Middletown transcript., 1891-11-05

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Wilcox, seaman, fisherman, and
gentleman, was dead. &c. II. Rock
well. u. s. N. in Harper's Weekly.
NEARBY MARRIED.
BUT THE RIGHT NAN TURNED UP IN
THEsNIcK OF TIME.
To tell Che truth, [ was cotton
dry" and I slipped up to the side Of q
German studio, for it was Sunday.
and raped. The door was opened by
portly gentleman in white apron,
who shook my hand with every evi-
denceof deligtFand ushered me into
the back roomsof the studio. Rosy
checked German girls sat around the
room, and dozen men dressed in the
gray uniform Of the Schuetzen Corps
were standing around keg Of beer,
filing their glasses and emptying
them down their throais as if for a
wager.
I was introduced to everybody IN
the room, and was wondering what il
all meant, when the door leading to
the hall opened and tall, handsome
young lady walked in, attended by
two girls, all dressed in white. The
tall one lowered fully foot above me.
She was being heaped with congratu-
lations (my imperfect knowledge Of
German allowed me to understand ,
and then the white-aproned gentle-
man led her toward me and intro
duced her to me. ! simply bowed,
for be had muttered the words Of the
introduction in German, but / said
nothing. nor had Isaid word since
/ entered the plsce.
The girl took my arm and led me
to q seat. Then she gave me a kiss
with smack that sounded like a
miniature clap of thunder. I was
shocked, not at the kiss. but at the
girls audacity. Everybody giggled
and she began to talk to me in Ger
man. I could not understand her, SO
] nodded and kept on nedding until
two immense mugs OF beer were sent
in. She finished her mug before I
got through with mine, and then a
band, consisting of three German
musicians, struck up a waltz. NY
companion and I Joined in the dance.
After several dances a tall, solemn
faced man was usherei into the room.
He fixed his eagle eye on me, and: |
began to think that the mistake as to
my identity, which I suspected my
entertainers were laboring under, was
discovered but he only smiled and
shook hands with me.
4 was enjoying myself hugely. l
knew that these folks mistook me for
somebody else, but I could not for the
life of me clear up the mistake, SO /
went on chuckling inwardly until the
white-aproned gentleman beckoned
me and my companion toward him.
We arose together and the man with
the eagle eye planted himself before
US. He began fumbling in his coat
tail pocket for something, and at the
same moment there was rap at the
door. In bounced young fellow
about as tail as myself. with bouquet
in his bottonhole as big as plate.
He looked at me, and the people look
ed from one to the other of us. Then
| felt myself caught from behind, and
| was run out through the yard and
thrown through the door into the
street.
| was angry, but could not help
laughing. / came to the conclusion
that the last conner was the young
man whom l had been mistaken, for.
The next night called on the studio
keeper to solve the mystery. He be-
gan laughing when he saw me, and it
was some minutes before he recovered
himself Then he said !:
81 would nefer haf known it. You
vas de young mans dat we take
for Carl las night. Hah hah! dot
vos funny. Carl he haf not sawn
Barbara ober yet abe vas one shmall
geli. His foder und her foder dey
make up dot dey got merried. Carl
he go on Milwaukee, but Barbara she
stay home. :.
Barbara she my cousin, las week
she come here. l send to Carl. He
wrote he come las nacht und marry
her. We tink you Carl. We tink
you say noddlng because you vas
fraid. You can not talk Deutsche p
"No."
aI fought not. It's all arecht now
Carl be laugh, Barbara laugh. You
like to see dem ?"
replied " No." and then we drank
their health and enjoyed another
good laugh. 1t was TIE narrowest es-
cape, though, I ever had from being
married.-Denver Times.
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