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Got * * Wewingr iwpUmted in my tsbildnra ftwb ** abb ^ e *^ , tf th « 4 which is evil , that I have no further occasion 0 ; feajr ,. ^ , ; , ; -.- ^ . ;> -, Stabler laughed heartily—just as a fox tvouldiaugh , ^ f ^ fiotild , tl ^ t had carried off a pullet , in spite of the watchful chanticleer- —and continued , " Ebert , thou hast much confidence in thy children , but I think thou wilt change thy mind when I tellthee all that I know . '' ' Stilling turned about , stood still , leaned upon his axe , smiled with the most contented and confidential countenance , and said— " What dost thou know , Stahler , that would so pain me to the soul ?"
' Stahler . Hast thou heard neighbour Stilling , that thy son Wilheln * , the schoolmaster , is about to marry ?" * Stilling . No , I know nothing of it yet . ' Stahler . Then I will tell Ihee that he intends to have the daughter of tho ejected preacher , Moritz , of Lichtausen , and that they are already betrothed ? ' Stilling . That they are betrothed is not true ; but it may' be that he intends to have her . ' They now went on further . Stahler . Can that be , Ebert ? Canst thou suffer that ? Canst thou gw « th y son to a beggar woman , that has nothing ? . . * Stilling * The honest ' man ' s children have never begged ; and if d ^ y had ? But which daughter is it ? Moritz has two daughters .
* j&tanler . . Uoris . Stilling . I am willing to end my days with Doris . I shall never forget it . 'She came to me one Sunday afternoon , saluted me and Mar £ a * et from her father , sat down , and was silent . I saw in her eyes what she wanted , but I read from her cheeks that she could not tell it I asked her if she needed anything . She was silent and sighed . I went andfetehed her four rir dollars . " There ! ' said I , " I will lend you this till you can pay , roe * S » ° 'Stabler . Thou mightest as well have given her them ; thou wilt nev ^ r have them again as long as thou livest . ' Stilling . It was , in fact , my intention to give her the money ; but if I W 2 l told her so , the girl would have been still more ashamed . " Ah , * said
she , " kindest , dearest father Stilling ! ( the good girl wept bloody test *;) when I see how ray old papa mumbles his dry bread in his mouth , and cannot chew it , my heart bleeds . " My Margaret ran and fetched a large jug of gweet mityt , and she has ever since sent them sweet milk two or three times a week . ; . * Stahler . And thou canst suffer thy son Wilhelm to have the gin ? ' * Stirling . ' If he will have her , with all my heart . Healthy ' people can earn something ; rich people may lose what they have . - ' Stahlei * . Thou saidst before that thou didst not know anything of it . Yet thou knowest , as thou sayest , that they are not yet betrothed .
* Stilling . That ! know ! He will certainly ask rae first . * * Stafilpr . Hear ! hear ! He ask thee ? Yes , thou mayest wait long enough for that . 1 Stilliug . Stabler ! I know my Wilhelm . T have always told my children they might marry as rich [ or as poor as they would or they coiild , and that they should only have regard to industry and piety . My Margaret nad nothing , and I a farm burdened with debt . God has blessed me , so that I can give each of them a hundred gilders , cash down . * Stiihler . I am . not a Mr . Indifferent like thee . I must know what I do , and my children shall marry as I find best .
• ** Every one makes his » hoe according to his own last , " said Stilling . He was ., now , liefore his houae-door . ^ Margare ^ Stilliug had already sent her daurfiters tp bed . A piece of pancake stood for her Ebert in an earthen dish , on the not ashes ; she had also added a little \ m £ tor to it . A pitcher of milk ajialfrekd stood , on theltertch , and she Began to be anxious ubont her btub * OT $ fetig dfefciir . Mearwtlile the latch of the 4 oor rattled , and he entered .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1835, page 356, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2645/page/64/
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