The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-03-31

by the Dutchmen while playing ut
bowls on the bowling green at the
lower end Of Manhattan Island and
owned a bowerie in what is now the
middle Of New York city. That was
200 years ago. and two centuries is
quite enough to produce a gentleman
out of almost any human material.
Ned still owned enough Of the farm
to make him very rich and was a gen
tleman through and through. But dur
ing the first years Of the twentieth
century he found himself in a swim
principally occupied by those whose
fortunes were as much larger than his
as their ownership had been shorter.
Ned was a sportsman. He had hunt
ed in every land where there was
game, and travel had made him cos
mopolitan. Next to hunting his favor
tie sport was yachting. One summer,
as soon as the season opened, he put
his yacht in commission and made up
q party of men and women for a cruise.
Now, it so happened that when tie
list Of those who had accepted was
complete nearly all the guests turned
out to be Of the muddy branch of
the social stream. In other words,
they were Of the commercial aristoc-
racy. If Ned had had a wife to blue
pencil his lists she might have insist
ed on making this n over, but be
was democratic and used to associate,
especially when hunting or travelling,
with any one he happened to fall in
with. Therefore he failed to. notice
that his party was made up principal
ly of snobs.
There was one guest. "a German,
whom Ned had. picked up somewhere
in the west. In fact, he had just ar
rived from the land of cattle and wore
a costume not much better than that
Of a cowpuncher. A man Is always
at a disadvantage as a foreigner, and
Carl Schmitt would have received the
cold shoulder. from Van Amsterdam's
guests on this account II! on no other.
Besides, SO fresh an importation was
he that he could speak no great
amount Of English. Ned lent him a
yachting suit, and in this he looked as
refined as any Of the party, but this
did not help him with them. AZ In
days Of yore people weres used to In
quiring as to ones, pedigree. so. did
these ignore. any one who was not
known to possess a big income and
who had not been permitted to buy q
ticket Of admission into the gflded cir
Gle.
There was n young lady IN the par
ty, Miss Ten Brock, poor, but respecta.
BILE, who was considered to have re-
ceived her invitationsfrom being q dis
TINT connection yof the host Every
one felt obliged to treat her ctvilly: on
account of this relationship. but no
one. wished to take the trouble to do
90. It happened that Miss Ten Brock,
was preparing herself to 60 to Dresden
to study music and was giving q part
Of her time to making herself prod:
Client In. the. German language. Great
relief was experienced by the guests
when Miss Ten Brock awaited herself
Of Mr.. Schmitt's presence TO practice
corversing In German. Since the two
occupied each others time and Atten-
ton, there was no necessity for any
Of the party to expend any.e3oft on
either Of them.
Van AmsterdAm51was much dissrpn;
tied at the treatment Of :iis herman
friend. In ypeakiDg@ tOahis Raests q
Schmitt lie mid;
II mel him out III the wildeFnessssnd
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