Erick and Sally by Johanna Spyri

Author:Johanna Spyri
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Erick, Heidi, Johanna Spyri, Swiss, fairy tale, children, magic, bedtime, stories, folklore, family, society, social, heart-warming
Publisher: Sovereign
Published: 2015-10-28T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER VIII

What Happens on Organ-Sunday

Early in the morning, long before the nine o’clock church service, large crowds of people were walking toward Upper Wood, for everybody wanted to hear the new organ. It was a beautiful Sunday and everyone preferred to go to Upper Wood to church. The women all carried a few beautiful flowers on their hymnbooks, and when they had arrived at the open place before the church they stopped and greeted each other and stood talking in different groups. Gradually the men came along and did the same.

The Mayor was standing a little on one side with the Justice of Peace. They were in deep conversation in which many threats occurred, for the Mayor several times held up his finger and waved it threateningly in the air.

Kaetheli stood close beside her father and pricked up her ears. Now the church bells began to ring. Soon after the pastor’s wife and Sally came out of their house door, and behind them quiet, devout Edi and Ritz with hymn-books under their arms. After a few steps they all stopped to wait for the pastor. Now the old wife of the sexton ran to the pastor’s wife; she always had to report something as soon as she caught sight of her. Kaetheli took advantage of the opportunity. Like a flash she was from her father’s side and whispered with the greatest rapidity in Sally’s ear: “Just think what I know now. Last evening Neighbor Rudi, who belongs to Churi’s officers, told me that it was not on account of the fight that they were going away in the morning; but that they were going into the Mayor’s vineyard and were going to take his early grapes; that Churi had persuaded Erick to come along, because he wants to send him ahead through the vineyard, because a trap might be set there. Of course Erick would be caught and the others could be warned and pass by, without harm. But imagine what the Mayor has just told father: he has had something placed in the narrow pathway which leads through the grape vines which no one can see; but if anyone steps on it, it discharges a shot in the face and burns it so that no one could recognize him any more, for it would mar him so badly. Just think, Erick’s curls will be burned off and his handsome face will be so marred that we shall not know him.”

Sally had become as white as snow from fright. “Come quickly, Kaetheli,” she said urgently, “we will run after Erick and tell him everything, come!”

“It is much too late, why, what do you think,” Kaetheli said, “they started early this morning. Erick is already burned.”

Now the pastor came out. The mother turned and took Sally’s hand, who tried to stay behind. Kaetheli went toward the church, and Sally knew that she too had to go in; but she could hardly walk from fear and anguish, and as she sat on

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