. Three Vassar girls in the Tyrol. e impression of a country fair,— a fair held in the court of a con-vent, if such a thin or were side of the street is occupied byGerman and the other by Italian shop-keepers. Aunt Jane had come from Meranto meet the girls. She was greatlyimproved by her stay in the Tyrol,and had exchanged the close andstuffy crape veil for a broad-brimmedhat. She looked at everything withgreat interest, but with almost in-variable disapproval. There was very little that was for-eign which met with her Gothic church with its roof andspire covere
. Three Vassar girls in the Tyrol. e impression of a country fair,— a fair held in the court of a con-vent, if such a thin or were side of the street is occupied byGerman and the other by Italian shop-keepers. Aunt Jane had come from Meranto meet the girls. She was greatlyimproved by her stay in the Tyrol,and had exchanged the close andstuffy crape veil for a broad-brimmedhat. She looked at everything withgreat interest, but with almost in-variable disapproval. There was very little that was for-eign which met with her Gothic church with its roof andspire covered with green porcelaintiles, the iridescent vitreous glazeshining under the strong light like thescales of a dragon, was an altogether heathenish object in her eyes, —though to the girls this green tiling — a peculiarity of the Tyrol —seemed charming. The interior of the church was set with pewsin the Protestant fashion, each pew bearing a brass plate with thename and coat-of-arms of its occupant. The good people of Botzen. AUNT JANE. i68 THREE VASSAR GIRLS IN THE TYROL. appear to be all nobles, Elsie said in a whisper, as she read the names of Herzog this and Baron that. The noblesse of the Tyrol are as proud, I have heard, as they are poor, Dorothy re-plied. Do you see thatsad, weary-looking womankneeling behind that pil-lar ? She is probably adescendant of a line ofbelted knights, who nowlabors with her hands forher daily bread. And shehas doubtless plenty ofcompanions in like cir-cumstances. Where haveyou ever seen so manyruined castles ? Everyheight is crowned withone; and I mean to ex-plore them all before Ileave this vicinity. It is, said that everytourist on arriving atBotzen makes up hismind to li do all theplaces of interest, butgoes away having accom-plished nothing but themaidens were no exception,walked out toward the ruins
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