The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-09-12

The old woman's eyes sparK,eu.
Did he make O formal declaration OF
love, proposal Of marriage?"
| That's my own affair, mamma"
! Foolish girl that you are; but am
your mother"
/; Annchen wilted down. and, blushing
to her ears, she said:
There Is nothing to tell, after all.
We love each other. He loves me and
love hin-that's all"
"Well, If he loves you, it means
that
"Of course, he never said SO. but he
does. know he does"
i How does he act2 What does he
say? Does he cali you my treasurer
| "Of course he does. Besides, he
kisses me and kiss him." she added,
blushing once more. "But mind you,
| If you ever say wordI'
II say word! You know how good
1 am at keeping secrets"
That very night when her Oldest
bOarder came home she confded to him
that her daughter was engaged.
"And who is the valiant knight
whose heart Annchen has conquered9"
asked the lOdger.
! ooh, that's a secret" answered the
! old woman. And the next morning,
when tal1ative man called to see
! room on the second floor .Annchen said:
"Oh, that room! That room! My
sweetheart has had 1t for q long time"
Herr zimmel, a broad shouldered fel.
low Of %, had a big brown dog which
he usually left home when he went to
work. Annchen took the dog wherever
she went, patted him, spoke Of Herr
Zimmel to him till Leo was de- fond Of
her as he was Of his master.
One gloomy morning Herr Zlmmel
told his landlady and her daughter that
America was bad country and that
he was going back to Koenigsberg.
II say he's rogue! He ought to be
sued for breach OF PROMISE" said Frau
Binde, when she and Annchen were
alone.
"Sh-sh! won't let you say any.
thing bad about him, mamma" retort-
ed the girl. Ibid ever say he prom.
ised to marry me? Did he ever do any
thing wrong? He Is a fine gentleman
and-and- What do you want Of
ne'" She burst into tears.
"But he has deceived you"
cit isn't true. He never said word
about marriage. He only kissed me
because he loves me, and now he must
go back to Germany"
/ "It's nuisance and O great expense
to take dogs across the ocean," said
Herr Zimmel 'sTake Leo and keep
him as mementO, fraulein." He took
his leave OF mother and daughter IN
terms Of the warmest friendship,
heartily thanking them for their kind
CESS and begging their forgiveness for
any wrong he might have done them.
He was kind hearted, honest fellow,
eyes Of both women.
On her way from the steamer Ann
chen kept pattiDg Leo.
Snow we, you and I, are lonely. He
:; has left US. Isn't 1t terrible? Isn't It
awful to live In this world?''
Leo made no answer, but he pranced
and fidgeted around In manner which
convinced Annchen that he understood
her and felt exactly as she did.
! Two days had passed. Annchen and
Leo were sad and restless as ever. In
the evening Of the third day they went
out for hearty talk about Herr Zim.
mel. They turned into Second avenue.
Annchen's eyes were full.
e . o
Herr Wagner was striding along,
looking at the clocks I'm the stores and
apologfzing to the ladies he brushed
aside, when suddenly he eelt tug at
his coat. A big dog bounded away
and, 10 and. behold. . falr sized piece
OF cloth was dangling from his Prince
Abert-a ragged, triangular piece with
@ hole. black hole OF preeisely the
same size and shape over 1t. Herr
Wagner'a blood ran cold, his argna
dropped to his sides. His eyes were
: looking for the dog, but he was block
away, capefing about and barking like
mad. The next moment he beheld q
young woman. She was rosy checked.
blond and fieshy.
Zach, du lieber Gott" she said, clasp.
Ing her hands together as she looked
down at the rent In his frock coat.
"Leol LeoI Whatever have you donei'
The dog came dancing back and che
took him In her arms. "What have
you done. LeoT she repeated, with
/ sympathy for the low spirited dog as
much as for the young man.
tits terrible-it's simply terriblef'
murmured Herr Wagner. his face aa
red as his bleeding heart.
"I'm very, very sorry, sir, but the
Cog is out OF sorts. His master has
!! left for Germany, you know"
aIts simply terribleg'
1T is not new coat, is itf'
"What matters it7 hays q verv
Important appointment, and now I
can't go there at all. It's simply ter.
ribleg.
'z coui6 caend It 70. you, sir. We
live over there. On. yon naughty boyi
Nll write to Herr zimmel about It. I
) cNn mend IL for you, SIRE :.
But 1t will show, and aea q very
hne place am going to. oh. it's slim
ply terribler'
ut won't show q bit. Ieos master
once came homo with hls overcoat all
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