Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-15
WHERE THEY HAVE FAITH.
How . Young American Was Trusted
In Germany.

How . Young American Was Trusted
In Germany.
From the New York Tribune.
They were discussing race peculiarities.
1t was q cosmopolitan gathering. There
were Englishmen. Germans and Americans.
Probably the most cosmopolitan Of the
crowd was the Americana New Yorker,
who had lived many years abroad. and &C
quired that indeflnable air Of the man OF
the world which can only be acquired by
mingling with people Of different national
tiles. He had visited every nook and crook
in Europe which Baedeker had-or had not
mentioned. A scar across his nose-to
those who knew him well-told the story Of
a duel at German university. fought vic
toriously against a man who had insulted
his country. He was the leader in the dis
cussion-which took place in a wcll-known
club house-as his companions felt that he
was their superior.
There are no people in the world" said
the American replying to remark OF the
Englishman, more honest than the Ger
mans. l could tell you a number of in
stances to prove this, but shall limit my
self to three. The first begins at Heldel-
berg. / had been at the university for sew
eral semesters, when the time came to go
up for my examination. 1t was in the mid
die of the summer. My father had always
sent me a good allowance, and had saved
as much as possible to pay my examination
fees, not wishing to tell him that was to
go up for my examination. fearing that l
would not pass. He had written me, how
ever, that he would meet me In Bremen
about the middle of August, and would
therefore not send me so mach money as
usual, as 1t would be unnecessary. L man.
aged to get through all right with little
money left, and started for Berlin to await
telegram summoning me to Bremen in
few days. But the days became weeks,
and when the telegram came l had only 20
marks left. After purchasing my ticket
arrived in Bremen with marks, about 81.
L went to the best hotel, where we had
planned to meet, took good room and
dined. While at table a telegram was
brought to me. dated Brussels, and read
ing: Meet me in Amsterdam naming the
hotel You can imagine my fe, ogs!
had never been in Bremen. l Ia, never
seen the hotel proprietor; my father was
then on his way to Amsterdam, and l hed
marks. which already owed to the hotel
man. But 1 went to him with bold face.
Z" Sir / said, L have been a student at a
German university, and just passed my eX-
animation. l expected to meet my father
here. i got no further. The man inter-
rupted me by asking how much money l
needed; would 100 marks do? l took fifty,
and the man who had never seen or heard
of me declined to take a receipt for it or
to retain any of my property for surety!
Well, met my father all right thanks to
the trusting hotel man, and when l told my
father, who is banker the story he wish
ed to travel to Bremen to see the proprie-
| tor. OF course he got his money the next
day. as did not wish to destroy such faith
| in human nature even by an hours delay.
AT another time, when / was student
at the University of Berlin, 1 entered res
| taurant where l had never been. / ordered
a fire dinner with wine. When / went to
pay, 1 found to my embarrassment that l
had not a cent with me, having changed
my clothes. / offered to leave my watch
till / returned but what was my surprise
when the waiter said, opening his pocket
book, Not at all, sir. May 1 have the
honor to lend you something until you have
time to RETURN 1 thanked him, of course,
and gave him good fee when paid him.
"a third Instance was when l first ar
| rived in Germany. i had spent all my
change, and, arriving in Cologne not know
ing a soul in all the country, l was obliged
to have my draft cashed. The draft was on
Leipzig. 1 entered an express company's
Office and presented my draft, having no
one to identify me. | was then on my way
to Weimar. The manager gazed at me a
moment and said, Well, sir, you look hon
est. / shall risk half of this draft. He
paid Ire $50; l went on to Wemar. A few
days la,er l received the rest of the money,
about 80 cents having been charged for the
trouble"
No one in the company had had such ex-
periences, and they voted the Germans,
after the story, an honest nation.