Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-07

/ 1901, Of s.ice5 oI cold veal, ham or pastry
Round III. tables turned INCREASINGLY one
OF those long German waitzes which produce
on northern ina ginations the same effect as
/ hasheesh ami opium on the orientals, the
couIl.s passed and repassed rapidly, the
women almost fGinting with pleasure on the
aIIns Of their cavaliers, to the sounds Of a
waltz by lamar. swept away with their
skirts the clouds OF smoke and refreshed the
faces Of the drink r.. At the counter some
Morlacean improyisat0rs. accompanied by
player upon the gull were recitins sort
Of dramatic complaint which seemel greatly
TO divert dozen strange figures, clothed IN
shee;s,.in and coifed with tarbouiihs.
Heinrich went to the end o. the cellar. AMI
sat a. A table where We're already seated
three or four p.r,onages Of joyo5, miem and
merry humor.
All. Heinrich" cried the eldest If the
band; mind yourselves, my friends; fEnnm
isiet in cornn. You know you had truly
ii,.bolicaI look. the other night; YOU almost
frightened me Who would think that Helm
rici, who driu.:s becr rs we do, aud vino
.loes not draw back before slice of cold
manu- ipla'i put bll ~ l-htl
ani sar,lcnic airs, and that with single ges-
ture he can make whole theatre shudder."
"Eh, why tina: is the reason why Helm
rich Is great artist, sublime comedian.
There is no glory in playing a role that is in
yoIr character; the triumph, for a coquette,
Is 10 excel in playing inSenues'
Heinrich sat down modestiy. called for
large glass of mixel wine. and the conversa-
ral oil
sides il was admiration ami compliments
All, if the great Wolfgang Goethe h1d
seen your said one
Show rs your feet, said another: Il am
sur, yDU have a fo-i.el hocf'
IIc other drinkers attracted 10y these ex-
,laniat.ons. looked III Heinrich seriously. all
happy to have the Opportunity + examining
r.o-el1 81, remarkable man. Tn, yoIu.
men who had formerly known Ee.nrici. at
the university, AMI whose names he hardly
kE -, came up 10 him and shook him coz
;.iaiiy by the hand il they had been his
intimate friends. The pre.tiest valseuses a.
they passed shot at him the teniere,t
g.auces If their b!ac aHi velvet eyes.
pnc inan only seated n: neighb1ring table
seemed t. take no part il the general entiu
sIaSn; his head thrown backward, IA. was
drumming distractediy with his fingers on
tic crown Of his hat a military march. and
fuiu time 20 time he uttered a sort Of hunph
s.H ilarly dubious.
The ASPECT ~ tins man was Of the strafg-
est although be was afca-el like an honest
IaTEher 81 Vienna. enjoying Il modest for
.yjHs; His gray eyes were shaded Hith green
;.iiS and shot out pho-I horic lights like the
eyes Of cat. when his lal.., fiat lips
ibIg;,i, y showed two rows ul tech very
white. very sharp AMI VERY aid. apart. Of
ia" mos caunibal and fcrocinus asPe Z: his
loI- nails, ia ming and curved, took "A vague
ap, "granCe of claws: but that physiognomy
app AIRED only 10y rapid flashes; to the eye
that watched hin tsxedly, his face rapi lily
Resumed the bourgeois and debonair appear
ancc Of retire Nienu merchant. and sou
l-lt aStonishei that you could have sus-
pectld If yi.lainy AID deyitry a face 80 vul-
gar and trivial.
Internally Heinrich shocked at the in
difference OF tn mlii. That diSiainful silence
took away their value from the panegyrics
which bis noisy companions lavi>hed upon
him. II waS the silence of an cd and eN-
prricroci connoiS~eur who does not allow
himself 10 be deceived by APPEARANCES.
A'inayer, the youngest of tn. company,
the warmest admircr II Heinrich, could not
"a lure this GOODNESS ami addressing the
S.r-lugc man, as if taking hir:i to bear wit
Te-- to ,.n assertion that lie advanced. he
sill:
~I.i5 not 50, sir, 10 actor iIaS ever played
tn role Of Mephist,pheleS better than my
cauIa lie here
Humph, sail Che stranger, flashing his
green eyes and tracking his sharp teeth.
Nj. Heinrich is a yoUns man of talent,
whom | esteem very highly; but he is want
il.- iII many things niece, ary 10 play the role
OF the devil
Md suddenly drawing himself up:
Have You eyer seen the devil, Mr.. Hem
ririi:'
re pu, . Is question in such strange ami
Eip"bIng tone, that all tine company felt q
shgdJcr run down their backs
That however. wauii lie necessary 70:
the truthluln's, of your play. The other
cTenns | WAS al the theatre al the Carin
iliaI Gate, and ! wa, not satisfied with your
laugh: it was at toe utmost, a sly laugh
My dear Nr. Heinrich, this is tie way you
ought 20 laugh
Mad thaTeuppn, a. TO give him TIE exam
PIE, he hurst into laugh 80 sharp ~ STR
dciit. sardonic. thai the orchestra and the
dancer, topped at that very instant; the
.ia-- II lows irembled. The stranger con
tin, e jui p.tileSS and convulSivc laugh 70.
sryrraI raiautc5. AMI Heinrich AMI his COM
Iauion-. IN spite Of their terror, could not
help initiating II.
Nnen Heinrich had recovered himself. tine
wants II the tavern were repeating. like "A
t. be echo. the last note of that broken and
terrible twittar. and the stranger va, no
longer there.