Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-27

was very attentive, and paid several visits
to her fathers house, which, although |
small, was In every way comfortable.
The old couple, who guarded the well
fare of their child, were appraised that
Gustave Heimath, although of rich
parents, was heartless scamp. He had
been well received sy the old couple, but
not so with Emma. The reason was,
that she had bestowed her affections on
a youth by the name of Adrian Hum
bert, who was at the time In the new
country, as the United States was then
termed Her affections were fully re-
ciprocated by him, and he had promised
her, before he left, to claim her as his
own at no distant day. Adrian was an
orphan, and yet, when a mere lad, had
been adopted by a wealthy banker,
who had given him good education,
and now, when he had attained his ma
iority, offered him position in his bank,
where, after gaining a knowledge of the
business, ne would be promoted but
saw that the young man had heard so
much about the United States, and was
determined if he could obtain the bank
er's permission to go where he could
permission, with his blessing, he de-
parted. Now he has been gone a year,
and from time to time they received
news from him. We will now proceed
to relate his first years experience.
When he had reached the shores of
the United States and landed in New
York, he began Immediately to search
for employment. He called at many
places where he thought his services
might be required, and now the day
was near drawing to close, and yet the
only answer he would receive would be,
Ono, do not need anybody" until, be-
coming anxious to find something to do,
and nearly disheartened at his i'll sue
cess, he at last came to large freight
depot at one of the many railroads which
terminate at that great city, New York,
and inquired for the principal or agent.
Upon making known his object, he was
answered, " Yes have employment to
give you to handle freight, if that will
suit you" Nothing daunted, he &C
cepted, and next morning appeared
bright and early, ready to toll at manual
labor. As the weeks passed by, he was
promoted from the rolling of boxes and
barrels to that of receiving clerk.
After remaining few months at this,
in which be showed himself to be quiet
young man that could be trusted-be-
sides, he being master of two languages,
namely, that of the German and En-
glish, which latter he had acquired be-
fore he left his native country-he was
then placed in the vacancy of book
keeper, which he filled acceptably. Hay
l
had formed few acquaintance, yet felt
alone with a wide ocean between him
and those he loved, and, above all, his
Emma, who, before he left, had promised
never to forget him, and whenever he
had accumulated enough of this world S
goods he would claim her as his wife,
which he now thought was not far dis
tant. Now, having described how
Adrian Humbert was getting along, let
us return to Berlin and see how matters
are since he left. Everything is the same,
only that the student had saved Emma
from being killed, which was about six
months after the departure of Adrain for
the United States in which, as we have
said before, this student had not found
any favor in the eyes of Emma, so the
months few by, bringing the success of
Adrian, the old banker sharing the same
interest in his success that Emma did
/ This student, seeing that his advances
were of no avail, and being forbidden
the house, determined to wreak revenge
on him whom she loved. SO accordingly
he packed his trunk and made the plausi-
BILE excuse to his parents that he needed
fresh air, and thought trip to the United
States would benefit him, which was
granted, together with sufficient cash.
He then took leave of his parents. Little
did they think that this would be the
last time they would see him. The day
after his arrival he commenced his
search for Adrian, in which he was soon
successful, and began Immediately to
plot to effect his ruin, by teaching him
to imbibe of that poison commonly called
rum. Before Adrian was aware he had
taken several drinks with his new-found
friend, and also promised to call at
Gustave Heimath's rooms, where they
could speak at leisure of Berlin So
fascinating was this student to Adrian
that he was almost nightly in his com
pany, with always the tempting wine-cuF
before them, and even placed to his lips.
One night, returning from one of these
convivial gatherings where he had been
introduced to number of new friends,
all of whom wanted to seal their friend
ship in wine, arriving at his room he fell
his blood throbbing to his temples, and
looking in his glass saw his face was
flushed, he muttered aloud, "That must
never be. / see where this will lead tc
if | do not want to become drunkard
| 1 must decline further friendship from
! L
Next morning taking his accustomed
place, some of the clerks in the office re
marked how pale he appeared. ''Oh ]
} had an indigestion from last nights sup
J per-" he said, in which he was 'telline
the truth, for there were edibles as wei
as drinkables there.
Several days elapsed. and now he had
taken the pledge that henceforth he
wouldnot taste drop" and leave all his
, fast friends to further his good inten
tions he did extra duty at the office