The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-25
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stractediy. She might be Hebe with
no trouble at all"
Carmichael admired Hans There
was always some new phase In the
character OF this quiet and unaseum.
ing German. A plumber who was la
miliar with the classics was not an
ordinary person. He raised his stein
and Hans extended his. After that
they smoked. with word or two ac-
castonally in comment
/ Al that day there was only one
newspaper In Dreiberg. 1t was a dry
and solid sheet. of four pages, devoted
! to court news, sciences. and agricul-
ture. The vintner presently smoothed
down the Journal and opened his
knife. and cut out a paragraph. Car
michael, following his movements
slyly, wondered what he had seen to
interest him TO the point of preserva-
ton. The vintner crushed the re-
mains of the sheet into a ball and
dropped II to the floor. Then he
/ finished his beer. rose. and proceeded
/ toward the stairs leading to the rath-
skeller below. Down these he disap-
peared.
| An idea came to Carmichael. He
called a waitress and asked her to
bring a copy of that days paper.
| Mea ntimc he recovered the winners
paper. and when he finally put the two
together. 1t was "a simple matter to re-
place the missing cutting Grum bach
showed a mild interest over the pro-
cedure.
why do you do that, Captain"
| "A little idea i have: 1t may not
amount to anything" But the Ameri-
can was puzzled over the cutting.
! There we're two sides to It: which
had interested the vintner. do you
tpa flow
mo. / am tired and sleepy, Cap
tain"
All right; wen go back to the
hotel. There Is nothing going on here
tonight"
But Carmichael was mistaken for
! once.
A little time later Herr Goldberg
harargued his fellow socialists bit
terly. Gretchen's business in this 60
ciety was to serve. They had selected
| her because they knew that she in
clined toward the propaganda. Few
spoke to her, outside OF giving orders
and then kindly.
| The rathskelier had several win
| dows and doors. These led to the
! Biergarten, to the wine-cellar. and to
an alley which had no opening on the
street. The police had as yet never
arrested anybody: but several times
the police had dispersed Herr Gold
berg and his disciples on account of
the noise. The window which led to
the blind alley was six feet from the
foor. twice as broad as 1t was high,
and nnbarred. Under this window sat
| the vintner. lie was a probationer. a
noVitiate; this was his second attend
ance. He liked to sit in the shadow
and smile at Herr 9oidberg's phiio-
sophy. which. summed up briefly,
| meant that the rich should divide with
the poor and that the poor should
hang on TO what they had or got. 1t
may have never occurred to Herr
Goldberg that the poor were generally
poor because Of their inequalities.
their ignorance and incompetence
Tonight. however. there were variety
and spice with his Jeremiad
Brothers, shall this thing take
place. Shall the daughter Of Ehren-
stein become Jugendheits vassal? Oh,
how we have fallen, Where la the
grand dukes pride we have heard so
much about? Are we, then. afraid of
| Jugendheit?"
NO" roared his auditors. banging
their stems and tankards The vint-
ner Joined the demonstration, bang
ing his stein as Justify as the next
one.
Have you thought what this mar
I riaEe Will cost us in taxes"
! What"
II thousands eft crowns furTyauffs.
| DO we not always pay for the Injuries
| of the rich? Do not their pleasures
grind us so much deeper into the dirt !?
/ Yes, We are the corn they grind And
shall we submit. like the dogs in
I Flanders, to become beasts of bur
! dem"
mo. no."
| II have a plan. brothers: II will
Eho%L tina -dnka ia what desperation he
| has driven us at last. We will mob
| the Jugendheit embassy on the day
| OF the wedding; we will tear II apart,
brick by brick. stone by stone"
I "Hurrahl' cried the noisy ones
I They liked talk Of this order They
knew II was only here that great
things happened, the division OF riches
and mob-rule. Beer was cheaper by
the keg.
The noise subsidized. Gretchen spoke.
Her serene highnesa viii not marry
| the King of Jugendheit"
Every head swung round in her
! direction.
What is that you say" demanded
! Herr Goldberg
Gretchen repeated her statement n
was the first time she had ever raised
her voice in the councils
ITO be continued)