“What a pity that it is a girl!” exclaimed the father, while all present smiled.
Invited Himself to Dinner
Superintendent Lohmann once visited his friend, the song writer, Pastor Hülsemann, of Elsey, Westphalia. Lohmann finding the door open entered the house. The parson was not in his study, but down-stairs in the kitchen he heard the parson’s wife. Lohmann, full of fun, as usual, called down-stairs in his friend’s voice, imitated to perfection: “Riekchen!”
“What is it?”
“Lohmann, from Wesel, is here; see that we have a good dinner.”
“What, is that slow old fellow here again? I wish the idiot would stay at home!”
Lohmann said nothing, but went back to the study. Soon after, his friend returned home and was very glad to see his dear friend, the visitor. Having no idea, of course, of what had happened, he went down-stairs to tell his wife Riekchen, that there would be a guest for dinner. Entering the kitchen, he said: “Lohmann is here.”
“You’ve told me that once before.”
“What! I told you? Why, I have only just now entered the house.”