The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-08-18

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friendly word to his prompt tenant.
But the mood of the Germans made.tho
simplest words sinister. Fritz red
deued, cast down his eyes, stsmmere4
and said he made sausages. 8
'sAnd it is g'sod Ones hSS Makes
the wife added. trying to help Fritz, =,
Perhaps" said The landlord, II
will take some sausages of you some
day., .s. .... ~, .n.t g.
Then Fritz was scared, lest he might
be asked the number of his shop.
Thekla's heart was in her mouth. But
the landlord went away without put
ting the question. 'a saiR Z :.
"And has it come to so bad, nv
Fritz, my poor Fritzy' Thekla exclaim-
cd when they were alone. Her apron
was thrown over her head, and she was
CRYING in that heart-breaking way
peculiar to stricken conscience on
first transgression. lis it SO bad as
we must make lies? Poor Fritz! Poor
Thekla!" .
"And haven't made sausage on the
FARM" said Fritz, trying to excuse
himself. 'And tell him something
must. If he know I nothing do for my
living. he will know l have much mon
ey, and then we should sure get chloro-
FORM" ...r,E -s#5.-..
But the lie, Fritz. Alack! alack!
chloroform were better. If children
we were Fritz, our parents would beat
us; yes, beat us dead it might be. but
have us liars, never, never. We were
good children, Fritz, baptized into the
church we were. Now, much money
make much trouble, much sin. much
tears. To Che poor we should give
some money. and 60 work"
Fritz. -
The next day. Fritz and Mrs. Fritz
were Of that great crowd sof 9terror.
stricken fugitives, fleeing before tho
most appalling condagrat:on the world
ever saw. They were of the seventy
five thousand who bivouacked ON the
prairie that night. $1,000.
ut is like the Judgment" Ihekla
said, with awed voice, looking from the
flaming sky to the faces about her, red
and weird in the glare. Everybody
is now in trouble, the children cry, the
men and women groan."
1.-THE houses and shops and 60 DDS OF
them be all burnt" said Fritz. s'Our
money is saved"
Early the next morningthere c::me to
the strange encampment bakers wag-
ons, provision carts, milk carts, water
carts. Fritz buying his breakfast and
Thekla's, saw nursing mother and two
little children turned from the carts.
They had no money to buy. u,
He told this to Thekla, then the square
German face, weary, begrimed. lined
by her hard life, suddenly shon.. In
the same moment, it kindled with en-
thusiasm and softened with compassion.
"Now, NV Fritz, now is your time.
Go buy bread and drink for poor women
and little children. Buy, buy. buy, 50
long as there be any hungry, so long as
your money hold OUT
Fritz cast down his eyes irresolute.
"Ah! my poor Fritz" she said, sad
ly, yet with faith in her voice. You
are not so hard, when you was little
boy and waa little girl. You gave me Of
Your faggots often, and OF your grass.
Think you if the Lord Christ Yves here
OHIS usty Will IuuCu uuOuev, 11S WOuIU
feed you not? He would give you not
drink? All! my Fritz, we know now
where we can put our much money;
there be many holes to pour it i'm she
said, with a little fearful laugh, 1.-the
hungry mouths of many poor people,
come let us buy for them. my Fritz"
$50! sou he said, looking up with a
tear in his blue eye. 1--WE will buy
some cart-loads for hungry people, the
last dollar may 60 before any body must
starve; no difference if we be not &C.
quainted together"
1t was not necessary, for Fritz to sperd
his last dollar, for million hearts were
even then planning to help and millions
of hands were working. the relief was
swiftly coming.
Fritz and Thekla are now re-estab-
lished in Nauuoo on a .tifty-acre farm.
They have an adopted girl whom they
brought from Chicago. In her rearing
and education they find drain for any
surplus money. A distressing accumu-
lation is not likely again to occur
Sarah Winter Kellogg, in Chicago i'd
vH,sce.