The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-07-29
"NO, LOPenz, 1 Must Take My Chance,
md God viii Watch OveF Me-"

ulu AutuCIOAS SAlE to"Skos ftNA HSS'tf
bathed in gold. Now this had changed
to a deep gray, gilded by the ylnes of
the Rathhaus and those If the twin
church cpires, and against this massive
background carts and horses and Zig,
ures hurTying out of the city 10y the
Regen Thor showed with startling dis
t~inctness. While the boy on the op-
posite hill gazed at the multitude which
came thronging out of the gate, he saw
that they all took the same poad-that
which led down the steep cliff to the
one-arch bridge, and so on to he road
below where he stood.
What can have happened since
went away? he said to himself. 1T
Is only a week ago"
l. The way to the town took him out
of the field where he had been stand
ing to q wood on the side. of tho de-
ssent; river and road were alike hid
den from view by the close-growing
tree stems; and the boy hurried on,
eager to learn what this copcourse
meant.
There is no fair till Easter" he
thought; land it Is not eyed market
day"
Then he smiled, for he we'll knew
| that market day never brought such
O throng Of people into ~Freitenberg.
Long before he left the wood his cars
told him that the crowd WAS passing
| along the road below, and when he nt
last reached the gate leading into this
he saw with increased wonder that
these hurFying people were not strang,
ers, but fellow teWnslnen lnd towns
women. He looked first at one face,
then at another, Of those who were
hurrying by, and there was the same
Jock on every face-a look OF terror.
"Hulia, Heinrich!' he called out
what IL The matter and where are
you all going?"
The man, q big, BRA ~py-limbed
smith, shook his head, and pointed te
the cart beside which he walked. IT
it were his wife, two children, and
heap of household goods that seemed
to have been flung any how into tho
cart.
Franz turned to walk beside tfapf
smith.
mo time for WORDS my lad; have 20,
not heard the French aRR marching OF
J. Ecll4D$IS 1uey WIN W NSfV ~
night. Get in if you will"
The woman in the cart began to sob
1.-The French are butchers she cried
and she Rugged her little ones closely
THANK you, Heinrich" the boy said
II must 80 home at once to see aftei
my grandmother"
"Lorenz Imhoff will see to her." til,
smith answered. You are foolish !
you 60 into Freitenberg."-
How long has this been knownY
the boy asked.
To-day" answered Heinrich briefly
and he whipped up his horse.
Franz left him and went rapidly to
ward the bridge. Everywhere he say
sullen, sometimes terrified men I'm,
sobbing, despairing women. Those h
asked had but one answer to his ques
titns. Il
1.-THE French are c~oming-they ar
even now at the gates that devil
crew-the worst OF all that came GU
Of Moscow"
In spite of his excitement the DO
was slow in climbing the opposite hil
for the severe frost had made tn
steep road slippery. The gate was :
thronged that he passed on along tn
road outside the wallis until he came I
a smaller gate, a sort of postern, an
through this he entered the town. ;
Here was all hurry and hustle, NAL
ing a strange contract with the leade
eolored sa,neaess OF the sky; and b
this time The Clouds had dropped S
low that they seemed almost to tteouc
the high peaked pools If Freitenber,
Under this canopy the red roofs LOCKE
taller than ever; and every detail {
carved wooden gable, OF. sculpture
stone dormeY and the plaster ornameI
between the muitifOrll and IRREGULAR
placed windows, showed out ViYtdE
Many of the houses OF this small cit
seemed made for princely habitatioi
they were SO lofty and stately; thong
the lower stories were chiefly made U
OF eourtyards, or hofs, as they WeI
called.
These larger houses were in b He
rengasse-a broad, handsome stree
with the Ratlhaus at one corner Leaf
ing down to the small gate by willie
Franz had come in. The market plae
was at It's farther end, In front OF th
RathhAus, and Franz ran on to tthi
for, though the Herrengasse was q,
serted, he saw a crowd OF people {
the corner OF the market place, and 9
he reached 1t the councillor came al
and one Of them stood on the steI
of the Rathbals md said 4 few WORK