The Saint Paul globe., 1897-10-14
BRIDE WON FORGIVENESS.
Happy Outcome of Secret Inter-
national Marriage.

Love may be blind, but it can be
diplomatic and even strategic at times,
as the romance of Frank Van Anden;
of 65 Pierrepont street, Brooklyn, VIII
prove. This young man is the petted
son of a rich family. Since MS cnlld-
hood, which was not so very many
years ago, his father and mother nave
denied him nothing. Last year ne dc,
companied his father and mother ana
two sisters on tour through EuropS.
Upon the plea that he wished to study
the German language thoroughly ne
decided to remain in Berlin, whlle tne
rest of the family continued on their
tour of sightseeing. While studying
in the German capital FRANK coii-
tracted a secret marriage with pretty
Young German girl named Ida kess-
bere Fearing his parents disapproval
when they learned of the fact, the
youne husband evolved a novel scheme
fo win their approval to the matcn
He returned home last spring, aIter
several months absence, and II was
wonderful to hear him speak German.
His sisters, who were prize German
scholars at Vassar, were alInosI a.
loss to keep pace with MIN. bu. III
his ea eagerness to acquire coll0quldl
familiarity with the language FRANK
had omitted to learn how to write II.
He had a good position in the Reaily
comDanv. but he had been PROMISED
nromotion to the head of the German
department if he could direct the cor
poration's correspondence IN that
tongue. Would Papa Van Anden ad-
vertise for competent teacher!
Mr. Van Anden advertised for an in
structor in German rhetoric. Naturally
he expected an answer from man
from many men. But to his surprise
when he got home that evening ne
found that his daughters had engaged
a charming young woman She was d
treasure Of course, her good looks
were against her, but then she was so
talented and so refined ana SO wen
bred. On could see at glance tnai
she was a lady Mr.. Van Anden was
almost bored by his daughters en-
thusiastic praise of the new teacher.
And she was SC kind. She had prom
ised to help them in their German; to
let them study with Frank.
The new teacher was quite as young
and pretty as 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 lda
Kessberg, recently arrived from Ber-
lin. Young Van Anden accepted in
bored fashion his sisters suggestion
that he should escort Miss kesspers
home every evening. he pIeleilueo i!oe
to care for that privilege, but his. SIS
ters threatened to boycott him II ne
did not show Miss Kessberg proper at
tention. 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 sis
ters went to the family home at Islip,
L. l., in the summer.
A neighbor congratulated Papa Van
Anden one day on his sons lovely
wife, and the old gentleman began to
wonder. At the first opportunity he
asked Frank when the family Nigh.
have the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Van
Anden Jr.
"Oh, you know her we'll enough-as
Miss Kessberg," replied the young
man.
There was a reunion at the Islip
home of the Van Andens that evening
that was more like a bit of stage
play than a scene in real life. Already
prepossessed in favor of Miss Kessberg,
the family welcomed her gladly as sis
ter-in-law and daughter-in-law. Frank
admitted that he had married her In
Berlin last spring, and that he had
chosen that ingenious plan of having
her meet his family through an adver-
tisement, so that they might all fall