Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-12-11
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The IpatcNn,an's Luck.
During the winter of 1856, busi-
meas called me to D., q small,
obscure village in tho interior OF
Mwhs rather late in the evening,
when arrived thcrc cold and hun
gry fur 4 Tremendous snow storm
WAS raging ut the timoi and asii
had travelled far that day, II is no
wonder that it was with feelings
vcry near akin 10 satisfaction that
| hailed the appearance OF the VII
lagc inn, a small, two stsiyi ilpms
building, which loomed up in the
darkness before me, \ bright log
fire was blazing on the hearth, when
! entered, before which | was soon
comfortably seated with = glass OF
"somcthing warm" in my hand,
awaiting the preparation OF the sup
per | had ordered. :,
The landlord Of the Beehive
(lor sucl, was tho name of the inn
was a1justling, good humored sort
Of u fellow whose greatest delight
seemed To consist in making his
r,les,s MS comfortable as possible. !.
Before small table were seated
three mcn, whose appearance indl;
Gated them to be farmers. One OF
them was a small rosy.chceked
man, chokc.full Of fun and good.
nature, asa his dancing eyes and
smiling face sufficiently testified,
willie Ills broken English proved
him 10 be n butchmah. j.
"yell, neighpors,"S he sad IL
must pc lsoin'g home nov, or else
mine goot frow vcel pa. apout nc.
Ven irink voncc more an ten
| ko.pt AyTrq yT.gGlTEg
/, So saying, he called for some
more ale after drinking which, he
settled with-the, landlord and took
his departure.
'sEvor since our 'Fortunetcller'
has had an heir, he hate TO be away
from home" snid the host, turning
TO the two men ut the table.
What .npkes you call the man nan
wholkas Il Just ilcftia fortunetellcrF
| asked the landlord, in some sur
prise. +, !,
plied mine liost '.and if you like,
i1l rclateit TO you afteryoh've had
Your supper.
/ assured him. tlsatit would give
me great pleasure ;Hand rs my sup
per was now ready, | fell to, doing
ample jnsticeto The savoly .lnads
of whith it was composed.
AfterI ladlsatisfed Amy hunger,
| called for a bowl l-of punch, and
inviting the Landlord mud h'siswo
companions to assist, ! lit my meer-
schaun, and settled myself to listen
TO the promisedI story, (which The
landlord told, as follows 2isiii s1lR
I'm certain village notahundrcd
miles from here, there lived Dutch
farmer named Dunderman, whose
family consisted of his wife, and
only son named Carl, who helped
his father work the farm. Carl
was an Industrious, sober young
man, awho had reached the age oi
twenty.o one without T having once
been ten miles away from home SO
Il il MOTTO be presumed that his
knowledge or experience was very
extensive. = ~, = ~ 81 y ~.
Carl's invariablc custom WAS 10
90 every evening, as soon as his
work was done, and see Katrina
Van Keeper, the daughter of a
neighb6r, as handsome and buxom
a lass as ever trod shoe leather
| WlaiIc he would sit and smoke with
/ t6o old man, ,talking about the-eropS
and weather, Katrina would sit de
m,irely by. sewing or knitting, as
the case might be. Precisely when
The, clock struck nine, Carl was ex
pccted 70 lcave1g -
But one night, Chrl, instead o.
I leaving at nine as USUAL stiii iln
eered, Inuch TO the surprise. OF oit
Van Klepper, sho, after waiting
few minutes without seeing any
signs Of his leaving, asked him why
hc,did not leave, as he wished d-t'
shut up.,o H-s.ia ii;il = iEs .7I--x a.
sPecaass, nsigbpor Van Keeper
4 want to sbcak q sew rerts mi
reut,' answered Curl, rather sheep
;sliv lir tl1 81 - =, -fre
afaF efyl gssn putatshy ton
YOU pekin den returned the wor
fhy, pfocecding 70 fiil his pipe;.
@ycll. den, Beigbper Nan hleP
per- began Carl IN rather a hesiia
ting manner. II loves yonr tangh
ter Katrina, more rs Hefcr v. :. nr
she loves me doc, an .s mine fsoer
YARN an' yonr YARN a1oins ! Din <
dat re peter marry. 70 oft W "
fader an ren ia. Dc broberiF .Vil
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