The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1892-03-17

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PerhaeuIN. Ahe reapeetAoie anu con
ventional ghost and the haunted cham
Der Of the old manor house no longer
serve our turn. A specter 10 command
our respect must be, nowadays, Of orig
lnal habits. and 80 stand somewhat apart
from the other members Of his extensive
elan.
! was therefore, not little pleased
when. . few years ago. | succeeded in
lighting upon spectsr Of somewhat I'M
conventional type
Ny treasure trovo was acquired a. fol-
lows;
l happened to be detained for q short
time IN q small and exceedingly tumble
down old town In the middle Of the
Black forest
The place OF which ! speak Is little
better than large village, though in
Difference to the feelings Of Its worthy
inhabitants, who consider It no doubt IS
the "hub OF the universe" have digni-
hed it with the appellatiOn OF town, and
It hes quite out Of the ordinary run OF
tourists, high and dry above the restless
ebb and low Of the great ezcuraional
ocean.
Let rs call the old place by the name
or "Dummelsheim; It VIII DO ~ wei a.
any other name, and VIII convey deli
cate and not unmerited compliment to
its respected Inhabitants.
Dummelsheim, then, lies in one OF the
loveliest OF the many lovely green val
leys which run Ike tongues OF verdure
between the pine clad heights and cragB
OF the Black forest, u Is set down on .
small patch Of tableland, above which
rise some wonderful shapes Of erag and
pine forest, and below which . little
mountain stream PUSHES franncaIy
night and day, raging and tearing il
little life out among the great boWlderS
and between the fern clad banks, yearn
ing to obliterato itself In the nearest
river that offers . refuge.
l happened to Be detained in this place
on special business torawhole fortnight
A fortnight IN Dummelsheim, with
nothing to do, represents about i've
years Of ordinary existence In length
and tedium.
lexploTed the lovely valley, not with
out duly feeling the charm OF its peace
and isolation; l drank, - in duty bound,
very many tumble1 OF the peculiarly
na1seous spa water, Of which the Dunn
melsheimers are 90 unreasonably proud;
and then time began indeed to hang
heavily on my banda There was no
gaming table, no theater, no concert
ball; q few noisy oasthauser In which
German heder made night and morn
ing hideous, and where the lager beer
was the worst that money could pur.
chase, afforded the only amusement Of
Which the stupid little place was capable.
To be sure there was "billiards." "
Every one plays billiards In Dummels-
helm, otherwise It's folln could not
exist Even billiards. however, with
cork pool and the fearful delight Of over
turning your opponents cork with it,
pile OF silbergroschen, begins to pail
upon one In time, and ere my fourteen
days sojourn drew to . close became
not only weary Of poor little Dummels-
helm, but began absolutely to loathe
the place. ! could not leave Il how
ever. A certain event had to happen, q
letter TO arrive. and before my time !
could not stir.
At last I discovered diversion. Il
came In the shape Of compatriot, . resi-
dent compatriot Not that in appear
ance or garb be was much Of an English
man. Twenty years' residence in DUN.
melsheim had made him more German
than the Germans, and had quite obliter.
ated the handiwork Of the good old land
that gave him birth. he had all but for
gotten his mother speech, and when be
endeavored TO use Il his sentences were
patched together by the TeutOnic words
and phrases which came most readily 10
his tongue. He was ~ regardless Of hia
personal appearance az the most Unborn
| Of the DummelsheimerS and as devoted
TO the consumption Of tobacco a. the besl
Of them. It was supposed that he was I
bachelor. At any rate, Of "womankind'
be had none, and lived alone with merely
the Intermittent aid Of q supeinsturally
hideous frau at those times when scour.
ing and cleansing became bitter neces
sity,
Il was In = cafe that / first met witt
him, I thought when I first Jaw him
"What 4 dreadful shaggy Ga 0ermar
that Z; no one could mistake lis nation
Atty. Al any rate" he seemed 70 Be ,
part ana marcel Of the green. mold,
place, 4 sort Of human lichen, an ami
mated fungus. on two shoFt and sturd,
len, And IN smoking and spitting Wer'