Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1851-09-26

THE tdngs which the Professor had thu,
.hiained left him in no stale Of mind to call IN
my of his old friends in GreiiswaId. lie con-
nued his Journey into the n ,rrh. even IA tar
As Upsala, where, IN the library If the old Uni
versity. he added still more to his amazing
amount Of learning. and then returned to Tun-
bingpn, where he delivered his lectures as for
mery.
Tie next thing that happened to him was
that lie was appointed by Government to take
the Law Professors chair in that still more fa>
nous University where we first found him.
llher he removed early in the year, and
took ur, as toId you, his quarters in the prln-
cipaI suite of room. in that gIoomy old house
with the irun-b rrpJ windows aud the grinning
tace over The gateway. Il- spare hours lie
t spont in arranging aud cataInguing his inn
rense library, and the rest of the day in dellv-
e ing his iamons course of lectures. which very
snrn brongrt such an acce'-o i drnS 'n the
' Unvpr,uv, that. with the ,r dp.poopc and 'he
middle classes AT large. WIN lived ptlucip,Iy
bv accommodating students, as we'll - by all
the Young ladies who thus were DIVIDED with
! so ,nan, more agreeable partners at the public
aud private balls, he WAS considered quite a
beneiActor To the town, and. consequently, was
very popular with every one.
There WIS something, however, peculiar in
the Professor; everybo ly agreed N this find
inI it. nevertheless, not ditlicul to be accounts
, ell for because he was 50 very lcaned, ana all
learned men were unlike connon eople: they
. hid right to be DID, AMI even disagree able, if
they chose But dislgrelbe Professor Won
, 80 man was not; he was only very grave, and
, Ii I'd no anxious, sclf-lbSorbed look.
4 The truth Wa, thou III nOboly knaw it, he
was very una1ppy about poor FrauIein Ida,
and could not get her sorrows out of his held.
1t is won lcrful whit M nbcr Of letters he
wrote to all p,rts of Germ my to ascert1n, II
he could, wnither she hid betlken herself
with her little otphln niece, or where this d
VI lllmc Bernh Ird lived who w Is aunt to the
> chll,rs flthcr. But he could obt,in no sltis-
= ftctory mtormltion. Now and then, he fan
> clcl he WIS upon the righ' trick; but when
y h came to pursue it farther anl h took many
= long journeys for this purpose, 1t always ended
!, in disappointment.
u Thus time wore on He lived in a dream Of
hope and dis appointment, busted over the end
: less arrangements Of his books, and looking
u neither to the right hand nor to the left as he
e crossed the great University garden Of his lee
V lures. On Summer afternoons the gardeI
" was full of people, who turned out from tbs
u surrounding houses. Indies sat with thei
t. knitting on the various benches and under the
:, trees children pl yed about and the milkwomer
= cut the crisS for their cows Everybody
:, kn,w him, but he knew nobo iy. took notice .
y nobody "Thlt is the wty,' sud they, witt
all these learned men their eyes are turnet
lnwirds.'
ltml;thlve been very dull, unn,tural So
d Of lite for little ina Won flotf mn, if shc hat
$ no more chccffu person with her tn II hcr filth -
J. as he appeared to the world but assure yot
g her life was by no means without its pleasures
S In an evening she was with her father and the
's came ont something of the JOY and affection
n which lived in his large, warm heart. l.ittl
Lima knew very well what glorious and nO5
d hIman being was her father. and to him sh
ID opened all her little heirt. She showed hlr
how her knitting progressed, and how man
additional stitches she had done IN her Berlin
- wool work but not a word did she say to hlr
ot ajou, those beautiful slippers which soon atte
n Mldsumncr she had begun 70 work for him -
k Oh, no, not Il word of then; they were a grea
IN ,cret in her helrt. and were to re uan So INT
=: they should be brought to:th by the won leru
% Christie at Christians, who. Sh2 kn 3w. tto:
ar Cd experience. wolll then brlng s9nnhn
;" very cnirninr for her. OF tn = hnTs l. n
sInkc to her flthrr. bul most of all Sh4 Spl'i
l. Of her llttla tripn SluchcH. who lived at tn
-, end of the Iiriel, in Slch pretry rooms, Wiz
-. her old ere t-lnnt Go.tz 'nbergcr who va
=, quite, quite bin |. yet Sl,I ch -2rul old Lady
w. AL W tn unit Ida. WIN WIS jus, ike an ange
:, Lima nos knew what m ta1 mast be like the
~. must be like Slnch MS aunt lil. if she had onl
- wings. She wore such be lutifu light silks
ami she had such lovely htn Is, and such
ar beautiful face. Oh, there never was any lad
III tn 1t sm led IA sh, ll,
III 1t was wonderful what pleasure or goo
Professor felt in he Irlns his darling Lima thu
l.. i
III sibe ch lrn to him in that sweet name OF Id
IL If II had not been for The ol lady, and eve
II, aunt Id as h. beliave |, being lIled Goetzel
'G berger, he might, parhlp', hive taken it int
ll his head that this might be his own Ion tlo
ne Ida But he never dill; ana waan little Lin
III saw hun walking from his afternoon lcctur;
&C. across the gtrdnn, AMI ran to hin slyir
It'll nhere'S aunt ldl" he uey3r even gave hia
iS self the trouble looi at her, bat, catching 4
III the child in his arms, Carried her to the hon,
- with hun. Aunt 1t, On her Ptrt, 'aw HIN u.
~ ly at Il dlstincc: tn are WA S)nn:hlnI abD,
~ hlm VIII ca ptinrly re ain Ie h'r OF an Oh
l, long lost loser, AMI ior thlt vcrv reason $,
~ puipp e Y lvoil d meatInI him. Sh, did II
ne wish to walk owes TIL grly', as it were,
MS tbs, buriel iecln =. on tn l,rh-lIke rcpo
''n Of whca alolc dcp.nlel her own peace
ru mind.
III tie Linn went very often % trlu ~ /.
NE zenb 'rgers, She founi 1t null more chez
I'm fui there thln nt ler own hpna. Her ftther
90 rooms were nll lined with lrH, oil books, p
III OF which stlh lry o. the floor, an over whit
we she WAS sure To tn nbe If she did not tai
r'' gre 1t care besides which, th re was alwa
at such smell Of tobacco-smokc, for, like
y, letrnad Gcrmlns h, WAS grelt smoker. -
u" hd wife," sud h. to hn'rE Il saru
h'h rarely smoke: but 1t is now my oily anus
=, ment." So the roo MS were full f Il sno
'H- clou |, which crrciei about her tlthcr'S hen
'ot anl curlei up mo all th' dark corners an !
up to the VIC int specs on the sh Ives anl win,
''y filled the curtllns aud even her f.therS h
with 4 novcr-iylng smell Of to5rcco. We
The different were rrIn zanberr2,'s rooms.
All WIS light and ch criul there, AMI trc
his delicious olor see ned t perry ldr evcry!hIn
the The floor of the stting-roons was of inl'
lis wood. winch gave very pretty effect, ana
ort very beautiful clrpct Of neellewnrk, deep
len fl nrcd, was laid before each of the two sol
eat On one ofthese sofas always sat rhn Old bli
old lady, in her rich black sltin ana large or
h,, ala, L,r III, l.