, 1880-07-18
GERMANY.
Foot.Trips by an American in
the Fatherland."
Along the Mulde-Martin Luther and
Katharine Won Bora.
Country Girls and Their Strength-uardships ol
Komen Of the Poorer Glasses.
"A Village on an Island-The Ancient
Fortress Of Mildenstein.

"A Village on an Ialand-The Anoien
Fortress Of Mildenstein.
.Speetal Correspondence Of The Chicago Tribune
1.EnzG, Germany, June, lsSo.-Leayinl
town early OF sumlner-mornlng, before the
heat becomes oppressive, and taking south
easterly direction, accomplish about seven
teen miles III three hours anh itty-s'ne min
utes, to the great surprise of some Germans
whom chance to meet upon my arrival at q
dininntive provincial city of, I dare say, ~
0o0 Inhabitants. These good people assure
1ne that the distance is never walked i'll less
than six hours. The little hotel to which
20 for nap and dinner is al excellent speci-
men Of the more respectable inns to be found
in these Quaint countrifed "cities." 1t Is
.he best, aud is patronized by the cavalry
officers of the garrison stationed here Sey-
eral of the latter are still at the breakfast
table, will, mug and cigars; their horses
waiting outside; one or two excellent
dogs asleep at their feet under the
table. The landla1y knows me, and
that I always come OIL foot.
Last night sent her postal card, and to-day
she is standing in the wide porch US I come
up the walk, and asks how long it took me
to walk the stretch, with as much interest as
If she had bet upon some pedestrian Of note.
She says that she, too, used to go to Leipzig
on foot when she was girl, before the era OF
railways; and she thinks her own girls would
not be 50 'delicatelikeH-they perhaps
weigh
A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY POUNDS APIECE
if they had to do the same. She is very
1notherly closes all the windows so that no
draught may reacl, me, and then goes out to
cook dinner; and she does cook me better
ona than nost o11 ladies' of Cs> would he likely
-. a. NJ, 80 al ,,ar ,,rxom i,ouohters
" w. oo.1. sao a''u ne1 oAHo ,,ol'a - -
appear to think an American Is haoie 10 go
to pieces In some way after walking twenty
miles unless he is very carefully tended.
~ T.. 1o,.4 -+,dda,a WOW, !, ,,.h;ob T dino
- 80 ' ae..a s.a .a+ =, aoa,, o1,o,as
ana ne WINDOWS are SCI III oeep a!co.es, ,s,,
shaded by trees and vines In tiny garden
outside. In the alcoyes and all about the
walls there are huge leather sofas, with
foot-rests in front, and little coffee-tablcs
heside tnem where only n mortal Of greater
,,,,..,.,, ,,.,-ao,,, oo,,,a ,aci-+ o;e,r and
tnan hui'an "'eoo'l eo"4u 4'3's' - e's'''' @''-o
a M aa.-d1ea1n: ..a ,,,,,,o x;,.ouo o,onn
which we shall have to ascend for a number
1T n,;1as and which furnishes = preat deal
t.'.". ...,+;a s..a .saas.- -, ~ a,e, ~
Va feis ioi"onelS 7esne1'. 40 ~ Ae ~ W
the Rhine, the Nu }de|s picturesQueness, too,
is much diminished by Il railway, which the
nresent eenerat,on-so impatipnt of slow
;aoe,.e tt,;l+ ~, &c lonrs Cross,ny
o.s ". 80 - sI.;.s
the curious covered wooden brldge, sklrt
along the edge of the stream, sometimes
near the waters level! sometimes across the
hi,,. ,,d 1,,o,e,, fhe hea,,t;fnl ,ina-wond
mus 'ulo tn'oA .us .':1. p4' 49,
that borders the river 1or niles a httie
aoose the town l cross again to the other
shore OH a p0ntoon bridge, paying a
tsrs,scheI toll. Taking the road to the
lift, / climb the. turnpike between
the tall poplars till l reach certain
remnants OF masonry which are said to have
been convent some two or three hundred
wears ago, and to have hidden within their
Gloomy walls II suppose they were gloomy
lli the converts saw in Italy acre gloomy
looking p!aces) IL nun fair enough to break
the austpre VOWS Of no less man than
nArr,S 11rurr.
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