The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-27

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any lemon with it," said uncle. II want
some lemon"
Il don't know how you are going to
get it" said Alan.
"There's lemonade here in the die
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 to go without it.
There was ring at the basement
doorbell, and Marie was heard as she
walked through the hall. Then there
was 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. lin Manu." she said.
81 knew that" said uncle. "Who is
he? Vie is ter? What does he want|
"Was:" asked Marie.
"Who is he? Is it beggar, a-what's
that word Alan? You know that comic
opera"
s.Pinafore?" asked Alan.
"Pinafore? No, what an ideal Del
Bay ng-Bettelstudent. list e1
elm bettelstudent-or bettel, ! mean"
ssIch verstehe NIGHT" said Marie.
s.Of course you DON'T" cried uncle
you don't understand anything. That
will do. Aus gehen." And uncle waved
his napkin like woman shooting hens
Marie fled, while uncle took up the
carving knife and started to carve.
.sAs usual" he remarked, "this knife
is too dull to cut custard. She's got tt
sharpen it"
"Well, how on earth are you going to
tell herr" asked Alan. 81 don't know
what sharpen is
s.rll find it," said his uncle opening
the dictionary. "Just ring that bell"
Marie appeared and waited while un.
Gle ran oyer the leaves, muttering tc
himself. '.Ah, here it is! 'Scharfen.
lsYou tell her to 'scharfen' the knife
whats 'dullT I've got to know tina,
too"
"'Dull?' Let's see. It's any one OF
half dozen things. Try 'abstumpfen.
lnaC s IQ6 lOnSeSG VI tuo iOt.
"Knife is smesser,' 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 list Zu abstump'
fen-abstumpfen. Seer" hacking at the
roast as he spoke. "'Scharfen du'-j
kIo% off Int cfo a
men can't talk dramatically scharfer
du das-das messer-scharfen- yer.
stehnY"
Maria looked doubtfully from Allan
| to his uncle and then asked:
"Was haben sic gesagt%
"What did I.tell you?" groaned uncle
"That's just what she says to me, and
talk the very best kind of German t.
| her. I'll get along with the knife some
| way. Aus gehen," and again Maria wa:
| shooed out of the room.
"Haye you stopped drinking claret a
dinner, uncle?" asked Alan, as ht
| Strengthened out ragged slice of bee
on his plate.
Il have stopped doing everything
| ever did," said uncle. 81 don't dare tt
ask for anything, and 1 can't go dowr
into the cellar for the claret, becaus,
there is spring lock on the door, and i
| l shut myself in Wos-haben-sie-gesag
wouldn't know enough to let me out.
tried to ask her for some mustard thu
| other day and she didn't understand
Then | said it was hot-meaning o
| course the stuff l wanted-and sh,
| ol,ened the window. / shook my heat
and said hot-or 'heizs'-over and owe
| again and pointed to my mouth. Sh
| thought for a moment and then disap
| peaTed. 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 a good schem
for rs to teach her English
Teach her English! Good heaven;
we can't teach her anything. | shudde
at the thought of speaking to her. Say
how would you like to have some &c
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 fC
some.
''Shed probably bring back soap. N
when we finish this we will just snea
out think we can get out without he
knowing it-and We'll go down to Mai
haitian Beach and finish our dinner thel
with ice cream and coffee"
But what shall we do about breal
fast? We've got to tell her about that
We'll stay down there all night an
get breakfast there in the morning
: And, by the way, l don't think it hard
J fair that your vacation should be spoile,
and think YOU had better go back
New Jersey tomorrow. I'll get aloI
some way till your mother returns"
; How uncle got along may be unde
stood from this extract from the lett
to Alan's mother that he wrote the ne
|, day:
'It's dreadfully hot here and Mar
has been looking far from well. So
have taken the liberty of giving her ty
weeks vacation with pay, and SHIT
gone into the country to visit her marri
$ sister. She understands that she b
% not been discharged. I'll sleep at t
L house. Everything is going all right
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