Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-05-28

said l, in a whisper, as if she might hear
me, there is life, life; tell you, lifer
"That whole night watched her. The
| pulsations, though very slow, seemed to
increase in strength; and toward morn
| ing, just when the sun began to rise above
| the Alps, I thought / could perceive a
| twitching motion repeated at intervals.
Magdalen,' said I, stay thou here
Karl, go thou in the next room. When
say, speok !! say in thy natural voice at
the open door =" Is Irudchep aoell ?" and
repeat it slowly
| "When the sunbeams began to dart
through the cottage window, the twitching
increased, the pulsations increased, the
warmth increased. At my warning, Karl
| said in his deep cultural voice: "ls
Irudche,a soell ?" repeating it at intervals
some three or four times There was a
| sort of a convulsive effort visible in the
whole frame, the lips trembled, the hands
opened and closed then a minute of per-
feet Stiffness then I heard, like a faint
whisper: Karl tst konsnsen, Karl ist kona-
men, and the whisper died away, succeed
ed by stiffness again. When the voice of
Karl repeated: rs Irudchen aoeN ? the
eyelids opened little, the head began to
turn in the direction of the voice. and
| there came clear utterance 'Mutter,
Mutter, Kari 6st Eonannen'
The mother, pale with anxiety, ap-
preached, knelt down, took her hand,
| kissed it, kissed her half open lips, and
sobbed: Trudchen! Trudchen L.
Mother she then said, slowly and
scarcely audibly, where is Karl? Mother
4 heard-the bells ring and then she
seemed to sleep again. After a few min
utes her breathing became louder, strong
er; and opening her eyes fully, she heaved
deep sigh, looked upon her mother,
smiled, and said: Notyet to bed, mother
It must be late,' Then percsiving the
sunlight, she said: Is it day, mother
methinks I heard the bell ring ?-How is
| it, mother? 3"2d 3t
"We had already removed all appearance
of the last tokens of love bestowed upon
| her, and said she had been very ill, but
was better now. And by degrees I in
formed her that Karl was coming; then,
| that he had come; then, that he was there
and toward noon she begged so hard to
see him, that gave permission.
"And now, my dear friend, you know
all about Trudchen and if have been
long, forgive the medical man, and the
| old man ~
Here he was interrupted by two strong
arms which clasped him tight from be-;
hind, while q wellremembered voice said,
"DW l5e5er, Herr Doctor ; what happy
day what happy day."
The docto: arose at once, and grasping
the speakers hand said. pointing to me ::
"An old friend. Herr Land AMMAN"
Three years had made some change in
Karl's appearance. Yet recognized cas-
| ly in the dignified magistrate the weather
beaten Karl, conducted home by his nu-
merous friends. He, too, remembered me,
and said, with smile of inward satisfac-
ton: Welcome, welcome, me6n Herr,
welcome to the happiest day of my life !"
"Herr amman, said ], smiling, "was
there not one even happier than this ?"
"That was day of God-sent bliss, my
friend" said he, with solemn tone; eyes,
of God sent bliss )" and he looked up with
his dark hazel eyes, as if his glance went
| straight to God. "That was eS7a segens-
tag" GA day of blessing,') continued he
Happiness does not come up to what |
felt then, my friend. All, the doctor told
thee ?"
"He did," said I but left it to you to
explain the change I see; the whole OF
this; ali, all my dear friend"
EASY enough" said he, seating hirl-
/ Sell, duO uOluluS Aduu LII DObu VI LIS
~ went to America to make my for
| tune"
Il know it." said I.
az heard of California it was in 1848.
| l went straight to the mining region; it
was easier work then; accumulated in
| one week more gold than l had seen in
my whole life. One night, half bewildered
| by my success, thought of Pastor Lieb.
| ing's parting words: Karl, e1are Gott!
| (hOnor Cody : and rose from my rough
couch, and said 'Du ISeber GOtt, if Thou
blesseth me with gold, and allowest me to
see Trudchen alive, tenth shall give to
| build an Orphan Home for the Berner
| Oberland.' Month after month worked
and boarded, and within two years l re-
| turned to New York, thence to my home.
| Good friends, more knowing about busi-
ness than /, had taken charge of my for
tune. I came; and thou knowest what
happened And when l received Trud-
chen again (here his voice became thick,
and he mastered his emotion with some
difficulty, l set to work, bought this land,
built the house, gathered the orphans
and there they are; a small token OF
thakfulness to the Almighty Lord of life
and DEATH" 4
He stopped unable to speak and was
myself not little moved. After while
l said And so you are Land. AMMAN"
He smiled: money does many things,
my friend. In this country, among the
poor, hard-working mountaineers, am
rich. They always liked me, not less
since am rich-and so am Herr Land
amman. But there l see my Trudchen
coming, leading the orphan girls; come,
let me introduce you to her.-Ooer1and
Monthly for May.