AMUSING MATRIMONAL BLUNDER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5394, 1 March 1879, Page 7

AMUSING MATRIMONAL BLUNDER.

letter from Vaud states that a young r erman, wounded in the late war between c ranee and Germany, was sent to a village c that canton early in the month of October ? recruit his strength. There he made 1 ie acquaintance of a young lady whose f irents resided in the same village, and the c uple became engaged. Owing to the mild- * iss of the climate and the interesting cir- * imatances under which he found himself aced, the hero soon regained his health, and 1 ifore long an order arrived from headlartcrs desiring him to report himself within '■ week at Berlin, where the depot of his ® giraent was then stationed. The grief of e lovers when the iimc came to part may s imagined ; but with many vows of conancy the lieutenaut at last tore himself vay, and in due time arrived at Berliu. t t first hia letters were filled with protesta- 5 )nn of the enduring nature of his love, but t adually, as time wore on, they become less d squent and much colder in tone. Six weeks id elapsed since he had last written, when a stead of a letter full of reproaches, the d mtenant received a telegram from his dear \ arie in the following words tl Dear Fritz, E I have just received a letter informing me 1 at ray uncle who was a millionaire at r •ankbar, in the East Indies, is dead and t at I am his sole heires.'* The lieutenant £ at no time. Ho set out for the village, t ie young lady was overwhelmed with joy \ . Beeing her lover once more, but reproached ] m for his long aileuce. 14 Don't let us talk 1 it, dear Marie," he replied ;<s there is now s 1 obstacle iu our union. The unexpected s »od fortune which Providence has sent 113 c ks removed the objections of my parents to ir marriage, for a fortune so great, socolossal t —" As these words Mario looked at him s ith a puzzled and somewhat pained ox- i ession, and taking his hand, said, " Fritz, \ \ not make fun of me." The lover drew out t his pocket tha telegram, asking her hether she had not written the words, 1 My uncle has just died a millionaire 1 Frankbar." Utterly astounded, Marie 1 opped his hand, and, when she recovered ] e use of her tongue, said sadly, her eyes 1 led with tears, "Dear Fritz, there is a 1 istake in the telogram. What I wrote was, Vly uncle has just died a missionaire in the t ast Indies, and the amount he hau left me < eis just 19Gf. 45c.The lieutenant re- j irned to Berlin a sadder and a wiser man. 1