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Article THE DWARFS' TAILOR, BY APPOINTMENT. ← Page 4 of 14 →
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The Dwarfs' Tailor, By Appointment.
It was formerly far more difficult for workmen to find work and support than in the present day , and Philip was well acquainted with the fact ; and , as he now tolerably comprehended the enormity of his folly , he did not feel much inclination to show himself in the streets where he was well-knownbut rather chose the way which led to the
, heights lying behind his native city . Here he wandered long amid the rocks and chesnut woods of the hills , which are called in the present day Louisbcrg , or Losberg . This but added to his melancholy , for every stone , every hill , recalled the memory of childish hours , passed here with his companions . The large fragments of sandstone lay
around , in which , as a boy , he had hewn out the petrified muscles , and other marine animals , for his amusement . How many pocketfulls of troclius , turbo , and wendeltreppe , had he borne hence ! Immediately behind the very place
where the most beautiful petrifactions were always found , arose thick fir forests , the bounds of which were never passed by children , and rarely b } grown persons ; for here , among the old dark trees , it was said that objects not meet for human ken , were to lie met with . It was true that the finest petrifactions were found in this direction ; yet , it was
maintained , that every thing which came from thence was of a mysterious nature . When the woodcutters brought shells from these forests to ornament their cottages , they were giad to discard them after a while , for in the middle of the night they began to sing and whisper softly , voices like those of small childrensighed and complained as if
, hurt ; and this , it was thought , was done by the elfins , who dwell in the shells , and whom it was dangerous to convert into enemies , as old people asserted : for which reason this portion of the mountain was left undisturbed , and its petrifactions rarely touched .
After Philip had listlessly regarded the places in which he had amused himself with his companions , he continued to ascend , thinking sorrowfully the while of Aix , Caspar , and most of all of Rose ; and heeding his steps so little that after a time he knew no longer where he was , or how to extricate himself from the forest . He turned to the riht
g , to the left , but could discover no outlet , and when he sometimes raised his voice aloud to call for help , from some one who could indicate the road to him ; he heard nought but echo in reply , or something which , to his great horror , sounded like a low scornful laugh . Meanwhile night ad-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Dwarfs' Tailor, By Appointment.
It was formerly far more difficult for workmen to find work and support than in the present day , and Philip was well acquainted with the fact ; and , as he now tolerably comprehended the enormity of his folly , he did not feel much inclination to show himself in the streets where he was well-knownbut rather chose the way which led to the
, heights lying behind his native city . Here he wandered long amid the rocks and chesnut woods of the hills , which are called in the present day Louisbcrg , or Losberg . This but added to his melancholy , for every stone , every hill , recalled the memory of childish hours , passed here with his companions . The large fragments of sandstone lay
around , in which , as a boy , he had hewn out the petrified muscles , and other marine animals , for his amusement . How many pocketfulls of troclius , turbo , and wendeltreppe , had he borne hence ! Immediately behind the very place
where the most beautiful petrifactions were always found , arose thick fir forests , the bounds of which were never passed by children , and rarely b } grown persons ; for here , among the old dark trees , it was said that objects not meet for human ken , were to lie met with . It was true that the finest petrifactions were found in this direction ; yet , it was
maintained , that every thing which came from thence was of a mysterious nature . When the woodcutters brought shells from these forests to ornament their cottages , they were giad to discard them after a while , for in the middle of the night they began to sing and whisper softly , voices like those of small childrensighed and complained as if
, hurt ; and this , it was thought , was done by the elfins , who dwell in the shells , and whom it was dangerous to convert into enemies , as old people asserted : for which reason this portion of the mountain was left undisturbed , and its petrifactions rarely touched .
After Philip had listlessly regarded the places in which he had amused himself with his companions , he continued to ascend , thinking sorrowfully the while of Aix , Caspar , and most of all of Rose ; and heeding his steps so little that after a time he knew no longer where he was , or how to extricate himself from the forest . He turned to the riht
g , to the left , but could discover no outlet , and when he sometimes raised his voice aloud to call for help , from some one who could indicate the road to him ; he heard nought but echo in reply , or something which , to his great horror , sounded like a low scornful laugh . Meanwhile night ad-