Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-15

Amelia" he said, its no use trying
to sell any more of our Wine / can'i
get the people who buy to pay for 1t.
We might as Wei enjoy what we nave
left ourselves"
Thereafter the Lichtenberger family
had always with their dinner bottle
or two OF the finest Mcse!le Often
they had With 1t little more than rye
bread and sausage.
TIE Christmas season came round
and Old Herr L:chterberg, who had al
ways observed the feast by sending 1T
tie presents to his friends, started out
With Il big basket full OF bottles Of
Mosei!e. In the same way Frau Lich-
tenherg begged PERMISSION OF hsr
wealthy patrons IN the hairaressinS
line TO leave With each OF them, by
way OF holiday gleeiing, bottle or
two of the aeiEe wine.
1t SO happened that among The wo..1-
en- on Frau Liehtenbers's lis. was IL,
VIE ts & prominent German where
:nahand wsa Is great fr.ens. Of tie use-
man eGi.sui. f'he had beet, kind TO the
cid hsraressas. end III consequence
four quarts or Mose!ie had been her
portion in the Christmas distribution.
When Frau Llchtenberg called the
TEXT time on her patron she was asked
where such excellent wine was to be
had.
Ny husband" said the woman. "says
he hasn't tasted such good Moseiia
since he left coh,eng'
Then Frau Lichten5ers's pride in her
husband got the bettsr of her discre-
ton and she tod more than She had
ever tod hefore.
lie is a judge OF aood wine,' She
said He ought 10 be. For ten years
he YVES an c.ncer III the koiSer's army.
Then he got into ;5ar1bA 1g sorlpe AID
came to this cca.itry. ills real maize
Is not Liz ntenberg. He Is Won. BY
right he is E:laii Won Iollera. .'o i:,s
the iron cross of the Old emperor at
home in his trunk. viii bring yo.;r
husband more of the Mesalle since ne
likes II so much"
The next afternoon bat one. when
Herr Iichtelberg had gore down town
looking for work, q carriage drove NJ
to the tenement into which the Lich
tenhcrg family had moved after the
dream of the wire house had vanished
tenier3's favorte patron. She climbed
up the stairs until she found the OH
wonan on the fouah floor.
II have news for you she saia,
VIXEN Frau i.icEtenberg had received
hss. i tod my husband what YOU said
about your husband past career. Next
evening lie happened to dine with Tie
German consul and repeated the story.
TIE consul WIS interested at once
II have been looking TO-! that man
for three months he said. Ills father
ard his brother are dead ard half tie
family estates are waiting for him to
calm them.
Il came UP to be tho first to tell ypn
OF your good luck" went OF. the won-
an who had brought the Eews.
Fran lichtenberg got out her hus-
Ia nd e n ha l,oiS 20
army. a document from which he had
never parted, and che displayed also
with iustifiab.e pride the little iron
cross OF va,or. Finally, she promised
to senG Herr Lichtenberg down the
next day to see the consul.
1t all turned out to be rue. Herr
Won Zollern, the father. was dead. and
the younger hrotheF, to whom the fam
i'y property had been left, had been
Killed on the east coast of Africa.
The1e was left of the immediate fam
lily only one sister happily married to
an important officer III the German
army. and the wandering brother in
America. 1t was easy enough for Herr
l.ichtenberg to prove his identity. and
within q month draft for 1900 marks
was received TO cover the travelling eX-
penses of the night bartender and his
wife, the Old hairdres ser, back to the
old home of the Won Zo.ierns at Cob
LEM.
After all the arrangements for their
departure had been made Herr Lien
tenhorg ard his wife gave 81 farewell
dinner to which everybody IN the tens-
ment house was Invited. At that din
rer the last Of the famous Moselle was
drunk and the host declared that mis-
speculation in wine had turned out 10
be after all the most successful he had
ever made.