The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-08

rppeTmON WlnooWS the far Elise had
 also observed this daring act on the part o
 her lover, and her heart beat quick with mingled pride and consternatien.
 "Good-day, sir" Madame Baumgarter remarked to the intruder as she stood ir gloomy majesty in the open doorway.
 "A very fine day, indeed, Martha" re turned the other. |" Nov, don't stand there like statue of Juno, but hustle about and get the dinner ready, for am well. nigh starved"
 "Martha l DinnerW ejaculated the lady, falliag back in astonishment.
 "Yes, dinner, Martha, dinner l" howled
 Won Hartmann, who was becoming ir- ritable. Is there anything wonderful in that request when a man has been out all day? I'll wait in the dining-room. Any. thing will do. Schinken, and sausage, and prunes- any little thing that hap pens to be about. There you are, stand ing staring again. Woman, will you or will you not stir your legs2
 This last address, delivered with a per feet shriek of rage, had the effect of send ing good Mrs. Baumgarten flying along the passage and through the Kitchen, where she locked herslf up in the scul- lery and went into violent mysteries. In the meantime Von Hartmann strode into the room and threw himself down upon the sofa in the worst of tempers.
 Elise he shouted. "Confound tn c girl Elise l"
 Thus roughly summoned, the young lady came timidly down stairs and into the presence of her lover. Dearest " she cried, throwing her arms round him. :" know this is all done for my sake It is rnse iu order to see me-"
 Von Aartmann's indignation at this fresh attack upon him was so great that he became speeches. for a minute from rage, and could only glare and shake his fists while he struggled in her embrace. When he at last regained his utterance, he indulged in such below of passion that the young lady dropped back, petri- lied with fear, into an armchair.
 Never have passed such a day in my life" Won Hartmann cried, stamping upon the floor. My experiment has failed. Von Althaus has insulted me. Two students have dragged me along the public road. My wife nearly faints when l ask her for dinner, and my daughter flies at me and hugs me like a grizzly bear"
 "You are i'll, dear," the young lady cried. "Your mind is wandering. You have not even kissed me once"
 No, and don't intend to either," Won Hartmann said with decision. "You ought to be ashamed ot yourself Why don't you go and fetch my slippers, and help your mother to dish the dinner P" < And is it for this," Elise cried, bury ing her face in her handkerchief-"is it for this that have loved you passion ately for upward of ten months? Is it for this that have braved my mothers wrath Oh, you have broken my heart, 1 am sure you have and she sobbed hysterically.
 "l can't stand much more of this," roared Von Hartmann furiously. What the deuce does the girl meanl What did do ten months ago which inspired you with such particular affection for me3 lfyou are really so very fond, you would do better to run away down and 6ud the schinken and some bread, instead of talking all this nonsense"
 "Oh, my darling," cried the unhappy throwing herself into the arms of what she imagined to be her lover, you do but joke in order to frighten your little Elise"
 Now it chanced that at the moment of this unexpected embrace, Won Hartmann was still leaning back against the end of the sofa, which, like much German fur niture, was in a somewhat rickety condi- ton. It also chanced that beneath this end of the sofa there stood tank full of water in which the physiologist was con- ducting certain experiments upon the ova of hsh, aud which he kept in his drawing room in order to insure an equable tenn perature. The additional weight of the m alden, combined with the impetus with which she hurled herself upon him, caused the precarious piece of furniture to give way, and the body of the unfortu- nate student was hurled backward into the tank, in which his head and shoulders were firmly wedged while his lower ex- Tapped helplessly about in the air. This was the last straw. Extricat- ing himself with some difficulty from his unpleasant position, Won Hartmann gave an inarticulate yell of fury, and dashing out of the room, in spite of the entreaties of Elise, he seized his hat and rushed of into the town, all dripping and dishev- elled, with the intention of seeking in some inn the food and comfort which he could not find at home.
 As the spirit of Won Baumgarten en- cased in the body ofVop Hartmann strode down the winding pathway which led down to the little town, breeding angrily over his many wrongs, he became aware that an elderly man was approaching him who appeared to be in an advanced state of intoxication. Ven Hartmann waited by the side of the road and watched this who came stumbling along, reeling from one side of the road to the other, and singing student song in very husky and drunken voice. At first his interest was merely excited by the fact of seeing man of so venerable an appearance in such disgraceful condi- tion, but as he approached nearer, he be- came convinced that he knew the other we'll, though he could not recall when or where he had met him. This impression