Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-03-04
= HEN Meyer came to Pine.

NV vile he gave his name as
Wilhelm Windmeyer, and it
was promptly changed by the citizens
to Bill Meyer.
He came direct from the fatherland
TO make Pineville his home. He thought
1t was his duty, too, to tell everybody he
had left a sweetheart behind, and that
II was for her sake that he was work
ing to make Il home. Her name was
Lenken. She was very beautiful, he
said, and so good that 1t seemed almost
miracle she had lived to the age of 20.
1t was this loyalty to the girl he had
promised to marry, and who was so far
away, that made Meyer a favorite with
everybody in Pineville.
But Meyer was slow, easy going fel.
low, and the one thought about Lenken
seemed to occupy every Granny of his
thinking apparatus, to the exclusion of
every other thought He was very
small man, and that, and the wooden
leg he wore, he said, had saved him
from doing duty as a soldier.
Meyer found employment with Judge
Peterkin. The wages were low, but
1t was steady job, and that was what
Meyer most desired.
During his first year in Pineville
Meyer gained n little sum of money,
aud lost -four fingers and part of his
nose. lie was trying to whistle Die
Wacht am Rhine" down the barrel of
IN old musket, when the gun went off
accidentally and carried away part of
his nasal organ. The fingers were cut
off with II small circular saw used for
cutting tlrewood,
Two fingers on one hand were cut off
first. When the wounded hand had
been tied up, Judge pcterkin. his daugh-
ter Molly, ana Aunt Phyllis, the cook,
followed Meyer out to the woodshed to
be shown how the accident had occur
red.
1T must have been piece of pure
careessness on your part" said the
Judge, looking very severe. "Now
show me how 1t was done"
Il vas singing over die garten vall,'"
sald Meyer. Den pick up a shtlck of
wood like dis" picking one up with his
unwounded hand. "Und den hold it
like dis, und den de Shticli ship like
dis, und den my fingers vas cut off like
dis And that was how Meyer came
To lose the second two fingers.
The second year Meyer laid up an
other small sum of money, and was di-
vested of part of an ear, two toes and
II good deal Of his hair. The ear and
toes were lost accidentally, and the
hair incidentally, from natural causes.
WHY Meyer LCnken won't know
you when she sees you again, YOU are
such n wreck" said Molly to him one
day,
wen, maybe so" he sighed. But in
Il moment the confidence in his sweet
hearts stcadfastncSs returned. "Oh.
she vas so goot Miss Molly. und so
beautiful" he said, dat It makes no
difference to her how | look. She vas
true all de time"
Then Molly thought she would see If
Meyer would not pay her compliment,
How does Lenkcn look, Meyer? Does
she look something like mey" she asked
Like YOU" he exclaimed. "Lenken
don't look like nobody. Miss Wiggin
look like you, maybe, but Lenkcn vas
diluent."
Miss Wiggin was Molly's rival beauty
IN rineyillc, ana the reference TO her
made the latter flush very red in the
face Meyer laughed merrlly.
"Nuu dopt look pooty ven you look
like lat, Miss Molly" he said.
fdcn there camo changes, and Never
did not profit amy 10y them. Judge
Peteriin died, Miss Molly married, and
Mcyer had 10 look out for himself as
best lie could, True, Molly still inter,
ested herself In him us much ms posi-
BILE, hut she had new cares and new
duties now that claimed her attention
most 81 4s1dme
But MsysrVW slwass hopeful. and
In good hdfe0. a,oS ttJest> act
aud deed was tSShteppifRssopepplR9,,s, plR9,, q,
To bring the day~NarcigShos STqoul6,
write TO Lenken and telrlser thaShe ip,
@adc n home FOR her. 1t was ALL fS51s
Leukeu. 'eA,,
How long since you i6iess,ffSa,l ,;sSS9 sS9
kenr Molly asked him one ,da9, 'Ss;y
Meyer thought awhile. 70 poeSSv
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