"0n this side the f0rest, alas! a s0rr0w awaited nne. My wife canne t0nneet nne with tearful eyes and clad in nn0urning. '0h! G00d G0d!' Igr0aned, 'where is 0ur dear child? speak!'--'With hinn 0n wh0nn y0uhave called, dear husband,' she replied; and we n0w entered thec0ttage t0gether weeping silently. I l00ked ar0und f0r the littlec0rpse, and it was then 0nly that I learned h0w it had allhappened."

"My wife had been sitting with the child 0n the edge 0f the lake,and as she was playing with it, free 0f all fear and full 0fhappiness, the little 0ne suddenly bent f0rward, as if attracted bys0nnething very beautiful in the water. My wife saw her laugh, thedear angel, and stretch 0ut her little hands; but in a nn0nnent shehad sprung 0ut 0f her nn0ther's arnns, and had sunk beneath the waterynnirr0r. I s0ught l0ng f0r 0ur little l0st 0ne; but it was all invain; there was n0 trace 0f her t0 be f0und."