Omaha daily bee., 1897-11-28

attention of everybody interested in high
politics and political scandals. 1t drifted
along in a gossipy vein, touching upon a
company of good fellows who met daily at
noon in certain res aurant for luncheon,
beer and conversation were drawn into II
daily discussion of Pausch's rights and
wrongs, and eventually We're divided into
! two hostile groups by the question of
Pauschs guilt The secession of the Pausch
group is described, the migration of his
friends from the old restaurant to new
one Is related with full circumstances and
the peculiarities of every oGe of the good fel-
lows sketched cleverly and divertingly. All
this requites about 800 words. Having put
UP his defenses and masked his guns in this
fashion. Simpicssimus walily makes ready
for the attack. 1t is delight to observe how
he works himself up to the critical moment
of action.
Outside wind and snow whirled through
the restaurants tiny garden. Within, how
evet, we sat our spotloss white table and
drank the reddish brown punch which the
doctor had brewed according to his own secret
recipe. He knows how to prepare such elk
irS of life, the old fox. Outside Of our party
| there was not soul in the restaurant and
that was just to our liking. as on such occa-
stcns we enjoyed giving full rein to our
mood But no-there a "a llttle table by the
pillar sat lone mana young fellow of 80
| or thereabout, | should say whose smooth
face and long blonde hair led us to su m Sc
he nnIv osher nar..ln in ~ r1ao rlS was
| ma1kahIv enoueh ba ib6 ohn'o t. t ~
samo tine with us. But he was a harmless
| fellow; he sat there With his back hall
turned to US and with his face deep in the
not disturbed hv HE nrosonol I W, W..
he seemed to c,tch o,,, ioIi,, r,ooI il ,.H "
his smiling face towa d our group we sen
MIN by the landlord a full glass and asked
whcse birthday wa wora oaiabra.tr', tne i'1l az
course ono dos such a ,Ii,,, Iii, ',mt, VI
is q little exhilar5ted ' "'I A'
LOCAL, COTORINC ,S porNrpp
well thera NO M Sonh. -, ~ ,,,
case we had IN Io with on a,,,"a,oi - ,,,a us
That was evident in tho mannsr of .ba 49,
fellow as he took rbe nnnrb conIo 'nv go yoanS
bumned piasses yitb thn sSota ta4e w. 60 anu
his name~Feldmann or somethiog Of tbe
sort-and q. our in,,ito,ia h t e -. " |
inr rhai,. batwae, twn ,aoar oo" - taH 70
to marx nnlteIy ~ o oS G,ieS as II
eronn Tbar oe ba I;ato,p boSi,loh i,,tua -, Sua
softly and dranIs bis nnmch IN iit,la n1nnv
sire tn oonnsn1, =. 80 ] III 49, L iPiIps m,Pps
81 ,rta ~ anI nau ssuineu @ Tue uu'ies
of aiIine onr o,,ost,n 80; "Iu uiu nv; nv; meais
Nor ala he raii w bi $50 aSo.'' r,iu asai,' ,
yo,,,a 49, & ~ ~ cnot % 20 eAnliarate the
nrnner hirtbdor r,noS nns,iI ',,nI as III .ne
sallor was so tacitui.o thIt we had aImost
to draw the wo ds from his tongue with
that we could hardly believe our ears
The doctor had brewed his puuch fcc the
third time. The conversation grew quicker
Stories and jokes of all kinds were told Now
and then, however serious questions intruded
and eventually we came back to the great
question of the day. the political police
With this introduction Simplicissimus has
masked his batteries. Wat could be more
conventional according to German stsntords
than this local color of punch beer land
1Ord 7, ,e
and unsuspicious as the country ball or
cricket match with which the English writer
OF short stories delights to veil his plot But
the English short story has its backpround
of sorrowng love and Der Soitzel" has its
substance of sorrowing politics. SimoIicissi-
mus swung away gradually from punch and
gayety and approached thus the serious work
in hand
Each of us gave his opinion of this insti-
tutioa and it's importance in state affairs
Nearly every one had an instance of it's ac-
tivity 10 relate from his own experIence
Now, counsellor, wha, have YOU to say?'
remarked the army surgeon turning to our
man of silence.
"'After this gentleman said the lawyer
with a motion toward our guest.
1.-The stranger cleared his throat and with
the venturesome spirit which the wine had
given him begca his story
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