New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-29

bright new pair-smiled at his son inqurnSly. If
asking:
How have you been, my boy, since saw you last
! in Little Bend? Well hope, and prospering. and
growing with the country-Ncht wahr, gelt y
John was so pleased he gazed back into the eyes
that tears Of Joy came in his and his emotion was
contagious for Mrs. Klcinmullcr who stood by began
to sniff and catch her BREATH while she handled her
apron in Il suggestive manner.
Bremen looked at her for moment, and ray Oh
| light crossed his understanding.
Did you do this, Mrs Klenmuerl" he asked.
al did, replied the housekeeper without circumlo-
cuton. and she broke down.
John in his gratitude threw both his arms around
her neck and kissed her-iust as that everlasting ser
geant of the guard who was always turning up when
he was not wanted, came in at the door with know
ing smile his face for his customary oyster stew.
one fine morning, not long after this, the ncom-
| ing stage drove up and stopped in front of the
restaurant and two ladies stepped out OF it, one was
fat and the other tnn and tney both asked ior MI
| John Bremen. go
The heavy one was his Eastern betrothed, with her
five hundred dollars the other his respectfully de
clined' who had construed his m0ngrel EngIlSh anu
German rejection into pressing invitation 10 come as
| quick she could to join him.
Bremen, in duty bound a model landlord received
them both with courtesy and atabillty but when ne
ascertained the object of their Visitor the phoo-
graphs had rather fattered themand the scrape his
laundering English had got him into he found INNS IL
between two i'm such Caudne Forks as he lad never
been i'm before and how to 1t out OF them was more
| than he knew. lie seriously entertained for a While
the idea of giving up Dakota, and making, with DOtn
his brides, straight line Tor IAN Dut rom an ac
and he would be in as bad fix in one place as III the
Finally as a last resort he bethought himself to ask
Mrs. Keinmuller for her advice in the mater. ana
il she could not bring him out with whole SKIN
from between the two horns of the dilemma. she had
lots Of experience in things Of all kinds and having
been married woman she knew all the ms ana outs
Of the business. So he went to her. and made clear
breast of 1t all
Mrs. Keinmuller could hardly believe her ears and
| made him repeat the whole thing twice over. " Do
you mean to tell me, John Bremen" she sternly asked
with her arms akimbo, and staring straight INTO MS
eyes, that those two hussies came all the way rom
Massachusetts to marry you, and that you wrote to
Not to both of then" answered Bremen depre-
catingly; to the fat one onlyl7
"Fat!" scornfully repeated Mrs. Kleinmuller with a
downward glance at her handsome bust ana Wen
| rounded bare arms. a. And would yOu-mit deinem
alien guten Deutschen blute-with your good old Ger
! man blood-marry Yankee woman ~
! 81 don't much about the woman as do
about the money! replied Bremen, stll cXculpangly
What money! inquired Mrs kleinmuller, more
| and more aStonished.
And Bremen had to repeat his story over again; with
! its pecnniary consideration and indIcement. When
he got through it for the third time. he thought IT
about time that the matter should be decided one way
or the other for there telling what the other
| two women might do In the meantime. ana he came
Now: which one Of the two Mrs. Kleinmuller' do
Neither promptly and decisvey replied Mrs.
Of her the floor, neither, for you'll marry me,
John BremeriD n.,
| tonished that his mouth remained wide open
| . Yes me-" repeated Mrs. Kleinmuller. and I'll
make you better wife than both Of them put To-
getherr
"Bmt me no butts John" mpatently interrupted
Mrs Kleinmullcr would rather You would marry
me willingly if Won dont-why. there are LAWYERS in
Pierre and the sergeant of the guard be made 20
Lawyers sergeant Of the guard Bonner. und
! blitzen-what did the woman mean2 And he began
| to think with corrugated brOws
When he next opened his mouth IL was to give a low
whistle and grin from TO ear. with a sly wink AZ
| Mrs. Kleinmuler. who Crnncd back az him In The
same manner with responding wink. and they both
looked funny in doing so that they Joined in a
burst OF irrepressibe laughter
a Sec said Bremen still chuckling after recover
w VIII MI PaSna but tits is hard f to lose the $500
Never mind the $500. John" replied Mrs. Klein
the First National Bank of Pierre. and there's my
bank book TO prove i'll"
! Bremen came within an ace OF falling on the broad
Of his back. Fifteen hundred dollars! Why. he
could buy whole county IN Dakota wt h ta
| fortune. through the United States mall away of in
Massachusetts. while she was sitting on his doorstep
| not around that in the old cOuntry-they
moved IN grooves: not by jumps
But the other two women who had come so far Just
to please him. how he 10 get rid of them " Eth =
answer me that, Mrs. Klenmuler !"-and the corners
Of his mouth turned somersaut, and stretched them
! selves away down.
| muller III attend to then. which she did.
She refunded the amount they had expended in COM
ing. and promised TO pay their way back If they felt
like doing so. In the meantime, she invited them TO
remain her guests and look around. and he treated
them to the best the country aTorded-which was not
much. Before three weeks had passed over their
heads. She had married the fat to the sergeant Of
the guard and the thin to one to his brother and they
the best way they could.
Mrs Keinmuller or Mrs. Bremen rather. for She
did not allow the grass to under her feet and
John and she became one within mOnth-was certainly
good at marrying and she evidently knew all about it,
as Bremen had surmlsed when he asked her advice.
Between her thrift and her husbands well dlgesed
plans Fortune stood no chance for the claim and the
restaurant were Kept gong both at the same ume and
| the clock and the watch tinkering came In between
whites. When the tickle goddess with her spinning
wheel was not on the claim to spur John Bremen on
she was sure to be sitting near the kitchen stove at
and baking pumpkin pies and whenever the paymaster
visited sully and Bennett to pay of the troops he
was simply pack mule for the Bremers for
hack to the Pierre National Bank after having passed
through Mrs Bremers hands.
as one of the most productive IN The new state for
John knows all about the peculariteS OF the DaEodn
climate and he dovetailS them together in order 70
make them pay. one good year carries him over two
bad ones ana wneh tle claim IS behind tne the
clocks and watches help to balance II.
The coyotes and wild cats give his chicken coop a
surrounded with steel traps dangerous to fool with,
let alone the poisoned bait scattered all around
To lover Of flia affection there Is not peaSanter
sight i'm the whole world than Bremer. after his days
work Is done, standing with his long .stemmed GER
In the other in front OF the portrait of his father.
drinking the health Of the eyes which gaze back at
him fondv and apprOvingly.
"Gesundhet Water heres to yen, old man--may
We live long together and keep prospecting We're
getting on, | told yOu wOuld-thaals he 20 the
good God above, and 10 YOU and the good tau here
belOw"-and he continues he mods toward the two
youngsters just then turning the house upside down
In their frolcs. as IL calling the Grossvaters attention
TO them" und die kleinen Buben. aucl-the little
fellows t0O-they are Amerkaner with good old Ger
man blood they'll grow up with their country and
help along and they won't be know nothings either
or | am much mistaken
And he swallows his beer and sits down con-
tentedly-rain shine. calm stOrm-fOr he has n
good conscience and the hest cyclone cellar In the
two Dakotas.-(A. &. TAsSIN. I'm The Overland