The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-11-27

The Old general heaved sigh q re-
lief "In that case" said he, 81 have
not much more to add. You seem to
be a superior sort of a girl and viii
therefore understand that this mar
riage is not
'sTo be thought off, the girl managed
to finish, with choking voice. She
was as pale as death and her features
set and expressionless, but she stood
straight before him and looked square
ly into his eyes.
The general retreated a step. he
was very much embarrassed and decid-
edly uncomfortable. 1t seemed to him
as If he would much rather have been
in the thickest of the battle than where
he was. An unaccountabie feeling
akin to fear began creeping over him,
and in order to do something and re-
lieve the tension he said in a voice of
thunder, my nephew is a good for
nothing, God forsaken reprobate~
Something like a red flame shot into
the girls eyes. do not SANDER him in
my presence" said she threateningly.
The general was effectively silenced.
He felt as if his mission was at an end,
and yet he did not want to acknowl-
edge himself beaten nor yet leave with
out having made his peace with the
girl. He had the need Of saying some
thing comforting to the girl without
exactly apologizing. He approached
her again and said in a soft, hesitating
voice: Excuse me, my child I am so
sorryw At the sound of this gentle,
appealing voice the outward composuFe
which the girl had been keeping up
with difficulty completely forsook her,
and she broke down. Selling both the
arms of the general with an iron grasp,
she called out in a voice ablaze with
passion: "Then why do you want to
kill me? What has brought you here?
Whom have | dishonored and what
blot is there on meY'
The general felt as if some one was
strangling him, and then he became fu-
rious at himself He brought his fist
down on the table with such force that
everything danced upon it aud, rum
ming up and down the room, shouted:
whatever did l come here for? Is
this my funeral? Am l a detective or
a hangman? Is it my business to per-
secute womenY
Forgive me-" stammered the fright
ened girl tearfully. Il did not mean
to-
Forgive you? On the contrary,
beg your pandon. What must you
think of me? | am q soldier, not a
lawyer, and l shall see that no one mo-
Tests you came to see to things, and
l mean to do it. and what l am going
towel, is going to happen"
With this he opened the door leading
into the workshop, where the father
and the mother of the girl were, and
roared with a voice which made the
walls shake: 81 am asking for the hand
Of your daughter for my nephew, as
she evidently loves the rascal. and you
are not going to say me nay. but you
are going to let her marry him. There
now At last everything is settled sat
isfactorily." Arrived at his sisters
house, he placed himself in front of
her and in a voice loud enough to be
heard by whole regiment he said: Il
have seen to things. Everything is set
tied as it ought to be. All you have to
de- now is to see that the wedding
celebrated at once, for you cannot cA--
pect me to undertake the journey tv il
on the same business" -Translat tt
From the German For Pittsburg d is
patch.