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DER FREISCHÜTZ;

OR,

THE MAGIC BALLS.

From the German of A. Apel.


Black spirits and white,
Blue spirits and grey,
Mingle, mingle, mingle,
You that mingle may.

Listen, dear wife,” said Bertram, the forester of Lindenhayn, to his good and faithful Anne; “listen, I beseech you, one moment. You know I have ever done my utmost to make you happy, and will still continue to do so; but this project is out of the question. I entreat you, do not encourage the girl any farther in the notion; settle the matter decidedly at once, and she will only