Litchfield enquirer., 1857-09-03


 allotted to him was to enerave on copper, with out rule or compass, the princes family crest and then to guild the work richly This ac compllshed, he was received into the guild o masters with much pomp, strange ceremonies and old-fashioned feastilg-all at the charge of the poor beginner. Without reckoning the heavy expense of his mastership, or of clothing linen, and furniture, in the hired lodgings and workshops, no small sum was requisite for the purchase of different kinds of tools-a lathe, an anvil, crucibles, dies, engraving implements, steel pins, hammers, chlsels, tongs, scissors &c. and also for the purchase of brass, and pinch beck ware, copper and other things ndispensi- ble to labor. He had also taken, without premium an apprentice, the child of very poor people to help him. He would have been very glad to have put the rest of his money out to interest again but he had to provide the means of subsistence for at least one year in advance, for he had begun with neither wares ncr customers.
 Jonas now appears in the character ofa lov- CT, and his woolng is the most beautiful picture in the book. His choice has fallen upon ser want maid whom he had known in his boyhood. l One morning Master Jordan sent his ap- 1 prentice with message. Miss Fenchel was to come to him directly he had found good place for her. Martha hastened thither gladly.
 Hast thou found place for me, dear Jonas ? she asked giving him her hand ten derIy; Thank God 1 began to fear be- coming troublesome to your kind friends Come tell me where ?
 He looked anxiously into her joyous blue eyes, then in confusion, down to the ground tbo,, ,r1c %ho ,e +L room and round the four sides as though he was seeking something lost.
 Come, tell me, then? repeated she. 'Why art thou silent ?
 He collected himself, and then began, hesi- tating It is-but Martha-thou must not be angry with me
 In surprise, she smiled. Angry with thee, Jonas ! Ii would be and should be, could l be ?
 Listen, Martha I will show thee---I know a man anxious to have thy heart and hand who--even now, who
 Oh, Jonas, reproach me rather but do not make mockery of me poor maiden ? exclaim- cd she shocked or hurt, while her face lost all it's color
 Martha look at me. He is assuredy not bad man. l will bring him to thee 1 will bring him to thee myself
 No Jonas no From thee, least of all, can l receive lover '
 From me least of all ? asked he with vis- ible emotion. From me least of all ! And .if--l don't kuow--f 1 were to give thee my scf-look at me Martha Tel me-
 Here silence ensued She stood before him with downcast eyes and glowing cheeks and playing with her apron string Then as if still doubt;ng she looked up again, her eyes swimming with tears, and said, with trembling lips What must Say then :"
 Jonas took courage, and whispered, half aloud 'Dost thou love me with all thy nl art ?
 Half aloud, Martha whispered back Thy heart knows it.
 'Canst thy heart be satisfied with dry bread and salt ?
 Rather salt from thee, than tears for me-
 Martha, will work for thee wilt thou save for me 2
 I will be Sparing in everything, except my own pains 7
 Well, then, darling, here is my hand Take it. Wilt thou be mine ?
 Was I uot thine eight years ago or more Even as child ? Yet no !! l ought not to be, Jonas
 Alarmed he look d in her face, and asked :; Not he? And why 7
 'Thiuk well over it, Jonas Do thyself no injustice. am poor c:eA'nre, without DOT ton or property. Any other burgners daugL- ter in town would be glad to give tlee her hand aud heart and good dowry bes de Thou mighttst live much better.'
 Say nothing about it, cried Jonas, stretch ing cut his hands imploin-y y. B. still |; l ,aIl feel that am but be su.ing to live, if thou wilt promise to I've with me-
 Live, then ? said she blushing embarras- mcnt, and gave him her hand.
 He took her hand and at the same time clasped his bride to lis bosom, that heavcd with unwontcd emotion. She wept on his breast in silent joy
 We would fain.if we had room add to this the marriage sermon, preached by the bride groom, and we'll preached too for Jonas had knowledge, although as he said himself, he never foul.d half so much in books as is every where lying about the road
 Martha was just the wife for the honest sen sibe hand-worker :; and as it frequently hap pens with such characters, his affairs prosper ed from the date of his marriage: He took a large house in better situation for trade ]; i and having presented the useless master piece which nobody would buy, to the Prince, he was awarded by the dignity of y" Master girdler to the Conrt." But still uprightly and hardly the court girdler lived with his wife, just as before active in the workshop and at market and at fairs. Year after year fed though, before the last guilder could be paid l of the debt on the house. Days of io, and sorrow succeeded each other in turn. They were all received with gratitude to God-these as well as those
 We now come hastily to the third genera tlon for Jonas had son called Veit, who was first apprentieed to his father, and then sent to travel as a journeyman. The patriarch had 20 eaqGa.l.n st all :!"ccaas had snatehed