Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-08-04
MRS. UHLANDER'S STORY.

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"Yes," she said, sit is very strange.
There are many strange things in our
world. and very many of them have
come in my own life, and this last the
strangest of all -
We asked her to tell us the story OF
her youth, and of her coming to Amer
lea.
She folded her hands on her breast,
cast a glance upward, and said. "Ah
me! Life is a strange road, but God is
true Guide. If you will bear my poor
English, which should be better for so
many years here, will tell you all the
way that nv life has been sad.
'.When was young, l was fair and
well educated, and host of friends show
me great love. My father, who was a
Lutheran minister, died and leave me
alone in my dark old home, covered
with ivy, beside the church and the
graveyard. | have my old nurse, Lena,
and my servant, Chlotilde. with me
but no family, as my mother been very
long dead.
g Some minister friends of my dear
father say | must not live there and
grieve my life away. So they find me a
home with fine lady of noble name,
who had come TO educate her son at
Heidelberg. She have sweet daugh-
ter, II years old, and my work was to
be teaching, and making her happy by
my company and my music. That prove
to me dear home. God seem very
near and very good, and wished much
to live near to Him, and to bring all
people to love and worship Him.
$50 went on my life for three years,
when my lady'S son bring home very
often friend from the University-a
tall. prince-like man, with fair hair and
blue eyes, and such smile as drew all
hearts To love and admire him.
First, he gain the heart of my lady,
and she call him my SON, my love-
and all dear names; and she said to me-
80 My dear child, happy will be the
maiden that shall be the wife of Carl
Olendorf If have daughter of right
age, would PIT her hand in his, and
say, .God bless you, my children,"
All, if God would but fix his heart on
you, my beloved Carat
my heart was turned towards the
young man, and from his tender way to
me, l hoped much that he loved me in
his heart. Very soon he tell me
that, and that my lady will sane
ton him, and make us as her own chill
dren before Gods altar.
"Ah, what glad and happy heart
carry in my breast for three short !
monthSi
"Then come some trouble, and great
rebellion in the University-and much
of the students break the laws, and
make uproar by professions at night,
with lights, and music, and much wine,
and evil words. l know not all the
trouble, but was one day heart-crushed /
by the word that he and 80 more stu
dents were in prison for bad, riotous
conduct
"Then my lady grew verv angry with
poor foolish Carl, and say hard things
of him, and that he deceive her and
come, bad man, into her family.
But | not feel that condemn him
till know his sin. Iwrote him, but no
answer came. next heard that he had
been released with many more students,
but with no time to write or speak with
friends. for they must take ship that
hour for America, or be again arrested.
$50 l go to my dear lady, the
Countess, and say, Before God, with
your blessing, gave my heart to Carl.
He is in trouble in strange land, and +;
|, too, must go and share his fate. II
he starve, must starve too; but maybe
| may save him and make us sboth !
happy
"She say, 'Ah, poor, crazed child I
Never shall you go from me to him! ,
He is not worthy your heart, and you {
shall never bear the name of one who {