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BY ioilk 56. BRATTON,
VOL/ 34.
n Tin A MT?PTP A AT- VaTJTM™i7P i then, with dsclrcamjhb added,“where-; of his'parcnta, andlhat.of his.long wished for bride,
Y.I/JjUiNrX } d o ' s t thou stand, boy?” . jas/well.as.by the fearful thbughtthatyondor spectral
■liiHia. .Barthold,'* greatly •slarllcd, cast' hia eyes to - Ihb bid man, in caso.ho boro a living soul within his body,-
I ground;, find saw that he wos walking close along the hud, to ayoid’hia threatening, fallen into the abyss of
! edgeofft dizzy’precipice. So sudden Was his alarm;' the cavern,’ drid* had there’ miserably perished. Or
From tlio American Review. j.lhat it required un exertion.of;his utmost strength to was' it a restless spirit that Had been his fcllow
fia UNKNOWN OLD MAN IN THE MOUN- keep himself frorii’fulling into the nhyss below,:'he traveller?, '
71113 TAIN. . •••■ V- ; ; .was'obliged, indeed, io-grdapthVbranch 'ofafir (; '■- His senses were, bewildered. •
- „ : rrTr' l , tree; by Ihcaid of which, lie hastily swung himself!' It now seemed to him, as if in a dream that he was
;ne , v . tipbnjho-.moss .within, the. secure shadow of the trees* tt far softcrcouch than the jnoss, upon
—— Who'S ho had recovered his powers again, ho .said,' which ho had fallen, and as if avoicc whispered near
/ laiighvng : .‘ *• him, “ Ho-musfslcop yet for. threo hours,; then all
~• - •. *», A • ‘Tlih mil ■ “Well, I must say this;'comrade, ybu have a pc- will be well." • .. . •.'r, «
peep night lay Upon ,i; o i»n»nfohn*i . culiarmahner of-;warnihg a fellow.travcllcrJ a man- -The voice sounded like a dear,, and familiar, one.
lines of their peakt» cou »,«'„* nor-which seem?, in reality, contrived to break one's At tho same time an odor 6l perfumed balsam breath
drawn in ■ « . ftV f P i, an< rinir ncc k* .It is well that Idm no-night walker. In that cd around him. -Willingly yielding,ho sank bapk
yens, and at times a tine g ,i, n s_ a . Pllh « l ,{;hrms’ cas °y ou -had plunged me with’yaur startling cry over into'.a deep and .pleasant slumber; every trace of
naks. beech, or fir trees, which, m'lhoirslrahgcdorms, j| 10 ’ c |jg s i* . 1 - *• J • consciousness vanished from him.,./ '
, .. Tho art a rtigl.t-walkcr," oilman; i„ a , --/V./o •
giants than like trees. .. . •. '■ hollow voice., l - " Thou walkcst, forsooth; and it is
* Tims. at lcaBt,iUccmod lp .a . young - man■ wjw. ■ B „ t _ 80f in i ruth( a f| m?n . And if (hqu
about lwd hundred yon a S* const .find thy whereabouts without me—ci! then try
ionic In tl.o H.ru forest, ildneo! Thy T..thbr’s colligo must* stand close ift
Wen land., which hod.ad nnderlfkep Scok for it ; Ibm not inoeking yen. Look
of perfectinglw*-«oblo, and-cartful^,about,ydu.” --* • . • ■
that ofan armorer. N , - k j idnann'VaV. • Barthold did.so with intense.,' eagerness, aura of
honest collier, could not i , ® j.being able to confute the, disordered, babble of.his
tlicr up the mountain.. P«n ng ft* - Bat what Was his astonishment, as cliff
absence, many things ® c JV . . a nd meadow and the old pines seemed (6 grow so
lUm Or i might bd that ho Imnsc^ 1 td-hlm that lie could not deny that near by
cil, and thus things arou PP . , I must-stand.the.dwelling of his parents,;, Hu walked
altered than they actual y ‘ ’.t,- i I through .the bushes, searching on all sides. Ho be
this as it may, how? , „? K , lr Mo? - I S an lo «P oli his belayed father. No answer ;
of night, the palh wliich > . . j ho. hospitable robf qroso between’ the branches.—
peered fearfully Strange i .. . Suddenly,his.foot struck against a largcflat stone.—
wept aloud, like a child Ist i . ff • .Heavens; it was once-his paternal.-hearth, now in
And still, at limes ogan, e y S ruins; half charred beanis lay scattered-upon the
looked so kindly and so fumiliarly. upo - him. “0- - shuddoringi and. scarcely able to speak
heavens, he sighed, lic joy, lc . g u u ftr p lo ld srld with a groan. ’** Alas, what has happen;
at home, start uu suddenly before me and tbcp van- CfJ )lcrc , ? . whentromy dear frirtds 7■ My parents,
bh, like the sparks from, the forge,, and I canhot whcrq arQ thcy ? , whc / 0 * ia ihcir BWCQI foster-child,
yrasp them" .- • Gertrude 7’* * ' ' ' . .
Overcome by the Ms of I.is long d.iy' s journoy, .. ol) 1116 arb . a iii u . thcy aro -„n tb r co alivo," roi
and sf,II more by- bo keen fooling of sudnr.ss, which- ■„ 0 oI J ;- wo ' d fot U v ancl ll.ou .ball
mastered him at these words, ho sank down upon a nce £ce tlie J oo> " But aa , 0 I)at h „ happon .
heap of stones winch-were almost hidden by I o od , lorc |donotu , lO it am l ß3 , m y f r ic„d, blit oho
tallgrass.- But then, at once st rt ng u yp, question see in storm, sonic wl. at si I ly. Tlu: old l.calhcn
■aid . . gotl of fire: whom the learned call Vulcan, once stop
“ Joy i* Grlll s f ‘‘ v l orll ° messenger to a d pol j ] ia j. a a | night as a pilgrim, will, a soo-blnck gar
home is the slay_and prop ol hfc.,, No fllokering H cloBcly ropped ibout his .boulders, Tby pa.
sparks arethey. So, tl.cn! Iresbly and gaily onward, hilrf( and lot |liBn . raalto , lis .£«,
8 He now'resumed bis walk briskly up tho, .noun- comfortably upon a couch of. hoy. and straw in iho
tain, humming songs between his teeth: now, some barn. Bad-dreams ca.no upon ...n, and with Hue
ed b lad of I.ls childhood,-now,-' now, and strange ho-laded uj m nil lupomp and glow of bmmteh.
Te, which he bad learned in foreign lands. -<. ■ y 'nature. broke in the roof with h.s head, and wi,h
-lave a care will, the stuff!" saidsorao >ed the rafters in pieces, and with h.s
'behind him.- Ho! turned, and beheida litllo old man <“0l stamped, the hearttfAep into the _earth.-
v o bad probably followed I.lm for somo-ti.no unob- tarn yaniphed, and thy war.
" I 1 , . , • s . thy.friendsdwell in a cavern, not.far from here.—
‘Tbe'ydung mam with frightful vio- But_ ho .who -was;tbo rimssenger Tito God
lenee, which afll.no surprises overt bravo men at tho lnli ” business, see, good friend ll.ot ivasl.
.uud n appoeranco or a stranger, cried out„".vi,m ia , ' Barthold drawing from Ins scabbard tho well,
there I Wherefore do you warn mo?- and against .tempered. W»d«. t ' l ' " , . ork ? f I"™" I""’''■ 1 ""’''■^ lurn ' <1
..-hat stuff do you moan^l should take.care ?" upon tho author of .the mischief. Iho lattermade
« Against Urn singing.” replied Me old mim,'cold- not a mo ion of self defence, and as .s usually 11.0
ly. " Against inward singing, ! mean o«so will, bravo men under- suchi circumstances
Far, in good sooth, so long as yon sing-it out Into Ih.a behavior oheoked; tho orm of-tho indignant
the open air, you will thwart others therewith more J' o "** l -.... • ■ ';, ~ T V * 1,...
Ilian yourself. Hut when tho sound is within your- y The old man then said. If, yon lull mo because
Mir, unheard by all lilon, unheard oven by youfowri 1 to yourdear .y.ends I can
outward sensei, but to yony inward senses and self your gu.de to thumj wd: jfon yourßelf
is a constant companion, even in slumbers, e- -.♦tP 011 . Bm oaijh-.iimrpr, and never
re. in your tbolbing is more into its
'"'iWd'stillf’said.Bjrthoid, Ctlips was^jtq.y^g,
amji a eondilmp appoay. to mj
a * j l -.- ( 8 r , * n i-»» rnnliod ilia old H ,c ruins,; lie himselfsecmfcd seized' with poop ter-.
,a l i«,[ :pc,l^il u P on^! ® ?*. usfirflt mad' ror.-,Tliqjr*wontomvoriliipon arookypalh.doEto along
mB i n 'i m l * er ? uro 50,1,0 .... nnft .!f arC( i w iu, me* tho edge of the precipice, until they stood before al
and tlifin,jlcacl. So has p ... r . Q ' high cavern in the face of tho rock, which was over
ulthough *l-was ever more of a soldier than a by loomy prßt ■ -I
BID S y cl up, live still » said the youth, filled with “ l ”, “W his guWo. in a low voice. “More i
xu jipa uv'-oi » dwell thy dear ones. But do not shout aloud m thy
"A B litUe r " said the old man, “and oven that little excessive joy ( ll.on wouldst eUstartlo them. They
linnrd. Wbem-o wi, truly giving fiM.
nm,?go,m™mn ra’y co]d breast like a r . ll “> .»!>».«• find tl.om'dt oil. Dost
sad sun Blreum, and like a warm k J o ”“ s ‘^ i tk “ r S'...» Du t show--them to mo !” said Bartl.old, wishfully
-!?n—nmn“or arise and follow him a.lilUe “"liougl. at tho same time, ho felt his hair stand on
way. Wolves amf hoars commonly take it ill, bile end from .a feolmg of borrow that he could nolcom-
poG.retched arm held H, within, the
U Sbmoll.ingivl.ilo stirred within, as if upon a-bed
l.us thus plunged over the cliffs, andl many a lofty 0 , s t]i moll , ar .... said t | lb 0 1J -nian ; but, as
slag bus beaten ids .oad. °.P 1 » C0 * f. “ , I have said.'waif a iltllo i lit her come lo her senses
tranks of the forest. But ...mlile a..d so .ntl, t leap f rcm . ot | lcrwiBCi natl.ing good will happon .1.
.q. fro,,, ahi I like a gpblm. Yet l otorn to my f . of joy, dasl. thco down, tho
grave weeping. That men ;hav» done to me. and » M S bo often behaves fright
u.-jgie. But the inward u so. hilly Vild, sineell brought Vulcan into tho -house In
And be wrapped h.s face -in bis dark and pattered * o flf a c i urlcou " Kucst , A nd scest thou a
ganncalß, and it scorned to tl.o youlli as if ho heard bo ,b yondot in n.oseconh story—it .nay seem to tl.ee
lam rob softly. , .. *• porhbps like a proiectian ofa rock—thorc dwells Ihy
He was theq moved with compaasiop for lho gray V on F» 8 .f oglor child the dear sweet Gertrude. Yes
liuirud maniac, for ho could think him ® , “®* She makes her bed high and'solitary, in maidenly
ami 1.0 said with a voice and gesture of endpdrage . Atrango, gray night-dress slid,
met. .go now to rest, tho* poor d.s emperod ores.- vm.BUXK, i g< 8
lure, and seek mo at noon ' la J " f, purchase costly garments for hef, for by niglit six. is
P I",? - r!° m" id “ A f noon contented with Ibis dark attire,land by day she scarce
lint the little old man laughed sadly. , At noon • ov «sr leaves t J,b* liqll. Harklsho silts.' Ilci,:sho
o-morrow? By early daw.. l mu«tleavotbeo,cr / t ,‘ t hcr bri( | l ,l, r „ om comc ,, nndsl.o fiutlcrs, to
<‘i l.ilußt sunrise, and 1 cannot seek thco again be- ~,, - ’
fete n.idnigbt! or rather, 1 cannot seek time ot alt, words him. Ilu.sce. . - ■ r
m,le.s l| J eomest again to rest grove,- bm I'«Veft"atf,
ut lbut thou wilt probably never do. . , an ' d daa ] lc d wildly against tho lantern, breaking it m
‘ cs oof ooooi likely, laughed Barthold, his d oxliiisuisiiini; 11.0 light, wl.ilo u wf.ilo roo
jout.fulga.ety returning-- “tor the present, I nped ’ | aj k abd r ? s |, c d madly-by tho
nc.toaee.npamou or a guide. So-then, good ' Half hpw j inf j |,alf iougl.idg, the old nian
‘ I wish it Id us both,” said the little old mam- V iS.TC!
“ 'Vital is right for ono of us, Is certainly so for 11.0 com? y” . ® a | dan ia your ,i n worthy damd.wlio
oilier. 1-or until the morning twilight, 1 shall con. f * *» •
ttunc inscpurablo companion, constant even us. tho kas 10 a while,^ 'through tho now still
sullen mother Niglit. Conduct tbysolf toward mo H* ooo''k Im then said: “I have dope
as thou wilt, I sbuli aim go with thee I” , W"* a Bpol , upo „ thorn, and
Agamst my will wilt thou venture it? sold tho JT* J f l tfl| ia j |,avo forgotten tl.o magic
ygml. m a tbroalemng tone. . ■ . wnr ,l hv which I could disenchant [hem again. 80.
. And the old man replied: “ Yet. the hateful sing- w by „ but f br this I would gladly do it.
las ventured, end still vonluros-it ovon-so with jj"| de -^ ah la °' i|,y father —I could not bring back
Barthold know not what to reply to tlie slrungo J," d ‘j 0 °J, 1 " iio lives as I
J 1 * man ;. .Tho tiyo, sido by side, walked on hi si- i naßiirccl li.eo, hut not hero boldw any longer,
jciicoandm haste. 'No one cobid have - supposud i,t,« .« lioavon bv a cast of his own axe, and
But 11.0 sl.aunkon and shrivelled old roan could thus Is oarc, doubtless,..ml to return lo our
k «l> pace with tl.o t.,11 and vigorous youth. I ox-' «?»!> ““B' ™ A ’ h) w 0 may call l.imov-
I.W liatll.old's wonder also, and 11.0 feats which lie dark *J- w ; t ,, t h o w i s ost sayings—lie will
'■M suppressed stirred anew within.his bosom. Will, ll.oso words he, by
in order to banish it by cheerful discourse, ho bo- . Bi | ulrt r 0 an d sank upon Ids knees us
gan; “You sepm to bo well acquainted hero hi thu pan to . .1
wounjaina. Do you know my father, tho honoat col. - ,,i l J’!J yor, ltnll , mnn j» cr i c d Barthold, “.if thou—
l«r,«ullfriod Wahrmilnd. ... - . ‘‘ Man ‘ ? nh 1 y llirills uio with companion
(bo old man slarlod foatfully, and oxclaimcd .in O lko "'. w ' ofc r !_if ihnii coiildsl lull me,-ln plain l.y
fur.tms tones. “No, no !Ki no! ,1 do not—l do .hot and with lorro. if 9 j j u)d plrdo nl Iru
*** Idm. El no! Do not suspect nip of snob"-. man language, ow end is,.,
Jho imllgnmUyoulli Ihon cried: “You may bo ly, I would glu X inxlously amid the mofla.ln
miui at your own cost, slrango comrodo, as much as _ Ihe old ho brought forth an axo,
‘?wSK:fc-T m,no,y|ifyottW^
“eieav o e.” O 1t.;.1 Li it'at him, and woe’s mo! my
A us! Ulus 1 Why make this llltlo iffu so wearisome, ,hono red with blood in the
“f .to yourself and olbors? I spoak nothing d Xho edge oi mo .....
ml Mack of your dour, mountain ftill.or. . 1 will luLi.V hnnida himself will, anger and terror,
'“'Ply confess to you Hint IToar him beyond moss- . J,,, ru . Wcttnol , f rom 11.0 slrangor’s l.and,
Is that übusu? So fur us lam conoerned I tore tl.o fr g ...foatonlnglv over Ids ).oad i hut die
all men feu Ulua lownrdi , lna .«•. . and the'gloom of the cavern
1 wish no such tiling, I wish il.aVnll men loy- ' llllor ..* . d . jr ron i an immeasurable depth,the
tJ me." replied Barthold, quickly. H° jlld )>“f »>*• end dlenpponrod. A r<ml on: . r , ~Uy whether to
bin'l 1 1',”' "* 111050 word “ ? ho d “ k to ™ glided be- youl. '' ca^ co ' D l r ihol(l row .wildly forth; as- .lf in
!r J , “Imldng its bon'd. For tl.o stars shone Ugl J « l>- " ull ,|[ o uxo clasped .convulsively
siyto dm young man’s .aye. and Ida spirit rose fovorlul. doll um, }> . ■ -
."g will, mysterious emotion up towards, tl.o hi hi* lig I a t list Ip.doalli-lllio folnlnosa uppn
file heaven. lie senlt downsiiaii n U(4 . 6f „ murmuring 1
Slid 1 ! 1 ‘.'m, to*' l i«|P*n »»' v to '»ugh again-mid tho»W° o ,f;"^ 0 f B l oe pAiI.GP&n liint. Ho wnssoon
kba’l in“ " rl “°f 11,6 ‘if" l stkr-gbsor.- probub ly, broQk^ ir ) ;h o wovor,by II * anxiety about tho fitlo
"“o lias (alien into a wpil. Jmt gato bofoiotlieo; lor ( aroused agalit; iiowovotr,. y. , -
a aarautitul gst<n?g»
UV SAM I.* BPIU.Vai
I ‘OUR COUNTRY— SlAt IT ALWAYS DE RIGHT—BUT RIGHT, OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY, 1 !
CARLISLE, PA-j THURSDAY/ JUNE U, 1817.
When his-senses returned, it seemed os if lie. were
transported to hie fathered welling*,every thing around
appeared' so familiar to.him.'-'.That, doubtless, was
the.old.round,oaken table, at; which the family, were
accustomed to cat!' There stood.his mother’s spin*
nihg wheel, curiously wrought and'curved. And uh,
his Gertrude’s lute, to whicTfsho was wont losing so
sweetly her sacred songs, hung in mild light against
(ho"wall/ ’■
Much around him,’ however, was lnstead
of tbo Uttlo cottage windows,.with the creeping win
tor-greon, tho/sun now shone through a high and
somewhat ruinous archedwindow into an apartment
which resembled a,hall rather than, a chamber, and
in place bftho chirping of the merry finches in the
branches of the wood* without, solemn choral music
was heard as if from a neighboring-chapel. .
“ Where arn'l?' 1 he sighed.! at.lasi. . “.Ilayc they
thought me dead, dpd placed hid in a cathedral for
interment—and docs yon solemn music proclaim my
funeral obsequies?”
God forbid,, my dear, my newly found son !’*
echoed the, sort,'weeping voice of Ins mother, and
from the head of.lho bed, whore she had watched for
his waking, the. worthy dame bbnt. fondly over his
facci Refreshed by the dew.of his mother’s tears,as
a flower by the dew ofheaven, Barthold raised him
self with a smile* and befofp him stood his father*
Walirmund, who grasped his hand heartily and said :
“Up then wholly upon thy feet', as beseems a stout
man, especially an lie who would forgo
the wcapons for braye deeds must-boar a bold heart
within his bosom, and provost at-every turn, of his
earthly- pilgrimage. Yefihmk-nol, thou dear, long
absent-son, that 1 have spoken those words in rebuke.
It is well known .to meVlhal.mahy'a strange wonder
bothers in our which will disturb at
limes even those rdost-familiarHo.'thcm. But you
hovo.fot'a long 1 while been'unused to them, and be
sides this, were scarcely grown from boyhood when
you parted from us.- And that makes-a serious
, difference. For the wonders qf this old German land
disclose themselves, as is bub right, to those for Iho
most part only who arc not at once subdued and oast
into' lhe dust before., them. They ,appear to.the
’ ripened youth, to the full-grown nun, to weak boys
1 seldom or never.”, • :
Barthold, who but a moment since was, pale‘as
death, now started from Ills couch,with a face crimson
red, and cried: How, father!,. The Harlz wonders
were mistaken In me, then, when they approached
me as a vigorous youth. Fori sank overcome upon
tho grass, and fell Into a swoon. Who was it found
mo there by tho brook, and my shame with me?”'
- Collier Wnbrmimd replied kindly and gravely :'
BtUjtiWinrTtHuid God.be.
hither with the two stout cbmrodesof my
craft. - Bui, thank--Heaven, neither now nor ever.have
I carried shame into my house. That Ih’ou wpst not
vanquished and overthrown by yon juggling phan
tasms, that thou hast bravely withstood tho foes of
flesh and blood also, who at last probably mustered
thee, as suits-and beseems old Wahrmund’s. son—
look, this is proved by the blood upon yonder axe,
which then didst hold firmly grasped in thy strong
hand ; so Army that perhaps thy father's hand, alone
had been able to wrest the weapon from thee.”
“ Father,” replied Barlliold, while indistinct re
membrance brought a shudder upon his frame," tho
blood on yonder wenpon is not the blood ofali enemy.
Ah, no, ifis blood very.door tp usl” ' ‘
*. ‘‘ For God 8 sake, my’son,' what host thou done-7
cried his mother, weeping. < - *
17 Nothing which shodid lorriry you ” replied
Barthold. .“'But tho axe and ho who wielded It,
oitharyoars or months ago—-yes, truly, the two be- ;
Iwocnlhom have bccji' tho cause-of mischief*”—
Scanning his father more closely, and seeing a deep
and still reddish scar between-the gray locks upon -i
his poblc forehead,ho cried, "Oh, father, the blood
upon the axe ls your blood in truth .
lie has returned to us crazed I” cried his mother,
and began to weep anew.
. ,Bnt Wnhrmnnd said, when, after a rapid stride
across the'charnlicr, ho had closely viewed the axe,
** No, - God be praised, he Ims returned in his sound
senses. But it may bo that ho has met with things
j in tho wood which might turn tho wits of thoslrOhg
cst, unless aided by Gnd’s inscruliblo power.”
. “ You say, truly, father,” replied tho young man.
‘‘You bear thefalr name of Wahrmund this tune also
not in mockery. But tho goblin in the wood ypndor,
who with his Wild words and juggleries drove mo
into a swoon, and almost inlu madness, lie was in
truth a.lying month. Nay, ho was crazed besides,
from his own story, the poor mnd'phanloin !, Listen:
ho imagined that ho hod turned you by his sorcery
into boasts; you, deaf mother, and oh, a young,
sweet creature beside!' Forgivo me,' but;tho gloom
that yonder goblin breathed upon mo flutters again
about my head, ns upon iho wings of a-bnt. Andso
I will ask tho question outright. Toll mo truly, your
sweet foster-child,. Gertrude, she cotlalnly .is, not
spell-bound?”’ 't,. K .
“Ei, Barthold, co’mnoso thyself. . God-preserve
lis |U said his mother, in an almost upbroidlntf lone.
•‘.Do such thoughts beseem the day of-thy return to
us, dear son?” . .
”Oh, dear mother!” said tho youth, ‘‘you b amp
mo very justly. But have compassion and tell me
what has become of sweet Gcrlrudo.’?| . . -
“Mark! yon can hoar her sing in the choir of the
cloister close at hand,” replied tho mother, solemnly.
“ Onr present dwelling, as you can see, ptands close
"^HaVGertruSi''hcooiiio ,'a mm, then?” asjeed the
youth, ami covered hi* face with 111. hands,
”Oh no! oh.no!" replied hi" mother, encourag
ingly, “ But alnoo a groat misfortune hole tho ool
tana and' ihrni where you’ worn born, Barthold, tiro
compassionate nuna of the cloister have given ua an
abode hero, in thoir 0000 splendid, hut now crumb
ling refectory! s 9 that by patllliims wo have arranged
it like a little house. And as Gertrude ua. cause for
sorrow on account of many thing*—on account of
your long uhsonoo nmopg tho rest, my own dear ami
—sho joins. her own .'.Wool' tone every morning .to
those of the virgin* ofthe cloister, and bus, with
her glorious.'voice, discharges in part the debt of
rrraiiiudo wo owe them* I *' ■ ,
"How sweetly it soimdsl” sold the youth, as
yonder liymna oolm over to us from the ehapol. Oil,
God lio, praised that all I leva Btill 1i oml wotoomo
mo kindly mid affectionately M-ofnlJl, ri f l, ‘ a n '
deed the ftiroatnnd best blowing ihal'woi can enloy
here holey-; It Is true, thm, that mtr old ho.no lies
lii riilns? . Father, in that, tho mad goMm did not
o. A fire hrpkoo.il therein?’ 1
"ThalwnS a frlghlful business, my, good son,
sold hia mother, “ Then ' must first rest and ho ro-
Creahed bolero it saddens .thy young soul,"
"Not an," said ilio collier Wahtmundi “suspense
is worse tlian death. My son la a ,Sturdy .limn, and
will boor all that Is yet Xu/Storo for bund how mnoh
more than past evils, which oro liho suhtcrranenii
passages, (hat )pok frightful so long only as no one
ventures into them wilii a light, Besides, U(s better
ho should h now all before Gertrude returns from mass.
Ant I not right, wife? therefore, m.tho moon while,
prepare a dinner that may render tin* M « W'
Us still hltppler. Jt will load Bat lmhl ou fr i ' K 1
fresh air, whore .the heart discloses Uoelr more I fmely.
« night I" replied (lie tfood dame. But our door
Gertrude.has, os usual,-already cared for .our mid \
day’s before going to moss* Let mo go out i
with you lhcn. When it concerns a .story full of woo j
find ajigoffas.in this ease,a kind-hearted woman,'as i
it seems to'mp, is never in the"way;" If alio grieves
a little herself as she listens, yctaho soothes others,
perhaps, by her presence. 1 ! ,
“As mild air of heaven, so it is with
you,” said'lict 1 husband. “Come then.” Leading
■wife'.and!soH!ljy the.hand, lie walked with them to a
■sliady”spht'..in tho wood. Deep’ stillness -'feigned
aroundi interrupted only by tho wind rustling through
the by tho murmuring of a brook in the
valley ; They sat them down in the grass
upon and Father Wahrmund related as
follows; r ■■ :
“ You know, my J ricar son, that 1 received the sweet
Gertrude'ttß: W OjsleT*child, while she was,yet in
swaddling-cloUiep.u fatherless and motherless orphan,
about,two years after you wero.bcstdwed upon us by
Heaven. ~Dul .under whatcircumslnnces Ims not been
told you/'. I ffliuhd her lying by the brook Isle; Which
then ran rod with blood over its pebbly bottom i for,
a short tuna before, a battle for life or death hod been
fought thcrojigainst a wild and lawjess scum of
marauders,\wilo mnrchcd ihrough mountain and.val
loy, doing Kur( und mischief to all honest people,
until a few dozen of sturdy fellows agreed together
to attack anti disperse them. Of course, 1 was one of
the Humber, ‘ The field was outs. You can imagine,
Barthold, with what delight I took' the pretty, weep,
ing infant, and boru it ns o>y solo portion of the booty
homeward.'"Whether it belonged to onoof.Uie fallen
: ruffians, or whether it had been stolen by,the band
, from some ridjalc.house, with all my Inquiries I was
unable And thus, you two grew up'to'.
■ gather 1 saw a band twine itself
• daily abiiuf'your hearts that filled my own. with joy,
r and dbes so still, for it is a sacred band, and pleasing
in .the eyes'of God. Yo .separated, in IriUh, hah
betrothed, when you went foith upon your wander.
Jugs. 1 * , * ' ,,t ' ‘ ■
'.“Aye, trulyl” cried Bartlio!d., ü ßiit speak out quick
father? th'ere’fias no obstacle risen in the way .
•* “Thou-wilt hoar I 1 ’said Wuhrmund, with some
sovcrity..s;.i i -v*’
ButitholVripUicr whispered in -her son’sj car:*—
“Would LHitfc come but so cheerfully sviffi thee if
thy dearest joy ? ' Bo still and
full of my. only child.”. ' - f
And tho.yputli smiled brightly, as the collier pro*
cecdcd with'lii* story.
■“ More that) a year ago, a stranger came into our
mountains, dOurious old man, who was lookcd Upon
by sonlo ns'S-spcll-bound dwarf, by others ns a nio* i
and by. others, again, as, u maniac. It
cannot bo‘ denied that he had u littleOf each of these i
about hiim. flis diminilulivc size might be owing 1
to his great age, which often limes ’shrivelsmp pco-,
pie to mere. .Ummmics.. .That lie spoke .often .and j
mysteriously of a treasure which he was to find Jicro
in the Harta forest, every one knew who came much
in his way. f : NeUhcr cih it bo denied that his man.
ncr ahd speech slacked somewhat ofmadness. But
thou oanst remember perhaps from early years, and
'hast probably.found it confirmed iu thy, wanderings,
; that the inhabitants of'-mounlam districts, whose
dcalings'aro with the tall woods, have hearts 100
fresh and active, to rack their brains about the creep.
Inga 6f wild, entangled vines. He was left to roam
about unnoticed, and I chould not have heeded him,
; had he not often crossed my path, in a strange-and
sudden manlier, v\*hen lavcs busied in the mountains.
It sn ImppeiiwTaT’fcreUtimt I could not avoid speaking
> to him.. I wSd tohlm/ono da^*y!^nce:
1- arc you going V •>
“ And.ho,then had a long, sad tale of vVoc .to re*
i peal; how he had been robbed by a wild band ofhis j
, only child; how he was. wandering around to seek:
. her—a useless lofmenl to' himself, and an object of
f scorn ami mockery to the world, To my question,
1 whether ho looked upon mo as the robber ofbis child,
• <ind why ho so often crossed my path, hogavo mo no
, reply, except a shrug of tho shoulders, accompanied
• hy u groan of dngnish,.which seemed to. come irom
i tho very depth’s of his soul.' 1 turned away from him,
overcome by an indescribable .aversion. 'i‘Jio little
old man, with n singular volubility, which almost,
caused my brain to whirl, thou said, that ho indeed
had buslncss-Wiih mbs yol ho lilmseirknow not
rightly, wJiat it was.. This was certain, however, ho
said: ,Ininy garden there blnomed-a flower; this
I flower' belonged cf right to him, and until I. Jjad
planted it upon his,grove he could not revive agum
to true life, but. must wander restlessly around, liso
a half-witted goblin.
' “Name to me thy flowei !” I said, dreading lest
tho fearful was in some way connected wilhoiir dear
Gertrude. - Ho replied with a grin: * Aye, aye, who
cun soy how you have baptized it. 7 But !■ was o
happy, gardener, not far from the sunny hills ofyour
Ilurlz mountains,-when I possessed .that flower. It
was tho gift pi. a lovely maiden, just nine muons alter
wo. were joined in . holy vvodloch, 1 was greatly
pleased .with the lair creature, for. having bestowed
lipon ino such'a treasure,. It was a When of a modest
.mil, of a ohild-lihb loving heart, abort was then a
fellow of fifty., years, nod had just returned, after
many a cru'wcAnd ramble, to my homo; and in .all
my.life, indueil,T was never comely, its you may
plainly see.' But it was given to this maid to read
the hearts of 'men, and us she read nr mine that .1
esteemed and loved her above every thing in the
world, epd.thttt if I were over to reach a cheer fulpld
ago, it conhf only ho |iand in hand with her, I lien
she gave me that dear hand. But scarcely bad she
presented liii with yonder (lowdr, when she herself
returned to heaven, bufoio 1 had clearly informed
her how many stains of blood and fire cleaved to my
poor soul from tho career of my wild and warlike
youth. Then, while I mourned oyer the departed
ailgol. lt happened that sour wild Italian men, wl h
whom. I had bad dealings In past limes came n o
this quarter, with various mad schemes in lliolr hlael
curly beads, to conduct which they bad need of a
captain. And they thought Hint no ono emild suit
tliom hcllor limn 1. But I would hoar nothing ol it.
I wlslrod to foster my .lilllo flower, and have nothing
ft l o dn wllh the world. When I refused these
peopled so rraolutely. and they marked the reasel .
Uiny'in a night of wild revelry,'mingled eoinolhlng
stupefying in my cup, and then stole the litfle flow er
from my garden, and weht away with it. llminext
day, by a secret message, they gave ino le under
stand that if I would hind myself l “ bcc “'7 b ‘J“ ir
captain, I should have ray flower agaln. But befoto
I could resolve iipon an nnower-injshend
buffered a lilllo IVom many a pahi and flight the
ruffian soldiers were attacked by y 1 ”'. ye sturdy
niounlaiiiocrs, and but to pieces. }
posed was trodden Somewhat deeply into the turf
so deeply perhaps its a child's grave might resell.—
Then I ,ran all wild out Into the world-lit limes also
I have ridden, n't times been homo In a o.irriage
hut only whon I was sadly wmmded, after fierce
fights',' or sadly sloh from had dreams, or at limes
oven dead from pain, and longing after the I 1110
(lower, and after the' angel. Once, after being thus
dead, ns I oamo involuntarily to life again, 1 found
inyscif suddenly ham In the Hurls wooda once mom,
,ind learned that ray lltllo (lower was not trodden
into’tho earth, but bloomed all sweetly in ymir gar
den, ray good collier, Gottfried Wahroliiiid,' ,
“How, then," '.Interrupted Barthold, sen that
fo'arftil wanderer bo our doer Gertrude elMhor.
■ “ It Is to lip feared so," said the collier. ,
fulfas yon do, it groat-terror nl the Ibm'S l ' l ! . )jt .
first made mo wild and violent, and I l j " ? (i^|,r „,i
lib old man away with brents. ?? l J >0 " 10 |g. To
that ho' wbiifd put a slid iupon i)ay 1 1 »' rodt |, O
mo, howovois ho would gibem «“ do p / m ,(d bring «
said, like the Elector’s bets,,«n d rdr .. vcr yjoy U
bright guestlqtn my I|ollS °’ ", „ M n summer's ore
shouhlillineo arainnUllm S" 1 indued with the ,
ning. And he ll °l’ ' flortrilde’s plodshearls
spell. 'l’liofethy’inql iero"m j( , 1) B „oh wizard
rettisled him, even V “, f|ro (o out cotlago,
Irlohs, But n • J A'S lb,.Vail biased >|P '>
and with faoli abamln“liloo (3o[| , > on(;c a above
nU. lliat W* " ,0
flames. Soon after,'.ho found-mo-high : tip sn ; the
.mountains. Wearicd'with labor, I liud laid_my axo
in' : thu grass, and fallen asleep. Ho .seized the,axe,
stepped backward from me about ten paces, and com*
mcncod a frightful howling after.his flower,' which I
kept-from him In my garden. And as, upon awak.
bmng, I chided him', threatening him on account of
his mad doings, ho hurled the axe toward, me, and it
struck me upon my.brow. Then,snatching it up again,
he ran wildly? forth with it, and was afterwards scon
in churches and cloisters, praying that they would
wash'the blood from the edge. Were the steel'but
clean again—so ho asserted—his soul would then bo
clean, and he could bless his child, and.bp reconciled
to me, and nil would bo then well and good.'.At
times they have tried to him, or at lest to wrest
the bloody weapon from hiin. But always without
success, madness has furnished its-vassal with such
fearful strength. It is incomprehensible to me, my 1
son,* how he oould have suffered thee .to deprive him
bfthoaxe." ;
“ A strange terror seemed to,overcome him," said
Barthold, slowjy,'as. ho recalled the singular occur,
rences of the past night, or rather, strove to recall
them, like the vanished imagesofa dream, but sad*
jdcnly he exclaimed,in horror: ‘.‘Heavens! if,start.
|led at my threatening gesture; he has fallen into the
abyss; into thonightof death !,! It seemed as if I
i.heard him moan! fur down in tho deep chasm !”
I “ Gpd will not suffer it!" whispered hisinollicr,
'pressing both hands before her eyes. But Collier
jWahrmund said calmly: “Now bo silent of the mat.
I ter. : Yonder comes the unhappy man's sweet dough*
'ter, humming a morning song-between her lipa."—
And as Barthold started from his.ftat, ho added in a
scvcre’lonc, “Be quietl'wouldst thou.frighten her
also'lodealh ~ ■
.“No, father, no!" replied-/Barthold, softly and
quickly, ns if with a winged v lqhguo.But she cun*
notposalbly know of my return—slip cannot have
seen me of have heard of my being here.- See!.she
glances with her dear eyes around upon the earth,
after the flowers! But what a mccting me I —i
nt this moment when 1 know not hut Ihdjffit’— lip
(‘hesitated. •
Collier Walirmund placed his hand upon his mouth,
whispering: “True, my son. Up', and seek for.
‘ him!"; Amhliko an arrow, Barthold glided away
through the shadows of the wood; hiding the bloody
axe under his arm. . .
The youth did not return during the whole day.
Father and mother listening in anxiety and;hope,
and tit each sbund gating inyolnnlarily at each oilier 1
with inquiring- looks, had still'strength and iovo
enough—both arc-indeed one, in the .true heart —to
hide from their dear foster-child the happiness that
was so hear, and, still was threatened with,such doubt
and danger. When they wcro/aboiiflo sildowit to
a lute dinner, tbo mother hastened to remove a fourth
plate which she had.placed-upon, the, table; and. the
tears came into her eyes the while.
• A gloom lay upon all Hko. a- dark slowly.coming
thunder cloud. In addition to link,some inhabitants
of the Ilarlz, who came by, and-sloppcd to partake
of the hospitality of their board, brought word that
a furious wolf had been roaming for some days in
the wood, and liad committed dreadful havoc, espec
ially upon unwarned strangers. Father and mother
were silent: Towards evening, Gerlrndo.tqok; her
lute from the wall, nnd tried some airs upon it. But
she said, sorrowfully s “A noxious-night wind mual
have blown through the hall during the night: I have
; never before found my cUJicrn so dreadfully unlun*
cd" Whereupon, with a-kind of sad.forbcarunce,
t she laid the instrument as we turn,
•: ihomdnl; froma:frichd,^
■ : or cannot understand ns. ' . *,• "
i • As the evening began to gfow darker and darker,
: collier Walirmund stepped in silence from thchousc,
i* and walked into the woods. 1 - " ‘ ■
lie wandered cdrcfullyaround amid the depths of
1 the forest. High up beneath a group of fir trees, far
from coal-kiln or dwelling, lie suddenly behold a
1 bright rod glow ascend toward lire dark, o craped.
, owed heaven. It occurcd to him that a dislraclivo
conflngraliali might haVo arisen- in tlio woods, nnd|
’ he linslonod thitherward at a quick pace.
It was no tiro hi thq woods, hut a far stranger
sight that ijow met his eyes. Upon a hearth made I
.of Jiodpod i/p stones, he behold his son kneeling-bo* I
Toro a .fire,. Imdrblqwmg'lt lustily. • Ho tijeh stw him
rise again, and with a smith’s longs tufir.a-piece,of
metal busily back and forth, tbo bhopo of which
could not bo discerned. Bnl.wlmt collier Walirmund
very clearly perceived, aqd wlmt delighted him in
his inmost soul, was his sons cheerful face. It was
turned loWkrd'hciivcn,an«l glowed in the light of the
flame,upon the hearth. Upon tho spol from which
Burlold had just risen, there set a thing like a gloo.
my shadow, whiclrrockcd anxiously back and forth;
But Barthold thon’said, or rather sang— .
- 'phrtu man of woo ami nlsht,
•‘‘riikab , ;*i rl i ul *’"‘Hl gl* won. ;. . -
Tlih yowri- til' firs and liriil- ,
KuU manv h wouinl cnti la-ul.- *
Uis not I wli» make 11—. , -
The Eternal makosilso. .
ncun?c.l is iko «xo; horo, takf It,
UaulsliwHs nil thy wue.“ - -_ • .
As he sang, ho rnlscd the piece of mehil Iruni lint
hcurtli wllli the smith longs, nnd hold it. aloft before
lire shadow llial cowered near him. But this one
cried in a whimpering tone : “ Oh. woe's mo! Now.
it burns dry very eyes completely out, 1 try 1-ui
ot’s life blond lias now huuumoa flaming spectre |
tome. Oh! Barthold, lam now lost.iiioro than ever.
“Be calm 1” said tiro youth, qiretiy and kindly, as
Ire lowered the glowing axe-head slowlj towards the
■ earth, so that it was hidden among tlio dowy leaves
of the branches, slid .then .laid tl upon tin.
cool “Bo calm !’* ho repeated,-still mure kindly, and
in n moment added: “ When I found yon strange
solf-torlnontor—recall it nil calmly to mind—« hen I
found you in-the cavern, into which, timorous and
vet angry, you glided down at my monao.ng goelqro,
yon told mo. that if the blond were hoi removed from
the nxo with wl.ieh you struck my all.cr, then a I
would Jia lair and mild and good. Bo you renu.ni
ljDnI l remember," replied tlio little old man, how grow
ing nioro calm. “Oh, I now remember.far mnre.-
I may in truth have prated much wild stuff last
niglildo llioo.o's 1 have done during many days and
night: -before to tlio honest people; But now it
falls like scales from my soul, and tlio lonely an.
cholUo looks.outdoor and bright, from her dwel.
ling of cfay—at least much clearer and brighter
linin' for a long—long lime before,
armorer, I have given the men of thy noble craft
much, to do,, while 1 marched fighting round tlio
" Ami having imifniurod a fqw syllables imhslinclly
to himself, ns If ho Were'uttering a iiame,al 11 »
• eolomn gesture, which gave, him un
ho laid ills hand upon Ins heart, and said i V o
■ a? SmShohi; l aK
nnd ccmipassioii. a OJ |,„ sevorily Per.
Thu old man rop led ,v [- Uut j lie for whom
haps!" that is “ nO lliv hand upon thy moqlh.
I does! .aim /he se/rot m 1...
,By God’r stern, yet Biii‘- “ u , |loUi armorer,
remain deeply b, . ,r '“ ’1 |f tlia oro is delivered up
disturb Bin mind i k 0(11 wlioncn/' And if tiiy '
loll.ee. " '/'o m lier. Gollfried Walirilmml,
tlry word, ah.iostseem.,
deehire" .„a |,V iho light of the llamo. Walir. I
"Uh .trango, inquiring [
gluiioos njion I the - or („j D.uliioW, and raised j
m “•hand'hi aoloiniiiiasovertion toward heave,t.
* t .in, then sold In a tono between.,my 1
The old m. . ( .eh siu mny tied i
■ ll 'i li’iaoi Vliist llion wlshqd id dooclvq ino here
"'Tla rWtti »■*«•» IVUi "
‘ nTt he Slopped,. and added more nil'idly No, nn(
an ini. shall ho eold between ua two of him. 11
havSesidos, llioughl too much Of him during m*|
wild oainpaigna. In my heart—God knows, I
have never tvlllhigly.resiEncd myself .li^ui
AT §2 00 PER AMUM.
blackamoor/ I, hope, therefore; lhat;i may find marl ■-\
cy; especially if the collier; GoUfticd.'Wahrnmnd;'
really lives.: Ah l and IP lid; has.my flower in-hid
garden, who’ certainly will pray Mr her father, and ./
•will, without doubt tie heard ” .
**• Right.! right!”said-Goltfricd.Wahfmund. with
a mild kind.v.oico, as ho .slopped, slowly forth,from ‘
behind; tbc- bushes. live; and thy dear, flower v
Ijvcs—thy lives with nloi',;Cdmd‘ witlt iria
.to my present abode; Inul \ moy > slmw licr to thee.’
* With a.BCfoani of mingled joy. and terror, the, old
man fell al hls’lcnglh Upon tlio' tQpf* / Bui raised a*
gain atoned by the father Unit soli; lie said, looking.
upward to Hlio stars: 14 Yes, yes, thou ctcfnal. love
above, us,' thy countless eyes of gold, twinkle
down Upon me, and say; thal.all Is irbih.Uiai.l ■
just hoard from.the lips of this kinc nian, this riiaH
of heavenly compassion. B\it llinl Ho.’may .know,
that lie hu's no.madinan to deal with, como forlh, ihy
jewel; from the recess of my trembling breast. Be* ,
hold! if-wy*.little flower lias the coiintetpprt df lhid
then all Ills' right. But If she has ri'ol; all a
phantom, a mockery of the- -hut hush! 1 will uot
speak of him—the worst of jugglers I”
With these words, ho drew from his tattered gar;
mcnls a brilliant token* which, hung around his nock .
by a cord. '
In the darkness of the night and Oie flickering
glare of the Arc, Dartbold donld observe. Hi
It seemed to him as if he saw, two little golden dra
gons, with wlngsf entwined either in. strife or in.cm
brace, surmounting an brnament that looked llta a
high-pointed coronet, or like - a hill strangely cut in-.
to BtCpS. , ’
But Gottfried Wahrmnnd said.: “ I know it. One •
like it >vns found, in the BWaddling*clothca. of thy
child. Whoever thou rhay'at be, come. I will lena
thee to I can help thee to tblno inal- .
ionahlo rights. Come!” \ ' . * 1,
. Bat notwithstanding all.tho kind earnestness, not-,
.withstanding the air ofcommand with which the • •
j collier at last repealed the summons, in. words h« well ’ ,
as gesture, the old man stood as if spoil bound,
Uo not vex mo Inus,” ho groaned at last. “I ealt ' -vl
never follow the to my.lUllo flower Until the .-v> ;
clunsed fi'oni iljy .blood.”
.The young armorer the meantime raisfca -
the now cold aie licad from the grass; and fixed Ua
gain upon.its stout handcl of ash. Holdlnglho
bright, stiver sparkling weapon before tho old maii
and turning It back and forth so that tho reflection
of the flame played upon either side alternately, he
said, in a.lone of*confidence; “Well, if that is not
clean, there is nothing clean here bcldw upon this
dark earth,” ' * 1
.“Thou arl right said,” tbeolil man, and with'a
mild gesture, he look the axe from lljeyputli|s hand
weepinglears ofjoyovefit,andbendiug.JiimsclfAvilli
Iho weapon lowiy before collier Wahrmund,■ Imlho
doMy. grass. . ’But 'the latter raided and, orabraopsl
him, and the three walked, arm, in orm; through the
still night back towards the collier’s collage,
Something now rushed through of the vsl
i Icy on the right hand.' Scizcd.byhis mantle, bysomft
I unseen power; Collier Wahrmund tottered backward;
I and before Barthold -.could call out “ What is. the
mailer'?”*' the old man’s ajce sparkled and whirled
through Iho dir, and a groaning howl bamc front
aoinetnihg upon the earth. Collier Wahrmund leap*
cd up vigorously. The furious wolf lay convulsed in •
death upon the ground. “ See,” said Gotlfreid Wahr
tnund. taking tho old man’s hand; “ thy axe is ortco
moro dyed with blood, my preserver! BUI what say’sl
thoul Itnced uol now bo rc*forged again I*’
“,Tho blqod shall- remain upoftkU," said the’,old.
map, with a strong,'clear Voice;-/-*•* But tide and-wolf
’ slldli UiibW- olaonsed of blood '
Having sald tllis, ho jdaccd Ins Ibot agalhaltho
deal! boast, spurned It oVorlbc cliffs, and then hurled
tho axe after it. Then marching vigorously in front
• of tile two others, he said with a clear ond cheerful
Voice : “ Let us hasten. My dear daughter is .wait
ing for us.* 1 ' ,
, As they approached the building; they heard Iho
, sound of song and cilhcrn. “ It, is Gertrude 1” said
Barthold, softly, and the old man restrained the two
others with the gesture of entreaty.. 'They slopped
. and heard llio following words t- ;
• "-In a scar garden blooms a floWst rare,-. *•, •*
' UiilJku the floWerS tliat blouty.orouml it there;
It Js n shoot from out a princely garden. :
-TJa-r« may bu ieedl'e/l scattered on Hie onrtJi. •
The wild birds picked them up and here them forth ;
'='Ppi»ftlvc they bare lhejn J /hiin llio prlncelj'fforden. ’ ■"*
One seed limy dropped opt in tbelofest wild, if
•''lf grew and bloB*ume<f'healli Iho iibnvena so mild, . (
I Transplanted nbw into a quiet garden; • - • 3‘-
ThVre.bluoms thn ilower, ntr from its nailve skitis, ,
' ‘ Unloved amt watched by friondly hearts and evesV t
Let none transplant it from l he j;nrden< h . r-, ... | ■
TJiu voice was silent., Tho delicate tinkers, sjill
wandered dreamily over (he well-luned strings,, nl*
most if bees wore humming over lhcni*.' ; ‘ ’*
Tho old man then whispered*;—“ Oh, who
breathed this sung into her soul? It stills tho stormy
within my bosom. Every jarring sound is btlcnl be- ,
fore it, and a sweet sadness fuljs upon me.. But sho
sings indeed of herself*” . . .
“ And she herself has breathed the song into her. „
soul,” replied Gottfried Wahrmund. “ Sincb her •
ourlicsl days, while yet *a lisping bhild, she often
[spoke of a dream, in which it appeared as if a won* ,
I dcroua rose bloomed iti dur .little garden; which had.
been' plucked frouisomo lofty, princely, spot-—and
thcnco this mysterious song has by degrees arisen.”
“ Lot U remain a mystery to her forever I” bald
Iho old man, solrilnly; and Iheu added,, in- a- soft;
sweclly humming lone, “Let nbhc transptont-her
from tho quiet garden.” , .. - ■' .
; Willi this the ihreo cjUlTod iho hall, SJo great was
(he joy of the good dame at the return of htw-hns
band and son, thaflt could only bb expressed in a si**
lent prayer of thanksgiving; and llio sensation -pf
fear, which :elio. jblfot: the proscnct oflho 'gray
headed stranger; vanishfed as collier-Wahrmund said,
•‘This old ihun,'l hope, .will bp our guest for life.’ -~
Whcn she had ftilly heard hdW hcr good husband
had boon saved by his hand from 1 the fUrious* wolf*
she said with unmlngjcd delight* “Wcltomo forever,
our most dear guest I” • ’ • •. ..
Gertrude now entered the tialu _ slighl' nlnsii
slolo over her face at tlio.sight of thb denr eompan*
ion, of her youth, but she became palo ogam 84 her
eye glanced again at the gray-haired plrnngcr; &ho
n pprguched thu latter first, and lifting her folded,
hands towards hoavdn, she whispered,**' the poato of
Ood rest Upon this feiibfabllj hbufl f • '
The old.ntan.tbbn begun {o weep, and «nlc> updO
Inaldcns 11 IopU%!"• “tho"<M ,«»' ,“W lll|V '
bindmlng-hOad . > ■ nm | ,„td, Willi.
UorlruJo arose, frciiMhtfVd , I J n jj ol .. Ob,' futlisr
mi oidluisinstic, almost eilsli . , brought
Wnl.rnnn.d, wl.nl Jj“X' ■ ■
in !jV u “So1lTor'wf.“loul" Ul- Baailiold also;
gesture, «n y • ■ . v j.j c j, Hioro sparkled »bril*
IT Im liucl dosed them with n mnglo power. •
Not “word lliensforlli did-osOopo ii.Up.,-byt
uln.|(iy smile hovered perpetually about-,bl. moillU
Preserving the enroo silence, bp blessed the,lie
'tvlilcli nftoi aoiiio Wceßs- joined Gertrude ami Dart
hold in wedlock. Wiienllic first boy bloomed from
this union, the old liimsotf oahnly.down,'
#n who and wlml had ho formerly boon in llio world ■
no ono'oouid discover. Tills, hdwoVor, is certain i
niter several years, ft richly-dreSßodjpoldlcr followed
by n imble train, enmo inlo llui ilixrtr, forent. m-.d
desired to bo led to lho old, mftll’ft «»»•.'• M«,W >
knell down, and Barthold, who had Impelled in ninny
lands,-know that .bla'fervonl prayer was ullwed In
lomo sonthbrn lani-lib.- A» ho eeuid : undo .fjnd
wore .the words, “0)1, my great Jaaderl -
aloud to Heaven. ■ , iL ,1/iol‘oW man
V. tYhother those words referred to Iks » „j,
is not known.■ But iliai K* ie.rd in
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