The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-20

While Martin was standing thus, listening attentively with parted lips, the baron had loosed the boat from it's post in the boathouse.
 "I am giving you the rowing boat; only 6 savage like Puck can get along with the stern-oar," said the baron from the landing stage. "Bfinr 1t back tomorrow. We shall bH delighted to sec you when- ever you like to come"
 Martin waved a farewell in the clear evening air. and erept into the boat. A moment later the moonlight fell in drops! at each stroke of the oars into the trans parent water of the lake.
 Thus ended that remarkable evening on which Martin had his first hot meal at Frauensee.
 Fine weather at Frauensee, glor- ious beyond belief-glowing sum- mer days all blue and gold. All the mountainous stood out sharp and clear round the lake, the Iron Tooth. the Good Brothers, the Honey Pot, the High Wall. Once again they were to be seen below in the water, looking as if they were taking a bath. Martin was out by six and had tested the tenn perature of the water--16 degrees .centigrade. He went round to the front near the office and chalked up 19 degrees c in huge figures on the blackboard. With a little grunt at his own picture and It's accom- panying placard by the entrance, he went off to his work. Matz late founding of the workhouse. and now promoted to an official of the bathing esta blishment. was sweeping the sand with stiff birch bosom. The Saxon gentle man was there already, taking a sun-bath in his striped bathing drawers. He was always the first to appear and the last to go. for he wished to make full use of his season ticket during the fine wea- ther.
 There were people already ly- ing on the beach, playing ball or Pauhne Mayreder, who weighed SiA DVuuuS lOO IIuCH, Whb uOIuS her exercises with zeal. She was bending from the waist without much success; she was swinging her arms, and undulating inwards and outwards at the hips in puf- suance of a complicated system. Then she lay on the ground and tried to get her legs over her head. This came to no good, and she went purple from her eXer- tions. so she sat down on the sand with her legs stuck out straight in front of her like a baby. Martin, as he passed, raised one fair eye brow. Frau Mayreder remained seated where she was and contem- plated Martins back view.
 A few intrepid swimmers were already in the water. For those who could not swim there was space marked out by flags, and these Martin had to move daily according to the level of the wa ter. From here was to be heard continual shouting and bawline. Martin was kept in constant state of irritation by this little col ony of non-swimmers. Every i've minutes he went along with an anxious face to see If one of these tadpoles were drowning.
 The gangway from which he gave lessons was carried on posts out into the lake, and was always beseiged by inquisitve onlookers who wished to see the handsome new swimming instructor. Be- tween his knees Martin grlpped his pole. and at the end of 1t one unhappy beginner after another bobbed about in the water. while Martin gave the time: "One--two three. One---two. three" These lessons were not the least of the benefits that the flno weather brought him, and he was begin ming to lose count of them. He passed him arm over his perspir- ing brow and tried to reckon un how many times lover he had earned his thirty groschen.
 Martin went up to Matz. who was collecting the dirty towels. "Matz" he said, run along sharp to the post office and ask If there's anything for me-" Mats was soff like q shot. Three times every day he was sent to the post; he was used to that.
 On the way bcak to his .gang- way he ran the gauntlet of all eyes a view of the tennis courts he and at the point where there was stopped for q moment with a smile on his face at once wistful and tense. A hard single wss in prog rsss between two athletic young -L- IL. AA Al utA