The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-09-24
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80 tross awkwardly sAmbohas ihertip
I dislike beias Introduced 10 people st o
iu.vimulfs tanks bot IS Mls- kicbbod!
inua iueed btr ! bad 10 be evil Mr.
R.ebbady wss very good COOK -mucl
better tbsa the ebst =, The hotel where
an stsyi1s
SO iouod her chsr snd we ="
down.
Oat oi tie coraer oi my eye nw hc
hitch Der chair little closer 10 mine Al
she adjusted hef skirts. Like ell d,
girls this season, she wers those sbomin'
ble sodsts behind, that stick on. like ibt
90 xoa,cher Of locomotive, aud they need
careful management,
Before she bad spoken siI words ] muI
INJURED TO myself Ab. that explains 1t
You are German.
EIptsius ~hsti she asked sharply,
Yoa are German, repeated. Pray
70 on. | am Interested in your re
remarks
Most 10 eigDers take me TO- French, she
said.
Imerely smiled and dropped the ashes
Of ny cigar into the up utued eye OF my
tailor 10 the tank below, who bad had the
impertioence to forward me bis little sc
count from the city.
Most ioreigre she repeated.
Excuse me, ssid |, but where ale
we2
In the swimming tank
Ne, at the swimming tank, but in the
Uui,ed States Of America.
Just then the band played Der Wscht
sm BheiD,
It's true eli the same, said as the lsst
strain died sway. We're in America,
though sometimes dud it hard to realize
it.
Caroliue irowned and made delicious
little pucker 10 her white forehead. Il
osll ber Caroline now. All this was five
Gays ago
The best blood you have 1t sGermsn, she
ssIi.
think not, | replied, My srandmotb
er was FrenohwomSn.
so was mine, she said softly.
The silence was broken only by the bark
iug OF bumsn seal in the tank below -
a poor imitation and much more vulgar
than the original
At length Caroline sid, am sorry you
dislike the Germans.
don't As individuals ! have many
friends among them, but as q nstion---
| blew light Whit that vanished into
thin air,
You're not very entertaining or very
complimentary. Indeed, you're rather
rude, and think I'll 90, she said.
She rose and gave her pipe organ plaits
. preliminary shake.
Don't go, said mildly. | said moth
ing
spres with ycu. she answered cheer
fully, and sat down again with satisfied
smile.
Now. confess, that Just for momet t
| felt foolish, Never a map, never child
and seldom q woman has made me feel
foolish. And this woman had made me
feel foolish for moment. was annoy
ed. and, fear, showed il, for caves it
tie start Il was 30 surprised at her auda
city, you know, } and dropped my lighted
cigar into the swimming tank: II fell Oh
the bald head OF my tailor (StulizwurzeD
and made hlm swear prodigiously. That
was some satisfaction,
| think we'd better go aud take turn
90 the beach said |, rising. The air seems
ssrm and stuily here.
Not at ALL she replied, settling back
snusIy aud tapping the toe OF a very sms. u
tau slipper with the parssol'
It seems very comfortable here to
me. But perhaps you suffer from head
ache2
No. said !, that's not the troutl4. My
nose is out Of joint
Poor SIswkenbetglus, she mnrmnr
ID
Nov this was more extraordinary than
ANYTHING she had said before. That a
vonpg eirl brought mp among the Ger
mans that strange people who drink lar
er beer, 1--we ssuefkrsut and write voIumes
on such thrilling topics as Assonsntsl
Rimes for Hots 10 the old Germsn epic
thsts girl so educated slolld show sc
luslntauce With a belle lettres writer 30
essentially non German as Sterne-ths
vas even more remarkable thsn her imper
tIpep, remark about my having said mo
thing
IwAs proceeding TO light q fresh cis'r
when she interrupted coolly.
don't likesu oking, Mr Lessnd.
looked Der 10 smszement.
Bnt YOU are q Germsn, said. Su,ely
oil Germsns-
Have you ever been 10 Germany she
asked,
Nov. here she bad me again. No,l have
never been in Germany, bat ! Ws'nt 60
ips to confess 1t wiIbou,s struggle, 20 |
svssiyely replied. I have been IN Sle'wIck
Holstio.
That's bsr1ly Germany lthis rather die
iaiBinl.y)
I'm el,d to tear yen confess it, fsid /
I've sIvsys maintained that sIesWiek Hol
stein is piece Of Deumstk Wbien The
Gsrmsus sto'e.
II, fsl,e. the bnrs, out, With a"hins
ewes Ever since the time Chsrlfu'srs
sls.uiek Holsteio bss been but "tsts