Herman’s married sister liked her brother Herman, and she had always tried to help him, when there was anything she knew he wanted.  She liked it that he was so good and always did everything that their father and their mother wanted, but still she wished it could be that he could have more his own way, if there was anything he ever wanted.

But now she thought Herman with his girl was very funny.  She wanted that Herman should be married.  She thought it would do him lots of good to get married.  She laughed at Herman when she heard the story.  Until his father came to find him, she did not know why it was Herman had come just then to New York to see her.  When she heard the story she laughed a good deal at her brother Herman and teased him a good deal about his running away, because he didn’t want to have a girl to be all the time around him.

Herman’s married sister liked her brother Herman, and she did not want him not to like to be with women.  He was good, her brother Herman, and it would surely do him good to get married.  It would make him stand up for himself stronger.  Herman’s sister always laughed at him and always she would try to reassure him.  “Such a nice man as my brother Herman acting like as if he was afraid of women.  Why the girls all like a man like you Herman, if you didn’t always run away when you saw them.  It do you good really Herman to get married, and then you got somebody you can boss around when you want to.  It do you good Herman to get married, you see if you don’t like it, when you really done it.  You go along home now with papa, Herman and get married to that Lena.  You don’t know how nice you like it Herman when you try once how you can do it.  You just don’t be afraid of nothing, Herman.  You good enough for any girl to marry, Herman.  Any girl be glad to have a man like you to be always with them Herman.  You just go along home with papa and try it what I say, Herman.  Oh you so funny Herman, when you sit there, and then run away and leave your girl behind you.  I know she is crying like anything Herman for to lose you.  Don’t be bad to her Herman.  You go along home with papa now and get married Herman.  I’d be awful ashamed Herman, to really have a brother didn’t have spirit enough to get married, when a girl is just dying for to have him.  You always like me to be with you Herman.  I don’t see why you say you don’t want a girl to be all the time around you.  You always been good to me Herman, and I know you always be good to that Lena, and you soon feel just like as if she had always been there with you.  Don’t act like as if you wasn’t a nice strong man, Herman.  Really I laugh at you Herman, but you know I like awful well to see you real happy.  You go home and get married to that Lena, Herman.  She is a real pretty girl and real nice and good and quiet and she make my brother Herman very happy.  You just stop your fussing now with Herman, papa.  He go with you to-morrow papa, and you see he like it so much to be married,