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She is waiting for him, you may be sure, ready dressed; and a very sweet, old world picture she makes, standing beneath the great overhanging gables of the wooden chalet. SHE IS WAITING FOR HIM YOU MAY BE SURE READY DRESSED AND A VERY SWEET OLD WORLD PICTURE SHE MAKES STANDING BENEATH THE GREAT OVERHANGING GABLES OF THE WOODEN CHALET
inhabitants, an atmosphere of quiet and provincialism hovers over it. There is but little traffic on ordinary occasions along its broad ways, and customers in its well-stocked shops are few and far between. This day being Sunday, it was busier than usual, and its promenades were thronged with citizens and country folk in holiday attire, among whom the Southern peasants, wearing their quaint, centuries-old costume, stood out in picturesque relief. Fashion, in its world-wide crusade against variety and its bitter contest with form and colour, has recoiled, defeated for the present from the mountain fastnesses of Bavaria. Still, as Sunday or gala-day comes round, the broad-shouldered, sunburnt shepherd of the Oberland dons his gay green-embroidered jacket over his snowy shirt, fastens his short knee-breeches with a girdle round his waist, claps his high, feather-crowned hat upon his waving curls, and with bare legs, shod in mighty boots, strides over the hill-sides to his Gretchen's door. DRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND INHABITANTS AN ATMOSPHERE OF QUIET AND PROVINCIALISM HOVERS OVER IT THERE IS BUT LITTLE TRAFFIC ON ORDINARY OCCASIONS ALONG ITS BROAD WAYS AND CUSTOMERS IN ITS WELL STOCKED SHOPS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN THIS DAY BEING SUNDAY IT WAS BUSIER THAN USUAL AND ITS PROMENADES WERE THRONGED WITH CITIZENS AND COUNTRY FOLK IN HOLIDAY ATTIRE AMONG WHOM THE SOUTHERN PEASANTS WEARING THEIR QUAINT CENTURIES OLD COSTUME STOOD OUT IN PICTURESQUE RELIEF FASHION IN ITS WORLD WIDE CRUSADE AGAINST VARIETY AND ITS BITTER CONTEST WITH FORM AND COLOR HAS RECOILED DEFEATED FOR THE PRESENT FROM THE MOUNTAIN FASTNESSES OF BAVARIA STILL AS SUNDAY OR GALA DAY COMES ROUND THE BROAD SHOULDERED SUNBURNT SHEPHERD OF THE OVERLAND DONS HIS GAY GREEN EMBROIDERED JACKET OVER HIS SNOWY SHIRT FASTENS HIS SHORT KNEE BREECHES WITH A GIRDLE ROUND HIS WAIST CLAPS HIS HIGH FEATHER CROWNED HAT UPON HIS WAVING CURLS AND WITH BARE LEGS SHOD IN MIGHTY BOOTS STRIDES OVER THE HILL SIDES TO HIS GRETCHEN'S DOOR
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