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The story, duly reported in the newspapers as an item of foreign intelligence, read more like some old Rhine legend than the record of a real occurrence in this prosaic nineteenth century. THE STORY DULY REPORTED IN THE NEWSPAPERS AS AN ITEM OF FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE READ MORE LIKE SOME OLD RHINE LEGEND THAN THE RECORD OF A REAL OCCURRENCE IN THIS PROSAIC NINETEENTH CENTURY
ed his last. It had been a short life for him, but a very merry one. Now, if only this little beggar and poor old Ludwig could have gone into partnership, and so have shared between them the shoeblack's power of enjoying and the king's stock of enjoyments, what a good thing it would have been for both of them--especially for King Ludwig. He would never have thought of drowning himself then--life would have been too delightful. But that would not have suited Fate. She loves to laugh at men, and to make of life a paradox. To the one, she played ravishing strains, having first taken the precaution to make him stone-deaf. To the other, she piped a few poor notes on a cracked tin-whistle, and he thought it was music, and danced! A few years later on, at the very same spot where King Ludwig threw back to the gods their gift of life, a pair of somewhat foolish young lovers ended their disappointments, and, finding they could not be wedded together in life, wedded themselves together in death. WELVE YEARS OLD WHEN HE CROWED HIS LAST IT HAD BEEN A SHORT LIFE FOR HIM BUT A VERY MERRY ONE NOW IF ONLY THIS LITTLE BEGGAR AND POOR OLD LUDVIG COULD HAVE GONE INTO PARTNERSHIP AND SO HAVE SHARED BETWEEN THEM THE SHOEBLACK'S POWER OF ENJOYING AND THE KING'S STOCK OF ENJOYMENTS WHAT A GOOD THING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR BOTH OF THEM ESPECIALLY FOR KING LUDVIG HE WOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT OF DROWNING HIMSELF THEN LIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO DELIGHTFUL BUT THAT WOULD NOT HAVE SUITED FATE SHE LOVES TO LAUGH AT MEN AND TO MAKE OF LIFE A PARADOX TO THE ONE SHE PLAYED RAVISHING STRAINS HAVING FIRST TAKEN THE PRECAUTION TO MAKE HIM STONE DEAF TO THE OTHER SHE PIPED A FEW POOR NOTES ON A CRACK TIN WHISTLE AND HE THOUGHT IT WAS MUSIC AND DANCED A FEW YEARS LATER ON AT THE VERY SAME SPOT WHERE KING LUDVIG THREW BACK TO THE GODS THEIR GIFT OF LIFE A PAIR OF SOMEWHAT FOOLISH YOUNG LOVERS ENDED THEIR DISAPPOINTMENTS AND FINDING THEY COULD NOT BE WEDDED TOGETHER IN LIFE WEDDED THEMSELVES TOGETHER IN DEATH
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