Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-05-27

my hearty, and let us trudss on together in
good neIghborship" -
ne young herdsman had stopped rbsn he
heatd such frog croak Of a voice. and no,.-
i nv coulu not speak for laughing. An odd.
LOOKING, dwariish figure mounted unn, g.
lss ana hall, and proPped upon a crutcb
WIN a nose as long as ons's thunb ,.u,a
hoDbilog up out Of breath, and maxine half
uozsh WY faces, from foot pa,b as ,ba
iei' SIDE oil the road. Behind him he trail.d
m enormous fiddle, on which Law large wal
Appropriateness which seemed ia he a,
,aehsh TO ssch a little odd figure by wsr Of
paraS'' lest the rush of the wind down tina
Falley should sweep IL away
u1od morning" Berthold at last roared
our, you are merry fellow, Master fidler,and
VII prove hearts case 10 me to day. In spite
oil h1y mlsfortunes | could nos help laurhisg
at the sight o! you and your huScsus fia3le.o
fray take 1t not amiss; laugh has been
rare thing with ne for many a davn
''iias 1t indeed rcJoined the dwarf. .and
my son?n
es, II You choose to call it So" replied
the herdslnas. Here in our mountains and
valleys, you VIII find q eat many clauts Of
fellows who viii be faneying themselves in
love, when they arc all the time ealing,
drnAihg and sleeping, as sosnd as any mar
mot, and IN one years time can as easily psss
from Margaret TO RoSamund. as hort this
town to the other. That's all mocksry; [
would much rather die than forget Siegeland
vanished"
Aye, aye" replied Master Almerich, 81
thought you were going to the dance, my
hearty. | heard YOU CRYING out OF bite,
wedding, and thought so myself, AHA, he
does not get the right ono"
and that's true enough" replied Ber;held;
che does not get tho right one, that Hide
brand! will tell you the whole matter, Mas-
ter Almericb, as yeu seem to be going the
same way, if guess right"
"Ah, yes, good heavens" sighed the dwarf;
"sureiy, surely, would be going to the we'd
ding, If had only got pair ofstout legs, but
look you here, nay dear child, what misera-
BILE stump is this Tor crawling down the noun
tala. j am as.hraatic too, and my goitre has
been enlarged these last fifty years,-snd
that wallet has CALLED ms back sore all yes
terday in climbing over thu rough hills -Hea-
ven knows when shall get to thu wedding
There was such q talking about it on the 9th
er side of the mountain, that thought | TO
clyseB, viii away to the wedding also and
make some pooney: so ! took up nly i'd
ole and begar to crawl up the accent, --yes-
terday became exhaustcd-and now must
lay me dewo here by The side Of the road and
submit to fate. Tell me all about the wed
ding when geo return, child, = if the wolves
have not swallowed or hunger killed me be-
fore that time"
With these words the dwarf, apparently
| exhausted, sunk down with deep and mel
! ancholy sigh on tho Rearest stone, threw his
! bundle on the grass, and stretched cut his
honax han d Il T.. {. ~ &
| young Bsrthold, who stood leaning upon his
staff, and gazing upsn the fddlsr. quite una
bic to comprehend what allied hm.
MASTER" began the herdsmaB, chew
dreopinS You have leit IL your gay spirits
at hons! Although it IS a'weaiy journey for
REC as well as YOU, will yet sndeaYor to carry
your wallet and fiddle, so | may enjoy your
company on the road. You mast really hear
what presses GA my soul-psyhaps may OBJ
tain some relief in speaking it out, and you
viii probably have some plthy word Of com
tort foi Iae"
The dwarf accepted the kind offer. and
quickly T. ansferred has wallet and fiddle to ths
stout shoulders of the herdsinan; thsn taking
bis erUtch, he whistlej merry tune, and
uudged gaily on By the side Of Berthold
sit IL q long story. this wedding" begun
the herdsEaan; "hut will be as brief as pessi-
BILE, for it still groves me TO the hcait when
think about it, and whoever can understand
IT all, understands it soon; as for rae my suf-
ierings viii never be at an end, though
should talk the whole day about it.
'In the viiiags there, below as, old Bern
hard has pretty sweet girl of daughter,
Siegelind; hs has lived for many years, and
bis wife Gertrude with him, in nice little
cottage by the stream. where the road strikes
off into the wood. Their trade was to make
wooden spoons for the herdsmen, by which,
and the help of goat and a couple of sheep,
they gain their livelihood
Last winter, having got some ashsn spoons
and cups nicely cut | thought with myself,
now, az my father is getting old, aud sends
fne with the csttleto the mountains in spring,
II only behave there as becomes herds
man, what is there 10 prevent me coming
down in the autumn and marrying Sisgeind?
"Ah, Master Aimerich, my words DO hu,
poor justice 10 my heart; my toel:ae~ always
get the start of them, and reason COMES limp
ing after
Il beheld Siegelind, you sea, moving ac-
lively bout,-wearng merry face late and
eariy,-sll goodness ana discretion from top
to toe, and pretty teo,--overilowing with gay
spirits and merry songs without number; all
this my eye, my ear and nay heart drunk in
sHoothly-sho was satisfied, and the old PEG
pie teo.-so in summer | was to go to the