SISTER CARMEN

by

M. CORVUS

Translated from the German by KATE DYKERS

New York
The Minerva Publishing Company
48 University Place

1891







CHAPTER I.

The first rays of early dawn threw their shadowy light over hill and
dale, and all nature seemed animated with new life as the fresh spring
breeze kissed the young blades of grain in the fields. Ever brighter
and more glowing grew the eastern horizon, ever more golden the light,
floating clouds, until at last the dazzling rays of the king of day
flashed forth upon the expectant world.

With its clear carol of joy, a lark soared upward from her dewy nest,