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V5,; rii;n,.;z o s l"Ifl‘,."..I!,L as am e R‘. ,,
M ;Tnn:'a'1suo Tmsennnn, to whom: Fridolin i ad-‘
dressed himself when he entered the farmhouse,
was a'man ‘of mild: and .engaging manners, ‘of
great: virtue, ‘and admirable "for; his. prudence;
His;;xvif;-,:1da, 'posses'seg1f.allg. the virtues of a
Christian spouse. A They hail ‘ only 1 one.’ child,
calledisusannah, in‘ whose’ tender .yearswere
already discovered all. the eminentiqualities‘ of
her mother.-w Fridolin - accosted the farmer, tell-
ingjhim that he was a ’.vi'ctim- of ; the war then
raging,‘ and that havingnbeen driven from home,’
he’ had justtlost his father in the forest; sthat not
a knowingwhere to,tulrn,,he had’ addressed him-‘
self to-the charcoal-burners, who had sent ;him
to’ this farm; in hopes‘ that. he."would.'there’fin'd
an asylum,.till such time as he should have found
his father, and.'could;re'turn' to Flurheim; - ‘
3. 3 The’ farmer ‘cast aiscrutinizing look 'on:Frido':
lin, askedahim various; question's,.‘and at’ length
said :2 ‘‘.You' can. stay with us, my. good young
man ‘; we have sufficient, than God, for ourselves
and N011. and as you‘ are the ‘son iof xfarmer:
You can makeyourself useful, -if your stay. with
us should beprolongcd. r. Rest‘ yourself ’to-day -
to-morrowil williaccompanygyou ‘anal we wni
endeavourto find your father.’?: 2’- ‘ s - t i v -V '
:= Fridolin expressed to the farmer his rrmfitudg
and satisfaction at ‘this an-annemem :0 agree-
able to his feelings, and seated himself aim a
bench-. The farmer left him soon after to attend
to his daily labours, whilstihiswife and dmh,
busied themselves in chumingi In a‘roomD'n ex;
to that inwvhich Thieband and fills famil Ii
Fridolin saw a bed in which lay anolbd thin’
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who now and then began to cough. .His hoary
-'PHIl;ADELPHIAA; SAVTURDAY,-‘=liIV.AY 22,; 1847. ; f,
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his ‘lively’ lookr-‘-iieverytliing ptf>‘ss‘es;gea=, a tfiew
cliarm,”vand'inse’nsibly drew'FridoIin to his bed
side, 1' :Our-‘. young .33-tenant saluted’ him,
hirnifl1e'was;ill.' H 1 =
“ N0,’my friend,
'utgI' have the weight of
’ yiearsgvon-nay head,’a'nld-ixt is‘ hightime folrrne 36
‘ - take ailittle: rest‘ir1'my latte1"days,“My'ehildreri
will not allow Vmetto‘ work",any longsf’ Come and
sit ‘on’-this ‘chair by my bedyside ; "I’lik,e“s”on1e‘one
keeping; mg companygv; ,:.;V':: l; .5.> :;=;:;.::
K -Fridolin‘satid0wr1,"!= if ' ‘ V ’=1 +"' Y’? :3 " s ’
Ii?“ If I no'w‘enjoy'a mo” ’ ent’s peace," resiimed
the old'mi1n, 7“! have 'ezirr1ed‘it“lia‘rfd.i ;‘ln’my'
life-ttime, II have tied more sheaves'tlfan lyotiiliavgd
hairs on your head ;rbut:in" spite or;m3r’1ab'o‘ur:
I have ‘always been cheerful’ and 3content.’’''
5‘You havelnot then-‘had toiendureimisfori
tunels"-ineyom‘ long<’ca‘r'eerv’!”'7 1 “-= 3 1-." ‘e " "
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“ You have ask d a ‘questiorrwhiehil ‘c“zih5pa'r-Y
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donin a youth of youifage ‘and?‘=ine;x‘perien,c‘e; ‘
for, where is thegman-who ‘has’ not manyetrialg
to Ipass- througl1'!;1‘.-‘.VVl1,en = re1,igioxi'<‘sxv;‘.ys’ me‘
mind, the‘ heavy strokes 1"ofe'adversity" are‘ borne
with resignation‘, and do not':render‘us‘Ies"s‘ am.
,.- 'v'- '- . . .$ ,-.,,.,.t.-.,‘
, gent ‘in the . serv1ce‘0fsH1m,‘ who I guides‘ the‘
events of this world. The” soul is ‘not a‘pr'6y to‘
despair, because’ God never abairtlonstliose who
hopein hiinl ‘Know tl1en,‘rnyyo11ng frierid, tllati
my hfe has passed like-sthatfof ‘other mortals,"
sometimes calm, at other times 'stoi‘myI'r"’I5have’
experienced a thousand misfortunes, ’which’have'
thaught me more and moreto 'det'a'ch7my heart’
from’this' world and’all it cohtains,'and to eentre‘
allimy hopes in‘ the eternity which r:m>ai;'s'mt;-;"
VVith what delight do’ I behold7 that‘ hapfiy nio-3
Inent apyiroaching,‘ which is‘ to unite the for ever
to my‘Godl myglong life now appears as agshort.’
dream; scarcely can I imagine, that Ihaveiseenf
the faceAofrnature‘so‘often cliangedjk if a
During this ‘conversation,’ the watch-don: b'a‘,.k;
ed’; the farmerswife -went 7to the windr:)w it;
senv;4;nt.openetllthe yard gate, a’ cart - drawnlbyi
two line horses entered. : . . . . U
:. ‘,‘ What ! is that you 3 already '5” said’ ldaftoi
