Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-11-14

to you. You see, continued Carroll,
there Is no false delioacy about You
nave rendered me an Important service,
ana i am your debtor. How much money
Will be wanted for the purchase Of the
practice Of which you spoke? Where did
/ You say tho place wasp
'Brumath." .
1T IS not the name of the place that !
care for-that Is of no conseq uence to me :
but will advance you the amount in
ready cash, II you will allow me-"
Il really don't know how l could lay
myself under so great an obligation"
'Th1s Is absurdl You understand owe
you requital for your honesty. Now,
You see, It is all arranged. Get your con.
veyance documents prepared as early as
You please On the day after tomorrow
You will meet me here at eight O'Clock in
tne evening" you can give me a lesson In
German, and we can talk over our affairs in
a quiet way, as we have already done.
ny the oy, before we part, wish to tell
ner this evening that shall love her
everlashngly. l know how to conjugate
the verb to love- but those terrible adj
verbs door me completely. How do you
|
"E,otglich. replied Weiss.
| "Right-e,oiglich! My stars! what q
tanguageW Carroll added, as he shrugged
his shoulders. "And to think that I am
10 spend my time in learning it.! But
what would not dop When she looks at
me with her large blue eyes, I believe
tnat she could induce mo to learn Chi
then"
And the two young mon parted
On tho day appointed, the next day,
and for eight days following, the two new
friends met regularly, and the young AL.
sac1an gave the American lessons, not in
German. but that which is almost the
thing, the patois Of Strasburg; and their
| conversation generally commenced in the
following style:
well, my good FRIEND" Carroll would
say, show does the love- affair 20 onp Do
things appear to you to be more satisfac-
tory?"
mot at ALL" Weiss would reply. 81
have heard indirectly that the father will
not permit my name to be mentioned in
his house,"
"What! not since you have purchased
the country practicer'
He has not yet mentioned the subject,
so far as I can learn; he appears to have
other views of a more ambitious charac.
ter. hear that he has found Crosus
for son-in-law."
| tience! You have the daughter on your
side, and am here to assist YOU"
"Thanks! And what progress are Won
making, may ask?"
"Oh, capital progress, thanks to oui I
am going ahead step by step"
$50 much the better"
your turn will come. If you have no
obi ection, we will both be married on the
same day, and I will defray the cost Of
the two weddings"
II am sadly afraid that mine will not
cost much"
s"Don't despair: Faint heart meier
won fair lady,"
After these condolences, they went to
work at the strasbursian patoss with a
will that did credit to both teacher and
scholar.
On the day of the twelfth lesson, Weiss
came with face radiant with delight
while Carroll appeared to him to look
somewhat glum and crestfallen.
SWELL" said Carroll, show are you
getting on?"
"Oh," replied Weiss, ''things are i'm
proving! I have seen her, and have had
a talk with her, aud she has given me
great hope. Shs has done great deal,
and insisted on 80 much that her father
seems inclined to give way; and, as
soon as I am fairly launched in my
Office"
''All in good time, my friend"
Chow about yourselfw inquired Weiss.
''Things are not looking at all bright
for me" was the reply.
Il am extremely sorry to hear that; we
should have been so very jolly all to-
gether."
''No; it is very annoying. Ny sweet
heart has such whimsical ideas. 1t isnot
a question Of speaking German now;
she has made up her mind not to leave
Strasburg"
"Why?"
''That is the question. Between our
selves, believe that it is only pre-
tense to get rid of me, knowing, as she
does know we'll, that my interests make
it imperative that should reside in
America 1t is a pure invention"
"Oh, don't be discouraged in that wayl
Handsome women are sometimes very
capricious, and you have told me that she
is very pretty"
GAS for that, she is enough to turn a
mans brain.'
'sHave courage then. I am going to
teach you some Alsacian phrases that
will cause her to laugh more than ever,
and her whimsical notions will disap-
pear"
Exactly SO; but all these changes and
uncertainties greatly Interfere with my
other affairs. I am busily engaged in
looking after my newly.acquired prop.
erty; but were to remain in Strasburg,
I should not be able to make the best of
my property elsewhere"
"Let the property stand over for q
time, and persevere with the lady you
wish to make your wife. Later on you
will still be master of what you possess,
and then you can reside where you
please"
"That you believe to be best? Let it be
so then!"
And once more they resumed the les.
! sons in Strasbnrg pdtois.
Some days afterward the aspect of
affairs was again changed; it was Car
roll who came in a joyous mood, while
Weiss was evidently overburdened with
grief.
"a ha ~, cried Carroll stvor1 hava Aono