Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1858-11-11
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THE WHIRLIGIG OF TIME.

t,s-> the whirigig OF time brings in his revenges
\ ..suTH NIOHT.
vr friend jameson, the lawyer, has fire.
r..y whiIed away an evening in relating in
.5.s which occurred in his practice during
-.,llcnce in a Western State. On one oc-
in /, gave a sketch of u criminal trial in
d he was employed as counsel ; the story,
sre.orcd 10 court and completed by one
,le parties subsequently,, made so indelble
L IMPRESSION on my mind that am constrain-
4 10 write down its leading features. At the
sss time must say, that, if i had heard it
,b0ul a voucher for its authenticity, should
a7t regarded it as the most improbable OF fc-
sas But the observing reader will remem-
4, that remarkable condolences, and the sig.
Z triumph Of the right, called poetical justice,
rq sometimes seen III actual life as well as in
.ye',
TIE tale must begin in Saxony, Carl Proch
vs. sn honest farmer, who titled small tract
.r0sD land and thereby supported his eyed
rraer. Faithful to his duties, he had never
thought Of discomfort, but was willing to
d On in the way his father had gone before
q. FlIial affection, however, did not SO far
:-o>s linn as to prevent his casting admiring
.4s-c> on the lovely katriue daughter of old
a1chea the miller anI u wonder, for she
Us Is fascinating a danlSel rs ever daZZlCd
a4 perp.exed a bashful lover She had ad-
zr4,oa enough, for TO see her was TO love
D; many Of the village Youngsters had look.
e Hut.erable things As they met her at the
g-ytea>tS aud holidays, but up TO this time
81 bad received no pOetical epiStlcS nor direct
Trro>ai> aud was rs cheerful aud heart-frec
.le birds that sang around her windows
III .-,utr was the traditional guardian OF
.a-,y, >urly As the maStif that watched his
s.A, Of flour and his hoard of thaierS; and
-l-sA he dotted on his darling katrine, his
..l-, 10 all the world beside seemed 10 be ONLY
aP i7Om one OF his old mill->toncS. When
Lar. thought of the severe gray eyes that shot
aSl slauccs at all lingering youths the diff
E.'y OF winning the pretty helrcSs seemed 10
* quite enough even with field clear OF ri
as. But TWO other >uitorS now made advances
ere or less openly, aud poor Carl thought
.->e.t entirely overShadowed. One was SchOn-
"a, the most considerable farmer in the neigh
o-toci, 4 widower, with hair beginning to
slT threads Of silver, asd fierce man withal
f-9 gaS supposed once 10 have slain rival,
r--uS thereafter 4 seam ia his cheek as a
ss7eHir Of the encounter. The other was
Hans Stolen, q carpenter, past thirty,a shrewd,
'eateuo fellow. with nearly a thousand tha-
- >aTgi from his earnings. Carl had never
'o,l. ! dCel-and he had not saved so much
thousand groSchen, to say nothing OF tha.
- be had euly manly figure, CHEEKY,
el face, the freshness of oHe-and- twenty, and
EAR; incapable Of guile. katTine was no,
-, Ia discovering these eXcellcRceS, and, IL
: ca.dntSs had equaIed his passion, she would
z7s shown him how little she esteemed the
s's'egS,oaS Of the proud laudholder. or the mi
~ carpenter. But he took il for granted
Dat be was fool TO contend against such
is, and. buttouiug his jacket tightly over
: iaeoObing heart, toiled away in his little
.,-s, thinking that the world never contained
-.>egabie 4 man.
ARa> SlolEeG was the 6rSt to propose, He
,es1a b! drst paying his court TO the Jealous
A->ael himself, SCI forth his property and
EasIects, and asked TO become his Son-ia law
~ miller heard him puffed long Whifs. and
-,FeFed civil'y. bat without committing him
:. lie vas in % hurry to part with the on
''y he had, aud as Katrine was barely
ssa,eea. he naturally thought the re would be
- enough 10 consider OF her marriage here
~s' Hans hanily expected ANYTHING NOR,
-|S',,ye, aud, as be had not been fatty refused
- frequently to the house and chatted with
: iaiaeF, while his eyes followed the viva
= hairiue as she tripped about her house
AZ duties But Hans was kept perpetgally
: distance; the humming bird would never
sai aPon the oatStretched hand He haC
=. :. 'ee Wit TO see that their natuus had no
common, although he did not knos
- AA.uae was utterly indifferent toward.
~ alter some months Of hopeless pursuit
'es4a TO grow Sulienly angry. lie waS -
ase
- eyeaias as Katzius vas re ta-ning hoGe
: - sae eaaacs,i 10 pass Calls cottage. Car
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