Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-03-05
BETTY'S CAREER,

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BETTY'S CAREER.
Seventeen times had Betty watched the
apple blossoms drift and the apples come,
ripen and fall. For almost as many years
she had felt the ivory keys of the piano her
especial friends, and they had assured her
that when she was old enough they would
tell her the vast secrets Of tho old pianos
soul
Betty's mother also dreamed of that
bright time when Betty should awake the
world; when Betty should come forth a
radiant, smiling, gracious vision, bowling
kindly to the throng who hocked to hear
her.
Captain Trevelyan was tremendous
fanatic on many subjects. He had wild
passion for music, though he did not play
a note himself.
Ho CHANGED to meet Betty and Betty's
mother, Mrs. Delamater, at musicale,
and having heard Sweet Seventeen play
and beheld Sweet Seventeen s rioh promise
OF beauty he inquired into her prospects
for q course at Leipsio, and could she 60,
as she ought.
Mrs. Delamater sighed and shook her
head.
''She ought to go. She must go" OK
claimed the enthusiastic captain. mad
am, I shall consider 1t the greatest posi-
BILE honor If you will permit me to send
your daughter to Germany and give her
the opportunity such talent deserves and
to send you, madam, to look after her and
care for her. I don't mind telling you
that when she Is creating furore and has
reached that point in life called success,
then you may repay me every cent"
Then followed three charmed years in
Leipsic-three years with smiling eyes and
golden crowns-and Betty studied care.
fully and happily, experiencing only the
present and thinking nothing Of tho fu-
ture.
They went twice each week to tho opera
then there were the carnivals on the Ice,
and just as Mrs. Delamater began to
dream of Betty's professional debut on her
return to the States Betty did the unex-
pected and Observation-Disclosures fell in love.
1t was horrid in her, and yet Betty was
happier than she had ever been in her life
and could not bring herself to despise the
young fa1en haired German, who had un-
blushingly done all in his power to lead
her into adoring him, while he helped her
to master German verbs and idioms,
taught her to skate and sung tender Ger
man ballads to her accompaniment.
Fritz Leiber was at Leipsic taking vocal
instructions and enjoying himself. No
one knew who he was, and he never told.
When Betty, with dramatic fervor, told
him he must give her up, and she must
give him up, and they must part and meet
no more, he would throw back his hand.
some head and cry, Zach, mein llebohen,
nioht wahr, NIGHT wahr!'
To his confidential friond and fellow
student he conflded the plan Of action
mapped out in his mind.
He intended to walt till "dio mutter"
was more inclined to be friendly and then
explain who he was and ask for Betty 8
hand. The friend agreed that was good
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plan of her own. The three years were
the States with the rebellious Betty, and
ated.
By an almost superhuman effort she got
Betty out of Germany without her seeing
and, with eyes red with weeping for him
and after difficulties galore, she was finally
on the ship sailing for New York.
Betty, who ordinarily was never seasick,
took to her bed and refused to get up.
Fritz was in Germany.
Captain Trevelyan would be looking for
an enthusiastic young lady, trimming
over with plans and inwrapped in her art,
like tho Chinese woman in her kimona.
What had she to show him. A limp
young thing. walling for person named
Fritz.
Happily Captain Trevelyan did not
meet them In New York, and Mrs. Della
mater felt thankful for the time thus
given her. She went to Washington with
her daughter and took as nice house as
she could afford. Betty began by taking
pupils in music and made an excellent
teacher.
Captain Trevelyan was duly astonished
at the change In his once ardent young
protegee. He was blunt and old fashioned
In his expressions. He merely said, "Well,
she seems to have petered right out"
This was the last straw, and Mrs. Della
mater broke down. but not to the extent
of explaining about Fritz.
Meantime Fritz was wondering what
could have made him SO stupid as to have
deferred his explanations SO long,
The terrible change from their compare
1.-Two affluence In Germany and their addi-
tional wants since travelling and seeing
and having SO much made their present
mode of living doubly unbearable, while
the great disappointment each felt, one in
her daughters career and the other in los
ing her lover, gave rise to many bitter
verbal skirnish that only resulted In Wild
CHING the breach between them.
One evening, when Captain Trevelyan
was at the house, he somewhat startled
them by announcing that he was going to
Europe.
Betty grew pale and yet had presence
of mind enough when her mother left the
room for a few minutes to ask him II she
might give him note to one Of her
friends, who, she thought, would make 1t
pleasant for him in Leipsio.
Betty began to evinoe some interest in
Nfe from the minute the captain said he
was going abroad, and when her mother
ro-entered the room, she ran to her enthu-
siastioally and expressed her joy that Cap
tain Trevelyan was going to dear old Ger
many.
She even sat down at the plano and re-
called them with some brilliant music that
seemed, however, to the good captain more
giddy than classic.
Tho old time fire was coming back into
her eyes, the old time sparkle in her speech.
She sang little German sag, all about
young maiden who loved young man,
and the young man was torn from the
young maidon's heart, and agony prevail
cd, but suddenly the iron hand Of fate was
lifted, tho young man was restored to the
young maiden, and happiness reigned su-
prone.
"Yes,r said the captain grimly when
tho song was finished, II will go to Ger
many. am an old fool. Good night"
Betty's pupils made great progress from
that timo on. Tho girl applied herself dill.
Igently, striving to lose herself in he,
work. She had given the note to Captain
Trevelyan, who had said nothing about 1t
to hor mother nor made any extended
comment on it to her.
She had also intrusted him with Letter
TO the same friend. The bearer Of the
Npiisslyees smiled az: be glanced at theY,