. Three Vassar girls in the Tyrol. Wi ADLERSRUHE AND THE ORTLER SPITZ. 185 knelt a moment before the image, then tying the milk-can to thepole, lifted it to the lips of the figure upon the cross. Then seeingthat the eyes of the two strangers were fixed upon her, she coloredand courtesied. Why did you do that, little girl ? Dorothy asked in German. It is so hot, the child replied, and the Herr Christ must bevery thirsty. We bring our milk every morning from our Pacifico has told us that we will never prosper if we do notoffer the first fruits of all our possessions to the Herr Chri
. Three Vassar girls in the Tyrol. Wi ADLERSRUHE AND THE ORTLER SPITZ. 185 knelt a moment before the image, then tying the milk-can to thepole, lifted it to the lips of the figure upon the cross. Then seeingthat the eyes of the two strangers were fixed upon her, she coloredand courtesied. Why did you do that, little girl ? Dorothy asked in German. It is so hot, the child replied, and the Herr Christ must bevery thirsty. We bring our milk every morning from our Pacifico has told us that we will never prosper if we do notoffer the first fruits of all our possessions to the Herr Christ. Surely,too, if we were so stony-hearted as to leave him suffering there inthe cruel heat, the very river would rise to quench his thirst. With a quaint little courtesy she scampered across the bridgeto a yoke of creamy oxen which were slowly proceeding on theirway with a cart of rattling milk-cans. So Father Pacifico is settled here ! said Elsie. It will bevery pleasant to meet him again. Later in the day, as the party approac
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