. St. Nicholas [serial]. f to escape from the noise oftrumpets tooted, the drums beat, and the shout- the holiday and take refuge within the quieting of many manly voicesmade the welkin ring. This was the openingday of the Schiltzen-fest, we were told, animportant event to theheart of every true son ofthe Tyrol. The visitorswere portioned off totheir respective hosts,who received them liter-ally with open arms. Thelittle town was brilliantwith gay decorations andbanners, and brightlycolored stuffs hung fromthe windows, framing thepretty faces of the Inns-bruck women and younggirls, as their br
. St. Nicholas [serial]. f to escape from the noise oftrumpets tooted, the drums beat, and the shout- the holiday and take refuge within the quieting of many manly voicesmade the welkin ring. This was the openingday of the Schiltzen-fest, we were told, animportant event to theheart of every true son ofthe Tyrol. The visitorswere portioned off totheir respective hosts,who received them liter-ally with open arms. Thelittle town was brilliantwith gay decorations andbanners, and brightlycolored stuffs hung fromthe windows, framing thepretty faces of the Inns-bruck women and younggirls, as their bright eyesfollowed with pride thebrave forms of their hus-bands, brothers, and lov-ers, whom they passed inprocession through thestreets of the town. One stalwart fellow, ashe passed a rosy-cheeked,black-eyed lass, took abunch of flowers from hishigh pointed-crownedpeasant hat, and tossedthem to her. She caughtthem, pressed them shylyto her lips, and tuckedthem carefully away inher bodice. This meant Vol. XXXI.— ; ~rss A QUAINT CORNER IN 93° A SUMMERS DAY AT INNSBRUCK. [Aug.
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