St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-02-19


] HdgJiso he helped her intoo the sledg
t.g.i4 God will oosot the less bless or
ttsos.s.meent that It II begins sby an act
tselff.l ai.l3"o5 9 q q 81 81 o5 o5 !.
+ Som9sprovisious which had been pu
Unto t1e sledeas ready for any, emergency
were hsnded out to Hugo aud he ".
entreatA % take care Of himself as vel
ds ths4pedlar, and 10 keep up5a good fire
T. tt'.:@Gsrtaaiply,"" ca 4 }" said he; mo fear Of no
doing that Why, here is firevood enoug'
70 fo.st bMslfs M dozen oxen whole. Yo'
are sure, you viii bc able to5do withou
me-, ,Rather @Apdreas ?" VI !!
b j"Perfectly.9 The, horses arc quite man
ags,bte, the road good, and the weathe
~ llsiir- Ne can have no difficulty" !
So they stared off again; Olaf saucil.!
calling out to Hugo, that, now he va
| gose,a aEllaswould be of some use to othe
Easeple.I and that the rest Of the part,
would gain, not lvse, one by his departure
However, Ella. was not inclined to be live
", and her gravity infected even the higt
spirits Of her young brothers. The re
smairder of the drive was rather dull fo1
all parties, and every one was glad whe,
the .peaked roofs of the small town came
into sight. The Jansens drove to rela
tion's house, put up the horses, left Their
onter coverings in the sledge, and then
entered the church soon afte- service had
commenced: The pastor was venerable
old man, dressed in the black canonicals
ofthe Lutheran clergy. A thick white
ruff sas round his neck, his long white
hair foated over his shoulders, while, on
account Of the cold, he wore a black vel:
vet skull cap on his head. Prayers and
singing; over, he commenced his discourse
without notes Of any kind, and in strain
ofsimple, fervid eloquepce, which riveted
the attention of his auditors, he expound-
Fed the sublime preeept which Christianity
first ineulcated, Of doing to others what
we would that they should do to US. The
sermon over, some christenings followed,
and then the communion. The service,
which has lasted more than three hours,
at length terminated, and they emerged
from the church. Many were the greet
ings to be exchanged between friends and
neighbors unseen for long,, and it was
some time ere the Janseos reached the
relations house, where they we're to par
take of the midday meal This over,
they did not linger long, for Andreas had
promised Hugo they would return as soon
as possible: As they were leaving the
town. they were stopped near the parson.
age by the pastor, who pressed them to
come in. and sec the Frau, Pastorinu.-
Andreas explained the reasons which
made them anxious to be of, and the good
old map, shaking him heartily by the
hand, said:
$50 some Of you have been acting what
l have been preaching, playing the good
Samaritan. Well, we'll, it shall not lack
its reward. God bless you, friend An
dreas W1.
The short lived northern day had long
waned; when, leaving the clustered wood.
en- dwellings surrounding the church be-.
hind them,. the Jansens started on their
homeward route to Ravensdal. But little
was the daylight missed, for the glorious
northern lights we're up, streaming, flick
ering ike fiery banners across the sky,
brighter far than the pale Arctic winter
san, and diaqsing around a mild beautiful
radiance, neither sunshine nor moonshine
but light more poetic, more romantic,
than that Of common DAY or night. Lit
tie Raoul clapped his hands with delight,
as from the luminous cloud on the north
ern horizon sstreamers of,green, purple;
red and golden light, shot up. Andreas:
said it vas years and yca'g since an Au-
rora 50 splendid had tecn SEEM: IL
a, lonely road was their way home no
habitations, except few farm houses near
the q ~ oSttokn, and when these were passed,
'ongoptretch of desolate oouutry-wild,
rock = valleys, all clad in their snowy gar
ments, with the deserted summer chalets
scattered over them, mocking the traveller
With + u e idea Of human life, beneath,
frowning precipices Of black rock, where
the SNOW could ..6nd no resting place !;
through pine woods, whose venerable
dsPi.s|Ps 5aa|H, I'D / survived masy generations
q d mqQSogrittA.lst.T qQSgit. Il Oh a. g;
.nMoored- to the rifted rock.