Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-12-15
THE DEVILS REVENGE.

the Imperial garden OF Vienna was de-
serted Although devastated by the APP
proach of winter. the Imperial garden
was not without certain melancholy
charm.
A young man was striding up and
down with visible Impotence. His cos
tune was somewhat theatrical in its
elegance. He might have been 2S years
of age; his pale and regular features
were full of finesse, and irony lurked in
the creases around his eyes and
the corners of his mouth. At the uni
versity, which he appeared to have quit
ted recently. for he still wore the stu
dents cap with oak leaves, he must have
| plagued the Philistines and shone in the
| front ranks of the burschen and the
! foxes
Soon a young girl appeared at the end
/ of the avenue.
Imagine, Heinrich said the pretty
Niennese, taking the young mans arm,
II have been dressed and ready to go
out for more than an hour, ana my aunt
kept on with her sermons on the dan
gers of Waiting, on recipes for Christ
mas cakes and carp with blue sauce. /
went out on the pretext of buying some
gray boots, OF which l have no need
whatever.
at is for you, Heinrich that / tell all
these little lies, which | am constantly
regretting and constantly beginning over
again. What an idea it was of yours to
take to the stagei What was the good
of studying theology so long at Heidel-
berg? My parents liked you, and we
might have been married today but for
that. Instead of meeting on the sly I'm
der the bare trees of the Imperial garden,
we sheuld be seated side by side before
a fine porcelain stove in a nice. warm
room, talking of the future of our chill
dren. Would not that be a happy lot,
Heinrich? -
Yes, Katy, very happy" replied the
young man, as he pressed under the satin
and fur the dimpled arm of the Viennese
"but ! cannot help it. The theater at
tracts me invincibly. I dream of it by
day; | think of it by night; / feel the
desire to live in the creation of thu
poets; / seem to have twenty existences
Every role that play makes me new
life; all those passions that / express
feel. / am Hamlet. Othello, Charlie.
Moor. When one is all that he can Will
difficulty resign himself to the humbl,
condition of a village pastor"
THAT is very noble. But you know
that my parents will never have an acto
| for a son-in-law."
NO, certainly. not an obscure actor
poor, ambulant artist; a puppet o
managers and the public. But a grea
actor, covered with glory and applause
who earns more money than a minister
they will not refuse, however scrupulou
they may be-"
81 do not think they will. But VIII,
says, Heinrich, that you will ever com
to that? You have talent, but talent i
not sufficient; you must have much goo,
luck besides
THAT future" replied Heinrich. i
nearer than you think. | have an advan
tageous engagement at the theater of th
Corinthian gate. and the manager is 5,
satisfied with the manner in which
played my last role that he has made mn
= Il present of 1000 thaIers."
Yes replied the young Girl. with
, serious AIR, that role of demon in thu
new piece. | confess to YOU, Heinrich
that | do not like to see a Christian rs
sumo the mask of the enemy of the I'M
man race and pronounce words of bias
phemy, Inc other day ] went to see yo,
| at the Cornthian theater. and at ever,
4 moment l was afraid that veritobi
- hell-ire would issue from one Of III,
traps where you were swallowed nm !,
flames of spirits of wine. / returne,
home all confused, and | dreamed bor
j mble dreams avn
ton" " ''''''7 Il"
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pony at the Two Headed Eagle: TIN
guests We're of the most mixed descrin
r uom The Two-ueaded Eagle was on
- Los those blessed cellars celebrated h,
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50 slippery that You cannot nut Won
u l""l hp"N Tie first one without Mt ono
HA"'"s Yourself at the bottom. wifi
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mouth between al pot OF beer and a meas
b. Wy at ngN .vne
II lrWuca went to the end Of the celia
4 "'" SAT- at a. table where there were nj
- .''"'H seated 5.ugc or four persons n
J'} GUS 4.'tu ans merry humor
-H' '''N0y1.' cried the eldest Of IN
= I',N'' you NtoW You had a truly dia
" 0u'',"l lo.N The other night: Won almos
~ ~ '''te' nn. Who would think tina
ID i''I'''''. "" drinks beer as we dr
le e'od l'0t HH -pyh vpncmou.. wicked nm
a s''',''1'' ans and that with siuol
te shudleg ""''' 'ht'te
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