Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-05-28


In the corner OF the large hall, which
we would call the reception room, saw a
comfortable Seat, inviting enough for one
who felt physically and morally fstigued
to rest awhile. did So, and was looking
around upon the increasing crowd of joy
! ful Swilzers, when $ gentleman came To
me, whom soon recognized as the good
| old doctor, whose acquaintance | made
under sorrowful circumstances.
Ach, sind sic ia ~ he cried, with hearty
! Joy "Sind sic surklich de ? (Are YOU truly
here y Is it possible! That is hsrr'ich :
! herrlich !"
And he pressed me, Switzer fashion, In
his arms.
| When recovered from the confusion
which these hearty and impetuous demon
strations always occasion, to me at least,
| said:
"Aud Karl-how is her"
"Karli" said he, Karl ?"-and as if
his memory had received sudden jerk
"Ah, the Herr Land Amman, you mean
All, he is very well; very well, indeed
Soon be here"
Tell me" said l, with an emotion
which tried in vain TO conceal, "who is
his wife ?"
"His wife? Well, friend, thou ought
to know, to be sure; well-Trudchen,
sweet Trudchen."
"Trudchen exclaimed; "what
Trudchen ="
"Well, friend, thou art beside thyself,
Thou knowest Trudchen, think But,
upon my word, perhaps thou knowest
nothing Of all that happened True
enough-thou art stranger, though thou
speakest our mountain talk almost as we'll
as one born here, Thou must live far
| AwaV not tn have heard of IL ~
my good FRIEND" said 1, with slight
tone Of impatience, al know nothing;
live hundreds of miles from here. Tell
me, tell me-"
"And so shall" said the doctor, press
ing my hand and drawing chair near
mine. "You left US when Trudchen was
dead, and laid out to be buried-is it not
SOY Well, we loved her so much; we
went so often to take a look at her |
came the day before the one appointed
for her funeral, to see her once more.
sat down beside her. l felt her hands /;
her cheeks, which had yet a blush on
them 1t was all cold-but not so cold, it
seemed to me, as cOrpses generally are.
put my hand under her back 1t was warm 4!
l called Msgdalen; felt bewildered. l
said MagdSlen, postpone the funeral, if
it is but one day.
&C Herr DOCTOR said she, that cannot
be; all the people are invited, and come
from afar.'
J &c She must not be buried tomorrow,
said | decidedly not Postpone the
! funeral for two, for three days Msgda
, len looked at me with amazement. But
, as spoke with great determination, she
sent at once a messenger to give due warn
; ing of the delay of two days. l rode
away, having many visits to make-but
returned that night, and resumed my IN.
vestigations. There was no change.
} slept that night at Magdalen's. In the
morning, no change. l went out and re-
turned at evening. No change. Only
8 the hands seemed to me less cold.
1 watched anxiously. felt the heart, the
' pulse. Thought perceived very slight
motion l called Magdalen l called
e Karl. Both came looking at me with =
sort of bewilderment. So help me God !
d said l, in a whisper, as if she might heaI
, me, there is life, life; tell you, LITER
g "That whole night watched her. Tht
a pulsations, though very slow, seemed t.
e increase in strength and toward morn
q ing, just when the sun began to rise abov,
! the Alps, thought l could perceive {
), twitching motion repeated at intervals.
Y "'Magdalen,' said l, stay thou here
a Karl, go thou in the next room. WheI
|
i the open door Is Trudchea s0dL ?" anl
! repeat it slowly
"When the sunbeams began to dar
G through the cottage window, the twitchinl
o increased, the pulsations increased, tn,
warmth increased. At my warning, Kar
Il said in his deep cultural voice: 81
n Trudchen aoelL ?" repeating it at interval
e some three or four times. There was
o sort of convulsive effort visible in tn
|, whole frame, the lips trembled, the hand
opened and closed; then a minute of per
d feet stiffness; then heard, like a fain
y whisper: Karl iSt konamen, KdrL iSt k0m
e men, and the whisper died away, succeed
e ed by stiffness again. When the voice G
Il Karl repeated: Is Trudchon aoeN /? tn
eyelids opened little, the head began t
l. turn in the direction of the voice, an
d there came a clear utterance: Muttei
;" Hutter, Karl iSt kOmnlen.'
is "The mother, pale with anxiety, ar
le preached, knelt down, took her hanC
er kissed it, kissed her half open lips, an
#. sobbed 'Trudchen TrudchenP
II Mother she then said, slowly an
is scarcely audibly, where is KarlH MothC
re I heard-the bells ring and then sh
e, seemed to sleep again. After few mil
i'd utes her breathing became louder, stronl
n er and opening her eyes fully, she heave
ne deep sigh, looked upon her mothe
Mt smiled, and said 'Notyet to bed, mother
rs It must be late,' Then peIc,iving Il
er sunlight, she said is it day, mother
to nethinks l heard the bell ring How
it, mother?'
i? 1--WE had already removed all appearanC
lis of the last tokens of love bestowed upo
w her, and said she had been very i'll, bl
was better now. And by degrees 1 il
N | aA har hat RI he,
N. that he had come then, that he was there
es and toward noon she begged 80 hard
ng see him, that gave permission.
"And now, my dear friend, you kno
n. all about Trudchen and if have bee
l long, forgive the medical man, and Il
ct, old man p
ed Here he was interrupted by two StroI
,et arms which clasped him tight from b.
of hind, while well.remembered voice sal
"Du Eie5er, Herr Doctor ! what hapJ
ny day what happy day !"
of The doctor arose at once, and graspir
the speakers hand said, pointing to m
IT. "An old friend. Herr Land Amman"
Three years had made some change
)w Karl's appearance. Yet recognized es
oft ly in tie dignifed magistrate the weatht
ng beaten Karl, conducted home by his n
tn, merous friends. He, too, remembered N
ng and said, with a smile of inward satisia
ms, ton: Welcome, welcome, naein lie,
va welcome to the happiest day of my life
"Rerr Amman, said /, smiling, "w
cd, there not one even happier than this ?"
rus "That was day of God sent bliss, 4
Its friend" said he, with a solemn tone "y
ith of God.sent bliss !" and he looked up wi
ite- his dark hazel eyes, as if his glance we
rs straight to God. "That was elm se9sy
gh tas," {" a day of blessing,") continued
the Happiness does not come up to what
ng, felt then, nay friend. All, the doctor Ia
ot, theei"
ay, "He did" said l but left it to you
ng, explain the change / sec; the whole
this all, all my dear friend"
so EASY enough" said he, seating hi
not self, and holding my hand in both of b
v il "I went to America to make my f,
ed, tune"