Omaha daily bee., 1874-07-20

FROM THE Low GERMAN Of FIR.
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| CTranslatsd for the BEE By l. Wy
(Concluded.)
In the village where I was ap-
prentice6 for a couple Of years, there
lived two very nice young fellows,
| one with the name Of Wolfe, who
was blacksmith, and one called
Homer, who was the miller of the
village. The smith was q keen fell
low and understood his business
the miller was rather stupid, but
had lots Of money. After a while
II was talked around that the two
were going to marry the two daugh-
tiers of rich old man Schultze, and
so it was, and they had q grand
wedding. I remember it well, for
our accountant, Lewis BroOkmann,
poured Q glass Of beer owe my head
at the time, and when l got mad at
him said it was only for fun.
After the wedding everything
was quiet, and all seemed to be
quite happy. But it did not last
long, when the talk went around
that the miller's wife was beating
her husband. And so 1t was. And
when one Sunday afternoon the
miller saw the smith 60 into the
tavern he said to him:
"Well, / know what is going to
happen to you tonight"
"How do you mean ?" says the
smith.
"Just as If you did not know"
SAYS the miller. "You and l got
fooled nicely"
"If with that you mean my wife,"
answers the smith, 'let me assure
you that / have done WE'LL"
"Yes," says the miller, "when
she Is not at home"
"Not at ALL" says the smith, "she
is as pleasant as she can be, and
does everything in the world to
make my home agreeable"
"Well, but how in the world did
you manage thai? inquired the
other.
sI'll tell you," and with that the
smith gives him his experience.
"You see, when she and l were
still engaged, l tried to find out
which of her dresses or clothes she
thought the most of, and l discovered
it was q small, pretty red shawl, and
when 1 got the chance, at table,
when everything was rather greasy,
I took her shawl and wiped q dish
with it. You may imagine how she
went for me. But ! caught her
around the waist, and kissed her
and said: "SOphie, never mind,
my dear, you know you have me,
and q shawl like thatyou can buy
at any time, but q fellow that thinks
as much of y as l do, you'll never
find again." And so she got over
that, and nextI found that she was
rather fond Of q little porcelain vase
that somebody had made her q pre-
sent OF, and when she was one day
talking to some one, ] took and let
It drop. Now, Of course, she was
put out again, and commenced to
cry, but 1 kissed her, "Never mind
Sophie, zee it is much better for that
old vase to fall and break in two,
than for me to fall and break an arm
or Q limb, who is to provide for both
Of us in the future?" Then at last
I saw she had q very nice shell
comb, IS they are the fashion now,
and I happened to step on it acct
dentally, of course, but then she
smiled and only said: "I wonder
II you wouldn't buy me a new one,
when next you 60 to town." And
Of course I did, and now she Is quite
happy and contented, and we are as
happy as two kittens. But I must
90 now and make my rubber"
The Smith went and played his
rubber at the inn, but it was only .
little while, when some one came
running in and said
= WU0me, smith. the miller stands
outside and looks horrible !" The
smith goes outside and meets his
brother-in-law with q black eye, and
his face all scratched and black, and
when he asks what this means, the
miller answers, full, of rage, eyes,
you had better ask ; II Is all owing
to your ooufounded storytelling "
allow ?" says the smith.
"Well," says the miller, ~ had
recollected your story we'll enough,
and thought to myself, what has
helped the one sister may possibly
cure the other ; at least, there would
be no harm in trying. So / went
home, and found my wife stand
ing before the glass fixing her hair
to 60 out calling. On the table lies
her incest bonnet, and I takes the
bonnet and dips it into the wash
bowl, with its dirty soap-watsr; but
she sees me In the glass and jumps
at me-, and when ] said, Never
mind, never mind ; why, you have
me, and you'll be able to get anoth-
er,' she simply cries out, Yes, / do
have your and look" added the
poor fellow, and shows the other
side Of his face" uthis II the way
she treated me, and all owing to
your COMPOUNDED story"
"You fool" said the smith, edid
I not tell you I done what I did be-
foie the weddingr What II whole
some before the wedding Is not afs
ter"
"And that Is the story. my lad"
said uncle Matthias, "and il you are
smart, you'll know what to do"
stood for q while and looked out
of the window, and thought over
The story, and at last turned round
and said: "a foolish tale, uncle, .
very foolish one. I remember you
to have told much better ones"
"Yes,n laughed the old fellow,
''but then l gave you the moral of
my stories, always, and here you
must look for it,"
"But you cannot expect me to
DE- her bonnet into q wash-bowl,
: to wipe q grease-dish with her
silksn shawl"
"Why, you oan try It," laughs
the cid rascal.
"Not, uncle" says /.
The old fellow laughs, and grins,
and says at last, "Lad, how old are
you In reality"
Now ] did not care very much to
hear my age discussed just about
that time, and ask: "What do you
mean 2"
ooh, nothing" saws he, al only
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