St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1864-01-14

cross by. the sssbaclh' ii ferry, and reasumiIe iI
my evening walk Oh the other side f'of
the river 'for fthebmid.day ,n.al l,ad
long; ;ibeeni 1oyer,1aana, like sall, eaten
bread, soon forgotten. But, on ap.
preaching the well-knowina boat, / pauas!!
ed to observe the innocent 'ap,]propria.
tion ofthe hour, on. tha part of My old
acquaintance and bis young 'attep dant,
There stood susannahsin tie middle Of
the boat -7;her feet and legs unconscious
of. shoes and stockings; and there sat
old Johan, at one. end of it,,h indulg,ng
in" all the garrulous greetings common
to the proprietois Of wrinkles and gray
hairs. The -cotfee;jug, which. he at
times applied to his lips, seemed to liq-
uidize his imagination and, from his
smiles and gesturcs,s 1 could fancy him
in a diluted state Of. feeling, altogether
amiable. The .schwarz-bred remained
beside him for gravcr discussion. But
just at that >aom cnt I was unfortunate
ly perceived, and the meal eame to- an
untiaely end. ..s,zg.i1.2d, -.
| With ell the ready hustle of one who
Wisely and habitually considers his bis
mess as Of more Importance than his
ease, friend Reisacher rose from his
seat, laid his hand on the oar, declared
himself ready, with his usual obstinate
activity and, on my stepping into the
boat he pfoceeded to his angular tran
sit, first against the current and then
with it, with goometrical precision /;
and in FIVE minutes We we're at the Oh
posite side Of the river, which moved
on in a sullen swell rejecting the dark
and heavy autumn clouds that rollod
slowly above During those, 6vc min
utes had proceeded in. tempting the
venerable, connoisseur to accompany
me 10 a village not quite half a league
from the ferry, for the purpose of look
ing at wood rangers horse, which,
making liberal allowances for the. er-
,rors Of its education and its potato diet,
was very much the sort of animal that
l had mind TO purchase. >'.'''si -
10 ask the opinion Of Johan Reisa-
cher on such a: matter was to bind him
to you forever. But scarcely know
what unlucky prophecy, or abortive
impteeation might have followed the
rejection Of his advice if once solicited
There was a sclfopinionatcd stubborn.
:; ness about him, that never forgave q
slight offered to his Judgment, But
am again dipping into his character
when it is his daughters conduct ]
:; want to describe.2,s }a.:, iut III: =,
"Susappah, child" said, the old man
"keep the boa. here, and wait for mc
l shall be back in three little half
:. hours, Let no one persuade you tt
cross, Tor the wind Isl rising, and tht
current is veiy strong, aud the, weathe1
seems upon the change; | feel that We
shall have d squally evening: Bit ]
shall be with YOU in time to take you
home, and excuse you FROM your 5gooo
aunt Lena's scoldipg for staying out 81
long" Aud: 50 saying, he drew up
coiled tho rope round a tree hard BY
and away We ,'wvent,3 The wcather-see1
carefully avoiding to look up at tn.
sky (Which could have told any, foo
that bad weather was coming) lest ,hi
atmospheric sagacity might appear les:
profound than he meant me ito believ,
j it. ao8 e.3u otacs;4 .~tH;E 1:rt %'f-,
! l.Susannah, took out her blue worstee
, stocking, and multiplied it's parallelo
grams, comfortably indifferent to th'
cold gusts that swept across the valley
!, But after a time; the heavy 1cloq.
, which old Reisacher preferred not see
ing, and the chilling wind which hi
daughter seemed determined not to ice
began to burst and hiss and sudde1
stop was put to one Of my companion
,'(!valn glorious 'panegyrics on his own in
fallibility of, judgment iu matter .
horse-aesh, by a loud crash of thun
der. s@o,>
"There will be STORM - said l.: j.,
IL"Ayc, indeed there will but =.
; scarcely thought it would be 50 bad a
! lwhat is coming" i, replied Johau
thoughtfally, and stating full in tn
, face Of tho lowering sky. "Yetu tn
: child need not get wet for all that, uu
less she likes 1T, for is not there tn
old tarpaulin and oars, whereof she ma
make 2 covering Z" ,4a,- "";H
I saw clearly that old Reisacher wa
appealing to himself, rather than to me
J, SO I waited untifhi inclination prompt
j ed7him tosstep outtfaster on our way +
i! the wood-ranger's: house, which we a
last reached, as aslnearly wet through a
) it was possible to be. The wood-range
, was at home, but the horse was not
and the storm increased and 50 at last
! did the fathers anxiety about his onl
, child. ~, ....s... .s...,.''..,
!. .jn''I '.I hdust 50 back" ssid he, gain!
from the eminence va va stood on; Abaol
: towards the Rhine !; 'Susannah will b.
frightened! 1Ptay look att he river
ld.sir,i / 'never'sawI It more furious, an,
newer so Suddenly aroused II is CAST
lich schon /! Isn't it 2" Y;sdf a
&c It is 4 fine sight to look at from
this safe distance" said I ;;<s'b but it ha
.'ffew charms for the poor fsl3o owssiu tina
asiboat, that is tossed about7so roughly !
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