Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-18
HOW GOT A WIFE.
FROM THE Low GERMAN OF FIR.
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Translated isr the BEE by L. W.
(Continued.)
Now I could tell you a long stor,
how il all went on, but / know bet
ter than to do that. Such a matter
never comes off as smoothly as we
read about them in novels, and the
reality fuses a fellow to sweat a
much as if he were doing his hard.
est work in life. Among al hum
dred, ninety-nine are apt to commit
the biggest blunders on an Grand
of this kind, and even if these hun
dred should come home the happi-
est fellows in the world, still ninety
nine will say: "May God forbid
that we should get into q similar fix
again but should we have to do it
q second time, we'll surely be much
smarter about il"
After an hour and a half / came
back again, happy to the top of my
hat, and possibly may have looked
1t and as i'm my bachelorhood life,
/ had got into the habit of talking
to myself, 1 cannot, when 1 think
back to it now, find much fault
with people when they got out Of
my road rather quickly and looked
very sharp at my feet to e if they
were as steady as my hand. When
l was half q block from home yet,
my uncle came running to me end
commenced to hug me on the
open street and said: "Hold your
tongue, hold your tongue; l know
all, and when is the wedding to
come off ?"
1 tried to silence him and said:
''keep quiet at least on tie street."
and caught hold of his arm and
took him home; but when we got
there and met Frau Butown setting
the table, then his heart fairly
jumped on to his tongue, and his
eyes sparkled like diamonds, and,
pointing with the thumb over his
shoulders towards me, he said: "Do
you see, Frau Butown, there he
stands,--my sisters son. Is now
going 20 be married as well as any
body" And rs now the good old
woman came and offered her best
wishes and wanted to know who
the fair one was, he had more to
soy to her than l had, and after she
had gone, he turned to me i'm quite
q cross manner, saying, that / were
a hypocrite, a hardened one, and
that / was showing a corrupted
heart, for being able to shut up all
my happiness within myself.
Well, / had to sit down and tell
him all about the matter and though
at first he has quite well pleased, he
commenced to shake his head and
said: "that is not quite as / should
have done;;" and when l had told
him all he got up and made a face
as heavens in April, when it really
Goes not know if to let some rain
fall or let the sun shine instead; he
his head, and nodded
nodded and shook his head and at
last he said: DWELL, l think that
I should have gone through the
matter in much better style" and
then he asked at what particular
verse of the chapter had done my
Well then 1 had to con-
fess that there had not been any
kneeling. Then he got mad and
took his hat and said.
.'Weli, then I'll wish you a good
appetite. And cling to what you
have, for how long you will have it
I don't know. You have crowed
much too soon; the matter is not
nearly fixed; the very act of kneel-
ing is indispensable, and without
your whole engagement is not bind
.ng, ] at least, should not be sur
,rised If, in the course of q day or
.wo, the matter should be broken
IF. Another time you had better
'ollow my advice" And thus he
vent.
But in spite Of all that a wonder
ully nice time commenced now, q
Happy time, OF this, also, I could
ell a long story, Lut I know better
han that. The highest joy and the
grief should not be con-
ided to the next best one; and al
1 believe that all those who
cad this are mannerly and sober
olks, still it might happen, that this
u that copfounded fool would try to
make game Of me, and that, of
curse, would be annoying.
But to a real hOney-cake you
.ust take a little pepper and 1 did :
lot escape the pepper, At just eve
Jncle Matthias tried to put on a lit
lie uno and then, but at last when 1
e saw thai my engagement was q
one, and when he, himself,
lad paid my little girl and her folks
cordial visit, and had: on this DC {
aston also, had the opportunity to :
opvjnce himselfIof her ability as a
cook, then he saved his pepper
nd 1 dipped into the honey-pot. A
low he commenced to picture to =
II who were patient enough to j
stem, my happiness in such glow
az colors that soon 30 many funny p
tories were told about me that I :
ardly knew where to save myself.
was leased wherever 1 showed
,yself five PAGES from home every r
ne ! knew commenced to grin, and ,
hen / asked what they were grim Q
ing about, the answer invariably
'as, just as if they had all coun- :
slled together :,
nOh, nothing" :"
If i'm the evening 1 came to the =
.ub, and I had resolved under no
+reumstances to give up this So
ETY. /; firstly, because it suited me &
cry much to linger around there \
II q day or two, and, secondly, be- |
.use I thought that / could learn a :
BOD deal in the distinguished so
ETY. / met there. Well, when ! :
ame there, then they commenced
} whisper and a nudging in the
de and q writhing Of the eyes, and
len they commenced to tell stories,
hat this one had said before the
edding, and what he said after !,
ards, and similar things; and