The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-03-08
WOMAN W1THTHREE ROSES
A German-American Romance. Written
for This Paper.
BY E. ID. BEACH.
CHAPTER VIII,

,sssr. Herr Wachsmuth was strenuous
IN that point. His niece had possessed
him absolutely for several hour: at q
time which it had been his habit for
years to devote scrupulOusly to HIM
self She had hauled him in person
and mauled him in feeling, and had
taken him from q place and condition
IL delight to q place and condition OF
appalling discomfort. The usually
amiable and agreeable wine merchant
had grumbled at q midnight ride in a
cab in a February fog, had grumbled
at being dressed up as q friar-a man
OF his years and plain nineteenth CEN
uary tastes and habits-in a calico
gown with hood and a cord around
his waist. If he should chance to be
revealed to an acquaintance he was
snre he would perish with shame. The
air OF tie Opera House was intolerable,
heavy with mephitic vapOrs. stale with
the products of combustion. human and
4Osncco; abominable with the fumes of
beer and spirits and wine -purveyor of
,n-tfulIy modified alcohol though he
WAS, there was a degree and kind of
humanity assisted fume at which he
drew the line of his appreciation. The
crash of the band fairly ratified his
brain, the haze and the shutfling and
shifting multitude gave him vertigo;
it was hot as Tartarus; he hated the
sight Of certain kind of tip,y women
VINO are bound to be called out in ap-
psx,ciable numbers by any great public
s.out-and so on, with u persistence and
siccrbity which four hours earlier in
the day would have been no more dis
sDverab.c in this patient and amiable
1itizen than in the lambs of the Thur
~l,;, nj.
angel, on cathedral towers.
TO supper Minna had to go. If the
worthy wine merchant had suffered,
his tribulations had NO: interfered with
4he production of a fine appetite.
staOx where he sat, after her departure
;n quest OF Herr Martersteig and the
woman with the three roses. and after
shsr humiliating discovery of that pair
and the singular and highly painful
incident that followed it, she had re-
gained her outward composure: but
she was, as any body with the least in
sight OF the emotions of woman may
utterly without appetite.
sire pleaded and protested against
supper: she had headache, she was
T.iEghiy nervous. she needed rest, she
Was ovcrpowered with sleep: bu: her
uncle was Obilratc. He had needed
~a.st, he had been ovcrpowercd with
sicep. and she hal not rejected his
condition in the least; now he was
hungry, and to supper Mistress Minna
unu!d have to go. They got into
1-,Othe' cab, and were driven over to II
-sstaurant on the East sid AN CT. cful.
delightful place, kept by an artist from
The German side of the Alps, and held
open to night on account of the great
ani!l-anl here the wine merchant
.'Hrathcd a sigh of relief a. he stretched
his legs under the white cloth and
took the generous spci.ckarte in hand.
Minna would eat nothing. Herr
Wachsmuth was in a mood for cold
roast goose and champagne. Rhine
irvine. he said, was the proper drink
FOR the Tea enable hours of the day
IN the loss of sleep. and AZ \ spur to
, rr.se one out Of Respondent oon-
Milton, there was nothing like the
sparkling vintage of the people who
were whipped at Sedan. Perhaps it
-wa.s the last virtue attributed by Herr
'Wachsmuth to the opera bOutfe king
of wines which appealed to Minna: at
any rate, She accepted glass Of the
tOamiEg beverage from her uncle.
drank !: eagerly, and felt a great deal
ifEttcr for it.
After period OF devotion to the
goose and the champagne, Herr
WachslnUth made what he called q
digestive pause. Leaning back in ais
chair, with his hands clasped loosely
shove the swell of his waistccat, he
tAx,,ncd upon his niece with much
suitability. and pre- sently addressed her.
Minna," he said, Heinrich is 6 boy
with Il number of good roint-.'
Yes, lima assented iaaguidly: she
ts:sd - vague feeling that if the whole
.tiuth were told it would have to be
added that her cousin poss { ,scd num-
s@r of bad points also, and still another
number of points whose rec ommcnda-
eions we've only moderate but she did
satss feel called uponto grieve her uncle
/: >w any such sratuitOus suggestion. She
slipped at her champagne, and waited
with, moderate interest for him to con-
sinuc.
Il had hoped" said Herr Wachs-
-,nuth. adjusting his spectacles. and
speaking with much deliberation. as
Enough aware that time should be
given to the choosing OF language in
the expression of some tn oughts. that
you and Heinrich should be married
Ia zach other"
fhe wine merchant rauscl here for
-,reply: but, receiving none, contin-
ced:
cit does not seem to ME now that you
two arc likely to he married. You do
not appear to care for him. and As for
Heinrich. saw him la,t night at the
Ixii-'
You saw Heinrich a: the ball:'
Minna exclaimed. in some surprise.
Yes returned Herr Nachsnuth:
~hc WAS walking with girl with very
pretty white shoulders and 8 red dress
and Il crown. and he acted rs if he
could eat her up"
but. uncle. how did YOU knew Helm.
.llch." cried NJ ma
by his size and b. his slippers. He
WAS dressed Is Il brigand. bu; suppose
ND shoes went with tho suit. for he
wore the green slippers with red and
yellow roses which tie Won a. ottc
-kleinseiiel's ra.le last Christmas
Herr Wachsmu:h shifted his spectacle,