New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-29


to his library.
David came He was tall. handsome young man
in his evening dress, and had a commanding eye
but he was peculiarly diffident and reserved This
usually his characteristic but he penni-
less young lawyer and Charlotte was a great heiress
He loved her, and purposed to marry her in spite of
all the bald-headed Dutch fathers of Amsterdam;
but his motives liable to miscOns truction and
the position awkward
They sat down the nickel chairs in the darkness
of the warm May evening Old Van Ingen bent over
his gavanometer in the library. The delicate needle
shivered and moved family, indicating the current
that passing between David and Charlotte.
Noting doing" said Van Ingen "Deyre talkin'
about de vedder.
Soon, however the galvanometer began to get busy.
The needle swung slowly. slowly until it got around
to 20.
Il wonder vot it is" said the father Hes telin'
Charlotte he's all alone in de world and meier loved
nobody else. Yes yesr' he continued The ga1vano-
meter had crept up IS.
David in fact. warming up. The night, the
beautiful girl by his side his love for her. all COM
bned give him confidence. Poor Charlotte! She
had heard scarcely a word She thinking of the
wires. She vaguely afraid to do anything say
anything, in fear that something would blow up
something like that
Thus it was that the needle assisted in the
least by Charlotte showed much hesitation II got
far s., fell back to rs. and even to There
Constraint the young couple and David, full of
repressed love, could not make any headway Soon,
however Charlotte forgot all about the wires, and
became natural and and every time she looked
into his eyes his heart would give great throb and the
needle would give a Jump; and old Van Ingen would
Jump little. He watching it so closely that
he could not help it.
Suddenly. after long hanging between II and
IS, it jumped to 6S. Goodness Gracious" said
Van Ingen. ''Vots he dong," He tiptoed to the
window and peeked out through the crack in the
blinds. Charlotte sitting back dreamily her eyes
looking into the distance, and David bending
her saying something in a low tone which Van
Ingen could not hear.
We're getting on. We're getting on" said he,
going back TO the instrument The needle had CrePt
up past TO-
Up, continued to go. rising to IS, slowly onward
to II. 70, and past the SO point "Deres pretty
goot tension deere, pretty gOot tension, said the
observer and then pop. the needle jumped all
Halo halo. haIol Vot is it," He peeked out
again quickly David had taken Charlotte's hand.
IL was a direct circuit. Charlotte did appear
to care what kind of a circuit it was and seemed
be perfectly contented David held and so did the
galvanometer Van Ingen began TO get angry.
"lSS dat cheap lawyer going TO preak my machinea"
he asked. Its wort considerably dan he is
market rates. Herel Herel Here" he went on
uneasly to himself the needle passed and did
to be at all tired.
'WHIzzi' 1t suddenly whirled around complete
circle and three-quarters of another one. IL had
reached 500 its limit, and the needle hammering
away the end of the scale threatening every second
to snap the delicate spring.
'Confound you'll Confound you ShtOp it, viii
your cried Van Ingen, running the veranda-
The picture touching Charlotte, with tears in
her eyes, was in Davids arms and his lips
pressed to hers AS they Van Ingen, and moved
away from each other they slowly came back earth
Mr.. Van Ingen-" said David. greatly abashed.