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CHAPTER XV. 



BAIEBISCH ZELL. 



On leaving Kreuth I started once more for Fischbachau, 

 and it was with sincere pleasure I looked forward to 

 finding myself again the guest of the worthy forester. 

 I should also be glad to pay the Solachers a visit, and 

 tell them I had met their brother ; to pass again a plea- 

 sant evening m their comfortable dwelling, and see once 

 more that sweetest picture of maidenhood, the gentle and 

 blushing Marie. 



From Berger I heard that the chamois had re-ap- 

 peared ; he had seen several during my absence, and had 

 besides tracked a good stag near the spot where we had 

 met the deer on the first day of our going out. He felt 

 sure we should be able to get a shot or two, and this 

 assurance made me all the more anxiously long for the 

 rain to cease and the weather to clear up. But still it 

 kept pouring down, and the whole of Saturday and Sun- 

 day not even a glimpse of blue sky was to be obtained. 

 On Monday afternoon all changed; the thin vapoury 

 mist which had filled the atmosphere was swept away ; 

 in the direction of the plain glimpses of brightness were 

 discernible, and soon the crests of the mountains showed 

 themselves with sharp outline in the now clear air. All 

 wore a cheerful aspect, and buoyant with hope I set off 



