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and return looking cheerful and animated. Pipes

on his ce)-"Dis vas. Long yars do / say
Johann Carl Macmillan. ven comes sheY Dat
udder, vat is youi Comes she neferl Der ALI
guetigste her has billet for dee. oond vidout she
alone do valkest hunderd yair troo beeples as de
sand awf seas Dere is bort voneF Looks veil
for dis angel-maidens in airth dat do miss not
her in heafen! Oond here / find! stretches out
his right hand and seiZes the Doctors left which
he presses enthusiastically, his eyes full OF
tears) 'Ich bin geliebt! Jai Ich bin geliebt-
heart-lawfed you say" =.
DIR. T.-"You mean that you love, supposeF'
| Herr D. (vehementlyl-"Dat ALSO Vid HART
ane soul, vld mind oond body. in dis vawd oond
anodder-a tousand vawlds! Ven etarnIty ID yes
| terday still lawf!"
| Dr. TIT is evident that you have a severe
attack of the malady which none escape alto
gether. Do you know the lady2"
Herr d. --"All-sartainly! For this it is l ask
| your good friendship. She is of your chairch.
Dee name it is Amanda; dee odder name awf
| conclusion l cannot"
DR.. T-"Amanda Marchmont? A very pref
ty girl Why, baptized her when she was a
baby How the years do fly"
Herr D.-"Ach nen You have a mistake.
Or. T.-'You surely don't mean Miss Amanda
Pitcher2"
Herr d. (nodding his head afirmatively)-
"Pee-chah; Pee-chah. Himmel und erde! Vot
speech is de English"
(Dr. Thornton turns his back on his guest and
punches the FIRE vigorously for few min
| utes. Having recovered his gravity, resumes
his seat.)
DR.. T-"Well, I suppose you have settled
everything with the lady--all the usual prelim-
inarles2"
Herr D. mot understanding -"Bardon."
DR.. T.-"You have spoken to herF
Herr D.-"Not a word"
DR.. T.-''Then how do you know that she cares
for your
Herr D.-"How know dat dee sun she shine,
re fower-dee flowers, l would say-blooms, dee
Winds kiss2 In dee eyes owl mein Amanda from
doc Nan 1Av, all hall xyn1
art he! Come to mel Engel des Himmels!
Suesses maedchenl"
Dr. T-"But isn't this very sudden thng2
Have you given the thing proper consideration?
How do you know that you will suit each other?"
Herr D.-"You cut in part dee orange, men
freund, oond ven you put toeezzer vat hat you?
In dee nature everything is twin. Vone is not a
pairfect whole. Oond de twins each odder
knows. ia! ia! Theure Amanda! Vot geist!
Vot gemueth!" (Looks up at the ceiling raptur-
ously.)
DR.. TT take your word for it. I am past
the age of hearts and darts. Dinkspiel. The
shovel and tongs to each other belongs. :"
Laughs, and seeing that he is giving offense,
becomes preternaturally grave again.)
Herr D.-"I wait your CONSIDERATIONS"
DR.. TT don't doubt the truth of all you
say. but, since you ask my opinion, advise you
to make sure of the lady. Solvent femme
varie, you know"
Herr D.--'l will do as you say, dough mag
mate she oonderstand kervite veil my admira-
tons"
DR.. T.-"And, of course, you will let me know
the result. How do you like this mixture of
Peroue and Virginia tobacco"
Herr Over goot, / think. Yer goot."
DR.. T-'Do you know. Dinkspiel, that as you
sit there you look wonderfully like print of
Schumann that / used to see in Stenmetzs
rooms. The resemblance is really striking"
Herr D. (arranging his hair and bowling COM
placently)-"It is not Schumann 1t is Bee
thoven Vat makes dot Steinmitz vid Schu-
mannl man vot cannot blay at all, at all
oond teach all de time der Maidens' prayers ,"
Dr. T.-"Well, don't make yourself uneasy
about your place. He won't succeed in BUSTING
you. He is disspated man and we can't rely
on him in the least
Herr Oven see dot nose l says Stein
metz, you drink more der beer of der water
land, bort der visky of der Americans, oond
you'd better look out. I go now" (Goes ac-
cordingly, leaving message of farewell for Mrs.
Thornton. That lady comes in not long after).
Mrs. T.-''Why, father, aloneq Has the pro
fessor been gone longW
DR.. T.-"Don't call him that, Cecilia It is
really too absurd. The promlscuous way in
which such titles are used is offense TO me.
This age of educational establishments for
young gentlemen Professors of chiropody and
the trapeze, coal vases and dozen other twad
ding substitutes for things we have known
always by sensible names. :"
Mrs TT only do it because can't pro-
nounce his name Almost every body is like that
But do tel me what he said"
DR.. TT have got surprise for you, my
dear. Who do you suppose he fancies himself in
love with and protests adores him2 Miss
Pitcher"
Mrs r. with little shriek) -"Amanda
Pitcher! Good gracious alive Why she is at
least fifteen years older than he and dresses
like fright And she is as poor as poor can be- {"
DR.. T-"And a very dull. common place
woman. In his eyes, though, she is Venus in
physique. and De Stael in intellect. He has
| famed himself into frenzy on the subject"
Mrs T.-"Well. if he marries her, must
help him. I'll put on my bonnet to morrow and
get all the ladies in the congregation to promise
| to send him their children, and speak to
| the Browns about the kitchen stove at the same
| time. It's all in cracks In fact, did tell Mr.
| Brown yesterday that the vestry ought really to
| send me another for a Xmas gift"
DR.. T.-"Why, why will you do such things
| Cecilia2 1t aff1icts me beyond expression"
| Mrs. T.-"There, father, l oughtn't to have
| let on know what had done. Now, don't be
| cross. The stove is in cracks. 1t won't bake
anything properly. But if you don't want it
mentioned. l won't say word about it, prom
Use. to anybody"
| DIR. It. (who knows that the Browns are as
Ubiquitous as looua cious)-'I have nothing more
to say 1t is late and we had better go up to our
| rooms"
Mrs. TIN a moment. as soon as make the
| fire secure. Did you notice what supper the
the poor man made? Six sausages and FIVE rolls
| ana three CUPS OF cOHee! L cOuD ted Them Not
that begrudged them. It's my belief that he
| is half starved at that boarding house of his"
Doctor TIT is not the man, but the lover
that requires all that support Emotion is ex-
hausting. Are YOU cOmingp
fExeunt DR.. Thornton and his wife.
Scene Ii. Vestry room of st. Thomas Church.
Second hand s. S. library in the distance Row
of surplices against the wall. Asthmatic melo-
| deon covered with music and hymn books. Some
dusty benches and battered chairs Choir as
/ TO tieQf ho mn o,1
ual the association supposed to be formed for the
| promotion or harmony in which discord perpet,,-
ally reigns. 1t consists of four persons who hate
each other as bitterly as though they were all
related and had quarreled over 5000 in the set
| Element of joint estate.
| Herr Dinkspiel who has been softly playing
Kucken's Thou Art Lovely Flower" and
..Wie schoen bist du," and gancing tenderlv be-
tween the bars at Miss Pitcher, wheels around
on the music-stool1-" is high times we begin.
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