The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-03-01
CHAPTER y.

Nina would have accom- panied Helm
rich 20 Goerwitz's if .lunkernann had
not been 50 funny in the last act OF IT I
die Franzosen lid" but he was so OK
ceedingly droll that Minna declared
her unwillingness to interrupt the
memory of him by going to & teer sa.
loon, notwithstanding that the beer
saloon was an accurate reproduction Of
a noble baronial hall. with bears heads
End stays antlers protruding from the
Wall; with huge tankards of antique
mold lining its scores of oaken shelves:
with friezc chuck full Of old German
Bacchanalian poetry. and with huge
hSgs burning in majestic tircp,aces. So
Martersteig saw her homo. and Helm
rich went to GOerwitZ's alone. Helm
rich found u place in snug corner.
and, sitting behind 4 fOaming glass of
the Munich royal brew, was casting up
in his mind whether he would have
boiled sausage from Frankfort Or
smoked sprats from the water, OF kiel,
when s thought was distracted by Il
sudden frOu-frOu OF mich s:archincss.
= pretty face presented itself just over
his shoulder, soft touch fell upon his
unmistakab!e exclaimed: ooh, Helm
rich, am so glad to find you here"
How came you here, L1,iisa?' Helm
Itch demanded. pcering darllly around.
Il came with my ,,isin Heinrich
my real cousin, you know. He is 60
years old, and his wife il with us"
Heinrich wa, not q man to be jealous
of such company ~ that The girl was
easily persuaded to- sit down with him
for little while, although the mature
cousin and his wife regarded the visit
somewhat dOubtiully. and eyed Helm
rich with cold suspicion, while ho and
Louisa ate u double portion of sprats
tOgcther. Before the sprAts were fin
ishcd, an idea entered tho head of
Heinrich shat seemed to him very
promising. "LOuisa," he said. the
Arion ball is tomorrow night. Would
YOU like to go with me-"
OH cried Louisa. would L."
The tone of this repeated inquiry
was unmistakable. Heinricn was sat
listed that Louisa would be very much
pleased, indeed, t. go to tho ball with
him. In extending tho invitation to
her he had not forgotten that Martcr-
steig would DO at he ball, and that in
all human probability his cousin would
fe there also, but he thought that he
could easily conceal his identity. He
would have u good look at the woman
III Ulack and silver, with tho three red
.oses. nc said to himself. and have Il
nice time with the pretty chamber
paid, and nobody would be any tho
wiser. Heinrich had lighted cigar
and was looking com ~lacently through
the smoke Il: I.O"isa as he thought
this She was all smiles, and her
:glances at Heinrich were very CRATE
iul and very distracting indeed. She
had finished her sprats. and was beat
ing tho bread crumbs ont CT her lap
preparatory to rejoining her relations.
when Il goOd-looking young gentleman
ssauntared up behind Heinrich and
surveyed him somewhat duizzically
through a single cyeg.ass. She had a
vague remembrance OF having seen
him before; he knew that he had seen
her before. and remembered where.
-UcrrWuchsmuth, said Martcrste:g.
Is he laid hand ON Heinrich )
shoulder, will you c, nfer upon III. the
honor Of presentations"
IL, vas hard for Heinrich: he would
have gone without sprats and beer, and
Louisa into tho bargain, fer month,
rather than it should have happened:
bur happened it had, and it only re-
NAMED for him +, make the best of it.
Ho hemmcd and hawcd, his face was
s.b,:,ze, and every sprat that he had
eaten seemed to be in his throat as he
presented his friend. Herr Marter-
steig, tho son of an old friend of his
fathers, to the F'raulcin Niemeycr of
--of-tha is to say. to the Fr:u'cin Me
meyer"
Poor Heinrich. Eie might just as we'll
nave said HObOkcn and saved himself
some stammering. The face Of Louisa
Nicmeyer was remembered PERFECTLY
well by the young Philolog. He had
seen her once or twice at the Hotel
Bruckb bauer. and her face was muc!,
t4O pretty to BE- forgotten within Il
month. even by man who had looked
ut ii onl Y casually. Mar;crsteig smiled
SIS he recalled the story that Heinrich
IN his Jealousy had invented. Henri, h.
Heinrich. even the villains who are
shrevd are pretty SIRE to be brought
up with round turn: what chance is
there then for 4 foolish one who tries
with his little legs to run in advance
Ut Fate:
CHAPTER VI.
This is tho Arion. 1t Is amazing what
people in the pursuit of enjoyment will
put up with. How they crowd you
and snub you. And yet, would you
miss it, OH, no. Once they got up a
ticket of admission on which the mean
ing Of this wonderful aunua! revel WAS
very wildly expressed. There. in a
blazing lithograph, was represented
Prudcry trotting away in high alarm
behind her fan. Sorrow tax ny tlignt
beneath 4 brood of ominous ravens, the
<sattails of an orthodox minister dis
appearing i'll one cocnor. couple OF
she c.unieipal police propi;iously
asleep. and garlanded Harlequin arts
ing from year-old tomb in burst
OF sunshine. amid the delirious plau l.
its OF Q parti-colorci Company. 1t i,
called !; bal, bu: it is a carnival.
IL /, the annual oli:cropp;ng of the
Tcutonic Instinct OF violent nlas3ue-
s=sde. caricnturc and ga ia0trr Every
skinr that happens N the three DAYS
carnival in l. ,ipsic til, most notable.
serhaps. OF the carnivals celes rated in
tho t'atilcrlaaj when the lilaza in
fron: OF the irassian Hotct is called
the Corso. and all the men and women
of the city petit one another with sugar