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"They are here," he then said to the officer in a low voice. The officer immediately lifted up his arm and shouted "Forward!" The soldiers advanced and surrounded the hut. All was lost! Doeninger awakened the sleeping boy. "John," he said in a low voice, "let us go down to father. The French have come." The boy uttered a loud cry.
"I swear by the Holy Virgin," said Eliza, solemnly, "that if you bring my Elza to me here, you shall receive your bride at the hands of the priest on the day of your return, whether it be early in the morning or late at night." "Captain Ulrich," shouted Cajetan Doeninger, opening the door, "it is high time for you to set out. The carriage has been at the door for upward of an hour."
He ordered his men to disband, and after they had obeyed his order in sullen silence, he himself, accompanied only by his faithful Cajetan Doeninger, went back to his home. But neither the joyous welcome, with which his wife, faithful Anna Gertrude, received him, nor the jubilant shouts of his children, could arouse Andreas Hofer from his mournful brooding, or bring a smile to his lips.
"I did not say anything, but thought aloud," said Doeninger, trying his pen. Hofer was silent for a moment, and gazed into vacancy. "Yes, my dear woman," he then said boldly, "your husband may not be altogether wrong in complaining of your jealousy.
"I shall accompany Hofer," he said, grasping the side-railing of the wagon in order to mount it. "No, no," cried the jailer, hastening to him. "You are mistaken, you are free." Doeninger, still clinging to the railing of the wagon, turned to him. "What said the general's order?" he asked. "It said, 'the young man is free, and can go wherever he pleases."
He nodded once more kindly to Anthony Steeger. and returned quickly into the Alpine hut. He found his wife in tears; little John, her son, was kneeling before her, with his head against his mother's knees, and weeping also. Doeninger stood at the hearth and stared into the fire. Andreas Hofer went to him and laid his hand gently on his shoulder. "Cajetan," he asked, mildly, "did I do right?"
"The French have come!" he exclaimed, despairingly; "they want to arrest my father!" "Come," said Doeninger, imperatively; and he took the boy in his arms, and hastened with him down the ladder into the room below. "Awake," he said, bending over Andreas Hofer; "the enemy has come."
"Name it, and I will comply with it." "Then weep no more, my dear friend, for your tears give me pain. Be, as formerly, manful and firm." "I will," said Doeninger; and he dried his tears and forced himself to be calm and composed. "And now, Cajetan, be my secretary for the last time," said Andreas, gently. "I will dictate to you a letter to my brother-in-law Pohler, at Neustadt.
"I will, dear father Andreas; I will stay with you until then, and take care of you as a good daughter, until my dear Elza, if it please God, returns, when I will go back with her to Windisch- Matrey." At this moment Doeninger re-entered the room. "The captain is in the room yonder," he said, pointing to a side-door; "he awaits you, and will set out after seeing you.
"On the whole, there was nothing to be decided," said Doeninger, dryly. "The lawsuit was already decided; the supreme court had given judgment in favor of the plaintiff and awarded to him the sum of one thousand florins, which was at issue, and sentenced the defendant to pay that sum and the costs. But the defendant "
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