The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-02-22

fascinating and unrespOnsive. He sought
in vain for q motive for her inditfer-
ence. He thought of Heinrich. and
was unable to feel any mental disturb
ance on account of that youth. A Ger
man and scholar. he had been
prompted to analyze the conduct of
the wine merchants niece. and had
come to the conclusion that such indif-
ference as she displayed to him would
never be expended upon anybody in
whom she was not Interested. He de-
rived what comfort he could from this
paradox until Herr Wachsmuth cot
home fro m Baltimore.
Alex" cried the wine merchant
when they met, embrace me. You
are the son of your father. I've heard
Of you. you rascal. Heinrich has told
me. Kissing the servant girls, Ell. be-
fore you'd been in America long enough
to eat dinner"
Uncle" exclaimed Minna- You en-
barrass Herr Martersteig."
This was not 50. The young man
looked a tribe puzzled, but not in the
least embarrassed. Servant girls"
said he, with an ali. of mystitication
whose honesty was too natural to be
questioned-"I kissing the servant
girls: | was not aware --'
Heinrich" riaced the wine mer-
chant. Minna's cousin had risen from
the corner where he had been sitting
at his father, first reference to the
servant girls. and was slipping out at
the dor when Herr Wachsmuth called
t. him. He came back and explained
with considerable awkwardness that
hi, st ny about Martersteig had
been mere playful fiction. con-
cOcI"I with no more serious in
tention than to amuse Minna and her
father and exercise his own faculty of
imag nation. An idea flashed into
Marterstcig, mind as Heinrich made
his confession. and he looked search
ingly at Minna. The idea was reward
ed. He saw her bestow upon her cousin
glance calculated to make that young
romancer vince. and then he himself
caught from her a soft look Of unmis-
taxable apology and promise. Herr
| Wach -muth seemed inclined to regard
the Confession of Heinrich As elton
| rather than the original st ny He
chuckled anC nOdde,:. and said Yes,
| yes = to be sure. TO tie sure. in q way
| to indicate with much plainncss his
| understanding that boys would be boys,
and that the son of Nicholas Marter-
staig was chip of the old block But
| Her Wac hsnuth's jovial insinuations
! were lost upon the others-upon Minna.
| because she did not even hear them:
upon Martersteig. because he saw in
! the eyes & the wine merchants niece
u light which he had seen there never
before, and upon Heinrich because he
knew who the circulating rascal really
| was.
CHAPTE:, ~.
Irving place is streaming with hui
mainly. A gre at multitude of English
! speaking people is pouring into the
| Acamedy to hea: the ankee fun of The
! Old Homestead" and great multi
tude of German speakers are pouring
into the old Amberg Theater to laugh
at the rare comedian. ,Junkermnan. from
over the sea. Martersteig and Minna
with Heinrich to play propriety, sit il
the Amberg, in orchestra chairs, vel
in front. Heinrich's face is the only
solemn one in the house. A drol
youth is Heinrich He is almost il
with jealousy of the young Doctor O
PhilolOgy, from Gottingen. and at the
same time Heinrich has paid at least 8
dozen visits to the pretty chamber
maid, Louisa Niemeyer, since that de
lirious encounter which followed the
l
hallway of the Hotel Bruck bauer HI
and Louisa had been in the Hoboke1
beer gardens together, and an attach
ment of considerable warmth ha,
sprung up between the pair-so mucl
Of an attachment on Heinrich's par
that for several days now he has beer
wondering if it will be possible for hin
ever to live without his Louisa. o
course it l. highly unreasonable il
him in the circumstances to be Jealous
On account of his cousin; but then it i
the nature OF jealousy to be highly I'm
reasonable. as we are all aware. It i
some satisfaction to know. considering
is absu:dity. that neither Marter,teis
nor Minna pays the least attention t.
the jealousy of Heinrich, and that thu
observation-disclosures which arises from
it is entirely his own.
But it must be admitted that to any
body in love with Minna. except Mar
tersteig, Alinna's treatment of thu
young Philolog is calculated to be ex
tremely annoying. He has evidentl,
come very far along in the graces 0
the wine merchants niece in the few
days since Heinrich's confession of tn,
diaphanousness of his story about tn
chambermaid. What eyes she make
at him.-not bold. grimacing demon
STATIONS. such as flirting girls make
but eyes very soft and full of myste
rious fire and wounding very deep
Hardly a quarter of the convulsive flu
OF .unkermann is apparent to her a
all. and even the shafts which do sue
coed in reaching her sensibilities pre-
woke only the faintest evidence Of rec
ignition. Time and again when tn
house roars she looks up plaintively q
Junkermann. as though wonderin
what it is all about. l think 1 shout
hate to be a merrymaker playing fo
an audience of Ninnas. but | do nc
know that it is reasonable II ask girl
i'll love to put themselves out to Sc
jokes and encourage comedy.
Something in one of the boxes make
itself felt to the senses Of Minna.
comedian may not attract a woman i
, love, but another woman may. Their
IS a woman in one of the boxes.
: slender woman sitting we'll back in tn