The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-26
Our Daily $bcrt Story

ship in the capes has passed. To- morrow I will embrace her. Ach, this fearful night, how long it will be. Ach, Hedwig, move like the wind to your Herman" and Herr Krug burst into song.
 He reminds me-" said Billips. sad Fly. of the days that are gone"
 "He reminds me-" said the Captain. sourly, 'of an ass.' rival of Hedwfg. Billips went off to the dry dock. He could not stand. he said. the meeting of the lovers. It would awaken bitter memories. Cap tain Wriggs declined being present. He had no liking for such foolishness. he said. sternly. When Captain Wriggs returned that evening he met Billips on the stairs. @
 T have had a job," said Biilips. gioomily. keeping Herr Krug from killing himself.''
 Didn't the gal come?' asked the Captain.
 .she came" replied Binips, "and Herr Krus is waiting to see you in his room"
 'Mein friends" said Her Krus, as the two entered his room. behold a man in the deep ocean of trouble Behold man who waits to bid his friends adieu, and then kill himself.'
 "There'1l be no killing." retorted the Captain, firmly, Ego ahead and unload your cargo. What's happened?"
 "Ach,"t groaned Herr Krug, T sent for Hedwig, Hedwig with her hatr like the gold; ach, their names mixed It was Katrina I loved. Ach, and Hedwig has come"
 Tt reminds me-" began MT. Billips, but the Captain interrupted him.
 You asked for Fedwig," he said "and you've got Hedwig, so you can find no fault with the shippers. When the shipment arrives you must take it."
 "She has the hair like bunker coal. eyes like the wing of the midnight" :" groaned Herr Krug, 1t is Katrina that has the hair of gold, the cheek Of the rose. Alas. 1t has been years since I saw her and mixed the names. Ach. donnerwetter''
 See here" said the Captain, you want by advice. Well, here it is. The sisters are twins. The only thing between them 1 sthe color of hair and cheeks. If I build two tidy crafts and paint one of 'em black and t'other white, and they're built on the same model and rigged the same, une'll sail aS good as tother. From what see the only difference with you is the way your craft is painted. Take the black craft and be happy"
 You don't appreciate the sentiment of the heart" remarked Billips, gloom fly.
 Too much sentiment in things" re- marked the Captain. oracularly. '1s like too much salt in a plum dun. It spiles It."
 "Ach." cried Herr Krug, leapinE to his feet, 'it is great advice you give, Captain. I will marry Hedwig with the hair of the coal and will call 1t the hair of the gald. Hedwig. mein schatz. Let us hasten, mein friends, to the wedding" .-stss.sa :
 T don't see--" began Billips.
 Stow it. commanded the Captain with firmness, "let us go." From the boarding house where Miss Hedwig had been temporarily stored, in trium- phal procession the party moved to the clergyman's house. where the cer- emony was performed. At the we'd ding supper MT. Billips alternately drank and wept at old recollectis q, s until the Captain dragged him to his room, and Herr Krug. the picture of happiness. invoked blessing on the Captains head as his good adviser "A little matter of paint doesn't change the quality of the craft" mur. mured the Cantain