Arizona republican., 1892-11-27

J ' man." said Alan; "brt suppose l ought to have said, mach du?
 "Yes, that's go. It's always 'du' to children and interiors"
 "Or intimate friends" added Alan. "I don't suppose Marie is our intimate friend"
 "l have recently come to regard her as my bitter enemy" said uncle thought fully, "though we seem to be getting along all right"
 Alan rang the bell again, which seemed to alarm his uncle, but the boy pointed to the soup plates and they were removed. Then came baked bluefish beautiful to look upon. "There isn't any lemon with it" said uncle. "l want some lemon"
 "I don't know how you are going to get it." said Alan.
 "There's lemonade here in the dic- tionary," said uncle, consulting his book, but lemon is probably an en- tirely different word, and don't think lemonade would be very good on blue fish, even if she knew how to make it. I'll have 10 go without it"
 There was ring at the basement doorbell, and Marie was heard as she walked through the hall Then there was q colloquy in which somebody with an Irish brogue seemed to be figuring. Uncle and Alan dropped their forks and waited results. Presently the door was closed; Marie made a detour through | the kitchen and appeared in the dining room. "Ein lnann," she said.
 "I knew that" said unc,e. Who is he? Vie is ter? What does he want?
 "Was?' asked Marie.
 "Who is Ee? Is it beggar, a-whats that word Alan2 You know that comic opera"
 "Pinafore;" asked Alan.
 "Pinafore? No, what an idea! Der i Bay something-Bettelstudent. lst CT ein bettelstudent--or bettel, l mean"
 "Ich verstehe nicht,' said Marie.
 "Of course you don't" cried uncle. You don't understand anything. That will do Aus gehen." And uncle waved his napkin like woman shooing hens. Marie fed, while uncle took up the carving knife and started to carve.
 As usual" he remarked, "this knife i is too dull to cut custard. She's got tc sharpen it."
 "Woll, how on earth are you going to tell herr" asked Alan. "l don't know what sharpen is."
 "Tll find it." said his uncle, opening the dictionary. "Juit ring that bell"
 Marie appeared and waited while un' cle ran over the leaves, muttering tc himself. "Ah, here it is! 'Scharfen. You tell her to 'scharfen the knise.'
 Whats 'dullT I've got to know that too"
 "'DullY Let's see. It's any one of half a dozen things. Try 'abstumpfen. That's the longest of the lot.
 Knife is 'messer,' said Alan. Il re member that, but I've forgotten whether it's masculine or feminine. I'll compro mise on .das,' which is neuter. Marie das messer is-what's that word-ab stumpfen-das messer ist Zu abstump fen-abstumpfen. Seer" hacking at tn, roast as he spoke. "'Scharfen du'-l know that grammar is off, but starving men can't talk grammatically- 'scharfer du das-das messer -scharfen-du yer stehnT"
 Maria looked doubtfully from Allar to his uncle and then asked:
 "Was haben sic gesagt?
 What did tell your" groaned uncle That's just what she says to me, and talk the very best kind of German tt her. I'll get along with the knife som, way. Aus gehen,'" and again Maria wa shooed out of the room.
 Have you stopped drinking claret 8 dinner, uncler' asked Alan, as h, strengthened out a ragged slice of bee on his plate.
 "I have stopped doing everything ever did, said uncle. "I don't dare t ask for anything, and 1 can't go dowl into the cellar for the claret, becaus there is spring lock on the door, and 1 1 shut myself in Wos-haben-sie-gesag wouldn't know enough to let me out. tried to ask her for some mustard tn other day and she didn't understand Then 1 said it was hot-meaning o course the stuff l wanted-and sh opened the window. l shook my heaC and said hot-or 'heizs'-over and ove again and pointed to my mouth. Sh thought for moment and then disap peaged. l heard her banging away a the refrigerator, and pretty soon sh came in with bowl of cracked ice. tell you, Alan, that girl will drive m crazy"
 "Why wouldn't it be good schem for us to teach her EnglishF'
 Teach her Englishl Good heavens we can't teach her anything. l shudde at the thought of speaking to her. Say how would you like to have some ic cream tonight?"
 "Tiptop. But there isn't any in tn house, and we couldn't make her under stand if we tried to send her out fo some."
 Shed probably bring back soap. No when we finish this we will just sneal out-I think we can get out without he knowing it-and we'll go down to Man haitian Beach and finish our dinner ther with ice cream and coffee."