Hapsburg Liebe

Name: The Falling of a Leaf
Author: Hapsburg Liebe

The Falling of a Leaf (1915)

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“The Falling of a Leaf”, published in 1915, is a work by Hapsburg Liebe. It explores elements such as Breamer, tramp and Charley.

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Hapsburg Liebe, The Falling of a Leaf (1915)

“ His going mattered so little to anybody except himself; it mattered no more than the falling of a leaf.
Why had he lived? He had not asked to come into the world; he had not asked for the responsibility of keeping the immortal spark in the house of clay. He felt rebellious for a while; then he listened to Charley Abbott’s gentle persuasion and resigned himself with a certain vague hopefulness. To him Abbott was a god; he worshipped Abbott; no other person, in all his life, had even been a friend to him.
One afternoon in August Breamer missed his youthful friend. ”

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Hapsburg Liebe, The Falling of a Leaf (1915)

“ Breamer picked up the photograph and looked at it with his fine, hollow blue eyes. He knew little of Abbott’s world, or of the ages of women; but he knew this woman was one beloved by his friend, and therefore she was a creature divine. He leaned forward and touched the boy on the shoulder. Abbott looked around quickly, startled; then he smiled faintly and looked toward the golden summer sun.
“Sweetheart?” inquired the tramp.
“Mother,” answered the youth. “Infinitely better than any sweetheart, or anybody else. You’ll agree with me there, of course.”
“I don’t know, Charley.” ”

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Hapsburg Liebe, The Falling of a Leaf (1915)

“ I mightn’t ’a’ been a coward like I’ve always been; and I mightn’t been the nothin’ that I am. They sure love a feller, don’t they, Charley?”
“They’d die for you, go to the end of the world for you, even suffer ages of torment for you!” Abbott went to his feet and faced the haggard Breamer. “They’d do anything for you! Oh, you’ve missed the most of life!”
“Is it fair?” breathed the tramp.
“Is what fair?” Abbott wanted to know.
“You’ve had one, and I didn’t. I ain’t wishin’ you didn’t have none, y’ understand; I’m just askin’ is it fair for one not to have any and an other to have one. Is it?” ”

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Hapsburg Liebe, The Falling of a Leaf (1915)

“ He had stopped against a gatepost of granite, and was peering up a gravel walk that led to a broad verandah beyond a setting of gnarled trees that hid the upper part of a fine old house. Things were dim; they swam before his eyes; he felt that he must fall, that he must die without accomplishing the one mission of his worthless life. ”

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Hapsburg Liebe, The Falling of a Leaf (1915)

“ Breamer interrupted. “I’ve got four months; how long’ve you got?” He tapped his chest significantly.
The other’s eyes widened. “I—I don’t know,” he answered. “I’ve got a little hut out on the crest of the mountain a hundred yards, and I’ve got plenty of things to eat. I go down and buy food from the mountain people about every ten days; if you’re hungry, I’ll give you something to eat. Are you? You look it.”
“Got any eggs and milk?” asked Breamer. “The doctor said I must eat eggs and milk. How the devil am I to get eggs and milk! I’m a damned tramp, y’ know. ”

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Hapsburg Liebe, The Falling of a Leaf (1915)

“ Now there was in my town, living not far from us—we lived in North Atlanta—a certain rich man whom I have always hated because he swindled my father out of a fine tract of cotton lands when I was a child. The thief who stole the silver-mounted revolver, guided by a mean Fate, entered the house of the rich man on the same night, was surprised, killed the rich man and left the weapon lying beside him. ”

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Hapsburg Liebe, The Falling of a Leaf (1915)

“ Breamer declared.
“No!” Abbott’s eyes took in the tramp’s thin figure, his hollow cheeks, his haggardness. “No! Tramps are beaten and cuffed, and it’s a rather long journey to Atlanta. But I’m grateful to you. I assure you I’m grateful to you.”
The sun had entirely hidden itself. Breamer looked toward the lakes of shadows that were fast gathering in the coves below.
“It’s getting late, Charley,” he said. “It’s a good half a mile to the top. ”

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