Weekly Messenger, Volume 3, Number 137, Vevay, Switzerland County, 27 June 1834 — Page 1

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THE TVKOLLli. CHAPTER 1.

Jog on. jog on the footpath way, And merrily hent the stile-a; A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a." Song in Winter's Tale. Hand never rested more lightly on a stile, nor did the gathered feet ever clear a leap

more, rlea.nl v than those of Albert St

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lot" the inn kitchen, was dragged into it with 'kindly hut earnest forte hy a tall and hand-

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some gin, wnosc niarmeu anu auecuonate anxiety threw a light into her eyes, and spread

"low over her c heeks, w hich heightened her

j comeliness to all the warmth and brilliancy of surpassing beauty. The tender and nervous pressure of her trembling hand, as she drew him in, thrilled through his happy frame, and if he had had more long, more peaceful, more

,MUCr,aj wordy greetings from her before, nay, though

is this.

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late on a pleasant and sunny evening early in 1,.! hy tilc p-rmilled embrace, vet none

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.April, ioUJ; lie tiunt:u uici iiiu sio-iic itmc of a cattle-yard, belonging to the good inn. the Golden Crown, in the small post-town of Sterzingen. He had been journeying all day; but his heart was light, his rifle, hung steadyon his manly shoulder, and his thoughts w ere running on before faster than he could keep pace with them to greet his dear Johanna, the kellerinn of this clean and comfortable hostel-

rie

had been so sweet, so softly sweet

His heart beat strong in bis brave voung

som, and the flush of his late exertion, continued by his present feelings, gave him that red bloom of boyhood, w hich, but for his suntanned forehead and throat, had been almost effeminately roy. Every body in the Golden Crown, from Dame Margaret KaulTinan herself, down to

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It was a month, a long month, since he had i . . , ' , . , . . .... i a ii ' nn - ..c..,..i footed raven in the scullery, who was helping looked into her soft eyes, and he came as usual ; - . . , . . . i i . . i . . i to clean plates and dishes, was in the lull acbv the mountain-path, and entered as was Ins . . ' ... , . .i , . f.. tivitv of hustle: lor the house was Idled aboe custom by this vard. Here he was not unlre- ..." ... ' . . . . . ., J . i j i, ... -1 , . iwith olhccrs, and below with servants and quently met and smiled upon by the welcome . ,. ' of Johanna; hut now, as he made his footing!50 Iers' in it, a very different scene was presented to The house was so constructed that the great him: instead of the low ing kine, w ith the full jcommnn hall w as not on the ground, but on the udders, waiting the milking hour, there were jsecond iloor; thither, therefore, as usual, Ala dozen or more fine stout tall chargers, with I bel t ascended, Johanna whispering him to he-

their heads fastened up against a dead wall. bave himself, and be on his guard, and telling

and a braw ny bavarian dragoon in lorage cap and stable dress with each. The jump of Albert, and his sudden turning of the corner, made the nearest horse start; and the like motion being instantly gone through by the whole squad of these full fed animals, there arose a volley of rough curses, w hich, Albert Mas made sensible by look and gesture, he was at liberty to appropriate. Although a little startled himself, Albert readily recovered his self-possession. " You have brave cattle, friends.'' "Yes, friend,'' said the nearest soldier, a fierce surly-looking giant, with sandy mustachoes o'er-shadowing his mouth with their rude bristles; "yes, and good swords to boot.' "A good horse is more to my fancy," rejoined Albert. "I should guess so," said the soldier, "though I suppose it's not much use you could make of either. To be sure if von held the mane

him in a brief sentence that she was afraid

there would be fighting on the morrow, but that he would hear more of that from one w hom he would find above. The hall of the hotel was a large apartment, irregular in shape, and, before the con

version of the dwelling into an inn, had been

"The Kaiser Francis did not find us so." "I should think he did, for he has given you away." " Nay, not given; a good soldier does not give away his shield, though he may be for

ced to drop it; how ever, it is a shield still, as

bright and strong a one as any that hangs on the w all at Amhias." " What should a lad like von know about shields'" " Not much; hut, since I w as the height of this rille, 1 have heard that my country was (he shield of Austria: and I remember seeing one in the castle of Ambras, that belonged to Frederic the sou of Leopold, w ho fell at the battle of Sempach." " Why, you are quite an historian."' "Nay, but 1 have an car, and an eye, and a heart for my father land." "1 see you have: however, you must not treat us as thcSwifzcr did Frederic at Sempach; only keep a civil tongue, and don't give lessons in wrestling in my stable-yard." So

saying, he dismissed Albert w ith the smile ot a brave benevolence; lor in his heart he approved the boy's bearing, and very cordially detested the measures of Ids government in

many parts of this fine country. Albert saw the feeling, and had sense and modesty enough not to try it further, but took his seat at a table near the window, where an elderly peasant stood up wailing (o greet him. Dusk soon fell upon them. The welcome lamps were lighted; and the more welcome

to strike 1 he first blow. That, unknown however to them, Holer was this, night to arrive on the mountains near, with the men of the

Passeyr rallcy: to join Holer had been Albert's intent. He had come from one of those

small stations, w hich, though bordering on the

Ziller Thai, have a far mote eny and more constant communication with the distant Sterzingen. He was a brave boy, arid exulted at the thought that his first essay in arms was so near; it quickened his attention to all that was passing around him, and, w ith a fixed eagerness, he watched the Bavarian table. Their supper had been despatched flasks, bottles, w ine-glasses, and large glass tankards of beer, covered the table; there were pipes in most of their mouths, and they smoked, and talked, and jested about many things about

horses, dogs operas, women, dancing, and hunting. They cursed the Tyrol, because there were no theatres, no halls, no plains for a gallop; but of war, or danger, or fear, they never spoke at all. The colonel who had questioned Albert took little part in this converse, but talked in a quiet under voice with a young officer near

him, and soon lelt the table lor his chamber. This young officer parlieularyly struck Albert: he w as by far the handsomest man, not only of the party, but that Albert had ever seen; he was tall, wide in the chest, and admirably proportioned; his forehead was large and square; his complexion had been very

fair: his hair of the lightest brown, that upon

supper being served up, the Bavarians were; his upper lip was soft, and fair as a child's;

soon busily engaged over the coarse but plen-jhis lips were full, and the under one had that

leous fare spread before them. Many savou-i leonine division which marks strength and

ry messes, cooked after camp-fashions by their courage ; his teeth, w hite, strong, and firm soldier-servants, had astonished Dame KaufT- set: his eyes were very large, and of that blue

man below, and spared her and her maidens which is the mirror ol grave sad thoughts:

a store-room for the imported corn of Bavaria, ; not a little trouble in preparation. By virtue cross of merit hung upon his breast, and, af-

and for other foreign produce, with w hich the jof her office as kellerin, Johanna was forced .ter the colonel quitted, he slowly lit his pipe,

making the

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rugged and unfertile country of Tyrol needs lo bring in some of the dishes, and the wines, and sat abstracted as among, not of, the comto be supplied by its wealthier neighbors. Aland to be in attendance in the hall; but she'pany. For the others, there was every varifew small chambers had been partitioned off uttered no "gulcn oppciitc"' at the table of the jety of Bavarian face, and all patterns of the for sleeping in; and more closets of like size ' Bavarians. She put no broth or wine to her military mustachoe from the stiff bristles to

I were laid out on either side of the wide pas- j lips, after the ancient and hospitable custom the soft brush, and the soaped and twisted

sage, leading back to those stairs by which of the land, hho glided quickly and coldly ' corners. you descended to the kitchen. The front about, with dexterous shrinkings from the j The entrance of a stout athletic capuchin stairs from the street entrance led directly up J hands that would have caught her arm, and friar, with an enormous bushy beard, of a fic-

into the hall, as in an open landing-place; and 'frow ning evasions of the gazes that would ry red, who took his seat at the next table to

have won her smile.

and, at each close, he grive ll.u lidtr a k.ss to prove his assertion. It was with a new, strange, and unwelcome feeling that Albert witnessed the uaturnl and very innocent interest with width Johanna regarded this little scene. The Bavarian looked very handsome; li e sun had burned his fair skin with a fine wnrsiain, and the very child had discoveied aid was playing with his glittering decoration, lie had never compared himself with such a being he fore, for he had never seen such a one; and he was mortified that Johanna

should have an opportunity cf

same comparison. What a tormenting fiend is jealousy!

mean an inmate oi ine nosom is suspicion:

this omccruid interest Johanna, as a Mint

ing, or a song nay, more, as a tcllow-mortal of kind and kindred feelings but not as her

Albeit, who had been as the bloom of her

young life lo her. Oh, no! it was no shadow of a change, to thee, Albert, but a sad thought

of and for thee, which made Johanna gaze

upon the young enemy with tearful eyes, and then again at you which made her.

when at last she carried awav the play-tiicd

child to his crib, give a kindly-pronounced " guile naehtn to the handsome Bavarian, and

suffer his common but soft reply without a frown. It seemed to her, that such men as'Albcrt and Felix should never be exposed lo peril and to death ; or, if so, that such beings should tight side by side. One afler another the officers got up from table; two tramped up and down the hall, continuing an argument about the merits of an actress at the royal theatre of Munich ;

some yawned away to their beds; one burly subject filled his pipe again, and, emptying all the liquors on the table into one of those huge tumblers that contain three pints of liquid, made a kind of punch, that wanted no kind of ingredient but waler, and sal down

again to enjoy himself, by himself, as residuary legatee of all the wine and beer about him. Felix leaned far out of the window, to escape into abetter solitude; and Albert and

the brown balustrade, with its carved rails, formed a quint, not unpleasing, and picturesque adornment to the snacious and manv-

fast, and put Ids head the right way, four legs cornered apartment. There was a large wide would carry you faster out of danger than .firp-placp in a rrrc'ss formod on one side of the

"Did you ever sec a bear!" asked Albert "What do you mean, you goat-head?"

"I mean that I have killed many a one mi

But those who would have ollered such fecdoms were very few, nnd soon and easily repressed. Johanna, though a lowly girl, was one of nature's noble women, and very benutiful, and very modest, having that modesty which seldom blushed, for it saw no cause for

wall, near the front window, and on the other

on: of these partitioned sleeping-rooms.

1 he window was a bay-window, with small , blushing at kind words and kind looks, if thev

nanes of rdass; and Iho frame-work all about were frank and chaste: and her modesfv sat

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u w as oi curiously carved wood, in me cor-.on ner wnue iuil-uuhu so i.kc me seai oi iiea-

ner, uirecuy opposte me nre piace, was rear- j veu, niai inu piuu iuvciuu, anu mu oau were

these rocks above you, and made no words -,t was of curiously nhnot it." nrr. flirnrllv nnnn

The slow and surly Bavarian did not com- e(i ;yn immense crucifix, coarsely painted: the; a wed by it. 1 here was a quiet grace, a cap-

-prehend Albert's meaning to the full; but, as rafters of the roof w ere old and black; theUivating gentleness, about ail she did and uthc looked into the blue and brilliant eyes ofjwaus were in part plastered and whitewash- tered: her language and address, all unaffectthe fair and fearless youth, who stood erect cd in part, of the dark wainscolting of the . ed as they were, were very superior to her before him with very evident contpmpt in his partitions. In various situations around stood station. Her fame as a beauty was known at smile, he saw that he was defied. : solid heavy tables, and weighty settles near every inn from Salzbnrgh to Trent; and, in "I will tell you what my jack bird." said the walls, upon which, just over them, hung the PusterThal and I'asscyr Thai, those who

Albert and

them not a

fertile source of mirth to soldiets, and this

one proved more especially so, for he bore in his hand a heavy wooden crucifix, about four feet in length, and of considerable thickness; and what with his stature and bulk, and the redness of his beard, they deemed him, and might justly, a more fit subject for a porter's knot, or a prison-workhouse, than a convent. Accordingly, one drew his portrait in burnt cork on the table; another recited with (he most comic effect a portion of the capuchin's sermon from the Wallentein of Schiller. The stout young father was hungry, thirsty, and tired: he ate like a wolf, drank like a fish, yawned like a Venetian clown, and smi

led horribly, whether with contempt on them,

or thanks upon Johanna. He was not lo be

thi- quicker than you brought them in, and ary arrangement, oi mis vast gucsi-cnamuer ; uiiiik a iicauii, at nome, 10 .lonanna oi ater- diverted Jrom his meal, or driven from his hv the ame road." With "that he dropped ' which, during the season of Sterzingen fair, or zingen. She was rather tall; her eyes of a post, not even by their final and grand attack

the wUn of straw Irom Ins Hand, and relying "' uni uues ui m.cu anu duiii, uuiu .u.- inuiy u.un, uuilh iii men motion, out w iicn in the shape o that amous Pice, wh eh our

on his hue size and superior strength, ad van-commodate some fifty or sixty travellers with they rested, soft and expressive in their gaze; of them sung with admirable life and humor,

t ed towards the youth to put his threat in exe- noor sou enougn lor me weary to sicrq up- ner nose w as lemininc anu sman, tnougn pro- called "Gran barba capucinorum." He stood cuion. Albert, stung by the sneering mention jon, especially when provided with night-caps mincnt in form; her mouth was small, and it all ; at last, rising and approaching their

of hi mountain costume, for he wore the san- OI Ule orown neer oi JJavaria, or ine iihcious souiy cut; sue never laugneu, nui ner smiles dal on his naked foot, and upon his graceful " ine of lloveredo. j broke in bright wreaths about it; and the red and well-proportioned legs and half-stocking,! As Albert came along the passage into this 1 -'P' anJ 1,10 w(lile evcn tcclh' sho,'e c,car without feet, gartered beneath his small firm hall, he observed that two tables, taken froiniwilu 'H'-- Two braids of her luxuriant knee; stung by (his, and eager for an essay o their usual places, occupied the middle space, 'hair were passed around her head, leaving her liis prowess against a Bavarian, he slipped his and were laid out for supper. Lounging from marble foithcad bare; and the thicker fill rifle quietly on the ground behind him; and, the windo .vs, lolling on the settles, or pacing ,inJ w:,s tolled and gathered in a glossy with fixed eye.awaited his antagonist. The un and dow n the room, were about a dozen knot at the back of her fine-shaped head, and

heavv monster nnt out his broad and honv r.tl'irers of iho Itnv--i-.n rnr:.1.n.r.r. confined by a large, pin of silver. A collar of,

hands to seize the shoulders of Albert, but,1 hare-headed, some with flat and becomin-' hUxrk velvet, to which was appended a small

his old companion went away, with that look

his friend, roused and amused over their shoulders wim which the opprcs-

litlle. The capuchin is ever a

he, " vou

shall take your naked feet out of common lamps of iron. Such was the ordin-(had ever travelled out of them were wont to ver than you brought them in, and ary arrangement of this vast guest-chamber; drink a health, at home, (o Johanna of Ster

ne he had a firm hold of him, the active youth forage-caps. Their white uniform

w ith equal courage and address had caught j and heavy boots, and their tall martial figures,

, their high

liim behind the knees, and threw him prostrate in his cumbrous length upon the puddly ground. 44 There, bullock, lie there, and have a care

in luturc how you play tricks with naked-loot-, through them, to a table at cd mounlaineers,"cxultingly cried the young with a less proud and steady

Jyrolcr, and catching up his rule he walked his wont, past the man towards the house, before, stun-j T,1C 0flicer, who had noticed Albert's conned by the shock, the soldier had breath toiduct f.om Wl. wil,Jow? ;U1( wlo was Ulc Vct

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gilt crucifix, adorned her white throat. Her corset was a deep brown with pink lacings; her petticoat dark blue; stockings black, with

truck the voulh with a somothiii" that he

was vexed lo feel admiration ; and, in spile !Pink c,ocks to tl,cm; llcr slioc-lycs were of of the feat he had jut performed in the yard, l,inlM ,,cr form w:,s of :i slikr,,t a,ul graceful and his ardent love of the Austrian, he passed f"lcss; her hands and feet of small and dcli-

the upper end, c:m "'oi' tread than was' "u' t'"s fl'i'ig of fairness was but the maiIdcn of an inn, a simple kellerinn, always sur-

I rounded hy sinilcrs, and yet had never loved

savage soldier to mad: ess, and witn clenched fists, and an arm raised as though collecting all his strength for a ponderous blow, he ran after Albert; who turned to face him, and, i. f - I - l .

dexterously avoiding ine descent oi u, had the fresh triumph of seeing his clumsy assailant trip against a stone, and fall prone upon his face. With a fury as fierce and well nigh as blind as Polyphemus of old, he roared out for his f word, and swore he would have the young brigand's blood; but by this time an officer, w ho had been spectator of the w hole scene from a window above, called out in anger to the serjeant below, and bade him place ihe infuriated giant in confinement. This was not (Effected without some lit tic (rouble, veiy louci remonstrances, and an oth (hat, if it came to war, he'd have the blood of as many of the rag a muffin rock-goats as he could lay hands on.

but once, and one.

Happy Albert! she brought him his ztmnrn,

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I . i i , . ,. . , r, , . i lasting it s oi; sui 11 uunn, uuu put ner nu his pi iatc room almost immediately after his : . i ,, , , , 1 , . . ... . . J . . . ito Ihe p ass fohlet. in which she noureil mil

o c , the best wine of Dame Kauffman's cellar, and

entrance, and called upon him to show hi

permission for carrying arms. This attracted the attention of all the offi

cers, who drew round him in a group, in the midst of which, after a little fumbling in his pockets and beneath his shot-belt about his waist, he produced a paper headed with the Bavarian arms, and presenting it, said, with a pioud smile," It's all right, 1 believe. The signature is a good one. We Tyrolers know it as w ell as any conscript in all Bavaria. The colonel (ook glasses from his breast, and, throwing (hem open, read slowly the name and description, signed Rittfl'kt,

Lieut. Colonel. "They know him in the Fleims Thai," said ihe youth, as the colonel read aloud his name; "and, saving your presence, sir colonel, he is better know n than loved."

" You chamois hunters arc difficult people

Albcrfjwhohad jut reached the back-door i to govern," said the veteran.

presented it with the sfill blessing of one w ho

truly loves. Oh! thatsweetscasonofyonlh! Some twenty summers had shone over both of them; for

four, Johannan had filled her station here, for two she had known Albert; and though it seldom happens in the Tyrol that a kellerinn finds one bold enough (o marry her, or can be deemed a filling match for the youthful owner of an alpine farm, still Johanna was, and

felt herself to be, an exception, though it was melancholy to fear that grey parents and vir

tuous sisters might not so consider her.

In a low and whispered conversation with

Ins neighbor, Albert had gathered that in a very few days the burst might he expected. That the French and Bavarians already looked for such an event, and would, perhaps seek

Binperor.

table, he asked if any one of them could lift

the crucifix he had with him from the ground, taking it by the extreme end, and slowly raising it so as to hold it at arm's length. The three stoutest and youngest of his tormentors essayed, but in vain, swearing, that it was made of lead, and as heavy as a batleringram. The gaunt fiiar, lifting and wielding it with ease, left the room with a smile, saying, " This is the hammer that breaks the rock in pieces, that hows the stubborn knees, that makes the king's enemies to bite the dust."

During the greater part of this noisy mer

riment, the young and handsome officer, of!

whom we spoke, had been absent from the

apartment visiting the stables. He now re

turned, carrying in his arms a beautiful little

curly-head child, about two years old. The

little fellow was too young for a patriot, and he clung round the neck of his new and smi ling playfellow with close and contented fondness; and, with (he pretty caprice of a spoil

ed and happy child, he would not leave him.

In vain came his grandmother; Dame Kauff-

man in vain Johanna coaxed and spread her arms, and pointed to Albert, his old favorite: the boy bad made his election of the new neck and the new knee for the evening; and he kicked with delight, and shrieked in his glad laughter. Children are quick to sec where children are loved, and the little urchin knew that it was ncai kind eyes of a truth, Felix Herman looked nearly as much pleased, and talked quite as much nonsense as (he stammering toddler on his knee, on which the boy was now going through the delightful exercise of a ride, while Felix was accompanying his movements with sundry repetitions of one fragment of a song, " Pas Ross ist dcr Kaiser, Per lteitcr is mine "

"The horse is the. Kaiser's, T'lio lidcr is iniuc."

sed regard me instruments ot oppression,

when the day of their resolved deliverance is at hand. ' Why," said Albert, as he lingered at (he gate of (he hostel (o part with his Johanna " Why did you bid good night to that cursed Bavarian? Perhaps it may be his last iit shall not be the fault of Albert Sleiner if it is not!" My dear Albert, talk not (hus remember we arc parting, as we never did before. Albert, my heart misgives me. 'God and the Kaiser,' is n fine cry but not for a wedding: between cup and lip I see a withered hand. Ah! if it must be war, 1 would it were well over. There be no wars in heaven!" "I would old Andrew Hofer could hear thee: he'd never drink to Johanna of Sterzingen again. Out upon (hy foolish fears'. Why, 1 thought you had spirit enough lo face a cannon for Tyrol." 'And so I have but then, ihe withered hand! I saw it, Albert, last night, by the holy well. And I heard a chaunt a requiem it was; and the rose that was in my hair fell off, and when I would have picked it up I (rod on it." 1 " Why, you don't wish to make me basehearled !" " No! I cannot. If I could, you were not dear to me. Go where your duty calls; but goat peace, with every man, as a man talk not of singling one to kill." " The Bavarian again! You are bewitch

ed!"

"Nay, Albert! It is a year, come Holy Thursday, since wc cut our troth upon the old pine near the chapel of Saint Hubert, on the Brenner 'twas then I was bewitched 'lis now I am bewitched. And since then I have thought, and think more of you thou our good Lady herself whose mercy pardon me!" And with that she crossed herself, and murmured a brief ejaculation ; and then, wilh a heavy sob, let fall her cheek upon his shoulder. It looked holy in the shadow of the night, that fair pale cheek!

lie did not dare do more (ban let his own touch it, and softly rest there; and their two hearts, pressed together, spake in quick thick beatings to each other, and said, "Farewell!" Albert tore himself away, and for some hundred paces ran: but after, walked slowly and wearily by the side of his less youthful companion: and never had a league in his whole life appeared to him so long and rugged as that which now he traversed. (To be continued.) Cheap Travelling. We have been (old (ays a late Dallimore paper,) that a son of the 'Green Isle,' recently took his sea( in a new omnibus, from (he Foin( (o Howard street, was asked lo pony up. How much is (hat ye ask?' enquired he. A levy only, sir,' replied the boy. A levy did ye say? och! to Ihe divil with ye, but I hay'nt got lo ihe value of a cent about me; but to make accounts square all ye've 0t lo do honey is j ist to leave Die back in Ihe place where yc took mc up.'