Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka), 1859-1927 / 2008-07-31 00:00:00

*** Project Gutenberg etext of The Love of Ulrich Nebendahl ***
By Jerome K. Jerome
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THE LOVE OF ULRICH NEBENDAHL
By JEROME K. JEROME
Author of "Paul Kelver," "Three Men in a Boat," etc., etc.
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
1909

COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY JEROME K. JEROME
COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
Published, September, 1908

THE LOVE OF ULRICH NEBENDAHL
Perhaps of all, it troubled most the Herr Pfarrer. Was he not the
father of the village? And as such did it not fall to him to see his
children marry well and suitably? marry in any case. It was the duty
of every worthy citizen to keep alive throughout the ages the sacred
hearth fire, to rear up sturdy lads and honest lassies that would
serve God, and the Fatherland. A true son of Saxon soil was the Herr
Pastor Winckelmann--kindly, simple, sentimental.
"Why, at your age, Ulrich--at your age," repeated the Herr Pastor,
setting down his beer and wiping with the back of his hand his large
uneven lips, "I was the father of a family--two boys and a girl. You
never saw her, Ulrich; so sweet, so good. We called her Maria." The
Herr Pfarrer sighed and hid his broad red face behind the raised cover
of his pewter pot.
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