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Updated: June 9, 2025
So I took up the chisel. "This," I said, "is a churi, sometimes called a chinomescro." "That's the French for it, is it, sir?" replied the tinker, gravely. Not a muscle of his face moved. "The coals," I added, "are hangars or wongurs, sometimes called kaulos." "Never heerd the words before in my life," quoth the sedate tinker. "The bellows is a pudemengro. Some call it a pishota."
Churi did not need to be told that twice; he was gone as if his life was at stake; but from that time on he thought of revenge on Erick, and when he met him, he shook his fist at him and said: "You wait! I will get you sometime." But so far he had never met Erick alone, and had never been able to do him the slightest harm. This secretly embittered Churi still more. Now winter had set in.
Hooky Sam and two pals tried to rob him, an' him such a poor, lonely old soul, only I stood 'em off, made 'em cut their stick, I did." "But he had a pistol " "What him? Well if so, he didn't have t' use it, my little churi was enough." "Indeed, you are far braver than I was, Diana " "Tush! There's few men as won't cut and run from a female if she's got a knife an' means t' use it."
Perhaps once in a while one of the crowd would ask, "What has become of Churi all of a sudden?" and another would answer, "He can go, wherever he likes," and they would turn again to their berries and think no more of him. Meanwhile Sally had remained standing in the same spot and had waited for Erick's call. When it did not come, she began to call, but received no answer.
"My little churi, d'ye mean? Not I, young man, not I! 'T is my best friend as saves from evil more than once! And how do I know as you won't come any games?" "Games?" I repeated, shaking my head in mystification. "The sports of youth never interested me indeed, I never play games " "No," cried she, with sudden, shrill laugh, "I don't think you do!"
Erick went quite calmly to him and when he now had stepped quite close to Churi, the latter unexpectedly gave him such a severe push that Erick rolled down the rest of the mountain side and right into the gray waves of the Woodbach. When Churi saw that, he was frightened. For a moment he stared at the gray waves; but Erick had disappeared, not a speck of him could be seen.
"Still, I don't think I'll kick you," said she in a soft, grave voice, "because although you runs away like a coward, you comes back again. Though to be sure I didn't need you " "But," said I, keeping my face hidden, "I heard you cry out " "That was because I wished you to come back, though having my little churi, I didn't need you; I've managed worse than him before now!
Instantly he turned around and ran away like a madman, for he firmly believed that half the congregation was on his heels, since he heard a crowd running after him. But the runners were his companions, who followed him in greatest haste, for since they saw the brave Churi run like fire, they thought that there must be great danger, and they rushed with always longer and longer leaps after him.
Now Churi had commanded his officers that they must each bring a basket, for there was no time to eat the grapes in the vineyard; they must cut them quickly and throw them into their baskets, then they would go into the woods, to a safe place, and eat them in peace.
He had hoped that Erick would exhaust himself looking for him, for Churi had climbed up the high pear-tree which stood in the centre of their playground, and from there he could overlook Erick's inactivity and his stubborn resistance to being moved.
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