Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-10-05

ten on this notice: Judgment demand
81. When the case came up, Won
would answer the questions put ana
then explain That your reason for NOT
complying with the legal requirement
was that you knew nothing about u
not having shat institution in your o,Vn
country. The judge could then do M
otherwise than rel"ase you ana thor.
would be no fine 70 pay"
"Why do you have all this red tanep"
81 VIII tel you. The government
keeps run of everything, in the n.o-
pies interest. You are here for = four
w"cks-then you intend to retn,n
Something might happen-you MIN,
be prevented BY some misfortune frn,,
DOING as you dcsife, and from com
municating with your friends Aft.r
a while inquiries are made W,hou,
the poliZeianmcldung We cnnId give M,
aid Now we know al abou, if pa
PIE can't get lost h"re-gO to uierne and
no one b. the wiser"
When ! had Thanked him fnr HI IL.
planatiGns, The officer aluge ana ,nn,ad
toward the door.
"hdieu." he said.
"Adieu"
And that bugbcar Of us An,e,ioo,.,
the inquisitive, mrddlesome polizist
whom w have Go often r4qord..a iii
cnuccitcl ana tyrannical, bowed him
self rut-aS courteous, genial p,od-
| n.ttI.rci a fellow as eyer wore = uni-
form.
o." thing which strikes free America
| IN "uri"usIy irritating way is the
| rV"l tinr repetition If the word
| "E'rh"i'n." | verify believe that an
| "yr"nt hts Of the natural method" Of
ianauHpc-t"acling should commence
The German course with this word. II
meets one At all sorts of places, and
| seems 1Hr worse than it's English
""uiEalrmt. ''frrbidden" Yankees can
race daring Si3n: mo admittance,"
Keep OUT" Keep off the Grass" or
even "G't "ff.'--with perfect serenity
W" are used to 1t. But we who come
I" 'i'fhi'ihy IN the most tolerant spirit
get weary Of this one word. If they
| ""u!d only express il differently,
@''.'It times thrV 10. In street-cars far
"%"mi'l'- enc S'-es tile sign, "Nicht in
ten Wle+n sruk-n," Sometimes thev
-::N "Ritt' please ana in a hall read
It h"'i", t" the effect that "Gueefs ara
most politely requested not to spit -,
The li"ri" Eut generally il ie TIA
M rh"tcn' which strikes out from ~.
shoulder. TIL" prohibition is never M
l-'tS "litbIe. :" lar as | know; il IS tha
irl"tition of the word. which initiates
uhi:l N"'l get used to it. We have
About S-Iteml ~ first we mad. . trim
I" G"|lar ana climbed the RammaIe-
h'r-'. Though not lofty as the Brock
IT. fa'nhriSt"rg towers above its
""''f"S1 hti"hl'"ls in the Harz and il
'd'fclehtly high to furnish considera bic
'N"r'iS'' While tramping the Zigzag
~ MS which lei I" the summit we war.
cont annually met by that wrctched word
N'f"pirh First, it fiared into our
f"c'S from the side Of the macbinary-
building n"r mninr): "Eingang YER
hntrn. rYou can't come in hereuD
| w no wants to- Next we met if an, a
little mining railroad Of possibly
-lSht""n-inch gauge halfway up the
mountain. This little no-horse rail
r""d sports rail-iron ties ana a eyer
| boz sign. Where would b. Tie. fun
in walking that spider thread rail.
| anyway! Some time afterward we
met tie sign again: "Durchgang var-
| !nlrn!' c'You mustn't pass thruush')
| and, looking beyond, | saw path
! Threatened ny ovcrhanging rocks in.a-
| rur,ly poised. Almost a. the ton
another piece Of forbidden ground was
| fenced in. on climbing the f,nr, To in
Vr.tigate. | found the reason , in a
plumber of ugly assures of unknown
depth. A large portion of the top Of
the mountain is fenced off as a hunt
iIg-rescrNc, Z pair Of elderly people
tclI me. There is no sign but the
fence. We Americans can pass
th"u"h the gate if we want to, and
take our chanceS-aS we do in our
bloody forests at home The German
knows he is safe outside the fence.
one day in Hanover we got the
'Ntlbot" orally. We We're passing in
front Of the barracks on the edge OF
the SeVentyfourth regiments parade
ground. and watching the daily
muster" Arriving at n convenient
View point We stopped. The sentinel
watched us a few seconds. As soon as
ht became satisfied that We did not in
tend to go further he advanced and
said IN pleasant manner but employ
ing the obnoxious word: