The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-31
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Herr D.-"I know dot she is all lawdy, und
dot is bienty. Ven can | see bert Mine bride!
Susses madchen! Like a shtar down contest in
de midnight black hayvens. und all is day"
beams unutterable things ct the closed door,
Mrs. G-'But you don't know whether her
character and disposition would suit you, or
anything of her last life"
Herr D.-.Dalk not of karakter. Dee bast is
bast- Dalk not awf der future-Carl vid Cor
vid Carl! Good heavens! Vot a
habbiness is here!''
Mrs. G. latter a moments refectionE"Wel,
IL you are sure you know your own mind, l sup
pose l can't prevent your declaring your IN.
~tensions. But you must promise me TO think OF
1t seriously for three days first. Professor. You
must really"
Herr D.. (enchapted)-.'All is velll Danke,
madam! / will a good housband make. ia! In
tree days am again here for my bride. In sooch
a business l change nefer; for me it is nawt pos
sible. Ach, nein"
Mrs. every we'll. ! shall say nothing to
Coralie of all this, in case you should. Are you
goingl don't think you had best see her again
tonight
Herr D.-"You hat great wisdom. Won can
not hold der full cup vid a drembling hand, as
says your English idiotism. My heart would
bairst if it poured not out der lawf dot strangu-
lates it. Theure Coralie! Kisses the tips of
his fingers to the door, then tips toward it and
Himmel! She signs. Let me shpeak now, madam,
/ imblore!"
Mrs. C-"No, no; decidedly not"
Herr Over goot. Bid good nights to dee
beautiful one. No more will she signs ven
We gets each udder. Meier! nefer! Auf vie
dersehn, beloved bride!"- stretches out his
arms like a stage tenor, minus a short cloak
and plus a great deal of emotion. Walks swiftly
into the hall and out of the front door,
Scene V.-(Vestry-room of st. Thomas Church.
Four days after the last scene. DR.. Thornton
frownlngly reads an anonymous letter from a
parlshioner telling him that he never will have
any weight in a sinful, miserable world" while
he parts his hair in the middle and plays GRO
quet. Also, that his wife is not at all suited to
her position as the helpmeet of a clergyman, and
ought to know better than to wear $40 worth
OF ostrich feathers in her second best bonnet.
when there is so much distress in the city and
her own husband is preaching sermons to other
people on giving up the pomps and vanities.
DR.. T. (re1ects)-"Well! Upon my word this
is regulating my affairs! And with a bodkin!
I'm sure it comes from a woman. The second
best bonnet settles that. / wonder who wrote it?
Abominable impertinence! Shall | offer to
part my hair in future a little above the left
ear, in the rural style, or to roach it
And why should my mode Of wearing my
hair be more offensive than the cut of my
waistcoat? l can't believe that the world
would be the least bit less sinful or miserable if
l were to give up PLAYING croquet with Cecilia on
my little pocket handkerchief of a lawn. And
though l might, if I recognized the necessity,
change my personal habits to please my flock, [
can't very we'll change my wife! 1t is a most
impudent proceeding. The truth is that we
shepherds don't use the butt end of the crook
enough. l shall read it aloud next Sunday with
suitable comments" "a knock at the door. }
Come in! O.. Dinkspiel, good morning."
Herr d. (beaming at himl-''You would be
aloneG, (Hesitates modestly at the door,
DR.. Tho, no. Come In! / was just read
ing a delightful communication from a member
Of NV ac;c1 hut L bo M pschal ~ What u ~
Dinkspielg You have good news, I see, for you
look positively radiant"
Herr d. staggering foolishly and blushing)-
"Ach! Herr Rector! 'Tisa all drue! am Prince!
| am Kaiser! l am Gar! l sit on a trone vid
dee universe as footstool"
DR.. T. thinks He is going the way of Stein
metz, evidently" Aloud)-"I don't understand
you. really"
Herr DIT drunk dee vine awf e~cstasies! l
am betrothed vid my hearts loved. my twin
soul, she dat from dee beginning vas created
for me! Now l am no more a half, a part, a
holdings, but complete, a pairfect symmetrical,
beautiful whole-a man-vooman! ia! So! Vat
joy is dis2 Vat a habbiness!"
DR.. T.-"What! has she relentedg You sur
prise me. / thought Miss Pitcher was cruelty
resolved not to have anything to say to you, and
was engaged, beside, to some one else. But l
congratulate you heartily, my dear fellow.
('That is if you think yourself a subject for con-
graduation he thinks You see, l was right,
anu you QeSpalreO pfcmaCuFely OF the LWln-SOul."
Herr d. twisting his feet in much embarrass-
ment around the legs of mis- chair, but speaking
with scornful decisien)C'1 dalk not auf dat
vone! Anodder vone! A young Franch girl
refuging vid aimiable Mrs. Cosgrove, dee mod
der of my buful Lima"
DIR. T. (who has quite believed in the hopeless
ness of Herr d. g late passion)-'AnOther one!
You don't mean it! You take my breath away!
You convinced me that you were the victim of
an eternal despair which was more to you than
any hope. And in so short a time"
Herr D. (huffly)-.Oond Wy for not? Shall 1
say to dee Allgood, I will not to-days oond to-
morrows. l will hat yesterdays efermore; last
mont dee year past2 Call you dis constancyl
Say RAIDER idiotcy. Oond haf not change
seercumstance, alone. | seek efer dee tvin-soul
dat | know waits for me, not dis voman's, not
dat voman's-it matters not how many. sairch
for dee diamond. l want not paybles like a lid
die shild for keep me kviet oond 1 find! ia
Himmelsche Coralie! Die Einzige!" Seems
to shed sentiment and rapture from every pore
Of his broad facet
DIR. TT beg your pardon, 1 did not mean
to ~criticise your conduct. But | confess | was
surprised for the moment. However, [ see that
you are a philosopher as well as a lover, and con-
slant to an ideal in reality, instead of a
that you are right, and your chance of happiness
greater than most men. But tell me about the
present experimental mean success. Mile.
Coralie-what is the other name?" Herr D.. re-
lates all that he knows of his fnaucee. and gives
with fiery ardor and furious gesticulation an &C.
count of his having proposed to and been ac-
cepted by Mile. Benoit that morning).
DIR. T.-'You say that she is only ~sixteen2
That is very young"
Herr D--'I want not a grandmother"
DIR. T.-"And a French woman and a Catholic,
too! How will you reconcile your politics and
religion"
Herr D--"My modder vas Franch, but
Franch! l vas in Prussia after dee var, oond /
veil remember me awf vone day ven my brud-
der's son-so high-vas blay on dee floor vid toys
at dee feet of his grandmother. Soudainly shot
of cannon vas baird, Don fiddle Fritz look up oond
say, Vat country haf wee conquered nowg' Oond
my medder looks kvick dee schlipper from hair
foot oond shpanked veil dot fiddle poy vid fire
oond might 'Dalkst dou so auf France2 Dee
country ant dy fader's muddera Vone day it
beats dis infamous Prussia as l beat deep
Bort Fritz was establishments" Herr d. laughs
at the remembrance until the tears roll down his
cheeks( "Vid Coralie it is not so. She is Creole.