so he thought the matter was at an end . but a year later , just as the term he had set was up , he was working on a house , for during the school vacation he busied himself either with fishing or carpentering . he was just straddling a wall when he saw the pastor 's daughter , the one whom he had seen in the mountains , coming straight toward him . she asked him if he had thought over the matter . " yes , " said he , " i have thought it over , but i can not ; since i can not answer for it before god and my own conscience . " that very moment the pastor 's daughter from underground vanished ; but immediately after he cut himself in the knee with the ax in such wise that he remained a cripple for life .
the pastor 's daughter from underground vanished .
what happened when the schoolmaster declined to become the pastor ?
what happened when the schoolmaster declined to become the pastor ?