The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-03
MARCH

ctnk vas married, TOO, maybe" The
thought seemed to tickle him greatly.
"You tink would marry anybody but
Lenkenr" he asked.
mo Meyer, I don't suppose you
would or could, but with q woman it il
different"
"No, it vas all de same" Meyer per.
sisted,
"But are you going to write to herr'
"Maybe SO, maybe not, doggedly.
"Why?"
II want to buy dat land you own
down on de river, " he said. "You sell
me dat land. Iwrite pooty soon may be. +"
The matter was not settled just then,
but a few days later it was, and Meyer
became landowner in Pineville.
"What are you going to do now?"
asked Molly.
II make fine farm, one big garten,
und build one little house, und Lenken
und me live dere und get rich like ev-
erything."
But suppose when Lenken sees how
crippled you are that she won't marry
you?"
"Und suppose ven I see how pooty
she vas say: Come Lenken, l love
you all de time. lose one leg for you
long ago, und give all de rest for you
afterward to make you happy"
"Did You lose your leg for Lenken,
Meyer" Molly asked, greatly interested.
Maybe I did, but some odder day
ven Lenken come you ask her."
For once Meyer was rushing things.
In short while he had cleared several
acres Of land and little later began to
build the house. When the house was
completed, he came to Molly in high
spirits.
"Lenken is coming next week" he
cried. Zach, Colt, l vas so gladr'
Molly inquired the day, but Meyer
could not tell her. He said he was going
to watch every incoming train until she
arrived. Molly, too, somehow managed
to be at the depot at train time and
watched Meyer.
~ am SO curious to get first glimpse
at Lenken," she said to herself. ~
have wondered so long what she looks
like and have heard her praised so much
by Meyer that the curiosity is almost
killing me-"
One evening when the train came in
she saw Meyer rush forward and knew
that Lenken had come at last. She
.peeped around the corner and saw a wo-
man looking around bewildered. That
woman had beautiful eyes. Molly looked
straight into them for moment, and
everything else in the woman's appear
ance was forgotten.
"Come, Lenken," Meyer Whispered,
touching her hand. Zach, du Heb
chen" he murmured as tlHir eyes met.
Then both turned, holding each other
by tho hand like children, and started
to walk away.
As Molly looked after them there was
soft moisture in her eyes Then she
reused herself and, smiling, murmured,
"Why, she must weigh at the very least
200 pounds!
The bell of the locomotive rang out a
warning. There were putting and Wheel
ing, and the train was in motion. Then
there came piercing scream, and the
train stopped suddenly.
When Molly looked through the crowd
that gathered in moment to see what
had happened, she saw Meyer lying on
the ground, and Lenllen was bending
above him.
Molly pressed up closer. Meyer looked
up and saw her. at vas for Lenken,"
he said, his eyes twinkling merrily.
Then he added, But links it vas only
de wooden leg dis time. And it was
john p. Sjolander in st. Louis Globe.
Democrat.
~ u Always Company.
People who are shut off from contin.
ual contact with their kind are apt to
grow splenetio Army officers who have
lived for long periods at one company
post Oh the frontier and the wives of
these army officers may know something
about the difficulties Of small groups of
human beings living together and low
ing one another.
Keepers Of lighthouses do not always
get along together, and if there are two
lighthouse keepers and two lighthouse
keepers wives the result is generally
monkey and parrot time.
Light housekeeping in lighthouses by
Lighthouse keepers wives often leads to
heavy work with rolling pins.
Even husbands and wives have been
known to quarrel Oh the honeymoon
tour, not because they did not love one
another, but because, being in foreign
countries, they were cut off from their
kind and were forced to rely entirely on
one another's society. 1t is one of the
weaknesses Of human nature. Man is
gregarious When few individuals are
isolated, they nearly always quarrel
Exchange.