Three Vassar girls in Switzerland . reproduce them inpart upon the zither. One dayMargaret thought of the music-box which her grandfather hadpurchased in Geneva, and sheset it in motion before really seemed as if the littlefellow would go wild with hugged it in his arms, andcapered and danced; then car-ried it under the table, and laydown with it beneath his patiently Margaret set her-self to teach him some of therudiments of music. She wasable to hire a poor piano inZermatt, and she had it broughtto the chalet and placed near the cheese-press. It was a difficul
Three Vassar girls in Switzerland . reproduce them inpart upon the zither. One dayMargaret thought of the music-box which her grandfather hadpurchased in Geneva, and sheset it in motion before really seemed as if the littlefellow would go wild with hugged it in his arms, andcapered and danced; then car-ried it under the table, and laydown with it beneath his patiently Margaret set her-self to teach him some of therudiments of music. She wasable to hire a poor piano inZermatt, and she had it broughtto the chalet and placed near the cheese-press. It was a difficult task, but she never wearied; for she feltsure of ultimate success. Annette, though apparently absorbed in herembroidery-frame and in tending the cows, watched her had not had the pleasure of seeing Margaret betrayed into asingle exhibition of temper; and she could not help feeling that shewas thwarted in her revenge, while she wondered what had comeover the girl, and still regarded her with cold suspicion and YAKOB ACCEPTS HIS RELATIVES. 146 THREE VASSAR GIRLS IN SWITZERLAND. I tell you,1 Yakob had said, when alone with his daughter, Iheard her, with my own ears, refuse the offer of that great lady to betaken away with her, and to be adopted as her niece. What! exclaimed Annette. Did she refuse to be the niece ofthe countess ? And for what reason ? Because, as she said, she preferred to share the lot of her ownpeople. Ah! blood is stronger than water. She has proved herselfa true Lochwalder. I did not think, from what you said, that I wouldlike her or her grandfather; but they are as good as any of us. Soheres to them, say I, and lifting a huge porcelain tankard of beer tohis lips, he drained it to the dregs in honor of his new relations. A feeling of shame came over Annette for the first time. So longas she was sure that Margaret would revolt at the relationship, anddisown it if possible, she had felt no compunction for her deception;but that she should
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