The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-03-02
WHERE MEN ARE TRUSTED.
A Young American students Experience
In Germany.

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A Young American students Experience
In Germany.
They were discussing race peculiari-
ties. 1t was cosmopolitan gathering.
There were Englishmen, Germans and
Americans. Probably the most cosmo-
politan of the crowd was the American
"a New Yorker, who had lived many
years abroad and acquired that inde-
Unable air of the man of the world
which can only be acquired by mingling
with people of different nationalities.
He had visited every nook and corner
In Europe which Baedeker had-or
had aforementioned. A scar across his
nose-to those who knew him we'll
told the story of duel at a German
university, fought VIGOROUSLY against
a man who had insulted his country.
He was the leader in the discussion
which took place in a well-known club
house-as his companions felt that he
was their superior.
"There are no people in the world"
said the American. replying to re-
mark of the Englishman. 'more honest
than the Germans. i could tell you q
number of instances to prove this, but
shall limit myself to three. The
first begins at Heidelberg. had been
ut the university for several semestcrs,
| when the time came to go up for my
examination. 1t was in the middle OF
the summer. My father had always
sent me good allowance, and had
saved as much as possible to pay my
examination fees, not wishing to tell
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ton, fearing that l would not pass
He had written me, however, that
| he would meet me in Bremen
about the middle of August, and
would therefore not send me so
| much money as usual, as it would be
| unnecessary. managed to get through
all right with little money left and
started for Berlin 10 await telegram
| summoning me to Bremen in few
days. But the days became weeks and
when the telegram came / had only
| twenty marks left. After purchasing
my ticket l arrived in Brennan with
| four marks, about one dollar. went
| to the best hotel, where we had planned
to meet, took good room and dined.
| While at the table telegram was
10 udtcli DTuSSclS, itHNt
reading: Meet me in Amsterdam
naming the hotel. You can imagine
my feelingsl 1 had never been in Bre-
men. l had never seen the hotel pro-
| prietor; my father was then on his
way to Amsterdam and l had four
marks. which l already owed to the
| hotel man. But l went to him with a
bold face.
"'Sir,' snid, i have been a student
at n German university and just passed
my examination. i expected to meet
my father here / got no further.
| The man interrupted me by asking
! how much money needed; would one
! hundred marks do? l took fifty and
the man who had never seen me or
heard of me declined to take n receipt
for it or to retain any of my property
| for surety WE'LL met my father AL
! right, thanks to the trusting hotel
man, and when told my father, who
is banker, the story, he wished to
| travel to Bremen to see the proprietor.
! 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 l was a stu
dent at the University OF Berlin, en-
| tered u restaurant where l had never
| been. / ordered fine dinner, with
! wine. When l went to pay found to
| my embarrassment that l had not a
cent with me, having changed my
clothes. offered to leave my watch
! till I returned, but what was my sur
prise when the waiter said, opening
| his poclSetb Not at all, sir. May
| I~have the honor to lend you some
thing until You have time to return
I ! thanked him, of course, and gave him
good fee when paid him.
"A third instance was when l first
arrived in Germany. / had spent all
| my change, and, arriving in Cologne,
not knowing a soul in all the country,
/ was obliged to have my draft cashed.
The draft was on Leipzig. l entered
an express company's office and pre-
scented my draft, having no one to
identify me. was then on my way to
Weimar. The managergazed at me a
moment and said: We'll, sir, you look
honest l shall risk half this draft
He paid me two hundred and fifty dol
lars; / went on to Weimar. A few days
later received the rest of the money,
about fifty cents having been charged
for the trouble"
No one in the company had had such
experiences, and they voted the Ger
mans, after the story, an honest ma
tion.--N. Y. Tribune.
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