Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-04
UNAWARES.

ny therein Ids. l.o burg introduced
10 Te Pic a. ~ in sW,-Iuirg tank. Int
rs t..s. L.chbody iutr duc,d her had
10 be evil (Air- Riclbodv has "a very
/ so.d cool,-much bet"r than the cher
n t., hotc where am stay -uc.)
So founl her a char and we sat
down
Out Of the corner If my eye ! saw
hcr hitch her chair lt,le clos &C.
nine as sho adjusted hcr skirts. Like
IA tie girls this season, Sine wears
hose abn- nablc godatS behind, that
,icl, cut lE' the coWc3tcECr Of a loco.
Motive, and they need careful mauage-
ucut
Before she had spoken six words /
uurmurod % myself: All that ex.
jla.: il. Yea me German.
'.@piainS WHAT she asked sharply.
"YCu are German, l repeated.
Pray 50 on. l am interested in your
remarks. "
Most foreigners take me for French,
,hc said
merely smiled and dropped the ashes
T MY cigar into the uptumed eye Of
~ tailor in the tank below, who had
lad the impcrtincnce to forward me his
llttlo account from the city.
Most fore guers, she repeated.
Excuse me, said l, but whore arc
wc:'
In the swimming tank.
mo- at tho swimming tank, but IN
the United States of America.
Just then the band played der
Yacht am Rhein -
Its true, all the same, " said as the
last strain died away. We're in Amer
.ca, though l sometimes find it hard to
realize it. -
Caroline frowned and made deli
cious little puollcr in her white fore
head CT call her Caroline now All this
was five days ago.
The best blood you have is Ger
man, she said
Il think not, replied. Ny grand.
mother was Frenchwoman.
$50 was mine, she said softly.
The silence was broken only by the
barking of human seal in the tank
bllow-a poor imitation and much more
vulgar than the or ginal
At length Caroline said, I'm sorry
YOU dislike the Germans.
Il don L As individuals have many
friends among them but as a nation -
blow light Whit that vanished into
thin air.
You're not very entertaining or
very complimentary. Indeed, you're
rather rude. and think III go, she
said
She rose and gave her pipe organ
plaits a preliminary shake.
Don't go, " | said mildly L said
nothing
Il agree with you, she answered
checrfully, and sat down again with a
satisfied smile.
Now, confess, that just for mo-
ment felt foolish. Never "A man, ncycr
a child and seldom a woman has made
me feel foolish And this woman had
made me feel fColish-for a moment.
was annoyed and, fear, showed it, fol
gave little start | was So surprised AZ
her audacity. you know, and dropped
my lighted cigar into the swimming
tank. 1t fell on the bald head Of my
tailor (StultzwurzeD, and made h.m
swear prodiglously That WAS some sat
isfactiou
Il think we'd better 60 and take {
turn on the beach, said /, rising. TIL
air seems warm and stutTy here
Not at. all, - she replied, settlir
back snugly and tapping the toe Of
,-o,r- e,,,on tot, Il i,,t,,,. with ,,aVoe,1
1T seems very comfortable here t.
me. But perhaps you suffer from head
ache?"
NO saidI; that not the trouble
Ny nose is out Of JOINT -
Poor SlaW kenbergius, she murmUr
ed
Now, this was more extraordinary
than anything she had said before That
a young girl brought up among the Ger
mans-that strange pcoplS who drinE
lager beer, love saucrllraut and write
volumes on such thrilling topics as As.
sonantal Rimes for Hors in the cid Ger.
man epic-that girl SO educated should
show acquaintance with IA belle lettrcs
writer 50 essentially H0n-German as
Sterne-this was even more remarkable
than her impertinent remark about my
having said nothing.
Twas proceeding TO light fresh cigar
when she interrupted coolly:
Il don't like smoking, Mr. Legend
looked at her in amazement.
but you are a German, | said
"Surely all Germans
"Have you ever been in Germany"
size asked
Now here she had me again. No,
have never been in Germany but l
wasn't going TO confess it without n
struggle, so l evasively replied. II have
Deen in Sleswick -Holstein. ."
"Tbat's hardly Germany" (slis rather
disdainfully)
Tin glad to hear you confess it,"
said Eve always maintained that
Sl,,swick Holstein is piece Of Den
mack which the Germans stole"
Its false, she burst out, with flash
ing eyes Ever since the time Of Charlie
magne Sleswick- Holstein has been