The Jewish advance. (Chicago, Ill.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-31
CHICAGO DECEMBER 8l,1sso.

thus exchanged your noble profession of
a German artist of violinist, for this
less lucrative occupation Of pickpocket-
ing? This was, to be sure, not wisely
acted. And how is your wife getting
on2'--I could not help laughing at this
curious meeting. The poor wretch
could say no more than: 1 am a miser-
able wretch"
Many people came running followed
by policeman who, after having taken
the robbed gentleman and my actresses,
| made short inquiry and took Herr
Klotz into his charge. Having learned
how the thief had defrauded me of
| thousand forms, the gentleman laughed
heartily, thanked me for the aid [ will
| lingly lent him and expressed his desire
to see me in his house with which I
gladly complied. Our appointment was
made for the next evening and ] re-
| ceived a card on which l read A. G..
! Henriques and the address Of his house.
| | approached the dwelling of my new
acquaintance with some timidity, al
| though | could not conquer the desire to
! pass an evening or two in an English
family. Mr.. Henriques received me at
the entrance of an extensive room with
/ a warmth ard effusion of sentiment
| which impressed me with the conviction
that l stood before man commanding
all those qualities necessary to awaken
/ confidence and foster attachment. He
ushered me into an apartment that was
not ostentatiously furnished, yet so ex-
Iquisitely decorated that every object
4 while reminding of antiquity, told vol
umes for the thought and taste which
/ had thus arranged them. I was first in
i troduced to his family, then to several
tracted my special attention. This was
Mr.. Risch, distinguished attorney
On my entering / perceived that
was an object of curiosity among these
| people, On my appearing, the younger
ladies' who slightly bowed to my German
isalntations. had reduced their merry
char TO whispering and suppressed
Laughing which of course could not fail
to embarrass me. stranger, as / was in
/ this house. But the extreme politeneSs
llsea IigI fenriques snoothed ST uaeven-
s|Ss way 0ur conversation becoming
I'M ssiata N aasilN fannd thai my two
fFlelids were fairly versed ii ancient and
modern literature. The subject of con-
versation was international arbitration.
It was the first pleasant evening [ had
passed since the elopement of my sister;
yet the departure from this happy circle
served only to increase the pains of my
solitary life, and the gloom of my
prospects. During the same week, I
was called to give evidence of the theft
af Horr K1ot1 Tbo ,,,,,
was sentenced to eighteen months hard
labor l made no mention of the sum
he deprived me of when at the hotel in
Berlin. | had something else to think
Of My cash was reduced to fifteen
hundred forms and was forced to bid
adieu to London, to which city [ was
after all, more attached than to Paris.
By this time [ had examined all the
curiosities of the capital, except it's
several docks. On visiting one of these
| was struck by huge steamer bound
for Alexandria. Its crew were busy
with shipment and it's chimney was
fuming; for the boat was to SET sail
early in the coming morning with the
descending of the full tide. Itwas sail
ing to Egypt and [ had only to embark
to see the fabulous land of the Nile, it's
grand artificial lakes. its amazing pyra-
mids and sphynxes, which defy the cor
roding effects of time, and are older
than Athens, the ruins of old Babylon
and the eternal city Of Romulus. My |
father taught me not to be slow in
taking resolution, probably thinking
that | would not have to take many in |
life. ''The time" he would say,"w are
wasting in wavering when we should act
is almost always an irreparable loss our
first thought generally being the best
one" [ thus took my passage to Egypt |
and was on board before nightfall.
XIII.
After I had examined everything re-
markable in the mechanism Of the YES
sci, [ descended into the cabin and chose