Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-05-19
a}liseellany.
COnrad'S Love.


,t.,,l M ,,t of his neighbors. for there was q
-. .i,ion of Magyar blood in the family, |
49,, hi face WI, by no means lacking in |
..Ilirnnre Ola merry and peaceful sort |
The VILLAGE had a look of being finished
-rr aro: but II reader of men might
...v. looNcd ut Conrad. if he saw him there
III. -.tid;
D.. Ini, that fellows only half done yet
t-aGuc~n't half understand himself. Pity
..cr+, nothing in the sleepy valley to
,l>n Linn up
t. however, the process of waking up
...S 20 imply any sort Of shaking, there
In. zen little enough Of that in the lie
.l h Connard had thus far led. The
.-,l,r~t events of the outside world bad
...,-I only n storms on the ocean, sending
.u'y "a ripple of their uproar into the little
Il-'ocked cove of the old, dull village.
,;ot1cib Midburger. Conrads father.
with HI old cronv and partner, Franzo
II,Gr,lahl. had made and mendcd watches
in tie same dingv and time worn shop
where their fathers had filed and hammer
ed Lrf,r, them. and one life was like an
other. and about as unvarving rs the tick
.u~ Of the fat faced time pieces behind the
robwcbs in the shop window
just now however, Us If the course OF
nature were being disturbed, various rip
l.lc~ were beginning to come RumorS
tArr,. were for instance that the king God
preserve hind was preparing to fight a
wtr with somebody, and that all young
heroes Ike Conrad Midburger would soon
.,- needed for the army.
Stranger still, and utterly unlcc0unt
anI.. considering his time of life, old Franz
Ilufur,lahl had caught the emigration te-
>rr. and made up his stea,lta>t mind to
Join ,hr great German tide that sets per
Ir.ulIIv towards the shores of America.
Already he had sold whatever he had to
sill. except his big pipe and his daughter
Cmi~ inr, for these he intended taking
.t. Il him to the western Eden.
Perhaps" thought the villagers, . it is
l.t - strange for old Franz is for some
ut u.s. He : been lonely since his wife
a--, .,nd then he was great Traveller in
liz younger days.
TItwl~ true enough for Franz IIofer
dial Ind been to Berlin, and America
.,'.I. not he 50 very far beyond.
The old man had sold his share i'll the
-ll.p tp liz friend Gottlieb, and had made
IL .ood bargains as he could for hi, house
.nu movablr>, but none of his anxious
u,i.hbul> knew exactly how much of
ready cash he took with him when he and
i- weeping Christine set out upon their
.ung pilgrimage.
Christine wrpt. indeed, a if She meant
;orIju her pretty blue eyes entirely; for
the little old village had been very dear to
her. and her mothers grave was there
|. there were other reasons for her sor-
r,W Chri>in kept them to herself; albeit
Size may have wondered why one person
ut lo.l~t had not asked her Il question OF 50
concerning them.
ltn bul Sni Il
GOOD hv. with all the rest, to his father
OH friend and to the fearful Christine
and hr had rubbed his great black eyes.
aftcrwari. in way that looked us if the
whole thing WAS :; good deal of Il dream
+, him fit was. there was no help for it,
since Christine and her father We're faI
enough AWAY before he woke up. Never
thcIc~-. when Conrad missed. day after
,ltv. the accustomed form of old Franz in
til" shop. n we'll rs the CHEEKY voice OF
Christine IIoferd1hl calling her father
home to dinner, the expression of his face
would change at times. and one would al
most have said that he was beg inning Il
think
30, quite 90 much us that. perhaps; a
least. not yet; but pretty soon Conrad
eyes took note of growing difference II
rIr WAYS and seeming of old Gottlieb Mid
i- i,,,,, I.,,.I tn.,v. h,,t Inv de,rree, th
~, ',, ''..,,'', - ro,,I.ct his nine then hi
~ Ii,r .nJ thon h.. took to hi
f.a11,. II, tool, 10 his he'd an
W''N anu l'''Iit' H. ro0n a;1 al,,ast WIN
"'''' ''I1' VIZ. IT. f,,'l,hi h.,J hrol.,.
- t.,,'s i,,,.,,+ Iv ronol,v,v.,
..n'.I.',,,I'.. I,.,,t, t',iI Conr:,l him
self. =. But he did not break mine, An
l4vc 4 heart tool can feel it beat.
,o..r,. ,,,,cb and feel ,s
f'.,..,Ii J,vifI were nut so YER
''''''' -
~ Il man. ;,. ,,,o+ ro,,,.,
t.I ~ ~ ha,,t hnwnrrr WAS vet to come
i''' - ii't'' ''D"n ,,t L,- ,ft.T Lis f,thor
''', .,nI ey,.rv thin in it an,
',4,' ,,t,orlv iistastrful to hin,
I.,,4 Dawn nv the bnncl
'':', '''', ~ t',,t tI', rn.,, t;.Linr
'' ,.',..t - m"'N ' insntf,T,l,v onnre.Sivt
-r..,,~',;,, .,,,I ..lt,in he sf,rtel up an
i,..i Ii' t;i,, ~. III. hammer in renewe
= ,'', .'.,- ,h '.nl,t;n,I absence o
.l. ,i,',,Il ,n.n IF only Christin
,.,I1 ,., H., s,il to himself "on
.'i r.,,,, i,,,,,,.. to Jinnnr.
r., ~ ,,t ,nnn and the silenc
ami H., ,.Iin,I. crew more and more irl
.I,n.. and :, H. and hv. when 4 GOOD Gu
tanned. rn.,.I hi. ,,ne,rance. Contrd Mi,
,.I'-r,.r .,Ir1o.t u =. Iv closed with his otft
To- nIr.b,,,. th, shop and the house II
-,II t,o cv,rvthip,r els,. that his faith.
b,.I L.f linn. event the OH mans pi
and sword. anj TIN. medal his father b.
fore, him n, WON in the old wars with IL
French. Neither did Conrad, anv MOI
than Franz IIol,r,lahl. tell any of h
,.f,I,i,,.r- low .rra,t 81. hoysmlil WAS II
Golden Store. h, found himself possessed 0
blt rh. Mdblrrcrs htd been Il careft
>av.n,:u.I close mouthed race for gene
a,i,u-
Aul VIII Il th. ~aI,.s were all comoletc,
and tn. transfers duly made, and Conr;
stood in ril. moonlight one fine spring ev
n.u, and .ril.l ut the home that was