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W A L D F R I E D

A N O V E L

BY

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T R A N S L A T E D

BY

SIMON ADLER STERN

AUTHOR'S EDITION

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WALDFRIED.

BOOK FIRST.

CHAPTER I.

In a letter bringing me his greetings for the New Year, 1870,my eldestson thus wrote to me from America:

"We have been sorely tried of late. Wolfgang, our onlyremaining child,lay for weeks at death's door. I avoided mentioning this to you before;but now he is out of danger.

"'Take me to your father in the forest,' were the firstdistinct wordshe uttered after his illness. He is a lusty youth, and inherits hismother's hardy Westphalian constitution.

"In his feverish wanderings, he often spoke of you, and alsoof a greatfire, in strange phrases, none of which he can now recall.

"He has awakened my own heartfelt desire to return, and now weshallcome. We have fully determined to leave in the spring. I lose no timein writing to you of this, because I feel that the daily thought of ourmeeting again will be fraught with pleasure for both of us.

"Ah, if mother were still alive! Oh, that I had returned intime tohave seen her!

"Telegraph to me as soon as you receive tidings of brotherErnst. I amanxious once again to behold Germany, which is at last becoming a realnation. We who are out here in America are beginning to feel proud ofour Fatherland.

"We are surely coming! Pray send word to my brothers andsisters.

"Your Son

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