New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-12-27

soon, you say9" che asked in q low voice,
- though she wanted to hear the good
news again and again.
They will be paid off next week; they can
not be later than ten days from now
Ten days! Alb, mien Gustav" murmur.
ed the little maiden. She turned away and
tied on her stiff bonnet, furtively wiping of
a tear with her prim handkerchief folded in
square.
why, my child,-l said, following her
and STOPPING to look in her face. "what is
this2"
lit is nothing; il lie for glad--for very
glad said Wilhelmina. Away she ran as
the first solemn COW came into view, head
ing the long procession meandering slowly
toward the stalls. They knew nothing Of
haste, these dignifed community cows;
from stall to pasture, from pasture to stall,
in a plethora of comfort, this was their life.
The silver haired shepherd came last with
his staff and scrip, and the nervous shepherd
dog ran hither and thither in the hope of find
ing come COW to bark at; but the comfOrta.
bic cows moved on in orderly ranks, and he
was obliged to dart of on q tangent every
now and then ard bark at nothing to relieve
his feelings. Reaching the paved courtyard
each COW walked into her own stall, and
the milking began. All the girls took part
in this work, sitting on little stools and
singing together as the milk fr0thed up in
the tin pals; the pals were emptied into
tubs, and when the tubs were full the girls
bore them on their heads to the dairy, where
the milk was poured into a huge strainer,
constant procession of girls with tubs
above and the old milk mother ladling out
as fast as she could below. With the bee
hives near by, it was q realization Of the
Srriptural phrase, "A land flowing with
milk and honey"
The next morning, after breakfast,
strolled up the still street, leaving the
Wirthshaus with its pointed roof behind me.
On the right were some ancient cottages
with plaster; sun dials hung on the
walls, and each house had its piazza,
where, when the work of the day was
over, the families assembled, often singing
folk.songs to the music Of their home made
flutes and pipes. On the left stood the
residence of the first pastor, the reverend
man who had led these sheep to their refuge
in the wilds of the New World. WAS q
wide spreading brick mansion, wit. broad
side Of white curtained windows, an inclOsed
glass porch, iron ratings and gilded esvee:
q building 80 stately among the surrounding
cottages that it had gained from outsiders
the name of the Kings Palace. although
the good man whose grave remains I'M
marked in the quiet Gods acre, according
to the Separatist custom, was q father to
his people, not King.
Beyond the palace began the community
garden, q large square in the centre of the
village. filed with flowers and fruit,
adorned with arbors and cedar trees clipped
in the form Of birds, and enriched with an
old style greenhouse whose sliding glasses
were viewed with admiration by the visitors
of thirty years ago, who sent their choice
plants thither from far and near to be
tended through the long, cold lake country
winters. The garden, the cedars and the
greenhouse were all antiquated, but to me
none the less charming. The spring that
gushed up in one corner, the old fashioned
flowers in their b0x-bOrdered beds, larkspur,
lady slippers, bachelors buttons, peOnies,
pinks, and all varieties OF roses,
the arbors with red honeysuckle overhead
anu tan bark under foot, were all delight
full, and l knew, also that should find the
gardeners daughter at her never ending
task Of wedding. This time it was the
strawberry bed. II have come to sit in
your pleasant garden, Nina" said, taking
. seat on shaded bench near the bending
figure.
"SO?" said Wilhelmina in long drawn in
terrogation, glancing up shyly with smile.
She was q child Of the sun, this little
maiden, and while her blonde com.
panions wore always their bonnets or
broad brimmed hats over their pre-
rise caps. Wlhelmina, as now, con.
'tantly discarded these coverings and
vat in the sun basking like bird of the |
,rOpics. In truth, it did not reddeD her: |
The was one of those whose coloring comes |
lot from without, but within.
'Do you like this work, Nina p
cob go. Good as any"
do you like work"
Folks must work" This was said grave. |
Y. az part of the community creed.
Wouldn't you like to 60 with me to the
ity"
"No; it's better here"
but you can zee the great world, Nina
You need not work, will take care of you.
lOu shall have pretty dresses; wouldn't |
'0u like that p / asked, curious to dis.
over the secret of the Separatist indiffer.
nee to everything outside.
"Neip," answered the little maiden tran.
uilly; ''nein, fraulein. Ich bin zufrieden."
Those three words were the key. II am
0ntented." So were they taught from
and-I was about to say-they
new no better; but. after all, is there any
hing better to know!
We talked on, for Nina understood En-.
lish although many of her mates could
halter only in their Wurtemberg dialect,
hose provincialisms confused my care.
lily learned German; l was grounded in
Ioethe, we'll read in Schiller, and etrug-
ling with Jean Paul. who, fortunately, is
der Einzige,' the only; another such would
estrOy life. At length bell sounded, and
'rthwith work was laid aside in the fields,
le workshops, and the houses, while all
artook Of a light repast, one of the five
eals with which the long summer day of
Ill is broken: Flagons of beer had the
zen afield, with bread and cheese; the
omen took bread and apple-butter. But
ina did not care for the thick slice which
le thrifty house mother had provided; she |
i'd not the steady, unfanciful appetite of
le community which eats the same TODD
" after day, as the COW eats it's grass,
,siring no change.
And the gardener really wishes you to
AIRY jacob" l said as she sat on the
ass near me, enjoying the rest.
Yes; Jacob is good-always the same"
'.Ah. mein Gustav: Lady. he is young,
Il-sO tall as tree: he run, he sing, his I
es like veilchen there, his eyes like gold 8
l see him not soon, lady, l die! The year l
lOng-so long they are. Three year c
thout GUSTAV" The brown eyes grew 8
n, and out came the square folded hand t
rchief Of colored calico for week daye. D
But it will not be long now, Nina" 6
Yes; hope
He writes to you. suppose T. u
No. Gustav knows not to write, he not Il
Q school. But he speak through the
Is, Ernst, the verliebte of Rosine, and 81
Ter of Doroty'
The ZOar soldiers were all young men, b,
Yes; all verliebte. Some are not; they Vi
e gone to the next country" (died). tt
Killed in battle ~ IN
Yes on the berge that looks-what you L
!, not know ar
Lookout Mountain 7" dc
Yes hs
Were the boys volunteers r. / asked, re- til
nbering the community theory of non sp