s time, a long and severe
winter set in, which held the world bound for several months in ice and
snow. But at last the mild south wind blew with its life-giving
breath, and melted the icy mantle which had enveloped all things.

The thawed waters of the alder-pond then gave up from its depths a
disfigured corpse, which had been concealed beneath its frozen surface
during the severe season. It was the body of Brother Jonathan Fricke.
The worthy laborer who chanced to find it was impressed with the idea
that Jonathan had sought for salvation in its waters.

Had the guilt-laden man lost his way in the fogs of winter, and met his
death by accident, or was he driven thither by a torturing conscience?

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