Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1893-01-27

man, said Alani "but suppose ] ought
70 have sei1, mach dug
eyes, that's 60. It's always 'dn' TO
children and inferiors.n
cor intimate friends added Alan.
j don't suppose Marie is our intimate
friend"
II have recently come to regard her
rs my bitter enemy, said uncle Thought
fully, though We seem to be getting
along ell right."
Alan rang tho bell again, which
seemed to alarm his uncle, but the boy
pointed to thssoup plates and they were
removed. Then came u baked bluefsh
beautiful to look upon. There isn't
any lemon with 1t, said uncle. 81 wan-
some lemon.
Il don't know how you are going TO
get it." said Alan.
There's lemonade liere in the die
tionary," said uncle, consulting his
book, "but lemon is probably aa en-
tirely different word, and ] don't think
lemonade would be very good On blue
fsh, even if rhe knew how to make So.
III have TO go without It,"
There vas O. ring at the basement
doorbcn, and Marie was heard as sho
walked through the hall. Then there
vas 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 dctour through
the kitchen and appeared in the diniu-.
room. "Lin manu. she said.
81 knew that" said uncle. "Who 81
he? Vie is ter? Whit does he WANT
WAS asked Marie.
"Who is he? Is Sc q beggar, a-what's
that word Alan? You know that comic
opera"
~"PinaforeT' asked Alan.
"Pinafore? No, what an ideal Dcr
Bay Observation-Disclosures Ist or
Elm bettelstudent-or bettel, Imean."
"Ich verstcho NIGHT" said Marie.
"Of course you don't" cried uncle.
"You don't understand anything. That
viii DO. ANS gehen." And uncle waved
his napkin Ike a woman shooting hens.
Marie fed, whilo uncle took mp the
carving knife and started to carve.
AS usual, he remarked, .this lnif.
IS too dali to cut custard. She's got t.
sharpen it,
"Wcll. how on earth arc you going 20
tell herr. asked Alan. u don't know
what sharpen is"
"Tll find it," said his uncle, opening
the dictionary. Just ring that bell"
Marie appeared and waited while Nv
Gle ran over tho leaves, muttariug %
himself. "Ah, here it isl 'Scharfen.'
You tell Lor 20 'scharfen' the knife"
"Whats dali? I've got to know tha;
too"
"'DullT Lets see. It's any one Of
half a dozen things. Try 'abstumpGen
That's the longest Of the lot.
knife IS 'mcsser,' said Alan. Il re-
member that, bat I've forgotten whether
it's masculine or feminine. I'll compro-
misc ON 'das,' which is neuter. Marie,
da5 messer is-what's that w0rd-ab.
stdmpfon-Gas messcr ist I'll abstu,np-
fen-abstumpfen. SccY backingat tho
roast as lie spoke. q" 'Scharfcn GU'-I
know that grammar is or, but starving
men can't talk dramatically 'schaIfon
du dus-das messcr-scharfcn-du YER
stehnY"
Maria looked doubtfully from Allan
to his uncle and then asked:
"Was haben sic gesagtf'
"What did tell your grcaned uncle.
That's just what she says to me, and /
talk the very best kind Of German TO
her. I'll get along with the knife some
way. Aus gehcn, " and again Maria was
shoood out Of the room.
Have You stopped drinking claret as
dinner, uncle;' asked Alan IS he
Strengthened ont a ragged slice Of beef
on his plate.
Il have stopped doing everything l
ever did, said uncle. i don't dare 20
ask for anything, and 1 can't go down
into the cellar for tho %claret, because
there is a spring lock on the door, ana If
l shut myself in Wos-haDen-sie-gesag
wouldn't know enough to let me ont. l
tried to ask her for some mustard the
other day and she didn't understand.
Then / said it was hot-meaning Of
curse the stuff / wanted-and she
opened the window. / shook my head
and said hot-or 'heizs'-over and over
again and pointed to my mouth. She
thought for n moment and then disap-
peared. L heard her banging away at
the refrigerator, and pretty soon she
came in with q bowl OF cracked ice. l
tell you, Alan, that girl viii drive mo
crazy
"Why wouldn't it be a good scheme
for as TO teach her English:'
Teach her English! Good heavens,
we can't teach her anything. / shudder
at the thought Of speaking to hor. Say,
how would you like to have solue ice
cream tonighty'
"Tiplop. But there isn't any in the
house, and we couldn't make her under
stand if we tried to send her out for
some"
"She'd probably bring back soap. No,
when we finish this we viii just sneak
out think we can get ont without her
knowing it-and wen 50 down 10 Man
haitian Beach and finish our dinner there
with ice cream and coffee
"But what shall wo do about b-esl..
fastf We've got TO ten her about that.
wen stay down there all might and
get breakfast there in the morning,
And, by the way, don't think it hardly
fair that your vacation should DO spoiled,
and l think you had better go back to
New Jersey tomorrow. III get along