Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-11-04
BRIDE WON FORGIVENESS
Happy Outcome of a Secret Inter-,
tional Marriage.

diplomatic and even strategy ~
times, as the romance OF Frank von
Anden OF 50 Pierrepont street. Brook,
Ign, will prove. This young man !.
the petted son of a rich family SIM
his childhood, which was not 81 ve,.,
many years ago, his father and M
Their have denied him nothing To-.
year he accompanied his father ana
mother and two sisters on a to,-
through Europe. Upon the plea III.
be wished to study the German Ian
guage thoroughly he decided n -
main IN Berlin, while the rest Of the
family continued on their topr 80
sightseeing. While studying in ~
German capital Frank contractad
secret marriage with a pretty vor,~
German girl named Ida Keseber@
Fearing his parents disapproval when
they learned of the fact, the vopn.
husband evolved a novel scheme -
WIN their approval to the match ~
returned home last spring, after sew
eral months absence, and if Woe
W NEAR MIN speak Ger
an. His listers who were nri,o
scholars at Vassar, were almost at a
loss to keep pace with him. Ru, in
MS eagerness to acquire a colloouia1
familiarity with the language Frank
had omitted to learn how to write II
he had a good position in the Realty
ompany, but he had been
promotion TO the head Of the German
department if he could direct the cor.
poIation's correspondence in that
tongue. Would Papa Van Anden
advertise for a competent teacher?
Mr.. Van Anden advertised for an
Instructor in German rhetoric. Nat.
urally he expected an answer from a
hah-lrom many men But to his
surprise when he got home that even
ing he found that his daughters had
engaged a charming young woman
She was a treasure. OF course. her
good looks were against her, but then
she was so talented and so refine
and so well bred. One could see at
a glance that she was a lady. Mr.
Van Anden was almost bored by his
daughters enthusiastic praise of the
eW teacher. And she was so kind.
She had promised to help them in
their German; to let them study with
Frank.
The new teacher was quite as young
and pretty al the Misses Van Anden
described her. Moreover, she was an
excellent instructor. Mr.. and Mrs.
van Anden were almost tempted to
take up German too. The teacher
was Miss Ida Kessberg, recently ar
rived from Berlin. Young Van Anden
accepted in a bored fashion his sis
ers suggestion that he should escort
MISS kessberg home every evening.
He pretended not to care for that
privilege, but his sisters threatened
to boycott him if he did not show
Miss Kessberg proper attention. The
lessons and all the rest of it might
have been going on yet if Frank Van
Anden had not moved to Bay Shore
when his parents and sisters went to
the family home at Gslip, L. l., in the
summer.
A nelghbor congratulated Papa Van
Anden one day on his sons lovely
wife, and the old gentleman began to
wonder, At the first opportunity be
asked Frank when the family might
have the pleasure of meeting Mrs.
Van Anden, Jr.
oh, You know her well enough
as Miss Kessberg," replied the young
nan.
Iher was a reunion at the Van
Anden's that evening that was more
Ike a bit of a stage play than a scene
II real life. Already prepossessed in
tayor OF Miss Kessberg, the family
Welcomed her gladly as sister-in-law
daughter-in-law. Frank admitted
tFat he had married her in Berlin
last sping, and that he had chosen
that ingenious plan of having her
meet his family through an adyer-
tisement. 50 that they mig. fan in
9 with her as thoroughly as he
rad done.
william NJ, Van Anden. the father.
is vice president of the Eagle Ware
house and Storage company. at IS
street, Brooklyn, and has al
office in the Franklin building at
Montague and Clinton streets. OF the
same city.
Frank Van Anden is an athlete and
a graduate of Cornell university
The Luetgert trial may come on