. The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records . DESTINN AS MARIE GORITZ AS KEZAL village life, and is based on a simple story full of mirth and sometimes almost farcical. Marie, daughter of Kru- schina, a rich peasant, is be-trothed to Hans, her fathers servant. Hans and Marie, how-ever, are threatened with sepa-ration because the maidens father has determined she shall marry Wenzel, a half-witted, stuttering lad, who is the son of Kruschina s old friend, Micha. Kruschina and
. The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records . DESTINN AS MARIE GORITZ AS KEZAL village life, and is based on a simple story full of mirth and sometimes almost farcical. Marie, daughter of Kru- schina, a rich peasant, is be-trothed to Hans, her fathers servant. Hans and Marie, how-ever, are threatened with sepa-ration because the maidens father has determined she shall marry Wenzel, a half-witted, stuttering lad, who is the son of Kruschina s old friend, Micha. Kruschina and Kezal endeavor to arrange this marriage, but the girl flatly refuses to give up her old lover. Kezal finally offers Hans three hundred crowns if he will renounce Marie. At first the offer is indignantly re-jected, but later Hans consents, insisting on a rather strange condition—that these words be inserted in the agreement, that Marie shall only be married to a son of Micha. Kezal, although he does not under-stand the reason for this, gladly agrees, and shortly afterward the paper is signed, the entirevillage being called in to witness the signature. Marie r
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