Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-05
Hoe a German Girl damaged.


HO,c a German Girl damaged.
She was German girl, Prussian, and
her name was originally Barbara Fin6el-
stein. She was the daughter of an in
tensely respectable, but also intensely
poor family of farmers, who had every
thing but means. As for herself, all Ger
many couldn't show piece of temininity
which could compare with her in point OF
beauty, and very few in intellectual en-
dowments.
On the next farm to that of the Finkel-
stems resided young man named Mark
scheffel. Young men always do exist in
the neighborhood of young women, which
accounts for the vast amount of trouble
there is in the world Now Markscheffel,
Gustave, being very nice young man,
what was more natural than that he
should fall violently in love with the fair
Barbara? And what was more natural
than the Markscheffels, ST. being in debt
and very poor, should desire their son to
marry his rich cousin, and what more
natural than that that the Finkelstiens,
being poor, should desire Barbara to
marry wealthy young man from the
nearest village, who was dying to take
her without a dollar.
Whether natural or not this was the
situation, and consequently the unhappy
couple had all sorts Of trouble manufac-
tured for them. They were not allowed
to see each other, and were tortured and
abused IN all sorts Of UavS
Finally, one day, the fiery Barbara de-
and proposed to Gustave an immediate
elopement to America, in which land
money is supposed to be picked UP
anywhere and by everybody. Nothing
would have suited Gustave better, but,
unfortunately, he couldn't possibly leave
his old mother, who had shown him con-
slider alton, and there were other reasons
why he could not leave his home, even
tor the allurlng prospect held out by
America.
But Barbara determined to go, at all
hazards. She had an idea that in the
New World she could better the condition
of things, and that in tine Gustaye could
join her, and then all would be we'll. Her
parents were willing she should go, for
she had absolutely refused to wed the
man Of their choice, and they were bitter
ly avcrse to the unfortunate Gustave.
And SO with very little money and her
parents blessing she sailed for America.
On her arrival here she found that
money did not grow on every bush, and
that the streets were not paved with gold,
but she did get good situation in the
house OF widOwer, as housekeeper,
here in the city, and was doing tolerably
we'll, and looked forward to the time
when her savings would justify sending
for her lover.
But things went very badly with him.
An accident made necessary the ampu
tation of his left leg, Just above the knee,
and bad crops, and diseases among the
cattle, reduced his family to the verge Of
bankruptcy. Gustave struggled along
for two years, but matters got worse with
him every day, and like good honest
soul he finally wrote her releasing her
from the engagement, and hoping that
she would be as happy as he was miser~
able.
Now Fraulein Finkc!stein had no no.
: tiCn Of releasing him, for when a German
girl does love, though she may do it ever
SO prudently, she stays very close. She
had noticed thing or two, and she wrote
back to Gustave that she should not re-
lease him, but. should marry him some
day. He might have to wait five years,
and she might not be precisely what she
was. but she should die his wife.
What was the girls idea? A very
simple one. She had noticed that her
employer, an ancient widower of seven
ty-tour and very rich, had cast the eve OF
love upon her, and ,that all she should
have to do would be to give him the slight
est encouragement, and she could capture
him without trouble. She didn't like it,
but then she reasoned that Gustave would
rather have her as rich widow than not
to have her at all. Her ancient flame
could not, in the course of nature, live a
great many years, and as he had no alb
surd chrildren to come fooling about
with writs and disagreeable thisgs Of that
nature, inquiring about his sanity, it was
a tolerably easy thing to do.
She gave him the encouragement he
needed, and sure enough, in less than
week he had made a will giving her
everything after his death, and married
her.
Patience and honest endeavor ALWAYS
meet with proper reward This took
place four years ago. Or the first uav
Of December last the death Of TIC good
odd man was chroniclcd in the city pa
ptIs, Barbara had made HIM good wife,
and lie had made her a kind husband
and she followed him to the tom bwith re
rsectfor his memory, to say the east. And
then wiping the proper tears from her