The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-07-29

told Won BaImser' all about 1t whel
he came back.
"She's a demned fne-looling won
an, whoever she may be-, he remark
ed. as they sat together before turn
ing in. BE George! she's the fines
woman I've seen for long time"
"she's a window" said The Ger.
man.
"a what?"
"a window-the window of an en-.
gineer."
rs it widow you mean. What
dye know about her? What's her
name, and where does she come
from?"
Il have heard from the slavey that
a win--widow lives over there in
those rooms. She board NIT Madame
Morrison, and that window belongs
to her privacy zimmer-that is, cham
Der. As to her name, have not heard
1t, or else l disremember it."
"G9d!" said the major; shed eyes
that looked right through ye, and a
figure like Juno"
is, forty" Won Baumser remarked.
well, if she is me boy, a woman
of forty is just in the prime O. life.
If you'd seen her at the window,
she would have taken ye by storm.
She stands like this, and she looks up
like this and then down in this way"
The major pursed ups his warlike
int uybo OF hn eri,, aI tN hx
an innocent and captivating express
sion. Then she looks across and
she sees me, and down go the lids
of her eyes like the shutting off of
bulls eye lantern. Then she blush
ed and stole just one more glance at
me round the corner of the curtain
She had two peeps, the devil doubt
of It,"
THAT is very good" the German
said encouragingly.
"Ah, me boy, twenty years ago
when l was forty inches round the
chest and thirty three round the
waist, ] was worth looking at twice.
Begad, when man gets old and lonely
he sees what a fool be was not to make
chance"
"Mein Gott!" cried Won Baumser.
"You don't mean to say that you
would marry suppose you had the
chance!"
81 don't know" the major answer
ed reflectively.
"The womens is not to be trusted"
fha Carpoon coid codly UT lynau, N
woman in my own country what was
the daughter of man that kept
hotel-and she and l was promised
to be married to each others. Karl
Hagelstein, he was to be what you
call my best man. A very handsome
man was Karl, and sent him often
NIT little presents of one thing or an
other to my girl, for therc were reas-
ons why could not go myself. He
was nicer than me because my hair
was red, and pretty soon she began
to like him and he liked her too. So
the day before the Wedding she went
down the Rhine to Frankfort by the
boat, and he went down by train, and
there they met and was married
the one to tie other"
And what did you do?" the major
asked with interest.
ooh that was the most worst thing
Of all, for followed them NIT friend
of mine, and when we caught them /
did not let her know, but | called him
out of his hotel. and told him that
he must fight me. Dat vos mistake.
/ should have done him an insult and
then he would have had to ask me to
fight and l could have chosen my
own weapon. AS it was, he chose
swords, for he knew veil that | knew
nothing of them, and he had been
the best fencer in the whole of his
University. Then we met in the
morning, and before l had time to
do anything he ran me through the
left lung. / have shown you the
mark of it. After dat l vas in bed
for two months and more, and it
still hurts me ven de Weather is cold.
That is vat they call satisfaction"
Baumser added, pulling his long red
beard reflectively ITO me it has
ever seemed the most Unsatisfactory
thing that could be imagined"
81 don't wonder you're afraid Of
the women after that" said the mai |
or, laughing. There are plenty of |
good women in the world, though, II |
you have the luck to come across
them. Dye know young fellow call
ed Dlmsdale-. All, you wouldn't. |
but I've met him lately at the club.
He's got a girl who's the adopted |
daughter of that same ould GirdIe- |
stone that we talked about. saw
the two of them together one day as
happy as pair of young birds Sure,
you've only got to look at her face
to see that she's as good as gold. I'll
bet that that woman over the street
there is another of the right sort"
Dat woman is always in your head"
the German said with a smile "You
shall certainly dream about her to-
night I remember a woman in Ger
and so these two Bohem-
ians rambled on into the small hours,
discoursing upon their past expert
ences, some of which, perhaps, are
just as well omitted and allowed to
sing into oblivion When the major
finally retired for the night, his last
thought was of the lady at the win
dow, and of the means by which he
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