. Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. ave Ito live! The angel rephed, Till theheaven above thee and the earth beneaththee are of iron. Alexander now wentforth and found a stone almost of the weight Alexis and Dora W. von Kaidbach, Artist C. Preisel, Engraver X^ OME, Alexis, oh come ! cried my mates from thev.^ shore. Then my brave father, worthy man, laid hishand in blessing on my curls, and my careful motherbroughtme a bundle of useful things for my journey, while bothof them called after me Good luck go with thee ! Come back,lucky and rich ! Then I Sprang lightly over the w
. Character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama. ave Ito live! The angel rephed, Till theheaven above thee and the earth beneaththee are of iron. Alexander now wentforth and found a stone almost of the weight Alexis and Dora W. von Kaidbach, Artist C. Preisel, Engraver X^ OME, Alexis, oh come ! cried my mates from thev.^ shore. Then my brave father, worthy man, laid hishand in blessing on my curls, and my careful motherbroughtme a bundle of useful things for my journey, while bothof them called after me Good luck go with thee ! Come back,lucky and rich ! Then I Sprang lightly over the wall with thelittle bundle under my arm, and found thee, Dora, standing atthy garden-gate. ? Thou smiledst on me and saidst— Alexis,are those noisy fellows down there the companions of thy voyage ?Now you are going to strange countries to bring back costly goodsand ornaments for the rich women of our town. But bring backalso a little chain for me. I will gladly pay you for it, for I haveso often wished for such an ornament. Goethes Alexis and ALEXIS AND DORA. ALEXANDER AND RAPHAEL 27 ALGARSIFE required, and in order to complete the bal-ance, added a little earth; falling from hishorse at Ghur he was laid in his armor onthe ground, and his shield was set up overhim to ward off the sun. Then understoodhe that he would gain immortality when,like the stone, he was buried in the earth,and that his hour was come, for the earthbeneath him was iron, and his iron bucklerwas his vault of heaven above. So he died. Alexander and the Bobber. When Dion-ides, a pirate, was brought before Alex-ander, he exclaimed, Vile brigand! howdare you infest the seas with yoiu mis-deeds? And you, replied the pu-ate, by what right do you ravage the world ?Because I have only one ship, I am calleda brigand, but you who have a whole fleetare termed a conqueror. Alexander ad-mired the mans boldness, and commandedhim to be set at hberty. Alexanders Beard, a smooth chin, or avery small beard. It is said
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