Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-11-12

8 Indian table cloth without communication
:. as he still searched forshe sGeedel baeged:'
d then his hammer fell out and nearly smash
ed valuable Kaga-ware bowl. There
could not have been more apt illustration
OF the proverb about bull in china shop
AS ne rumaged about he was answering
Mrs Meryweather's hospitable offers Of
. refreshment in the most execrable English
"Ach, nein, gracious lady! can every.
, thing in the hotel become. I pray you,
trouble not yourself wild ze tea; or glass
beer, a leedle wurst, vat you call Eau
zage-'.
My dear Matilda" interrupted Mr.. Mer-
ryweather impatiently, "you will give or
ders for those-ahem-those refreshments
to be served in the dining ROOM"
Professor Muller looked puzzled and a
little distressed at the tone and manner; he
saw at least something was wrong. He
had mentioned the beer and sausage, not
from any excessive relish of those articles
| of diet but simply and solely because he
Ithoas sEt 1e Woi.id give the housewife less
trouble to provide them. His idea of house
hold economy were naturally German, he
had no conception Of the power and sway
of the British Cook, and of the subordi-
nate part lady in the upper classes OF
English society plays with regard to that
omnipotent menial.
Meanwhile Charlie and Beatrice had
come forward and were standing each side
Of Mr.. Merryweather. They had been con-
fabulating, and had decided to strike while
the iron was hot. No moment could be so
propitious as now, when the huge, untidy
German was there to make foil to Char
lies neat prepossessing appearance. So
the latter began: 'Allow me, sir, to ex-
plain all this, and why you have two viii
tors instead of one. This invitation to
dinner was brought to me at my hotel, and
l came only too delighted to make your ac-
quaintance. did not know till arrived
at your house that the invitation was IN
tended for another. The situation was
awkward, but could not resist taking ad-
vantage of the opportunity which chance
threw in my way to become acquainted
with Beatrice's father. met your daugh-
ter in Scotland, and loved her at first sight.
If you will only give your consent to our
marriage will do my utmost to make her
happy My name is Charlie Miller, but
you have hitherto always heard me spoken
of as Charlie Sherwood, step-son of your
neighbor in the North. Let me assure
you, sir, that as far as the question of the
boundary is concerned, will do all in my
power
"Really," interrupted Mr.. .Merryweather,
call this is very strange-very unexpected.
don't approve of your conduct-co ming
to my house under false preteDses; two
Professors the Honorable Horatio look
ed across at his German guest with inef1a-
BILE disgus0; 'both my daughters, Beat
rice and Kitty, involved-I can't under
stand it. This confusion is too much for
my shattered nerves. You must excuse
Be. / will retire.
And Mr.. Merryweather took him off to
bed -tap-tapping along with his stick in
a very feeble manner. Charlie held the
| door open for him and was rewarded by a
courteous bow; Professor Muller was quite
ignored.
'SOh, it's all right" whispered Beatrice
rapturously. IL know papa's ways so
we'll He'll never like to allude to this
evening again, but having once liked you,
he will always like you. l am thankful for
the mistake in the name! You would
never have managed to know him without
| that -
The genuine Professor meanwhile was
holding forth to Mrs. Merryweather and
her younger children. And here let it at
once be said that the big German was a
kindly, as we'll as {; clever man. Hand
some withal, though not after the finikin
pattern of London loungers. He laughed
heartily at the mistake that bad arisen,
which Charlie explained to him in German,
while Beatrice revealed her engagement to
her astonished but indulgent mother.
"Well, DEAR" said the kind comfortable
lady, an sure he is a nice looking young
fellow, and if he really can arrange that
fearful lawsuit about the boundary, I'll
thank him on my bended knees No one
can tell what I've suffered from that, nor
the money your poor father has spent.
Now let us go into the dining-room. The
Professors supper is ready"
Before DR.. Muller left that evening he
had quite won the hearts of his hearers. In
| spite of his grotesque accent and his want
of cleanliness in spite of his ignorance of
conventionalities, he impressed them all
with sense of his genuine worth. What
were the curled darlings of society, lisping
the small talk of the day, com pared to this
genial giant? They all felt that the lion
like man with his streaming hair and
dusty paws was worth hundred empty
headed ''mashers" He told them anec-
dotes which kept them in a roar of laugh
ter, partly on account of the real fun in
them, partly on account of the queer ex-
pressions he used in their relation He
gave them news of Kitty in the most affec-
tionate manner, but as in tho same breath
he spoke Of his wife and chilnren, Mrs.
Merryweather's anxietics were allayed.
AS to Charlie and Beatrice, they were ra-
diant. It was a delightful evening to all
concerned. The fortunate result of the
mistake in the name caused Charlie at
once and forever to renounce the appella-
ton of Sherwood, and (when once Mr..
Merryweather should have been won over,
which Beatrice declared was certain) to
hurry on as much as possible the happy
day when both he and Beatrice will share
the surname of Miller.-Belgrauia.
| The French inventor who some time ago
patented machine for the use of concen-
traced solar rays as general motive power
! has set up three of his machines in Algeria,
for the French Government. He is now
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