckoo replied not.
+
+"She cares not to answer us," said John; "let us return to the
+forest."
+
+On returning they found the large stone by which they had placed the
+basket and bunches of herbs. Kasya, seating herself beside it, began
+to weave garlands, and John helped her. Burek lay near them, stretched
+his hairy forepaws, lolled out his tongue and breathed heavily from
+fatigue, looking carefully around to see if he could not spy some
+living thing to chase and enjoy his own noise. But everything in the
+woods was quiet. The sun was traveling toward the west, and through
+the leaves and the needles of the pines shot his rays, becoming more
+and more red, covering the ground of the woods in places with great
+golden circles. The air was dry; in the west were spreading great
+shafts of golden light, which flooded all like an ocean of molten gold
+and amber. The wondrous beauties of the peaceful, warm spring evening
+were glowing in the sky. In the woods the daily work was gradually
+ceasing. The noise of the woodpecker had stopped; black and bronzed
+ants returned in rows to their hills, which were red in the rays of
+the setting sun. Some carried in their mouths pine needles and some
+insects. Among the herbs here and there circled small forest bees,
+humming joyfully as they completed their last load of the sweet
+flower-dust. From the fissures in the bark of the trees came gloomy
+and blind millers; in the streams of the golden light circled swarms
+of midgets and gnats scarcely visible to the eye; mosquitoes began
+their mournful song. On the trees the birds were choosing their places
+for the night; a yellow bird was softly whistling; the crows flapped
+their wings, crowding all on one tree and quarreling about the best
+places. But these voices were more and more rare, and became fainter;
+gradually all ceased, and the silence was interrupted by the evening
+breeze playing among the trees. The poplar tree tried to lift her
+bluish-green leaves upward; the king-oak murmured softly; the leaves
+of the birch tree slightly moved--silence.
+
+Now the sky became more red; in the east the horizon became dark blue,
+and all the voices of the woods merged into a chorus, solemn, deep and
+immense. Thus the forest sings its evening song of praise, and says
+its prayers before it sleeps; tree speaks to tree of the glory of God,
+and you would say that it spoke with a human voice.
+
+Only very innocent souls understand this great and blessed speech.
+Only very innocent hearts hear and understand when the first chorus of
+the parent oaks begins its strain:
+
+"Rejoice, O sister pines, and be glad. The Lord hath given a warm and
+peaceful day, and now above the earth He makes the starry night. Great
+is the Lord, and mighty, powerful and good is He, so let there be
+glory to Him upon the heights, upon the waters, upon the lands, and
+upon the air."
+
+And the pines pondered a moment upon the words of the oaks, and then
+they raised their voices together, saying:
+
+"Now, O Lord, to thy great glory, we, as censers, offer to Thee the
+incense of our sweet-smelling balsam, strong, resinous and fragrant.
+'Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name.'"
+
+Then the birches said:
+
+"Thy evening brightness illumines the heavens, O Lord! and in Thy
+splendors our small leaves golden are and burning. Now with our golden
+leaves we sing to Thee, O Lord, and our delicate twigs play as the
+strings of the harp, O good Father of ours!"
+
+Again the sorrowing cypress said:
+
+"Upon our sad foreheads, exhausted with the heat, softly falls the
+evening dew. Praise be to Thee, O Lord; brothers and sisters rejoice,
+because there falls the cooling dew."
+
+Amid this chorus of trees the aspen alone trembles and is afraid; for
+it gave the wood for the Cross of the Saviour of the world; at times
+it faintly groans:
+
+"O Lord, have mercy upon me. Have mercy upon me, O Lord."
+
+Again, sometimes, when the oaks and pines cease for a moment, there
+rises from under their feet a faint, modest voice, low as the murmur
+of insects, silent as silence itself, which says:
+
+"A small berry am I, O Lord, and hidden in the moss. But Thou wilt
+hear, discern and love me; though small, devout am I, and sing Thy
+glory."
+
+Thus every evening prays the forest, and these orchestral sounds rise
+at every sunset from earth to heaven--and float high, high, reaching
+where there is no creature, where there is nothing only the silvery
+dust and the milky way of the stars, and above the stars--God.
+
+At this moment the sun hides his radiant head in the far-distant seas;
+the farmer turns upward his plowshares and hastens to his cottage.
+From the pastures return the bellowing herds; the sheep raise clouds
+of the golden dust. The twilight falls; in the village creek the well
+sweeps; later the windows shine, and from the distance comes the
+barking of the dogs.
+
+The sun had not gone beyond the woods when Kasya had seated herself
+under the mossy stone to weave her garlands. Its rays were thrown upon
+her face, broken by the shadows of the leaves and twigs. The work did
+not proceed rapidly, for Kasya was tired from heat and running in the
+woods. Her sunburnt hands moved slowly at her work. The warm breeze
+kissed her temples and face, and the voices of the forest lulled her
+to sleep. Her large eyes became heavy and drowsy; her eyelashes began
+to close slowly; she leaned her head against the stone, opened her
+eyes once more as a child looking upon the divine beauty of the world;
+then the noise of the trees, the rows of the stumps, the ground full
+of pine needles, and the skies that could be seen between the branches
+all became indistinct, darkened, dissolved, disappeared--and she
+smiled and slept. Her head was hidden in a soft shade, but the
+covering of her breast shone all rosy and purple. Her soft breathing
+lifted her bosom gently; so wonderful and beautiful she looked in this
+quiet sleep in the evening rays that John looked upon her as if upon
+the image of a saint, glorious with gold, and colored as the rainbow.
+
+Kasya's hands were clinging yet to the unfinished garland of herbs.
+She slept with a sleep light and sweet, for she smiled through her
+dreams as a child who speaks with the angels. Perhaps she verily
+conversed with angels, for pure she was as a child, and had dedicated
+her whole day to the service of God by gathering and weaving the
+garlands for His temple.
+
+John was sitting by her side, but he did not sleep. His simple breast
+could not contain the feelings that arose there; he felt as if his
+soul had got wings and was preparing to fly away to the realms of
+heaven. He knew not what was happening to him, and he only raised his
+eyes to the skies and was motionless; you would say that love had
+transfigured him.
+
+Kasya slumbered on, and for a long time they both remained there.
+Meanwhile the dusk came. The remnants of the purple light fought with
+the darkness. The interior of the woods deepened--became dumb. From
+the canes of the lake near the glade with its cottage came the buzzing
+of a night beetle.
+
+Suddenly on the other side of the lake from the church rang out the
+Angelus bell. Its tones floated on the wings of the evening breeze
+over the face of the quiet waters, clear, resonant, and distinct. It
+called the faithful to prayer, and also proclaimed: "Rest! Enough of
+work and the heat of the day," spoke the bell. "Wrap yourself to sleep
+in the wing of God. Come, come ye weary to Him--in Him is joy! Here is
+peace! here gladness! here sleep! here sleep! here sleep!"
+
+John took off his hat at the sound of the bell, Kasya shook the sleep
+from her eyes, and said:
+
+"The bell rings."
+
+"For the Angel of the Lord."
+
+Both kneeled near by the mossy stone as if before an altar. Kasya
+began to pray with a low, soft voice:
+
+"The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary,"
+
+"And she conceived by the Holy Ghost," answered John.
+
+"Behold the handmaiden of the Lord; may it be done to me according to
+Thy word."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Thus kneeling, prayed these children of God. The silent summer
+lightning shone from the east to the west, and upon its light flew
+down from heaven a radiant host of winged angels, and hovered above
+their heads. Then they blended with the angels and were themselves as
+if angels, for upon earth there were no two souls more bright, more
+pure, more innocent.
+
+
+
+
+ORSO.
+
+
+The last days of autumn in Anaheim, a town situated in Southern
+California, are days of joy and celebration. The grape gathering is
+finished and the town is crowded with the vineyard hands. There is
+nothing more picturesque than the sight of these people, composed
+partly of a sprinkling of Mexicans, but mainly of Cahuilla Indians,
+who come from the wild mountains of San Bernardino to earn some money
+by gathering grapes. They scatter through the streets and market
+places, called lolas, where they sleep in tents or under the roof of
+the sky, which is always clear at this time of the year. This
+beautiful city, surrounded with its growths of eucalyptus, olive,
+castor, and pepper trees, is filled with the noisy confusion of a
+fair, which strangely contrasts with the deep and solemn silence of
+the plains, covered with cacti, just beyond the vineyards. In the
+evening, when the sun hides his radiant head in the depths of the
+ocean, and upon the rosy sky are seen in its light the equally
+rosy-tinted wings of the wild geese, ducks, pelicans and cranes,
+descending by the thousands from the mountains to the ocean, then in
+the town the lights are lit and the evening amusements begin. The
+negro minstrels play on bones, and by the campfires can be heard the
+picking of the banjo; the Mexicans dance on an out-spread poncha their
+favorite bolero; Indians join in the dance, holding in their teeth
+long white sticks of kiotte, or beating time with their hands, and
+exclaiming, "E viva;" the fires, fed with redwood, crackle as they
+blaze, sending up clouds of bright sparks, and by its reflection can
+be seen the dancing figures, and around them the local settlers with
+their comely wives and sisters watching the scene.
+
+The day on which the juice from the last bunch of grapes is trampled
+out by the feet of the Indians is generally celebrated by the advent
+of Hirsch's Circus, from Los Angeles. The proprietor of the circus is
+a German, and besides owns a menagerie composed of monkeys, jaguars,
+pumas, African lions, one elephant, and several parrots, childish with
+age--"_The greatest attraction of the world._" The Cahuilla will give
+his last peso, if he has not spent it on drink, to see not only wild
+animals--for these abound in the San Bernardino Mountains--but to see
+the circus girls, athletes, clowns, and all its wonders, which seem to
+him as "a great medicine"--that is, magical feats, impossible of
+accomplishment except by the aid of supernatural powers.
+
+Mr. Hirsch, the proprietor of the circus, would be very angry with any
+one who would dare to say that his circus only attracted Mexicans,
+Indians, and Chinese. Certainly not; the arrival of the circus brings
+hither not only the people of the town and vicinity, but even those of
+the neighboring towns of Westminster, Orange, and Los Nietos. Orange
+Street is crowded with buggies and wagons of divers shapes, so that it
+is difficult to get through. The whole world of settlers come as one
+man. Young, bright girls, with their hair prettily banged over their
+eyes, sitting on the front seats, drive some of these vehicles, and
+gracefully upset passing pedestrians, chatter and show their white
+teeth; the Spanish senoritas from Los Nietos cover you with their
+warm, ardent glances from under their lace mantillas; the married
+women from the country, dressed in their latest and best fashions,
+lean with pride on the arms of the sunburned farmers, who are dressed
+in old hats, jean pants, and flannel shirts, fastened with hook and
+eye, and without neckties.
+
+All these people meet and greet each other, gossip, and the women
+inspect with critical eye the dresses of their neighbors, to see if
+they are "very fashionable."
+
+Among the buggies are some covered with flowers, which look like huge
+bouquets; the young men, mounted on mustangs, bend from their high
+Mexican saddles and peer under the hats of the young girls; the
+half-wild horses, frightened by the noise and confusion, look here and
+there with their bloodshot eyes, curvet, rear, and try to unseat their
+riders, but the cool riders seem to pay no attention to them.
+
+They all speak of "the greatest attraction," which was about to excel
+everything that had been seen before. Truly the flaming posters
+announced genuine wonders. The proprietor, Hirsch, that renowned
+"artist of the whip," will in the arena give a contest with a fierce,
+untamed African lion. The lion, according to the programme, springs
+upon the proprietor, whose only defense is his whip. This simple
+weapon in his hands (according to the programme) will change itself
+into a fiery sword and shield. The end of this whip will sting as a
+rattlesnake, flash as lightning, shoot as a thunderbolt, and keep at a
+proper distance the enraged monster, who vainly roars and tries to
+jump on the artist. This is not the end yet: sixteen-year-old Orso, an
+"American Hercules," born of a white father and Indian mother, will
+carry around six people, three on each shoulder; besides this, the
+management offers one hundred dollars to any man, regardless of color,
+who can throw Orso in a wrestling match. A rumor arose in Anaheim that
+from the mountains of San Bernardino comes for this purpose the
+"Grizzly Killer," a hunter who was celebrated for his bravery and
+strength, and who, since California was settled, was the first man who
+attacked these great bears single-handed and armed only with a knife.
+It is the probable victory of the "Grizzly Killer" over the
+sixteen-year-old athlete of the circus that highly excites the minds
+of the males of Anaheim, because if Orso, who until now, from the
+Atlantic to the Pacific, had overthrown the strongest Americans, will
+be defeated, great glory will cover all California. The feminine minds
+are not less excited by the following number of the programme: Orso
+will carry, on a pole thirty feet high, a small fairy, the "Wonder of
+the World," of which the poster says that she is the most beautiful
+girl that ever lived on this earth since the beginning of the
+"Christian Era." Though she is only thirteen years of age, the
+management also offers one hundred dollars to every maiden, "without
+regard to color of skin," who will dare to compete and wrest the palm
+of beauty from this "Aerial Angel." The maidens of Anaheim, both great
+and small, make grimaces on reading this, and say that it would not be
+ladylike to enter such a contest. Nevertheless they gladly surrender
+the comfort of their rocking chairs rather than miss the show and the
+chance of seeing their childish rival, in whose beauty, in comparison
+with the sisters Bimpa, for instance, none of them believed. The two
+sisters Bimpa, the elder Refugio, and the younger Mercedes, sitting
+gracefully in a handsome buggy, are now reading the posters; their
+faces show no trace of emotion, though they feel that the eyes of
+Anaheim are on them, as if supplicating them to save the honor of the
+whole county, and with a patriotic pride, founded upon the conviction
+that there is none more beautiful than these two California flowers in
+all the mountains and canyons of the whole world. Oh, beautiful indeed
+are the sisters Refugio and Mercedes! Not in vain does the pure
+Castilian blood flow in their veins, to which their mother constantly
+refers, showing her disdain for all colored races, as well as for the
+Americans.
+
+The figures of the sisters are slender, subtle, and full of mysterious
+grace, quiet, and so luxurious that they greatly impress all young men
+who come near them. From Donnas Refugio and Mercedes exhales a charm
+as the fragrance from the magnolia and the lily. Their faces are
+delicate, complexions transparent with a slight rosy tint, as if
+illumed with the dawn; the eyes dark and dreamy, sweet, innocent, and
+tender in their glances. Wrapped in muslin rebosos, they sit in their
+buggy adorned with flowers, pure and innocent, unconscious of their
+own beauty. Anaheim looked upon them, devoured them with its eyes, was
+proud of them, and loved them. Who then is this "Jenny," that can win
+victory over these? "Truly," the _Saturday Review_ wrote, "when little
+Jenny had climbed to the top of the mast, resting on the powerful
+shoulders of Orso, and from this eminence, suspended above the earth,
+in danger of death, she outstretched her arms and poised like a
+butterfly, the circus became silent and all eyes and hearts followed
+with trembling the movements of this wonderful child. That he who saw
+her on the mast or on a horse," concluded the _Saturday Review_, "will
+never forget her, because the greatest painter in the world, even Mr.
+Harvey, of San Francisco, who decorated the Palace Hotel, could paint
+nothing equal to it."
+
+The youths of Anaheim who were enamored by the Misses Bimpa were
+skeptical of this, and affirmed that it was a "humbug," but this
+question will be settled in the evening. Meanwhile, the commotion
+around the circus is increasing each moment. From among the long, low
+wooden buildings surrounding the canvas circus there comes the roar of
+the lions and elephant; the parrots, fastened to rings hanging to the
+huts, fill the air with their cries and whistles; the monkeys swing
+suspended by their tails or mock the public, who are kept at a
+distance by a rope fence. At last, from the main inclosure the
+procession emerges for the purpose of whetting and astonishing the
+curiosity of the public to a greater extent. The procession is headed
+by a gaudy band-wagon, drawn by six prancing horses with fine harness,
+and feathers on their heads. The riders on the saddles are in the
+costume of French postilions. On the other wagons come cages of lions,
+and in every cage is seated a lady with an olive branch in her hand.
+Then follows an elephant, covered with a carpet, and a tower on its
+back, which contains several men arrayed as East Indian hunters. The
+band is playing, the drums are beating, the lions are roaring, the
+whips are cracking; in a word, this cavalcade moves forward with great
+noise and uproar. But this is not all: behind the elephant there
+follows a machine on wheels, with a locomotive pipe, somewhat
+resembling an organ, which, blown by steam, emits the most discordant
+yells and whistles intended for the national "Yankee Doodle." The
+Americans cry "Hurrah!" the Germans, "Hoch!" the Mexicans, "E viva!"
+and the Cahuillas howl for joy.
+
+The crowds follow the procession, the place around the circus becomes
+deserted, the parrots cease their chatter, and the monkeys their
+gymnastics. But "the greatest attractions" do not take part in the
+procession. The "incomparable artist of the whip," the manager, the
+"unconquerable Orso," and the "Aerial Angel, Jenny," are all absent.
+All this is preserved for the evening so as to attract the crowds.
+
+The manager is somewhere in one of the wooden buildings, or looks into
+the ticket seller's van, where he pretends to be angry. Orso and Jenny
+are in the ring practicing some of their feats. Under its canvas roof
+reigns dust and silence. In the distance, where the seats are
+arranged, it is totally dark; the greatest part of the light falls
+through the roof on the ring, with its sand and sawdust covering. With
+the help of the gray light which filters through the canvas can be
+seen a horse standing near the parapet. The big horse feels very
+lonely, whisks the flies with his tail, and often sways his head.
+Gradually the eye, becoming accustomed to the dim light, discerns
+other objects--for instance: the mast upon which Orso carries Jenny,
+the hoops pasted with paper for her to jump through. All these lie on
+the ground without order, and the half-lighted arena and nearly dark
+benches give an impression of a deserted building with battened
+windows. The terrace of seats, only here and there broken with a stray
+glimmer of light, look like ruins. The horse, standing with drooping
+head, does not enliven the picture.
+
+Where are Orso and Jenny? One of the rays of light that stream through
+an aperture of the canvas, in which floats the golden dust, falls on a
+row of distant seats. This body of light, undulating with the swaying
+canvas, at last falls upon a group composed of Orso and Jenny.
+
+Orso sits on top of the bench, and near to him is Jenny. Her beautiful
+childish face leans against the arm of the athlete and her hand rests
+on his neck. The eyes of the girl are lifted upward, as if listening
+intently to the words of her companion, who bends over her, moving his
+head at times, apparently explaining something.
+
+Leaning as they are against each other, you might take them for a pair
+of lovers, but for the fact that the girl's uplifted eyes express
+strong attention and intense thought, rather than any romantic
+feeling, and that her legs, which are covered with pink fleshings, and
+her feet in slippers, sway to and fro with a childish abandon. Her
+figure has just begun to blossom into maidenhood. In everything Jenny
+is still a child, but so charming and beautiful that, without
+reflecting upon the ability of Mr. Harvey, who decorated the Palace
+Hotel, of San Francisco, it would be difficult even for him to imagine
+anything to equal her. Her delicate face is simply angelic; her large,
+sad blue eyes have a deep, sweet and confiding expression; her dark
+eyebrows are penciled with unequaled purity on her forehead, white and
+reposeful as if in deep thought, and the bright, silky hair, somewhat
+tossed, throws a shadow on it, of which, not only Master Harvey, but a
+certain other painter, named Rembrandt, would not have been ashamed.
+The girl at once reminds you of Cinderella and Gretchen, and the
+leaning posture which she now maintains suggests timidity and the need
+of protection.
+
+Her posture, which strongly reminds you of those of Greuz, contrasts
+strangely with her circus attire, composed of a short, white muslin
+skirt, embroidered with small silver stars, and pink tights. Sitting
+in a golden beam of light with the dark, deep background, she looks
+like some sunny and transparent vision, and her slender form contrasts
+with the square and sturdy figure of the youth.
+
+Orso, who is dressed in pink tights, appears from afar as if he were
+naked, and the same ray of light distinctly reveals his immense
+shoulders, rounded chest, small waist, and legs too short in
+proportion to the trunk.
+
+His powerful form seems as if it were hewn out with an ax. He has all
+the features of a circus athlete, but so magnified that they make him
+noticeable; besides, his face is not handsome. Sometimes, when he
+raises his head, you can see his face, the lines of which are regular,
+perhaps too regular, and somewhat rigid, as if carved from marble. The
+low forehead, with the hair falling on it, like the mane of a horse,
+straight and black, inherited from his squaw mother, gives to his face
+a gloomy and threatening expression. He has a similarity to both the
+bull and the bear, and he personifies a terrible and somewhat evil
+force. He is not of a good disposition.
+
+When Jenny passes by the horses, those gentle creatures turn their
+heads and look at her with intelligent eyes, and neigh and whinny, as
+if wishing to say: "How do you do, darling?" while at the sight of
+Orso they shudder with fear. He is a reticent and gloomy youth. Mr.
+Hirsch's negroes, who are his hostlers, clowns, minstrels, and
+rope-walkers, do not like Orso and tease him as much as they dare, and
+because he is half-Indian they think nothing of him, and plague and
+mock him. Truly, the manager, who offers the hundred dollars to any
+one who can defeat him, does not risk much; he dislikes and fears him,
+as the tamer of the wild animals fears a lion, and whips him on the
+slightest provocation.
+
+Mr. Hirsch feels that, if he does not keep the youth in subjection by
+constantly beating him, he will be beaten himself, and he follows the
+principle of the Creole woman, who considered beating a punishment,
+and no beating a reward.
+
+Such was Orso. Recently he began to be less sullen, because little
+Jenny had a good influence over him. It happened about a year ago that
+when Orso, who was then the attendant of the wild animals, was
+cleaning the cage of the puma, the beast put its paws through the bars
+of the cage and wounded his head severely. Then he entered the cage,
+and after a terrible fight between them, he alone remained alive. But
+he was so badly hurt that he fainted from loss of blood. He was ill a
+long time, which was greatly aggravated by a severe whipping which the
+manager gave him for breaking the spine of the puma.
+
+When he was ill Jenny took great care of him, and dressed his wounds,
+and when she had leisure, read the Bible to him. That is a "good book"
+which speaks of love, of forgiveness, of mercy--in a word, of things
+that are never mentioned in Mr. Hirsch's circus. Orso, listening to
+this book, pondered long in his Indian head and at last came to the
+conclusion that if it would be as good in the circus as in this book,
+perhaps he would not be so bad. He thought also that then he would not
+be beaten so often, and some one would be found who would love him.
+But who? Not negroes and not Mr. Hirsch; little Jenny, whose voice
+sounded as sweetly in his ears as the voice of the mavis, might be the
+one.
+
+One evening, under the influence of this thought, he began to weep and
+kiss the small hands of Jenny, and from this time on he loved her very
+much. During the performance in the evening, when Jenny was riding a
+horse, he was always in the ring and carefully watching over her to
+prevent any accident. When he held the paper hoops for her to jump
+through he smiled on her; when to the sound of the music be balanced
+her on the top of the high mast, and the audience was hushed with
+fright, he felt uneasy himself. He knew very well if she should fall
+that no one from the "good book" would be left in the circus; he never
+removed his eyes from her, and the evident caution and anxiety
+expressed in his movements added to the terror of the people. Then,
+when recalled into the ring by the storm of applause, they would run
+in together, he would push her forward, as if deserving of all the
+praise, and murmur from joy. This reticent youth spoke only to Jenny,
+and to her alone he opened his mind. He hated the circus and Mr.
+Hirsch, who was entirely different from the people in the "good book."
+Something always attracted him to the edge of the horizon, to the
+woods and plains. When the circus troupe in their constant wanderings
+chanced to pass through wild, lonely spots, he heard voices awakening
+the instincts of a captive wolf, who sees the woods and plains for the
+first time. This propensity he inherited not only from his mother, but
+also from his father, who had been a frontiersman. He shared all his
+hopes with Jenny, and often narrated to her how fully and untrammeled
+live the people of the plains. Most of this he guessed or gleaned from
+the hunters of the prairies, who came to the circus with wild animals
+which they had captured for the menagerie, or to try their prowess for
+the hundred-dollar prize.
+
+Little Jenny listened to these Indian visions, opening widely her blue
+eyes and falling into deep reveries. For Orso never spoke of going
+alone to the desert; she was always with him, and it was very good for
+them there. Every day they saw something new; they possessed all they
+needed, and it seemed right to make all their plans carefully.
+
+So now they sit in this beam of light, talking to each other, instead
+of practicing and attempting new feats. The horse stands in the ring
+and feels lonely. Jenny leans on Orso's arm, thoughtfully
+contemplating and looking with wistful, wondering eyes into the dim
+space, swinging her feet like a child and musing--how it will be on
+the plains, and asking questions from Orso.
+
+"How do they live there?" says she, raising her eyes to the face of
+her friend.
+
+"There is plenty of oaks. They take an ax and build a house."
+
+"Well," says Jenny, "but until the house is built?"
+
+"It is always warm there. The 'Grizzly Killer' says it is very warm."
+
+Jenny begins to swing her feet more lively, as if the warmth there has
+settled the question in her mind; but shortly she remembers that she
+has in the circus a dog and a cat, and that she would like to take
+them with her. She calls her dog Mister Dog and her cat Mister Cat.
+
+"And will Mr. Dog and Mr. Cat go with us?"
+
+"They will," answers Orso, looking pleased.
+
+"Will we take with us the 'good book'?"
+
+"We will," says Orso, still more pleased.
+
+"Well," says the girl in her innocence, "Mr. Cat will catch birds for
+us; Mr. Dog will drive away bad people with his bark; you will be my
+husband and I will be your wife, and they will be our children."
+
+Orso feels so happy that he cannot speak, and Jenny continues:
+
+"There, there will be no Mr. Hirsch, no circus, we will not work, and
+basta! But no!" she adds a moment later, "the 'good book' says that we
+should work, and I sometimes will jump through one--through the two
+hoops, the three, the four hoops."
+
+Jenny evidently does not imagine work under any other form than
+jumping through hoops.
+
+Shortly she says again:
+
+"Orso, will I indeed be always with you?"
+
+"Yes, Jen, for I love you very much."
+
+His face brightens as he says so, and becomes almost beautiful.
+
+And yet he does not know himself how dear to him has become this small
+bright head.
+
+He has nothing else in this world but her, and he watches her as the
+faithful dog guards his mistress. By her fragile side he looks like
+Hercules, but he is unconscious of this.
+
+"Jen," says he after a moment, "listen to what I tell you."
+
+Jenny, who shortly before had got up to look at the horse, now turns
+and, kneeling down before Orso, puts her two elbows on his knees,
+crosses her arms and, resting her chin on her wrists, uplifts her face
+and is all attention.
+
+At this moment, to the consternation of the children, the "artist of
+the whip" enters the ring in a very bad humor, because his trial with
+a lion had entirely failed.
+
+This lion, who was bald from old age, desired only to be let alone,
+had no inclination to attack the "artist," and hid himself from the
+lash of the whip in a far corner of the cage. The manager thought with
+despair that if this loyal disposition remained with the lion until
+the evening the contest with the whip would be a failure; for to fight
+a lion who slinks away needs no more art than to eat a lobster from
+his tail. The bad temper of the proprietor became still worse when he
+learned from the ticket seller that he was disposing of no seats in
+the "gods;" that the Cahuillas evidently had spent all their money
+that they had earned in the vineyards for drinks, and that they came
+to his window and offered their blankets, marked "U. S.," or their
+wives, especially the old ones, in exchange for tickets of admission.
+The lack of money among the Cahuillas was no small loss for the
+"artist of the whip;" for he counted on a "crowded house," and if the
+seats in the "gods" were not sold no "crowded house" was obtainable;
+therefore the manager wished at this moment that all the Indians had
+but one back, and that he might give an exhibition of his skill with
+the whip on that one back, in the presence of all Anaheim. Thus he
+felt as he entered the ring, and seeing the horse standing idle under
+the parapet, he felt like jumping with anger. Where are Orso and
+Jenny? Shading his eyes with his hand he looked all around the circus,
+and observed in a bright beam, Orso, and Jenny kneeling before him
+with her elbows resting on his knees. At this sight he let the lash of
+his whip trail on the ground.
+
+"Orso!"
+
+If lightning had struck in the midst of the children they could not
+have been more startled. Orso jumped to his feet and descended in the
+passageway between the benches with the hasty movement of an animal
+who comes to his master at his call; behind him followed Jenny with
+eyes wide open from fright, and clutching the benches as she passed
+them.
+
+Orso, on entering the ring, stopped by the parapet, gloomy and silent,
+the gray light from above bringing into relief his Herculean trunk
+upon its short legs.
+
+"Nearer," cried out the manager in a hoarse voice; meanwhile the lash
+of his long whip moved upon the sand with a threatening motion, like
+the tail of a tiger watching his approaching prey.
+
+Orso advanced several steps, and for a few minutes they looked into
+each other's eyes. The manager's face resembled that of the tamer who
+enters the cage, intending to subdue a dangerous animal, and at the
+same time watches it.
+
+His rage overcame his caution. His legs, incased in elk riding
+breeches and high boots, pranced under him with anger. Perhaps it was
+not the idleness alone of the children which increased his rage.
+Jenny, from above, looked at both of them like a frightened hare
+watching two lynxes.
+
+"Hoodlum! dog catcher, thou cur!" hissed the manager.
+
+The whip with the velocity of lightning whistled through the air in a
+circle, hissed and struck. Orso winced and howled a little, and
+stepped toward the manager, but the second stroke stopped him at once,
+then the third, fourth--tenth. The contest had begun, although there
+was no audience. The uplifted hand of the "great artist" scarcely
+moved, but his wrist revolved, as if a part of some machinery, and,
+with each revolution, the sharp point of the lash stung the skin of
+Orso. It seemed as if the whip, or rather its poisonous fang, filled
+the whole space between the athlete and the manager, who in his
+increasing excitement reached the genuine enthusiasm of the artist.
+The "master" simply improvised. The cracking end flashing in the air
+twice had written down its bloody trace on the bare neck of the
+athlete. Orso was silent in this dance. At every cut he stepped one
+step forward and the manager one step backward. In this way they
+circled the arena, and at last the manager backed out of the ring as a
+conqueror from the cage, and disappeared through the entrance to the
+stables, still as the conqueror. As he left his eye fell on Jenny.
+
+"Get on your horse," he cried; "I will settle with you later."
+
+His voice had scarcely ceased before her white skirt flashed in the
+air, and in a moment she was on the back of the horse. The manager had
+disappeared, and the horse began to gallop around the ring,
+occasionally striking the side with its hoofs.
+
+"Hep! Hep!" agitatedly said Jenny to the horse with her childish
+voice: "Hep! hep!" but this "hep, hep," was at the same time a sob.
+The horse increased his speed, clattering with his hoofs as he leaned
+more and more to the center. The girl, standing on the pad with her
+feet close together, seemed scarcely to touch it with the ends of her
+toes; her bare rosy arms rose and fell as she maintained her balance;
+her hair and light muslin dress floated behind her supple figure,
+which looked like a bird circling in the air.
+
+"Hep! hep!" she kept exclaiming. Meanwhile her eyes were filled with
+tears, and to see she had to raise her head; the movement of the horse
+made her dizzy; the terrace of seats and the ring seemed to revolve
+around her; she wavered once, twice, and then fell down into the arms
+of Orso.
+
+"Oh! Orso, poor Orso!" cried the child.
+
+"What's the matter, Jen? why do you cry? I don't feel the pain, I
+don't feel it."
+
+Jenny threw both her arms around his neck and began to kiss his
+cheeks. Her whole body trembled, and she sobbed convulsively.
+
+"Orso, oh, Orso," she sobbed, for she could not speak, and her arms
+clung closer to his neck. She could not have cried more if she had
+been beaten herself. So, in the end, he began to pet and console her.
+Forgetting his own pain he took her in his arms and pressed her to his
+heart, and his nerves being excited by the beating, he now felt for
+the first time that he loved her more than the dog loved his mistress.
+He breathed heavily, and his lips panted out the words:
+
+"I feel no pain. When you are with me, I am happy, Jenny, Jenny!"
+
+When this was transpiring the manager was walking in the stables,
+foaming with rage. His heart was filled with jealousy. He saw the girl
+on her knees before Orso; recently this beautiful child had awakened
+the lower instincts in him, but as yet undeveloped, and now he fancied
+that she and Orso loved each other, and he felt revengeful, and had a
+wild desire to punish her--to whip her soundly. This desire he could
+not resist. Shortly he called to her.
+
+She at once left Orso, and in a moment had disappeared in the dark
+entrance to the stables. Orso stood stupefied, and instead of
+following her he walked with unsteady steps to a bench, and, seating
+himself, began to breathe heavily.
+
+When the girl entered the stables she could see nothing, as it was
+much darker there than in the ring. Yet, fearing that she would be
+suspected of having delayed her coming, she cried out in a faint
+voice:
+
+"I am here, master, I am here."
+
+At the same moment the hand of the manager caught hers, and he
+hoarsely said:
+
+"Come!"
+
+If he had shown anger or badly scolded her she would have felt less
+frightened than at this silence with which he led her to the circus
+wardrobe. She hung back, resisting him, and repeating quickly:
+
+"Oh, dear Mr. Hirsch, forgive me! forgive me!"
+
+But forcibly he dragged her to the long room where they stored their
+costumes, and turned the key in the door.
+
+Jenny fell down on her knees. With uplifted eyes and folded hands,
+trembling as a leaf, the tears streaming down her cheeks, she tried to
+arouse his mercy; in answer to her supplications, he took from the
+wall a wire whip, and said:
+
+"Lie down."
+
+With despair she flung herself at his feet, nearly dying from fright.
+Every nerve of her body quivered; but vainly she pressed her pallid
+lips to his polished boots. Her alarm and pleading seemed to arouse
+the demon in him more than ever. Grasping her roughly, he threw her
+violently on a heap of dresses, and in an instant, after trying to
+stop the kicking of her feet, he began beating her cruelly.
+
+"Orso! Orso!" she shouted.
+
+About this moment the door shook on its hinges, rattled, creaked and
+gave way, and half of it, pushed in with a tremendous force, fell with
+a crash upon the ground.
+
+In this opening stood Orso.
+
+The wire whip fell from the hand of the manager, and his face became
+deadly pale, because Orso looked ferocious. His eyes were bloodshot,
+his lips covered with foam, his head inclined to one side like a
+bull's, and his whole body was crouched and gathered, as if ready to
+spring.
+
+"Get out!" cried the manager, trying to hide his fear behind a show of
+authority.
+
+The pent-up dam was already broken. Orso, who was usually as obedient
+to every motion as a dog, this time did not move, but leaning his head
+still more to one side, he moved slowly and threateningly toward the
+"artist of the whip," his iron muscles taut as whipcords.
+
+"Help! help!" cried the manager.
+
+They heard him.
+
+Four brawny negroes from the stables ran in through the broken door
+and fell upon Orso. A terrible fight ensued, upon which the manager
+looked with chattering teeth. For a long time you could see nothing
+but a tangled mass of dark bodies wrestling with convulsive movements,
+rolling on the ground in a writhing heap; in the silence which
+followed sometimes was heard a groan, a snort, loud short breathing,
+the gritting of teeth.
+
+In a moment one of the negroes, as if by a superhuman force, was sent
+from this formless mass, whirling headlong through the air, and fell
+at the feet of the manager, striking his skull with great force on the
+ground; soon a second flew out; then from the center of this turbulent
+group Orso's body alone arose, covered with blood and looking more
+terrible than before. His knees were still pressing heavily on the
+breasts of the two fainting negroes. He arose to his feet and moved
+toward the manager.
+
+Hirsch closed his eyes.
+
+The next moment he felt that his feet had left the ground, that he was
+flying through the air--then he felt nothing; his whole body was
+dashed with monstrous force into the remaining half of the door, and
+he fell to the earth unconscious.
+
+Orso wiped his face, and, coming over to Jenny, said:
+
+"Let us go."
+
+He took her by the hand and they went.
+
+The whole town was following the circus procession and the steam
+calliope, playing "Yankee Doodle," and the place around the circus was
+deserted. The parrots only, swinging in their hoops, filled the air
+with their cries. Hand in hand, Orso and Jenny went forward; from the
+end of the street could be seen the immense plains, covered with
+cacti. Silently they passed by the houses, shaded by the eucalyptus
+trees; then they passed the slaughter-houses, around which had
+gathered thousands of small black birds with red-tipped wings. They
+jumped over the large irrigation ditches, entered into an orange
+grove, and on emerging from it found themselves among the cacti.
+
+This was the desert.
+
+As far as the eye could reach these prickly plants rose higher and
+higher; thick leaves growing from other leaves obstructed the path,
+sometimes catching on Jenny's dress. In places they grew to such a
+great height that the children seemed to be as much lost here as if
+they were in the woods, and no one could find them there. So they kept
+threading their way through them, now to the right and then to the
+left, but careful always to go from the town. Sometimes between the
+cacti they could see on the horizon the blue mountains of Santa Ana.
+They went to the mountains. The heat was great. Gray-colored locusts
+chirped in the cacti; the sun's rays poured down upon the earth in
+streams; the dried-up earth was covered with a network of cracks; the
+stiff leaves of the cacti seemed to soften from the heat, and the
+flowers were languid and half-wilted. The children proceeded, silent
+and thoughtful. But all that surrounded them was so new that they
+surrendered themselves to their impressions, and for the moment forgot
+even their weariness. Jenny's eyes ran from one bunch of cacti to
+another; again she looked to the farther clusters, saying to her
+friend:
+
+"Is this the wilderness, Orso?"
+
+But the desert did not appear to be deserted. From the farther clumps
+came the calling of the male quail, and around sounded the different
+murmurs of clucking, of twittering, of the ruffling of feathers: in a
+word, the divers voices of the small inhabitants of the plains.
+Sometimes there flew up a whole covey of quail; the gaudy-topped
+pheasants scattered on their approach; the black squirrels dived into
+their holes; the rabbits disappeared in all directions; the gophers
+were sitting on their hind legs beside their holes, looking like fat
+German farmers standing in their doorway.
+
+After resting an hour the children proceeded on their journey. Jenny
+soon felt thirsty. Orso, in whom had awakened his Indian inventive
+faculties, began to pluck cactus fruits. They were in abundance, and
+grew together with the flowers on the same leaves. In plucking them
+they pricked their fingers with the sharp points, but the fruit was
+luscious. Their sweet and acid flavor quenched at once their thirst
+and appeased their hunger. The prairies fed the children as a mother;
+thus strengthened they could proceed further. The cacti arose higher,
+and you could say that they grew on the head of one another. The
+ground on which they walked ascended gradually and continuously.
+Looking backward once more they saw Anaheim, dissolving in the
+distance and looking like a grove of trees upon the low plains. Not a
+trace of the circus could be distinguished. They still pressed
+steadily onward to the mountains, which now became more distinct in
+the distance. The surroundings assumed another phase. Between the
+cacti appeared different bushes and even trees; the wooded portion of
+the foothills of Santa Ana had commenced. Orso broke one of the
+saplings, and, clearing off its branches, made a cudgel of it, which,
+in his hands, would prove a terrible weapon. His Indian instincts
+whispered to him that in the mountains it was better to be provided,
+even with a stick, than to go unarmed, especially now that the sun had
+lowered itself into the west. Its great fiery shield had rolled down
+far beyond Anaheim, into the blue ocean. After a while it disappeared,
+and in the west there gleamed red, golden, and orange lights, similar
+to ribbons and gauzy veils, stretched over the whole sky. The
+mountains uplifted themselves in this glow; the cacti assumed
+different fantastical shapes, resembling people and animals. Jenny
+felt tired and sleepy, but they still hastened to the mountains,
+although they knew not why. Soon they saw rocks, and on reaching them
+they discovered a stream; they drank some water and continued along
+its course. The rocks, which were at first broken and scattered, then
+changed into a solid wall, which became higher and higher, and soon
+they entered into a canyon.
+
+The rosy lights died away; deeper and deeper dusk enveloped the earth.
+In places immense vines reached from one side of the canyon to the
+other, covering it like a roof, and making it dark and uncanny. On the
+mountain side, above them, could be heard the voices of the swaying
+and creaking forest trees. Orso implied that now they were in the
+depths of the wilderness, where certainly there were many wild
+animals. From time to time his ear detected suspicious sounds, and
+when night fell he distinctly heard the hoarse mewing of the lynxes,
+the roar of the pumas, and the melancholy howling of the coyotes.
+
+"Are you afraid, Jen?" asked Orso.
+
+"No," replied the girl.
+
+But she was already very tired, and could proceed no farther, so Orso
+took her in his arms and carried her. He went forward with the hope
+that he would reach the house of some squatter, or should meet some
+Mexican campers. Once or twice it seemed to him that he saw the gleam
+of some wild animal's eyes. Then with one hand he pressed Jenny, who
+had now fallen asleep, to his breast, and with the other he grasped
+his stick. He was very tired himself; notwithstanding his great
+strength Jenny began to prove heavy to him, especially as he carried
+her on his left arm; the right one he wished to have free for defense.
+Occasionally he stopped to regain his breath and then continued on.
+Suddenly he paused and listened intently. It seemed to him as if he
+heard the echoes of the small bells which the settlers tie for the
+night to the neck of their cows and goats. Rushing forward, he soon
+reached a bend in the stream. The sound of the bells became more
+distinct, and joined with them in the distance was heard the barking
+of a dog. Then Orso was sure that he was nearing some settlement. It
+was high time that he did, for he was exhausted by the events of the
+day, and his strength had begun to fail him. On turning another bend
+he saw a light; as he moved forward his quick eyes discerned a
+campfire, a dog, evidently tied to a stump, tearing and barking, and
+at last the figure of a man seated by the fire.
+
+"God send that this may be a man from the 'good book'!" thought he.
+
+Then he resolved to awaken Jenny.
+
+"Jen!" called he, "awake, we shall eat."
+
+"What is it?" asked the girl; "where are we?"
+
+"In the wilderness."
+
+She was now wide awake.
+
+"What light is that?"
+
+"A man lives there; we shall eat."
+
+Poor Orso was very hungry.
+
+Meanwhile they were nearing the fire. The dog barked more violently,
+and the old man, sitting by the fire, shaded his eyes and peered into
+the gloom. Shortly he said:
+
+"Who is there?"
+
+"It is us," answered Jenny in her delicate voice, "and we are very
+hungry."
+
+"Come nearer," said the old man.
+
+Emerging from behind a great rock, which had partly concealed them,
+they both stood in the light of the fire, holding each other's hands.
+The old man looked at them with astonishment, and involuntarily
+exclaimed:
+
+"What is that?"
+
+For he saw a sight which, in the sparsely populated mountains of Santa
+Ana, would astonish any one. Orso and Jenny were dressed in their
+circus attire. The beautiful girl, clothed in pink tights and short
+white skirt, appearing so suddenly before him, looked in the firelight
+like some fairy sylph. Behind her stood the youth with his powerful
+figure, covered also with pink fleshings, through which you could see
+his muscles standing out like knots on the oak.
+
+The old squatter gazed at them with wide-open eyes.
+
+"Who are you?" he inquired.
+
+The girl, relying more on her own eloquence than on that of Orso,
+began to speak.
+
+"We are from the circus, kind sir! Mr. Hirsch beat Orso very much and
+then wanted to beat me, but Orso did not let him, and fought Mr.
+Hirsch and four negroes, and then we ran off on the plains, and went a
+long distance through the cacti, and Orso carried me; then we came
+here and are very hungry."
+
+The face of the old man softened and brightened as he listened to her
+story, and he looked with a fatherly interest on this charming child,
+who spoke with great haste, as if she wished to tell all in one
+breath.
+
+"What is your name, little one?" he asked.
+
+"Jenny."
+
+"Welcome, Jenny! and you, Orso! people rarely come here. Come to me,
+Jenny."
+
+Without hesitation the little girl put her arms around the neck of the
+old man and kissed him warmly. He appeared to her to be some one from
+the "good book."
+
+"Will Mr. Hirsch find us here?" she said, as she took her lips from
+his face.
+
+"If he comes he will find a bullet here," replied the old man; then
+added, "you said that you wanted to eat?"
+
+"Oh, yes, very much."
+
+The squatter, raking in the ashes of the fire, took out a fine leg of
+venison, the pleasant odor of which filled the air. Then they sat down
+to eat.
+
+The night was gorgeous; the moon came out high in the heavens above
+the canyon; in the thicket the mavis began to sing sweetly; the fire
+burned brightly, and Orso was so filled with joy that he chanted with
+gladness. Both he and the girl ate heartily. The old man had no
+appetite; he looked upon little Jenny, and, for some unknown cause,
+his eyes were filled with tears.
+
+Perhaps he had been once a father, or, perhaps, he so rarely saw
+people in these deserted mountains.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Since then these three lived together.
+
+
+
+
+
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