Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-04-27
Kicked up his ears tolistcn to wha. fol.

pricised up his cars tolistcn to what fol.
lowed
when you vas first come here and
no pay your hotel bill. vas parity
mad of you: put ven got me over dot
mad say myself to myself dot vas not
your fault hut dot fault of dot circus vot
got bust up"
"oh, that's all right" returned Marsh.
dcprecatingly.
"Nein, men," protested the old man,
1T vos all wrong, put makes dot right
init you; Tomorrow we have some talk.
Good night"
With that the old man trampcd of
to bed, leaving the young folks to chat
until the mothers call of LENA" warned
them thas the time was getting into the
small ho.rs.
On the morrow a very satisfactory
arrangement was made with Forrest
Marsh and he was at once placed in the
position of n paid employee. and il was
but short time before the young man
was next TO the throne" and the
moving and active spirit about tho
double establishment.
The old man AS time passed lived
more ut his ease and gave less personal
attention TO his business, and ut the end
of year all callers on business were
| referred to Mister Marsh" with tho
added remark: Hes ter poss."
The hotel prospercd and the product
of the brewery sold to the limit of its
| capacity Forrest Marsh hustled and
tho old man smoked his pipe and quafred
his beer with his cronies.
How were Lena and Forrest getting
along? Why, Lena was teaching For
rest German; and what a willing pupil
he was. And what young man would
not have wrestled with a foreign tongue
10 have had such teacher? But the
task was not such an easy one, and
when he failed to catch the pronuncia-
ton OF jaw breaker the pretty teacher
Scolded and stamped her little foot in
we'll pretended anger.
The pupil persisted and aired his new
accomplishment in the brewery until
by practice he could to the delight of
his employer, converse readily in the
language of the fatherland.
Lena was a great match. but none of
the beauN or;he Swells of the little city
by the river gained favor in her eyes,
which were all for Forrest Marsh.
Lcna's parents had not been blind TO
the growing affection OF the vouns,
folks, neither did they object to it: they
just remained passive and let events
take their natural course. and events
went tending rapidly toward matri.
mony.
80 1t was no surprise when the young
man asked for the hand of Lena. The
answer almost caused the lover TO faint.
How could my torter marry fellow
vot has got uodding?"
The next moment the old man broke
forth in roar OF laughter Mt Marsh's
glum visage and then he said, reassur-
ingly:
My tear poy, fix dot. vos too old
and too lazy to run ter pizness. You
voS ter poss. can't get along mitout
you any longer. l trust You init my
piznesS and my money. You vos nice
fellow. You vos smart. You vos hon
est. Not more would l want? Put my
Lena must never marry n poor man.
fix dot. give you Lena-all of Lena,
and half the brewery, and half the hotel,
and the biggest Wedding vot was ever OF
this town since it vos porn"
And the wedding was an event, and
viii ever be remembered in that local
ity and vicinity. Forrest Marsh by his
atfability had made himself exceedingly
popular, and everybody declared ne was
n lucky fellow" but the girls in their
view of the alliance, said lucky Lena"
In after years, in his happiness and
prosperity, Forrest Marsh looked back
upon the circumstances which brought
nm TO the spot. An event which inn
poverished Bernhard and blasted his life
had enriched him and crowned him
with happiness, and mt such times rs he
unused he was wont 10 repeat to himself
the familiar adage: ut is an i'll wind
which brings no one good. Charles IL.
Day, in y. Y. Journalist.