The gates ajar. By Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.

Igo The Gates Ajar.
they were. And he said:' They are the children that love to pray and to learn, and are
good.' Then said I:'Dear man, I have a son,
too; his name is Johnny Luther. May he not
also come into this garden and eat these beautiful apples and pears, and ride these fine
horses?' Then the man said:'If he loves to
pray and to learn, and is good, he shall come
into this garden, and Lippus ana Jost too; and
when they all come together, they shall have
fifes and trumpets, lutes and all sorts of music,
and they shall dance, and shoot with little
cross-bows.'
"And he showed me a fine meadow there in
the garden, made for dancing. There hung
nothing but golden fifes, trumpets, and fine
silver cross-bows. But it was early, and the
children had not yet eaten; therefore I could
not wait the dance, and I said to the man:'Ah, dear sir! I will immediately go and write
all this to my little son Johnny, and tell him
to pray diligently, and to learn well, and to
be good, so that he also may come to this
garden. But he has an Aunt Lehne, he must
bring her with him.' Then the man said:'It
shall be so; go, and write him so.'
"Therefore, my dear little son Johnny, learn