Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-09-08

THE WILL.
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1esS1On ana i eHHe4l Fdiiid ''N'Nt'A4eA'
by extraction. He was wid0wer, and
his daughter, Katrina, was the head
Of his house-that is, its feminine head,
for old Hans was emphatically lord and
master. His will was law, and from bis
judgments there was no appeal.
Katrina was the belle Of the country.
side. OF all Katrina's admirers Kar
Yeeder was the only one upon whom
Mr.. Hartkopf looked at all encouraging.
ly.
TO tell the truth, Mr.. Hartkopf had
set his heart on having Karl for son
in-law, and one day the subject war
preached between the father and
daughter, the former expressing bis
wish, or rather command, against which
the latter rebeled outright.
Katrina had, or fancied she had, two
good reasons for her conduct. In the
first place she didn't love Karl Veeder,
and this she told her father plump and
plain Next, but this She kept to her
self, she did love John Greer, a strap
ping, handsome youth, who was her ia.
TIERS foreman.
Lawyer kaufbrief was called in &c
draft old Hans viii, which ran TO this
effect If Katrina married in her father
lifetime without his consent or failed TO
marry Karl Veeder, provided he pro
posed within a year after the testator's
death, all the latter's property was to &c
to Karl without reserve.
In the course of time business requir-
ed Mr.. Hartkopf to make a trip to the
city, quite journey for old Hans and
one he was very loath to undertake.
John Greer drove him to the station,
where Karl Veeder was in waiting to bid
goodby to his father-in-law presump-
tive.
"Take this" said Karl, putting some
thing In the old gentleman's hand. "a
few drops Of it before going to bed is
a sure preventive Of rheumatism"
Karl Veeder had sought to pay this
little attention unobserved, but John
Greer, who was minding the horses
hard by, had quick eyes and ears.
After seeing his employer off John
hurried home with the team and then
ran at full speed to a spot where d
secluded path penetrated a dense thick
ct He had Glanced to pass that way
in the early morning and had caught
sight of Karl Needer partially concealed
among the bushes with small vial in
his hand, from which he was apparently
picking paper label, the fragments OF
which he threw away.
Carefully searching among the dead
leaves on the ground, John Greer found a
number of small pieces of paper. These
be collected and then, with the patience
of one solving Chinese puzzle, put
them together.
With an exclamation of horror he
started back. Then taking out his peck.
etbook with trembling fingers he thrust
the paper fragments into one of its folds
and ran without hating to the railway
station. Another city bound train had
just stopped. and in a few minutes John
was aboard aud off.
Farmer Hartkopf had expected to
spend several days in the city. and Kari
Needer called over the evening after her
fathers departure to have a quiet chat
with Katrina. who, in Difference to the
farmers orders, didn't dare to be quite
rude TO Karl much as she despised him.
Karl was artfully maneuvering to
turn the conversation into channel
which Katrina was as artfully avoiding
when without warning in hustled old
Hans with John Greer at his heels.
Needer looked both startled and sur.
prised.
'Vot you call dot. hey?" shouted the
excited farmer, thrusting a vial under
Karl's nose.
II do not understand you" the lat.
ter stammered.
Dot met-cine you gif me yesterday
vot you call him, hey?"
Il assure you, sir" said Karl. at is
quite harmless and would have done you
much good"
"Ya-no doubt. Subbose you dake
Won leetle trop|
Veeder drew back quickly.
81 do not need it," he answered eva
sively. Il am not afflicted with rheu.
matism."
And never win pc if you'n dake Won
leetle trop o dess. Wy, I've had it ex
amined by Won o dem metcal pig pugs
down in Phiadelphy. and he says-vot
did he call it, Chonny?"
"Prussic acid said John Greer
(which is also the name on the label
the pieces of which picked up where
saw YOU scatter them in the thicket yes.
te"Gay.'
''lou see. it's all out" resumed the
farmer. You thought nopoty seed you
ven you gif me dot stuff, and ia take il
mornin. Den de doctors would schmeIl
tie polite, rip up de corpse and say il had
killed itself nit piZen.
Now, Karl Veeder," resumed the
farmer after a pause for breath, Pm
goin to do two t'ings-frst, purn dot vii
and den kick you OUT
But Karl didn't wait for either, nor
was his face ever seen in thar country
again.
Katrina" said the farmer while tn,
win was blazing in the CRATE. Gloomy
Cheer dells me dot he lofes you and
wants YOU for a wife, He's safed my life
and I've gif him my word, and you
mustn't disopey your yader.'
And Katrina didn't-New York News
The Indian Doctor.
A very interesting character frequently
met with in the Andes is the callaguaya