Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-08-19

him II The Russians were moi lazy dnu
The French industrious, and was astonished
when he asserted warmly that il was
quite the other way. wasn't. | don't
know the Russians at all, but am pretty
sure ofmy Frenchman. There's no more
industrious ant the world than a French
man who has 10 work if he would live,
but otherwise he is the greatest sluggard.
He doesn't have TO work here-why
should he ? He gets money from home,
and he is allowed enough to buy tobacco,
candy, paper and stuff, so what more does
he need. The Russians, on the other
hand, are generally good workers. All
their lives they have been taking orders
from somebody, and they don't know
anything else. The masters happen to
be Germans, but an order is just an order,
and habit is strong Inc
prisoners are guarded by Landsturm SOL
diers, men too old for active service, but
who can release younger men for that
purpose. They are nearly all fathers OF
families, stald, settled-looking men, and
perfectly content TO be where they are.
We started home by another route-a
most delightful road through miles OF ripe
grain, and through wood, and then
along the river bank, reaching home at
9.lO, hungry as bears, and just a little tired.
Almost delightful surprise
awaited our return from our walk yeSter-
day afternoon. An invitation from the
Burgomeister 10 come down Wednesday
at four o'clock and get engaged. The
Minister OF the Interior al Dresden had
answered our prayers. SO shall put on
my Tuxedo and parade down with Dora,
announce our intention TO marry, and
then, if the gods are propitious, we will
be married on July 18th. The trip to the
Burgomeister's was for the purpose OF
making me the subject OF several miles
more of correspondence: I've great
mind 10 enlist in the army, and 60 at once
to the front, for in that case you can get
married in an hour, and al this rate II
does not seem that ever will. How
ever, all the documents 90 now TO the
Minister OF the Interior for his dispenSa-
tion, and when we are married will de-
pend upon when he gets round TO il. II
may come next week. il may come next
month, and, cheerful thought. itmay never
come at all Mr.. Secretary wrote three
sheets OF paperin getting this matter fixed.
In this space appeared Dora and |, her
father and mother, also mine. You can
remember now that you are for all time
in the German archives. He asked by
what boat we would return, and when
we told him we didn't know, which was
the Gospel truth it looked as if our mar
riage was non compus, Judging from the
face he pulled. We hastened to assure
him that we were not Withholding this
information out OF pure meanness, and
that we would make il special point to
LET him know as soon as we found out
ourselves. He lei il go at that. and I'd
give lot know what difference II made.
He did not seem TO approve OF mothers
multiplicity OF names, deeming them too
numerous for mere American, suppose,
but wrote all OF Dora's without batting an
eye, and hers consists Of Qet me see) six
names and a hyphen. 1t took him just an
hour 10 get this momentous document
written, and he could have taken three,
if il would have expedited matters for us.
All we have 10 do now is 10 wait.