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But that evening, when, according to an arrangement of the village authorities, "Crappy Zachy" came to get Damie, and Black Marianne called for Amrei, the children refused to separate from each other, and cried aloud, and wanted to go home.
On the evening of the same day that John had ridden away from Zumarshofen, Crappy Zachy came to Farmer Rodel's house and sat with the proprietor in the back room for a long time, reading a letter to him in a low voice. "You must give me a hundred crowns if I put this business through, and I want that down in writing," said Crappy Zachy.
Crappy Zachy had indeed told her, that the reason she could not cry any more was because the ocean, the great salty deep, absorbed the tears which one might be disposed to shed for one who was on the other shore. Barefoot received permission from her employers to accompany her brother when he went to town to conclude the arrangement for his passage with the agent.
Suddenly Damie said: "If she comes to you, you must tell her to go to Crappy Zachy too, and tell him to be good to me." Amrei nodded; and then the children parted, and went to the separate houses where they had found shelter. The clouds, which had lifted in the morning, came back in the afternoon in the shape of a perfect downpour of rain.
Amrei was quiet and did not shed a tear, while Damie wept bitterly at the pitying remarks of the bystanders, more especially because Crappy Zachy had given him several sly pinches and pokes.
The lad threw a dollar up to the musicians; and when Crappy Zachy saw Amrei on the arm of the stranger, he blew his trumpet until the very walls trembled. And to the blessed souls above no music can sound more beautiful than did this to Amrei.
And, in truth, a large wagon decorated with green boughs was just driving through the village. Seated in the wagon were all the musicians; in the midst of them stood Crappy Zachy blowing his trumpet as if he were trying to wake the dead. And now there was no more staying in the village; every one was hastening to be up and away.
The next morning Amrei went early to her brother to help him dress himself, and consoled him concerning what had happened to him, declaring that when their father came home he would pay off Crappy Zachy. Then the two children went out to their parents' house, knocked at the door and wept aloud, until Coaly Mathew, who lived near there, came and took them to school.
Damie's whining and sensitive nature was very disgusting to Crappy Zachy, and he tried to cure him of it by giving him plenty to cry about and teasing him whenever he could. Thus the two little stems which had sprouted in the same garden were transplanted into different soils.
He then gave the further directions which Crappy Zachy had recommended, and enjoined the strictest secrecy. After supper, however, Rose could not refrain from asking Barefoot, if, in case of her marrying, she would not go with her as her maid; she would give her double wages, and at the same time she would then not have to cross the Rhine and work in a factory.
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