Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29

pected to receive reply from man,
but before he got home that night his
daughters had engaged young woman
who presented herself in response to
the advertisement. The young Ger
man woman had suggested that, in
addition to teaching the young man of
the house to write, she would be
pleased to help the young women in
their German conversation. That
struck the girls as being a good plan,
and the young teacher made herself so
agreeable that she was engaged on the
spot When Frank Van Auden came
home that night, and was informed
that young woman was engaged as
his writing instructor, he pretended
to be very much upset. He said he
had hoped that man would answer
the advertisement, so that he could
act with more freedom. But his sis
ters said that the young German
woman was very sweet, and they
begged him not to ask his father to
dismiss her.
After that the young woman, who
said that she was Miss Ida Kessberg,
recently from Berlin, went. to the
home of the Van Andens about three
nights every week to give the son
writing lessons in German. Chivalry
required that some one should take
her home after the lessons, but Mr..
Van Anden senior always pleaded that
he was too tired, and urged Frank to
go home with the teacher. Frank al.
ways returned promptly from his mis-
sion and the lessons went on. Miss
Kessberg seemed to be little older
than her pupil, and the suspicious of
the family were not aroused.
While the summer home was being
put in readiness Frank Van Anden
decided to discontinue his writing les
sons. Besides he had made such
rapid progress that there was little use
of continuing them, He took up his
residence at the old Dominee House at
Bayshore, the next station to Islip on
the Long Island Railroad coming to-
ward this city. The family moved
into the Islip house about month ago.
They had not been there long when
Mr.. Van Anden was passing through
the village and met an old friend. She
said to him, "Allow me to congratulate
you, Mr.. Van Anden."
"You are very kind" Mr.. Van
Anden says he replied, thinking that
she was congratulating him upon hay
ing recently recovered his country
home by means of a foreclosure. He
had sold it two years ago, but the
purchaser had not paid up and Mr..
Van Anden had been able to get his
old country place back only by fore
closing the mortgage. He had already
received the congratulations Of half
the villagers at being once more back
in Islip
Frank certainly showed good taste"
the friend went on to say. "She is a
nice girl. "
who's a nice girl?" said Mr.. Van
Anden, taking renewed interest III
the conversation
"Why. your new daughter-in-law. "
81 have no new dang ghter-in- law"
''Then Frank must be joking, for
yesterday he introduced me to charm
ing young German girl VINO, he said,
was his wife. He told me not to tell
papa, and, of course, that is exactly
why I drove over to tell you"
Mr.. Van Anden lost no time in get
ting over to Bayshore. There he met
his son. Explanations were in order.
1t turned out that Frank Van Anden
had married Miss kessberg in Berlin.
She was two years older than he was,
and he had not asked his parents con-
sent. He was not yet in receipt of
salary of any kind, but he did not in
tend to lose such an excellent oppor-
tunity.
There were girls in America, but
there were none who talked such
sweet German or who played the piano
or sang exactly to suit him. When
his father wrote for him to come home
and fill place in real estate con-
Germ which had been secured for him
he had jumped at the chance. He
felt that if the family could only once
get acquainted with his wife they
would learn to love her. But it took
money to keep up home in Brook
lyn. BY getting his wife place as his
German instructor ne accomplished q
double purpose. He had quietly in
troduced her into the household and
at the same time she received good
compensation for teaching him and his
sisters.
"Why didn't you tell me before?"
asked the father.
"Well," answered the young man,
with American independence, 81
wanted to wait until L was making
enough to snap my fingers at the
world and separate from home if they
didn't like my choice"
"It isn't quite time for us to separ-
ate yet, )" replied the father. "To tell
you the truth, [ was thinking when
Miss Kessberg was teaching you what
an excellent wife she would make for
you and how you had quieted down