The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-01-26

piled and took my departure. Strange
to say. had 10 sooner boarded the
elevated to return - tie city room,
than who should step "a but Baron
0ustaxe Rermann Won dem Mueller
and Count Karl Josef Wilhelm Won
Steinwartz-Linstow.
"Ah!" cried that volsunG "There
ISIS the fraulein!" s.; f4
The baron himself" exclaimed.
s'Utd last! Utd last!" cried the baron
In such an overwhelming voice that
every passenger on the car turned
around and stared. ''Utd last We Won
another vind!" or went his tall hat
and he bowed to the very platform.
He was quite as tall as the count. but
not nearly so beautiful j man, Tor his
nose and his fat cheeks were very red.
and then-well. he was Baron Gustave
Hermann Won dem Mueller. Heaven
itself could not preserve me. He
poured forth In an absolute torrent:
@Fraulein! dees morning a mes
sach vrom Count Linstow hat viles
vas NIT der segredaire of agriculture,
dot vos gone to mine loodching atd
dree by der clucl to see Won lady.
Akain der same messach COON vrom
Herr Walters-von young lady he say,
und viles I am blinking vot gan dot
be, der COUNT akain sendt word dot It
vos Won madter OF inheritance, und she
vas young und scharming und Herr
Walters he sendt ofer der same vordts.
I drinks cannot NIT der segredaire stay
no more! vas hoofy to der cloob to
loonch. On der way ! schtop vor Won
glass OF pier, und when LOGON to der
cloob I dhere findt dree messach, Won
vrum der lady asking where was I?
I cannot eat off mine loonch, und den
Count Linstow sendt wort dot der
countess dit telegraph dot she will
gone at dree by der cluck, insteadt OF
dis. efening. und der abbointment NIT
der yoong lady must be schange to
dwo. schange it und der lady say
dot vas goodt. SO Herr Walters tell
me. go to mine loodching before two
ind NIGHT findt der lady. Herr VAL
ters telephone. She dit gif no undser.
Vot am to do? I wait. l, wait Won
hour und she vas NIGHT gone! Herr
Walters do all vas he gan: he telephone
vonce more, but der fraulein gif no
undser. : r walk COP und4 I q walk
down Den I dink dot vas Won schoke!
Dhere vas no lady! I poot on mine
hatd und Hschoinl Count Linstow. In
all der time NIT Washington city am
l meier, has SO crate hoory, und eggs
element undt distress! But now udt
last behold der LADY," ~fstA e',(ofi8
BY. this time there vas of course IN
enraptured audience on all sides. 1
tried to speak, but no words came.
The silence was CHASTITY. i!'f." @tsz
What, fraulein. may 1 ask, What gan
dees SO imbortant madter be-" in
quired the baron.
3 My voice returned and I stammered
blindly: "What kinds of hens. sir, Is
freiherr Won Puckler-Lundorst going
to take back to Germany with him."
It was out! dtmly saw the total
and utter collapse of my friend the
count. vaguely heard through the
roar Of laughter in the car the loud
tones of the Baron Gustave Wilhelm
Won dem Mueller: GHE
"F'rau1ein! Vot vas dot? Ach! Der
plymouth Ruck, und der Vyandotte
under der P1ack Spinach, und der Puff
Goshen, und-" he paused to wipe
the Precipitation from his brow.
"Just-those-hens faltered.
Ivy ask you. fraulein, If der vas
hens alone? Der will be hens und
cocks. too!"-Natfonal Magazine.