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Dino had to run after him to catch him, for Mux knew no road or way and had dashed ahead only in his fear of arriving too late. At last they reached the station and entered their car. Now they were moving out into the beautiful country. The sun was shining over the fields and woods, and there was not a single cloud in the sky. Cornelli was sitting beside the open window, eagerly looking out.
She had the talent of describing everything in such a funny and vivid fashion that she made them all laugh. Mux alone was unhappy in these days, for he had lost his beloved companion. Full of anger, he would meet the four laughing school children when they were coming up the stairs and would say: "If I owned all the schools I would certainly burn them."
If you take my advice you can both contribute to the prosperity of the whole family." With these words the gentleman gave the little girl his hand and went away. Agnes flew up the rest of the stairs and into the narrow hall. Her brother Mux was standing expectantly in the open doorway. He did this every day at the time his brother and sisters were coming home from school.
"Don't go, don't go! Tell him not to come for a long while," Mux implored her. The little boy had slipped in behind his mother and was keeping a tight hold on Cornelli, as if her papa might come at once to pull her away. "No, no, Cornelli, you won't go away yet," Dino now said. "To-morrow I am allowed to get up for the first time and you must be there to see if I can still walk.
"Then you can be here till summer time and we two can go back to Iller-Stream together, for it is quite settled that I am going again to our good old Martha." "And I'll go, too," Mux said with conviction. "Do you know, Cornelli," he whispered into her ear, "I'll stay with you all the time in your own house and Dino can go alone to old Martha." Agnes was simply enchanted with this new prospect.
Halm replied to his astonishment, for he had hoped to start a long conversation. "Well, Mux, you don't seem to be able to get over the cabbage to-day. Go to sleep, for you have talked enough about it." Mux knew then that nothing could be done that day, After his evening prayer and a kiss from his mother, he lay down and was fast asleep before his mother had even shut the door.
"Well, boy, what is your name?" "Mux," was the reply. The gentleman looked questioningly at the mother. "That is the name his brother and sisters have given him and the one which seems to have remained quite permanently," she replied. "His name is really Marcus and he is just five years old." "Well, well, and what do you want to be when you grow up, my young friend?" asked Mr. Schaller.
The mother had again gone out to the kitchen, so he could not get her help, which made him very angry. "Yes, yes, you always want to order everybody around all the time," he cried out furiously, "and you even broke somebody on the wheel, once." Now the mother entered. "Oh, Mama, Mux is saying such frightful things. Shouldn't he go to bed?" Agnes called to her.
To inspire her with plenty of new ideas, I am going to send her to her professor in town for lessons. Dino shall help me keep my two horses in trim by giving them plenty of exercise, for that will be good for him and them. I can use Mux by having him trained to become the manager of my estate.
Jes' wan' t' see what 's inside uv 'im an' what kind uv a smellin' critter he is. Dunno es they wan' t' dew 'im any pertic'lar harm. Jes' wan' t' mux 'im over a leetle; but they dew it awful careless, an' he ain't never fit t' be seen no more." He snickered faintly as he spoke. "An' they don't nobody see much uv 'im efter thet, nuther," he added, with a smile.
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