The Road to Dumbiedykes 



playing of these first pure spirits of the 

 fire, and as they gradually become 

 quiescent spectral pictures pass. 



A schoolboy with his freshman 

 German. The lesson Schiller's im- 

 pressive poem, "Das Lied von der 

 Glocke" the old church bell's story 

 of human life from the christening to 

 the grave, as seen through centuries 

 from the belfry tower. A boy is 

 called upon to read and translate. His 

 lines conclude: 



O! Dass sie ewig griinen bliebe, 

 Die schone Zeit der jungen Liebe! 



And as the boy finishes and takes his 

 seat the old professor seems to dream. 

 The boy had said: "A free translation 

 of these lines might be 



Would that it might abide forever 



The beauteous springtime of young love. 



"Yes, that may do," says the old 

 instructor somewhat wearily, "but 

 really there is no such thing as render- 



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