"Commit thou all thy ways And all that grieves thy heart To Him whose endless days Shall grace and strength impart. "He gives to wind and wave The power to be still; For thee He'll surely save A place to work His will." From this time on the little home of the joiner, nestling among the flowers, remained one of the happiest in the world. Wherever Wiseli went, people were so polite to her that she was quite astonished, for they had scarcely noticed her before. Her aunt and uncle Gotti never passed the house without coming in to see her, and they always invited her to make them a visit. Wiseli was very much relieved to see their friendly manner, for she had had secret fears as to how they would accept the situation. She was glad to live in peace with all the people about her, but she said to herself, "Otto and the rest of the Ritter family were kind to me when I was unhappy and poor, but the others paid no attention to me until my father took me, so I know where to look for my real friends." PRONOUNCING VOCABULARY OF PROPER NAMES The vowels are marked as in Webster's dictionary. In unaccented syllables, long vowels and ä should not be pronounced too strongly; but they should not become indistinct, especially in the names around Lake Garda (both persons and places). In unaccented syllables the vowel [~e] should be very light and rather indistinct; a very common pronunciation, though not the most exact, is to sound this vowel in German names like the _a_ in _sofa_. Aar (är) Aloise (ä l[=o][=e]'z[~e]) Andreas (än dr[=a]'äs) Bergamo (b[ve]r'gä m[=o]) Bern (b[ve]rn) Chappi (käp'p[=e]) Como (c[=o]'m[=o]) Desenzano (d[=a] s[ve]n dzä'n[=o]) Engadine ([ve]n gä d[=e]n') Enrico ([ve]n r[=e]'c[=o]) Garda (gär'dä) Gotti (g[vo]t't[=e]) Hans (häns) Heimatlos (h[=i]'mät l[=o]s): homeless Joggi (y[vo]g'g[=e]) Kunzli (kunts'l[=e]) Maloja (mä l[=o]'yä) Maria (mä r[=e]'ä) Marie (mä r[=e]') Menotti (m[=a] n[vo]t't[=e]) Miez (m[=e]ts) Miezchen (m[=e]ts'ch[ve]n) Miezi (m[=e]t's[=e]) Peschiera (p[ve] skyâ'rä) Rico (r[=e]'c[=o]) Ritter (r[vi]t'ter) Riva (r[=e]'vä) Rudi (r[u:]'d[=e]) St. Gall (saint gäl) St. Moritz (saint m[=o]'r[vi]ts) Sils (z[vi]ls) Sils-Maria (z[vi]ls-mä r[=e]'ä) Silvio (s[=e]l'vy[=o]) Stineli (st[=e]'n[~e] l[=e]) Trevillo (tr[=a] v[=e]l'l[=o]) Trina (tr[=e]'nä) Trudt (tr[u:]t) Una sera ([u:]'nä s[=a]'rä): one evening Urschli (ur'shl[=e]) Wiseli (v[=e]'z[~e] l[=e]) Wisi (v[=e]'z[=e]) Transcriber's Note: Not all letters can be shown as in the original text. The following convention has been used to indicate letters which can not be represented (where x denotes the letter). [vx] letter with caron above [=x] letter with macron above [~x] letter with tilde above [x:] letter with dieresis below