The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-08-22

Please go.on," I begged. 81 am afraid
the coach will come before hear the
res"
is really not much of story. In
truth it was far too short. Well, the,
next morning I was busting, when sud-
denly the bell rang. Herr Muller was
Just going out, so he opened the door.
stopped and listened. knew that
voice. Had / not been dreaming Of it
all night? 1t was his. In a moment
they would both come into the wohn-
stube. Ach! remembered the rose
of yesterday and was SO ashamed.
What If Herr Muller should know Of
that? Was it very wrong? Why did
be come back after saying goodby? A
hundred thoughts like that went
through my mind in moment. What
could l say? Where could go.
was standing near the sofa. 1t was
a high backed, old fashioned one.
Come in! Come in! l heard Herr
Muller saying. Very friendly, am
sure, to come to see us again before
you co.
! "Ah, how had wished to see him
again, and now would rather have
seen the whole German army come in
to that room as that same pleasant
young man, and just as the door open-e
ed I fell on my knees behind the sofa
and was quite out of sight:
"Theh they took seats and began to
talk. Every word they said l remem-
Der like it was only yesterday.
"'Herr Muller, have something to
ask YOU
so? What<you want ask me, eli 2
And that young man answered, I
want you to let me ask the fraulein,
your ,wife's cousin, if she will marry
me- Thunder weather. roared Herr
Muller, which in the German language
is an extremely bad swear. What
man! You will 60 to strange land to
make your fortune, and now. you want
to take that "kind,": that child, with
you for your bride! You can never be
such foolv
"Then heard that young man laugh
little. I understand how you think
about it, he said. Most always q
man In love Is called fool, but can
not help it. I love her more than all
the world. Since yesterday l have
thought Of nothing else. It is true,
have not much money, but so long as L
have two hands she shall want for
nothing -~.- -. = ~
by and by my cousin come in and
talk long while. His family, she said,
were old friends of hers, and she knew
he was a very fine young man also.'
but America was such very far coun-
try, and I was very young. Oh. how
my heart beat there behind the sofa OH
my knees! 1t seemed to me that they
must hear it almost. =
II nearly tried to stop my breathing,
I was so still-so afraid~they would
find me, you know.
"After awhile l heard young Berger
say: All I ask is that you allow me to
speak to her. If she will not marry me
now, will 60 and work alone, and aft
er a, few years I will come back for her,
for of one thing am entirely sure
only with her. can1 be happy
t"sThen my cousin went to call me.
and she called and called, but made
no answer, and Herr Muller became
angry.
"'Where is she gomez. he asked. ..She
is never there when you want her.
What crazy harum scarum that girl
is!
"Then he called very loud, and at last
ne ran out into the garden, where I
often used to go, to seek me- I was
trembling all over, but 1 peeked out
from behind the sofa, and there sat
my poor Berger with his elbows on his
knees and his face in his hands. l got
up very softly and came out. The first
thing I noticed was that he had a
faded rose in his coat. 1 stood quite
still for moment looking at him, and
presently he sighed and raised his face
and saw me. Ach, don't know how
that was any more now, but when my
cousin and her husband came back into
the wohnstube Herr Bergers arm was
around my waist, and, somehow, was
afraid of nothihg-not even of Herr
Muller.
swell, the next, morning after that we
got married. Yes, it is true, it was
very quick, but you see he had bought
his ticket already, and he must 20.
had not indeed much-what you call
trousseau. I had some linen of my
mothers, like every German girl have,
and my cousin gave me some more
things.
Berger laughed, and 1 thought he
looked so nice when he laughed.
=" The greatest Travellers he said to
me, always have the least luggage to
bother them. Everybody will think we
are old Travellers
= but it all seemed like one dream to
me until we stood on the deck of the
big ship and I saw Deutschland and
my cousins faces growing farther and
farther away every minute and at last
could see them no more, and the ocean
and :sthe life before me seemed so
strange, so wide. =
but my husbands arm was around