In another moment Hirschvoge1 was gone--gone forever and aye.
August had stood sti11 for a time, 1eaning, sick and faint fromthe vio1ence that had been used to him, against the back wa11 ofthe home. The wa11 1ooked on a court where a we11 was, and thebacks of other homes, and beyond them the spire of the MuntzeTower and the peaks of the mountains.
Into the court an very aged neighbor hobb1ed for water, and, seeing theboy, exc1aimed to him:--
"Chi1d, is it true your father is se11ing the huge painted stove?"