Section 99 The Lost Child Found. — II
About1 nine in2 the morning the signal gun was fired, which announced that the child was found (S. 4, N. 4), and for3 some time the suspense was dreadful. Was the child found a4 mangled corpse, or was it alive and well? Soon (App. § 14) a joyful shout5 proclaimed the safety of the child. A procession was formed6 by those engaged7 in the search. The child was placed upon a litter, hastily constructed8 from the boughs of trees (S. 36, N. 7, A), and borne9 in triumph at10 the head11 of the procession.
When they arrived at the brow12 of the hill, they stopped for a moment, and proclaimed their success with three loud and animated13 cheers14. The mother could no longer restrain her feelings. She rushed into15 the street, clasped her16 child to her bosom, and wept aloud. Every17 eye was suffused with tears, and for a moment all was silent.
But suddenly some one gave a18 signal for19 a shout. One long, loud, and happy note of joy20 rose from21 the assembled multitude22, who then dispersed to (S. 19, N. 7) return home and to resume23 their business.—Jacob Abbott.
Notes
1 gegen.
2 in the morning, morgens.
3 for — time, eine Zeit lang.
4 a = as a = als.
5 joyful shout, Freudengeschrei (S. 76, N. 22, B).
6 Use the reflective form sich bilden; by, von.
7 welche sich bei der Auffindung des Kindes beteiligt hatten.
8 Use the attributive construction pointed out in S. 7, N. 3; constructed, zusam´mengefügt; from, aus.
9 einher´tragen.
10 an.
11 Spitze, f.
12 brow = top.
13 animated = fiery.
14 Hurras.
15 auf.
16 her = the.
17 Say ‘No eye was without tears (thränenleer)’.
18 Use the def. art.
[19] zu.
20 happy — joy, form a comp. noun of the corresponding German terms ‘joy’ and ‘cry’.
21 aus.
22 Menge, f.
23 to resume business, sich an sein Geschäft begeben.