The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-03-26

advanced, and, commanding him to
kneel, she laid her hand upon his shout
ders, muttered over some unintelligible
words, and in a trice removed the hump
from his back and placed it in a dish.
At this instant the clocks in the church
towers rang out the first morning hour,
and before the peal had died away every
witch had vanished, leaving poor dazed
Friedel alone.
Not caring to linger in these CHASTITY
precincts, he fastened home with ali
possible speed. Weary and half stu
petied he flung himself upon his bed,
and was Don sleeping, not, however, I'M
disturbed by dreams, in which visions of
Agatha's face, framed in a halo Of
witches, forests of broomsticks, and
clouds of grim night-birds, were strangely
commingled.
In the morning he awoke, rubbed his
eyes, and concluded that the last nights
experience was only an illusion but
what was his establishment upon rising to
see a tall, finely proportional figure re-
fected in the glass. Further than this
he found an Immense sum Of money i'll
his coat pocket. And now he fairly cried
for JOY, for he knew that, armed with
gold, he should conquer Agatha's father.
He dressed himself with the most
scrupulOus care and repaired to the wine
merchants house. The servant, not
recognizing in this stately presence the
poor hunchhach upon whom he had shut
the doors the previous day, admitted
him at once to his masters presence.
Here Fric,lel related his strange advent
ure, requesting that it should be kept a
profound secret. As soon as the avari-
ciOus old merchant caught sight OF the
gold he gave his consent to the union of
the lovers, and their happiness Was com
plete.
1t was impossible to keep this remark
Sli'It dtilNtIlltlIt al SttI'L, dlil II SDtII
reached the ears OF Heinz. His former
envy of Friedcl now changed to hatred,
and he sought to injurr him by the most
evil reports concerning his relation to the
witches. Heinz, however, mad" up his
mind to be present himself at their next
picnic gathering, for he hoped to be
rewarded like his rival. When the
quarter-day arrived he was on the square
as o as the witches had assembled,
and, going boldly forward with his violin,
he offered to play for the dance. The
company took their places as before, and
again the wild capering began. Heinz
was so intently watching the massive
plate that adorned the tables that he for
got all nbout his music, and the violin
s!Tieked, groGn"d and beloved SO dis
tressingly that even the witches, unable
to stand it any longer, made a dive at
him with one accord and ~ticrcely shook
their fists Ill his face. Heinze proba-
bly, construed this action as mere play
f~uIness, for, when the leader babe him
kneel, he felt so sure Of his reward that
he seized Il gold cup from the table,
whereupon the lady gave linn such a
singing box on his ear for this imperti-
nence that he was glad to drop it and
attend to his business. She then I'M
covered a dish and took from it the
very hump she had taken from Erie
del's shoulders. This she fastened to
the breast of Heinz. At the same IN
slant the clocks struck one, and all van
ished as before, leaving their victim
alone, gnashing his teeth with disap-
pointment and rage.
He was silly enough to repeat the mis-
cradle affair to his neighbors, and thus
it was noised about until the whole city
was laughing at him. He had only one
friend-dear, noble Friedel-whOse kind
heart We are sure was not changed by
his prosperity, for the legend tells us
he maintained Heinz comfortably as
long as he lived.-IIearh and Home.
,Johm O'Gront's House.
You have heard Of it, but DO you
know there was really a person Of that
name hundreds of years ago who did
build a singular house at Duncan's Bay
Head, the most northerly point in Great
Britain! He and his seven brothers
came from Holland and settled III Eng
land in 1889. The house was octagon in
shape, being one room with eight
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