The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-01-28

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5"svat is dat. dat he plays on de
violin for herr Dat is noting?
fant you to remember knocking
7his pipe on, his knee, by way of EN-
phasis, that your girl is bespoker
NIT my boy, before as she coulo
walk alone. Dat meadow lot yot
Will give me with her, pesides al
your havings and holdings, ant shall
be hers when you are dead.
Brandt nodded. IT,. .Ur -
My boy Peter shall hafe de Platt
Farm. His mother haffor him TWEEN
ty-two pillars, ten feather beds.
Brandt shufhed his huge body un
easily. iii. q. -
Eyes; I know all dat I haze prom
ised. In:two: years Peter shall mar
ry her. '.'/
After that though Peter laughed
and joked no less, he had an anz
ious look at times which had not be
longed to him before. d. - ... :-
Just then the great event in the
history Of Parrendorf occurred
The Grand Duke OF Hesse-C -Casse
came ovisit it. This grand duke
as our fathers remember, made
tour Of the United States wher
railroads we're not, and steamboats,
were unknown, and when grand
dukes and princes Of the blood
were not so common as tourists
among US ;;r.u., - 5v;t>
Z Herr Weber had been his. tutor
the people were all from his duchy
it entered therefore, into his high
,, ness whimsical brain to go up into
the mountains, and see how it far
ed with them. Perhaps too, he
had an attack Of longing to heal
his,own tongue, and eat a BIT o5
genuine purst again. However that
may be, up he came with two OF
three stout, plainly dressed Ger
mans like himself. -->f
An American village would have
been in an uproar, and hurraheditselt
;hoarse. The Parrendorfers only put
on tn Sunday clothes and rec
stockings, and prlffed harder al
their pipes:
The grand duke, in the evening
found Herr Weber and his violinists
ranged on Peter Schnels porch, ,ant
heard them play, He; was a shrewe
as we'll as kindly man.; =
sThey play well" he said to We
Der. 'sThere is one, at. least, pow
erful youth among them"
And afterward,
, ."Yow music viii be the salvation
of. this town. It will save it from
sinking into the mire Of eating, ane
drinking, and snoozing, like th'
pigs .yonder. 7 want to bestow {
gift, gift to leave some kindly mement(
Of myself. I think it will in some
way refer TO this music.
Herr Weber, therefore, was no
surprised at night when his high
ness sent for him, and stated hiI
intention of taking one young la(
from the village, and giving to hin
the best musical education whicl
Europe could afford.
Il shall thus bestow upon hin
the chance of helping the world b,
something better and loftier thai
fat porkers and mammoth potatoes.
'And how will your highnes
make your choice?" demanded Her
| Weber. :.
'Ah! I have thought of that Il
four weeks I shall return. LIE
each pupil play before me some
thing of his own composition, nj
matter how simple or short, but i
must be altogether his own
That night the grand duke slep
on four feather beds, with two Of
top of him, and departed the mex
morning, leaving the village o
Parrendorff stunned with gratitude
and amazement. It was quite q
though a royal highness was to b
born among them. A lad Of Pa,
rendorf TO become a'pupil in tn
conservatory of Vienna! To choos
his instructors among the grea
. teachers of Paris.
/ For three weeks nothing wa
heard but thrum. drumming all
scraping. The teamwork was left
the horses were unfed; the COW
were seldom led to pasture, unles
the girls choose to take them there
r, Conrad was busy with the res
They met in the evening to prae
tice and compare their score; bu
a week before the time of decision
Conrad had as yet done nothing.