Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1856-11-14

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struct his twists. and all that and so on. -
"ies. my dear, called in person a,
the baker the other morning in the car
riage. after attending Mary Teafte's
wedding reception had Mr.. Stieffelblitz,
come out to the carriage. it was quite an
under'a king for him. he weighs twice as
much as you do
80 he ought to. with flour at eight
dollars, and he selling it at
and when he came out, l spok e
to tim in German-''
I'VE gaits. my schoonv Dytcher - in
terrupted Mr.. Gay. quizzically.
81 spoke to him grammatically and
correctly. my dear and the good fat
man was so delighted that he promised
we should have no further cause of COM
plant. and until this morning, you must
acknowledge there was an improvement
in the size of the rolls
"Why, Kitty, my dear, you have en-
ergy-l like that What blessed man
| am every day find out some new
and adorable quality in you As used
to say var ago, when WAS young
nd wild and dissipated-you are a
hricS. Pour me out another cup of cof-
fee 'swy glass lager and Ill give you
a kiss before | 90 down town. I'll call
on StealoHbits myself, its on my way.
and reason with him. Tell him the pa
pars are beginning to grumble-''
You can't trigbtcn him that way
He's used to it; it's habit of the pa
prs to have periodical splsms about
small loaves ; nothing ever comes OF it.
You say YOU are going to reason with
him. Why. my dear. the few German
words spoke to him the other day were
better reasons with him than all the log
It YOU could find in Whitley --th It dry
old book we used to study It school =
Excellent J." said Mr.. Gay. II too
will - and talk German with him -
20 Bill ~ and here Kitty gave herself
| up to a long and hearty laugh. "lou
m in esrnest:'
In going to talk Dutch with this
Old Stihasbricks, sure as You re born !,
I'm going to talk his rolls into twice,
yes. thrice their present size. You see
if | wont ~
How absurdly YOU talk. BIZ You
| don't know two dozen words Of German.
| How can YOU expect to argue with that
amount of capital as father used to say
| 1T ism It the number OF words YOU use
in argument. but the powerful reasons
thu, win the victory. That same Whate-
lv, tina, dry old book, would have
taught you that. Now, distinctly as
sclt that the power of argument intend
using with old Squizzlewig, will blow
these rolls into rolls-twiee as large as
they are now
"l1l bet you - said Kitty. Those
were her very words. Remember. read
er, that Mrs. Gay was only in Ter twcn-
,cth vear, hid no family: very live.
.y. Jolly, good-nsturcd husband; more
over, that this conversation WIS "at
home" where yorng married zoplc act
and talk as they please, I'LL b you
our TIP to Saratoga You dpn't. And if
yoa do, why well 90 and spend the
summer with father. up in the country"
Done said Mr.. Gay; take that
bet and book it. And now, I'm off for
Sfzzlejig and large rolls, down town and
business. But | think tod you |
would give you something before | start
ed" And suitiny his conduct to his
speech (new readiog!) Mr.. Gay. ap-
preaching Mrs Gay, bestowed a smack,
sounding like the warning crack Of the
Positions whip as he dashes into the
busy streets of oustling town.
The idea ofmy arguing with Dutch
man :" thought Mr.. Gay. "Wcll, if
that isn't excessively rich, lose my
guess, that's all. might as we'll try to
put up rail-fencc by argument as move
that man by any reasoning can make
use of; but lets see, here we are. Nice
clean little house; frent-door open
glass window IN the wall at the side Of
/ the entry. Loaves and tallies in sight.
GERMAN STIEFFELBLITZ,
BAKER.
"Tha:'s the sign And there's the old
Dutchman in person. How can he ever
get out of that house through any COM
mon sized door. He's a second-rate
Daniel Lambert" At this point of Mr..
GAYS meditations. Herr Stiefelblitz' $
voice came rolling out of window, deep.
full. sonorous. clear he was speaking
to some one in the back part of the
honse. "What voice for fishwoman.
think hear him for her: Bass, y
After this, Mr.. Gay entered the baker $
shop.
Good morning, Mr.. Stiefelblitz.-
You supply Mr.. Gays family in Dash
street. with bread
"Ah! yaw, S'bly Mis'r Kay nit
brate."
1.-The rolls are very small. >
"Och mott SO varee schmol: te vlour
pin varrce Ugh"
"Yes, but it's cheaper now. much
cheaper and want you to make them
larger. My wife-Mrs. Cay
"Herr Gott, ter Missus Kay pin your
wife So dote she is schr schoen'
varree fine lefty. Ach Himmel. bote
she sp .kes ter chairman so goot -
1--WE gaits mine leeber : spoke Mr.
Gay at this juncture. ambitious OF ar