December, 1914 



T II E G A It I) E N M A G A Z I N E 



145 



This English Girl ( £l^ 

 Marries a German Pastor 



And the result is an Anglo-German domestic 

 alliance that adds much to the joy of life. Read 

 how the author of "Elizabeth and Her German 

 Garden "describes the hrst meeting of Ingeborg 

 and Herr Dremmel: 



By 



the author 



of 



"Elizabeth 



and Her 



German 



Garden ' ' 



When Ingeborg had got the car window up, the 

 square German gentleman opposite her undid the 

 woolen scarf round his neck. 



"At last" he said, heaving an enormous sigh. She 

 saw that he was of a drab complexion and that his 

 hair, drab too, and close-cropped and thick seemed to 

 be made of beaver. 



"Were you cold?" she said with the friendly inter- 

 est of a boy. 



"Naturally. When windows are open one is always 

 cold." 



"But that's what windows are for," she said, after 

 reflecting on it. 



"No." 



"No?" repeated Ingeborg inquiringly. 



"The aperture was there first," said the German 

 gentleman. 



"Of course," said Ingeborg, seeing he waited for 

 her to admit it. 



"And in the tulness of the ages came man, and 

 mechanically shut it." 



"Yes," said Ingeborg. "But " 



"Consequently, the function of windows is to shut 

 apertures." 



"Yes. But " 



"And not to open that which, without them, was 

 open already," 



"Yes. But " 



"It would be illogical," said the German gentle- 

 man patiently, "to contend that their function is to 

 open that which, without them, was open already." 



This is but a hint of what is in store for you in the pages of "The 

 Pastor's Wife." 



It all came from Ingeborg's refractory tooth. If it hadn't been 

 for that offending member she would never have gone to London 

 alone. Nor would she in her new found freedom have succumbed 

 to the alluring posters of Dent's Tours to Switzerland (she a Bishop's 

 daughter unchaperoned !) All of which led up to the supreme event 

 of her life — her amazing marriage to Herr Dremmel. What befell 

 her thereafter as the "Pastor's Wife" in the little German village 

 of "Kokensee," will delight the souls of all admirers of "Elizabeth 

 and Her German Garden," and any one else blessed with a sense of 

 humor. 



Ingeborg and her future husband. 



The 



Pastor's 



Wife 



By the Author of 



"Elizabeth and Her 



German Garden" 



A Satire on 

 German Home Life 



Illustrated by Arthur Litle 



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