bringing him out at the theatre,--but that was to have been in
dancing, for they got shoes and stockings to dance in, and with
these they might also run home; and that would be an advantage."

"I will teach the boy music!" said Wilhelm; "he can come to me
sometimes."

"And then he will, perhaps, get a little cast-off clothing, good
sir," said the grandmother; "a shirt, or a waistcoat, just as it
happens?"

"Become a tailor, or shoemaker," said Otto, gravely, and laid his
hand upon the boy's head.

"He shall be a genius!" said Wilhelm.



CHAPTER IV

"Christmas-tide,
When in the wood the snow shines bright."
OEHLENSCHLAGER'S Helge

We again let several weeks pass by; it was Christmas Eve, which
brings us the beautiful Christmas festival. We find the two friends
taking a walk.

Describe to an inhabitant of the south a country where the earth
appears covered with the purest Carrara marble, where the tree