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Coming late to the cabin in the fir grove, Claus wondered that no sign of his father or of his mother was to be seen. "Father  mother!" COMING LATE TO THE CABIN IN THE FIR GROVE KLAUS WONDERED THAT NO SIGN OF HIS FATHER NOR OF HIS MOTHER WAS TO BE SEEN FATHER MOTHER
ars, dear Norss, have I pressed it to my lips and breathed your name upon it. See now--see what a beauteous light its shadow makes upon your aged face!" The sunbeams, indeed, streaming through the window at that moment, cast the shadow of the symbol on old Norss's brow. Norss felt a glorious warmth suffuse him, his heart leaped with joy, and he stretched out his arms and fell about Faia's neck, and kissed the symbol and acknowledged it. Then likewise did Faia; and suddenly the place was filled with a wondrous brightness and with strange music, and never thereafter were Norss and Faia beholden of men. Until late that night Claus toiled at his forge; for it was a busy season with him, and he had many, many curious and beauteous things to make for the little children in the country round about. The colored flames leaped singing from his forge, so that the Northern sky seemed to be lighted by a thousand rainbows; but above all this voiceful glory beamed the Star, bright, beautiful, serene. R MANY MANY TIMES IN THESE YEARS DEAR NURSE HAVE I PRESSED IT TO MY LIPS AND BREATHE YOUR NAME UPON IT SEE NOW SEE WHAT A BEAUTEOUS LIGHT ITS SHADOW MAKES UPON YOUR AGED FACE THE SUNBEAMS INDEED STREAMING THROUGH THE WINDOW AT THAT MOMENT CAST THE SHADOW OF THE CYMBOL ON OLD NORTH'S BROW NORS FELT A GLORIOUS WORM SUFFUS HIM HIS HEART LEAPED WITH JOY AND HE STRETCHED OUT HIS ARMS AND FELL ABOUT FIRE'S NECK AND KISSED THE SYMBOL AND ACKNOWLEDGED IT THEN LIKEWISE DID FIRE AND SUDDENLY THE PLACE WAS FILLED WITH A WONDROUS BRIGHTNESS AND WITH STRANGE MUSIC AND NEVER THEREAFTER WERE NORSE AND FIRE BEHOLDEN OF MEN UNTIL LATE THAT NIGHT KLAUS TOILED AT HIS FORGE FOR IT WAS A BUSY SEASON WITH HIM AND HE HAD MANY MANY CURIOUS AND BEAUTEOUS THINGS TO MAKE FOR THE LITTLE CHILDREN IN THE COUNTRY ROUND ABOUT THE COLORED FLAME LEAPED SINGING FROM HIS FORGE SO THAT THE NORTHERN SKY SEEMED TO BE LIGHTENED BY THE THOUSAND RAINBOWS BUT ABOVE ALL THIS VOICEFUL GLORY BEAMED THE STAR BRIGHT BEAUTIFUL SERENE
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