'What does the paper say?'
'Da ich Unterzeichneter,'—began the girl.
'I cannot understand that. Tell me in English.'
'Well; you wants to join the Zoar Community of Separatists; you writes your name and says, "Give me house, victual, and clothes for my work and I join; and I never fernerer Forderung an besagte Gesellschaft machen kann, oder will."'
'Will never make further demand upon said society,' I repeated, translating slowly.
'Yes; that is it.'
'But who takes charge of all the money?'
'The trustees.'
'Don't they give you any?'
'No; for what? It's no good,' answered Wilhelmina.