The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1873-03-13
ST. CLOUD. MINNESOTA Thursday MA RCH 3 1879 Ill.,: |

4" eF.9 II !'r< t..
she knows him.. How surprised b,
IiH|lt be when DO finds ont Who ,'t ve. j,,, .r.
/: i::Pd that i i, bis brothsrs brid. Vi Won <,
=; e; rescued s,'' n from 3 .ueh b i + Il f..'fa
H. must Is, nstl not let him hip:t;,s,' tn,o, Who bo& =,
te1e, Marie" .aid K.trine. "ooly tame,
vhat ''A bis surprise Will be when Erps
presents him to u.s." 90. =.
i"But how can We keep our nam'
from him ! He must know it al
ready"
! '"No, I do not think he does; tb,
people here do not know ~. We vii
give him our mothers nsme."
+ "But Fritz and Wilhelm, Katrin, P
pleaded Marie.
20, I wilt give them their lesson.
must 90 and sec poor Fritz when b,
comes in l am afraid he is badly hurt
10, here comes Madame Wirkmann :; le
,nl ask her about Erle."
"The landlady came in proceeding th
servants, bringing 10 tho equipsge 70
tea and sefse; and fresh wood and coal
| for the FIRE.
! "lt was wonderful escape, graciou
ladies'" said the smiling landlady, ii
answer to remark Of Katrine's, "as,
he is anoble gentleman Who came t.
your rescue. But 1t was just what on
would have expected Of a Walderthorn
fThey are all brave ; al strong; al
handsome. God bless him and BIZ
brother, the young Baron of Kronen.
tkal.'' : = @t";''::1~ - ::
49, this is young Eric w.lder.
thorn p said K.trine. ave had on,
suspicious it was he; it was 80 very
tlikely to be him., =:
"He is very like the young baron
saving your presence, gracious lady
fionly he Is taller.''5 - :, ~: J.. ::
"Win: you tell him that when b. i,
It leisure, Katrioe aud Marie Won Mol.
ff'ehthin would like to see him, to ex.
press their gratitude 10 him; for tb.
great service be has rendered them to:
might ?' s.< ~ IL. J.:
T. i"Ah, that I will, noble lady-ab,
that 1 will. Beautiful ladies' thanks
are due to handsome, noble gentlemen,
Who risk their lives for them. As
soon as he returns, I will let him know
|your Wishes"
"Return !" said Marie. "Is be
gone ~
:"He is gone to look after his friend,
who remained behind to conduct you,
Grace's sleigh and your wounded ser.
want. He was uneasy about him be:
cause of the storm. Ab, how it RACES -
1t was true. The storm was raeiuq
fesrfully. The wind swept up thu
streets, and howled and rayed rouui
the houses. Marie from ths window
saw nothing before her but thick dark
;Ihbes, through which tie lamps in th,
11ereets Of St.ttin elimmered family ant
hiekered ed to.aud-tro 10 the strong blast
atl 3 che 1e stood there, vaiuly striving t.
ieroe the darkness With her eyes, th,
hail ratified against the window, tn,
fierce sleet cut the glass, the wind ragged
the thunder rolled.
| Meanwhile Eric rode for life, TO
death. His heart sank within hin
when he thought of Carl, exposed t,
the Whole fury of the storm How i
ragged in his face The fierce wint
blew into it that fine, sharp.cutting
pointed snow, SO we'll known to thos
Y ho have been cut in like storms %,
hurled At his head frozen branches
which it had snapped of in its fury a
it swept past him bowling madly. o.
on he rcde. his gallant horse answer
ing the spur with fresh bounds, thougl
it was with great difficulty he coul'
keep bis feet; and once, when . gus
of Wind came up feroer than ever, tn
poor creature turned completely round
be could not face it. It was we'll fc
both horse and rider that their roa
llay alongside tho forest; 'hs tall blac
skeletons served as landmark for thet
Ein the Wild dreary waste Of snow befor
them, though it was no shelter to then
l]as the storm swept over the wide pla,
which lay to their left. "Carl! Carl
shouted Eric "Re never can wealth,
such !. Storm" he thought; "he h
never seen anything like it! Why di
I lsave him r
t At length be thought he saw som,
. thing black moving slowly towarl
? him. To his infinite joy and relief; l
2 j, discovered it to DO the sleigh be h,
ID, come io search Of: "steady thor
o steady.l" he heard, in tho native la
o guage and deep tones Of his friend
j. voice "Woho, my brave lads p as b
. horses shied at the approach of Fri
's and then there was a shout Of reoo
I oition.
u q knew" said Eric, "you won
It clear the sleigh, and bring your oo1
pauy along safe ; bat feared you mig
lt lose your way and perish, this vi
b tight.'' t. ~>:''.. r :"
ytl .nDon't cay another word;" "a
i'll Carl., :"You had better come into q
II .leigh and drive; your know the ro
N j haitian Than 6o and + v,nk. IN an;