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


apt TO do and Henry heaved singh
sigh, Lenchen would ask, do Won wan
anything, Henry y to which he wouls
reply. 'Ah. no, but it grieves me that ".
must wait 80 long for each other Ba
the maiden would say, Keep up go5l
courage, Henry. and be content; We are
both young, and LAM willing to wait.
And she said is 20 sueetly that the hear,
Of the troubled lad fsl, better. and 4
thought an angel had spoken 4 ID lin.
Lenchen has an old grsadmo.h
aEsFvs'z' VINO -ffved N ! poor old hds, ~
out Of the village, where the beggsrs
quarter is. But she did no, 90 there yery
much, because the old woman did not
have q good name in III. village, and
people called her a witch and an old
heather, who understood all kinds Of
charms. Flax Lenchcn did no, realIv
believe that this was true, but she
was rathe a little shy of going
there. She heard, however, that the old
woman was very i'll and near diving, and
that no one cared for her. This grieved
Lenchen very much, for she was very
kind; and so she went and took such
good care of the grandmother, and tended
her with so much love and selfsacrifce.
that the lamp of life fickered up again
in The old woman, and she was able to
speak. One day she said TO her, Len
chen, you are a good girl, and my dear
daughter, and you shall be my heiress
when am dead, for you deserve good
fortune and Gods reward"
"Ah! grandmother" said Lenchen,
sobbing, 81 do not want anything from
you do all for love"
Hold your tongue. shy thing"
scolded out the old woman, = YOU think,
suppose, that | am a witch, and can
make charms, as the stu say'; and
you are afraid that my islz |isncek would
bring you i'll luck" The maiden
sobbed louder. and Bitterly .Ru,
when she was abd 20
went to smothe her ndul
fe.,->-i-- Ah-- II -.
She was sorely frigz
ran back into the
return ill abe wen
grandmother to the s tyzsel
Alter this. Lenchers - 20 gsthsr Il.
Aeri,ance bu, HI the mean:iae, diskonesr
people had carried OF the bsst Of avery.
thing 80 that The whole house was Nbare
and empty. But Lenchen did not grieve
much at this, and thought, Il did moi
want any of the old rubbish, and ! have
myself everything | want to use. Sc
she turned TO go home but, as she would
carry something, she took an old dusty
spinning. wheel out OF the corner. Il
was oil covered with spiders webs and
before she could touch it, Lenchen was
obliged to sweep them away with the
broom. But large old garden spider
which had fixed its house under the
wheelband, which was all faded, anC
only hung together BY a few thread.
still held on, and kept quietly in her cor
ner. When Lenchen had the spinning
wheel under her arm, she felt a sort o.
shudder, and she began TO be afraid, foi
i. was growing quite dark. She made
haste TO get out of the hut. But she had
no sooner stepped over the threshold, than
she heard singular song, which went--
+" Miau, miau, misu,
Ny mistress is gone;
Poor ca; is very old,
And the hearth is very cold,
So cold, alas miau!"
And Lenchen looked back, and saw
her grandmo;her's old cat sadly hobSi!ng
along hehind her. Then the maiden
said, " Poor creature you would starve
here, and perhaps the old roof might fall
down in the night. Come with me, Puss,
we will leave the hut together" When
the cat heard this she gave cats leap,
and tossed up her tail as straight and as
proud as flag staff, and then with all
kinds Of odd leaps she ran along behind
Lenchen. This amused the maiden very
much, and she named her Rips because
She considered that a very good name
for cat. When night came, the house.