St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1853-01-13

handle, and whistle tune, before she
knew he was ,hsreEs Henry W. dansb
with surprise I; - fhiss was not right; for
she wanted 70 show him her liren, and %
hear loud expressions of Joy at il. l.
Things went on in this way for long
time. Lenchen found every morning .
bundle of thread aiM piece of linen.
She had already made up more garments
for herself than sheAcorlfuse Tor her life
long and she had also made her lover .
dozen shirlss Which 'ssre %. 6as and
| white shat the gifIs could never--oOk
enough at them, when on . warm sum.
mer evening at the dance, Henry took off
| his Jacket. OF bed linen. also, Lenchsn
had asupeTfluity, and Of ali kinds oflinen
dresses as many as q girl could desire.
She did no; know what 10 make more, and
at lsst concluded 10 carry some Of her
stores TO the city for sale. She took as
much linen as she could carry, aud
, scarcely had she crossed the market OF
/ the great city when she found ten pur.
chasers; for the fair maiden with the
golden locks had attracted all eyes. So
she brought ten gold guilders home with
her, and, besides these, many nice thinge
for her household she brought also, q
fine doublet for her lover, and gay rib
bons for herself. Thus she went many
times TO the city, and brough: back every
time more gold to the village, and was
able TO furnish her house finely, and no
girl had better clothes. or a thicker silver
chain fastened to her bodice.
la The meantime, summer had come
the woods had put on their green cover
ing, the lindens wore again their ieafy
crown, and in the little garden before
Lenchen's window, which was entirely
surrounded with vines, the pr.tties, How.
ers weIe in bloom, yellow violets, pinks
rosemary. Whilsuntidc came; and
green, fragrant branches Of birch stood in
Lenchen's psrlor, and Henry had planted
very early two fine May.poles before the
door. Lenchen sprang out OF bed like
Young iawg sad q. 49, : = =
= the ns,' nsH. HiH:s yi,.sssn end Saa ScahIlaE.n
! look at the work Of her room. mates so
! great was her hurry. But when she
| came home, towards noon, she look ed for
the first time at her linen, which lay rs
usual upon The bed. All heaven above
what splendor!" Nothing more could
she say, so delighted was she with this
las, piece Of linen. Never in her life
had she seen anything like it; for the
web was this time not smooth and simple
as before, but of the most splendid da-
mask, such a. is very rarely seen. All
the flowers in Lenchen's garden, the
grapevine at the window, the blooming
linden branches, in short, every thing that
was ,nirrowed in the windows, was woven
into it, and the branches, leaves, and
flowers were so wonderfully blended that
there was no beginning or end 10 be seen
in il.
This will make q splendid altar
cloth and hanging for the pulpit and bsp
,ismsl fon. over there" This was Len
chen's first thought on seeing this won.
derful clo,h. No sooner thought than
done she carried it the same day to the
pastor in the village, but did not tel! him
where it came from.
And nov Lenchen found every Sun.
day and feast day, when she came from
| church, just such q piece OF splendid
weaving and besides this, on week days,
the usual night work Of her room mates.
When this never before seen stuff ap.
peared in the city,a merchant gave her
q large sum Of money for it, and begged
her to come again more. Alter some
time, this merchant made 4 proposal to
marry her, for she pleased him, and her
wares pleased him still more. Bu, Len
chen laughed sin his face, and told him
she had a lover whom she liked better,
and away she vent. At last the fame of
Lenchen's wonderful weaving reached
the court; and the queen sent for the
maiden, and gave her a great deal of
money for her damask. The king pro-
posed to her 10 come to cclr, but Len.
ehsn shook her head, 80 '~