Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-19

stretched out into the quiet waters from the tavern
shore. The German magnate of lands and sugar
mills walked sturdly up the beach, into the taprOOm,
and confronted General Friedrich who contentedly
finishing the last OF pipe and the last of his forenoon
STEM Unlike the few other Germans who had come
all the from New DIRK to talk with the distinguished
veteran, Herr Roth displayed no trepdation Instead
he took from his pocket cardcase, withdrew card,
presented it, and stood waiting For the first time since
his arrival the General got quickly to his feet as
his condition would permit and saluted. He started to
speak; but old Heinrich Roth held up deicately re-
srning hand and those in the taproo the proprietor
and the cellar man, observed in his motion and
polished grace.
"My name is Herr Roth" said the visitor, and the
General again saluted and his eyes twinkled;,
"Herr Roth" he repeated, and the cellar man
scratched his head, tugged at his leather apron and
went out nonpussed at the same time that the host
his seeming curiosity, closed his mouth looked at his
queer array of queer bottles and merely wondered what
could have been on the card.
The General and his fellow countryman wandered
out to the porch with Wosbachs aid and talked inter-
estedly for long time. Then the sugar mill owner
went back to his boat and rowed away. On the next
day the Herr General repaid the visit And that was
the first of many; for began to be customary for the
veteran to have himself rowed to the island on
mild evenings, and his had this new task to employ
their late hours. Discipline so far as evening duties
and taps concerned went to the dogs because the
General sometimes kept late hours, excitedly playing
penuchle chess until two o'clock in the morn
ing But thing in all this relaxation certain,
that he would be return in time for the morning
parade That at least never failed His stay extended
beyond the month Wolsbach contded to his fellows,
in Barracks they called their rooms, that 1T was
because the chess and penuche games were ted and
that neither Herr Roth the General might declare
himself the victor; that these two queer old men would
sit and play silently at the chessboard for hours or
bang their poor suffering, unofending knuckles on the
table penuche and then sit and almost quarrel over
the points Of the game they had played. s
you NEEDED one hundred and fifty, then led from
the ackpaugh" Or, at such foolishness to adj
queen to knights second, when by casting you
could have the camel" and on, until they would
dpcrp
night The General frequently asked his advice, Vols
bach asserted swelling his ponderous chest and giving
extra upward twist to his mustaches, and then some
times that faithful little corps of veterans would shrek
with laughter and shout, asking his advice-hisl Ha-
haha!' And Wosbach would lose his temper and offer
fight one or all of them 1--WE have swords he would
declare heatedly. "What, am l. Johann Wolsbach,
Sergeant of his Maesty's First Uhlans who have par
tcipated in thousand battles to be laughed at by
such thou? No! Zehn Tdusend TeMfeN Mo-"
After which, satisfied, they would calm him adroitly,
and with but kindly INTENT for quite we'll they
knew his valor.
In due course as month after month slipped away
into times archives, the General so far regained his
health be able hobble around without clutches;
using instead Wolsbach and cane. In a few months
he discarded Wolsbach a staff, and then the
also left behind he trudged over the neigh
boring mountain paths. His seemed no better, and
still quite helpless and painful when he made trip
to Washington.
EVERYONE in the hills, who had come to know and
like this old warrior, was astonlshed amazed stupe-
fed, by the that through the newspapers.
There disputing it, The President of the United
States had received and entertained General Friedrich
distinguished guest The official representative of
the Faherland had conducted the meeting, with all his
diplomatic staff respectfully bringing up the rear The
veteran appeared in gorgeous uniform, respondent
with medals in such imposing numbers that it required
the full breadth of his great chest, the points of his
huge shoulders and the upper part of his port
abdomen to display them all. Wosbach and the guard
also hand in splendid uniforms, and there
not of them that did not have medals of his own.
particularly Wolsbach The illustrated weeklies had
pictures of them: so it could not be denied There