New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-25
STORIES ABOUT HEINE.

from me C0Atemp OrdYV Rericr .
AT the age of two his mother tau9ht nm ms
LETTERS by drawing them on the p0hsheu front OF
the stove with a piece of chalk, ana, When ne was
four she placed him IN girls school, the uirecueSs
OF which was an old mau oil apouI NO 10y no 10y
learned with the greatest but his reStlessnesS
/ and sharp answers were continually getting MN
into disgrace. lie took hatred TO the schoolinis
trcss and was delighted when ne FOUND an oppor-
tnnify of annoying her He told his sister that one
/ dav the old woman left tumbler OF mix on the
! t,hle and he seeing one was looking, omptied
! into it all the ink out OF an ink bottle standing
! near and then began to walk up ana down tne
! room as if nothing mad happened. Another tlng nc
filled her snuti-bOX full Of sand, ana When she asker
| him why lac had done it. he answered, " because
/ hate you" ., - ,a,I 4on ,,,,,, Of
her and Heinrlch's cscdpades. When he was ABOUT
ibt veors of are and she six, they used 10 get up
early in the morning before anyone else was
about and amuse themselves Dy HnHllT t.yIut g
one dav in spite of all her efortS the niue sill
| cnuld not succeed in thinking OF n word, SO she
turned to her brother and SAID: IL seems 10 me
this much easier tor you Iill lol nj n@'0 ~
consider for long time before anything comes,
| whereas Won find one at once. Let us play ahcther
| rame | will pretend TO be lali}' anu We VIZ
buIId a tower in which can SIT down WHile Sou
re,noin ont,iie and invent verses and slug them to
Iig Tho t,,o children set about constructing the
tower I'm the stable stool many empty cases
'rhev worked away placing one on top oil the other
| unti they had reached an altitude OF ABOUT Ten
for. fine little gIrl then scrambled up 10 the Top
| n.ss i,npai in and disappeared, the sides OF the
/ ease being higher than her small person Losing
| sipht of her Heinrich became frightened anu ian
into the house calling Tor hclp; MhIlSu uI' emu,
wishing TO get out herself, felt the cases swaying
! beneath her. and became very frightened. l." pahe
matters worse, size had heI ncWHircSs on WHIcii was
| living WHEN the ser yauts CAME sobblng bitterly,
! and trembling at the punishment She iot hanging
over her Moved. however, by the despair ing cries
and tears of her brother she at iaot called 3ut;
am alive. but my dress lis torn| 1t was
an affair of considerable dlIhchl'y, To OK
tricate her from her fairy tower. Heinrich ;
| ,a,uuiue delipht suftened the hearts of
tine rate servants and the children escaped with u
severe rcprlmand. Only two month, before ms
DEATH hi. niece adds. " hc referred to tins incl
/ Icnt and told me Ice had not forgotten, although
forty-sx years had passed the intense JOY he eX-
! pcrienccd ut that moment
and deepest affection. From what previous bog
! I5lphcrs have told u.s. and from what we now read
/ i'm her granddaughtcrs pages, we see her-like
many of the mothers of great men--tO have been a
most superior woman. OF ms tather we near llJte !;
the mother seems to have had the entire charge OF
the education of her children ana, IN spJe OF her
/ severity to have been looked up To ana respected
/ by all of them. She had great deaf OF literary
and artistic taste and had, even as grl, learned
secretly to play the flute; 1t was TINS. indeed tlaI
/ frat attracted Samson Heines attention, and IN
duced him 10 fall in love with her. The writer OF
| these Memoirs says that her mother remembered
hearing the old lady frequently play uuelS WIN heI
One OF the most touching circumstances connected
with the last illness OF IeInrich lleine Vas ms
dread that his mother should hear OF lt. MesSner
tells us how he entered lielne room one day aud
fonnd him writing to the old lady, then bowed
/ down and cufreblcd with sorrow and care DO
Won write TO her often (" asked Melssner. Regu-
! larry every month" How unhappy she must he
! nj vour condition. at my condition. answered
| Ueinc; she knows nothing about 1t. My mother
beIiryes me to be as well and sound rs was when
| | last saw her. She is DID, and reads no news
/ papers and has no friends to tell her. | write to
! her as cheerfnly as | can about my wife and my
| Laopy life If she remarks that the signature only
! il mine explain by telling her that have pains
/ in ms eyes which will soon pass OH. And so she Is
/ happy. And, indeed no mother would belleyo that
n son could be rs sick and wretched rs | am And
SO ne closed his letter full of brightness and Affected
| cheerfulnesS and sent 1t to the post.
At ten years of age, the Princess tells us lleihe
| showed the hrSt spark OF literary imagination. lei
| mother was attending a girls school. directed Dy
| nuns who employed professors to give lessons &c
| their pupils Ono of them, Professor j. re-
! lated a story to them ono day, which they were t'
| write as n theme from memory. By inc tne sh,
reached home the little girl found that she nae
forgotten the whole of the story. ana cohlesSe1 ~
much to her brother. with tears. Never mlN, III
said; try 20 remember all you can III patch II vi
for YOU An hour afterward he returned with Tn,
composition completed. and my mother delighted
at having got OH 40 easily, did not even take th
trouble TO read it. Tho following day che presented
/ her copy-book along with that of her companions
/ thew were generally returned Immediately by th'
Professor. with amark of appreciation or disappro
baton, but TINS time he kept it, and. sending fo
her at thc end of the lesson. asked, Who wrot
your story In her fright she answered. / did