The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-05-29
HOW SHE BEGAN.


II was a STRANGE experience for two
vonng g;rls-tbis ooipo ont from the
9gu;at "a their ;sol5ted home into the
hustle and DANCER of a GREAT city:
s-tranoer st;ll that thew s6onld have
been allowed to do it. But Aspiration
and Ionorance are a staff in either hand
- the vonng
Na;tSer Wand. nor Rartba had anv
;des that tba;rs was an %nnnsnal ventnre
Thev tool Leave Of home almost gaylv.
and if an emphatic tear or two de.
handed RECOGNITION it was but CURLY
and imnatienfly piyen. while the fleet
inrast f;cLIast smile received effns;ve
pconraoemen
~. Is fhe loyeliest day I eve knew,
said Wanda.
And the patient, toil-worn mother
said. eyes. T think It is an omen:', at
which both oirls lauohed. finding mer.
r;ment in their mothers GENTLE n
stition.
Tbe train moved off The little oroun
On the niatform-tbe o~uaintlv. dinpilv-
dressed mother the bnrlv.
/ and the ba~If-grown. prettv sis.
tor 40 thew rounded q
c,,,ve apS the two wavfarers were
launched mon their yovaoe tn an nm.
known MORT
r. us Nil orohor ond Tho s,,n
shown rod tbronrb the ;smokv air
N;les mon m;les a7 cornt;elds aew mast
r-aet nsas ~ r%oI1;nr n-rai,;e melted
81 vsnshad IS On tho9 rlatterad and
rnahiad anJ sned was q monet
onv IF notion ~ q tbrobbino endless
49, - $3.50 and whae1s
.I I;Le * y said Rertha
aft i tba beg;nnino of music.n said
m.nJa
This nrnau had onothor motive
than nlossn-a II had worL. f. had tbe
f,t.ra T;fa On tba nroot Kansas fern
with is c-attiaera;s;ng and corn-orowino
m;@ht 10 set;sfaotoyv 70 the m;Sdle'
ared esnec;aiIH az tha nro6ts we're a.
snbstantiaI and the detaiIs. of MANAGE.
ment so absorbinc. bnt this new pener-
alton was born with a stomach for
culture. Painting, music, embroidery
and French must be their diet, having
already nibbled at these dainties, with
all the relish of inexperience, in their
local schools and clubs.
The parents counseled together over
the wishes OF their daughters. There
was money enough. Why moi. send
them to a city for the. sake of better ad-
vantages? There was Mime. Muller,
an old acquaintance of their youth,
who, early left widow, had maintained
herself by teaching music in Chicago,
and had made a modest fortune out OF
It, Why not confer with herr
She was applied to forthwith. In re-
spouse came this letter: send the
girls to me Tor a year. l live IN a hotel,
but | will take charge OF them and in
struct them. The very room they need
is vacant. Shall l engage ltP"
The answer a Engage the room.
The girls will come
And now they were actually on their
way.
Hegel was their name-Wanda and
Berth Hegel-and this the picture they
made seated together inthe railway car
They were of pure German stock.
though for two generations TRANSPLANT
ed into American soil. Wanda hadth
real tiax-aower color of the Fatherland,
blue ewes and tow hair, while the pink
of an ancestry that drove their herds
up the mountain slopes to feed in sum-
mer and set their girls to watch them,
thus securing the finest oxygenation OF
the blood, glowed on brow and cheek
and found a ruddy efiorescence in the
lips. Bertha, on the other hand, was
smaller and dark, with dense, shy lashes
thing of a muscular exertion seemed
actually necessary to lift the lids. She
was a clear brown and had delicate
l-,-r, l,-
They had already discussed Chicago
SO exhaustively during their prepare
tions that, though it was now SO soon
to become a reality, they had nothing
more to say of it. True to their prac-
teal training they beguiled the time by
making sensible comments about the
country they passed through, its fertil-
ity and adaptability to various crops, its
deficiencies compared with the Kansas
farm and the general loneliness and
desolation of its homes in contrast with
the centralized and important charac-
ter of their own.
II don't see any farms like ours, dc
you Wanda?n was Bertha's keynote.
ssNo; none SO pleasant and w~ell-cared
for, / am sure,n was Wanda's refrain.
Freonent rec,nrse tn a bountifnl
luncb-basket kent them from being al.
most drearv, A. mel thirtv-six bours
of this tedious expectancy was indeed
securing esthetic adyantaoes at the cos,
of great f@at;gue, Rut If nassed. and inc,
at 5iobtfau Of the second Jau thev Sow
the .scIoud nv dav|eo If Cbicago n' 90"
Their coming had been arranged fo,
in ali ito deta;iS end in duo t;neo thor
were safely ensconced in the;r CIV
parlor. their dinner eaten and Nine
Muller,s final instructions and GOOD,
NIGHTS given Tben thew were for H.
frs. fine alone and nrenared tn ao r.
rest at once.
A inflow was more welcome IN e;tbe,
head than a new Paris bonnet UonIi
have been And thev wont stra;ght r.
bed without the usual oiri Ioitering owe,
the toilet.