fair to his old friend, did he not tell thee that with his old friend
he would settle that matter so that there should be no broken bones? For
did he not know already that for these five years past it has been the
wish of Gottlieb's heart to leave this old bakery--where his lease ends
this very coming May--and to have just such a new fine bakery upon the
Square as now you two together will have? Ah, this bad old miser man is
not afraid but that his miser money will come back to him again; and he
is not such a fool but that he had faith in his good friend Gottlieb,
and knew that all would end well. And now, truly, all will be happiness:
for Gottlieb, who has gained a good son, can spare to me this dear
Hed-wig, his sister, and he will come to church with us and see us all
married in one bright day."

Aunt Hedwig looked up into Herr Sohnstein's face as he ended this long
speech--not so fine, perhaps, as some of the speeches which he had
delivered in the criminal courts, but much more moving and a great deal
more genuine than the very best of them--and, with her eyes filling
with happy tears, said to him: "And it is to thee that we owe it, this
happiness!"

But Herr Sohnstein's face grew grave and his voice grew reverent as he
answered: "It is not so, my Hedwig. We owe our happiness to the good God
who has taken away the evil that was in our dear Gottlieb's heart." They
all were very quiet for a little space, and upon the silence broke the
sweet sound of the clock bell in the near-by church-tower.

When the last stroke had sounded Herr Sohnstein spoke again, and in his
customary jolly tone: "As for these young ones here, we will unlock the
door and let them walk out and look for a little at the music-stand that
they love so well in the Square. And Hedwig shall sit beside me while
we smoke our pipes, Gottlieb, eh? It is a long time already, old friend,
since thou and I have sat together and smoked our pipes."

End of Project Gutenberg's A Romance Of Tompkins Square, by Thomas A. Janvier

*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A ROMANCE OF TOMPKINS SQUARE ***

***** This file should be named 23808.txt or 23808.zip *****
This and all associated files of various formats will be found in:
http://www.gutenberg.org/2/3/8/0/23808/

Produced by David Widger

Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions
will be renamed.

Creating the works from public domain print editions means that n