The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-01-14
AN ANGRY INSPECTOR.
Mrs. Helen Hunts Experience in Museum
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in Copenhagen.
One of the sights Of Copenhagen is the
Rosenberg castle collection, officially
known as the Chronological Collection
of the Kings Of Denmark When Mrs.
Helen Hunt went to see it she bought
''full ticket, so as to insure the entire
attention Of the museum inspector. He
was handsome man, fifty years old or
more, and when he began to speak Eng
! lish the visitors delight was unbounded.
| What an afternoon she should have!
II am sorry" she said, "that we have so
short a time in which to see these beau
| tiful and interesting collections. Two
hours is nothingr oh shall explain
to You everything" he said, and he pro
ceeded to throw open the doors of mys-
terious wall closets. Says Mrs. Hunt:
Tho first thing he pointed ont to me
was the famous Oldenborg horn, said TO
have been given to Count Otto of Olden-
borg by mountain nymph in forest
one day in the year 900. As he pointed
l to it / opened my catalogue to find the
place where it was mentioned, that
might make on the margin some notes
of points that 1 wished to recollect. l
might have been looking at it for per-
! haps half a minute when laundering
from the mouth Of my splendid Dane
| came:
"Do you prefer that you read it in the
catalogue than that tell your
l am not sure, but my impression is
1 actually jumped at his tone. l know
l was frightened l explained TO him
that was not looking for it in fine cata-
logue to read then and there, but only
to associate what l saw with its place
and with the illustrations in the cata-
logue, and TO make notes for future use.
He hardly heard a word l said. Putting
out his hand and waving my poor cata-
logue away, he said:
ut is all there. You shall find every
thing there as tell you VIII You lis
temp
Quite cowed, l tried to listen, but
found that without my marginal notes
| should remember nothing. / opened
my catalogue again. The very sight Of
it seemed to act upon him like q scarlet
flag on a bull.
Instantly he burst out upon me again.
In vain tried to stem the tide of his
angry words, and the angrier he got the
less ineligible became his English.
perhaps you take me for a servant in
this museum" he said. Perhaps my
name is as good in my country as yours
is in your own!'
l "Oh, dO-do listen to me one minuter'
l said. IF you will only hear me |
think can make you understand. | do
implore you not to be angry"
IL am not angry. have listened 20
You every time-too many times. / have
not time TO listen any more
This he said so angrily that / felt the
tears coming into my eyes. / was in de-
spair / turned 20 Harriet and said
Every we'll, Harriet, we Will CO.
"You shall not go" he exclaimed.
Twenty years / have shown this mu-
scum and never yet was any one before
dissatisfied with what l tell them.
have myself written this catalogue you
carry. Now will nothing say, and you
can ask if youwish / should explain any
thing"
He folded his arms and stepped back
the very image Of a splendid man in d
sulk / hesitated what 10 do, but at last
gulped down my wounded feelings aud
? went on looking and making notes.
Presently he began to cool down, u
see his mistake In less than half an houI
he had ceased 20 be hostile, and before
the end Of the hour he had become friend
, ly, and more. He seized both my hand.
, in his, exclaiming:
1--WE shall be good friends g10dl You
must come again 10 Rosenberg; yoa
must see it ALL will myself show you
every room. No matter who sends "a
+ come i'm, they shall not be- admitted.
90 alone with you."