Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-12-11

I WI ~ $50
Fan Klepper, hooking rather blank
al being ihas summariiy d'sPosod
Of; "pui hOw IgOoieh monlsh You
hot, ehg'
2 Carl put Lis hand 10 his packet
aud drew out an Old lealher wallet
and proceeded 10 count It's contents,
Il Rot shust dwo loller an seien'
deem shenls," be replied, eArefally
pulting the money back la bis
pocket lt ~
"Dwo tollar, you laundering pig
WOOL How DO dnyyei toes you
dlnk dat YOU gan marry lrow mil
only dwo tollar an seiendeeh
Shentsg Ven you kot dree hoon'
,ret tollars, an ask you iador may
be lao kif him do Ioa, don you kin
marry nit mino kirl put not Won
dundpring tay peiOre. An now
g0ot night, an, tOn't Como hero no
more pei0re you kit do monlsh'
Come den, put no sOoner'' y
Poor Carl had nothing 10 do but
comply, aud took his departure with
a heavy heart; for how to get so
much money Was a problem too diff
iioult of solution for him.
The next morning, Carl looked
as wrolehed aud wo-bcgono as n
broken.down oil.sp0eulator, On
his narents anXiOusly inquiring us
I 10 what allied him, ho related what
had taken place between him and
neighbor Van kepper.
"Ncighpor Van klepper is shnst
right" responded his father, when
he had concluded. "And i dinks
that you pc olt enough to ko an
mako your own vordunc, Don I
dink dat you kit anyding Of me Won
! / tic, vorI dink dat | will lif more
as hoontrct years yet. Mlnc iader
kif mo noding ven j marriot, an
your fadcr do dc same. i xii, you
! dill tomorrow TO stay here, an ven
yoh ton't ko den away, I'll Kick you
\ away" ,s-r.-u
The wrctchcd Carl was thunder
struck Mt tho turn affairs had taken;
for in spite of his own and mothers
remonstrance, his father was ,incx-
orable. So with a heavy forboding
heart, he began to make prepare
tions to leave his home, for Heaven
only knows whore. rr
Early the nextmorning, Carl was
ready TO leave; his father gave him
his blessing, %hilo his mothcr-ng-
/ known to his fathori-garc hin
thrcc dollars out other own niprivate
savings, besides a loaf Of bread and
IA small jug Of, f,butterm thus
fitted out, Mith q small bundle.
swung on q stick. oyerthis shoulder
|. he started off with tcars in his eyes.
Carl travelled on without meeting
an adventure Of any Kind I'll TO-
ward noon, VIXEN Being scihh tired ga
and hungry, he sat down .underga a
largo tree that stood, in the roadside
before a small cottagc, aTd began
an attack oh his bread aud butter
milk. He had not been thcrc1ohg,
however, before he was perceived
by the woman of, the huusc, WHO
came ont and invited hin to pat-t
1tuke. of dinner there. Carl notl-
ing 10th, accepted her hospitablein;
vitation. and was soon scatedibetore
a well spread table, to the contents
of which he paid the most impair.
| t;,I n.foptiou -" ''N
During the3mcal, The woman,
with the curiosity peculiar to coun,
try folks, piled him with all sorts, 81
questions us to where ho came from
! and whittier he was going? all OF
which Carl answered with the great
est good. nature. In return, she
sevc him an account Of all the peo-
bic living arouhd. Among other
things, she told him of a wealthy
1 old miller, named Vcrplank, who
lived about six miles from there (;
he had married young and hand
some wife, of WHOM he was very
/ Jealous and proud To make m;p;
I tcrs worse, handsome nephew OF
his canlc torhis house quito often,
and took Mrs. VcrplunkI outriding,
WHICH drought the poor miller all
most to the verge Of distraction.
Ca,i listened to her gossip fol- q
long time with the greatest atten,
!, tion;o then being both, refreshed
and rested he thanked the woman
for her bospitality,s and bade her
farewell. ,.,.,.-,4, ss,r.i,,,es
Hejoggcd along for few miles
4 farther till he came to q place
where a vendue sale WIS being held.
He looked onsfor a while, and watch
ed the progress of the sale With
4 great interest till his eye was caught
| by three beehives Carl had never
seen a beehive before, and he exam
(. incd, then with great curiosity.
Asking q bystander what they con-
tanned. he was informed that they
contained bees-that bees made
honey and wax-and other scraps
of natural history, which Carl heard
with the greatestamnzenent. The
ices seemed to strike his fancy, for
he stepped,up TO tbs, auctioneer and
asked him what be- would charge
far q peck Of adem liddle grittersE
swe don't sell bees by the, meas
ure," replied that fnuctionary,
laughing, "but only BY the hive"
Carl was very sorry, and the anc-
sioneer, seeing his disappointinsht
told BIN that be would sell him q
few to accommodate. Taking an
+ old, eandle.box, he shook q number
of the bees out of the hive, and
shutting npnthe box, gave 10 70 Carl,
charging him three dollars for the
same, Carl cheerfulIy paid the
money, and walked OF with his
prize as happy as king, amidst
H. l,,ohter of the crowd.