New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-06-13


came and et1il he staid IN bed On j
I,hu q though, he began 70 think
about the posi- i lity Of being we'll again lin
BY Saturday, and Friday found him on
his legs again. Then ne Thought OF
what Aslang' g father had sale, you
can get up tc he: e.-ss
being stopped By Canutes and IL; 1.,en,
the girl sfla Z be 5ysEz-'s Cy-cr :s.ld
over again Eo loo--atl Up ct Lesley: .s.:ssb5v
farm I s1a s ..s'efs see another Cti
mas, thougl- q cor
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one path q. up :.:. y e >, -.
any strong, s5-c : i--ss.:S Ee.;ss:.:, 70
get TO II, t--c,1s-l Us t-s-5S'
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ne were 20 re-. l<4s.--: ~ ls.; s.,ss-e-'
ana 1asten n -. g -. - 'S; s.se' II
mlghv De posi-; S., ST. 2 70 f-s$
thnoeugn II W:3 ~ - 800 SIS Sc lt
goats had -... So ;- e--s-><.!
1t. and they are not usually afraid OF
mountain ~ l1ti work WORK
Saturday came, and Ihor Went out
early III the morning. Ihe day was
most beautltul; the sun shone SO bright
y that the very bushes seemed alive.
Up on the mountain many voices were
Jooellng, ana Ihere was mucn dow
Lug VI nofns. When evening came ne
was s1otlns a' us coecage uoor Watcnlng
.no s'es1n!iAiS A l ilso up VI inc Nils.
~ iooAei ut" V'l:l, was quie'' ne
tqoAeu o!ei .owaiu nusapy 1arm-ano
tnen ne Jumped INTO MS boat ana roWed
Aslane SAT oe1ore the nut. her days
worA was oone' one was !hlnkllng inor
woulo not come tnat evening, ana that,
therefore, many others m1ght come IN
stead' SO she un1astened the dog, anc
without saying anything walked farther
on. ohe sat down so that she could see
across the valley, but the mist was rls-
ing there and prevented her looking
down. linen she chose another place,
and Wlthout thinking more about 1T sat
down SO that she looked toward the side
where lay the ford. 1t seemed to bring
peace to her soul when she could gaze
Tar away across the water.
AS She sat there the fancy struck her
that she was inclining to sing, SO she
chose song with 'long drawn notes, :"
and far and wide it sounded through
the mountains. She liked to hear her
self sing, SO she began over again when
the first verse was ended. But when she
had sung the second it seemed to her as
though some one answered from fa1
down below. Dear me, what can that
be?'' thought Aslang. She stepped fol-.
ward to the edge and twined her arms
round slender birch which hung trem.
bling over the precipice and looked
down. But she could see nothing. The
ford lay there calm and at rest. Not {
single bird SKINNED the water. So AS
lang sat herself down again, and agar
| she began to sing. Once more came the
answering voice in the same tones ant
nearer than the first time. "That SOUND
| was no echo, whatever it may be- - AS
lang jumped to her feet and again lean
ed over the cliff. And there down below
at the foot of the rocky wall she saw
boat fastened. 1t looked like tiny nut
shell, for it was very far down. Sh
looked again and saw fur cap and un
der it the figure of man climbing VI
the steep and barren cliff.
<HWhat can it be?''. Aslang asked her
(! self, and letting go the birch she step
ped back. She dared not answer he
own question, but wei! she knew VIII
itwas. She flung herself down upon th
greensward and seized the grass witt
both hands, as though it were she VIII
dared not loose her hold for fear Of fall
i ing. But the grass came up by tn
roots. She screamed aloud and dug he
| hands deeper and deeper into the soil
She prayed. to God to help him, bu
then it struck her that this. feat O
Thor's would be called "temnting Prov