Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1889-08-22
FRITZ BUMMEL.
Character Sketch from the
German

H. ONE twenty years ago
Is !. q. !. {. ] ! 7 7
sFsaf-kl% II Fritz Bummel was q
.-EfT : German student al the
f<-s,<s< ~ university Of Bon n.
49, -. rs he lad a fne intellect,
49, ~ snl had be applied him
~ y ~ se.f could have maze a
great name for him
self. but unfcrtunafc'v he had constltl-
tonal 5iel,Es fo r1v farr that savored az
hard work Fee .a7 e saal, sien4er' i'lie
vourg nan. ri .-a 81 forehead. anu a
feminine cast 20 rcan. nance. he was re-
rarsaais f3r his cra.rrsa-ionai powers
Wien ~ ca so 20 bs aTa0,3 he had Pc
Guitar magnetic cnaru ABOUT hisn. A. tie
same t.ae 20 was dreaded ~ fricad and Toe
on account of hfs satire. and an apparently
uncoutroi.aais Tea-ni-E Cd make people ap-
pear as ridiculous az possible lie also
possessed to al 1oilr.tsd extent. what =
known "a "checs. PARTICULARLY when under
TIE influence ~ liquor. Nobody had ever
seen Ia positively drunk, but &c was gen
orally in az scst8fic frame 81 mind, and on
such occasions there was nothing too alta-
e.ous for him 70 attempt in the way 81 Dor
rowing money from perfect strau gers or
inviunx himself % dinner q table Of The
wesirhicst Rad most aristccratlc families or
Bonn.
The s5iity II Fritz % obtain loans from
perfect strangers amounted ID pos. ,ive &C.
mus. re could .1s.nuate himself into tie
company ~ perfect Strangers KEEP tua
table In roar for hours az A time and wind
ND tha performance BY negotiating loans
from them in detail IL happened one day
that hs was Walking down ne principas
street Of Bonn With a fsllow-studens when
thew met another party - students VINO
were going % a livery stable 20 hire turn
ont. with which they proposed 70 20 - some
rustic celebration n a ueighocriug village
F-itz wanted % p along. bat, "a was fre-
qusuti7 ne case. he had no money They
happened - "a opposite ne residence a :
rich hsnssr. Lep'sT BY name.
"Jlst Tou wsi- for me = ght here On sas
Sidewalk r has ban<e = az home u ZAP
hin for twenty Eve taaisrs. at least.
Hs friend saw him disappear into the
house in Few uiuntes Fritr appeared "a
the window. arm in arm. taking con5den-
italy ~ a pcr-i7 cid gentleman. ard poins
ing az h.s fr.enf. wso vas standing en- ~.
sdsvs K IN fvs minutes - rsioined "a
cnmran on with rs Pccsst fal ~ money
-Hrv I'D ~ru manage - 80 iti'
EASY enough I t0ld he old su-sr thss
a regular h;rcd-s sucker ~ = ShT.ock fcs-
',s~-i ne niEnt and day. that I hadn's
.i--- Pr week. su6 rointrf Tou ent "a
--.. identical sc--sntrsl wtr vas follow Z
---s al, ard iunnfnz re hfs cut - M A.
--- as as ssv yen the tra-s gathered q
be s-ss. and "a icaned M tvics a. nuca
~ reefed~
A-r.hs- ocular trick = Fritz's was -
fsr.Ire nusef "a w1-a1. SRI maze
trre In respectable families Is rw
s.7.a-e slender f-sre ard Feminine feat
rres enabled hin tr &C. 80 w'-h pe-fert IN
rrritv r. -as ~ custom In err1 r. ~
female ser~z7ts n -enteETe'ls every even
irg l- Pr s~Te '.lrtain IA Re middle e.,
fss rrr sr-sre. srf tfrre t0 TAX Ecssc
rrte h.a Che .o-r .efs st-r7 81 a servsrf
-r. md. lavfsE disguised sfmseif - -orr-
u. air trar .ctcir n rh- world ~cu-i for
= ncrusns s1srees as s-x- "a weud n
zrasla.e hA1self Wa tas servant z.T.s. sad