The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-01-28


gian mugs Of stone IL.
give minutes. eh?" said the traveller |
to himself And Eisenach:
He stretched his weary legs, that had !
stiTened somewhat in the long, pumping
tourney from Leipsic. He got upon ms
feet and put his head out of the door ana
r.eered up and down the platform Inc !
people were rushing about now Ike d
school Of mackerel with a lot OF hungry
blnefsh behind them The train which
,,ad inst entered had emptied most OF It's
Messengers into the waiting crowd, ana
everybody was rushing for baggage, OF
for new tickets, or for hasty iunch at
the counter. or for the relief OF prone
made alongside the train until 1t Woulo
be time TO remount.
The traveller followed the other prom
euaders, keeping a sharp eye on the ooor
Of his compartment, which he had been
so fortunate as to occupy all to himself
since an exceedingly stout and sleepy
r'e1iton. who had ridden with him in per-
feet silence all the way from Leipsic' had
lifted his hat, growled the customary
AIDE" and descended at Erfurt,
"Fisenach again. unused the traveller,
lust above his breath, as he strolled along
with the soldierly step everywhere seen
in Deutschland.
Yet the traveller was not Deutscher'
Ions. association with the people OF TINS
land had perhaps led him into uncon-
scious imitation of their movement,
though he might easily have passed Tor
a native if you had not very carefully OBJ
! served him or heard him speak; for he
was tall muscular, erect, large-boned
! 4..1r. complexioned, with the tan of expo
! SIRE TO sun and wind heavy moustached
! and faxen-haired, with an occasional
/ erayish tint interspersed through the
| faA.
| re busting on the platform became
more vigorous. Out doomed the great
voice again:
! "Ein-stei-gen,"
The traveller put his hand on the door
| and besitated The bang and clank OF the
other doors that were shut and fastened
in rapid succession resounded in his ears,
and still he hesitated. The guard had
| reached him as he fingered.
"Bitte, mein HERR
.'Why not?" said the traveller, still mu-
| sing aloud to himself. And before the
guard could again address him, he had
reached in and grasped his travelling bag.
Bang! went the door. Then the man
in the big red cap and the magnificent
coar stood sitter than ever, bell clang-
| 90. q whistle blew, and after all the elab-
crate 6JlGueIle, NllllOul NillSAA ~ - AAAAk'DN'
sible to stop or start a train on Ger
man railroad, had been gone through
with. the train from Dresden bumped
away from the station, crept with in
creasinc swiftness around toward the left
and vanished. leaving for its memory on
" a faint hum like a swarm of distant
bees.
Not until then did the Jovian omnipo-
tepce begin to melt like passing thun-
der-clouds from about the sacred presence
of the being in the red cap, who slowly
revolved upon his right heel and with
stately tread and dignified stroking of the
beard, moved from his height of Olympic
majesty in the direction of that room set
aDart for the duties and accommodation
of a mere human station master. He
had become again nothing more than an
exceedingly handsome and attractive
piece of humanity, when, with a semi
military salute, he received the traveller
ticket from Leipsic to Frankfurt. and
: stamped and endorsed it with words and
letters and cabalistic signs which should
Indicate that it would entitle the traveller
| to interrupt his journey at Eisenach.
. Then the traveller sauntered through
the station out into the Platz behind IL
AMI waved aside with gesture of hand
had failed to secure passenger ana was
turning his Groschke toward the town
He walked on slowly, this traveller
gazing about him with the air OF a man
who knew perfectly where he was, ou'
wished to note all the changes that mac
come, about since he was there before
and not lose one of the memories OF long
ago That the memories were kindly ano
T vet tinsed with regret was evident from
: tha soft shadows of smiles that rlppleI
over his rugged features from time &c
time. and were chased away as rapluly d
/ they appeared by deeper shadows, out
~ which his steel-blue eyes gazed through
the medieval tower in the city wall 70
\ wards Which, he came, and seemed to Ioof
,rrrr something too far beyond 1t to bt
within mortal ken
As he went further he looked less abou
[ him. but wound his way through the tor
e turous street until he stepped into dingy
hallway that seemed to grow out of thu
! street turned a dark corner that stran
. | ger would have said must lead into
o ! dungeon. and entered a courtyard wher'
. stood a few small tables with stains o
beer and crumbs of food upon them. an
a few very old and very hard wOod-bot
toned chairs turned invitingly toward
: him as If IN mute appeal that he woul'
e be so kind as TO sit IN each OF them.
s.-The same old chairs" said the travel
=. le- again. Older than Luther's house o
Rach's music But the old rope was pull
o ed so often that they have had 10 brai
: & new end to IL"
Saving which. he reached out from tn
= / chair witch he had taken and pulled
: quaint metallic handle al the end OF tn
ropa. \ cracked bell somewhere toward
the blue heaven that rooted the courtyar
e ratified plaintiveIy. almost querulousl
IS and reseztfuIly. in response 10 the pull
: ard c; pped and phlegmatiC maiden peer
q ed through a lattlced window in the rea
tn see what was the matteo Her hea
bohbe5 down again as silently as il cam
~ up. and q moment later appeared
% chucklc-heqded youth buttoning an apro
around MIN as he came.
Tho traveller ordered a simple repas
ID which appeared after an amazingly Ion
delay, curing which he had consumed tw
half-;ioerS or beer and grown 50 reminI,
in cent as 10 have been obllvious OF the d,
rs lay untl ha consulted his watch on q
~ arrival % the food.
"a As slow as ever" said he again. az
hi, dressing nobody. Il Thuringer w
:. never in a hurry. and never yet failed
cook his food royalty we'll too"
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One Of the Christmas presents receive
: by Mrs. Mckinley. the wife OF the pres
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