The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-02-06
Heinrich Justified himself by showing


in the Leopoldstadt, in front Of the sho
maker who was famous for the perfectio
Of his gray boots After chatting SON
time ut the door, Katy entered. f0llowe
by her terrier, but not without havin
abandoned her pretty, slender fingers I
the pressure Of Heinrichs hand.
Heinrich tried once more to get
glimpse Of his mistress between the daint
boots and shoes that were symmetrical
arranged on the brass rods in the window
but the fog had silvercd the glass with it
moist breath, and he could only distin
guish q confused silhouette; then, takin
heroic resolution, he turned on his hce
and went, with deliberate step, 10 the inl
Of the Two Headed Eagle.
That night there was a numerous com
papy at the Two Headed Eagle: the guests
were Of the most mixed description. Tit
Two Headed Eagle was one Of thost
blessed cellars celebrated by Hoffman,
with steps so worn, 80 greasy 50 slippery
that You can hot put your foot upon The
first one without at once finding yourself
at the bottom, with your elbows OH the
table, pipe in your mouth, between a
| pot Of beer and a measure Of new wine.
Through the thick cloud Of smoke, that
almost choked and blinded you at first, ali
sorts of strange figures appeared after a
| few minutes There were Wallachians
with their cafetan and Astrakhan cap,
| Servians, Hupgariaps with THEN black
mnstaches caparisoned with dolmans and
embroidery; BOhemans with cOppory com
plexions, narrow foreheads and arched
noses; honest Germans with laced coats;
Tartars with eyes turned up like those Of
Chinese all imaginable populations. The
east was represented by a fat Turk coiled
up in corner and peacefully smoking a
pipe Of Moldavian cherry wood, with a
bowl of red clay and mouth piece vi vel
low amber.
Everybody was eating and drinking, the
drink consisted Of strong beer and mix
ture Of new red wine with old white wine;
the food Of slices of cold veal, ham or
pastry.
Round the tables turned increasingly
one Of those long German waltzes which
produce upon northern imaginaiions the
same effect as hasheesh and opium Oh The
Orientals; the couples passed and repasSed
rapidly; the women, almost fanting with
pleasure on the arms Of their cavaliers, TO
the sounds Of waltz, swept away with
their skirts the clouds of smoke and re
freshed the faces of the drinkers. At the
counter some Morlaccan imprOvisatOrs,
accompanied by a player upon the guzla
were reciting sort Of dramatic complaint
which seemed greatly TO divert dozen
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coifed with tarboukhs.
Heinrich went TO the end Of the cellar
and sat at a table where were already
seated three or four personages Of joyous
mien and merry humor.
"Ah, Heinrchr' cried the eldest Of the
band; mind yourself, my friends; fRnum
habet in cOrnu. You know YOU had n
truly diabOhcal look the other night; YOU
almost frightened me. Who would think ]
that Heinrich, who drinks beer as we do, |
and who does not draw back before a |
slice of cold ham, could put on such |
venomous, wicked and sardonic airs, and |
that with single gesture he can make a
whole theatre shudderf'
Eth! why that is the reason Heinrich |
S great artist, sublime comedian! |
There is no glory in playing role that is
n your character; the triumph, for Co
luette, is TO excel in playing ingenues."
Heinrich sat down modestly, called for !
/ large glass OF mixed wine, and the CON
;ersation continued oh the same subject.
On all sides il was admiration and COM
ailments.
"Ah, if the great Wolfgang Goethe had
cen yOul' said one.
SHOW us your feet, said another; Il
IN sure you have cloyen hoof "
The other drinkers. attracted by these
looked at Heinrich seri-
usly, all happy to have the opportunity
( examining closely SO remarkable a
nan. The young men who had formerly
nOwn Heinrich at the university, and |
hose names nc hardly knew, came up to
in and shook him cordially by the hand, |
5 if they had been his intimate friends |
he prettiest valseuses as they passed !
hot at him the tenderest chances of the
lue and yelyety eyes.
One man only, seated at a neighboring ,
lble, seemed to take no part in the gen
ral enthusiasm; his head thrown back
ard, he was drumming dstractedly q
18th his fingers on the crown of his hat a
ilitary march, and from time TO time he
ttered sort of humph, singularly dubi- x
Is. a
The aspect Of this man was of the +
rangest. although he was dressed like p
/ honest burgher of Vienna, enjoying a n
Oldest fortune; his graz eyes We're shaded +,
It'll green thts, and shot out ph0sphOric ri
yhts like the eyes of cat. When his -
lie, Hat lips parted, they showed two .,
ws OF teeth very white, very sharp, and II
ny wide apart, of the most cannibalistic | 81
I'd ferocious aspect his long nails, ~
lining and curved, took vague appear il
ice OF claws; but that physiognomy APP n
AIRED only by rapid flashes; TO the eye Ia
at watched him liXedly his face rapidly "
sumed the bourgeois and deDonair APP in
arance Of Il retired Viennese merchant, ~
d you felt astonished that you could
We suspected of villainy and deviltry a
&c SO vulgar and trivial
Internally Heinrich was shocked at the
Inference Of the man. That disdainful q,
ence took away their value from the y
negyrics which his noisy companions
'ished upon him. 1t was the silence of =;
old and experienced connoisseur, who -
rs not allow himself to be deceived by ~
pearances. l..
Atmayer, the youngest of the company. ~
. warmest admirer Of Heinrich, could ~,