The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-24
A Husband with one Ear.

$50 you want to go to church this even
ing, Malchen2" said Otto Won Polheim to
his eldest daughter one Sunday in Dcccm-
Der, as ho and the rest of his family were
setting out for the market town to hear
Pastor Knopps preach al Advent sermon.
mo, father, Dorothca can go in my
stead, and l will keep the house."
''Kcep the house alonc2 No; T will
leave Hans to protect thee and the manse
too"
~ would rather not have Hans" said
Malchen with Il little poul, rs she glanced
ut an ugly gawk who was her fathers head
servant.
''Thcn thou shalt not have Karl" grum-
bled old Poheim, speaking rather to HIM
self than to the girl, and wrapping his an-
cient blue cloak tightly round him, he struck
his iron-tipped staff two Or three times on
the flags of the hall to intimate to tho mem
bers Of his household that it was time to be
off.
They came Gathering down stairs and
trudging out of different doors-a large and
rather noisy troop. Otto Won Polheim was
landowner on small scale-what would
be called III England a gentleman farmer
and he had family of ten sons md daugh-
ters, without counting two servant -wenches
and couple of laborers whom he treated
as his children. The eldest of these two
laborers, a tall, rosy checked, fair-haired,
blue-eyed fellow named Karl, had shown
signs of late of being "a bit soft" about
Fraulein Malchen, and this dsIeascd her
father; for though lie was kind master he
had squires pride, and would have kick
ed Karl straightway out of his house if he
had suspected Malchen of cherishing any
regard for him. At least this is what he
had once said to Karl with more bluntness
than prudence, for worldly wisdom would,
perhaps, have suggested that he should be-
gin by turning off Karl before Nlalchen's
sentiments towards him had ripened into
affection.
"Now, come, come, let's be of, repeat
ed old Polheim, impaticntly; ''come, wife,
and you, Bertha, Frlda and Gretchen, you,
Hans, take one of the lanterns, and you,
Karl, lead the way with the other" St' '''
Karl slunk out looking rather shecpish.
but scarcely had he got into the open air
than the candle in his lantern was blown
out and he ran back to get another. NAL
chen was standing in the hall and struck
match for him. She struck second and
third, for somehow the phosphorus would
not act, and the operation Of lighting was
delayed a little. iWhea Karl took the Ian
tern his hand touched Malchen's, and tho
girl blushed. ''It's a cruelty cold night to
20 out in" faltcred she.
"And don't like leaving you alone,"
whispered Karl. II think shall steal out
of church and como back to see if you are
safe." - H.,
"Oh, no, the door will be barred" ex-
claimed Malchen in futter.
''Fhen I'll climb over the orchard wall, y
answered Karl, nothing daunted, and he
executed wink as lie went forth into the
"EIow very audacious he ID becoming
mutercd Malchen to herself, but she ap-
parently thought that 1t was of no use to
bar the door If Karl meant to- get over the
garden wall, so she simply shutiit and turnl
cd back to spend her evening in the kitch-
On. :. R3RDsE3YO
Herr von Poiheih's larn st6od in2a l6ncly
part Of the country, about two miles from
h, in Bavaria. It had once been a
castle, and all tho rooms on the gf6und floor
were large, windy apartments, with'wains-
c0ed walls and old oaken furniture. ~ 'S'2'
There were faces, of course, in tho red
cmbers of tho crumblipg pine ,logs, and
Karl's was chief among them. Malchep, who
was asIia 9 pretty, sentimental young lady Of 18,
but somewhat cautious, as bcseems the
daughter Of q gentleman who, can prefix Q
Won TO his name, asked hcreolf II she liked
Karla Did che truly feel for him more
than she did for any other MANI Would