Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1892-05-27
pricked up his ears olisten to what fol.

pricked uphis ears tolisten to what fol.
lowed,
when you vas first come here and
no pay your hotel bill, I vas parity
mad of you: put ven got me over dot
mad say myself to myself dot vas not
your fault but dot fault of dot circus vot
got bust up"
"Oh, that's alright" returned Marsh,
deprecatingly.
''Nein, neln," protested the old man,
ut vos all wrong, put makes dotright
NIT you; tomorrow we have some talk.
Good night"
With that the old man tramped off
to bed, leaving the young folks to chat
until the mothers call of LENA" warned
them that the time was getting into the
small hours.
On the morrow very satisfactory
arrangement was made with Forrest
Marsh and he was at once placed in the
position of paid employee, and it was
but short time before the young man
was next to the throne" and the
moving and active spirit about the
double establishment.
The old man as time passed lived
more at his ease and gave less personal
attention to his business, and at the end
of year all callers on business were
referred to "Mister Marsh" with the
added remark: Hes ter poss."
The hotel prospered and the product
ut n 10 lo - -
capacity. Forrest Marsh hustled and
the old man smoked his pipe ndquaffed
his beer with his cronies.
How were Lena and Forrest getting
along? Why, Lena was teaching For
rest German; and what willing pupil
he was. And what young man would
not have wrestled with foreign tongue
to have had such a teacher? But the
task was not such an easy one, and
when he failed to catch the pronuncia-
ton of a jaw breaker the pretty teacher
scolded and stamped her little foot in
well 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 great match, but none Of
the beaux or the swells of the little city
by the river gained favor in her eyes,
which were all for Forrest Marsh.
Lena's parents had not been blind to
the growing affection of the young
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.
So it 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 nodding?"
The next moment the old man broke
forth in roar of laughter at Marshs
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. l can't get along mitout
you any longer. | trust you NIT my
pizness and my money. You vos nice
fellow. You vos smart. You vos hon
est Vot more would want? Put my
Lena must never marry 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, ant
will ever be remembered in that local
ity and vicinity. Forrest Marsh by hi;
affability had made himself exceedingly
popular, and everybody declared he was
a lucky fellow" but the girls, in theil
view of the alliance, said lucky Lena.
In after years, in his happiness ant
prosperity, Forrest Marsh looked bacl
upon the circumstances which brought
him to the spot. An event which i'm
poverished Bernhard and blasted his lifC
had enriched him and crowned hin
with happiness, and at such times as he
unused he was wont to repeat to himsel
the familiar adage: at is an i'll WING
which brings no one good. CHARLES IL
Day, in N. Y, Journalist.