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ancient watering place, sacred to the
therapeutic bath since Roman times,
the eIopement of the late doctors girl
with a recreaat student was perhaps
only a topic for indolent jest. But to
the citizens of the Baden summer
capital, more especially the trivial
aristocracy, with whom Lena Molitor
and her family had q place, the elope-
ment was a scandal portentous OF dis
aster. Frau Molitor, the widowed
mother, was Frustrated. Her friends'
the Frau Baronin A. and the Fran
Professorin B, were tremulous' tear
full, and full Of misgiving. Sueh
matches were the spawn OF Tragedy.
Ruin was certain. Oh, that poor mis-
guided girl-of twenty-siX!
In Paris and other parts, where
they were celebrating their freedom,
the young man and his young woman
were quite oblivious Of all this hula
baloo until money got to be short, as
money will. From Paris they were
finally forced to open negotiations
with the brides wealthy mother.
Discovered Nervousness.
Now. for the first time they discov-
cred the true Nervousness Of natural
attraction and instructive mating.
The cowardice and caddishness OF the
man and the ingratitude OF the un-
natural daughter were made clear.
In the surge of penitent feeling Karl
Hau and his bride pacted suicide Iad
set out to commit it. The boy was
frst to kill his wife, then himself.
He wasn't used to such things at the
time. fumbled his aim and only su-
per6cially wounded the girl. She
begged for a second and lethal pellet,
but the tint of her blood had undone
him. Their emotional volcanoes died
away and there was no suicide.
Soon afterward there was surface
reconciliation with the iron-souleo,
outraged mother. The daughter was
given a dowry OF about $4,000, and
the information that she and her hus-
band were not recognized in the Moli-
tor set
set ont For America.
Karl Hau and his wife set out for
America. The young man entered
George Washington University as a
student, acquitted himself brilliantly
won his M. A and LII D., and was
offered the chair of Roman law in
his school, which he at once occu-
pied. The young man who had been
too much Of a blade for F'retburg ana
9aden-Baden, had evidehtly settled
down and began to show his high
cerebral gifts. Those who knew him
at George Washington recognized
him as a scholar of genuine attain
ment. His knowledge Of antique and
modern law are said to have been re-
markable, and IT was believed a ca
reer of distinction lay before him.
And, directly to the point, he was
now himself a professor and thus of
suitable rank to be the husband OF
a medizinalrat's daughter.
AS so often in this ungrateful
world, the dark forebodings Of Frau
Molitor and her friends appeared to
have been absurdly confuted- The de-
spfsed son-in-law was on the road
to success and station.
Resigned Position At G. w. o.
Then Prof. Karl Hau suddenly re-
signed his place at George Washing
ton University, bundled up his wife
and their young child, and sailed for
Europe. His wife was sent to the
maternal home in Baden-Baden- Tbs
professor proceeded to Constanti-
NOBLE, where he intended to bespeak
of the sublime porte an oil conces-
sion Of Tshibukh. He spent some