The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-28

| hat notice it all the way. 1 think guess.
am weetch to read yong mans thoughts.
Yah, II is so. Yong man, you are In love.
Ach! Do not contradict she went on, be-
fore BERTHE had time 20 say a word, Mine
eyes are keen--keen vat you say-mus-
fard. ! haf twigged you, yong man. And
can can guess more THAN that | hal take your
IL not so? You cannot affort to marry the
fraulein. You sigh; you lament; you de-
spond. AchI Tell me all about It, / love
TO hear the affairs of yong lovers. i hat
love mineself. l am reech l am benevo-
lent. J. will help YOU"
In spite of her queer manner of express
sion there was something tender. some
thing very sympathetic in her tone. And,
somehow, almost before he knew what he
was doing, BERTHE found himself pouring
out the whole story of his love affair into
this odd old strangers ear. She heard him
to the end with attentive interest: Then,
suddenly clapping her hands, she cried:
II hat IT. hat jost the thing. This house
is IL not-wat you say-the express ticket
for a young couple? will buy it. / will
shall not decline l will inseest. You hat
told ME you love your Amy. Shall tell
you one little secret? ] am acquaint NIT
your Amy. She is a dear trent of mine. /
know she loves you.
You know Amy Warren
Ach, very we'll Let me tell you one more
secret. Amy hat quite lately-wat you say
come at moch money from demised aunt.
She would have told you this nit her own
lips to-day, when you should hat met her at
the peecneec But YOU were kept at bees
ness by your wretch of an cncle We were
discussing how we could release you. when
was 1t not locky-I happen to see your
oncle's advertisement of this house. 1 then
say to myself, midout telling none of the
o cbancs ere is ar You birds
stone--to set you free from the orfce and
to procure wat seem like a nice house for
you young people. | come to your oncle's.
You know the rest. You shall not go back to
the Offices. You shall spend the rest of this
holiday NIT your Amy.
yah! Your Amy is here-downstairs;
will go to fetch her. Wait in this room till
] return.
Wondering, with a sense of dazed sur
prise. whether this were indeed true or
whether he was only dreaming, BERTHE
waited. In minute or two the door opened.
Before him, smiling and radiant stood Amy
Warren:
"Bertie," she said, blushing rosy red
and half averting her gaze. Frau Schnei-
der has told you more about me than She
she ought to have told you. But, since she
has told you. will not deny the truth Of
what she said, and So
Then you-you-do love me, Amy?" he
cried out, in an anxious. eager excitement
Girl-like she made no direct reply In
stead. she did a rather peculiar thing. She
held out her little hands, palm upward
In the center Of each reposed small glass
"See!'' she exclaimed. 81 put this into
one cheek. So and this into the other, So
Ach! Now, yong man. how do mein voice
Sonnd Hat frau wat you And
L to put on the coal-scuttle bonnet. and
the stoffy gauze veil, and the ogly green
goggles. togeder with mein Ollendorfian
eedioms-"
Amy he cried. the truth beginning to
dawn on him, you don't mean to say that
were you-really-''
Yah, / was she interposed. with a
merry laugh. ZACH! mein Bertie, you eetle
know what agonies of suspense / haf for
you sake. this day undergone.
Lest you should be recognized l sup
poser" he asked. stepping forward to en-
brace her
Lest / should swallow the marbles she
replied, demurely. London Truth.