Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-11-03

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and went. with deliberate step, to the inn
| ~ the Two Headed Eagle.
M, ,,,,,h, thera ,vas n numerous COM
,,nv nj the Two Headed Eagle; the guests
49,. :, ~. ,,ost mixed description. The
No., lIaa,l.d EAGLE was one Of those
t,.ssaa cellars celebrated bv Hoffman,,
,r,,h stems ~ worn. no greasy. 20 slippery,
,hat vo,, can nor nut yonr foot upon the
0rst one without nj once finding yourself
~ INA haitian with your elbows on the
,ohls a nine in vour mouth, between n
M, ~ heer md n measure of new wine.
Through the thick cloud OF smoke, that
almost choked and blinded you mt first, all
sorts az strange figures appeared after
few minutes There were Walachians
with their cafetan and Astrakhan cap,
Seryians. UuuQarjans with their black
mustaches, caparisoned with dolmans and
enbrojdery, Bohemiaus with coppery com
plexiops. narrow foreheads and arched
noses. honest t;ermans with laced coats;
Tartars with eyes turned up like those Of
Chinese: all imaginable populations. The
east WINS represented by fat Turk coiled
mn IN a corner and peacefully smoking II
nine OF Mol,lnvan cherry wood, with u
bowl of red clay and mouth piece Of yell
low amber.
Eyerybody was eating and drinking; the
drink consisted of strong beer and u mix
tire 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 imaginations the
same effect as hasheesh and opium ON the
OrIentals; the couples passed and repassed
rapidly; the women, almost faintlng with
Measure on the arms Of their cavaliers, to
the sounds OF n 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 recting a sort Of dramatic complaint
which seemed greatly to divert dozen
strange figures, clothed in sheepskin and
coifed with tarboukhs.
Heinrich went to the end OF the cellar
and sat at table where were Already
seated three or four personages OF Joyous
mien and merry humor.
An iIeurichl' cried the eldest OF the
band; ''mind yourself, my friends; f9num
habet in cornu. You know you had a
truly dabohcal look the other night; you
almost frightened me- Who would think
that lleinrich, who drinks beer rs we do,
and who does not draw back before a
slice OF cold ham, could put on such
yenomous, wicked and sardonlc airs, and
that with II single gesture he can make a
whole theatre shudderS"
"Ehf why that Is the reason Heinrich
Is "A great artist, sublime comedani
There is no glory in playing role that is
In your character; the triumph, for CO.
quette, is to excel In playing ingenues. F"
Heinrich sat down modestly, called for
large glass Of mixed wine, and the con
versatlon continued on the same subject.
On all sides IL was admiration and COM
pliments.
"Ah. IL the great Wolfgang Goethe had
seen your said one.
"Show us your feet said another; II
am sure you have cloyen hoof. "
The other drinkers, attracted by these
EXPLANATIONS, looked at Heinrich seri-
ously, all hi ppy to have the opportunity
OF examining closely so remarkable a
man The young men who had formerly
known Heinrich at the university, and
whose names he hardly knew, came up to
him and shook him cordially by the hand,
MS II they had been his intimate friends.
The prettiest valseuses as they passed
shot at him the tenderest glances of the
One man only, seated at a neighborng
table, seemed to take no part in the gen
eral enthusiasm; his head thrown back
ward, he was drumming distractedly
with his fingers on the crown of his hat q
military march, and from time to time he
uttered sort of humph, singularly dubi-
Gus.
The aspect OF this man was of the
strangest, although he was dressed like
an honest burgher of Vienna, enjoying q
modest fortunei his gray eyes were shaded
with green thlts, and shot out phosphori6
lights like the eyes of cat. When his
pale fiat lips parted, they showed two
rows of teeth very white, very sharp, and
very wide apart, of the most cannibalistie
and ferocious aspect; his long nails
shining and curved, took vague appear
ance of claws; but that physiognomy ap
peared only by rapid flashes; to the eye
that watched him fiXedly, his face rapidly
resumed the bourgeois and debOnair ap
pearance of retired Niennese merchant
and you felt astonished that you coulC
have suspected OF villainy and deviltry 4
face so vulgar ana Trivial
Internally Heinrich was shocked at tn,
indifference of the man. That disdainfu
silence took away their value from the
panegyrics which his noisy companions
lavlshed upon him. Ii was the silence o
an old and experienced connoisseur, WHIT
does not allow himself to be deceived b!
appearances
Atmayer, the youngest of the company
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