ast is this: May
our Roland, who comes to us from the New World, be borne onward and
animated by the rich powers beyond himself, to great and noble ends!"
He raised his glass with enthusiasm, the sunlight sparkled in the wine,
and pointing to it he continued:

"The sun of to-day greets the sun of a past age. What we drink is the
offspring of departed days, and what we receive into our soul has
ripened in the sun of eternity. Each one of us should be a fruit that
shall ripen and live on in the sun of eternity, as God lives in
humanity, and in the stars, and in the trees and plants. Holy is the
world, and holy should we make ourselves. We are not our own, and what
we have is not our own. What we are and what we have belong to the
Eternal. My Roland, the bright, smiling, sunny light of this day which
is gilding the earth will be turned to the fire of the wine, which
after resting and ripening in well sealed casks, in the cool earth,
shall presently be carried to strangers through all the lands, to
animate and penetrate them with its sunlight. So shall the sun of
to-day become fire in our souls, which shall burn brightly through the
cold and desolate days that may be in store. May that ripen in you, my
Roland, which shall quicken your soul, and rejoice mankind, and convert
all life into the free and beautiful temple of God."

Eric's eye encountered a glance from Manna's, as he sat down. She
beheld him as it were for the first time. His face wore an expression
of ideality, of spirituality, which seemed to subdue all passion, and a
look of such manly decision as made her feel, If, in danger, I had this
man by my side, I should have an all-sufficient help. But she needed no
help.

Sonnenkamp and Pranken shrugged their shoulders at the conclusion of
Eric's speech, and had to repress a laugh which was provoked by
Sonnenkamp's whispering to his neighbor,--

"The man almost seems to believe what he says."

A diversion was here made by the arrival of the Doctor, and of the
Justice's Lina, who was eager to greet her friend upon her "return to
life," as she called it. All arose from the table in excellent spirits.

CHAPTER XVI.

ABOUT ANOTHER AND FOR ANOTHER.

The Doctor kept close watch upon the behavior of the girls, and
listened to their conversation. Manna expressed her thanks for her
friend's kind attention, but preserved all the while in her manner a
certain r