The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-06-27
CHAPTER COntinued.


rrltz as he saw the steamer make a
long detour before it glided up to the
pier, watched with quiet fascination
all that went ON ON board and knew,
too, the significance Of each command.
He then remembered that the new Gu
rate who was 10 be his tutor was expect.
ed by this boat and not wishing to com
promise his dignity by seeming eager
to make this gentleman s acquaintance
he turned slowly on his heel and saun.
tered up toward the stables, whence he
still had fair view Of the ford He
had formed very uufavorable opinion
Of Mr. Falck-frst because he was a
clergyman, and, secondly, because he un.
derstood that he was musical And of
all eheminate arts music was TO Fritz
the most imbecile and incomprohensi.
BILE He had heard the endless discus.
sion which had preceded the selection
of Mr.. Falck out Of the number Of can.
didates who had responded TO the pas
tors advertisement The pastor loved
music as I've loved nothing else and
played an excellent first violin. His two
eldest daughters, Hulda and Magda,
played the piano, and the former had,
moreover, a magnificent voice Occa-
sionally Mr.. Kofod, the sheriff, wht
lived across the ford would be induced
to come over and play the second violin
in the pastors Wednesday evening quar-.
tets, but the trouble with the sheriff
was that he never could be made tc
practice, and he spoiled the finest pas.
sages of Haydn and Beethoven by his
wretched bungling And the pastor had
such "a sensitive ear that he invariably
stopped the whole performance and ex.
postulated with his guest when he
played cut Of tune, whereupon the sher
itf, who was an irascible gentleman,
took offense and sometimes departed in
high dudgeon. II was, truth to tell, in
no small measure due to Nh. Kofod's
poor ear and uncertain temper that Mr..
Brinckman had at last yielded to his
wife's entreaties and concluded to en-.
gage "a curate If the sheriff had been
more amiable or played better sec
Ond violin, he would have got on for
many a year without one But the
Wednesday evening quartets We're his
chief delight, and when the idea had
been artfully suggested that he might
obtain a musical curate who would
make the sheriff superfiuous his finan.
cial scruples evaporated, and he walked
unsuspiciously into his trap The ad.
vertisement which he inserted in the
weekly devoted to ecclesiastical inter.
ests was a curiosity of its kind and
created a great deal of merriment II
read as follows:
"a well recommended theological
candidate, Of good character and abili.
ty, who can play good second violin,
can obtain a position as curate by ap.
plying TO X Xxx"
But five responses were received, from
which circumstance the pastor had nc
choice but TO conclude that good char.
acter and good second violin Were il
not incompatible, at all events an ex-
tremely rare combination. Two of the
respondents were married and were
therefore out Of the question, and two
Of the remaining ones proved on inquiry
to be morally Objectionable. One was
said TO drink, and the other had stain
of some s'.It upon his character Mr..
Falck was, therefore. the only one left
who was available. Besides preaching al
the annex church and assisting the pas
tor in his work he had agreed 10 give
Fritz lessons in Latin, and Fritz, who
had been informed of the arrangement,
had therefore good grounds for his dis
like