Part 77

‘to be hushed’, here = to rest.

Say ‘The women’.

to walk the streets, +auf den Straßen umher´gehen+.

+teilnehmend.+

+Es war nur ein Gedanke, der alle erfüllte.+

+aus.+

Section 99.

THE LOST CHILD FOUND.

II.

About nine in the morning the signal gun was fired, which announced that the child was found (S. 4, N. 4), and for some time the suspense was dreadful. Was the child found a mangled corpse, or was it alive and well? Soon (App. § 14) a joyful shout proclaimed the safety of the child. A procession was formed by those engaged in the search. The child was placed upon a litter, hastily constructed from the boughs of trees (S. 36, N. 7, A), and borne in triumph at the head of the procession.

When they arrived at the brow of the hill, they stopped for a moment, and proclaimed their success with three loud and animated cheers. The mother could no longer restrain her feelings. She rushed into the street, clasped her child to her bosom, and wept aloud. Every eye was suffused with tears, and for a moment all was silent.

But suddenly some one gave a signal for a shout. One long, loud, and happy note of joy rose from the assembled multitude, who then dispersed to (S. 19, N. 7) return home and to resume their business.—JACOB ABBOTT.

+gegen.+

in the morning, +morgens+.

for — time, +eine Zeit lang+.

a = as a = +als+.

joyful shout, +Freudengeschrei+ (S. 76, N. 22, B).

Use the reflective form +sich bilden+; by, +von+.

+welche sich bei der Auffindung des Kindes beteiligt hatten.+

Use the attributive construction pointed out in S. 7, N. 3; constructed, +zusam´mengefügt+; from, +aus+.

+einher´tragen.+

+an.+

+Spitze+, f.

brow = top.

animated = fiery.

+Hurras.+

+auf.+

her = the.