exclaimed, "Yes, it is my father!" fell at his feet, and sobbed, "Thy daughter, thy Emma, lies before thee! She it is who fled hither, far from the bustle of the world, to pass her days with her beloved, and who blesses the moments in which she has been permitted once more to see the dear author of her existence !"

Eginhard then also threw himself at the feet of the Emperor, and implored for pardon and reconciliation.

A long pause ensued, and the Monarch's face showed his inward struggle. Then followed a scene of love, full of embraces and expressions of childlike tenderness. All the resentment of the severe father vanished at the sight of Emma's tears of joy. He willingly forgave her and Eginhard, and passed happier hours with them in the hut than he had ever passed amid the splendours of his Court.

In the meantime, the hunting companions of the Emperor, full of dismay at missing their master, had been searching for him through the forest during the whole night, and only in the bright morning light reached the neighbourhood of the valley where the three happy ones tarried,

With Emma on one side and Eginhard on the other, and followed by the two boys, the Emperor stepped out.

"See here," said he, "while you were searching for me I have found the most choice game, for in this solitude I have recovered my lost daughter and my friend Eginhard, whom my heart has bitterly missed for six long years. They are my children, and shall no more be separated from me. Hasten, and let us return to Ingelheim, where we will celebrate the festival of a reunion and marriage which I now bless with all my heart.

law, shall again be my

Eginhard, my son-incounsellor; but I will

cause a Minster to be built on the spot where my Emma passed so many happy years, and where I had the happiness of recovering her, and it shall be called Seligenstatt (Happy Place)."

And so it came to pass, and near the place where the Minster was built in course of time a town arose, called Seligenstadt, which remains to this day and is situated on the Maine. In the church there is still shown the tomb of both husband and wife, whose remains are enclosed in one coffin. In later times this

coffin was sent by the Grand Duke of Hesse to the Count Erbach, who, as some assert, is a descendant from a branch of Eginhard's family.

FRANKFORT.

FOUNDING OF THE CITY.

HARLEMAGNE was not always successful in his wars against the Saxons. They were a warlike and independent people, and made a powerful stand against him, and not unfrequently forced him back by their superior numbers, and placed him in great difficulties. On one occasion he was driven back to the banks of the Maine. A thick fog overspread the forest and river; not a vessel was to be seen, and it was impossible to find out the spot where Charlemagne and his army could safely ford the river. Alarmed by the noise of the troops, a hind, carrying her young one, rushed through the thicket surrounding the banks, and immediately, as if to show the Emperor the way of escape, waded through the river with her fawn. Charlemagne lost no time in taking advantage of this discovery, and followed with his army, and so happily escaped

the enemy, from whom the fog hid the passage.

Arrived at the opposite bank, Charlemagne, full of gratitude for his escape by the ford, stuck his spear into the sand, and said,

"On this spot shall stand a city, which shall be called the Ford of the Franks, in remembrance of this event!" And as he in process of time completely conquered the Saxons, he founded Frankfort, which in later times became renowned as the place of coronation for the Emperors, and is still in magnificence and wealth a flourishing commercial city on the Maine.