II. 



REAL DANGERS OF THE OPEN VERSUS 

 POPULAR NOTION UNDINE'S STORY 



S already said, Undine 

 had vagrantly answered 

 to the will of many, and 

 permanently to her own. 

 During her nomadic ca- 

 reer she had picked up 

 several trades, such as cattle- and 

 sheep-keeping, and at least three ac- 

 complishments, swimming, barking 

 like a wolf, and deer-running, the 

 last often much appreciated by the 

 bacon-fed herder with whom she had 

 consented awhile to tarry, taking his 

 orders, doing his work and sharing 

 his food and fire. Undine hated salt 



