, 1870-06-26
soesnsne and the las: thing 1t night; Il ;was,

spsrmsnts could not toast nnyef Esd, b.
tofu ot Gaoe, room In which could apply
frysaN to study 80 sasiduaus1y, OF with 10
great xest. It seemed to be haunted with
taelE Tampa in ga17cts, and left the world bst-
ter Tor their tollk. This may have been boy
teh ha1lucinAtion, but I shall always believe
that tho most glorious yiew Of tho famous
Heidclburg Castle, the Moikenkur, End tho
lofty peak Of tic kaisesstuh1, is 70 be Ind
niche in tho dirk German gable.
The old castle trowued down upon me from
the brow Of the mountain Just above my head;
and often Of an evening haso I 1e1ned upon
my little window-eill, and gazsd up at ita ru~
med batslemeuts md ivy-mAutled towera- A
they grev DINNER and graysr in tho vaning
Light, tbs rents and soans Of centuries disap-
pea!ed, and the palaco Of tho old Electors
used 10 stand before me In its aneient pride.
It may not be generally known thxt the day
laboter OF America has better food ind mora
of it than many wealthy buzEher Of central
Europe. Only tho ve9 few, In Germany, can in-
duleo in beefsteaks for hreakfast. aoun learn
ind pioco Of dry bread Of the GermAn's morn
ing repa4t- Bat Aa became better acauairt-
90, and gradually more impecunious, I lett
the CAFE where I had before partaken Of these
lu1ur1es, and betook myself to haket's ahop,
where breakfast OF The sArne kind Wan fur
A@oNNA ACt III CulupAuy Will HlkEE&tAH0G1$H
Ano otAerR, for four k1eutzer4-about three
cents- Il could sometimes have wiAhed for
more liberal allowance Of sugar in my coffee,
IN this humble refectory, never could COM
plain Of lack Of sweetness In the morning
Sossip OF the haler's ted-c1tacked daugh-
vas not es tha work & 81 one ny a.y. onneF 81
unattended with come difficulty mud much skir-
mishing.. bethought myself Of my sausaga-
making friend across the way. Indeed, il was
long Ehle before became 80 used to the
from thinking OF him most Of the time. En-
gagged, a. he was. in the active production OF
food, he. must certainly, / argued, knov
something Of cheap dinners. therefore nade
aaescent on the ucat.shop one day. No no
tlce whatever vas taken Of my mock: 10,
dwarfed, ,long-apsoned, pale-fAeed boy, who
turned hts hungry eyes upon me, but did
not ceaae his hacking. launchod
forth in the kind-I may say, Tia pc
cnAar kind-of coIloquiA German I had
learned in my three weeks sojourn in his
boy, giving no rest to bis ueat-a1e, but ever!
once N while looking furtiyely orer his
shoulder, asked, " Do you want any Nurst!"
''Sausage7 No, no." And began again.
in ny original German, and explained 1t great
CT length that waa in search Of place to get
cheap dinner. The boy Laid down his meat
ave, cred me- few neconds In awful silence,
then glanced aprrehenssvely over bis shoulder,
took up his mcat-a1e again, and went to work
more Justify than ever. There WIS this
much about it; either the boy was deaf, or
We stood somewhat in the relation Of the two
EnElssh girls in Hood's stozJ-he could speak
ucrnan and did not understand it, aud I
could understand German aud NOT speak it.
Still, rather pleased than otherwise at such =
chance to hir my newly-7cquired speech. and,
On the whole, not n little g1atit1ed with nv
quick mastery Of the language, ! began in /
higher key, and, approaching nearer and nea1-
Il, demanded in the sAusage-maker's car
whether be hew Of r9:ce to get . cheap
with eyes and mouth vide open. the b.,
btood speechlcss bctora me. Thus We
were both vainly staring at each other,
when the back door dew open, aud =
hurry lump Of tumid humanity stumbled
through it with curse, wanting to know nhy
caught up his cleayer again, and faced lie mau
who had Just entered.
- Do sou want any Wurst I" he asked,
mo, no" And I went over The whole story
once mere, with such perspicuity a chip
wrecked Patience would naturally inspire in q
he thick oi NJ os.tion / detected a Cloudy d.
gleam OF intelligence spreading Itself
over the rcd f1ee Of nv heaSer, Nv
eio4uence bad touched him Ut last,
had not quito reached my peloraton,
Ehen-
:" interrupted ny fat friand, .s he
PULLED me brsskly to the doer. "You see that
shop: three houses farther down tho street 2 "
Yes, said I.
You are sure you aee Tho right onef~
Yes, yes." :.
"Well, you 60 right down there. There ia i
Efenchnan down there. His wife is from
Italy, think, may be, be eau understand tho
Nushan language: IcsnE"
Il was 1t that moment, think, I
learned 10 make the distinction betvsen
tho degrees Of benefit one darireo from
book knowledge Of : language: It
may help sou to understand othezs, but ii can
har11ly be said to help others TO understand
Sou: While on this subject, may bc pszaon-
ed. hope, for telling Of the more expeditions
why adopted to acquire the other modesn
than any extraordinary ambition induced mo
70 learn, IN order to preserve tho disguise OF
Which shall tell you presently. On going
into an unfamiliar country for the fsst time, I
shut n5self up in some cheap gaHqt with
grammar, for couplo Of wealB. Then sal
lied forth with pocket-lictiouary, and cap
tn1ed eome worthless young fellow wishou.
friends or employment. To tilia1ucklnsa persop
cicavcd without mercy. followed hin,-if l
could not make him follow me-evsrywhere,
1nd talked At him and made him talk. I n
Gued with him over his three sous worth Of
Chocolate, II we wore in Ft1nce, or over bis
boiled beans and olive oil, II we uc1o in
Italy. Aekedhtn questions about everything.
il We walked together IN the streets; and, ~
the way, Is It not truly wonderful how nuch
enc has to cay, whAn ke has difficulty in say
ing IT. lou may have noticed that man Who
suffers, or has htis.lip, is always talking:
he Who learns l now language ia invariably
troubled with The asme uitfalsuReestiyanesa.
and often. too. with more distrosaful cxecu..
ton. II, therefore, tbs patience Of my friand-
less tutor would sometimes fae, would at-
tempt to make I, e, him understand ny glowing
accounts OF tho comparative wealth Of such
vng1snts - no Wns in my own prosperous,
poor nan 8 country, advising him to immi.
CRATE. This occasionally would havo the Fl.
ieee OF restoring him to = feeble interest il
life. But il he would still persist in hia low
spit'ts, and dnd himself on the verge Of asf-
,nE me why did not myself 60 baek 70 ny
doubt, heartily wished me, then, Il that list
sfa soetso sssF' I'D eSesr Se h hs s's 9TH naua
siear Generally speaking, this wn not
~ tM wot1S th1Sosoughly te oyescnne yo1z
know inst when TO administer thn ciga1; be
must not be p4upered or spoiled BY undue II.
diligence and luxury. At first. when I corn-
nenced my experiments On these uufortuu1te
oeanea, aoo could see them vince under my
iaee11tlon OF their helplesa mosher-tongue, /
had slight qua1ma OF conscience. Learning to
quiet these At last, however, fastened nv
eelf on the most intelligent vA8rant It hana
with IN almost fAultleae precalculstiou of nv
man, and subjected him to my to1turea With
triumphant sense Of virtue in the act, far tra,as-
cending, l fancy, that experienced BY your en-
thusiastic sdrant, when subutanhstinr some not
thhf1TT 4 living criminal
SURE, ever before impressed me 10 highly With
the modest merit that may liz concealed in
Ssgr1ucy. II would Be positively SURPRISING
10 any one who has not enjoyed tho advantage
OF this desperate method or mastering tho col
ioQuial speech Of = country, il / Should tell
Lie tutcr, and moving out Of his neighbothood
TO some other city in the ssme State. to utilize
and Practise upon more Pretending persons, in
higher grade Of society.
Bat ! must get back to Heidelberg,
nhere the s,mpathetic reader will not, 1
trust, haye imagined that went al this time
without dinners, because the search for one
which ehould be the uhind Thule Of cheapnees
wss embarrassing and adventurous. I found
place, at last in private family, where Z
homefy, abundant midday meal wa4 furnished
me, in pzivA.e family, for ono gulden and
txensy-ti1 Eeutzers per week. fraction
over eight eents day. Ny supper took 1t =
Gd.thous. in company with some theological
students, 1t cost Of about four cents. Many
OF my cruntry men, who have s{,ent large sums
IN endeavoring 10 ive chezply IN tie same
city, will of course believe nothing Of this.
They have paid dsaziv for the privilege
OF beng Americana. They date thsir
experiences from hotels supplied with walters
Who speak our language, and have dealt al
chops on whoee windows they have seen
hazoned in golden letters. "Exo11su
srokEs.' They have, in reality. paid The
teacher who taught these waiteru md those
ehop-ieepe1s to murder cur own va1nAcular.
By maHculating At the grea. Cnivernty Of
Heidelberg, l became endowed With II the
tmc-houored privileges OF students- could
not b arrested Or taken through the streets.