Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-02-16
An Incurable Case.

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everybody in Berlin, intimately. You
have been bobbing your head up and
down TO the ladies, like one of those
Chinese toys, for the last two hours"
said the count.
81 must admit that have a great
many lady friends in Berlin. All, there
is Miss Laura Schmidt What elegance
she displays in her dress.'
ut seems to me you must have a
hinge in the back of your neck"
Ibid you ever see such a smile? She
understands how to say good afternoon
better than any lady in Berlin. Her
salutation contains everything; it is
perfect. There is surprise and pleas
ure depicted in her features, and at the
same time her eyes seem to say: 'Ah,
is it you, my dear sir? How glad am
TO see you! When viii you call to kiss
my hand?"
"Can you read all that in her saluta-
tion?"
Eyes, and a great deal more. All,
here is Miss Schultz"
''Good day, my pretty child" And
once more the captain bowed obsequi-
ously and smiled.
Next time we ride out, remarked
the count, Il am going to keep tally
Of how many ladies you salute. Perhaps
it would be better to make list Of those
you do not salute. 1t would be much
shorter"
"Who is that lovely creature in that
carriage? don't think l ever saw her
before. Great heavens! what mag
nificent woman she is" exclaimed the
captain rapturously, paying no attention
10 the remarks of his friend.
"Her name is Mrs. Farwell. She is
sister-ir-law OF mine" replied the
count. ''She married an Englishman,
but afterwards got a divorce. We do
not associate with her, as she is-well,
not what she ought to be. She has had
her name in the papers several times,
and has broken up several families"
"Allow me TO congratulate you on
having such a charming relative. She
is really a lovely woman"
''Suspose, captain, we return to the
club-room. | expect you have seen
enough gay company for one day." said
the count, in a somewhat disguised man
ner
The captain assented. and the coach
man was told to return tothe city by the
less frequented roads.
Tell me candidly." said the count.
''do you not get tired ofthe lie you are
leading?n
TO tell the truth, count, often do.
When go home to my cherries quar-
ters feel how worthless my life is. /
have really no object in life"
Don't you often yearn for domestic
life? Don't you see a vision of rosy
checked children climbing on your
knees and calling you papa?"
Yes replied the captain, pensively,
children are very nice, when they be-
have properly and are pretty"
Captain, it is time you settle down
and quit your wild life. A good wife
would be the making of you"
''You think ought to marry?"
Indeed / do.n
The captain was meditative for few
moments, and then he exclaimed;
by heavens! count, I'm electrified
1N..x We 1911
ried right away; the sooner the better.
But now come to think OF it, whom
shall marry? That is one OF the
things to be taken into consideration"
There is young lady at my house."
said the count, "a cousin of mine, who
would just suit you. She is about
twenty years of age, modest, intelli-
gent and worth 5000 marks a year.
She has no partner living, so you need
not be afraid of the sceptre of moth
er-in-law."
.'She has 5000 marks a year and no
motherP Tell the coachman to drive
to your house at once. She might mar
ry somebody else while we are trifing
away our time"
SLOWLY, captain, slowly. You do
not court q young lady like you charge a
battery. There is another thing to take
into consideration"
Whats thatP"
Before can permit you TO marry
my cousin must feel certain in my
own mind that you have really reform
ed, and that you propose to turn over
an entirely new leaf. You have the
reputation OF being chronic Lothario.
Even / have observed enough of your
conduct to convince nae that you are
not entirely Indifferent to the fair sex"
''But tell you that am an altered
man. / yearA for domestic life by
the side OF some sensible woman of a
quiet turn of mind" replied the cap
tain.
AS was saying, have a'cousin,"
remarked the count,
you mean Mrs. Farwellp"
tsNo.n exclaimed the count peturant-