Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-06

uasnilR Count W dluuClu COulu nave
been transformed into a kellner,
Presently this parsonage returned, bear
ing the bottle Of wine | had ordered,
neatly wrapped up in napkin. While he
was unCUrklug il an elderly gentleman,
apparently an habitue OF the place, en-
tered the garden, and passing by the
waiter. tapped him familIarly on the
shoulder saying How do you do to
night. Herr Barony'
| started iuNuluntarily on hearing the
title. and again looked tiNedly at the man.
The resemblance to WHldheIm was per
fectly wonderful.
"Why do they call you Herr Baron'' |
asked, while he WAS tillius my glass.
at is a joke. sir, Of some Of the friends
of the house" he answered, smiling dis
cret.ly: they pretend that look like
baron
Not like a baron" rrtnrted, staring
him straight in the face but very much
like count Drd You ever hear of a
Count Won Waldhelm;'
He turned suddenly pale and his hand
shook as he put the bottle down on the
table
NO, sir" he answered with difficulty,
Il never heard the name"
His discontinue. however. already be
trayed him. 80 rose, and stretching out
my hand 10 him, said in an uudertonr:
"Waldheim, don't you know me;"
by al that is wonderful" he eN-
claimed, can this really BE- you. s.
For heavens sake do not speak to me
here, Nobody knows me. And oh that
you should be the first 10 see me in such IA
plight"
My dear friend observed, do not let
this circumstances put you out in the
least. If one Of Us is to be pitied, it is l.
| am journalist
Waldheim laughed, and said in more
cheerful tone
Well. am heartily glad to see you, all
the same. In half an hour we close here.
Will you then wait moment for me
outside, We can have talk about old
times"
of course assented. and an hour later
we were both established in a snug corner
OF Third avenue oyster saloon in com
pany of bottle of champagne to which
the Herr Baron" had insisted ON treating
me.
And Valentine Ghemar. where is She"
was my first question. The papers said
at the time that you had gone off to-
gether"
Mesquite in spite Uf me, however. 7
had not the remOtest notion of the girls
escapade until she all Of a sudden ap-
peared on the ship when we were already
out of the harbor Poor girl she was a
madcap, but a good loving soul
~You speak OF her in the past-is she
dead,7
Worse" rejoined WaIdheim, sorrow
fully, she is married.
Married echoed; ~is it possible! To
whom"
ITO an Alsatian named Schmittbcrger,
a head clerk at one of the most important
breweries in the city
How very extraordinary all that
sounds" exclaimed But now you
must make clean breast of il, my dear
fellow. Come. tell me all that has be
fallen you on our glorious soil of lib
erty.7
Waldheim filled both our glasses, and
began by reciting in lugubrious voice:
Infandum, regina, jubes renovare do
loren"
My career so far has not been a glorious
one. | have been alternately washer in
public BATH a street cleaner, a reporter
on a German paper. boy on a farm in
Jersey tthe people actually called me
boy and gave me the romantic name of
Jimmy, a tramp, sleeper in the parks,
and car-driver My last position was
that of a sandwich ] trpttei up and
down Broadway clad as an Indian, with
a great advertisement for Indian clubs
on my back, and another for some mi
raculous tOothache drops on my breast.
was a com bination sandwich. Two eter-
prising minds had united their energies in
utilizing my back and front
Once | narrowly escaped becoming a
valet de chambre. That was after having
passed three nights in Madison park. An
advertisement in the papers caught my
eye of a lady wanting man servant OF
distinguished appearance in a first-class
household j called at once at the house
(Which was indeed set up in most elegant
Style and prOffered my services. The
lady seemed greatly pleased with my ap-
pearance, and the thing was all settled
between us. when she remarked: "Oi
course you will have to shave your
VIII hiskers and mustache; it is the rule OF
my house. The blood shot up into my
face at these words All of a sudden
became painfully aware Of the position
was about TO accept with all the cOnse-
quences il involved. | declined and went
back to the park
And yet, as you see, ! have not escaped
my fate. Instead of serving one, | serve
many. | Will tell you what it is, my
dear fellow. a European aristocrat in this
country is about the most useless being
who ever trod the earth, unless he is rich
' 4 l.. 1
been of any use to me in this country
Except the art of spending money, moth
ing thoroughly The only knowledge |
could put to profit here was that of ser
wants or walters duties. which had
formerly claimed from others. l know
exactly the way in which a tahle-serviCe
must be laid out The icing Of cham
payne has no mysteries for me. | know
the names of all the dishes in the world
and Of all the wines worth drinking. ]
speak German French, and English,
without mentioning the Russian Ian
guage, which was not likely TO prove OF
great Use in this line of business, with all
these accomplishing am | not waiter
born and bred; | tell you, my friend, a
ruined nob!eman coming to America is
predestined to become kellner'
do you know what was the most hu-
hiliating and horrible sensation | ever
experienced in my life 1t was the first
ime heard whistle and a psf" and
realized the fact that both sounds We're
intended for me, and that | had to obey
them You may laugh at me, my dear
fellow, but tell you the idea of being
whistled for like domestic animal is
anything but enjoyable so long as man
is not accustomed to il"
"POOrW aldheim" exclaimed, laughing
in spite of myself at the serIo- comic good
humOr with which he told me all his
woes. But you nave not yet told me
what became Of Valentine i'll all this
adyssey."
"Oh, she is a Partisan: and ParlSian
women act like cats-they always fall on
their feet. The first weeks of her stay
here all went on smoothly. When | had
finally got down To my last 80 francs !
gave them TO the girl and said, My dear
Valentine, the best you can do now is to
return to Paris: but she refused peremp-
tOrily, saying that she would never leave
me. Yet ! was obliged to leave her to
seek for work, for was penniless. 1t