Show ALT NUREMBERG V mcellis by My ELLIS BROWNE professor feldman brought his car toa to a standstill before the door of the inn ann alt nuremberg with 11 alts 1 ts concrete block towers and spiked alron ron bound oaken gates announced cifa on a board ou outside aside that it served food and soft drinks another placard pictured anamier an amber brown mug covered with ta a generous froth that appealed more strongly to to lits his dusty dust e and descending with haste he was soon inside the garden waiting lie ito be ser served vedat at a little whito white clothed roni table near a vine covered wall adeep A deep steady roar told odthe of the I nifty of the ocean and the professor waited impatiently as he wished to finish his journey and have a cooling dip in the surf before time to dress for dinner the thought of dinner and 0 evening brought a flush of happiness for lie he had kept his car seaward for four hundred miles because betty pershing was Nat r at ocean point with her family and ian an invitation from mrs pershing one day when summer outings were being discussed was notto not to be overlooked you must come to ocean point when we are there professor she had Insl sied the ithe golf course there Is perfect and the sailing Is fine yes indeed feldman beldman agreed tom pershing heartily slapping the other jovla Jovi llyon allyon the back thank youl he had smiled appreciatively ciati clat vely ively you certainly offer inducements I 1 and you miss betty have I 1 your approval certainly professor I 1 was just wondering how we could get along through the summer without youl you betty answered brightly the die is cast I 1 go he announced gratefully 1 I assure you I 1 shall do my best to be useful I 1 shall stock up on fresh new jokes for rainy days and make of all the old ladles ladies and lie he stopped he had caught bettys betty 9 eye and hers dropped in pretty confusion for ills his eyes were saying only too plainly that she was the cause of his gratitude so the ings had gone and the professor had followed the professor changed his mind and ordered orangeade after all alt nuremberg heidelberg and he was no longer a german student those were good old days though that was where he had met tom pershing twenty years ago now he was nearly forty heidelberg I 1 how far away bow long ago it seemed I 1 and pretty little elsa flaxen hatred haired and demure I 1 that had bad been quite an affair when he came to america he told her he would make his fortune and return when h was rich he finished his sandwich and got up to go more people had bad come in and a little orchestra had bad come from somewhere and started to play the curtain at the rear of the little stage parted and four singers came out dressed in native costume and picked up op the air ot at the players the probes gap started to his feet for the flaxen haired soprano in her velvet bodice wac none other than the girl he be had been thinking about elsa I 1 he sat staring confused his big thoughts a chaos the song ended and the singers sat down listlessly the professor made his way to the platform and elsa lowered her eyes bom rom the top of the wall emmet I 1 DuRin do emmet mett I 1 sho she cried yes elsa its emmet I 1 can you come down yes ll 11 she answered giving him her hand band and jumping to lo the ground they sat down and he scanned her face closely its odd to find you here how long have you been in ili america sixteen years heavens I 1 and I 1 not to know it what heavily lehat what did you come tor for he dreaded her answer she laughed 1 I had to my bus bug band camel came so you are married Is I 1 with relief sure I 1 am fritz and I 1 are doing fine we have a cafe in jersey city an all come here in summer this Is a good moneymaker money maker but tell me about yourself youre a fine looking man emm emmet et no one would think you were in a day over thirty are you married anal ana are you making plenty of money she leaned over the table and scanned him closely tor for earmarks of prosperity there was no diamond in hip tie and none on his hands bands she shook her head you must do better and get rich come and talk to my fritz maybe he be can put you in the way of something Is I 1 elsa with her dreamy blue eyes and cheeks of roses and cream had no soul BOU above the silver quarters that fell into fritzs money boxi box I 1 he understood der stood now why he be had not gone back to her ile he thought of sensitive high strung betty her dark understanding eyes und and her quick sympathetic smile ho he at got up and held out his hand no thank you eisai there are other things belde money but I 1 will come and see you again im not married yet but wish me luck elsa im going to areher ask her io tonight night she nodded good emmet I 1 do wish you luck but hurry up and get rich america is a great I 1 country as he shook her hand band warmly and curried away and they say americans tire are mercenary he be exclaimed as he be started the ngone betty dear 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