Undine and our sylvan world; sixteen nature sketches . I wished to get at the mind of the man;to strip him of his ugly externals; to un-derstand his nature, all, through thebook that I wanted to see. When Iasked him for it he favored me with arare smile, showed unbounded delightand also his two teeth. His old wifecame to the door. Julius, that wood needs chopping! I cant bother with that now, thisyoung man wants to see my book. And, while he went into the house,I stood and looked at the lichen-cover-ed well and the bucket, kicking my footagainst the edge of the rotten boardsin the walk. He soo
Undine and our sylvan world; sixteen nature sketches . I wished to get at the mind of the man;to strip him of his ugly externals; to un-derstand his nature, all, through thebook that I wanted to see. When Iasked him for it he favored me with arare smile, showed unbounded delightand also his two teeth. His old wifecame to the door. Julius, that wood needs chopping! I cant bother with that now, thisyoung man wants to see my book. And, while he went into the house,I stood and looked at the lichen-cover-ed well and the bucket, kicking my footagainst the edge of the rotten boardsin the walk. He soon came out with the book. It was a twenty page pamphlet, with a buff-colored cover, the title,—well, never mind the title, it was probably taken -67- from some history that he read, and itbore little relation to the substance ofthe pamphlet. The man was of moreinterest than the title or the contents, soI went on in my conversation. Having glanced over the pages, Itold him I would like to read it all. Hesaid I could have it. But I asked himif he sol
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