The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-12-26

| shonld be allowed to do as l. liked, and
the change of language and manners
woald brighten me up and restore me
| for the winter campaign. My determi-
nstion was scarcely complete when |
began to act upon it, obta ned pass
port and started off.
will pass over my journey to Dus-
selburg, and my reception there on
Christmas morning by myold comrades
Suffice it to say that of twenty invita-
tons accepted two-one to dinner at
one o'clock, at great meeting of ar
fists and students, held in the Bokhalie,
their principal kneipe or drinking
house the other to supper at the house
of an Englishman named Woodbridge,
who had come to reside at Dusselburg
since my time, and to whom this was my
first introduction.
You must come to Woodbridge's
supper" said O'Scardon, a six-foot
Irishman in the Austrian service, and
an old friend of mine" you must come
TO Woodbridge's supper, for of all the
devils you ever saw, he tops 'em all.
We can't make out what he is. He's
heaps of money, but no one knows how
wonderful lot of people round him, some
of the fastest and most riotous of the
students here, and he's always got II
Polish Count with nina good-looking
impertinent scoundrel, who is so dread
fully offensive that my longing to kick
him is growing into n positive disease
Woodbridge, though he has only been
domesticated here n few months, has
already had several rows with the police
and Government; and as they say to-
nights supper is to be the boldest
thing he has yet attempted, L advise
you by all means to come"
After having been talked to in this
strain, | need scarcely say that / looked
forward to my supper at Woodbridge
with much curiosity. The remainder of
the day was spent in lounging about
and in a very noisy dinner with the stu
dents, and at about eight in the evening
| found myself at Woodbridge's lodg-
ings.
He occupied handsome apartments
over the shop of the principal saddler
of the town and when / arrived there
were some ten or dozen young men
seated about, some of whom | knew.
Scarcely, however, had my name been
announced, before tall, elegant-look-
ing man of about thirty years of age
stepped forward, and addressing me,
apologized for Woodbridge's temporary
absence, introduced himself as Count
Zintorski, and begged me to take cigar
and make myself at home There was
frankness in the fellows address which
correspondent but badly with look or
distrust and stiffness in his eyes, and l
felt | could not reciprocate his apparent
warmth.
Our host soon after arrived, and the
party being very shortly completed, we
sat down TO n game of Uingt-et-un 70
pass the time until supper arrived.
Now, hating cards with all my heart,
and never playing except when polite
ness compels me, | happen always TO
enjoy wonderful luck and accordingly,
on this occasion, when | was dealing,
doubled the stakes at every hand, and
won considerable sum. My greatest
opponent, and consequently the largest
loser, was Count Zintorski, and though
he tried every maneuver of which the
game is susceptible, my luck still stood
by me, and L rose from the table,
having cleaned him out of his last
Frederick dor. He was perfectly
calm, congratulated me on my luck, anG
took the foot of the supper table, oppo-
site Woodbridge with the air of a man
who felt himself perfectly at home.
Reader, were you ever present at a
German students supper party? If
not, you have no idea of noise, of wild,
mad fun, of practical iests pushed to
their utmost extent. My experience in
these scenes has not been small, but
never was 1 present at such scene of
riot as was enacted at Woodbridge's that
night. Englishmen and Germans tried
to Guido each other in noise song fol-
lowed song the health of each member
of the party was drunk in rapid sue
cession, and each member of the party
was drunk himself. My i'll health pre-
vented me from joining TO much extent
in the dissipation, and 1 sat looking on
and wondering whether / had ever found
real amusement in such pandemonium.
At last, while . 'Scardon was telling q
wonderful story of run with the Bally.
botherun hounds, half in English and
half III German, the landlord entered
the room and declared that if the noise
was persisted in he should be compelled
to call in the gems darmes. The am.
nouncement was received with yells he
was told to fetch whom he liked.
Woodbridge muttered some vague sen.
tence about Englishn's houses cassel,
and the landlord retired amid a storm
of groans. The uproar was renewed
but five minutes after we heard the
heavy tramp of the gems d'armes ascend
ing the staircase, and all of us deter
mined to resist the invasion by force
Some seized sticks, some laid hold OF
pieces of furniture to hurl at the in
truders, and | grasped an empty cham
payne bottle by the neck and slipped il
into my coat pocket, keeping my hant
on it the while. The door was aune
open and the chief of police entered
leaving two of his men outside tn,
door.
"Gentlemen, said he, in an authori
tative voice, Gin the name of hi,
Majesty L command you to leave this
house at once.
4 A roar of derision was the reply.
"Suppose we don't intend to go 2
said student with u red beard, taste
fully decorated with scraps of salad
shreds of tobacco, etc.