Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-04-02
THE FOUR SISTERS
A Tale of Social and Domestic Life 10 Sweden
NJ EREpERIcKA BRKNER--IRANsLArKD NJ MANY nowIrT.
Dedicated 10 The Memory Of a. .. DorninF.
CONFINED.

Dedicated 10 The @sm~y IF a. J DorniAS.
CONTINUED.
Hertha looked on with ar. expression in
which tender joy contended with sorrow
For she could not disguise from herself that
the hand which now so kindly distributed
fruits and flowers, and then pressed hers SO
warmly--that this feverish hand would be-
fore long lie stiff and cold in the grave
AT this thought dagger seemed to pierce
heI heart, aud she repressed with difficulty
a cOnvulsive sigh. Yet she did repress it,
When winter came, with It's clear days
and fresh snow, aud the bulfuch sang in
the trees, glistening with crystals of ice,
again Yngves strength revived, with It
his hope of life. He SO thoroughly enjoy
cd the glorious winter of his native land
and all those home-comforts which few
countries possess in equal measure with our
own rural home. He was now able some
times to sit with his father-in-law over his
evening pipe by the cracking pine-log fire.
and the Chief Director was never unfriend-
ly towards Yugve, and appeared always
glad to see him. Yngve sometimes even
pluyfully assisted Aunt NelIa to entangle
her skeiD, under pretence Of bringing il in
to order; in word, he was now OCCASION
ally the life enjoying Yngve of former
days. But it was only the blazing-up Of
the lamp before it became extinguished for
ever. Towards spring his strength visibly
and rapidly declined, and an unusual de-
preston at times took hold upon bis mind
Hertha saw that "a struggle was going for
ward in his sonl' She understood il, be-
cause she herself was passing through ST.
lent couhict, and this for his sake And
they conquered together. Yngve submit
ted himself to his doom in loving obedience,
and seemed thenceIorward only more fully
to enjoy oil which that beautiful life, had
still TO offer him--above all, Hertha's love.
The weaker he became, the more he loved
to have her sitting by bis side.
Thus they safe one day towards the close
Of May, when the fruit trees opened their
blossoms TO the warm sun, and the soft
vernal wind, entering through the open
windows of the Iduna-hall, spOrted with
the leaves of the plants which stood there
Yngve enjoyed these delicious verna bree-
zes. A branch of newly-cpened apple
blossom lay on Hertha'S lap, and his hand
played with it as he admired its beauty.
The contrast between cver0ourishing
and blossoming nature and the dying mau
was great, and Hertha, otherwise so watch
fol over herself, could not prevent her tears
from falling Que fell on Yngve'S hand !;
he raised IL TO his lips aud said
"How beautiful, my Hertha ! to know
that Nature is blood Of our blood, flesh Of
our flesh, aud life of our life that it will
rise again and be transfgured with us be-
yound the grave, through Him who has
life in Himself Ia new Heaven is not
without a new Earth | Iduna and her
fruits are imperishabe truth Iduna is an
immortal thought !" ...
,Hertha could not answer, but she knew
that he understood her thoughts, and that
he who reconciled her to life will now rec
oncile her to death. She bowed her head
to his. 1t felt SO extraordinarily damp aud
cold.
How are you, my YngveF p whispered
she.
We'll ? he replied; very well, just nowr
And he seemed to slug into soft slumber.
Hertha embraced him. His head sunk
to her breast, aud seemed heavy ; she no
longer heard him breathe. She thus sat
immoveably, and her sisters entering, found
her sitting almost as rigid, almost rs cold
as him whom she held in har arms, clasped
To her bosom.
The three bore Yngve silently to his
room, and laid him on his bed. He slept
slept deeply-and the caresses of his
wife could mol wake him more.
THE ANGEL OF DEATH H.-h
We frequently see family stand for a
great number of years, unmoved by the
changes or tempeSts of time, and growing
in calm security, when suddenly storm
comes, which, within few months or weeks
carries off its members or changes its cir
so that it is, as it were, oblit-
Grated from The earth, and is mentioned
there no more. Ii is the Angel of Death
which has gone forth thther. Such are
occasionally the devaStatiuns of tempest,
wh;ch ia ii few hours mows down, like corn,
both the old and the young trees of the
forest, which had otherwise stood uuremov-
ed for years.
Such dispensation of Providence swept
over Hertha'S family. After Yugve's de-
cease Que death followed another in rapid
succession. FIRST died YngVe'S mother,
or, more correctly speaking, peacefully went
to sleep few days after her sous depart
ure, thankful aud rejoicing to be able to
follow him. Very shortly the Chief Di-
rector had an attack Of apoplexy, in con-
sequence Of the violent agitation of mind
caused by the then position of the great
lawsuit, in which he was compelled to pay
down large sum of money. He recover
ed, it is true, in some measure but par
alysed in the lower limbs, aud after a Sc
we're struggle with death, because he would
not die, but live, aud continue as formerly
alone TO govern the pecuniary affairs Of the
family without taking counsel with any
one He felt himself, so he declared, as
strong aud capable, as regarded bis powers
Of mind, as he ever had been, and he felt
that he should perfectly recover
his health, aud live nIauy years. He took
after his grandfather, he said, who had
lived to be u hundred years of age. With
this prospect before him he concentrated
all his attention aud all his care still more
exclusively upon himself seeming To con-