Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-10-06
CAUGHT In HIS OWN TRAP.

OF Which, II you be scholar, no one can
plaque you about the date f the Aegira,
or "exact political significance of the
Licinlan E"sations, nor any shock FIJI
upon you, il you Q q man of business,
from alsrmiug kilograms respecting the
fail Of the Utopian OGnsols, or the "un-
healthy depression Of the Cloudland-
Atlantic Grand Central Railway. Surely
there Is no ope living who does not appre
cate such furlough, from the fourth
form boy who over. eats himself at War
wick or Kenil~ ~orth on the half-yearly
holidty, dsmped only by the horrid recol-
lection that work begins again next day,
up to the weaTied merch .nt-prince who
follows out his Doctors prescription of
complete change OF scene," by makiog
Rome or Switzerland IS like London as
possible for two month every year.
Somewhat after this fashion chad fe t
inclined) might have solil quized, as
sat looking down upon the good town of
IL idelberg from the terrace of the Mol
ken -Kur"-a little wooden amberge,
perched upon . projecting bluff in which
few sol disant invalids play at Gu ing
themselves by eating The greatest possible
amount of curds aud whey. Aud, Ger
tainly, the scene before me deserved more
than passing glance. Above rose the
green, sloping crest of the Konigstuhi,
with all its waving woods, upon which
the fading sunshine fingered logiagly; all
around lay the leafy hillsides. between
which, like thread Of gold, glittered the
winding stream of the Neckar; immedi-
ately below me lay the narrow streets and
tail, gfim houses of the quaint little town,
above which the vast red towers of the
castle stood out in the glow of sunset like
pillars of fire; aud FIR out in the plain be-
yond breaking with its shining curves / e
monotony of the vast green level, l could
just descrY the broad, smooth flow of the
parent Rhine
But at this moment my reflections are
broken in sufficiently unromantic way
by conclusion of huge steeple. crowned
hat, which, driven by he wiud, rcochets
off my shoulder, and is just rolling over
the brow Of the hill, when / spiing for.
ward and clutch it. Turning to look for
the owneT find myself face to face with
quiet, pSeas 'nt-looking old gentleman in
frilled shirt and hlack.silk stockings tbe
very iuaQe IF the Glass Dwarf in Will
helm Hauf's "Kaltts He'Z;" evidently
man of some note by the respect with
which the hGbitues ma c way ior him.
Many thanks, mein Herr" says the old
man, as Irestored his errand head-gear
I'm not quite 81 supple now as l was
when L took the prize at ths Freyberg
Volksf st,% foTtythr years ago, before
even thought of becoming a Professor
It's only yol English who can keep up
your training forever"
How did Won guess thqt was an Eng.
lishmanr asked I, 'mewhat surprised,
Tor, lnIeed, win beard like a Pasha' 3
aud face bronzed by the sun of Egypt
and syria, my appearance is anything but
Anglo Saxon
@ n hf,t -, II
have caught that ha a you did" answer
ed the Profes. or, with a little chucklipg
laush g it's just in their nature to jump
up and run alter anything that passes
Ah, If you English would only employ
your lrreprtssible energies in the cause of
science, what might you not achieve
But no; you 10 not care to learn"
" Do us the justi q to believe, Herr Pro
fessor, that the nation which produced
Bacon an Newton has still some rever-
ence for science"
They were mighty men," replies the
old gentleman, with q reverential bend of
his gray head "but l am speaking If the
nation at lsrge, not of a few Exceptional
celebrities. Ach HmmellI what set
they are, those English! A fine lie they
led me when fl st began to practice med.
icine down yoId,r in Saxony. The first
thl'S III Z y luOIhloS kllt <. Ell1S eL NY
do r. What it?' An EnglishmAn who
has broken his leg in trying to climb thu
TeufelshOrn. which no ole ever assembled
YET set the Herr Englard,r's leg, aud
leave him pretty comfortable. Mo- halt
, an hour later kliog k g again. What
nov! Au E0glsdman WHO has been
half dro"ntd in swimming acrIsst0e Elbe
against the current for wager l roll the
Herr Englauder III warm blankets anu
bring b m round. Before have well set
tied in my cha agaia, king! kipg once
more. Mein Got what's the mstterP
An Ensl shman VINO has tried 10 run
tw I've miles within the hour, because
come one said he couldn't, and has broken
Gown under The strain. Mein Herr, | am
sorry to have 10 eay it, bat your country
men are equally devoid of fear and Of
reason. There is but one man In EUglabd
whom I can truly reverence, and his name
is Herr CsIlylei"
"Mr. Carlyle, why, he's an old friend of
mirel | saw him tue last time ] WAS in
England. I'm gla you admire him"
" Did you, Mein Herr? did you, really9'
sAys the Id man, with unmistakable ia
terest. "Tell me ali about him, beseecb
you; be is great man-worthy To have
been horn q Geruan"
And for nearly twenty minutes we 81
in Judgment u ION the biographer of Fred.
eriek the Great, till the strokes Of seven
booming from the town below, warn the
Professor that it & time 10 be gOirg home.
You must come with me, mien Herr"
says he, rising from his seat; mo ex.
cuses, beg of you. 1t shall never be said
that Justus Wessenbart met with friend
OF Herr Carlyle without making him
welcome ana, besid 6, I've goC something
TO show you which think will interest
you"
Tee old man'c hearty manner was not
to be resisted; snd d quarter Of an hour
later l stood before the door of TALL
grim looking stone house at the corner of
the Market Platz, the curiously. carved
front Of which showed that it had seen
more than one century. Butif its outside
was stern and unpromising its inside was
stern and unpromising, its inside was un-
comfortable in the highest degree; and 30
l thought when | found myself seated
over a substantial German supper IN the
Professors little snuggery, and heard the
old mans cheery voice bidding me "tall
10 and spare nothing"
While eating / found time TO glance
round the room, which (save for It's an
tique furniture and heavy Cross beams of
dark oak) diffeied but little from the
countless other laboratories that / had
seen in various towns of southern Ger.
many but one object arrested my atten-
tion-a human skeleton planted upright in
a corner, presenting pistol menacingly
with its 6eshless hand The Professor
noticed tie direction of my eyes, and
smiled significantly
as"Thsts the curiosity was speaking
Of" said hei it has history of its own,
which is worth hearing. When we
have finished supper I'll tell It you"
And, accordingly, al soon as our meal
was ended, Herr Weissenbsrt settled him
self comfortably ia his great fasy chair
lighted an enormous German pipe, which
the most seasoned "fox" in the univer
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