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EDITED WITH NOTES AND VOCABULARY

M, B. LAMBERT

Whbm Instkuctok in Gbkman, Richmohd Hill High School, New York City

D. C. HEATH & CO., PUBLISHERS
BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO

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Gottfried Keller was bom at Zürich, July 19, 1819, in a
house designated as Zum goldenen Winkel^ which Stands
to-day almost exactly as it was then. Zürich at that time
numbered scarcely 10,000 inhabitants and was still surrounded
by ramparts and a wall pierced by picturesque gates. His
father, Rudolf Keller of Glattfelden, was a turner by trade,
extremely earnest in the affairs of life and eager for education
and advancement. Unfortunately, he died in August, 1824,
leaving the task of the education of the son to the disconsolate
mother. It would be difficult to find an example of greater
self-denial and self-sacrifice on the part of a mother for a
striving and ambitious but cold and outwardly indifferent son;
it is certain that no son has ever written such an account of
self-sacrifice by a mother for his sake and of problematical
gratitude on his part as is contained in the biographical
romance Der grüne Heinrich,

When six years of age he entered the poor-school, an Institu-
tion founded by philanthropic Citizens to give to the children
of the poor of the city the rudiments of an education. From
1831 to 1833 ^c attended the so-called Landknabeninstitut,
where, even at this early age, the peculiarity of his nature
made itself feit. At Easter of the latter year he was admitted
to the new industrial school of the canton located at Zürich.
Here he came in contact with boys who were his superiors in
Position and at first he feit quite out of his element; but he
soon gained a great influence over them. Because of some

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trouble with a teacher, into which he was innocently drawn, he
was expelied from the school. He never quite forgave or forgot
this injustice and disgrace.

For some time the boy had evinced an inclination to painting
with a predilection for landscape painting ; accordingly, af ter
he was expelied from school, he betook himself to Glattfelden
with drawing and painting material and spent a few months
there. On retuming to Zürich he received instruction for a
Short time from several artists of indifferent ability. He was
now twenty years old and bitterly dissatisfied with his
accomplishments and prospects. Realizing on a small family
estate, he set out in April, 1840, for Munich to find the
true way in painting. Poverty — at times to the verge of
starvation — debt, illness, misfortune, striving after the unat-
tainable, consciousness of failure, importuning his mother for
money even to the mortgaging of her little house, and flashes
of gay, Bohemian spirit made up his life in Munich. He
retumed to Zürich in 1842 and the next six years, which he
called »*the lost years" of his life, he spent there. This
unhappy period contains, however, one important event for him
and for posterity, namely, his renunciation of painting for
writing. The spirit of freedom, so active in Germany, was
abroad also in Switzerland, and Keller resorted to verse to aid
the good cause. In his attempt to find a publisher for the
verses thus produced he was directed by his former teacher,
Fröbel, to Folien, a revolutionary German, who had sought a
refuge in Switzerland and was known as a patron of ambitious
young authors. It was during this period that he met Freilig-
rath, who had also taken refuge in the little republic of the
free, and Hoffmann von Fallersleben. Keller always said that
it was the latter, next to Fröbel, who had discovered his poetic
talent The first collection of his verses was published in 1845
by Fröbel and Folien in a period ical of which they were the
editors and publishers.

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In June, 1848, a travelling scholarship was awarded to him
by the board of education of bis native canton and in October
of the same year he went to Heidelberg. Ludwig Feuerbach,
although not connected with the University, was lecturing there
at the time, and, as God and immortality had been favorite
subjects of speculation with the young man, the lectures of the
famous freethinker exerted a greater influence upon him than
the regulär lectures in history, German literature and aesthetics
which he heard at the University. In October, 1849, the
scholarship was renewed, and, influenced by the friendship of
Vamhagen von Ense and the desire to be in a city which
offered the advantages of a good stage, he decided to spend
some time in Berlin. The middle of April, 1850, found him
there, but the republican Swiss found no pleasure in the people,
customs or life of the aristocratic north-German metropolis.
He had a letter of introduction to Fanny Lewald, but Unding
that she had left the city when he first called, he withdrew to
his poor lodgings and for a long time did not even avail him-
seif of the friendship of Vamhagen von Ense. His life in
Berlin was a repetition of his experience in Munich. Naturally
chary of words in the intercourse of every-day life, he became
less commun;cative, even to his mother; for months, and on
one occasion for almost two years, he did not write a word to
her. What could he write that would not make her more con-
cemed even than the suspense of not hearing from him at all?
Now he was engaged on a drama and now attempting to find
a publisher for so much of Der grüne Heinrich as he had
written; a volume of his more recent poems had appeared
under the title of Neuere Gedichte,

The plan of Der grüne Heinrich had grown from a
deterroination which he formed, soon after returning from
Munich, to write the history of his youth in the form of a
romance. The printing of this romance was begun in 1850,
but in the meantime he extended the original scope of the

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work and it dragged its weary length through all the years of
his residence in Berlin — for a less business-like author could
hardly be found. The reception of the first volumes by the
public was not assuring; the critics treated them harshly
because of lack of action and continually held them up as an
Imitation of Rousseau*s Confessions, Whether the work
is regarded as a romance or an autobiography, it is certain
that German literature contains nothing like it. It has that
incomparable charm of raising the ordinary to the extra-
ordinary, yes, even to the miraculo s, and betrays the artist
who Spins his threads from his own fancy. Der grüne
Heinrich would alone have brought immortality to its author,
but it was followed by a coUection of stories or novelettes as
unique in their kind and ranking higher in literature.

Die Leute von Seldwyla^ for that is the title under which
they were issued, was the outgrowth of a request by his
publisher for a series or cycle of distinctively Swiss stories.
The first volume appeared in 1856. This book of the inhabi-
tants of the imaginary Seldwyla is rooted in the quiet Valleys
of his native country, but some of the creations tower, like the
mountains which enclose the Valleys, into the highest regions
of the poetic; in it we have the Keller of the bizarre and
grotesque humor, who, by the magic touch of his simple style,
transforms the commonplace into the immortal. The stories
are so extravagantly stränge that — as one critic says — it
seems as if whole generations had labored to produce the
foolishness which they contain. They suffered the fate of his
earlier work ; the connoisseur enjoyed them, but the buyer did
not know them. One of the first to notice the book was
Berthold Auerbach, and since then every few years have
brought to light a new discoverer of Keller. It was found
while printing the first volume that the stories could not con-
veniently be contained in one volume, so the publisher advised
that several more stories be added and a second volume issued:

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this second volume, from which our story is taken, did not
appear tili 1873. Every year of his residence in Berlin found
him deeper in financial difficulties, and finally, at the urgent
solicitation of his mother, he retumed to Zürich toward the
end of 1855.

From 1855 to 1863 he lived at home, writing occasionally
but accomplishing little. In the year 1861 he was elected
secretary of the canton of Zürich, an office which he filled ably
tili 1876. In 1860 he wrote for Auerbach's " Volks-Kalender^^
Das Fähnlein der sieben Aufrechten which was afterwards
incorporated in the Züricher Novellen^ a collection of stories
published in 1876 and inferior to Die Leute von Seldwyla, In
1872 there appeared Sieben Legenden^ which are secularized
versions of Christian legends taken from Kosegarten 's collec-
tion. These legends have been called Keller's ripest work,
the expression of the writer's most eminent and peculiar talent,
that is, the ability to make the reader laugh at people without
in the least detracting from the respect in which they are held.
For a long time it had been the author*s wish to revise and re-
write Der grüne Heinrich; this was done and it appeared in
the revised edition in 1880. In 1883 h\^ Gesammelte Gedichte^
which won for him a lasting place among German lyric poets,
appeared. His lyrics, however, have not the even flow and grace
of many another's, being characteristic rather than beautiful or
graceful. Das Sinngedicht appeared in 1881, and Martin
Salander, 2l novel which is to be considered in a sense as a
pontinuation of Der grüne Heinrich, in 1886. He died July
15, 1890. His talent as a writer cannot be summed up better
than in the words of Bartels: "If anything of Goethe has
become really alive again in our literature, this has taken place
in Gottfried Keller. The Swiss Goethe would not be a bad
appellation for the author of Der grüne Heinrich and Die
Leute von Seldwylay

Keller's Gesammelte Werke were published in ten volumes .

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in 1889-90. The authoritative work on his life and wrftings is
Jakob Baechtold's Gottfried Kellers Leben. Seine Briefe und
Tagebücher, 3 Bände^ iSgß-gy. An abridgment of the latter
work in one volume appeared in 1898. There are interesting
essays and criticisms by F. T. Vischer (Altes und Neues ^ Heft
2y 1881), O. Brahm (1883) and E. Brenning (1892).

Kleider machen Leute is the first story in the second volume
of Die Leute von Seldwyla, The text is that of the nineteenth
Berlin edition, with a few changes or omissions. It was
written early in the sixties and is founded on an actual occur-
rence which is related in Arnold Ruge's Gesammelte Schriften,
The scene of the incident was Wädensweil on Lake Zürich.
In 1845 there appeared in that town a young man and an
elderly woman, supposedly son and mother, who passed
as Count and Countess somebody. In reality the count was a
tailor like our Strapinski. The splendid appearance of the
pseudo-count soon wrought havoc with the hearts of the young
ladies to whom he paid court and made a deep Impression
on the purses of the young men with whom he played billiards
and drank Champagne. The countess suddenly left forgreener
pastures; my lord remained to give a farewell d inner to the
gentlemen who had entertained him so sumptuously. Every
one was in high spirits, particularly the landlord of the hotel at
which the dinner was given. Toward the close of the dinner
the conversation turned on the success of the count with the
young ladies of the town and whispered surmises of the suc-
cessful one were made. The count begged permission to
withdraw to his room; every one took for granted that he
went to bring the presents. After a time a servant appeared
with a tiny casket and the count's request that the presents be
distributed according to the inscriptions. Instead of magni-
ficent presents they found letters addressed to the count in
feminine handwritings and presently one said, "This is my
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landloi-d, who did not receive a letter, had a sudden inspiration
and sent for the count; he was nowhere to be found, but at
the bottom of the casket was found the distich

D Söbendm^l, o $3äbendn>^I,
2)fm trafen troutefl bu ju t>ieU

The jolly Wädensweilers were so pleased with the adventure
at their expense that they had it acted over among their next
Mardi Gras gaiety. The reader may judge for himself what
use Keller has made of the materiaL Just one point is worth
noting; it may be held up as typical of the sound Keller nature
in the dreary waste of decadence, pessimism and Weltschmerz
which blight so much of modern German literature. Stra-
pinski, instead of disappearing into the unknown whence he
came, "settles down" after his adventure, and, by making
clothes, becomes a wealthy and respected man, worthy of the
wife he won by appearances. So clothes have made at least
one man in two different senses, and the proverb of the title is
applied in a delightful double meaning characteristic of the
author.

M. ß. L.

Brooklyn, N. Y., September 1899.

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mitgeben!"

„Slber ^nxl ©ie lönnen ja* bent eingigen ©aft baS
nid^t afleö aufred^nen, ba§ fd^Iägfö beim beften SDßiHen

5 mäjtfftxan^l"^

„%f)Vit nid^tö, e§ i[t um bie @^rel* S)aö bringt mid^
nid^t um; bafür foH ein großer ^nx, menn er burd^ unfere
©tabt reift, fagen fönnen, er l^abe ein orbentIid^§ gffen
gefunben, obgleid^ er gang unerwartet unb im SBinter

5o gefommen feil @§ foll ni(!^t ^eifeen,* toxt t)on ben SBirten

gu ©elbttj^I, bie aüeö @ute felber treffen unb ben gremben

bie ftnod^n borfe^en! 2Ufo ^x\\äf, munter, \p\xM &n^

aOerfeitS!"

SBä^renb biefer umftänbli(i^n Subereitungen befanb

15 fid^ ber ©d^neiber in ber peinli(!^ften 9lngft, ba ber %\\äj
mit glängenbem 3^uge gebedt it)urbe, unb fo l^ei^ [xä) ber
auSgel^ungerte 5D?ann bor furgem nod^ mä) einiger
9lal^rung gefeint l^atte, fo öngftliiä^ toünfd^te er jefct, ber
brol^enben 5D?al^Igeit gu entfliel^en. QnUiä) fafete er fid^

20 einen 9Kut/ na^m feinen SMantel um, fe^te bie SKüfce auf
unb begab fid^ l^inaui^, um ben ^uiSmeg gu geminnen.
3n feiner SBermirrung lonnte er aber bie %xtppi in
bem weitläufigen C>öufe nid^t glei(!^ finben; fo »anberte er
bur(ä^ einen langen (Sang, ber nirgenb anberS enbigte, oö

25 bor einer berfd^Iojfencn Stpre.

Unterbeffen fd^rie ber SQBlrt, ber i^n gefeiten l^otte im
TOantel bal^in gelten: ,,S)er ^err friert! l^eigt mir ein im

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Jfletber machen i'eute 7

©aal! aOBo ift bic Sife, it)o ift bie 9lnnc? 3ta\ä) einen
fforb |)oIj in ben Ofen unb einiflc |)änbe boH ©päne,
baB es brennt! 3wm 2:eufel/ foüen bie Seute in ber
SBage^ im 2Mante{ gu %^ä) fi^en?"

Unb als ber ©d^neiber »ieber au§ bem langen ©ange 5
^erborgettjanbelt tarn, meIan(^oIifd^ it)ie ber umge^enbe
M^nl^err eines @tammfd^Io|feS, begleitete er t^n mit
^unbert ftomt)limenten unb |)anbreibungen loieberum in
ben bertoünfd^ten ©aal l^inein. Dort tourbe er ol^ne
ferneres SBerttjeilen an ben Stifd^ gebeten, ber ©tu^I 10
jured^tgerücft unb ba ber Duft ber Iräftigen ©upt)e,
berglet(i^n er lange nid^t gerod^en, i^n boHenbS* feines
SBiflenS beraubte, fo liefe er [xä) in ©ottes Flamen* nieber
unb taud^te fofort ben fc^meren Söffel in bie braungolbenö
örü^e. 3n tiefem ©d^ttjeigen erfrifd^te er feine matten 15
SebenSgeifter unb würbe mit ad^tungSboIIer ©tille unb
Kul^e bebient.

21IS er ben Seiler geleert l^atte unb ber SQßirt fal^, bafe
es tl^m fo ttjo^l fc^mecfte, munterte er il^n ^öflid^ auf, no<i^
einen fiöffel boH gu nel^men, baS fei gut bei bem raupen 20
SBettfr. 9lun ttjurbe bie fjorefle aufgetragen, mit
©rünem belränjt, unb ber SQßirt legte ein f(]^öneS ©tüdf
öor. S)o(ä^ ber ©ci^neiber, bon ©orgen- gequält, wagte in
feiner Slöbigfeit nid^t, baS blanle 9)Jeffer ju braud^en,
fonbern hantierte fd^üd^tern unb gim))erlid^ mit ber 25
filbernen (Sabel baran l^erum. S)aS bemerfte bie ftöd^in,
iDcId^ gurSt^ür ^ineingudtte, ben großen |)erren* ju feigen,

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8 Älclber mad^en Seute

unb fte fagte gu ben Umftel^cnbcn: ,,@eIobt fei 3fcfuS
ßl^rtftP Der tDet$ nod^ einen feinen gifc^ gu ejfen, toie
es \x(fy i^f)M, ber fögt nid^t mit bem 9Keffer in bem
garten SBefen l^erum, mie »enn er ein ^alb fd^Iad^ten

5 ttjoüte. 3)a§ ift ein |)err bon grofeem ^aufe, barauf
ttJoUf x6) f(^n)ören, »enn e§ ni(^t verboten märe! Unb
»ie f(^ön unb traurig er ift ! @ett3i$ ift er in ein armeS
fSfräuIein verliebt, baS man i^m nx^t laffen will! 3fa,
ja, bie Dorne^men Seute ^aben aud^ il^re Seiben!"

lo ^ngmifd^en fal^ ber SBirt, ba^ ber @aft nid^t trän!,

unb fagte ehrerbietig: „5)er ^err mögen ^ ben Stifd^toein

nid^t, bef eitlen ©ie bielleii^t ein @Ia§ guten SJorbeauj,'

ben xä) beftenS empf eitlen fann?"

S)a beging ber ©d^neiber ben gleiten felbfttptigen

IS gel^ler, inbem er au§ ©e^orfam ja ftatt nein fagte, unb
alfobalb Derfügte fid^ ber SBagtoirt perfönlid^ in ben
ßeHer, um eine ausgeführte tila\ä)t gu Idolen; benn eS
lag il^m alles baran/ ba^ man fagen lönne, eS fei
etwas gtetj^tes im Ort gu ^aben.^ 3llS ber (Saft bon bem

20 eingef(^enften SBein ttjieberum auS böfem ©etoiffen gang
Heine ©d^Iüilein nal^m, lief ber SBirt bofl gfreuben in bie
Sivi6)t, fd^nalgte mit ber 3unge unb rief: „^ol' mid^ ber
3:eufel, ber Derftel^fS, ber fc^Iürft meinen guten SBein
auf bie 3wnge, mie man einen S)ufaten auf bie @olb«

25 mage legt!"

„(gelobt fei 3efuS ß^rift!" fagte bie ßö^in, „xä) l^ab'S
behauptet, bafe er*^ berfte^t!"

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StUihtv maä^tn ?eute 9

©0 naffm bte ÜKa^ljcit bcnn il^rcn aSerlauf unb gioat
fc^r langfam, m\l ber arme ©d^neibcr immer gtmperltiä^
unb unentf(^Ioffen afe unb trän! unb ber SBirt, um il^m
3eit ju laffen, bte @t)eifen genugfam ftel^en liefe. Stroj«
bcm toax e§ nid^t ber SRebe »ert, toaS ber @aft bi§ jefct 5
gu \\ä) genommen; bielmel^r begann ber |)unger, ber
immerfort fo gefäl^rli^ gereijt ttjurbe, nun^ ben ©d^reien
ju übertoinben, unb al§ bie haftete bon SRebl^ülönern erf(!^ien,
fci^Iug bie Stimmung beS ©d^neiber§ gleiti^jeitig um unb
ein fefter ®ebanfe begann \\ä) in il^m gu bilben. „6§ ift 10
jefct einmal, wie e§ ift/'* fagte er fic^, bon einem neuen
Jröpftein SQßeineS erwärmt unb auf gefta^elt ; „nun wäre
ic^ ein St^or, wenn iä) bie fommenbe ©d^anbe unb aSerfoIgung
ertragen wollte o^ne mxä) bafür fatt gegejfen gu l^aben!
3öfo borgefel^en,' weil* eg nod^ 3cit ift! 2)oö Sürmd^en, 15
m^ fie ba aufgeftellt l^aben, bürfte Ieid^tli(^ bie le^te
©))eife fein, baran will ii) mic^ galten/ lomme toa^ ba
woDe!* SS5a§ xä) einmal^ im Seibe l^abe, fann mir* lein
ftönig wieber rauben!"

(Sefagt, getrau;* mit bem 5D?ute ber SSergweiflung ^ieb 20
er in bie ledere haftete, o^ne an ein 3luf^ören gu beulen,
fo bafe fie in weniger al§ fünf 9Kinuten gur C^älfte
gefd^wunben war unb bie ©ad^e für bie 3l6enb^erren fel^r
bebenllid^ gu werben begann, gleifd^, Trüffeln, ßlöfeiä^en,
Soben, Dedel, aUeS fd^Iang er o^ne 3lnfe^en ber ^erfon 25
hinunter, nur beforgt, fein SRängd^en boH gu pad^n, e^e
ba§ Ser^ängniö l&ereinbräd^e; bagu tranf er ben SBein in

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10 jdclber machen 2tuU

tüd^tigen Süfl^« unb jicdtc grofec SSrobbiffen in ben SKunb,
furj c§ tDQt eine fo l^aftig belebte ©inful^r, tt)ie menn bei
auf jieigenbem ©ettjtttet baö ^eu oon ber na^en SBiefe gleid^
auf ber ©abel in bie ©(ä^eune geflüd^tet loirb. Slbetmaö

5 lief ber SBirt in bie ßüd^e unb rief: „ftöd^in! 6r ifet bie
haftete auf, mä^renb er ben Sraten laum berührt fjatl
Unb ben Sorbeauj trinft er in falben ©läfern!"

„SBo^l befomm' eö t^m/'^ fagte bie ^bä)xn, ,,Iaffen ©ie
i^n nur mad^en, ber roeife, ttjaS Sleb^ü^ner finbl SQßär' er

10 ein gemeiner ßerl, fo l^ätte er fic^ an ben Söraten gehalten!"

//3<ä^ fög'ö aiiä)," meinte ber SQßirt: „e§ fie^t \x(S) itoax nid^t

gang elegant an; aber fo l^ab' i^, als ic^gu* meiner 9luöbil-

bung reifte, nur ©eneröle unb ßapitelSl^erren ejfen feigen!"

UnterbeRen l^atte ber ffutf(^er bie ^ferbe füttern lajfen

15 unb felbft ein l^anbfefteö 6f[en eingenommen in ber ©tube
für baS untere SSolf, unb ba er 6ile l^atte, lie^ er balb toieber
anfpannen. 3)ie Slnge^örigen beS ©aft^ofeS gur SQßage f onn«
ten \\äj mm nid^t länger enthalten unb fragten, e^' eö gu fpät
tourbe, ben l^errfd^aftlic^en Äutfd^er gerabegu, toer* fein ^txx

20 ba oben fei, unb loie er l^eipe? 3)er Äutfci^er, ein fd^alf^after
unb burd^triebener Äerl, berfe^te: „^at er e§ nodjf nid^t felbft
flefagt?''

„Stein," l^iefeeS, unb er ermiberte: „S)aS glaub' id^ \do%
ber fprid^t nid^t biel in einem S^age; nun, eö ift ber ®raf

25 ©trapinSfil @r »irb aber l^euf unb biefleid^t einige Soge
l^ier bleiben, benn er ^at mir befohlen mit bem SDßagen
borauöjufal^ren/'

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JPIeiber mad^eti Seute 11

6r maä)tt btefcn fti^lcd^ten ©pa§, um pd^ an bcm ©d^net»
berlein gu rä(^en, ba§/ loic er glaubte, ftatt t^m für feine
©eföHigfeit ein SBort be§ S)anfe§ unb be§ 5l6fd^iebe§ gu
fagen, fid^ o^ne Umfel^en in ba§ |)au§ begeben l^atte unb
ben Ferren fpielte. ©eine gulenfpiegelei^ auf§ äuperfte' trei« 5
benb, beftieg er aud^ ben SBagen, o^ne nad^ ber 3^^ für
^ä) unb bie ^ferbe gu fragen, f(^n)ang bie ^eitf(^e unb fu^r
aus ber ©tabt, unb alles marb fo in ber Orbnung befunben*
unb bem guten ©(i^neiber aufs ßerb^olg gebrad^t/ ^^^

9lun mufete eS fid^ aber fügen, bafe biefer,® ein geborener 10
©d&Iefier, mirflic]^ ©trapinSfi ^ie^, SBengel ©trat)inSfi,
mod^te es nun ein S^^f^ß f^i^/ o^^if mo^it ber ©d^neiber
fein SQßanberbud^* im SBagen l^erborgegogen, eS bort Dergejfen
unb bet Äutfd^er eS gu fid^ genommen l^aben. ©enug, als
ber SBirt freubeftral^Ienb unb l^änbereibenb Dor i^n l^intrat 15
unb fragte, ob ber |)err @raf • ©trapinSfi gum 9la(^tif(j^ ein
©las alten Stofaier" ober ein ®IaS (Jl^ampagner^* nel^me, unb
il^m melbete, ba^ bie 3^"^"^^^ foeben gubereitet toürben, ba
erblaßte ber arme ©trat)insfi, bermirrte fi(^ bon neuem unb
ermiberte gar nici^ts. 20

„|)öd^ft tntereffant!" brummte ber 2Birt für \xä), inbem er
abermals in ben ßeBer eilte unb aus befonberem aSerfd^Iage
nid^t nur ein glöfd^d^en SSoIaier, fonbern aud^ ein ftrügeld^en
Sodfsbeutel*^ l^olte unb eine K^am|)agnerftafd^e fd^Ied^tl^in unter
ben Slrm nal^m. Salb fal^ ©trat)insfi einen Meinen SBalb 25
bon ©löfern bor \\ä), auS toelc^m ber ß^ampagnerfe^ tt)ie
eine ^appeP emporragte. S)aS" glängte, flingelte unb buftete

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12 J(Uibet machen Seute

gar fcitfam bot il^m, unb wag mä) felffamct toax, bcr atme^
aber jicrlic^ 5D?ann griff nid^t ungcfd^idEt in ba3 SQßälbd^tt
l^incin, unb go^, aU er fa^, bafe ber SBirt etroaS 3tottt)cin in
feinen ß^ampagner iiat, einige SSropfen Sofaier in ben fei*

5 nigen. ^njttjifd^en toax ber ©tabtfci^reiber unb ber 9lotar
gefommen, um ben ftaffee gu trinfen, unb baS täglid^e ©piel«
^n um benfelben gu mad^en;^ balb lam a\xä) ber ältere ©ol^n
beS ^aufeS C>öberlein unb 60., ber jüngere beö |)aufe8
^ütfd^IisSlieoergelt, ber Sud^^alter einer großen ©pinnerei,

10 ^err SKeld^ior a3ö^ni; aflein ftatt i^re ^artie gu fpielen, gingen
fämtlid^e Ferren in »eitern Sogen l^inter bem polnifd^n
©rafen l^erum, bie |)änbe in ben Hinteren SRocftafd^n, mit
ben Slugen blinjelnb unb auf ben ©todfgö^nen löd^Inb."
S)enn e§ toaren biejenigen TOitglieber guter ^&n\tx, melci^e

15 i^r Seben lang* gu C^aufe blieben, beren SSermanbte unb ®e«
noffen aber in aller SQßelt fafeen/ mesmegen fie felbft bie SDßelt
fattfam gu fennen glaubten.

Sllfo ba§ foHte ein polnifii^r ®raf fein? Den SQßagen
l^atten fie freilid^ Don il^rem ßomptoirftul^I auS gefe^en; oud^

20 toufete man nid^t, ob ber SBirt ben ©rafen ober biefer jenen*
bemirte; bod^ l^atte ber SBirt bi§ je^t nod^ teine bummen
©treidle gemad^t; er toax Dielmel^r als ein giemlid^ Jd^Iauer
ßopf befannt, unb fo mürben benn bie Greife, ipeld^e bie neu«
gierigen Ferren um ben fjremben gogen, immer Heiner/ biiJ

25 fi^ fi^ jule^t bertraulid^ an ben gleid^en Stifd^ festen unb ftd^ ouf
gemanbte SBeife gu bem ©elage aus bem Stegreif^ einluben,
inbem fie o^ne weiteres* um eine fSflafd^e gu toürfeln begannen*

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Dod^ ttanlen ftc nid^t gu bicl, ba e§ no(^ frü^ loat; bagcgen
flolt eg,i einen ©(^ludE trefflid^en Äaffee ju nehmen unb bcm
?5oIacfen,« lote fie ben ©(i^neiber bereits l^eimlid^ nannten, mit
gutem JRaud^jeug aufjumarten, bamit er immer me^r röd^e,
too er eigentlid^ märe.* 5

„S)arf i(!^ bem |)errn ©rafen eine orbentlid^e ©igarre an^
bieten? i(ä^ l^abe fie bon meinem ©ruber auf Kuba bireft
belommen!" fügte ber eine.

„Die |)erren ^olen* lieben aud^ eine gute ßigarette, l^ier
ift e^ter Sabal aus ©m^rna/ mein Kompagnon l^at i^n ge= lo
fanbt/' rief ber anbere, inbem er ein rotfeibeneS Seuteld^n
^infd^ob.

,,S)iefer au§ S)amaSfu§' ift feiner, $err ®raf/' rief ber
britte, „unfer bortiger $ro!urift felbft l^at i^n für mx6)
bcforgt!" 15

S)er bierte jiredte einen ungefügen ßigarrenbengel bar,
inbem er fd^rie: „SBenn ©ie etmaS gang 5lu§gejei(i^nete§
tootten, fo berfud^en ©ie biefe ^ftanjercigarre aus SSirginien,
felbftgegogen, felbftgemad^t unb burd^auS nid^t täuflid^!"

©trapinSfi läd^elte fauerfü^,^ fagte nid^^ts unb mar balb 20
in feine ©uftmoHen gebüßt, toelc^e bon ber l^erdorbred^enben
©onne lieblid^ berfilbert tourben. S)er ^immel entmöllte
ftd^ in meniger als einer aSiertelftunbe,* ber fd^önfte ^erbft«
nad^mittag trat ein; eS ^ie^,* ber @enu^ ber günftigen ©tunbe
fei jtd^ gu gönnen, ba baS Sal^r bielleld^t nid^t biele fold^er 25
Sage me^r bröd^te; unb eS mürbe befd^Ioffen, auSgufal^ren,
ben f rö^Iid^en SlmtSrat^® auf feinem ®ute gu befud&en, ber erft

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14 Kleiber mad^en 2evLte

bor tDenigen SQßod^cn gefeltcrt l^atte, unb feinen neuen SBcitti
ben roten ©aufer/ gu loften. ^ütfd^U^SliebergeU, ©ol^n,
fanbte naä) feinem ^agbttjagen, unb balb fc^Iugen feine jungen
gifenfd^immel baS ^pöfter bor ber SBage. 5)er 2Birt felBji

5 lie^ ebenf aD§ anfpannen, man lub ben ®raf en guborfommenb

•^ ein, ^iä) anjufd^Iiefeen unb bic ©egenb etoaS fennen gu lernen.

S)er 2Bein l^atte feinen SBi^ ermörmt; er überbad^te fd^neH,

bafe er bei biefer (Selegenl^eit am beften* \xä) unbemerlt cnt*

fernen unb feine SOßanberung fortfefcen lönne; ben ©d^aben

10 fottten bie t^örid^ten unb gubringlid^en |)erren an ^\ä) felbji

behalten. 6r nal&m bal^er bie ©inlabung mit einigen l^öf«

lid^en SBorten an unb beftieg mit bem jungen ^ütfd^Ii ben

^agbmagen^

9lun toax e§ eine weitere fSfügung, ba^ ber ©d^neiber, nod^«

15 bem er auf feinem S)orfe fd^on aU junger Surfd^ bem ®ut§»
l^errn gumeilen Sienfte geleiftet, feine 5D?iIitärgeit bei ben
^ufaren abgebient ^atte unb bemnac^ genugfam mit ^ferben
umguge^en berftanb. 2Bie ba^er fein ©eföl^rte pflid^ fragte,
ob er bietleid^t fal^ren möge, ergriff er fofort 3ü9^I unb

20 ^eitfc^e unb f u^r in fd^ulgere(]^ter |)altung in rafd^em Strabe

burd^ ba§ Sl^or unb auf ber fianbftrafee ba^in, fo ba^ bie

Ferren einanber anfallen unb pfterten: ,M ift tid^ttg, eS ift

jebcnfan§ ein $err!"

3fn einer l^alben ©tunbe mar baS ®ut beS Slmtörateö

25 erreid^t, ©trapinsü ful^r in einem präd^tigen |)albbogen ouf
unb liefe bie feurigen ^ferbe auf§ befte' anpraflen; man f prang
Don ben SBagen, ber SlmtSrat !am l^erbei unb fül^rte bie

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^(fibfr ma(i^en Seute 15

©efeUfd^ft ins $au§, unb alfobalb mar aud^ bcr Stifd^ mit
einem l^alben 3)u^enb ftaraffcn DoU larncolfarbigen ©aufcrS
Me^t. 3)aö l^cifee, gäl^rcnbe ©etränf tourbe borcrft oc]3rüft,
belobt, unb fobann ftöl^Iid^ in Singriff genommen, toäl^renb
bcr ^auSl^err im C^^ufc bic Äunbc l^erum trug, e^ fei ein s
öomel^mer ®raf ba, ein ißolacfe, unb eine feinere Semirtung
öorbereitete.

SHittlertoeile teilte \xä) bie ©efellfd^aft in jtoei ißartieen, um
bo§ öerföumte @]}iel nad^jul^olen, ba in biefem Sanbe feine
SKönner jufammen fein !onnten, ol^ne ju fpielen, toal^rfd^ein^^ lo
li(| aus angeborenem SEl^ätigfeitStriebe. @trapin§fi, toeld^er
bie Jeilnal^me auö Derfd^iebenen ©rünben ablel^nen mufete,
tpurbe eingelaben gusufel^en, benn ba§ festen il^nen immerl^in
ber 3Jlül^ toert, ba fie fo t)iel Älugl^eit unb ©eifteSgegentoart
beiben ftarten ju entmideln pflegten. @r mufete fid^ jmifd^en 15
beibe ^artieen fe^en, unb fie legten e§ nun barauf an/
geijJreid^ unb getoanbt ju fpielen unb ben ®aft ju gleid^er
Seit SU unterl^alten. @o faß er benn tüie ein Iränfetubcr
Surft, t)or toeld^em bie ^ofIe\ite ein angenehmes @d^auf|)iel
ttuffül^ren unb ben Sauf ber Söelt barfteflen. ©ie erflärten 20
i|m bie bebeutenbften Söenbungen, ^anbftreid^e unb 6reig«
niffe, unb toenn bie eine Partei für einen Slugenblicf il^re
Slufmerlfamfeit auSfd^Iiepd^ bem ©|)iele jutoenben mufete,
fo fül^rte bie anbere bafür um fo angelegentüd^er* bie Unter^^
ioltung mit bem ©c^neiber. S)er befte ©egenftanb büntte* 25
fie l^ierfür ^ferbe, 3agb unb bergleid^en ; ©tra|)in§fi tou^e
tier ü\xä) am beften Sefd^eib, benn er brauchte nur bie SRebenS«

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16 Älelber moc^en Seute

arten l^erijotgul^olcn, mlä)^ er einft in ber Stalle öon Dfps
gieren unb ®ut§]&erren ge^rt unb bie il^m fd^on bagumal
auSnel^menb tßoijl gefaflen l^atten. SDBenn er biefe Siebend«
arten aud^ nur f|)arfam, mit einer getuiffen Sefd^eibenl^eit unb

5 ftet§ mit einem fd^mermütigen Säd^eln öorbrad^te, fo erreii^te

er bamit nur eine größere SBirf ung ; menn gmei ober brei

öon ben Ferren aufftanben unb etma jur ©eite traten, fo

fagten fie : „@§ ift ein öoflfommener 3un!er V

9?ur SKeld^ior Söl^ni, ber Sud^l^alter, al§ ein geborener

10 3^^iP^^/ ri^f> fi<ä^ Dergnügt bie ^änbe unb fagte ju ft(^
felbft: „^ä) fe^e e§ fommen, bafe e§ lieber einen ®oI»
bad^er ^utfd^^ giebt, ja, er ift gemiffermafeen fd^on ba! 6§
mar aber aud^ Qüi, benn fd^on finb'S gmei 3a^re feit bem
legten! S)er TOann bort l^at mir^ fo munberlid^ gerftod^ene

15 Singer, Diefleid^t bon ^raga' ober Dftrolenfa* l^er! 9?un,
id^ merbe mid^ lauten, ben SSerlauf ju ftören !"

3)ie beiben ^artieen mcren nun gu @nbe, aud^ ba§ ©au«
fergelüfte ber Ferren gebüßt, unb fie gogen nun bor, fid^ an
ben alten 2Beinen be§ 3lmt§rate§ ein menig abgufül^Ien, bie

20 je^t gebrad^t mürben ; bod^ mar bie 3lb!ü^Iung etmaS* leiben«
fd^aftlid^er 9Jatur, inbem fofort, um nid^t in fd^nöben
SKüfeiggang gu öerf allen, ein aflgemeineS ^agarbf|)ieP öor*
gefd^Iagen mürbe. SKan mifd^te bie ftarten, jeber marf einen
Srabantert^aler' l^in, unb al§ bie äleil^e an @tra]}in§!i mar,

25 fonnte er nid^t mol^I feinen ^inger^ut auf ben Stifd^ fe^en.
,r3d^ ^abe nid^t ein foId^eS ©elbftüdf," fagte er errötenb ; aber
fc^on l^atte 9KeId^ior SSöl^ni, ber il^n beobad^tet, für il^n einge«

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fcjt, ol^ne bafe jcmanb barauf aä)t gab, benn afle toarcn öiel
ju kl^agl^, alö bafe fie auf ben Slrgtöol^n geraten tDären,
jcmanb in ber SBelt lönne lein ®elb l^aben. 3m näd^ften
äugenblide tuurbe bem ©d^neiber, ber gewonnen l^atte, ber
ganje 6infa^ gugefc^oben ; t)ertt)irrt liefe er ba§ (Selb liegen 5
unb Söl^ni beforgte für i^n ba^ jmeite ©piel, totlä)^^ ein
Qnberer gemann, fomie ba§ britte. ^oä) ba§ öierte unb
fünfte gewann mieberum ber ^oladfe, ber aflmöl^Iid^ auf«
toaste unb fid^ in bie ©acj^e fanb/ 3nbem er \\ä) ftiH unb
rul^ig öerl^ielt, fpielte er mit abmed^felnbem ©lüdfe; einmal 10
km er bis auf einen Stl^aler l^erunter, ben er fe^en mufete,
gctoann mieber, unb jule^t, al§ man ba§ Spxtl fatt befam,
Bcfofe er einige 2oui§bor, mel^r al§ er jemals in feinem Seben
befeffen, toel^e er, als er fal^, bafe jebermann fein ©elb ein«
fierfte, ebenfaBS ju fid^ nal)m, nid^t ol^ne fjurd^t, bafe alles 15
ein Sraum fei. Söl^ni, meld^er i^n fortmöl^renb fd^arf
betrod^tete, mar je^t im Haren über il^n unb badete: ben
Scufel fäl^rt ber^ in einem öierft)ännigen SBagenl

2BeiI er aber jugleid^ bemerfte, bafe ber rätfell^afte grembe
feine ®ier nad^ bem ©elbe gegeigt, unb ftd^ äber]^au]3t be» 20
\ä)tx\>tn unb nüd^tern öerl^alten l^atte, fo mar er nid^t übel
gegen il^n gefinnt,* fonbern befd^Iofe, bie Baä)t burd^auS gelten
}ü laffen.''

Slber ber ®raf ©trat)inSfi, als man fid^ öor ^em Slbenb«
ef[en im freien erging, nal^m jejt feine ©ebanfen gufammen 25
unb l^ielt ben redeten S^itpunft einer geräufd^Iofen SSeurlau«
bung für gefommen/ 6r l^atte ein artiges 9leifegelb unb

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nal^m [xtSf bot, bem Jffiirt jut SBage bon ber näd^jlen ©tobt
aus* fein aufgcbrungcneS SRittagSma^l ju beja^Icn. 3lIfo
fd^Iufl er feinen atabmantel maletifd^ um, brüdte bie ^elj»
mü^e tiefer in bie Sugen' unb fci^ritt unter einer Steige bon
5 l&o^en 9l!agien in ber 3lt)enbfonne langfam auf unb ntebcr^
ba§ fd^öne ©elänbe betrad^tenb, ober bielme^r ben SQBefl er^
fpäl^enb, ben er einfd^Iagen tooüte. 6r nal&m fid^* mit feiner
9ett)ölt)ten ©tirne, feinem lieblid^en, aber f(i^tt)ermüti9en
SKunbbärtd^en, feinen glöngenben fd^margen fiorfen, feinen

lo bunleln Slugen, im SBel^en feineö faltiflen SKantete bortreff.
lid^ au§ ; ber 5lbenbf(!^ein unb ba§ ©äufeln ber Säume über
il^m er^öl^te ben ginbrudf, fo baß bie ©efeüfd^aft t^n bon
ferne mit 3lufmertfam!eit unb SBo^Imoflen betraci^tete.
Sinmäl^Iid^ ging er immer etmaS meiter bom ^aufe l&tntoeg,

15 f(]^ritt burd^ ein ©ebüfc!^, I^inter mlä)tm ein gelbtoeg borüber
ging, unb als er \\(i) bor* ben ©liefen ber ©efeüfd^aft gcbedt
fal^, tt)onte er eben mit feftem ©d^ritt ins fjelb rütfen,* als
um eine @(fe l^erum ptbi^liä) ber 5lmtSrat mit feiner Sod^ter
Slettd^en il^m entgegentrat. 5lett(j^n toar ein l^übfci^S gfräu-

20 lein, äufeerft t)röd^tig, etmaS ftu^erl^aft gefleibet* unb mit
©(i^mucf reid^Iid^ berjiert.

„SBir fud^n ©ie, C>^rr ®raf!" rief ber 3lmtSrat/„bamit i<^
©ie erflenS l^ier meinem Äinbe borfteHe unb 3tt)ettenS, um
©ie ju bitten, bafe ©ie uns bie ISöre ermeifen möd^ten, einen

25 SBiffen 3lbenbbrot mit uns ju nel^men ; bie anberen |>erren
(inb bereits im ^aufe."
S)er SBanberer na^m fd^nell feine SKüfce bom ßopfe unb

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ma^tc el^rfurd^t^öoflc, ja futd^tfame Skrbeugunflcn, bon Äot
übetflojfen. S)cnn eine neue SBenbung toax einßetreten, ein
Sräulein befd^ritt ben ^(f^mplai^ ber ©reigniffe. 3)od^
ft^bete iöm feine Slöbigfeit unb übergroße g^rerbietung
nic^t bei ber 3)ame ; tm ©egenteif, ble ©d^üc^tern^eit, 5)emut 5
unb g^rerbietung eines fo borne^men unb tnterejfanten
jungen gbelmannö erfd^ien iftr moörftaft rü^renb, ]a ftin«
reifeenb. 5)o fieöt man, ful^r e§ tl^r burcj^ ben ©inn, je
nobler,* befto bef(!^tbe'ner unb unberborbener ; mertt eS euc!&,
t^r Ferren SBilbfänge* Don ©olbad^, ble i^r' bor ben jungen 10
SJlöbc^n laum me^r ben $ut berül&rt!

©ie grüßte ben 3litter ba^er auf baS l^olbfeligfte,* inbem
pe anä) IxtUxi) errötete, unb fprac^ f ogleicj^ l^aftig unb fd^nefl
unb bieleS mit il^m, tt)te e§ bie 3lrt bel^aglid^er ftlein*
päbterinnen tft, bie \\(!^ ben fjtemben geigen toollen. ©tra« 15
pinöli l^ingegen toanbelte \\ä) in lurjer Seit um ; toäl^renb er
Möller nid^tS getrau l^atte, um im geringften in bie äloKe
einjuge^en, bie man il^m aufbürbete, begann er nun unmifl«
fürli(^, ettoaö gefud^ter ju f|)re(]^n unb mifc^te aüer^anb
polnif(^ ©roden in bie Siebe, lurj, ba§ ©d^neiberblütd^n* 20
png in ber Slä^e be§ grauengimmerS* an ferne ©|)rünge ju
moc^en^ unb feinen SReiter babon ju tragen.*

%m %\\^ erhielt er ben (S^tenpla^ neben ber Sod^ter beö
&aufe§; benn bie 9Jlutter mar geftorben. 6r tourbe gtoar
bolb mieber meland^olifd^, ba er bebad^te, nun muffe er mit 25
ben anbern lieber in bie ©tabt gurüdfe^ren ober gemaltfam
in bie Stacht l&inauS entrinnen, unb ba er ferner überlegte,

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tDie öerflänjjlicj^ baS ®Iä(f fei, toelti^cS er je^t genofe. ^ilbei
bennoc^ empfanb er bte§ ©lücf unb fogte fic^ jum borauS:^
J^ä), einmal toirft bu "boä) in beinern fieben etma§* borgepeHt
unb neben einem fold^en l^ö^eren 2Befen g^feffen ^aben."
5 6ö mar in ber S^at feine ftleinigfeit, eine ^anb neben
\\ä) glönjen ju feigen, bie öon brei ober Dier 3lrmbänbern
flirrte, unb bei einem pd^tigen ©eitenblicf jebeSmal einen
abenteuerli^ reigenb* frifierten ftot)f, ein l^oIbeS grröten,
einen öoüen Slugenauf fd^lag ju fe^en. * 3)enn er mod^te t^un

10 ober laffen,* maS er moflte, afleö mürbe al§ ungemö^nlic^ unb
nobel aufgelegt unb bie Ungefc^idtlid^feit felbft afö merl«
mürbige Unbefangenheit liebensmürbig befunben Don bet
jungen 3)ame, meldte fonft ftunbenlang über gefeflfd^aftüd^
aSerftöfee gu plaubern mufete. 3)a man guter 3)inge* njar,

15 fangen ein paax ®äfte Sieber, bie in ben breifeiger Solaren*
9Kobe maren. S)er ®raf mürbe gebeten, ein poInif(i^3 Sieb
ju fingen. S)er Söein übermanb feine ©c^üd^ternl^eit enblid^,
obfc^on nid^t feine ©orgen; er l^atte einft einige SBod^en im
^olnifc^en^ gearbeitet unb mufete einige |)olnifd&e SBorte,

20 fogar ein SSoIföIiebd^en auSmenbig, ol^ne i^reö ^n^altes

bemufet gu fein, gleiti^ einem ^a|)agei. 3lIfo fang er mit

eblem 2Befen, me^r s^g^aft al§ laut unb mit einer ©timmc,

meiere mie t)on einem geheimen Plummer leife gitterte, auf

polnifd^:
25 ^unbcrttaufenb Ocftfen brüflen

%uf 3BoIt)i)nien^8 grünen 3Beibcn,
Unb ^at()inta, ia ^at^inta,
©laubt, id) fei in fie ücriiebtl*

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,,SraDö! Sraöo!" tiefen olle fetten, mit ben ^änben
flotfc^enb, unb 9lettd^en fogte gerührt: ,M^ baö ^Rationale
Ifiimmer fo fd^ön!"

3Kit bem Überfc^reiten folci^n ^ö^epunfteS ber Untermal»
tung bxaä) bie ©efeüfc^ft ouf ; ber ©c^neiber tourbe tuieber 5
cingepacft unb forgfältig nai) ©olbad^ jurücf gebracht; Dor«
^er l^otte er öerfprec^en müfjen, nic^t o^ne Slbfc^ieb babon ju
reifen.^ 2fm ©aPof gur Söage mürbe noc^ ein ©lag ^unfc^
genommen;» jebod^ ©trapinöfi mar erfc^öpft unb t)erlangte
nai) bem Sette.* S)er Söirt felbft führte i^n auf feine 10
3tmmer, beren @tattli(^feit er faum me^r' beaci^tete, obgleich
er nur gemo^nt mar, in bürftigen ^erbergSfammern gu
f(^Iofcn. 6r ftanb o^ne alle unb jebe ^abfeligfeit mitten
auf einem fc^önen SEeppid^, al§ ber SBirt plbi^lx^ ben aWangel
an ©epäcf entbecfte unb fid^ bor bie ©tirne fd^Iug/ 3)ann 15
lief er fd^neü l^inauS, fc^eüte, rief ßeflner unb ^auSfned^te
herbei, mortmed^felte mit i^nen, !am mieber unb beteuerte:
M ifl rid^tig, ^err ®raf, man l^at öergeffen, 3^r ©epäcf
abgulaben! 3lu(^ ba§ 3?otmenbigfte fe^It!"

Mviij ba§ f leine ^afetd^en, ba§ im äBagen lag ?" fragte 2c
©tropin§!i ängftüd^, meil er an ein l^anbgrofeeg Sünbelein
backte, mel(^e§ er auf bem ©i^e l^atte liegen taffen unb ba§
ein ©d^nupftud^, eine ^aarbürfte, einen ßamm, ein S3üd^§=
<^n ^omabe unb einen ©tengel $8artmi(^fe enthielt.

,Mä) biefeS fej^lt, e§ ift gar nid^tö ba/' fagte ber 25
gute SBirt erfd^roden, meil er barunter etmaö fel^r SCßid^«
tige§ öermutete. „Wc^^ tnuß bem ftutfc^er fogleid^ einen

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6|preffctt nad^fd^ideii/' tief er eifrig, „xä) toerbe ba§
befotgen!"

3)o(^ ber ^err ©rof fiel il^m eben fo erfd^roden in ben
9lrm* unb fagte benjegt: „Sajfen ©ie, e§ barf nid^t fein!
5 SKan mufe meine ©put öerlieren für einige Qtit," fe^te er
l^inju, felbfl betreten über biefe ©rfinbung.

3)er 2Birt ging erftaunt ju ben ^unfd^ trinfenben ©äften,
erjäl^Ite il^nen ben fjaü unb fc^Iofe mit bem 9luSf|)ru(i^e, bofe
ber ®raf unjmeifell^aft ein 0|)fer politifi]^«: ober ber

lo 3^amiIienDerfoIgung fein müfje; benn um eben biefe S^xi

njurben biele ^olen unb anbere glüd^tlinge njegen gemolt«

famer Unternel^mungen beS SanbeS^ bertuiefen; onbcrc

njurben bon f remben Slgenten beobad^tet unb umgarnt.

©trapin§fi aber tl^at einen guten ©d^Iaf,* unb al§ er

vs f|)ät ermad^te, fal^ er gunäd^ft ben präd^tigen ©onntagSfd^Iof«
rod* beS Söagmirteö über einen ©tul^I gel^ängt, ferner ein
SEifd^en mit allem möglichen 3:oiIettentt)erfgeug bebedt.
©obann l^arrten eine 9lnjal^I ©ienpboten, um Äörbe unb
ßoffer, angefüKt mit feiner SBäfd^, mit ßleibem, mit

20 ßigarren, mit Sudlern, mit ©tiefein, mit ©d^ul^en, mit
©poren, mit Sleitpeitfd^en, mit ^eljen, mit SKü^en, mit
C)üten, mit ©öden, mit ©trumpfen, mit pfeifen, mit
tJIöten unb ©eigen abjugeben t)on feiten ber geftrigen fjreunbc,
mit ber angelegentlid^en Sitte, fid^ biefer SSequemlid^feitcn

25 etnftmeilen bebienen gu moßen.* S)a fie bie SBormittagS:*
ftunben unabänberlid^ in il^ren ©efd^äften Derbrad^ten, liefen
fie il^re Sefud^e auf bie Qtxt xxaä) Sifd^* anfagen.

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3)iefc Scute toaxm nid^ts tueniger, al§^ läd^erlid^ ober ein«
faltig, fonbern^umfid^tige ©efd^äftömänner, mel^r' \ä)ia\x als
öerrtagelt;* aflein ha xi)xt tDol^Ibeforgte ©tabt Kein toax unb
e§ il^nen mand^mal langmeilig borin öorfom, tuoren fie ftets
begierig auf eine Slbtoed^Slung, ein ßreigntS, einen SSorgong, 5
bem fie fid^ ol^ne IRücfl^alt l^ingaben. 2)er öierfpännige
äSogen, ba§ StuSftetgen be§ S^^^tben, fein ÜWittageffen, bie
9!u§fage be§ Äutfd^erS maren fo einfädle unb natürlid^e
S)inge, bofe bie ©olbad^er, toeld^e feinem müßigen Slrgmol^n
noti^gul^öngen |)flegten, ein ßreignis borouf aufbauten, toie 10
ouf einen Reifen.

91I§ ©trapinSfi ba§ SBarenlaget fal^, ba§ \\ä) bor i^m au§=
breitete, tnar feine erfte Semegung, baft er in feine Jafiiie
griff, um ju erfal^ren, ob er träume ober tüaä)t. SBenn fein
gingerl^ut bort noc^ in feiner ginfamfeit toeilte, fo träumte 15
er. 3lber nein, ber gingerl^ut tool^nte traulid^ gtoifd^en bem
getüonnenen ©t^i^lfl^lbe unb fd^euerte fid^ freunbfci^aftlic^ an
ben Jbalern; fo ergab fid^ auc^ fein ©ebieter tnieberum in
boS S)ing unb flieg öon feinen gintmern l^erunter auf bie
©trafee, um jid^* bie ©tabt ju befel^en, in toeld^er e§ il^m fo 2c
lüol^I erging. Unter ber ffüd^ent^üre ftanb bie fföd^in,
»eld^ tl^m einen tiefen Änij mad^te unb i^m mit neuem
ffiol^Igef aflen nad^fal^ ; auf bem glur unb an ber^auStpre
fionben anbere ^auSgeifter, afle mit ber SWüJe in ber ^anb,
unb ©trot)in§fi fd^ritt mit gutem 2lnftanb unb bod^ befd^eiben 25
6erau§, feinen 5Wantel fittfam jufammenne^menb. S)aS
S(|idtfal mad^te i^n mit jeber ÜWinute gröfeer.

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9!JJtt flonj anbetet SRiene Bcfal^ et fid^ bie ©tabt, als »enit
et um 9ltbeit batin ausgegangen tuäte. 2)iefelbe beftanb
gtöfetenteite auS fd^önen, feftgebauten ^äufetn, tDtlä)e aUe
mit fteinetnen obet gemalten ©innbilbetn^ gegiett unb mit
5 einem 9Jamen betfe^en toaten. 3n biefen Benennungen toar
bie ©itte bet l^al^tl^unbette beutlid^ ju etlennen. S)a5
SDlittelaltet f|)iegelte fic^ ab in ben älteften ^äufetn ober in
ben 9Jeubauten, mläft an beten ©teile getteten, abet ben
alten 9?amen behalten aus bet 3^it bet Itiegetifd^en Bä)ulU

lo l^eiße unb bet ü)lätd^en. 2)a ^iefe eS :^ gum ©d^roett, jum
gifen^ut, jum ^atnifd^, gut 2ttmbtu[t, gum blauen ©(j^ilb,
gum ©d^meigetbegen, gum 3littet, gum Süd^fenftein, gum
Stütfen, gum 9Meettt)unbet, gum golbenen 3)tad^en, gut Sinbe,
gum ^ilgetftab, gut SBaffetftau, gum ^atabieSöogel, gum

IS ©tanatbaum, gum Äömbel, gum ßin^otn u. bgl.* 3)ie Seit
bet Slufflätung unb bet ^l^ilant^topie mat beutlid^ gu lefen
in ben motalifd^en Segtiffen, toelc^e in fd^önen ©olbbud^*
ftaben übet ben ^auStl^üten etglängten, tuie : gut ßinttad^t,
gut 9leblid^!eit, gut alten Unabl^ängigteit, gut neuen Unab=

20 l^ängigleit, gut Sütgettugenb a, gut SSütgettugenb b, gum
SBetttauen, gut Siebe, gut C)offnung, gum SBiebetfel^en 1 unb
2, gum fjtol^finn, gut inneten SHed^tlid^Ieit, gut äufeeten
IRed^tlid^feit, gum fianbeSmo^I (ein teinlic^eS ^äuSd^en, in
meld^m leintet einem ffanatienfäfid^t,* gang mit Äteffe be-

25 l^ngt, eine fteunblid^e alte ^tau fa$ mit einet meinen 3t|)fel«
l^aube unb ®atn l^aSpelte), gut SBetfaff ung (unten Raufte ein
Söttd^et, meldtet eiftig unb mit gtofeem ©etäufd^ tlclne

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Kirnet unb fjäfed^en mit Steifen einfofete unb unabläfftfl
flopfte); ein ^a\x^ l^iefe fc^auerlid^: gum Slob! ein t)er«
n)Qf(|cneS @tx\ppt erftredfte \\ä) bon unten bi§ oben^ jmifd^en
ben 3fen[tern ; l^ier h)ol^nte ber griebenSrit^ter. 3>m C>öufe
}ur ®ebulb tDO^nte ber ©d^ulbenfd^reiber, ein ausgehungertes 5
3ammerbilb, ba in btefer ©tabt feiner bem anbern etmaS
f(]^ulbig blieb.

6nbH(J^ Dertünbete \\^ an ben neueften Käufern bie ^ßoefie
ber gfabrilanten, Sanliere unb ©t)ebiteure unb il^rer 3laä)'
o^merinben h)oI)lfIingenben 9Jamen: 9lofentl^aI,^ SKorgen» 10
t^ol, ©onnenberg, SBeild^enburg, Sugenbgarten, 5t^«^^tt«
betfl, ^enriettentl^al, gur ffameüa, SBil^elminenburg
u. f. tt).* S)ie an S^öuennamen gehängten* Sl^äler unb
Burgen bebeuteten für ben ßunbigen immer ein fd^öneS
SBeibergut. 15

Sin jeber ©tra^enecfe ftanb ein alter Surm mit xtx^tm
Ul^rmer!, buntem ^aä) unb ixtxlx^ öergolbeter SBinbfal^ne.
5)iefe Stürme maren f orgfältig erl^alten ; benn bie ©olbad^er
erfreuten \\^ ber Sßergangen^eit unb ber ©egenmart unb
traten aud^ red^t baran.* SDle ganje ^errUc^feit toax aber 20
Don ber alten SRingmauer eingefaßt, melci^e, obmol^I nichts
mel^r nü^e, bennod^ jum ©d^mucfe beibehalten tuurbe, ba fie
(lang mit bid^tem, altem ß^^^eu übermad^fen mar unb fo bie
Heine ©tabt mit einem immergrünen ß ränge umfd^lofe.

SlfleS biefe§ mad^te einen munberbaren ßinbrud auf 25
StrapinSli; er glaubte \\ä) in einer anberen SBelt gu be«
jinben. 3)enn als er bie Sluff^riften ber Käufer las, ber*

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ikxäftn et nod^ nic^t flcfel^en, roax er ber SKemung, fic begöflen
\\ä) auf bie befonberen ©e^eimniffe unb Seben^toeifen jebeS
C)aufe5 unb eö fel^e leintet jeber ^auötl^üre tt)irfli(i| fo aus,
tote bie Überfc^rift angab, fo bafe er in eine 3lrt moraIifd^§
5 Utopien^ l^inein geraten tuöre. ©o mar er geneigt gu glau«
ben, bie munberlic^e 3lufna]^me, melt^ er gefunben, l^änge
l^iemit im 3ufammenl^ang, fo bafe g. $.* ba§ ©innbilb ber
SBage, in meld^er er mol^nte, bebeute, bafe bort ba§ ungleid^e
©d^icffal abgezogen unb au^eglid^en unb gumeilen ein reifen*

lo ber ©c^neiber gum ©rafen gemad^t mürbe.

@r geriet auf feiner SBanberung aud^ Dor ba§ S^or, unb
mie er nun fo^ über ba§ freie 3felb l^inblidfte, melbete fid^ gum
le^tenmal ber pflichtgemäße ©ebanfe, feinen SBeg unoermeilt
fortgufeften. 2)ie ©onne f(|ien, bie ©trafee mar fd^ön, feft,

15 nid^t gu trodfen unb auc^ nid^t gu naß, gum SBanbern mie ge=

mad^t. aSeifegelb l^atte er nun aud^, fo baß er angenehm ein*

feieren fonnte, mo er 2uft bagu öerfpürte, unb fein ^inberniS

mar gu erfpä^en.

2)a ftanb er nun, gleid^ bem 3üngling am ©d^eibemege,*

20 auf einer mirf lid^n ftreugftraße ; au§ bem Sinbenfrange,
meld^r bie ©tabt umgab, ftiegen gaftlid^ Slaud^fäulen, bie
golbenen 2:urmfnöpfe funfeiten lodfenb au§ ben Saum=
mipfeln; ©lud, ©enuß unb SSerfd^uIbung, ein gel^eimnis*
DoUeS ©d^idfal minften bort; Don ber Sfelbfeite l^er aber

25 glöngte bie freie Sterne ; ?lrbeit, ßntbe^rung, Slrmut, 3)unfel*
l^eit, l^arrten bort, aber aud^ ein gutes ©emiffen unb ein

l'rul^iger SBanbel; biefeS fül^Ienb, moüteer benn aud| ent*

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\ijlo^tn in§ 3felb abfd^tücnfcn. 3m glcitJ^n ^lugenbltcfc
rollte ein rafc^eS Qful^riüer! l^eran ; e^ mar ba§ gräuletn öon
geftern, M\ä)t^ mit mel^enbem, Blauem ©d^Ieicr ganj allein
in einem fd^mucfen leidsten tJu^rmerfe [afe, ein fd^öneS ^ferb
regierte unb mä) ber ©tabt ful^r. ©obalb ©trat)in§fi nur 5
on feine Wü^e griff unb btefelbe bemütig bor feine ©ruft
no^m in feiner Überrafc^ung, öerbeugte fic^ ba§ SWäbd^en
raf^ errötenb gegen i^n, aber überaus freunblid^, unb fu^r
in großer SSemegung, baS 5ßferb gum Salopp antreibenb,
boDon. 10

©trapinsfi aber mad^te unmiflfürlid^ gange SBenbung* unb
fe^rte getroft nac^ ber ©tabt jurücf. 9?oc^ an bemfelben
äoge galoppierte er auf bem beften ^ferbe ber ©tabt, an ber
©pi^e einer ganjen 9leitergefeflf(i^aft, burd^ ble ?lflee, toeliä^e
um bie grüne ^Ringmauer fül^rte, unb bie faflenben 93{ätter 15
ber Sinben taugten toie ein golbener Siegen um fein berflärtcS
^anpt

9?un toax ber ©eift in i^n gefa^ren.^ 9Kit jebem SEage
toanbelte er \i^, gleich einem 9legenbogen, ber gufel^enb^
bunter toirb an ber t)orbre(i^enben ©onne. @r lernte in 20
©tunben, in Slugenblidfen, tnaS anbere nid^t in Sauren, ba e§
in il^m geftecft l^atte, tt)ie ba§ fjarbentoefen im Kegentropfen.
6r beachtete mol^I bie ©itten feiner ©aftfreunbe unb bilbete
|ie mä^renb be§ 8eobad^ten§ ju einem bleuen unb gremb«
ortigen um; befonberö fuc^te er abgulaufd^en, toa^ fie fid^ 25
eigentlich unter il^m böd^ten' unb tt)a§ für ein 93ilb fie fic^
Don il^m gemad^t. 3)ie§ Silb arbeitete er meiter au§ nac^

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feinem eigenen ©efd^madfe, jur öergnüglid^en Unterl^oltung
ber einen/ ml^t gern etmaS 3leueS feigen sollten, unb jur
S3ett)unberung ber anbeten, befonberS ber fjrouen, meldte
md) erbauli(i^er 3lnregung bürdeten, ©o toarb er xa^d) jum
5 gelben eine§ artigen 9lomane§, an ml^tm er gemeinfom mit
ber ©tabt unb liebeöoü arbeitete, beffen ^auptbeftanbtetl aber
immer nod^* ba§ ®e^eimniö tuar.

Sei aflebem bertebte ©trapinsü, toa^ er in feiner S)unfcU
^eit früher nie gefannt, eine fc^Iaflofe 3lad^t um bie anbere,*

10 unb e§ ift mit Stabel l^erborju^eben, bafe e§ eben fo biet bie
Qfurd^t bor ber ©d^anbe, al§ armer ©d^neiber entbedt gu
merben unb baguftel^en, aU ba§ el^rlid^e ©emiffen mar, tüa§
il^m ben ©d^Iaf raubte, ©ein angeborenes SebürfniS, etttmö
3ierli(i^e§ unb Slufeergemö^nlid^eS borgufteflen, toenn aud^*

15 nur in ber 2BaI)I ber Äleiber, l^atte il^n in biefen ftonflift ge«
fül^rt unb brad^te je^t aud^ jene ^urd^t l^erbor, unb fein
©emiffen mar nur infomeit mäd^tig, bafe er beftänbig ben
aSorfa^ nöl^rte, bei guter ©elegenl^eit einen ©runb gur
Ibreife ju finben unb bann burd^ 2otterief]3ieI unb bergleid^en

20 bie SKittet gu geminnen, au§ gel^eimniööoller Sterne ju t)cr=
guten, um maS er bie gaftfreunblid^en ©olbad^er gebrad^t
^atte. @r lie^ fid^ aud^ fd^on au§ aütn ©tobten, mo e§
fiotterieen ober 3lgenten berfelben gab, Sofe fommen mit
me^r ober meniger befd^eibenem ßinfa^e, unb bie barau§ cnt*

25 ftel^enbe Äorref|)onbenj, ber 6m|)fang ber ©riefe murbc
mieberum aU ein S^xä^m mid^tiger Sejiel^ungen unb SSet*
l^ältniffe oermerH.

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@(i^on ^atte er me^r qI§ einmal ein paax ©ulben ge»
iDonnen unb biefelben fofort mieber jum Qxmxi neuer Sofe
bcrmenbet, al§ er eine§ SEageö t)on einem fremben Äoflefteur,
her ft(^ aber Sanfter nannte, eine namhafte ©umme empfing,
mlfy l^inrei(!^te, jenen SRettungögebanfen auSgufü^ren. 6r 5
mx bereite nid^t me^r* erftaunt über fein ®Iü(f, baS fid^ öon
felbjl ju Derftel^en fc^ien, füllte fid^ aber bod^ erleid^tert unb
befonberö bem guten ffißagmirt gegenüber^ berul^igt, meldten
er feineg guten @|fen§ toegen fel^r tool^I leiben mod^te. 3ln«
jtatt aber !urg abiubinben,' feine ©d^ulben grabauS ju be« 10
jol^Ien unb abgureifen, gebadete er, mie er fic^ vorgenommen,
eine lurge ®efd^äft§reife vorzugeben, bann aber von irgenb
einer großen ©tabt au§ gu melben, bafe baS unerbittlid^e
©(^idtfal il^m »erbiete, je mieber jufe^ren; babei molle er
feinen SBerbinblid^feiten nad^fommen, ein gutes 2lnbenlen 15
l^interlaffen unb feinem ©d^neiberberufe fid^ auf§ neue* unb
mit mel^r Umfid^t unb ®lücf mibmen, ober aud^ fonft einen
onftönbigen SebenSmeg erfpä^en. 9lm liebften märe er frei«
Ii(| aud^ al§ ©d^neibermeifter in ©olbad^ geblieben unb l^atte
je^t bie 3BitteI gel^abt, fid^ ba ein befd^eibene§ 3lu§!ommen gu 20
Begrünben; aflein e§ mar !Iar, bafe er l^ier nur alö ®raf
leben !onnte*

SBegen be§ fid^tlid^en S3orguge§ unb SBo^Igefaflen§, bef[en
er ftd^ bei jeber ®elegen^eit von ©eite* be§ fd^önen 3lettd^en§
JU erfreuen ^atte, maren fd^on mand^e 9leben§arten im Um* 25
lauf unb er l^atte fogar bemerlt, ba$ ba§ fjräulein ^in unb
toieber* bie ®räfin genannt mürbe. SBie fonnte er biefem

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SBcfcn nun eine folci^c ßntmicflung bereiten? SDßte !onnte et
ba§ ^6)\d\al, ba§ i^n gemaltfam fo erl^öl^t l^atle, fo freöeU
l^aft Sägen [trafen^ unb fic^ felbft befti^men?
@r l^alle bon feinem Sotleriemann, genannt S3anfier, einen

5 SBec^fel befommen, tt)el(ä^en er bei einem ©olbaiä^er |)au§ ein*
laffierte; biefe SSerriiä^lung beftörfle nbermatö bie günftigen
^Meinungen über feine ^erfon unb SSerl^ältniffe, ba bie
foliben $anbel§Ieute x[\6)t im entfernleften an einen Sotterie-
berfe^r baiä^len. 9ln bemfelben SEage nun begab fid^

10 ©trapingfi auf einen ftallliij^en Sali, gu bem er gelaben mar.

3n tiefe§, einfadieS ©(J^tDarj gefleibet erf(ä^ien er unb ber*

fünbete fogleic!^ ben il^n Segrüfeenbcn, bafe er genötigt fei, gu

berreifen.

3in gel^n 90?inulen war bie 9Ja(i^ri(i^l bcr gangen SSerfamm«

15 lung befannt unb 9Jetlct|en, beren Inblidf ©trapin§fi fuij^te,
fci^ien, tt)ie erflarrt, feinen Surfen auöjumeic^en, balb* rot,
batb blafe merbenb. S)ann langte fie mel^rmalS l^inter ein»
anber* mit jungen Ferren, fe^te \\ä) jerftreut unb fci^nefl
atmenb unb f^Iug eine ßinlabung be§ ^olen, ber enbliij^

20 l^erangetrcten mar, mit einer furjen SJerbeugung au§, ol^ne
i^n angufe^en.

©eltfam aufgeregt unb befümmert ging er l^inmeg, nal^m
feinen famofen SWantel um unb fci^ritt mit me^enben Sorfen
in einem ©arlenmege auf unb nieber.* 6§ mürbe il^m nun

35 ftar, ba^ er eigentliiä^ nur biefe§ SBefenS l^alber* fo lange ba*
geblieben fei, ba^ bie unbeflimmte |)offnung, hoä)^ mieber in
i^re 9Jä^e gu lommen, i^n unbemußt belebte, baß aber ber

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Älelbcr ma&jtn ?cutc 31

gonje ^anbcl eben eine Unmögltd^feit^ barfteflc bon ber ber«
jiDeifeltften 5lrl.

SBie er fo bal^in \ä)x\ti, prte er rafc^e Stritte l^inter fic^,
leiti^te, toä) unrul^ia bemegte* 9ietl(j^en ging an tl^m borübcr
unb fd^ien, naä) einigen aufgerufenen SQßorten gu urteilen,* S
nad^ i^rem SBagen gu fud^n, obgleich berfetbe auf ber anbern
©eite beö |)aufe§ ftanb unb l^ier nur SDBinlerfol^Iföpfe unb
eingenjirfelle Slofenbäumii^en ben ^äfla] ber ©ereii^ten ber«
Itäumlen. S)ann tarn fie tbieber gurüdf unb ba er je^t mit
ilopfenbem |)ergen xijx im SBege ftanb unb bittenb bie |)änbe lo
noc^ i^r ausflredte, fiel fie i^m ol^ne bjeilereS um ben ^al§
unb fing jämmerüc^ an gu meinen. 6r bebedle i|ire glül^en«
ben Sßangen mit feinen fein buftenben bunflen Soden unb
fein aWantel umf(i^Iug bie f(i^Ianfe, flolje, fd^neemetl^e ©eflalt
beS 5!Käbc^en§ mie mit fii^margen 5(b(er§flügeln; e§ mar ein 15
ttJQ^r^aft f(^öne§ Sitb, ba§ feine Sereii^tigung gang aüein in
\\if felbft gu tragen fc^ien.

©trapinöft aber berlor in btefem 9lbenteuer feinen SJer«
ftanb unb gewann baö ®Iüd, ba§ öfter* ben Unberftänbigen
l^otb ift. 9lettd^n eröffnete itjrem SJater noc^ in fetbiger Stacht 20
beim 9lad^]^aufefa]^ren,* bafe fein anberer al§ ber ®raf ber
il^rige fein merbe; biefer erf(ä^ien am 9JJorgen in aüer tjrül^e/
um bei bem aSater liebenömürbig, fd^üci^tern unb melami^olifc^,
toie immer, um fie gu werben, unb ber SSater l^ielt folgenbc
«ebe : 25

„©0 l^at fic^ benn ba§ ©d^idfal unb ber SBiüe biefeS
t^örid^ten 3»äbcben§ erfüüt ! ©d^on aU ©d^ulfinb behauptete

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32 iMeiber ma^en 2tnU

fit forttDQ^tcnb nur einen 3taltener ober einen ^olen, einen
großen ^ionijlen ober einen Stouber^uptmonn mit fd^önen
Coden Giraten gu tooOen, unb nun ^ben mir bie S3e«
f^rung !* 3l0e inlonbifd^n wol^Imeinenben Stnlrägc f)at pe

5 au^efd^Iogen, noä)* neuHd^ ntu^te id^ ben gefeiten unb
tüd^tigen SKeld^ior S3ööni ^imfd^iden, ber noä) große ®e»
fd^ftc* mo^n toirb, unb fte l^t il^n no(i^* fc^rerflid^ berl^öl^nt
iDeil er nur ein rötliche« Säodenbort^n trogt unb au§ einem
pttemcn Dö^cn fc^nupft ! %un, @ott fei S)anf/ ijl ein

lo polnif^r ®raf bo au§ toilbeper g^me!' We^men ©ie bie
®an§, ^rr @raf, unb fd^iden ©ie mir biefelbe toieber, mnn
pe in Sl^rer ^oladei friert' unb einfl unglüdüd^ toirb unb
^ult ! ^äf, ttwS toürbe bie feiige SRutter für ein gntjüden
genießen, mnn pe nod^ erlebt l^tte, bafe ba§ berjogene ftinb

15 eine ©rofin geworben ifl !"

Wun gab eö große SSemegung ; in ttxnig 2agen f oflte rafd^
bie SJerlobung gefeiert »erben, benn ber Slmtörat behauptete,
bafe ber fünftige ©d^roiegerf o^n fid^ in feinen ©efd^ften unb
Dor^benben Steifen nic^t bur^l {>eirat9fad^n bürfe aufhalten

*o laffen, fonbern biefe' burc^ bie Seförberung jener* befehlen:»
nigen muffe.

©trapinöfi brachte sur 9Jer(obung 35raulgef(^nfe, totläft
i^n bie ^i\k feinet geitlic^n Vermögens fofieten ; bie anbere
^(fte t)ern)anbte er ju einem JJ^Pe, ba§ er feiner Sraut

25 geben woDte. 6§ nwr eben gafina^lt^it*'* unb bei l^flem
4)immel ein öerfpötete^ glänjenbeS SBinterioetter. S)ie fianb«
jiraßen boten bie prö^ltigfie ©4llittenba^n, toie fte " nur feiten

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J(Uiber mad^en Seute 'So

mtflel^t unb [\ä) i)äU, unb f>ctr bon^ ©traptngfi beranftaltcte
borum eine ©ci^Itttenfal^rt unb einen Sali in bem für foI(!^e
Jefte beliebten fiatili(ä^en ©aft^aufe, toeld^S auf einer ^oä)^
ebene mit ber f(!^önften 9lu§fi(j^t gelegen mar, etma gmet gute
©tunben^. entfernt unb genau in bie 3Kttte' jmifiä^en ©olbac!^ 5
unb ©elbm^Ia.

Um biefe 3^^* 9^f<ä^ö^ ^^f ^^^ C^^tr Widern Söl^ni
in ber festeren ©tabt @ef(ä^äfte gu beforgen l^atte unb
bol^er einige SEage bor bem SSSinterfeft in einem lnä)ttn
S(|Iitten bal^in f ul^t, feine befte ©igarre rauci^enb ; unb e6 ic
it\äiaff ferner, bafe bie ©elbm^ler auf ben %kxä)tn Stag,
tüie bie ®oIba(ä^er, auä) eine ©ci^Iittenfa^irt berabrebeten,
nac^ bem gleiten Orte, unb jmar* eine foftümierte ober
KaSfenfa^rt.

So ful^r benn ber (Solbaci^er ©(ä^Iittenjug gegen bie 15
3)litlag§ftunbe unter ©c^eüenüang, ^oftl^orntönen unb ^eit«
f^nfnall burc^ bie ©trafen ber ©tabt, ba| bie ©innbilber
ber alten Käufer erftaunt l^ernieberfal^en, unb gum SE^iore
hinaus. 3m erflen ©(ä^Iitten fafe ©tra|)inöli mit feiner
Sraut, in einem poinifc^en Übevrocf bon grünem ©ammet, 20
mit ©(j^nüren befe^t unb fiä^mer mit ^elg berbrämt unb
gefüttert* ^Rettd^n mar ganj in mei^eö ^eljmerf gel^üflt;
Moue ©c^Ieier fci^ü^ten il^r ©efid^t gegen bie frifc^e Suft
Mnb gegen ben ©(ä^neeglanj. 2)er 5tmt§rat mar iuxä) trgenb
^in t)Iö|Iic^§ @reigni§ ber||inbert morben, mitzufahren ; boc^ 25
toor e§ fein ®ef|)ann unb fein ©li^titten, in m\6)tm fie
fuhren, ein bergotbeteS 3frauenbi(b o(g ©c^Iittenjierat bor

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fic^, bte gottuna* borfteücnb.; bcnn Vit ©tabtmol^nung be§
3lmtgratc§ l^iefe jur Fortuna.

3^ncn folgten fünfjcl^n bi§" \tä)iti)n ©efäl^rtc mit je*
einem |)erren unb einer ©ome, ade flepu^t unb Ieben§froi&,

5 aber feinet ber ^aare fo \ä)'6n unb ftattlici^, mie ba§ Srout«
paar. S)ie ©(ä^Iitten trugen, mie bie 3Meerfc^iffe i^re"
©altong,* immer ba§ ©innbilb be§ C^^ufe^, bem jeber ange*
prte, fo baB ba§ SSoIf rief : „©el^t, ba f ommt bie SEapfer*
feit! n)ie fci^ön ift bie iüci^tigfeit ! S)ie S3erbe|ferlici^feit

10 fd^eint neu lädiert gu fein unb bie ©parfamfeit frif^l t)er«
golbet ! 3l§, ber 3<i^ob§brunnen* unb ber %t\ä) Set^eöba!'
3m Steiiä^e Sietl^eöba, melii^er alö befci^eibener ©infpänner
ben 3^9 Wo^f futf(ä^ierte 9Mel(i^ior 93ö^ni ftiü unb Der-
gnüflt. 3l(§ ©alion feinet fJol^rjeufleS l^otte er baö 93ilb

15 jenes jübifci^en 3Männci^en§^ bor fic^, toeld^r an befaßtem
Steiii^e breifeig ^al^re auf fein |)eil gemartet. ©0 fegelte
benn baö ©efiä^maber im ©onnenfci^eine bal^in unb erfci^ien
balb auf ber meitl^in f(ä^immernben ^ö^t, bem 3^^!^ fi<^
nal^enb. 2)a ertönte gleic^geitig bon ber entgegengefe^ten

20 ©eite luftige 3J?ufit.

3lu§ einem buftig bereiften Sffialbe l^erauS braiä^ ein SBirr«
warr bon bunten färben unb ©eftalten unb entwidfeltc fid^ gu
einem ©ci^Iittenjug, Mlä)n ^oä) am toeifeen fjelbranbe ^üf
auf ben blauen |)immel geici^nete unb ebenfalls nad^ ber ÜKitte

25 ber ©egenb l^tnglitt, oon abenteuerltij^em Slnblidt. @§
f(j^ienen meiftenS grofee bäuerliche Saftfc^Iitten gu fein, Je
jmei' jufammen gebunben, um abfonberlic^n ®ebiTben unk

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Sii^aupcIIunflcn gut Unterlage gu bienen. 3luf bem üorber»
ften tJul^rmerte ragte eine tolofjale ^figur tmpox, bie ©öttin
Sorluna öorfteflenb, mlä)t in ben ^tl^er ^inauS ju fliegen
fc^ien. 6s toar eine riefent^afte ©tro^puppe tjoü fii^imntern«
ben tJIittergolbeö, beren Oajegemänber in ber 2uft flatterten. 5
Suf bem jmeiten ©efä^rle aber ful^r ein ebenfo riefenntäfeiger
Siegenbod einiger, fci^marj unb büfter abfted^nb unb mit
gefenften |)örnern ber gortuna nad^jagenb. |)ierauf folgte
ein feltfameö ©erüfte, totlä)^^ \\ä) al§ ein fünfjel^n Bä)\xf)
^o^e§ SJügeleifen barfteüte, bann eine gemaltig fc^nappenbe 10
S^re, Ml(i)t mittelft einer ©(^nur auf« unb gugetlappt
iDurbe unb ba§ |)immel§jelt für einen blau feibenen SBeften»
Poff ausuferen fii^ien. 3lnbere folc^e lanbläufige 3ln«
fpielungen auf ba§ ©ci^neibermefen folgten no(i^ unb ju
Süßen afler biefer ©ebilbe fafe auf ben geräumigen, je Don 15
Dier ^ferben gejogenen ©(^litten bie ©elbm^ler ©efeflfii^aft in
buntefter 3:raci^t, mit lautem ©eläd^ter unb ©efang.

3llg beibc 3üge glei%itig auf bem ^lafte t)or bem ®aft=»
^oufe aufful^ren, gab e§ bemnaii^ einen geräuf(ä^t)oflen 9luftritt
unb ein grofee§ ©ebränge bon 3Kenfc!^en unb ^ferben. 2)ie 20
C)errfd^aften Don ©olbac^ maren überrafd^t unb erftaunt über
bie abenteuerlici^e ^Begegnung; bie ©elbm^Ier bagegen fteüten
^ Dorerft gemütlid^ unb freunbf(^aftli(ä^ befci^eiben. ^l^r
öorberper ©li^ütten mit ber gottuna trug bie 3fnfc^nft
»Seule maii^en ifleiber" unb fo ergab eS fid^ benn, bafe bie 25
ganje ©efeüfc^aft lauter ©c^neiber^leute bon aflen 3la^
tiwnen unb au§ aflen S^i^ölt^^n barfteflte. @§ mar ge«

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tt)t|fcrmafeen ein l^tflorifd^.ct^nofltapl^ijd^r ©(i^neibctfefljuft
weither mit bcr umgcfe^rten unb crgätiicnben 3nfc^rift ab«
fc^Iofe : „fficibcr ma6)tn Seute!" 3n bem legten ©d^Ktten
mit biefer Übcrfiä^rift fa^en nömliiä^,^ al§ ba§ SBert bcr bor«
5 au^gefa^ircncn l^ctbnifci^en unb c^rifllic^cn Slal^tbefltffcncn aücx
3lrt, el^riüütbtgc Äaifer* unb if önigc, Slatöl^ertett unb ©tabS-
offijtcrc, ^rälatcn unb ©tiftöbamen in ^'6ä)\kx ©raöitöt.

2)iefc ©(i^ncibermeU mufeie [\ä) gemanbt qu§ bcm SBirrnmrr
gu orbncn unb liefe bie (Solboiä^er |)erren unb 2)amen, baS

:o Sraut|)aat an beren ©pifte, befii^eiben in§ |)auö fpajiereu,
um nacp^r bie unteren ÜJöume beffclben, meld^ für fie* bc«
fteflt waren, gu befe^en, tnäl^renb jene* bie breite %xtppt
empor nac^ bem großen g^Pf^ale räufelten* 2)ie ©efeflfd^fl
be§ |)erren ®rafen fanb bie§ Senel^men fd^irflic^ unb tl^re

15 ttberrafc^ung tjerwanbelte \iä) in |)eiterleit unb beifälliges
Säd^eln über bie unbermüftliii^e Saune ber ©elbw^ler; nur
ber ®raf felbft liegte gar buntle gmpfinbungen, bie i^m
ni(!^t besagten, obgleid^ er in ber je^igen* SJoreingenommen«
l^eit feiner ©eele leinen beftimmten ^Irgmol^n öerfpürte unb

20 nic^t einmal® bemertt l^atte, Wolter bie Seule gelommen
waren. 3Keld^ior Söl^ni, ber feinen %nij SBetl^eSba forglidji
bei ©eite gebracht l^atte"' unb \\ä) aufmerffam in ber ^äfft
©trapinöfiö befanb, nannte laut, bafe biefer e§ l^ören tonnte,
eine gang anbere Drtf(ä^aft alg ben Urfprungöort beS SMaö«

«s fenjugeS.

Salb fafeen beibe ®efet(f(!^aften, jeglid^e auf i^rem ©tocf«
werfe, an ben gebedten JEafeln unb gaben fic^ fröl)licj^en

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®eft)rä(]^n unb ©d^ctitcben l^in, in grttjartuna ipeiteret
greuben.

S)ic^ fünbiflten fic^ benn anä) für bie ©olbad^er an, aü fte
tMoriDcife in bcn Sanjfaal l^inüber fd^rittcn unb bort bie
Wufifer f(^on il^rc ©eigen ftimmten. 3Bie nun aber afleö* s
im ftrcife ftanb unb fic^ jum aUeil^^n orbnen moflte, erfd^ien
eine ©efanbtfd^ft ber ©elbw^Ier, mlä)t ba§ freunbnad^bar«
% @efud^ unb 3lnerbieten bortrug, ben |)erren unb grauen
ton ©olbac^ einen S3efud^ abftatten gu bürfen unb i^nen gum
ßrgöften einen ©c^autanj aufgufül^ren. 2)iefeg Slnerbieten lo
tonnte ni(ä^t mol^I gurüdgemiefen »erben; auc^ berfprad^' man
^ bon ben luftigen ©elbuj^lern einen tüd^tigen ©pafe unb
fejte \xäf balftx naä) ber 3lnorbnung ber befagten ©efanbt*
l^oft in einem großen ^albring, in befjen SHitte ©trapinSü
unb 9lett(^n glönjten gleid^ fürfilici^en ©temen. is

3lun traten aflmäl^Iid^ jene befagten ©ci^neibergruppen naä)
einanber ein. 3^*^^ führte in jierli(i^em ©ebärbenfplel ben
SaJ „Seute maci^en ftleiber'' unb beffen* Umfel^Tung burd^^
inbem fie erft mit ßmfigfeit irgenb ein ftattlici^eg ftleibungS«
ßücf, einen gürftenmantel, ^rieftertalar u. bergl.* angu« 20
fertigen fd^ien unb fobann eine bürftige ^erfon bamit be»
fleibete, tt)el(^e urplö^Iiii^ umgemanbelt fic^ in l^öci^ftem 9ln«
feigen aufri(i^tete unb nad^ bem Statte ber 3Kufit feierlid^
ein^erging. Slud^ bie Stierfabel* mürbe in biefem ©inne in
Scene gefegt, ba eine gemaltige Ärä^e erfc^ien, bie fiii^ mit 25
^fauenfebern fd^müdtte unb quatenb uml^erppfte, ein SBolf,
ber fidj) einen ©AafSpeli gureci^t fd^neiberte/ fd^Iiefelid^ ein

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38 iMeiber ma^en Seute

@fel, ber eine furiä^lbare Sömen^aut Don SBerg trug unb ftd^
l^eroifd^ bamit bra|)ierte, mic mit einem ffarbonarimantel.^

3l0e, bie fo erfii^ienen, traten mä) boflbrad^ter S)arfteOung
jurüdt unb maci^ten aflmä^liij^ fo ben f>albfreiö ber ©olba^r

5 }u einem meilen 9ling t)on 3uf(ä^auern, beffen innerer 3laum
enblid^ leer ttjarb. 3« biefem Slugenblide fling bie SRufil in
eine tt)e]^müti9 ernfle SBeifc über unb jugleic^ befci^ritt eine
le^te grfd^einung ben ftreig, beffen Slugen fämtliij^^ auf fie
öeri(j^tet maren. 6§ mar ein fc^Ianler junger ÜKann in

10 bunflem 9WanteI, bunfeln fc^önen |)aaren unb mit einer

polnifd^en 3)iü^e; e§ war niemanb anber§ al§ ber ®raf

©trapinöfi, wie er an jenem Sloöembertag auf ber ©trafee

gewanbert unb ben üerl^änflniöDoflen SBagen beftiegen l^atte.

S)ie ganje Sßerfammlung blicfte lautloö gefpannt'auf bie

15 ©eftalt, wetd^ feierlid^ fd^mermütig einige ®änge nac^ bem
iafte ber 9Wufif um^er trat, bann in bie 9Mitte beö 9linge§
\\^ begab, ben 9WanteI auf ben S3oben breitete, fid^ fd^neiber«
mäfeig barauf nieberfe^te unb anfing ein 93ünbel auöjuparfen*
6r gog einen beinal^e fertigen ©rafenrod ^erDor, gang wie i^n

20 ©trapinSti in biefem Slugenblidfe trug, näl^ete mit großer
|)aft unb ©efd^idlid^Ieit 3:robbeIn unb ©d^nüre barauf unb
bügelte t^n fd^ulgereij^t au§, tnbem er ba§ fd^einbar l^eiße
Sügeleifen mit najfen gfingern prüfte. S)ann rid^tetc er fic^
langfam auf, gog feinen fabenfd^einigen 9lodf auö unb ba^

25 ^rad^tlleib an, naf)m ein ©piegeld^en, fämmte fid^ unb boD*
enbete feinen Slnjug, ba^ er enblic^ al§ ba§ (eibl^afte @ben«
bilb* beö ©rafen baftanb. Unberfel^enS ging bie ÜKufif in

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eine xa\ä)t, mutige Sffieife über, ber Wann midfelte feine
©iebenfad^en in ben alten SWantel unb warf baö ^ad meit
über bic fföpfe ber Slnmefenben l^inmeg in bie 3:iefe be§
©oateö, alö ttJoDle er fic^ emig öon feiner Sergangen^eit
trennen, hierauf beging er al§ ftoljer SIBeltmann in ftatt» 5
lidien SEanjfd^ritten ben ffreiö, l^ier unb ba fic^ bor ben
SniDefenben i^ulbreic^ derbeugcnb, bi§ er bor ba§ ^Bräutpaar
gelangte, ^(ö^lic^ faßte er ben ^olen, ungeheuer über=
rof^t, feft ins Sluge,^ ftanb alö eine ©öule oor i^m ftiH,
loü^renb gleiij^jeitig mic auf SBerabrebung bic 3Mufif aufhörte 10
unb eine füriä^terltc^c ©tißc mie ein ftummer 93Ii^ einfiel.

v@t ei et ei!" rief er mit weithin berne^mlic^er ©timme
unb redte ben 3lrm gegen ben Unglüdlici^en au§, „fie^ ba ben
Sruber* ©c^lefier, ben SBafferpoIaden !• ®er mir auö ber
Arbeit gelaufen ift, weil er wegen einer Hetnen ®ef(j^äft§« 15
fd^toanfung glaubte, e5 fei gu @nbe mit mir. 9lun e§ freut
mi^, bafe eö 3^nen fo luftig ge^t unb ®ie ^ier fo frö^Iic^e
goftnac^t galten ! ©te^en ©ie in 3lrbeit' ju ©olbaci^?"

3ugleid^ gab er bem bleich unb läc^elnb bafi^enben ©rafen«
fo§n bie ^anb, welche biefer wiHenloö ergriff wie eine feurige 20
ßifenftange, wöl^renb ber Doppelgänger rief : „ffommt
Srcunbe, fe^t l^ier unfern fanften ©(ä^neibergefeüen/ber wie
ein 9la<>|KieI* auöfiel^t unb unfern S)ienftmögben, auc^ Iber
?farrcr^to(i&ter fo wol^I gefiel, bie freiliij^ ein bi^iä^en überge»
fii^napptiji!"* 25

5Run famen bie ©elbw^Ier Seute alle l^erbei unb brängten
R(i^ um ©trapinöfi unb feinen ehemaligen 3Keifter, inbem fie

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etfiercm trcu^crjtg bic $anb fd^üttdten, bafe er ouf feinem
©tul^Ic fd^wanfte unb gitterte. ®(ci%itifl fe^te bic ÜKufif
lüiebcr ein mit einem lebl^aftcn Wax\6); bie ©clbto^Ier, fott)ie
jte an bem 93raut|)aar borüber ttjaren, orbneten \iä) gum 316*

5 guge unb marf(!^icrten unter ?tb[ingun9^ eine^ mol^I einfiu»
bierten biaboHfci^en Sad^ore^ au§ bcm ©aale, mäl^rcnb bie
©olbad^r, unter mläftn Söl^ni bic grflärung beö ÜKirafeB
bli^fd^nell gu öerbreiten gewußt l^atte, burd^inanbcr liefen
unb ftd^ mit ben ©elbw^Icrn Ireugten, fo bafe c^ einen großen

lo 3:umult gab.

9l(ö biefer* jic^ enblic^ legte, toax a\x6) bcr ©aal beinah
leer; mnxQt Seute ftanben an ben SBönben unb flüfterten Der*
legen unlereinanber; ein paar Junge S)amen l^ielten fid^ in
einiger Entfernung bon 9lettd^n, unfd^tüffig, ob fte fic^ ber-

15 felben näl^ern füllten ober nid^t.

S)a§ ^aar aber fa§ unbetoegfid^ auf feinen ©tü^Ien gleid^
einem fteinernen egDptifc^en fföniggpaar, gang ftill unb
einfam; man glaubte ben unabfel^baren glü^enben SBüften*
fanb gu fül^Ien*

20 Slettd^n, m\^ wie ein SKarmor,' tt)enbete baS ©efid^t
langfam nad^ i^rem S3räutigam unb fal^ il&n feltfam bon ber
©eite an.

S)a ftanb er langfam auf unb ging mit \(t)mxtn ©d^ritten
l^inmeg, bie 3lugen*auf ben 93oben gerid^tet, mä^renb gro^

25 2:]^ränen auö benfelben fielen.

@r ging burd^ bie ©olbac^er unb ®e(btt)^Ier, miäft bie
Sreppen bebedten, l^inburd^ wie ein 2:oter. ber (ic^ gefpenftifcb

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Don einem Sal^rmorft ftiel^lt/ unb fie liefen \f)n feltfamer
Seife^ anä) tok einen foI(ä^en paffieren, tnbem fie i^m ftiH
ou§tr)i(|en o^nc gu lachen ober f)axtt SBorte naci^gurufen. @r
sing auä) gmifii^en ben gur ?tbfa]^rt gerüfteten ©(i^Iitten unb
^ferben Don ©olbaij^ l^inburiä^, inbeffen bie ©elbm^Ier \\ä) in s
i^rcm Ouartierc er[t no(!^' rec^t bclufttgten, unb er ujanbeltc
^alb unbemupt, nur in ber 3Keinung, nid^t me^r naä) @oU>aä)
jurüdfgufommen, biefelbe ©trafee ßegen ©elbmpla l^in/ auf
iDeld^er er Dor einigen 9)ionaten l^ergeroanbert mar. Salb
öerfi^manb er in ber S)unfel^eit beö SOßalbeS, inxä) meldten lo
^ bie ©trafee gog. @r mar barpuptig, benn feine ^olen»
müje mar im genftergeftmfe be§ 3:angfaale§ liegen geblieben
nebjt ben ^an^ä)\xf)m, unb fo \ä)xHt er benn gefenften
C)oupte§ unb bie f rierenben ^önbe unter bie gefreugten 9lrme
bergenb Dormärtö, mä^renb feine ©ebanfen fic^ allmä||li(ä^ 15
fommelten unb gu einigem (Sriennen gelangten. S)a§ erfte
beutlic^e ®efü^l, beffen er inne mürbe, mar baöjenige einer
ungeheuren ©d^anbe, gleid; mie menn er ein mirflid^er 3Kann
öon Kang unb Slnfe^en gemefen unb nun infam gemorben
Mxt burd^ |)ereinbre(ä^en irgenb eine§ tjer^ängniöooüen Un= 20
glücfeg. S)ann löfte fid^ biefe§ ©efü^I aber auf in eine 9lrt .
Semufetfcin erlittenen Unred^teä; er l^atte fic^ bi§ gu feinem
(llorreid^en @ingug in bie bermünfc^te ©tabt nie ein aSergc^en
ju ©d^ulben fommen laffen;* fomeit feine ©ebanfen in bie
ftinbl^eit gurüdfreic^ten, mar i^m nid^t erinnerlid^,* bap er Je 25
loegen einer Süge ober einer S:öüfd^ung geftraft ober gefd^olten
löorben märe, unb nun mar er ein 93etrüger gemorben ba*

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inxä), bap^ btc SE^orl^eit her 2BcIt i^n in einem unbewaiJ^teTT
unb fo gu fagen me^rlofen ^lugenblide überfallen unb i^n
iu i^rem ©pielgefeden gemaii^t l^atte. 6r fam ftc^ wie ein
ff inb t)or, njelc^ei^ ein anbetet boS^afteä ftinb übetrebet f)at,
5 t)on einem 3lltare ben ^tlä) gu ftel^Ien ; er ^afete unb Deraij^telc
fic^ je^t, aber er meinte auc^ über \xä) unb feine unfllüdflidlf
aSerirrung.

aSßenn ein gürft 2anb unb Seute" nimmt, menn ein
^riefter bie Se^re feiner ffirc^e o^ne Überzeugung derfünbet,

10 aber bie ©üter feiner ^frünbe mit SBürbe tjerge^rt; menn
ein bünfelDoüer* Se^rer bie @^ren unb 9}ortei(e eine§ ^o^en
2e^ramte§ inne ^at unb geniept, o^ne tjon ber |)ö^e feinet
SBiffenfii^aft ben minbeften Segriff }u l^aben unb berfelben
au^ nur ben fleinften SBorfd^ub gu (eiften; menn ein ftünftler

15 o^ne 3:ugenb, mit leiii^tfertigem 3:bun unb leerer ©aulelei
\\ä) in 5Jlobe bringt unb SJrot unb Stu^m ber magren ?lrbeit
dormegftiel^It; ober menn ein ©d^roinbler, ber einen grofeen
ffaufmannSnamen geerbt ober erf(i^li(|en l^at, bur(^ feine
3:^or^eiten unb ©emiffenlofigfeiten Staufenbe um il^re Sr=

20 ftwrnifje* unb 9iolbfennige bringt, fo meinen aUe biefe nid^t

über \\ä), fonbern erfreuen \\i) i^reö SBol^Ifein^ unb bleiben

nid^t einen 3lbenb o^ne aufl^eiternbe ©efellfc^aft unb gute

tjfreunbe*

Unfer ©c^neiber aber meinte bitterlich über fid^, b. 1^/ er

25 fing fold^g pIö^Uc^ an, ate nun feine ©ebanlen an ber
f(ä^meren ffette, an ber fie l^ingen, untjerfel^en^ ju ber der«
laffenen Sraut jurüdlel^rten unb fid^ au§ ©c^am dor ber

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ttnft(|t6arcn gut 6rbc frümmtcn. 2)a§ Unglüdt unb bie 6r*
nicbrtgung geigten i^m mit einem l^eflen ©tral^Ie bQ§ ber=
lorene ©lüdt unb machten auö bem unflar ber liebten 3!rr*
ganger einen berftofeenen Siebenben. @r [tredte bie 9lrme
gegen bie lalt glänjenben ©terne empor unb taumelte me^r, s
al§ er ging^ auf feiner ©trafee bal^in, ftanb lieber ftifl unb
Rüttelte ben Äopf, aU plö^Iid^ ein roter ©(i^ein ben ©(i^nee
um i^n l^er erreici^te unb jugleic^ ©d^üenflang unb @tlciä)kx
ertönte. @§ toaren bie ©elbto^Ier, toelci^e mit fjacfeln nac^
©aufe fuhren. ®ä)o\x näl^erten \\ä) il^m bie erften ^ferbe lo
mit il^ren Olafen; ba raffte er fici^ auf, tl^at* einen gemaltigen
6prung über ben ©trafeenranb unb budte fici^ unter bie
borberften ©tämme be§ SBalbeS. 2)er toüe 3wg fu^r borbei
unb berl^aüte enbli^ in ber bunllen gerne, ol^ne bafe ber
Sflüci^tling bemer!t morben mar; biefer aber, naci^bem er eine 15
gute SBeile regloS gelaufci^t l^atte, bon ber ffölte mie bon ben
erjt' genoffenen feurigen ©etrönfen unb feiner gramvollen
3)umm^eit übermannt, ftredfte unbermerft feine ©lieber au§
unb fd^Iief ein auf bem fnifternben ©ci^nee, mö^renb ein ei§«
falter ^an^ bon Often l^eranjumel^en begann. 20

3»njmif(!^en erl^ob auci^ 9lett(j^en fi^ bon il^rem einfamen
Si^e. ©ie l^atte bem abjiel^enben ©eliebten gemiffermafeen
aufmerifam na(!^gef(ä^aut, faß (önger aU eine ©tunbe unbe«
tütiliä) ba unb ftanb bann auf, inbem fie bitterlich gu meinen
begann unb ratlos naiä^ ber 3:^üre ging. 3^^t S^eunbinnen 25
gefeilten fici^ nun ju i^r mit gmeifet^aft tröftenben 2B orten;
fie bat biefelben, il^r ^Kautel, SEüii^er, |)ut unb bergleiii^en ju

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berf(!^affcn, in mlä)t 2)inge fic \x^ fobann ftumm bcrl^ütttc,
bic 9lugen mit bem ©d^Ieier l^eftig trocfnenb. S)a man aber,
wenn man toeint, faft immer gugleiiä^ auc^ bie 9lafe fci^neujen
mufe, fo fal^ fie \iä) ioä) genötigt, ba§ 3:af(^entu(^ iu nel^men
5 unb t^at^ einen tü(ä^tigen ©d^neuj, worauf fie ftolj unb
gornig um \\ä) blidte. 3n biefeg Süden l^inein geriet*
SWeld^ior 35ö^ni, ber fid^ i^r freunblici^, bemütig unb läd^elnb
näl^erte unb i^r bie Slotmenbigfeit barftellte, nunmel^r einen
g^ü^rer unb ^Begleiter naä) bem bäterliiä^en C^aufe gurüd gu

10 l^aben. S)en %t\ä) 35et^e§ba, fagte er, merbeer l^ier im ®aft«
l^aufe gurüdlaffen unb bafür bie g^ortuna mit ber üerel^rten
llnglüdli(ä^en fi^er naci^ ®oIba(^ l^ingeleiten.

Dl^ne 5U antworten ging [ie feften ©(i^ritte§ boran nad^
bem $ofe, wo ber ©glitten mit ben ungebulbigen wolkige«

IS fütterten ^ferben bereit ftanb, einer ber legten, melci^e bort
waren, ©ie nal^m rafd) barin ^(a^, ergriff ba§ Seitfeil unb
bie ^eitfii^e, unb wäl^renb ber aci^tlofe Sö^ni, mit glüdlid^er
®ef(ä^äftigleit \\ä) gcberbenb, bem ©talllned^t, ber bie ^ferbe
gehalten, baö Strinfgelb ]^erborfu(ä^te, trieb fie unberfe^enö bie

20 ^ferbe an unb ful^r auf bie Sanbftrafee ]^inau§ in ftarfen
©ö^en, welci^e fici^ balb in einen an^altenben munteren
@a(opp berwanbelten. Unb jwar ging e§ mä)i* mä) ber
|)eimat, fonbern auf ber ©elbw^Ier ©trafee l^in. 6rft aU^
bag leiij^tbefd^wingte Sal^rjeug f(ä^on bem Slidfe entfd^wunben

25 war, entbedte |)err 93ö^ni ba§ 6reigni§ unb lief in ber
Slic^tuug gegen ©olbad^ mit |)o l^o! unb ^altrufen, fprang
bann jurüd unb iagte mit feinem eigenen ©d^Iitten ber

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cntflol^cnen^ ober naä) feiner SWeinung hmä) bie ^ferbe cnt»
führten ©(j^önen naä), biö er am jtl^ore ber aufgeregten ©tabt
anlangte, in meltä^er baö Ärgernis bereite afle 3wngen
befWigte.

SBarum 9lettd^en jenen SBeg eingefd^lageu, ob in ber S3er« 5
toirrung ober mit SSorfa^, ift nid^t fidler gu berid^ten. 3tt)ei
Umftänbe mögen l^ier ein Ieife§ 2xä)t gemä^ren. @inmal^
logen fonberbarer SBeife bie ^eljmüje unb bie ^anbfci^u^e
©trapin^fiö, mli)t auf bem fjenfterfimfe l^inter bem ©ije
bcö ^aareö gelegen l^atten, nun im ©(i^Utten ber ^Jortuna 10
neben 3ltttä)m; mann unb tt)ie fie biefe ©egenftönbe ergriffen,
^te niemanb beai^tet unb fie felbft mu^te e§ nici^t; e§ toax
toie im ©(^lafmanbel gef(^e]^en. ©ie wufete jejt nod^ nie^t,
bofe 9Kü^e unb $anbf(^u^e neben tf)r lagen, ©obann fagte
fie me^r als einmal laut bor fie^ ^in:' „"^ä) mufe no(J^ jmei 15
SBorte mit il^m fpred^en, nur jmei SBorte!"

®iefe beiben jE^atfai^en f(^einen ju bemeifen, bafe nid^t
flönj ber Sufaü bie feurigen ^ferbe lenlte. %\iä) toax eS
feltfam, aU bie fjortuna in bie SBalbftrafee gelangte, in welche
je^t ber l^etle SSoümonb l^inein fd^ien, mie 9lettd^en ben Sauf 2c
ber ^ferbe mdfeigte unb bie 3ügel fefter angog, fo bafe bie»
felben beinal^e nur im ©(^ritt einl^ertangten, mä^renb bie
fienferin bie traurigen aber bennod^ fd^arfen 3lugen gefpannt
ouf ben 2Beg l^eftete, o^ne lin!§ unb red^ts ben geringften
aupfligen ©egenftanb außer ad^t gu laffen/ 25

Unb \>oä) mar gleid^jeitig il^re ©eele mie in tiefer, ftä^merer,
unglücflic^er SSergeffenl^eit befangen; maS finb ©tücf unb

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Sckn! t)on toa^ l^angcn fieab? 8Ba§ pnb wir jelbft, bafe
tt)tr megen einer löd^erlid^cn fjaftnad^tslüge glücflic^ ober
unglücflic^ werben? SBaö ^aben mir öerfd^ulbet, wenn mit
burc^ eine frö^Iid^e gläubige 3uneigung ©d^mac^ unb |)off=
5 nungSlofigfeit einernten? 2Ber fenbet un§ folc^e einfältige
3:ruggepalten, bie gerftörenb in unfer ©d^icffal eingreifen,
ttKi^renb fie fic!^ felbft baran^ auflöfen, wie fd^wad^e ©eifen*
blafen?
©old^e mel^r geträumte als gebückte fragen umfingen bie

lo ©eele 9lett^nö, al§ i^re 3lugen fid^ plöjlid^ auf einen läng«
liefen bunften ©egenftanb ri(^teten, welcher jur ©eite ber
©trafee fid^ bom monbbeglänjten ©d^nee ab^ob. 6§ war ber
lang^ingeftrecfte SBengel, beifen bunfleS ^aar fic^ mit bem
©ci^atten ber Säume bermifd^te, wä^renb fein fd^lanter Äörper

15 beutlid^ im Sid^te lag.

5Rett(^en l^ielt unwißfürlid^ bie ^ferbe an, womit eine tiefe
©tiüe über ben SBalb fam. ©ie ftarrte unöerwanbt nad^
bem bunf len iJörper, bi§ berfelbe fid^ il^rem ^eflfe^enben Sluge
faft unöerlennbar barfteflte unb fie leife bie 3ügel feftbanb,

20 auöftieg, bie ^ferbe einen 3lugenblidf beru^igenb ftreid^ltc
unb fid^ hierauf ber ©rfe^einung borfid^tig, lautloS näherte.

3a, er war e§. S!)er bunfelgrüne ©ammet feines SJodeS
nal^m fic^ felbft auf bem näd^tlidtien ©dinee fd^ön unb ebel
aus ; ber fc^Ian!e Seib unb bie gefcf)meibigen ©lieber, wol^I

«5 gefd^nürt unb beileibet, alles fagte noc^ in ber grftarrung,
am IRanbe beS Unterganges, im SSerlorenfein : Äleiber mad^en
Seute!

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2lfö f^ bie cinfame ©c^önc näl^cr über il^n l^inbcugtc unb
i^n ganj fidler crfanntc, fa^ [ie ani) foglelc!^ bie ©efa^r, in
ber fein Seben fd^webte, unb f ürd^tete, er möci^te bereite er«
froren fein, ©ie ergriff ba^er unbebentlic^ eine feiner
^nbe, bie falt unb fü^oö fc^ien. SltteS onbere öergeffenb s
rüttelte fie ben ^rmften^ unb rief i^m feinen jEaufnomen
ln§ O^r: ,,2BenjeU SBenjeU" Umfonft, er rührte fit^
ni^t, fonbern atmete nur fe^mad^ unb traurig. ®a fiel fie
über i^n ^er, fu^r mit ber |)anb über fein @t\\ä)t, unb gab
i^m in ber SBeängftigung 9lafenftüber auf bie erbleichte lo
Slafenfpije. 2)ann na^m fie, ^ieburc^ auf einen guten
©ebanfen gebrad^t, |)änbe Doli ©ci^nee unb rieb i^m bie
Slafe unb baö ©efic^t unb aud^ bie tJinger tüd^tig, foDiel
fie öermoi^te unb biö fic!^ ber glücflic!^ Unglürflie^e erholte,
ertoad^te unb langfam feine ©eftalt in bie ^ö^e ri(^tete. ^5

6r blicfte um fic!^ unb fa^ bie 9ietterin t)or \\ä) fte^en. ©ie
^Qtte ben ©(i^leier gurücf gefd^lagen ; SBeniel erfannte jeben Sufl
in i^rem meipen ©efie^t, baö if)n anfa^ mit großen 5lugen.

@r ftürjte bor i^r nieber, fü^te ben ©aum i^reö 2Rantel§
unbrief : „SSerjei^' mir!* SSerjei^' mir!" 20

,,ftomm, frember TOenfd^!" fagte fie mit unterbrücfter
jitternber ©timme, „ie^ merbe mit S!)ir fpreci^en unb 2)i(J)
fortf(!^affen!"

©ie minfte il^m, in ben ©(^litten ju fteigen, m^ er folg«
fam t^at; fie gab i^m 3Kü^e unb ^ax(t\ä)n^, ebenfo 25
untoiflfürlid^, tt)ie fte biefelben mitgenommen l^atte, ergriff
Sügel unb ^eitfc^e unb fu^r DormörtS.

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3[enfcitö bcö SBalbc§, unfern bcr ©trafee, log ein Sauetm
l^of, auf mclc^em eine SSöuerin Raufte, beren SKann unlängfl
fleftorben. Slettdien mar bie ^atin eineö i^rer iJinber, foiDte
ber SSater^ 3lmt§rat i^r 3^"^^^^^^. yio6)'^ ntnlxä) toax bie
s t?rau bei i^nen gemefen, um ber SEod^ter ©lücf ju tt)ünf(^en
unb aüerlei 9lat ju Idolen, fonnte aber ju biefer ©tunbe noif
nid^tö Don bem SBanbel ber ®inge mifjen.

9lad^ biefem |)ofe fu^r Stetld^en jejt, t)on ber ©trafee ab«
lenfenb unb mit einem fräftigen ^eitfd^enfnaflen bor bem

lo |)aufe l^altenb. 6§ mar no(i^ Sii^t l^inter ben fleinen gen«
ftern ; benn bie Söuerin war roaä) unb machte \\ä) ju fe^affen,*
möl^renb ßinber unb ©efinbe längft fc^liefen. ©ie öffnete
ba§ genfter unb gudte Dermunbert l^erauS. „^ä) bin'ö nur,
tt)ir finb'ö!" rief 5Kettc^en. „SBir l^aben un§ Derirrt wegen

15 ber neuen obern ©trafee, bie ii^ nod^ nie gefahren bin ; ma(j^t
un§ einen Kaffee, ^Jrau ©eoatlerin/ unb lafet uns einen
3lugenblicf l^ineinlommen, e^e mir weiter fahren!"

@ar Dergnügt eilte bie SSäuerin ^er, ba fie 9lettc^en fofort
erfannte, unb bezeigte fic^ entjürft unb eingefe^üd^tert gugleid^,

20 aud^ ba§ große SEier,^ ben fremben ©rafen ju fe^en. ^n
iijxm 3lugen waren ©lüct unb ©lanj biefer 2Be(t in biefen
?iwei ^erfonen über i^re ©(^weüe getreten; unbeftimmte
|)offnungen, einen fleinen 3:eil baran, irgenb einen befd^ei«
benen Sinken für fid^ ober ifire cQinber gu gewinnen, belebten

25 bie gute fjrau unb gaben i^r alle SSe^enbigfeit, bie jungen
C)errfc^aftSleute ju bebienen. ©d^neß l^atte fie ein iJnec^td^en
gewecft, bie ^ferbe ju l^atten, unb balb l^atte fie aud^ einen

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^i^cn Äaffcc bereitet, welt^en fte je^t l^ettinbrad^te, mo
SBenjd unb 9lett(!^en in ber ^atbbunflen ©tube einanber
gegenüber fofeen, ein ^i)\üaä) flocfernbeö Sämpd^en jtDifd^en
fi(i^ auf bem %\^ä)t.

SBenjel fafe, ben Äopf in bie ^änbe fleftül^t, unb toagte s
ni(i^t auf jublicfen. 5lettd^en lel^nte auf il^rem ©tul^le gurücf
unb l^telt bie Slugen feft berftä^Ioffen, aber ebenf o ben bitteren
Ikonen 9Munb, woran man fa^, bafe fie feineöwegS fc^Iief.

aiö bie ©eoatterSfrau ben jEranf auf ben %x\ä) gefegt
l^atte, erl^ob fic!^ 5Rettd^en xa^ä) unb flüfterte i^r ju : „Sa^t lo
un§ je^t eine l^albe SSiertelftunbe aflein, legt (Snä) auf§ SSett,
liebe gfrau, tt)ir l^aben uns ein bi^d^en geganft unb muffen
un§ l^eute no(^ auöfprei^en, ba l^ier gute ©elegenl^eit ift."

„^i) berftel^e ftä^on, 3f]^r mad^fs gut foP'^ fagte bie grau
unb Iie§ bie jmei balb aflein. 15

,,3:rinien ©ie^ bie§/' fagte 3ttttä)tn, bie fid^ lieber gefegt
l^atte, „eö »irb ^l^nen gefunb fein!"' ©ie felbft berül^rte
nxäfi^. SBengel ©trapinsfi, ber leife gitterte, rid^tete fic!^
auf, nal^m eine 3:ajfe unb trän! fie auö, mel^r tt)eil fie eS ge«
fogt l^atte, als um fid^ gu erfrifd^en. @r blicfte fie jefet aud^ 20
on unb als il^re Slugen fid^ begegneten, unb 5Rettd^en forfd^enb
bie feinigen betrad^tete, fd^üttelte fie baS ^aupt unb fagte
bonn: „SBer finb ©ie? SBaS Sollten ©ie mit mir?"

„3id^ bin nid^t ganj fo, mie id^ fd^eine!" ermiberte er
traurig, „id^ bin ein armer 9larr, aber iö) werbe afleS gut 25
mad^n unb 3^tten ©enugtl^uung geben unb nid^t lange me^r
am geben fein!" ©old^e SBorte fagte er fo überjeugt unb

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o^ne aflen gemoci^tcn 3luöbru(f, bafe 9let%n§ klugen unmerf*
lid^ aufblijtcn. 5)cnnod) mieberl^oltc fic: „3f<^ münfc^ ju
toiffen, mx ©ic eigentlid^ feien unb too^er ©ie fommen unt>
tüo^in ©ie tooflen?"
5 ,M^ ift afleö fo gefommen, wie xi) S^nen je|it ber SDßal^*»
l&eit flemäfe eriöl^Ien tüitt/' antmortete er unb fagte i^r, mx
er fei unb wie eö l^m bei feinem ©injug in ©olbad^ ergangen,
6r beteuerte befonberö, wie er me^rmalö i)ait fliegen moflen,
fc^Uefelic!^ aber burtä^ i^r ©rfe^einen felbft ge^inbert morben

lo fei, wie in einem t)er^ei*ten Straume.

3ltttä)tn würbe me^rmalö bon einem Hinflug t)on ßad^en
]^eimgefu(j^t; bod^ überwog ber ßrnft il^rer Slngelegenl^eit gu
fel^r, aU bafe e§ jum 3lu§bru(j^ gefommen wäre.^ ©ie fu^r
bielmel^r fort gu fragen: ,,Unb wo^in gebadjten ©ie mit mir

15 ju ge^en unb wa§ gu beginnen?" — „^i) weiß eö !aum/'

erwiberte er; „xä) hoffte auf weitere merf würbige ober glücf»

lxä)t 2)inge; anä) gebadete xä) gu weilen beS SEobeö in ber Slrt,

bafe iä) mir benfelben geben woüe, na(^bem iä) — "

C)ier ftodfte SBengel unb fein bleitä^eS ©eftd^t würbe ganj rot.

20 ,,9lun, fal^ren ©ie fort!" fagte 9lettd^en, il^rerfeitö bleici^
werbenb, inbeffen il^r |)erj wunberlid^ flopfte.

2)a flammten SBenjete Säugen gro^ unb füfe auf unb er
rief:
//3ct. jefet ift eö mir flar unb beutlid^ bor 3Iugen, wie t^

25 gefommen wäre! ^ä) wäre mit ®ir in bie weite SQßelt
gegangen unb, nad^bem id^ einige furje Sage beä ®Iücfe§ mit
®ir gelebt, l^ätte id^ S)ir ben SSetrug geftanben unb mir gleic^^

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jcitig ben Stob gegeben. 2)u tüäreft ju ©einem SSater jurüd»
geteert, ttjo 2)u wo^l aufgehoben gemefen wäreft unb mic^
leicht öergejfen l^ätteft. 9liemanb brauci^te barum ju »iffen;
i^ iDäre fpurloö öerfd^oflen, — Slnftatt an ber ©ebnfuc^t
naä^ einem mtirbigen ©afein, nadö einem gütigen C^^rjen, nac^ s
fiiebe lebenslang ju tranfen/' fu^r er webmütig fort, ^^toäre
ii) einen 3lugenbli(f lang grofe unb glüdf li^ gewefen unb l^od^
über aflen, bie »eber glücflid^ nod^ unglüdlid) finb unb bodö
nie fterben moflen! O Ijätten ©ie mid^ liegen gelaffen im
falten ©e^nee, icf) märe fo ru^ig eingefc^lafen!" lo

6r war mieber ftiü geworben unb fe^aute büfter finnenb
öor \iä) l^in.

"ilaä) einer äBeile fagte 9lettc^en, bie i^n ftiti betrai^tet,
nac^bem baS burd^ SBenjelS Sieben angefad^te ©erlagen i^reö
C)erjen§ \\ä) etwaö gelegt ^atte: 15

„^aitn ©ie berglei(^en ober ö^nlid^e ©treidle frütier fdion
begangen unb frembe 5Jlenfd)en angelogen, bie 3f)nen nid^ts
JU leibe getrau ?"^

„5)aö l^abe ie^ mii^ in biefer bitteren 9lad^t felbft fd^on
gefragt unb mid^ nie^t erinnert, ba^ id) je ein Sügner gewefen 20
bin! 6in fotd^eö 3lbenteuer l^abe id^ nod^ gar nie gemad^t
ober erfal^ren! ^a, in jenen 3:agen, alö ber ^an^ in mir
stttftanben, etmaS Orbentlid^eö^ ju fein ober gu fe^einen, in
falber Äinbl^eit nod^, l^abe id^ mid^ felbft überwunben unb
einem ©lud entfagt, ba§ mir befd^ieben fd^ien!" 25

„ffiaS ift bieS?" fragte 9lettd^en.

„SJleine SMutter war, e^e fie fid^ oerl&eiratet l&atte, in

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S)icnftett einer benadibarten ©utSl^errin unb mit berfelben
auf Steifen unb in flroBen ©tobten getDefen. 3)aöon l^attc
fie eine feinere 3lrt befommen, aU bie anberen SQßeiber unfereS
3)orfe§, unb mar auc!^ tüdf)l etmaö eitel; benn fie fleibete fi(i^
5 unb mie^, i^r ein^igeö iJinb, immer elmaS jierlici^er unb flc«
fu(j^ter, alö eö bei unö ©itte mar. 2)er SSater, ein armer
©d^ulmeifter, ftarb aber früf), unb fo blieb unö bei größter
3lrmut !eine Sluöfid^t auf glücflid^e grlebniffe, Don melii^n
bie TOutter gerne ju träumen pflegte. SBielme^r mufete fte

10 \\äi l^arter 3lrbeit Eingeben, um unö ju ernäl^ren, unb bamit
baS Siebfte, maS fie l^atte, etmaS beffere Haltung unb StUU
bung, aufopfern.^ Unermartet fagte nun jene neu t)ertt)ttn)ete
©utöl^errin, al§ i^ etma fed^öje^n 3}af)re alt mar, fie ge^e mit
i^rem ^au§^alt in bie Slefibenj für immer; bie SRutter folle

15 mxä) mitgeben, eö fei fc^abe für mxä) in bem 2)orfe ein Stag«
Wiener ober 33auernfned^t gu merben, fie moüe mid^ etma§
fjeine^ lernen laffen, ju ma§ ie^ Suft ijabt, mä^renb xif in
i^rem |)aufe leben unb biefe unb jene leici^tere 2)ienftleiftungen
t^un f önne. 2)ag fe^ien nun baö ^errlitä^fte gu fein, maö fi(i^

20 für uns ereignen mo(^te. 3llle§ mürbe bemgemäfe berabrcbet
unb iubereitet, alö bie 9)Jutter nad^benflitä^ unb traurig mürbe
unb mx(i) eineö 3:age§ plö^lid^ mit Dielen St^ränen bat, fie
nid^t iu Derlaffen, fonbern mit ibr arm ju bleiben; fie merbe
nid^t alt merben, fagte fie, unb x6) mürbe gemife noc!^ gu etmal

25 ©utem gelangen, aud^ menn fie tot fei. 2)ie ©utSl^rrin, ber
xi) baS betrübt binterbrad^te, fam f^n unb mad^te meiner
ü)iuttet SSorftellungen f aber biefe mürbe jejt ganj aufgeregt

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unb rief einmal um ba§ anbete/ [ie la|fe \xä) i^x Äinb nid^t
rauben; mer e§ tenne — "

^ier [tocfte SBenjel ©trapinöft abermals unb »ufete pd&
mä)t xtäjt f ortju^elfen.

yiütäfixi fragte: ;,SBa§ fagte bie SKutter, »er eö ienne? 5
SBarum fal^ren ©ie nici^t fori?"

SBenjel errötete unb antwortete: „©ie fagte ettoaS ©elt«
fame§, roa^ iä) nie^t red^t berftanb unb toaS xä) jebenfattö
feit^er nie^t oerfpürt l^abe; fie meinte, mx baS iJinb fenne,
fönne nic^t mel^r bon i^m lajjen, unb »oüte mol^I bamit 10
fagen, ba^ id^ ein gutmütiger 3unge gemefen fei ober etmaS
bcrgleid^en. iJuri, fie mar fo aufgeregt, bafe iä) trofe afle§
3urebenö jener 2)ame entfagte unb bei ber SKutter blieb,
toofür fte mie^ boppelt lieb l^atte, taufenbmal mid^ um 93er*
iei^ung bittenb, ba^ fie mir bor* bem ©lüde fei* 31I§ xi) 15
aber nun aud^ etma^ oerbienen lernen foflte, fteflte e§ fid^
l^erauö, bafe nid^t Diel 3lnbere§ ju t^un mar, al§ bafe id^ ju
unferem Sorffc^neiber in bie Se^re ging.' ^(i) moüte nid^t,
aber bie SKutter meinte fo fel^r, bap id^ mid^ ergab. S)te§ ift
bie ©efc^id^te/' 2°

Sluf 5lettd^enö tJrage, marum er benn bod^ bon ber TOutter
fort fei?* ermiberte Söenjel: „2)er SKilitärbienft rief mid^
^i* 3d^ mürbe unter bie |)ufaren geftecft* unb mar ein
ganj ^übf(^r roter ^ufar, obmol^I biefleid^t ber bümmfte im
Äegiment, iebenfaflö ber ftillfte. 9lad^ einem ^al^r fonnte id^ 25
cnblid^ für ein paar Söod^en Urlaub erl^alten unb eilte nad^
0aufe, meine gute SJlutter ju feigen; aber fie mar eben geftor«

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Ben. 2)0 bin iä) benn, alö meine 3^it flefommen toax,^ ein»
fam in bie SBcIt gereift unb enblic!^ I^ier in mein Unglüd
fleraten."

9lettd^en läd^elte, al§ er biefeö öor \xä) l&in flagte unb fie
5 i^n babei auf merffam betrachtete. @§ mar jejt eine S^ittong
ftill in ber ©tube; auf einmal fd^ien i^r ein ©ebante aufju*
taud^en.

,,2)a ©ie/' fagte fie plö^Iitä^, aber bennoc^ mit jögernbem,
fpi^igem SSJefen, ,,ftet§ fo mertgef^^t unb liebenömürbig
lo marcn, fo l^aben ©ie ol^ne 3tt>^if^' ou(i^ jeberjeit 35re gehört«
gen Siebfd^aften ober bergleid^en gehabt unb mo^l fij^on me^r
als ein armeö tJrauengimmer auf bem ©emiffen — Don mir
nxä)t ju reben?"

,M^ ©Ott," ermiberte SQßenjel, gang rot merbenb, „t^* iä)
15 gu ^l^nen fam, ^abe \(i) niemals aud^ nur bie gingerfpi^en
eines TOöbd^enS berül^rt ausgenommen — "

„9lun?" fagte 9lettd^en.

3un/' ful^r er fort, „baS mar tbtn jene grau, bie mi(|
mitnel^men unb bilben laffen moüte, bie l^atte ein ßinb, ein
2o 3Käb(^en t)on fieben ober atä^t 3a^ren, ein feltfameS l^eftigeS
Äinb unb bod^ gut mie 3ucfer unb fci^ön mie ein 6ngel. 2)em
^atte xä) bielfad^ ben 2)iener unb S3ef(^ü^er maci^en müjfen
unb es l^atte \xä) an mxä^ gemöl^nt. ^ä) mufete eS regelmäßig
nad^ bem entfernten ^farrl^of bringen, mo eS bei bem alten
25 Pfarrer Unterrici^t genofe,^ unb eS Don ba mieber abl^olen.
2lu(^ fonft mußte ic^ öfter mit i^m ins fjreie, menn f onft nie=
manb gerabe mitgeben fonnte. 2)iefeS iJinb nun, als ic^ eS

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jum legten ÜJlot im Slknbfd^in übet ba§ gfelb na6) |)aufc
fül&rte, fittfl Don ber bcöorftcl^enben 5lbrcife gu rcbcn an, er«
flörtc mir, iä) müfetc bennod^ mitgeben unb fragte, ob iä) e§
t^un tüoflte. 3d^ fagte, bofe eö nid^t fein fönne. 2)aö iJinb
fu^r aber fort, gar betoeglitä^ unb bringlici^ gu bitten, inbem 5
e§ mir am 3lrme l^ing unb mid^ am ®e^en l^inberte, mie
flinber ju t^un pflegen, fo bafe i^ mid^ bebad^tloö mol^I
etmaö unmirfd^ frei mad^te.^ 2)a fenfte ba§ SRöbd^en fein
^aupt unb fud^te bef(^ämt unb traurig bie SEI^rönen gu unter»
brücfen, bie je^t ^eröorbrad^en, unb eö oermod^te !aum baö 10
©d^Iuc^gen gu bemeiftern* betroffen wollte id^ ba§ Äinb
begütigen, allein nun wanbte e§ fic^ jornig ab unb ent=
liefe mid^ in Ungnaben. ©eitbem ift mir baö fd^öne
ftinb immer im ©inne geblieben unb mein ^erg l&at
immer an i^m gel^angen,' obgleid^ ic^ nie wieber Don i^m 15
gehört i)abt —"

^löfetid^ l^ielt ber ©pred^er, ber in eine fanfte ©rregung
geraten war, wie erfd^recft innc unb ftarrte erbleid^enb feine
®efä^rtin an,

„9lun," fagte 9lett(i)en i^rerfeits mit feltfamem 3:one in 20
gleicher SBeife etwaö blafe geworben, „toa^ fe^en ©ie mid^
foan?"

SBengel aber ftrecfte ben 3lrm aus, geigte mit bem Ringer
auf fie, wie wenn er einen ©eift fä^e, unb rief:

„®iefe§ l^abe ic^ aud^ fd^on erblidt. SSenn jene§ Äinb 25
jomig war, fo l&oben fid^ gang fo, wie jejt bei 3^nen, bie
f(!^önen |)aare um ©tirne unb ©d^Iäfe ein wenig aufwärts,

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baß mon fte ftc^ bemcgcn fol^, unb f o mar e§ ouc^ gulcjt Quf
bcm treibe in jenem 31benbglanje/'

3n ber S^at^ l^atten fid^ bie junäci^p ben ©c^Iäfen unb
über ber ©tirne Ilegenben ßocfen 9lett(!^enS leife benagt wie
5 bon einem in§ ©efici^t mel^enben ßuft^auci^e.

®ie aflejeit etmaö lofette SRutter 5Ratur ^atte ^ier eineö
i^rer ©e^eimniffe angemenbet, um ben fc^mierigen |)anbel ju
6nbe gu fül^ren*

9lad^ furjem ©(ä^meigen, inbem il^re 99ru[t ^iä) in lieben

lo begann, ftanb Dlettdien auf, ging um ben %^ä) l^erum bem

5Jlanne entgegen unb fiel il^m um ben ^alö mit ben SBorten:

„^if miß ®id^^ ni(^t öerlajfen! 2)u bift mein, unb xä) h)iö

mit ®ir ge^en trofe afler SBelt!"

©0 feierte fie erft je^t* i^re rechte Verlobung au§ tief ent-
15 ftj^loffener ©eele, inbem* fie in füßer Seibenfd^aft ein ©d^icffal*
auf fid^ na^m unb streue ^ielt/

®o(!^ mar fie !eine§tt)eg§ fo blöbe, biefe^ ©ci^icffat ni(^t
felbft ein menig lenfen gu moflen; bielme^r fafete fie raftä^ unb
fed neue @ntf(!^lüffe. S)enn fie fagte ju bem guten SQßenjel,
20 ber in bem abermaligen ©lücfeömed^fel berloren träumte:

„9lun motten mir gerabe nac!^ ©elbmi)l ge^en unb ben
S)ortigen, bie unö gu gerftören gebadeten, geigen, bafe fie iitt§
erft retj^t' Dereinigt unb glüdflid^ gemad^t ^aben!"

3)em madfern SBenjel moHte bieö nid^t einleuchten*' ßr
25 münfd^te bielmel^r in unbefannte SBeiten ju gießen unb ge«
l^eimniSboH romantifd^ bort gu leben in fiittem ©lüde, mie et
fagte.

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Mein 9lett(ä^cn rief: „Äeine 9lomane me^r! SBie S)u bift,
ein armer Söanbcrömann, iDiü ic^ mid^ gu 2)tr befennen unb
in meiner |)eimat aüen biefen ©toljen unb ©pöttern jum
Jro^e S)etn SBeib fein. 2Bir moßen naä) ©elbw^Io itfftn
unb bort burc!^ St^otigfeit unb iJIug^eit bie SWenfci^n, bic $
uns öer^ö^nt ^aben, Don un§ ob^ngig mad^en!"

Unb tt)ie gefagt, fo getrau! 5Rad^bem bie Säuerin l^erbei^
Serufen unb Don SQBenjel, ber anfing feine neue ©teüung ein«
june^men, bef(^en!t morben mar, fuhren fie i^reS SBegeö
toeiter. SBenjel führte je^t bie 3ügel. 9lettd^en lehnte fid^ lo
fo aufrieben an xt)n, alö ob er eine ßird^enfäule toäre. 2)enn
t)c§ 2Henf(!^en SBiUe ift fein |)immelrei(j^/ unb 9iett(i|en toax
jujl öor brei SEagen Doüiä^rig geworben unb fonnte bem
irrigen ^ folgen.

3n ©elbtt)i)la hielten fie Dor bem ©aft^aufe jum Segen* 15
boöen, tt)o noe^ eine S^U i^ner ©c^Iittenfa^rer beim ©lafe*
fai 31I§ ba§ ^aar im 3Birt§faale erfdiien, lief mie ein
äeuer bic Siebe l^erum: „^a, ba ^aben wir eine ßntfül^rung;
toir ^aben eine föftlid^e ©efd^ie^te eingeleitet!"

^oä) ging SBenjel o^ne Umfef)en l^inburi^ mit feiner 20
Staut, unb nad^bem fie in i^ren ©emöci^ern berfe^munben
toor, begab er fid^ in ben SBilben 5Kann, ein anbereS
Suteö ©aft^auö, unb fd^ritt ftolj burd^ bie bort ebenfalls
«o(^ l^aufenben ©elbmpler b^^burd^ in ein Stmmer, ba§
ft begehrte, unb überHeß fie il^ren erftaunten Beratungen, 25
Met meldten fie fid^ ba§ grimmigfte ßop\mi) anjutrinfen*
Senötigt waren.

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58 ÄUiber moc^e« fieute

^\xä) in ber ©tabt ®olba(^ lief um bie gleiche 3^it f^ä^on
baö SBort ,,6ntfü^rung!'' ^erum.

3[n afler tJrü^c fc^on fu^r aud^ bcr %ti6) SBct^eöba nad^
©elbtü^la, t)on bcm aufgeregten Sö^ni unb 9?ett(i^en§ be-

5 troffenem SSater beftiegen. Soft mären fie in i^rer @ite o^ne
Sln^alt burc^ ©elbm^Ia gefahren, al5 fie noc^ reditjeitig ben
©erlitten gortuna mo^Ibe^alten dox bem ©aft^aufe fte^en
fallen unb ju i^rem SErofte Dermuteten, bafe tDenigften^ bie
fci^önen ^ferbe anä) nidit loeit fein mürben, ©ie liefen ba^er

10 auöfponnen, aU \\ä) bie SBermutung betätigte unb fie bie
Slnfunft unb ben 3lufent]^alt 9lettd^en§ öerno^men, unb gingen
gleichfalls in ben 9legen6ogen hinein.

@S bauerte jeboc^ eine üeine SBeile, bi§ Stettin ben SBater
bitten tiefe,^ fie auf i^rem 3iw^n^^i^ i^ befud^en unb bort

IS aüein mit i^r ju fpredien. %uä) fagte man, fie l^abe bereite
ben beften 9led)t§anmalt ber ©tabt rufen laffen, meldtet im
Saufe be§ SSormittagS erfi^einen merbe. 2)er 5lmt§rat ging
etmaS fd^meren ^n^tn^ ju feiner 3:od^ter l^inauf, ttberlegenb,
auf meldte Söeife er baö befperate Äinb am beften aus ber

2o SSerirrung gurüdEfü^re, unb mar auf ein berjmeifelteS @e*
bahren gefafet.^

3lflein mit Slu^e unb fanfter fjeftigfeit trat il^m 9iettd^en
entgegen, ©ie banfte i^rem SSater mit SJü^rung für aüe i^r
bemiefene Siebe unb ®üte unb erflärte fobann in beftimmten

«5 ©öfeen: erftenS fie mofle nae^ bem SBorgefaflenen nid^t mel^r
in ©olbad^ leben, menigftenS nidit bie nä(^ften 3a^re; jmeitenS
münfd^e fie i^r bebeutenbeS mütterlid^eS @rbe an fid^ gu nel^«

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men, mlä^^ ber SSatet jo fd^on lange für ben tJall toter SSer^
^eiratung bereit gehalten; brütend toofle fie ben SBenjel
6trapin§fi heiraten, moran Dor oüem nid^tö ju önbern fei;
biertenä »oüe fie mit i^m in ©elbmi)la loo^nen unb i^m bo
ein tü(^tige§ ©efc^äft grünben Reifen, unb fünftens unb le^* s
tenö merbe aUeS gut merben; benn fie ^abe fic^ überzeugt, baß
er ein guter SKenfc^ fei unb fie glücflid^ maäjtn merbe.

©er $lmt§rat begann feine 3lrbeit mit ber Erinnerung,
baß 9lettd^en ja »iffe, vok fe^r er fd^on gemünfd^t f)aU, \i)x
Vermögen jur ^äegrünbung i^reö maleren ©lücfeö je e^er^ je lo
lieber in i^re ^änbe legen ju fönnen. 2)ann aber fcf)ilberte
er mit afler 99efümmerni§, bie i^n feit ber erften ßunbe öon
ber fd^redf lid^en Jlataftropl^e erfüllte, \ia^ Unmögli^e be§ SSer»
^ältniffe§, baö fie feft^alten ttjofle, unb fi^IieBlicf) jeigte er ba§
grofee 9MitteI, burd) meld^eö fii^ ber firmere ffonflift aüein 15
toürbig löfen laffe. |)err 9J?eId^ior Söl^ni fei eö, ber bereit
fei, burc^ augenbli(flic^e§ ginftel^en mit feiner ^erfon ben
ganjen |)anbel nieberjufd^lagen unb mit feinem unantaftbaren
Kamen i^re 6^re öor ber SBelt gu fd^üjen unb aufregt ju
galten.* 20

3lber ba§ SBort @]^re bracä^te nun ioä) bie 3:o(^ter in größere
Aufregung, ©ie rief, gerabe bie 6bte fei e§, meldte i^r ge=
biete, ben ^txxn Söf)ni nii^t gu heiraten, meil fie i^n nid^t
leiben fönne, bagegen bem armen tJremben getreu ju bleiben,
lüeld^em fie i^r 2Bort gegeben l^abe, unb ben fie auc^ leiben 25
lönne!

6ö gab nun ein frud^tlofeS |)in= unb S3ßiberreben,* meld^eö

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60 itUtber machen Seute

bie ftanbl^afte ©d^öne enblid^ bod^ gum 3:]^tänenbetgie6en
ixaäfit.

fjaft flleid^jeitig brangen SBengel unb Söl^ni l^ctetn, mläjt
auf ber %xtppt jufammengettoffen, unb cg btol^te eine gro^e

5 SSemirrung ju entfielen, al§ au(i^ ber Sfted^töanmalt etfci^ten,
ein bem SlmtState mol^lbefannter 9Jlann, unb t)ot ber ^anb^
jur frieblid^en 33efonnen^eit mal^nte. %U er in wenigen
borläufigen SBorten Derna^m, njorum e§ \\ä) l^onble,^
orbnete er an, bafe t)or ollem SBengel \\i) in. ben SBilben

10 9D?onn gurücfgiel^e unb fi(^ bort ftitt l^alte, bofe anä) ^txx
S5öl^nt [\i) nid^t einmif(i^e unb fort gel^e, bafe 9?ett(i^en i^rer»
feitö ofle fjormen be3 bürgerlid^en guten Stone^' wal^re i\^
jum 3lu§trag ber ©ad^e unb ber SSoter auf jebe Slu^übung
t)on 3>üang berjid^te, ba bie fjtei^eit ber Stod^ter gefejli(|

IS unbegmeifelt fei.

©0 gab e§ benn einen SBaffenftiUftanb unb eine aflgemeine
Trennung für einige ©tunben.

3n ber ©tabt, wo ber ^Inmalt ein paar SBorte berlauten
liefe t)on einem großen SSermögen, weld^eg biefleid^t nai) ©elb*

20 totjla läme burd^ biefe ©efd^id^te, entftanb nun ein großer
Särm. 3)ie ©timmung ber ©elbm^ler fd^Iug plö^lid^ um gu
©unften be§ ©d^neiberS unb feiner Verlobten, unb fie be*
fd^Ioffen, bie Siebenben gu fd^ü^en mit @ut unb S3Iut* unb in
t^rer ©tabt SRed^t unb S^rei^eit ber ^erfon gu maleren. Site

25 bal^er ba§ ©erüd^t ging, bie ©d^öne bon ©olbad^ follte mit
©emalt gurürfgefül^rt werben, rotteten fie fid^ gufammen,
fteüten bewaffnete ©d^uf « unb ©^renwad^en bor ben Sftegen«

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Kleiber mad^cn Scutc 61

bogen unb bor ben SBtIben SRann unb begingen übetl^aupt
mit gemalttger Suftbarfeit eine§ il^rer großen 3tbenteuer, al§
merfttJürbige tJfortfe^ung beg geftrigen.

2)er erf(i^recfte unb gereigte ?lmt§rat \ä)xdtt feinen Söfent
m^ ©olbadd um C^ilfe. 2)er ful^r im ©alopp ^in, unb am 5
näd^pen Stage füllten eine Slnjol^I 9JJänner-mit einer anfe^n=
li(](ien ^olijeimat^t Don bort l^erüber, um bem 9lmt§rQt bei«
jufte^en, unb e§ gemann ben 3tnf(i^ein, qI§ ob ©elbtt)!)la ein
neue§ Stroja^ tt)erben foflte. S)ie ^arteten ftonben \xä) bro=
§cnb gegenüber; ber ©tabttambour breite bereite an feiner 10
©pannfd^raube unb t^at einjelne ©daläge mit bem reci^ten
©(^lägel. ®a famen l^öl^ere 9lmtöperfonen, geiftli(i^e unb
tüe(tli(f)e ©erren auf ben ^la^, unb bie Uuter^anblungen,^
Mä)t aüfeitig gepflogen lüurben, ergeben enblid^, ba 9iett(!^en
[eft blieb unb Sßenjel \\ä) ni(^t cinfd^ü(i^tern liep, aufgemun= 15
tert inxä) bie ©elbm^Ier, bafe bo^ 5tufgebot i^rer 6^e naä)
Sammlung oder nötigen ©d^riften förmlit^ ftottfinben unb
bofe gemärtigt «werben foße, ob unb mlä)^^ gefe^Iid^e 6in=
fpraiien mä^renb biefeS SSerfo^renS bagegen erhoben mürben
unb mit melt^em ßrfolge. 20

©old^e ßinfprad^en tonnten bei ber SSofliä^rigfeit9?ett(^en§
cinjig noc^ erhoben merben megen ber gmeifel^aften ^erfon
be§ \al\ä)tn ©rufen Sßenjel ©trapinSli.

Mein ber SRed^t§anmaIt, ber feine unb 9?ettd^enö ©a(^e
nun fül^rte, ermittelte, bafe ben fremben jungen 9Konn roeber 25
in feiner ©eimat nod^ auf feinen biö^erigen gal^rten anä) nur
ber ©d^atten eineö böfen Seumunb§ getroffen l^abe unb bon

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Überall ^et nur gute unb tool^ltoollenbe 3^u9tttjfe für ll^n
einliefen.

aSBaö bie gieigntfle in ©olbad^ betraf,* f o wieö ber Slbbofat
naif, bafe ifflenjel fid^ eigentlidd gar nie^ felbft für einen

5 ®rafen ausgegeben, fonbern bag il^m biefer 9iang üon anbern
geiDaltfam der Uelzen worben; bafe er fd(|riftlid(| auf aflen bor«
l^anbenen Selegftücfen mit feinem tt)irfli(i^en 9?amen SSßengel
©trapinöfi o^ne jebe 3ut^öt [xä) untergeid^net l^atte unb f omit
tein anbereö SJerge^en öorlag, ate bafe er eine t^örid^te @aft«

lo freunbf(i^aft genoffen l^atte, bie il^m nid^t gemalert worben
ttHire, menn er nid^t in jenem SBagen angefommen wäre unb
jener ftutfd^er nid^t jenen fd^Ied^ten ©pafe gemad^t l^ötte.

©0 enbigte benn ber Ärieg mit einer C^od^jeit, an weld^r
bie ©elbtt)^ler mit il^ren fogenannten fta^enföt)fen* gewaltig

15 fd^offen jum SJerbruffe ber ©olbad^er, mlä)t ben ©efd^ü^bonner
ganj gut l^ören fonnten, ba ber SBeftminb welkte. S)er 2lmt3«
rat gab 9?ettd^en il^r gangeS ®ut l^erauS unb fie fagte, SBenjel
muffe nun ein großer 2Kard^anb«3:ailleur unb SEud^l^err »er»
ben in ©elbm^Ia; benn ba l^iefe ber 2:ud^]^änbler nod^ 2:ud^»

2o l^err, ber gifenl^änbler ßifenl^err u. f. tt).

3)a3 gefd^a^ benn aud^, aber in ganj anberer SBeife, als
bie ©elbm^Ier geträumt l^atten. 6r war befd^iben, ft)arfam
unb fleißig in feinem ©efd^äfte, weld^em er einen großen Um«
föng gu geben berftanb. 6r mad^te il^nen il^re beild^enfarbigen

25 ober weife unb blau gewürfelten* ©ammetweften, il^re Sali*
f räcfe mit golbenen Ä nöpfen, i^re rot auSgefd^lagenen 9Wän.
tel, unb alles waren fie il^m fd^ulbig, aber nie gu lange 3cit.

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2)enn um neue, noc^ fd^önete ©ad^n ju txffalttn, meli^ er
tommen ober anfertigen lieB/ mußten fie tl^m baö frül^ere be»
jQ^len, fo bafe fie unter einanber flagten, er pxt^t il^nen baS
Blut unter ben M^dn f)txt>ox.

J)abet tt)urbe er runb unb ftottlid^ unb \aff beinahe gar s
ni(i^t me^r träumerifd^ auS; er ttjurbe Don ^al^r gu 3al^r
öcf(j^äft§erfa]^rener uub gettjanbter unb mufete in Serbinbung
mit feinem bolb berföl^nten ©d^wiegerbater, bem ?lmt§rat, fo
3ute ©})e!uIationcn gu mad^en, bafe fid^ fein Vermögen ber*
boppelte unb er nad^ ge^n ober gmölf 3[a^ren mit ebenf o bielen iü
fiinbern, bie injmifd^en 9iettd^n, bie ©trat)inö!a,^ geboren
^tte, unb mit le^terer nad^ ©olbad) überfiebelte unb bafelbft
ein angefel^ener 9D?ann marb.

9lber in ©elbm^la lieft er nid^t einen ©tüber jurüd , fei
es* ouö Unban! ober ou§ Äoc^e. 15

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NOTES

Page !• — I. The title is a proverbj translate it "fine feathers
make fine birds." For the double meaning which the author gives
to the proverb in the course of the story see the introduction.

2. Do not translate @(i^neiber(ein by " little tailor " ; the f orce of
the diminutive suffix -Icitl is here drolly depreciatory. The Swiss
are very fond of using diminutives with various delicate shades of
meaning and Keller has been criticised for the liberal use he makes
of them.

3. ^Olbaii^ and Selbltl^la are purely imaginary towns, although
there is a village called Goldach not far from Rorschach in the
canton of St. Gallen. In the preface to the second volume of 2)ic
?CUtc öon @clbtt)t)(a, from which this story is taken, the author says
that Seldwyla is to be considered an ideal town which is pictured
only on the mist of the mountains. The Suffixes -oi^ and -Wtjla
(-to^t, -tt)U, -XOtii, -n)t)Icr, -lüUcr, -tücilcr) are very common in
names of places in Switzerland and southwestern Germany; the
fonner is allied to the Latin a^ua, and the latter is derived from
the Latin vü/a.

A' Stunbeit, Aours* walk; @tutlbc = a league, or a little more.

5. Notice that megett here foUows the genitive which it governs,
and in line 9 precedes it.

6. bic Ringer i^m = feine ginger; i^m is a dative of interest.

7. icttC Itil^tig gcfrü^ftörft; the verb frü^flücfcn is used tran-
sitively here ; more commonly it is used intransitively.

8. l^erttiafi^f en = l^erfommen, to comefrom.

9« ®Äi^ ^eii^ten^ Wegging; the word has had this meaning since
the seventeenth Century. Joumeymen formerly gave lessons in
fencing to eke out a livelihood in their trades ; by means of these
lessons they were also enabled to travel from town to town ; thus
the soliciting of patrons in fencing came to be synonymous with
^®gging and finally the word for fencing came to mean begging.

6«;

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10. flet • . • fdlioet, was a dißcult matUr,

11. fjKmX beffen, especially as his. ^WOXtX is a subordinate con-
junction, f requently used in connection with ba as gumal, ^d ; beffex
is the genitive Singular of the demonstrative pronoun.

Pagre 2.— i. $ltllt I6ebftrfltti9 geiOOtbett, become a necessity;
notice the idiomatic use of p in ^um.

2. oi^ite ba§ et ettoni^ 2>^\\mmt9 bubet im @d|i(be \^tttf wUhout

having any bad or deceptive design in the act The olden knights
had expressive Symbols on their shields ; hence the idiom.

3. ttft^erte et Mr f0 * * * Conditional sentence; do not translate
fo ; it merely serves to introduce the main clause.

4* e^et tSit^ anbete, VX^, anything but

5. fdimot); the Word in the sense in which it is used here is
probably applied or borrowed from such expressions as \^XQOX^
Slot, fd^toarge ©orgcti, U, = extreme,

6. fn^y here resided; see page 12, line 16.

Page 8. — I. fl4 * • • bittfit ^<( Sßett \ÜOfn%, was making his way
through the world,

2. jitt SBage, '^ at the sign of the scales/' Hotels, restaurants,
etc., are still quite of ten named after the sign or emblem displayed
before them; gum Säten, gut ^one. Keller was bom in a house
called 3um gotbenen SinfeL

3. 9{lld|bllten, rare for iRad^Banu
4« nengietig, curious (to see).

5. im fibtigen, moreover,

6. anp^te ei9 nnn • . . fein, • . . , — et t^ot biefeiS nif^t, wheiker

it was . . . ^r nott he did not do it,

7* feinet SBeged, an adverbial genitive.

8. etp tedjt, Old, notfully . . . unHL

Page 4.— I. l^efi t^, "it was said'* = here he was asked,

2, 3ttd btei Senfetö 9lamtnl Con/ound it! This is merely an
emphatic form of the usual expression tnd £eufe(9 SHamtn, the btei
being inserted to lend vigor or give emphasis ; as if to avoid the
necessity of having btei modifying a noun in the Singular, the
expression is frequently written inS !£)teiteufel9namen. When special
force is desired the expression in« breimal btei Xeufel9 9?aniCtl
occurs, 3n« = in bc«.

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3. mit§, here is sure to,

4. bet is a demonstrative pronoun and should be emphasized in
pronunciation.

5. beitlt can here be best expressed in English by the inflection
of the voice, or by ** pray."

6. bOfi^, emphatic, surely,

7« fdjOtl ttodir readily^ easily,

8. ^X^ the plural of %M, is used (as also the singular) in address«
ing inferiors. Both forms are now replaced in this use by @lc,
though 34r is still used in some places, as e^, Switzerland.

9- »O^Ir / think,

10. äl'llltl (ft^t « * • l^oUlt, we will have . . . some one go and geU

11. fo mie fo, as U is, at all events,

12. im Illffett fie ttitr mil^ V^^^V^Just Ut me have my way.

Page 5. — I. @i ber Saitfeitb, the dickens you say; S^ttufenb is
euphemistic for ScufcL

2. bttttn, under those circutnstances,

3. fo ofifete ntait bie Sni^e ! />i^^ ut usgive it up,

4* bcn SdtgeitbÜcf, M/> instant, just now; an adverbial accusative.

5. bett ^effert* Both Sanders and Duden give Offert in the
neuter gender.

6. Übel Sit ttel^ineit, to take offence at,

Fage 6. — i. ja, here like our "of course."

2. baiS WH^^^ beim beftett SBiflett sticht ^ermti^, ^^» r« ifif^/ iyia>&^

«// that, no matter how hardyou try,

3. %%Vii tlic^tiS, ei8 ift um biC @^rc ! // makes no difference, it is
a matter of honor, Note the colloquial Omission of the subject c8«

4- @i^ fott Itil^t feigen, // shall not be reported,

5. faßte er fil^ einen SWut, ^^ summoned up courage for the occa-
ston. When einen is used with this idiom it adds the idea of the
unexpected, short-lived or sporadic.

Page 7. — I. $ttm Senfel, confound it!

2. ber SBuge, />. the hotel.

3. HOttenbd, completely; an adverb formed by means of the geni-
tive ending -8; cf. gufc^enbö, eilcnb«, »ergeben«, bejien«.

4. in (Botted 9{amen; do not mistake this for "in God's name

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as the expression would be translated if it were used in a solemn
formula-; it is here a formula for deep perplexity, as if he said "I do
not know how this will come out," or an expression of unresisting
acquiescence, as if he said "for aught I care" or "let events take
their course " ; perhaps, in desperate trust,

5. fetten ; rare for $crni ; see page 36, line 14.

Pagre 8. -- I. öcUBt fei 3cftti8 ß^rip! Heaven bepraised,

2. mdgen ; note the use of the plural verb with a singular subject
as is common in ceremonious conversation to express special honor
or deference.

3. l6or)ieatt£* A name given to the wines grown on both sides
of the Gironde river, in the vicinity of Bordeaux; in our country
synonymous with claret, although all Bordeaux wines are not clarets.

4. t^ lag i^m attei8 batait, the all-important thing to htm was,

5. 511 ^llüeit, to be had; notice the difference of idiom.

Page 9« — I. tttttt here has the force of at last^finally.

2. ^ö ip JC^t einmal, mic t^ \% matters are as they are and they
cannot be helped; usually nun instead of jctgt.

3. tiorgefe^ett, look out, the perfect participle used in a general
command, as is common: e.g. ^ufgepagt! @tiUge|lanbenI

4. meil = mä^rettb*

5. batatt mitt il^ mic^ Ratten, may be here translated: Iwill stick
to that,

6. fomme X^a9 ba motte! come what may, fomme is a subjunc-
tive with the force of an imperative; tDoUe is a potential subjunc-
tive. If ba is translated at all it must be in connection with the
relative toaS as whatever; this use of ^Ql is quite common in Luther*s
translation of the Bible: tt)cr ba bittet, bcr empfel^ct, St. Matthew.
7:8. The English translation has Xotl ba in this passage rendered
by "every one who."

7. etttntal is used to heighten or emphasize the effect of the
accomplished act ; what I have once eaten,

8. mit is a privative dative.

9. @ef agt, getl^att ; i.e. no sooner said than done,

Page 10. — I. SBo^l befomm' Z^ i^m, may U do him mu<hgoQd.
3. t^,M,

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Pagre 11« — i. bod, a relative pronoun ref erring to ^d^neiber«
letiu

2. Chl(ettf)Piege(ei, waggery. A noun formed from Till Eulen-
spiegel, the name of a well-known real or mythical German prac-
tical Joker. The earliest book of his adventures now extant was
printed in 151 9. Cf. tbe French espüglerie^ formed from this word.

3. Oltfd ftitfierfite; see page 14, notes 2 and 3.

4. ctteö warb fo t» ber Drbmtttg befnnbett, everything was con-

ndered rigkt and proper as it was,

5- CUfö ^etb^O(§ gebtOfi^tr charged or chalked up. The origin of
the idiom dates back to*the time when bookkeeping was in its
iflfancy. The ^etbl^olj consisted of a short stick of wood which
was split lengthwise so that the two parts fitted exactly ; then if a
baker, for example, entered into account with a family, one of these
parts was taken by the family and the other part was kept by the
baker. Every time a member of the family came for a loaf of
bread the parts of the stick were put together and a notch was cut
across the junction. When the time for settlement came, if the
Dotches on the two halves coincided, the bill was approved.

6. biefer, the latUr; the tailor.

7. XMibjit ed mttt ein ^v^^^ fein = ob c« nun ein 3«M fei«
lu)(^te.

8. SButtberbltll^. A klnd of passport in the shape of a small
note-book. It was used by traveling journeymen in going from
one guild or employer to another and served them as a certificate
of character and service as well as a letter of introduction.

9. ber ^ttt Q^tuf, Count; the Germans when speaking ceremo-
niously place ^err before the name of the title; also before the
name of the family position: 3^r $crr 5Satcr.

10. Sofaiet, tokay^ a name given to the wines grown around the
town of Tokay in Austro-Hungary.

II* (S^OItttlllgtiet, Champagne^ a wine named after the former
province of Champagne in France where it is grown.

12. l6oifiSbetttel, originally the name of a short, bulging, flattened
bettle which was used for a wine produced near Würzburg, and
then applied to the wine itself.

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like a poplar because it was a long, slender glass such as is
frequently used for Champagne.

14. ^a^, the neuter Singular demonstrative used like e9 as the
indefinite subject of verbs; ha glänjte, fllngelte unb buftcte t9.

Page 12. — I. ha9 tftglii^e ^pitlä^tn um htn\tlhtu §» maä^tn

refers to the custom, quite common in German countries, of meet-
ing in the af ternoon after dinner in a public-house to play a game
of Cards to decide who is to pay for the after-dinner coffee for the
party. This practice is a good commentary on the relative inten-
sity of business life in the United States and in those countries.

2. auf best ^tocfaft^itett (ftc^elitb = ^eimUc^ (ober tflcfifd^) läc^elnb;
aSwissidiom; like onr ** smilin^ to oneself^^ ^*^ laughing in oneU
sleeve:* Cf. the German idioms tn9 S^ujic^cn lachen, {t(^ bte gou^
000 lac^eiu

3. i^r fiebeit IHltg, all their lives,

4. fttfteti ; see page 2, note 6.

5. ilcfer jenen, the latter the former.

6. immer Heiner, smaller and smaller; Immct used with the com-
parative of an adjective or adverb whose equivalent in English
forms its comparative by the addition of -er to the positive =
comparative and comparative; used with the comparative of an
adjective or adverb which forms its comparative in English by
means of more = more and more + adjective or adverb.

7. atti9 bem Stegreif, lit. "out of the stirrup," as if ready to
ride away ; here in an off-hand manner ^ without ceremony, Qi, the
almost equivalent English idiom "on the spur of the moment" in
which the figure is also taken from riding.

8. 0^ne meitereiS, without further ado.

Page 18« — I. galt ei^, the correct thing to do was to.

2. $o(acfen, a familiär term or nickname for the Poles; Folack,

3. They intended that the f ragrant cigars should confirm the pre-
sumably favorable impressions created by the dinner.

4- ^ie 4^errett $o(en; cf. note 9, page n.

5. Sml)ma; the historic city in Asia Minor; the reference is tö
a Turkish tobacco.

6. ^amai^IttiS, Damascus^ the celebrated city in Asiatic Turkey

7. Väi^titt fauerfftfi, smiled a sickly smile,

8. IBiertelfhlttbe. Note use of the dative.

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9. tS ^iej, « • * fid| Jlt gdttttett, tvery one said that advantage musi
be taken of the favorable hour ; fi(^ is a dative govemed by gönnen,
" to favor>" " not to grudge."

10. SnttötUt, counciloTy councilman, alderman^ member of a city
or town Council ; not " counselor,** as many of the dictionaries say.
It is an Office to which more dignity is attached in Europe than in
this country.

Page 14. — I. (Sttttfcr is not the name of a brand of wine but a
general name for the wine product during the first fermentation;
also written @ufer. In Germany the term is göl^renbet 372o|l.

2. am (eftett, the relative Superlative, here used adverbially;
it always occurs in connection with some (other) adverbial modifier.
As an adjective it should be used predicatively '^ only when the
person or thing is to be represented as possessing a certain quality
in the highest degree under particular circumstances/' which cir-
cumstances must be stated in the sentence or be understood from
the context.

3. aitfi^ Befte, the absolute Superlative; it expresses absolute
intensity, without reference to any circumstances.

Page 15. — I. fle legten t^ bataitf att, they made it their ohject

2. ttW fo ttttgelegentUl^et, so muck the more soliciiously,

3. bfinfte fle^ seemed to them; in modern German the dative is
also common after bünfeiu

Page 16« — I. ^Itifc^^ a Swiss word which originally meant a
blow or hit ; then a clash or riot among the people. In the sense
in which it is used here it originated, according to Grimm, in
Zürich, where they call a sudden shower a ^utfc^ ; by analogy the
jealous neighboring towns call every foolish bit of excitement,
enthusiasm, anger, caprice or fashion peculiar to Zürich by the
Same name. The word occurs f requently in Keller's writings ; see
vocabulary.

3* mit; colloquial use of an ethical dative, with hardly any
translatable f orce, though, of course, with the idea *' as it seems
to me."

3- ^tagtt^ Pi^aga, the historic suburb of Warsaw.

4- Ofhrolettftt, a town of Russian Poland where a bloody battle
was fought between the Poles and Russians, May 26, 1831.

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5. tt»ti9, here an adverb; somewhaty rather,

6. ^^njatbf^iel, better ©afarbfpiet ; not the name of a particulai
game but a general name for games of chance with cards, dice, etc^
for stakes ; say a little game.

7* I6rafiattte?t4a(er, also known as ^ronent^ater, was named after
Brabant, once a duchy, and now divided into two provinces, one
belonging to the Netherlands, the other to Belgium. This Sil^aler
was originally coined by Austria for use in its provinces in the
Netherlands and was adopted by several South-German states; it
was at one time the Standard in Kurland and Livland, states at
various times belonging to Poland whence the players suppose the
count to come. Its value was a little more than a dollar of cur
money. Since the Convention of 1857, which established the new
coinage for Austria, it has gone out of use. For further particulars
see Dye*s Coin Encyclopxdia.

Page 17. — I. ftd| itt biC 6lld|e flltlb, adapUd kimself to circum-
stanc€s.

2. ber, a demonstrative pronoun.

3. fibcl ♦ ♦ geftttltt, ill-disposed.

4. bie Saline bittfltaiti^ gebest %vl Iiiffeit, to ut the afair take its

own course to the end.

5. \^t\i, . « für gefOlttmeit, dedded. . . had come.
Page 18« — I. tttti^, connect with tioit; from.
3. ilt bie 9(ttgett, over his eyes,

3. tta^m {id| * • « HOrtreffU^ tlxA, looked exquisite,

4. tior, from,

5. itti3 ^elb tüffeit^ march off; a military ezpression for leaving
camp and taking the field.

6. fht^et^aft gefleibet, overdressed; a @tu^r is a "dandy."
Page 19.— I. je nobler; supply: one is,

2. SBilbfSttge; according to Kluge and Schrader the word is
supposed to have acquired the meaning in which it occurs here
from the wild horses of the steppes or prairies, which, when lassoed,
are called SÖKbföngc. Say wild young fellows; also applied to a
romping girl.

3. i^r ; the first and second person pronouns are repeated aftei
the relative.

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4- Attf lad lunifeligfle ; better auf^ ^olbfeligfle«

5- ^ii^nti^tthlüiä^tn is the diminutive of ©(^neibexBIut ; in this
Compound S3lut is the equivalent of " person " ; say simply, iai/or,

6. ^tantn^immtt^f woman, lady; this word, as the composition
indicates, once meant "woman 's apartment"; it occurs in this
meaning in Luther*s translation of the Bible, Esther 2:3,9. ^^
gradually acquired its present meaning during the period from the
sizteenth to the eighteenth Century.

7. feine @)lHlttge 5» UWSo^t% to become frisky,

8. feinen S^eiter btttion p tragen, to run away with its Hder; the
figure is taken from a frisky horse.

Page 20«— I. pm HOrarnS, in advance,

2. etmai^, the neuter singular pronoun used in referring to a
person, sometimes with an appreciatory and more frequently with
a depreciatory idea; here used in the sense of some one worth
meeting,

3. abentenerliflt rei^enb, with a romantic charm ; abentcucrUd^ is
an adverb modifying reigenb ; reigenb is a participial adverb modi-
^ying frijicrtcit.

4* (affen^ Uave undone^ neglect to do,
5« gnter ^inge^ in high spirits,

6. in ben bteifiiger Jahren, "/« the thirties/*

7. int ^olnifc^en = irgcnbwo in ^ofcn.

8> lEBol^l^niend, JVoIhymUf a Polish province in southwestern
Russia.

9. in fie tietliebt, in love with her,

Page 21.— I. bation p reifen, lit. "to travel away"; say to
Ifave the town,

2. tierlangte nail^ bent I6ette, expressed a desire to retire.

3. fanm me^r, just bareiy.

4. fld| • * • * f41tt0 ^ as an expression of reproach f or his own
thoughtlessness.

Page 22. — I. fiel i^nt . ♦ . in ben 3lmi, stopped him.

2. bei$ £anbed, from the country,

3. i^vX einen gnten Sfl^Iaf, siept soundiy,

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take a nap; the stem is from sloufen, "to drag/* ''trail"; hence «
long coat, dressing-gown.

5. Stt W9Utn, that he be so good as to.

6. ttll4 2;ifl^, afUr dinner,

Page 28. — I. tti^ti^ »ettiger, M, anything but; cf. page z,
note 4.

2. fottbent is always used after a negation, expressed or implied,
and introduces a clause which presents a contrast with what was
Said before, at the same time excluding or contradicting.

3. nte^r, rather; when two attributes belong^ng to the same
person or thing are introduced in different degrees, me^r is used io
the comparison.

4« 0ttttagt(t; as a protection against sorcery five wooden pegs
were driven into doors on the outside so as to form a cross ; from
this came the expressions ein üetnafleUet Äo^)f and ijctnaflelt fein ;
stupid.

5. fifl^, a dative; the word befe^en is also used without ft(^ and
then means "to look at"; ft(^ befe^en is to look atcarefully^ examine,

Page 24. — i. ®ittttbi(bent, emblems, symbols; their character
may be gathered from line 10 ff.

2. ^tt ^ie^ C18, there were such inscriptions as,

3. tt, bgl. = unb bcrglcic^cti.

4* ^attatiettfftflC^t is an eighteenth Century form for i^anarietu

Page 26. — I. non untctt biö oben, from top to bottom.

2. 9{ofettt4a( * • * • SBil^elminettburg ; the composition of thesc
names is obvious ; do not translate them.

3. tt, f, W. = unb fO »eUer, and soforth,

4. ge^ftttgten, attached to^ cotnpounded with,

5. baran, in doing so.

Page 26. — i. Utoflien, from the Greek ob, not, and rbwot, place;
Utopia; an imaginary Island, the abode of a people free from care,
folly and the miseries of life. The creation of Thomas More in
his famous sociological work by that name (1516).

2. %, ö. = an« I6eif^iel, for exampU.

3. fo ; the German language has no progressive form of the verb

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fo as used here helps out the deficiency, although it also has
referonce to a preceding act, and may be rendered by wtu standing
there and»

4* beut !3ÜttgUttg am ^d^eibetoege* Xenophon in hU MemorabUia
(2.1.21) reports Socrates as relating on the authority of Prodicus,
the Sophist, the fable of Hercules. It is to the effect that Hercules,
in his youth, found himself at the point where it was necessary to
decide whether he would enter upon life by the path of virtue or
by the path of vice. Hercules, like our Strapinski, attenipted to
decide his perplexing question in solitude and decided it through
the Intervention of a woman. The reference is usually ^erhtled
am @d^etbetoege ; a delicate example of Keller's pleasantry at the
expense of embalmed greatness.

Page 27. — I. ntad^te ♦ . ♦ gange SBettbuttg^ faced about, tumed

around,

2. 9hiii mar ber ®ei|l iu i^tt gefa^rett, lit. "now the spirit had

entered into him " ; say now he had caught the spirit of the affair,
Cf. ,,aWu6 ein fümc^mer Octfl jefet In 3t|n fahren/' Wallensteins
Lager, 1. 418.

3. mad fie {id^ eigentlid^ unter i^ bSd^ten^ what sort of an idea

they really had of him; flc^ is a dative. Note this use of unter;
cf. tt>ad t)erfie^en <Sie unter einem ^ünpler, ''what is your idea of an
artist?"

Page 28. — i. ber einen, . . ♦, ber anberen, of tke ones

of the others; einen is a genitive plural; this is the only possible
use of ein in the plural.

2. inmter nod^ ♦ • ♦ »ar, continued to be,

3. eine fi^laflofe 9^ai^t vm bie anbere, one sieepiess night öfter

another»

4. »enn ^XiSB^, even if.

Page 29. — I. utd^tntelir, no longer.

2. gegenüber, generally, as here, follows the noun which it
governs.

3. tS^yMf^VX is not given by Grimm in the sense in which it is
used here, but Heyne gives it in an allied meaning. See vocabulary.

4. auf i9 neue, anew.

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5. HOtt Seite, on tkepartof,

6. l^itt ttnb tOieber, naw and then,

Page 80. — I. mit fottttte er bai$ Si^ifffal « « « * fo freneOiftft

Sögen fhrofen, how could he give the lie so wickedly to the (kind)
fate? ^C^icffal is an accusative after the idiomatic expression
$!üg6n [trafen and $!üg6n is probably an old genitive of cause, toegen
ber ?ügcn jtrafcn»

2. balb ., blllb ., now ., now ., alternately . ä«^ . .

3. l^ittter einanber, /« succession,

4. auf ttnb nieber, /^ ä«ö^ /ro,

5. l^alber, ^« account of; a preposition which follows the genitive
which it governs.

6. bod^y nevertheless ; i.e. in spite of the indefinite hope and the
slight ground for the fulfillment of even this indefinite hope.

Page 81.— I. eben eine UnntdgUd^feit, an absolute impossibUity;
eben is an adverb with the force of stmply.

2. nai^ ♦ ♦ ♦ §tt urteilen, tojudgefrom.

3. dfter, when it is used without a comparison, as it is here, is
the equivalent of an indefinite, hesitating oft.

4* 9^(l(i^]^attf ef al^ren ; this Compound is a good example of the
facility with which verbal Compound nouns are formed in German;
cf. ba« S5cr(orcnfcin, page 46, line 26, ba« Ocfd^c^cnlaffcn, ba« Siiebew*
einanbcrgcl^ängtiücrbcn.

5- \Vi aller f^rül^e, quite early in the morning; the intensifying
force of aßcr in this expression is approximately the same as in
such words as aßcrfd^önfl, although in the one case it is a limiting
adjective and in the other a partitive genitive.

Page 82. — i. nun Is^^tn mir bie SSefd^ernng, now we are infof

it. 33efc^crung means literally a gift, particularly a Christmas gift,
but is used ironically in this idiom.

2. Xi^\just.

3- groge ©efd^äfte ntad^en mirb, will be very successful as a
business man.

4. nO(^, would you believe it,

5. ®Ott fei %mi^ thank heaven.

6. milbefter f^eme, most aut-o/-the<vay place^ remotest comer o]
the earth.

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7. Wttm fie ♦ ♦ . friert, sf she shivers; Wenn e« fle . . . friert would
be more common,

8. biefc, i.e. ©eirattfad^en (not ble S5er(obung).

9. jener, i.e. ©eft^äfte unb Steifen (which must intervene).

10. ^aftnai^td^eit, the week before LenU gaftnac^t, also spelled
gatood^t (and Schiller wrote gaßnac^t), of doubtful derivation,
denotes Shrove Tuesday, Mardi gras. In Roman Catholic countries
particularly, the week is given up to festivities and masqueradings.
Some of the features of the masquerade sleighing-party described
here resemble features of the Mardi gras processions of our day.

n. toiefle, such as.

Page 88* — i. Note the jocular introduction of Don, the prefix
of nobility. The spurious count has been so successful as a count
that the author adds the titular prefix to his name.

2. Pitt Stnnben,/«// hours* ride; its opposite is fleine ©tunben
for which see page 3, line 9.

3. ht )lie 9Hitte* It is difficult to explain this use of the accu-
sative. The publishers of the Berlin edition, from which this text
is taken, express the opinion that it is a misprint for the dative,
which has been permitted to stand in the plates.

4- SWOr, thattoo,

Page 84. — i. ^ortnna, the Roman goddess of good-luck.
2. bii^, or; note this use of the word.
3- mit je, each with,

4. %va\9V^f ßgure-heads ; the word formerly meant Spanish war-
ships ; Sanders pref ers the spelling @aIeon.

6. ^afobi^brnntten ; the reference is presumably to the well men-
tioned in the 29th chapter of Genesis where Jacob met his future
wife, Rachel.

6. Seift SSet^ei^ba, the name of a pool or reservoir with five
porches, on the east side of Jerusalem, mentioned only in St. John
5:2. On these porches the sick were laid to await the " troubling
of the water." St. John reports that one of these invalids was
cured by Jesus of an afüiction of thirty-eight (Keller says thirty)
years Standing. Böhni had perhaps been waiting as long for the
troubling of the matrimonial water.

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diminutive as used here; cf. @(^nelbec(eln, page i, note 2, and
^d^neiberblütd^en, page 19, note 5.
8. je StOCif ift pairsy huo and two,

Page 86.— I. It&lttüli^, itshouldbe staUd; not "namely."

2. S^oifer (ii» f» »♦), subject of (afieiu

3. pe = ble <ScIb»tjIer.

4. jene = bie ©olbac^er.

5- ic^igcn, an adjective formed from the adverb {e^t, like (eutig
and gefirig from ^eute and geflem; these adjectives can be used
attributively only.

6. nil^t eittntOl, not even,

7. (ei Seite geBrai^t lyotte, hadput away.

Page 87« — I. ^ie is a demonstrative, these, ref erring to ^eubeiu

2. O0ed, everyhody, every one; an idiomatic use of the neuter
Singular for the masculine and feminine plural; cf. page 20, note 2.

3. Herfprai^ fil^, expecUd; ft(^ is a dative; the verb is not {l<!^
Derfprec^en, which has quite a different meaning.

4. beffett, of it, its.

5. it* bergl* = unb bergleic^en ; cf . page 24, note 3.

6. Sierf abet, apohgue, Apologues'are founded on thetupposed
actlons of animals and are therefore not limited by strict ruies of
probability (Webster), Aesop's fables are the best-known examples
of apologues.

7. Sttred^t fifttieiberte, was getHng into shape for wear,

Page 88.— 1. S^arbottorimante^ lit. "cloak of the Carbonarl'^;
Wide, sleeveless cloak» The ^arbonari were a secret political
Organization in Italy, formed at the beginning of the present Cen-
tury.

2. beffett Kitgett f SmtUd^, whose every eye.

3. latttlod gefpattttt, breatklessfy, in breathless suspense.

4. btt« leib^ofte (Sbettbilb, the verypieture.

Page 89. — i. faftte ♦ . ♦ f efl in« Kuge, fixed his eyes sUadüy.

2. ^XV^tt^ fellow.

3. IBafferpotaifett, a term applied to Polish Slavs in Prussian
and Austrian Silesia, whose dialect has become such a jargoi^ b^

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the admixture of Czech and Slav dialects, as to be almost unintelli-
gible to the Poles themselves.

4. flelCtl Sie in ^VhtXt, areyou ftnployed,

5. eitt 9llMl^ae(^ one of Raphaers pictures. Raphael (1483 to
1520) was the prince of painters.

6. bie freiließ eitt bii^i^ett ftbergefi^tta|i|it tft, who, it is true, is a

Uttle cracked,

Page 40. — I. tttlter 9lll{ittgttttg, duHng the sin^ng,

2. biefer = her 2:umuü ; //.

3. titt äRotrtttor, a Statue ; the Substitution of the name of the
material for the finished product; cf. English ''a marble," "a
bronze."

4« bie 9lltgett ; an accusative absolute.

Page 41. — I. ber fii^ gefpeufHfct bou eittettt ^o^rtttorft frte|(t ;

an evident explanation of the simile used is that, as a spectre hies
away from a place of merrymaking, so Strapinski steals away from
his distasteful environment.

2. feltfattter föeife, strangely; an adverbial genitive that has not
yet become an adverb like glüdltt^ermeifc, jioßmeife.

3. etfÜ ttOf^, butjust, as if their pleasure was just beginning.

4. Note the antithetic use of ^itt in line 8 and i^tX* in line 9 as
separable prefix.

S.^otte • * • nie ein iBerge^en gn ^d^nCben lommen (äffen, had

never done a wrang.

6. mar il^nt nid^t erinnedii^r ^^ ^*^ not remember.

Page 42, — I. bobnrd^, bafc because,

2. fionb nnb fttrxiz, an alliterative formula, like $aud unb ^eintr
SWann unb SWau« ; an entire country,

3. bftnietbotter, conceited; the word bün!e( is derived from bünfen.

4. nnt i^re Grfpamiffe . ♦ . biringt, defrauds of their savings,

5. b»^. = ba« ^Cl6t, that is,

Page 43. — i. tanntelte nie^r, ald er ging, staggered rather than

walked,

2. tfiat, made, took.

3. tt^, just.

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Page 44,— I. i^nt, gave.

2. 3« biefei? SSlilfett (itteitt geriet, received the füll benefit ofthii
hok; lit. "went right into."

3. Utlb amar ging ei^ tt^t, « «</, /b /?// the trutk, she did not drwe.

4. erfl all? ; cf . page 3, nole 8.

Page 45. — I. ber etttffo^ettett . ♦ ♦ ®4^nen, the fair one who

hadfledy the fugitive beauty,

2. ^XXCmXffirsty in the first place, It is used in connection witb
@obann, line 14. This use of einmal and fobantt in enumerating
or specifying is common, ©obontl, second, in the second place.

3. bPtr {14 ^n, to herseif

4* O^tte * • • OU§er Ol^t SU (affett, without missing.

Page 46. — i. boratt, against it,

Page 47.— I. bett iirmftett, thepoor unfortunaU,
2. IBergei^' mir; this is the first time the familiär %Vi has passed
between them.

Page 48. — i. Note this common use of $ater with the name
of a title or business. Do not translate it.

2. noi^r hut,

3. ntod^te fif^ au fi^affett, was busy.

4- f^rau ^ebotteritt, familiär, like our aunt or aunty, Webster
says that aunt is sometimes applied as a term of endearment to a
kind elderly woman not thus related. Cf. the idiomatic use of
grau here with the use of ^err, page 11, note 9, and of l^ater, page
48, note I.

5. ba« gro§e 2:ier, 'uhe biggunr

Page 49.-1. 3^' ntai^t^iJ gut fo, you do well, that is right

2. She reverts to the formal @lf. Why?

3. t^ »irb Sonett gefunb fein, it wni doyougood,

Page 50. — I. ald bat * * « gefontntett ivftre, iq ailow of in

Coming,

Page 51.— I. ttif^tö $U leibe get^an, have done no härm to,
2. ettnad OrbeittUAei?, some one who amounts to something, some
one of consequence.

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Pagre 62. — I. uttb bantit ha$ ßielfte, • • ., üM^npfttm. and by so

doing sacrißce the dearest possession,
2. moii^te « * « IBorftettitItgett, remonstraUd.

Pagre 58. — eimitot ttttt bad onbere, repeaudiy.
2. üor, /» /-^^ WÄ^ of,

3- üi^ bog ll^ ♦ . ♦ itt bic Sc^re ging, <rjrf ^// /«> d^ apprenticed,

4. fort fei, had lefL

5. 3i4 tourbe ttttter bie ^ttforen gefteift, /wa/ made a Aussar.
Pagre 64. — I. a(i$ meine 3cit gefpmmett »or, a/>5^« Me time

had come/or mg to be mustered out of Service,
2. Utttemil^t gettog, received instruction,

Pagre 66.— I. X^ VXXiSs^ . ♦ . frei mo^te, r disengaged myself,

2. mein ^era ^ot itttmer ati i^m gegangen, ikave aiways thougkt

fondly of her.

Pagre 66.— i. Sti ber t:^ttt, /«/ä^/.

2. She reverts to the familiär 2)u, never to change.

3« erft je^t, m^/ m/i//7 if^m/.

4* ittbem, by.

5- ein S^ilffal, an irrevocable step,

6. J^rene %\t% kept her Word.
7» erft red^t, (served to) really.

S- tOOttte bied nid^t einleui^tett, could not see the matter in that

iight.

Page 67. — i. bed äReufi^ett JBitte ift fein *intme(reidS, man's

^eatest happiness is to have his own way; the German !s a proverb:
cf. "my mind to me a kingdom is."
2. bem irrigen, supply Söitlcm

3- beim ®Ittfe, drinking.

4* filt • • « an$ntrinfen, to drink so much that they wouid have a
^Mdache next morning.

Page 68. — I, bitten lieg, senta request.
2. mar anf ♦ ♦ ♦ gefugt, ivas ready for.

Page 69. — I. je e^er je Heber, the sooner the betur,

2. anfre^^ ^U ^^Mtn, maintain.

3* ^in» nnb SBiberreben, talk on both sides of the question.

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Page 60« — I. not ber $aitb, /^r tke present

2. tOOmnt ed fld^ ^Ottble, «f^^/ M^ business was abouU

3. gformett bed bürgerlid^eit gttteit Sottei?, goodform tu recognhed

among the peopU,

4. mit ®ltt Itnb 9(ttt, one of a great number of rhyming formulas
in the language; cf. mit %^ unb ^ac^, mit @a(f unb $a(f ; /b do all
in their power»

Page 61. — I. ein tlCUei? Sroio, « modern Troy. Ancient Troy
was besieged and destroyed by a Greek army, because Paris, son of
the ruler of Troy, carried off Helen, the wife of Menelaus, king of
Lacedaemon. Fortunately Seldwyla did not suffer the fate of Troy.

2. The construction is bie Unter^anblungen ergaben enblic^, bag.

3. Pb ttttb toetllte, whether any^ and if any^ what,

Page 62.— I. ^oiS bie (Sreigniffe itt (9o(ba4 betraf, sö/aras

events in Goldach were concemed.

2. gar nie, neverfor a moment,

3. 5^a^ettlb|lfett, a kind of mortar used in firing salutes. This
custom of firing salutes at weddings is maintained to this day in
the villages and rural districts of Switzerland.

4. Weig unb blaa getOÜrfeltea, with white and blue checks.

Page 68. ~i. bie 8tra|littdla; -a isthe feminine ending in
Polish proper names. Notice @tra|)ln«R, @traptn«fa ; Mrs, Stra-
pinski,

2. fei t9, either^ he iL

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Tbt vowel changes in the irregulär verbs are indicated thus : üh'hinhtn (a, VC),
f>ün\> af), abgebunden.

aü, down, off.

aü'Mttben (a, u), httj, to cut a

matter or an affair short.
aü'bienett, to serve.
^'bettb, m.y -«, -e, evening.
^'htvhhtnt, «., -(e)«, supper.
51'bettbeffCtt, «., -«, - supper.
^l'benbglattj, w., -e«, -gläitjc,

twilight.
^'htnhflttX, m,, -n, -m, evening

guest.
Ä'Üenbfli^Citt, m., -8, evening

red, gloaming, twilight.
^'(ettbfoitne, /., -n, evening

sun.
^'lientetter, «., -8, -, adventure.
^hnttnttiidi, stränge, f antastic,

odd ; hazardously, romantic-

ally.
O'licr, but.

f^htxmalx^f repeated.
^^xma% again.
Äi'fttljrt, /., -tn, departure.
Äi'geJetl (a, e), to deliver.
«6'WltöCtt (t, a), to depend.
•^ifttlfiifif dependent.

al^'^el^ett (O, o), ^üj, to stand in

strong relief.
ah'ffoltn, to bring from, fetch.
ah'tüliUn, to cool off.

9('f Ü^IUttg, /., cooling off.
Ol^'labett (u, a), to unload.
ah'tau\ditn, to learn by listen

ing, get into the secrets of.
ah'ltlintn, to decline.
ah'itnftn, to turn off.
ah'ntfimtn (a, genommen), tc

take, receive.
3lb'rcifc,/., -n, departure.
^('ff^ieb, m,, (-e)«,-e, departure,

farewell.
ab'ff^Uegett (o, gefd^Ioffen), to

close.
Ob'ff^ttfenfen, to wheel aside.
ab'fe^ett (a, e), to see, know.
^b'fittgung,/., singing, chanting;

ah\ou'htvtiäi, odd.

aV\pXt^ttn, fxä^, to be reflected,

be portrayed.
üh'^atttn, to pay (a call).
ab'fted^ett (a, o), to contrast.
ab'toftgett (0, o), to counter-

balance.
ah't»axttn, to wait for.

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ah'miSiitlllb, alternating, vary-

ing.
Wtotä^^lnnfi,/., -en, change.
ol^'toenben (lüanbte, gciüanbt), to

turn away.
ali'sic^ctt (gog, gcjogcn), to depart.
Wsttg, m,, -(c)«, -güge, with-

drawal.
aill ahl ohl
^a^tf /•! heed, care; barauf ad^t

geben, to heed, notice it; außer

ac^t, unnoticed.
ÜÜ^fl^S, inattentive, unobser-

vant.
aä^tunQ^tfoU, respectful.
%h'Ut2fi1k^tl, m,, -«, -, eagle*s

wing.
%ht>otaf, m,f -en, -en, lawyer.
Sgenf , m.f -en, -en, agent.
W^n'iitXt, m., -n, -en, ancestor.
%^xi\\iS^^ similar.
Äifa'sic,/., -n, acacia.
00, all.

ol'lebem, bei, with all this.

^Oee', /., -n, avenue.
aOeitt', alone; but.

arierl^aub, all sorts of.

Ol'lcrlci, all sorts of.
aOeror'ten, everywhere.
orietfeitiS, all around.
arie^eit, always.
aKgentein' (att'gemein), general,

all around, for all hands.
aOmS^'nii^, gradually.
aO'f^itig, on every band.
atö, than, except, as, when j —

bag, than.
Ol'fp, so, then.

alfobolb', immediately, at onc&
Olfogleifi^', immediately, at once
ttlt, old.
«r'tar (Stttar'), m., -(e)«, -e,

altar.
Slmtig>crfott,/., -en, official.

Smti^'rat, m., -(e)«, councilor.

councilman, member of a city

i?r town Council, alderman
an, to, on, at, of.
an'bieten (o, o), to off er.
^n'büff, »?.,-(c)«,-e, appearance,

look.
^n'benfen, «., -«, -, memory,

token of remembrance.
an'bere (ber, bie, ba«), other-,

cttt)a« anberc«, something eise.
Stt'bern, to change.

an'beri^, eise.

unterbieten, «., -«, -> <«fer.
an'faii^en, to incite.
an'fangen (t, a), to begin.

on'fetHgen, to make, prepare.
^n'flug, m., -(c)«, -flüge, sudden

approach, fit or attack (of

laughter).
an'fiiaen, to fill.
WlC^t^tW (a, C), to announce.
an'geboren, innate, inbom.
tttt'ge^en (ging, gegangen), to

begin; ba« ge^t nid^t an, that

won*t do.
an'gel^dren, to belong to.
an'ge^i^rig, belonging to; btf

2(nge^örigen, the servants.
Ätt'gelegen^eit,/., -en, business
att'gelegetttUf^, urgent; solici-

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tn'ienellm, pleasanlOy), agree-

able, agreeably.
mt'gefel^eu, respected, esteemed.
««'griff, m,, -(e)«, -e, attack;

In — nehmen, to take in band,

attack.
Illgfc/., ängflc, fear, anxiety.
ongfÜlid^, anxiously, nervously,

timidly, fearfully.
«tt'^alt, m., -(c)«, stopping.
ftii'l|alten (Ic, a), to stop , con-

tinue.
«tt'ljiHc,/.,-n,hill,knoll.
Ott'faufett, to purchase.
aii'fipmmett (lam, o), to arrive.
an'ffittbigen, {1^, to be an-

nounced.
Ält'hnift,/.,arrival.

anlangen, to reach.

anlegen, to apply; c8 barauf — ,

to make it one's object.
anifigen (O, O), to deceive by

lying.
ott'nel^men (a, genommen), to

accept.
an'orbneu, to order.
In'orbltitttg,/., -en, direction.
Ott^^ralKett, to knock or strike

against; be pulled up short

(of horses).
^tt'tegltng, /., -en, impulsion,

incitation.
ansagen, to announce; -— laffen,

to send word.
^n'ff^ein, w., -(c)«, -e, appear-

ance.
•tt'Waegett (0, gef(^roffen), fi*,

to join.

an'f^neibett (ft^nitt, geft^nltten),
to cut into.

an'fel^en (a, e), to look at; ft(^

— , to look, see.
9ltt'fe^en, »., -«, respect, air.
an'fellnÜf^, considerable.

an'fliattnen, to put (horses) to;

— laffen, to have (horses) put

to a carriage, to order the

carriage.
Sn'fpielnng, /., -en, allusion,

reference.
Sn'ftanb, /»., -c«, -ftönbc, pro-

priety, air, form, decorum,

dignity.
an'Pnbig, respectable.
an'ftarren, to stare at.
an'ftatt, instead.
«tt'trag, »?., -(e)«, -tröge, pro-

posal.
an'treiben (le, Ic), to urge on,

drive on, shake up (horses).
ait'trittfen (a, u), ftd^, to drink

oneself into.
Sttt'tliort, /., -f n, answer.
anf toorten, to answer.
Ktt'toalt, m., -(c)«, -c, lawyer.
an'toenben (wanbtc, gcmanbt), to

use, apply.

an'toefenb, present.

Ätt'ga^l,/., -en, number
an'aic^en (gog, gegogen), to put

on, pull up.
3ltt'5ttg, m,, ^(e)«, -güge, attir«^

tollet.
«Iirüo'fe,/., -n, apricot
5tr'ieit,/., -en, work.
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wages.
iv'^ttni», «., -tffe«, -Iffe,

scandal.
%vq't»ofin, w., -(c)8, suspicion.
Krm, zw., -(c)«, -c, arm.

arm, poor.

^rm'l^onb, «., -(c)«, -bänbcr,

bracelet.
^xm'htn% /., -e, crossbow.
3lr'mttt,/., poverty.
^ttf /., -fit, kind, manner.
at'txq, nice, pretty.
Ä'tl^cr, f^/., -«, ether, air.
afmtn, to breathe.
Ottll^, also, too, even.
auf, at, in, on; up; — unb nie*

ber, up and down.

aufhantn, to build up.

anfhüdtn, to look up.

aufbuken, to flash.

auf bred^ett (a, o), to break up.

aufbörben, to saddle upon, im-
pose.

aufbringen (a, u), to force
upon.

9uf ent^alt^ m,, -(c)«, -t, biding-

• place, abode.

auf effen (aß, gcgcffen), to eat up.

auf^afiXtU (u, a), to drive up.

auf fatten (fiel, a), to attract at-
tention.

auffällig, unusual, conspicuous.

auf fiantnten, to flask.

auf füllten, to perform, act.
Aufgebot, «., -(e)«, -c, (publi-
cation of the) bans.

aufgeregt, excited.

auf'fiaiitn (ie, a), to hindcr

hold up.
aufgeben (o, o), to care for.
aufheitern, to cheer.
auf ^Bren, to cease.
3lttf ftören, «., -«, ceasing, stop

ping.
auf Haspen, to open.
9lttf Kärung, /., -en, enlighten

ment, rationalism.
auftttertfam, watchful, carefuli

attentively, closely, carefully.
auf töfen, ftl^, to resolve itself,

dissolve.
Sttfnterffamfeit^ /., attention.

civility.
aufmuntern, to encourage.
%u[nafimtf/.y -n, reception.
aufopfern, to sacrifice.
aufraffen, fldft, to pull oneself

together, regain one*s com-

posure.
auf retiftnen, to charge to.
aufregt, upright.
aufregen, to excite, agitate.
Aufregung, /., excitement.
auf reiben (i, geriffen), to tear

open, open in a hurry.
auf rifi^ten, ftift, to straighten up,

rise.
«ttffiftrift,/., -en, inscription.
auffegen, to put on.
auf ftai^eiln, to stimulate.
auf freien (jlanb, geflanbew), to

get up, rise, arise.
auf fteigen (te, ie), to rise.
anf fteOen, to serve.

auf taud^en^ to spring up, arise.

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«if tragen (u, a), to serve.
^nf tritt, m., -(e)8, -e, scene.
attf toad^en, to wake up.
Hilf Karten, to wait upon, oblige

with.
mtfioartd, up.
lit'ge, «., -«, -n, eye.
Sll'genattffitlag, m., raising of

the eyes.
^n'%tnhliä, m., -(e)«, -e,

moment, instant.
ongenblicf liitr instant,
ilti^, from, out of. [fect.

«td'ar^eiten, to elaborate, per-
%nS^Hlhun^f /., -en, culture,

education.
Otti^'l^reitett, fil^, to spread out.

outburst.
W^'ffüfitln, to iron out, press.
^n^hxnäf m., -(c)8, -brücfc, ex-

pression.
iiti^'fatren (u, a), to drive out.

tm^'fül^ren, to carry out.

Ottd'geien (a, t), ^di, to pass

oneself off.
«ti^'ge^ett (ging, gegangen), to

walk out.

anö'geJjnngert, starved, fam-

ished.

and'genontnten, except.
am^'gefttdit, select.
ani^gesei^net, exceilent.
ani^'gleifi^en (i, t), to equalize.
XmS'fontnten, «., -9, Uveiihood.

ani9'(egen, to Interpret, construe.

tm^^nellnten, to take out; —b,

exceptionally; ftc^ — , tolook.

and>aifen, to unpack.

ani^'reifen, to stretch out.

ani^'mf en (ie, u), to call out, cx-
claim.

9lttd'fage, /., -n, assertion, State-
ment.

an^'f^Iagen (u, a), to refuse,
decline, to line or face a gar-
ment.

aniSff^fteg'Ultr exclusively.

Otti^'fel^en (a, e), to look.

Stti^'f e^en, «., -«, appearance.

Sn'§er, outward.

an^gergemd^ntif^, extraordlnary.

än'gerft, extreme(ly); auf« — €,
to the limit, to the end.

^n^'^d^t, /., -en, prospect,
Chance, view.

aui^'ftiannen, to take (horses)
out (of the shafts), unhitch.

Otti^'fliref^en, {14, to talk mat-
ters over, come to an under-
Standing.

^Im^'fpmi^, m., -(e)«, -fprüt^e,
speech, remark.

aniS'fteigen (ie, ie), to step out
of a vehicle, alight.

^tt^'fteigen, «., -«, alighting.

ani^'ftrecfen, to stretch out.
^niS'trag, *»., -(e)«, -träge, de-

cision, settlement.
otti^'trinfen (o, u), to drink (it)

all, empty a glass.
^mS'üBnng,/., -en, exercise.
ani^'ttianbem, to leave home.
SmS'ttieg, m,, -(e)«, -e, way out,

escape. [from, avoid.

OOi^'ttieUi^en (i, i), to tum away

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att^toenbig, by heart.
an^'^itf^tn (sog, gejogen), to take
off.

83aif ettüftrtf^en, «., -«, -, light

beard.
f&ad'mttt, «., -(e)«, -e, pastry,

cakes.
hüttf soon.

fßüU, nt., -(e)«, ©ättc, ball.
^üü'^Xüdf m,, -(c)«, -«, dress-

coat.
ÖHttüer' (flO, »J., -«, -«, ban-

ker.
S3ftr, m.y -en, -en, bear.
Bar'ltJiulltig, bareheaded.
"fdaxi'V^iOfit, /., -n, cosmetic.
ött'fel, «., Bäle.
S3äu'eirttt, /., -innen, country-

woman.
hhx'txlx&if belonging to the peas-

ants, country.
S3att'ettt4of, m,, -(e)«, -l^öfe,

farm.
fbm'txnlnt^iiif w., -(e)«, -e,

farmer's hired boy.
S3attm, /»., -(e)«, 53äume, tree.
S3aum'tiii|ife(r »*., -«, - tree-top.
HeafJ^'tettr to notice, observe.
öeäitg'firtgttttg,/., -en, fear.
ibeatt^ftanben, to object to, de-

mur to.
Üebfl^f (od, thoughtlessly.

bebeif en, to cover.

beben'fen (bebad^te, bebat^t), to

think over.
^bettf lifi^, dubious, precarious.

beben' ten, to signify.
bebeu'tenb, considerable, signifi-
cant, important.

bebie'nen, to serve; jid^ — , to

make use of.
»ebürf'ttiö, «., -iffe«, -Iffe, need,

necessity.
befau'gen fein, to be overcome.
befe^'leit (befahl, befohlen), to

Order, command.
beftn'bett (befanb, befunben), to

find, think ; ftc^ — , to be.
S3eför'berung, /., -cn, further-

ance, despatch.
bege'ben (begab, begeben), ftdi,

to go, repair, venture, betake

oneself.
begeg'nen, fti^, to rneet.
öegeg'ttttttg,/., -en, meeting.
bege'^en (beging, begangen), to

walk through, commit, cele-

brate.
^t^tli'xtn, to desire, demand,

ask for.
begie'rtg, desirous.
begin'nen (a, o), to begin, do.
begleiten, to accompany.
SJeglei'teir, m., -«, -, escort.
S3egriff, m,, -(e)«, -e, concep-

tion, idea.
begrün'ben, to found.
S3egrätt'bttltg,/., foundlng, foun-

dation.
begrü'jcttf to greet.
begü'tigett, to appease.
be^fl'gen, to please.
be^ag'Ufi^, comfortable, at eas«,

agreeable.

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M^rtett (Bettelt, Begatten), to

retain, keep; an ft(ft fclbfi —,

to keep to oneself.
be^Sttg'en, to cover with.
be^attll'tett, to assert, say.
8cHett'btg!eit,/.,-en, smartness,

activity.
bei, with, in.
M'ht\na\ttn (behielt, bel^altett),

to keep up, preserve.
(•et'be, both, the two.
bei'fSttig, favorable, approving.
bema'ltc, nearly, almost.
bci'fteHeii (flanb, gefianben), to

stand by.
beionttf , known.
bcfcii'tteit (bcfanntc,bcfattnt),pi^,

to acknowledge, avow.
beHei'ben, to clothe.
beiom'mett (befam, befontntcn),

to get, receive, acquire, agree

with one*s health ; fatt — , to

have enough of.
befrän'^en, to wreathe, encircle.

JBefüm'mertttö, /., -iffc«, -Iffc,

sorrow, solicitude.
bcfüm'mert, anxious, solicitous,

concerned.
Mt'htUf to animate.
bclebf, animated, brisk.
^elcg'ftili!, «., -(e)«, -c, paper,

document.
beliebt', favorite.
belo'bett, to praise.
bclufit'igett, ftl^, to enjoy oneself.
bcmei'ftcrti, to control.
bemer'fen^ to observe, notice.
benad^'bart, neighboring.

Sene^tltett, «., -«, -, behavior,

action.
S3enett'ntttt0, /., -ctt, appellation,

name.
beob'aii^tett, to observe, watch.
S3eoli'a^ten, »., -9, Observation.
be|ia(ff , loaded.
bei^ttem', commodious.
öcquetit'Iidifett, /., -cn, conve-

nience.
S3eira'tunQ, /., -en, deliberation.
berau'ben, to rob, deprive of.
S3eire4'tigttng, /., -en, justifica-

tion, authorization.
beirebt\ eloquent, ready in

Speech. [ily f rosted.

Üeteiff, frosted; buftig— , heav-
i>tXt\i!, ready.
bereiten, to prepare.
\>tXtxi^'f already.
ber'öett (a, o), to conceaL
berid^'ten, to state.
beru'^igen, to quiet; ftd^ — , to

be at ease, be reassured.
bcrü^'rett, to touch.
befagt', aforesaid.
befd^&f'tigen, to occupy, keep

busy.
befi^S'men, ftii^, to put oneself

to shame.
befd^amf , ashamed, bashful.
^t\^t\Vf m.y -(c)«, -tf answer;

— lüiffen, to be conversant

with.
bef^ei'bett (befd^leb, befd^tebcn),

to allot.
befii^ei'ben, modest, unassuming,

reserved.

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8efl^ei'bett^eU,/., modesty.

Üefd^enf ett, to make a present
to (some one), present.

a3efi^e'irttttö, /., -en, gift, busi-
nesSi mess.

Üefli^Iett'mgen, to expedite, has-
ten.

to determine, resolve, decide.
BeMirei'tett (befc^rttt, bcfd^ritten),

to walk on or into.
Sefli^ii^'eir, »*., -«, - protector.
Ibefe'^ett (bcfal^, befel^en), to look

at.
befe^'ett, to occupy, fiU.
bejt^ett (f>t\oi% befcffcu), to pos-

sess.
Ibefott'ber, special, separate, par-

ticular.
befon'beriS, particularly.
S3efon'ttenlt(it, /., discretion.
Üefor'gen, to care for, attend to,

secure.
Üeforgf , concemed.
beftän'big, constantly.
beftär'feu, to strengthen, con-

firm.
beftätigen, pl^, to be confirmed,

prove true.
befte'l^en (beflanb, beflanben), to

consist.
beftei'gett (beflieg, bcpicgen), to

mount.
befterien, to order.
beftitlt'tltenr to design, intend.
befHttttltf , definite, determined.
93eftt4^ w., -(e)«, -e, visit, call.
beftt'li^ett, to Visit, call on.

betett'ent, to protest, assert, say

solemnly.
betrai^'ten^ to look at, survcy,

regard, observe.
betreffen (betraf, betroffen), to

concem.
betreuten, embarrassed.
betroffen, embarrassed, per-

plexed, confused.
betrübf , sadly.
betrug', m., -(c)«, deception.
S3etrü'ger, m,, -«, -, impostor.
betrft'gerif4, deceptive.
^t% «., -(c)«, -en, bed.
bef te(tt, to beg.
S3ettr1attbttng, /., -en, granting

of leave, leave.
S3ett'te(ii^nr «., -«, -, pouch.
bebor'fteieii (flaut, gefianben),

to impend.
betofiff neu, to arm.
betoe'gen, to move; ftd^ — , to

move.
betlieg'Uft, touchingly.
betoegf , agitated.
S3etiiegung, /., -en, movement,

motion, commotion, agitation.
betoei'fen (bewte«, bewiefen), to

show.
betOir'ten, to entertain.
»etnir'tnng, /, -en, entertain-

ment, attendance.
IBetOtttt'bemng,/, admiration.
betOttlf , aware. [ness

8etOtt|f fein, «., -^, conscious-
besa^'Ien, to pay.
be^ei'gen, fli^, to show oncself
(pleased), evince.

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l»csie'^eIl(bc3og, belogen), f«^, to

refer to.
Se^ie'^ttttg^ /, -en, connection.
Me'teit (0, o), to offer.
8Ub, «., -(c)«, -er, picture.
bilbett^ to form, educate.
Httben (a, u), totie.
hi^, untü; — iti^t, up to this

time.
biiS^eir', up to this time.
bii^^e'ngr existing hitherto.

hifü^tn, tin, 2l little.

»if'fetl, m.y -«, -, bit, mouthful.

^ix'nt, /., -n, pear.

Sitte, /, -n, request.

bitteti (bat, gebeten), to ask, to

request, beg, implore.
hWitX, bitter.
bit'terUl^, bitterly.
hlani, naked, bare, polished.

matt, «., -(e)«, ölätter, leaf.
hlan, blue.

hiti'htn (le, le), to remain.

Mei^, pale.

öftrf, m., -(e)«, -e, glance, look,

view.
hüä'tn, to look.
miä'tUf «., -«, act of looking.
li(itl'$e(tt, to blink.
S5U^r w.,-e«, -e, bolt of lightning.
bU^'f^nett, quick as lightning.
hW^t, bashful.
»IB'bigfeit, /, bashfulness, dif-

fidence.
»titt, «.,-(e)«,blood.
»ort, m., -(e)«, ^öcle, box of a

carriage.

»ocf^'beittel, m,, Franconian

wine.
fBo'htn, m.y -«, -, floor, under

crust (of pastry, etc.).
»O'gen, m., -«, - circle.
S3orbefiit£', »*., claret.
böf{e), bad, evU.
bOiS'^aft, mischievous, malicious.
mtfd^tX, w., -«, -, cooper.
^va'ttn, m., -«, -, roast.
hxan'^tVi, to need, use.
livatttt'golben, golden-brown.
»tttttt, /., «räute, bride, affi-

anced, betrothed, fiancee.
»rauf gefi^ett!, «., -(e)«, -c, gift

to a bride <?r fiancee.
»rätt'tigam, *«.,-«, -e, intended,

betrothed.
»rttttf^jattir, «., -(e)«, -e, bridal

couple, engaged couple.
bim'bo! bravo!
bire^'en (a, o), to break.
breit, broad.
brei'ten, to spread.
brett'nen (brannte, gebrannt), to

burn.
»tief, m., -(e)«, -e, letter.
btin'gett (brachte, gebrac^it), to

bring, take; um cttüa« — , to

defraud of something.
»Wlfett, m., -8, -, scrap, odds

and ends (//.).
»Wb'bijfett, tn,, -«, -, mouthful

of bread.
»Wt, «., -(e)«, -e, bread.
»nt'ber, w., -«, 53rüber, brother,

fellow.
»tü'^e,/., -n, soup, broth, sauce.

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Brünett, to low.
bfttttt'tttett, to grumble.
»ruft/., iBrüfie, breast.
f&n^, n,y -(e)«; 53ü(fter, book.
f&ntt^'fialitv, m., -«, -, book-

keeper, head-clerk.
Sü^iS'li^ett, «., -«, -, small box.
»ftl^'fetlfteltl, m,, -8, -e, flint.
S3ü'ge(eifett^ «., -%, -, tailor's

goose, flat-iron.
mn'M, «., -«, - bündle,

package.
©ütt'beleitt, «., -8, -, little par-

cel.
Üttttt, variegated, various colored,

gay.
S5ttrg, /., -cn, castle.
BÜr'geirUd^, civil, common.
Süir'gettttgettb, /., civic virtue.
83ttir'f4(e), w., -en, -en, fellow;

junger — , youngster, lad.
(Ü'^ett, to satisf y.

fS^anl^tL^n'tX (pronounce fcftam»
pan'jcr), w., Champagne.

C^^atttliagtt'erflafd^e, /., -n,
Champagne bottle.

^^atttt^agtt'eirleld^, w., -e«, -c,
Champagne glass.

*riff (14 Christian.

^i^ax'ttf /., -n, cigar.

^igar'irettliettgel, w., -«, -, club

of a cigar, large cigar, stogy.
Sigoircfte,/. -n, cigarette.
So. = C^Otttt^agttie' {pronounce

Äompani'),/., -en, Company.
tIottt|iagttOtt' (pronounce (Som»

panjon', last syllable as in
Frenck)^ m.^ -9, -9, partner.
dompioit'fhlfil (pronounce (S.Ompt

tolr li^e Äontor')/ »*., -(c)«,
-ftül^lc, ofifice-chair.
du'ba, «., -«, Cuba.

ba, here, there, then; as, since^

when.
bttbei' (emphat. ba'bet), with this,

therewith, thereby.
ba'bleibett (ie, ie), to remain here.
^tti^, «., -(e)«, 2)äd)er, roof.
bofür' (emphat ba'für), for it, for

this, in return, instead.
bage'gett, against it, on the con-

trary, on the other hand.
bal^^ir' (emphat ba'^er), hence,

therefore, accordingly, conse-

quently.
bttHitt' {emphat ba'^ln), along.
ba^ttt'f a^irett (u, a),to drive along.
^atttai^'fttd, Damascus.
^ttttte,/., -n, lady.
batttif (emphat ba'mlt), thereby ;

(bamlf), so that, in order that.
^tttt!, m,, -(e)«, thanks.
battf bar, thankfully.
banf ett, to thank.
batttt, then.

batt'ttett, thence; OOtt — , away.
baratt' (emphat ba'ran), at it, in

it, to it.

barauf (emphat ba'rauf), on it,

on that, to that.
baraui^' (emphat ba'rau«), there-

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hativf {emphat ba'rtn), in it.
bav'ftettett, to represent, portray,

present.
^or'ftellttng, /., -en, exhibition,

Performance.
bot'fhreifen, to band out, offer.
bantm' (emphat. ba'rum), there-

fore ; about it.
Hxwx'itx {emphat ba'nintcr), in

this, by this.
^O'feitt, «., -«, existence.
bttfettfr, there.

ba'fl^en (faß, gefeffen), tosit there.
U^, that.
ba'fte^ett (i!anb, gcfianben), to

stand there, stand forth.
Hti!txn, to last.
bai»Ott' (emphat, ba'Oon), there-

from, thereof, of it. [away.
banott^fa^irett (u, q), to drive
^Ö^U'' (emphat, W^v), inaddition.
ba'ütttital, then.
^eif el, m,, -«, -, Upper crust (of

pastry, etc.).
beifett, to Cover.
bem'getttäfi, accordingly.
betttttftc^' (emphat. bem'nad^), con-

sequently, accordingly.
^e'ntttt, /., modesty.
be'tttiUig, modestly, humbly.
benfett (badete, gebadet), to think ;

pd^ — , to think, fancy.
betttt, then; for.
ben'tt04, nevertheless. [wfiich.

ber, bie, baö, the, that, who,

berg(ei'4ett (indecl,), such like,
the like, such, such things,
such as.

ber'jettlge, bie'|ettige, bai9'ie*

ttige, this one.

ber'fe(be, bie'felBe, ba^'fette,

the same, he, it.

bed'^alb, for this reason.

be^lieraf, desperate, furious.

^efferf , »*.» -«, -«, dessert

bed'toegett, on that account.

bettf (id^, definite, distinct, piain.

btabo'dfd^r devilish, diabolic.

bid^t, close, thick.

bie'ttett, to serve.

^ie'tter, m,, -«, -, servant.

^tenft, w., -c«, -t, Service.

^iettft'bote, m,y -n, -n, servant.

biettfffettig, respectfully, obli-
gingly.

^iettffleiftttttg,/., -cn, service.

^iettfftttttgb,/., -mägbe, servant-
girl.

bte'f-er, -e, -e§, this, the latter.

^ittg, «., -(c)«, -e, thing; guter
-e fein, to be in high spirits.

blireft', directly.

bodb, bat, yet, anyhow, never-
theless, I hope.

bOtt'nentb, thundering.

^o|i'|ielgftnger, /».,-«, -, double.

bot)'|ielt, doubly.

^Off, «., -(e)«, 2)brf^r, village.

^orff^ftttC^^CJ^f *»•> -^f "1 village

tailor.
bort, there.
bor'Hg, there, of there; bte 2)or»

tigen, the people of that place.
%Mte^t% «., -«, -, little snuff-

box.
^rai^'e, m,, -n^ -n, dragon.

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^tüfft, »f., -(e)«, 2)rä^te, wire.
hxht'qtn, pl^, to press.
hxapXt'nn, to drape.

bre'l^ett, to tum.

^Xt'fitn, «., "9, -, turning.

brei'Jig, thirty.

bring'Iic^, urgently.

htitt, third; -Ctti?, thirdly.

hto'iitn, to threaten.

bfO'^enb^ threatening, impend-

ing.
htüüttn, to press.
buif en, fldi, to duck, dodge.
^ttft, fn.f-{t)i, 2)üftc, odor,vapor.
bitf teit, to exhale fragrance.
^ttff tnoHe, /., -n, cloud of

fragrant smoke.
^ttia'ten, m., -«, -, ducat.
inmm, stupid.

^nmm'fitit, /., -cn, stupidity.
hnnftl, dark; • grOtt, dark-gray;

-grölt, dark-green.
^ttttf el^eit, /., -en, gloom, ob-

scurity, darkness.
bünf ellfOtt, conceited.
bftnf ett, to seem, appear.
hnvd^, through.
hnt^au^', throughout, comple-

tely, absolutely; — nld^t, by

no means. [through.

brnri^^bireii^ett (o, o), to break
bttn^einan'bet, in confusion.

bnri^'fü^iren, to carry through.

bttr^trie'ben, sly.

bftr'fett (burfte, gcburft), to dare,

be permitted.
bürf'tig, poor, shabby, mean,

needy.

bürff ett, to thirst.
bft'fiteir, gloomy, gloomily.
^tt^'enb, «., -«, -e, dozen.

e'betl, just, very, just then, jus!

now.
Q^'üettbilb, «., -(e)«, -nr, likenes&
t'htn^aUSf also, likewise.
e'benfo, likewise, just as.
tdit, genuine.
Q:d't, /., -n, comer.
e'bel, noble.
Qi'Mmann, -(e)«, -leute, noble

man.
eglJJj'tlM, Egyptian.
d'f^t, /., -n, marriage.
e'^e, before.
e'^emalig, former.
t'iitV, rather.
(&Vtt,/,, -n, honor ; mit -n, witb

honor, honorably.
e^'ireitf eft, in undisputed respect-

ability.
QiVnnpiati, m,, -e«, -pia^c, place

of honor.
Qifi'ttntonält, /., -n, guard of

honor.
e^r'erbietig, respectfully.
i&fiT'tvhittnn^, /., deference

homage.
e^r'fttird^t^liott, respectful.
e^t'iü^r honest.
ttit'tOÜthxq, venerable, causing

or arousing respect.
ei! why! welll
eifrig/ eamestly, zealously, bus-

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ef 0ett, own.

ef geitili4, really.

CH'Ie,/., haste, hurry; — l^abetl,

to be in haste.
eilen, to hasten.
@i'tlteir, *w., -%, ", pail.
etttatt'bev, each other, one an-

other.
Sitt'brtttf, m,, -(e)«, -brürfe, im-

pression.
ein'ertttett, to reap.
ein'faft, simple.
eitt'fältig, silly, foolish, sthpid.
ein'faffen, to encircle.
@t^l^ftt^^r, /., -cn, stowing away.
eiit'getett (ging, gegangen), to

enter into.
ettt'greifett (griff, gegriffen), to

interfere with.
eitt'l^eisen, to make a fire.
einjet'f a^ireii(u, a), to ride along.
ein^er'ge^ett (ging, gegangen), to

go along.

etnl^er'tansen, to prance along.
^itt'lto^r ^*i -(O^f -pmer, uni-

corn.
ei'ttig-eir, -e, -t9, some, certain.
ettt'faffleirett, to get in money,

have cashed.
eiit'Ieliren, to stop, put up (at a

hotel).
ein'labett (n, o), to invite.

(Stn'Iabung, /., -en, invitation.

etn'lanfen (le, ou), to come to

land.
etn'Ietten, to introduce, bring on.
einleuchten, to be evident, be

clear.

ein'tttaii^en, to preserve; ba«

@ingcmaciftte, preserves.
ein'ntal, once; einntnr, once

upon a time.
ein'mif^en, pcfi, to interfere.
ein'neW^tt («/ genommen), to

take in, fill, take.
einfallen, to pack up.
einsam, lonely.
@in'fam!eU, /., -en, loneliness.
Q^in'fa^, m., -e«, -fäjje, stake,

pool, bet
ein'ff^ettien, to pour out.
ein'fd^Iafen (te, a), to fall asleep.
ein'f4(agen (n, o), to strike out

on.
ein'fli^iili^tem, to intimidate.,

abash.
einlegen, to lay down, stake,

begin, strike up.
@in'f|läuneir, w., -«, -, one-horse

sleigh or other vehicle.
@in'f|ira4e, /., -n, protest, ex-

ception.
eittft, once, formerly, some time.
ein'fteifen, to pocket.

C^in'ftelt^n, «., -«, security, fur-

nishing security.
ein'ftttbieren, to rehearse.
einfhoeilen, for the present,

meanwhile, temporarily.
©itt'hrttd^t,/., concord, harmony.
ein'tteten (a, e), to enter, hap^

pen, set in, arise.

ein'miifeln, to wrap up.
ein'^eln, Single.

tWhhf oi^iy-

(l^itt'5ttg,»i.,-(e)«, -jüge, entrance.

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&^tnflhihUv, w., -«, -, dealer

in hardware.
CH'feti^err, fn., -n, -en, dealer in

hardware, iron-monger.
Q^l'f ett^ttt, »«., -(c)«, -^ütc,helmet.
C^i'fenfii^immelr m., -«, -, iron-

gray (horse).
©i'fettftttttge,/., -n, iron bar.
tiS'talt, cold as ice.
ei'tel, vain.
eleganf, genteel.
(Smp^anq', w., -(e)«, receipt.
em|if an'gen (empfing, cmpfan*

gen), to receive.
emtifel^'len (empfahl, empfohlen),

to recommend; bejicn« — , to

recommend most heartily.
emtifitt'ben (empfanb, empfun«

ben), to feel.
(Smp^n'bung,/., -en, feeling.
tmpot', up.

tmpot'va^tn, to stand out.
em^ov'fhreifen, to stretch out.
dm'figfeit,/., diligence.
Q^n'htf «., -«, -n, end; am — ,

finally, af ter all, if worst comes

to worst; gu — , over.

en'bigett, to end.

enb'U^r finally, at last.
Q^n'qtl, w., -«, -, angel.
@tttbe^'irttngr /., -en, want, pri-

vation.
etttbeif en, to discover.
eittfet'nett, fic^, to retire, disap-

pear.
etttfemf, distant; ni(f|t im —

eflen, not in the least.
(Stttfeir'ttUttgrA -«n, distance.

entfiie'tett (entflol^, entflogen), to

escape, flee from, run away.
entfül^'ren, to carry away,

abduct.
^ntfü^'tnnü, /., -cn, elopement.
eittge'geit, towards.
eittge'gettgefe^t, opposite.
entge'getttretett (a, e), to come

towards.
tnif^aVitn (cntl^ielt, enthalten), to

contain; fi(^ — , to refrain.

contain oneself.
entwürfen, to shell, reveal.
entlof'fett (entließ, entlaffen), to

dismiss.
entrtn'nen (entrann, entronnen).

to escape, slip away.
entfa'gen, to renounce.
entfci^lof fen, determined(ly), re-

solute(ly), firm(ly).
etttfd^lttf , m., -uffe«, -üffe, re-

solve ; — faffen, to resolve.
entfd^ttfin'ben (entfd^wanb, ent*

fd^tüunben), to disappear.
entfte'^en (entj!anb, entfianben),

to arise, come into existence,

originate, result.
etttWilf eltt, to develop, display,

fid^ — , to develop.
(Sttttoiif Ittltg, /., -en, revelatioa

denouement.
entworfen, ftl^, to clear up.
ent^üif en, to delight.
^ntsüff en, «., -«, delight.
ent^ttiei', in two; —gelten, to

break in two.
@Xeu, m,, -8, ivy.
erbatt'lif^, edifying.

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Wht, «., -9, inheritance.

tx'htn, to inherit.

Ctblof feit, to turn pale.

tthiti'ältn, to turn pale.

erbUif ett, to see.

Sr'be, /. -n, earth, ground.

eretg'neit, ft4, to happen, come

to pass.
^retg'niiS, «., -iffe«, -Iffc, event,

incident, emergency, Happen-
ing.
erfo^'rett (erfuhr, erfahren), to

experience, learn.
Srfilt'bttttg,/.,^cn, invention, fib.
drfolg', m,, -(e)«, -c, result.
erfireu'ett, fil^, rejoice, be able

to boast of, possess.
erfrie'rett (erfror, erfroren), to

freeze.
erfrifl^'ett, to refresh; ji(^ — ,

to refresh oneself.
erfül'lett, to fill, fulfil.
«gätt'äett, to Supplement.
erge'bett (ergab, ergeben), to

result; jic^ — , to submit,

acquiesce, happen.
erge'^en (erging, ergangen), to

go, happen to, befall ; fic^ — ,

to walk, stroU.
etglätt'sett, to shine.
^rgd^'en, n., -9, entertainment.
ergret'feti (ergriff, ergriffen), to

seize, take hold of.
erftaCtett (erhielt, erhalten), to

get, procure, receive, keep,

keep in repair.
erftCbett (erl^ob, erl^oben), to

raise; pcf) — , to rise, arise.

etP'^en, to heighten, eleyate.
et^o'len, fld|, to recover, come

to, revive.
erin'ttedif^, within one's mem-

ory.
erilt'ltettl, pl^, to recall.
C^rin'uentttg, /., -en, reminder.
erfen'nen (erfannte, ertannt), to

recognize.
©tfett'nen, «., -«, understand-

ing, consciousness.
txtVd'vtn, to declare, announce.
^tfla'ntttg, /., -en, explanation,

Interpretation.
crle'bett, to live to see.
(&tith'm^f «., -iffe«, -tffe, event,

occurrence.
tvUid^'tttn, to relieve.
erlei'bett (erlitt, erlitten), to

suffer.
^rmang'elung, /., -en, lack,

want.
enttif te(tt, to ascertain.
ernä^'ren, to support.
C^rnie'bdgttttg, /., humiliation,

abasement.
@rnft, m.f -ti, seriousness.
ernft, serious.
ernft'^oft, earnestly.
eröffnen, to disclose, reveal.
^rre'gung, /., -en, agitation.
errei'd^en, to reach, attain, ol>

tain.

errö'teit, to blush.

Q:tto'itn, «., -«, blush, blushing.

erfd^et'nen (erfc^len, erjc^ienen)^

to appear, seem.
C^rfdyei'nen, «., -«, appearance.

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@rf i^ei'imttg,/. -f n, sight, figure.
erfd^lei'ii^ett (erfci^Iid), erfd^Uc^en),

to obtain by trickery.
tt\äi'6p^f exhausted, fatigued.
erfi^recf eil, to frighten.
tX^d^XOÜttn, frightened.
erf|lft'l(en, to espy, descry.
Q^rf^ttr'nii^,/., -iffc, savings.

CXft, first; only.
tt^axtÜ, benumbed.
Q:tftax'vnnii, /., numbness, tor-

pidity.
erftfltt'nen, to astonish, amaze.
tffttnSf in the first place, firstly.
er'ftere (bcr, bte, ba«), former.
txfttt'htn (crfiarb, erftorben), die.
etfhrecf en, |H, to extend, reach.
tXtii'ntn, to resound.

ert?a'geit (ertrug, ertrage«), to

bear.
tXWaä^'tn, to awake.
erttfär'men, to warm, warm up,

stimulate, encourage.
tXWafttn, expect.
dmar'tttltg,/., expectation.
etttiei'fett (ermie«, crtütefen), to

Show; etncm bte @^re — , to

do one the honor.
^rtoerC, /«.,-(e)S,-e, acquisition.
emi'bertt, to answer.
eraä^'leti, to teil.
@'fel, m,, -«, -, ass.
ef je« (aß, gegeffen), to eat.
@f' f ett, »., -«, -, eating, meal.
tiftOU, about, perchance, it may

be.
et'toaiS, something, anything;

somewhat rather-

©ttlettftiiegeki', /., -en, jest,

waggery.
e'Wig, for ever.
^iP^^fl'f special; cltt Sjfpreffer,

special messenger.

OfnüHIanf , m., -en, -en, manu-

facturer.
3faife(,/., -n, torch.
fa'benfd^einig, threadbare.
fft^'veit (U, a), to ride, drive, go,

pass.
ijfa^tt, /., -en, joumey, travel.
3rö^f'Sett0, «., -(e)«, -e, craft
gfatt, m,, -(e)«, gätte, case, emer-

gency, event, contingency.
farien (le, a), to fall.
gfattimettf {pronounce as in

French\ «., -(e)«, -S, insol-

vency, bankruptcy, failure.
falf4, false.
fertig, folded.
gfami'UentierfoIgttng, /., -erw

family persecution.
fatttOiS', precious, capitaL
fjar'be,/., -n, color.
e^ar'bentoefen, «., -«, -, color,

colors.
e^ftf fi^en, «.,-Vflittlecask,keg.
fttffen, to seize, catch; "^MX^t

to summon up courage.
fttft, almost.

gfaffnad^t,/., Shrove Tuesday.
f^aff nad^tölüge, /., -n, camival

lie.
gfoff ttaii^tö$ett, /., -en, week be-

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Sedi'tett, «., -«, -, begging.
fe^'Ien, to be lacking, missing.
gfeii'leir, w., -«, - mistake.
fei'erlifi^, solemnly.
fci'cnt, to celebrate.
fei«, fine(ly).
gfcCb, «., -(e)«, -fr, field.
^Ib'irattb, m.y -(c)«, -rönber,

edge of the field.
Bfelb'fette, /., -n, side towards

the field.
^Ib'toeg, m,, -(e)«, -e, field-

path, byway.
8ferfett, m,, -«, -, rock.
gfen'fter, «., -«, -, window.
Sfen'jitevgeftmiS, »., -fe«, -fe, win-

dow-sill.
%tVi'^tX^m9f m,, -fe«, -fe, win-

dow-sill.
fewte, far» far distant; Oon — ,

from a distance.
3fef ne, /., -n, distance.
fet'ttet, further, besides.
ier'tig, complete.
feft, fixed(ly), finn(ly), solid(ly),

tigbt(ly).
%t% «., -68, -c, festival, party.
feff Mnbett (a, u), to tie fast.
Jeff gebmttr solidly built.
fefTfKiItett (ic, a), to hold fast,
gfefrigfeit,/., firmness.
^{f faal, «w., -(c)«, -fälc, parlor.
Sett'et, «., -«, -, fire.
fttt'Hg, fiery, spirituous,spirited,

red-hot.
8fipff/M-en, figure.
ptt'bett (a, v)f to findj ftd^ In ble

@ac^e — , to become reconciled

to the business, to adapt one-

self to circumstances.
gfittg'er, m,y -«, -, finger.
fjittg'eir^ttt, m,, -(c)«, -^üte,

thimble.
fjittg'erf^i^e,/., -n, finger-tip.
JJifl^, m,, -e«, -e, fish.
flacf ent, to flicker.
%Vk\^'^tU, «., -«, -, small

bottle, bottle.
gfloWe,/., -n, bottle.
flaf tent, to flutter.
^it\\ii\f «., -e«, meat.
flet'^ig, industrious.
fliegen (o, o), to fly.
fiie'^Clt (0, 0), to flee.
^lif tergolb, «., -c«, tinsel.
glö'te,/., -n, flute.
^^^'ttXif to secure.
fiild^'tig, hasty.
^lül^f (ing, m.,^i% -e, fugitive,

refugee.
3ftor, w., -(c)«, -c, entrance-hall,

landing of a staircase.
Pft'ertt, to whisper.

forgen, to foUow.

folg'ffim, obediently.
fjorerie,/., -n, trout.
JJomt,/., -cn, form.
X^xm'Wik^f formally.
for'fd^ett, to search.
fort, on, forward, forth, away;

er tjl — , he has gone.
forfftt^reit (u, a), to go on, con-

tinue.
forfJelfett(a, o), fid^, to contlnue.
forffc^affett, to get (someone)

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forff eijettr to continue.
3fortfe^tttt0,/.,-en, continuation.
forf toft^rettb (also fortwö^'renb),

constantly, continually.
Srta'ge,/., -n, question.
fra'gett, to ask.
JJrött, /., -en, woman, lady,

wife.
f^iratt'ettliilb, «., -(e)«, -er, pic-

ture or figure of a woman,

figurehead.
3firiitt'ettttiime(ii), *»., -«, -cn,

woman's name.

%xavi!tv^^xmmtx, «.,-«,-, woman.

8firftlt'(eitt, «., -«, -, young lady,

miss.
frei, free, open; Im grelen, in

the open air; In« gretc, into

the open air.
^Xtx'liitxif /., f reedom.
fref lifi^, to be sure, of course, it

is true.
fremb, stränge, foreign; ber

grembc, the stranger, for-
eigner.
fremb'arttg, stränge, unusual.
treffen (fraß, c), to eat (of ani-

mals), eat gluttonously.
%XtVi'^tf /., -n, joy, pleasure.

freu'beftra^lenb, beaming with

pleasure.
freu'en, to afford pleasure; e«

freut mic^, it affords me

pleasure.
Sfretttt'bin, /., -Innen, female

f riend, f riend.
freuttb'U^, pleasant(ly).
IreitnbttaÄ'ÜarHft, neighborly.

frettttb'fli^aftnitr friendly, ami-

cably.
fre'liel^ft, wickedly, atrocious-

gfrie'bettdriii^ter, w., -%, -, ju».

tice of the peace, magistrate.
frieb'Ul^, peaceful.
frle're« (o, o), to be cold, be

chilled, freeze.
frifl^, fresh; newly; — ! Be

quick 1
friftert, curly or well-dressed

(hair).
fx^'M&l, happy, joyous, gay,

jovial, jelly.
f^ro^'ftnn, »*., -(e)«, cheerful-

ness.
fruf^f lOd, fruitless.
frü^, early; -er, previous.
gfrfi^e, /., early time; In attft

— , early in the moming.
frfi^'fHIlfen, to breakfast.
fft'geu, fll^, to happen, come to

pass.
3r^'0ttltg, /., -en, dispensation

(of Providence).
füllen, to feel.
fü^riO^, insensible.
fft^'ren, to lead, conduct, carry,

carry on.
3fiiyrer, m., -«, -, guide.
%Vi%x'WXl, «., -(e)«, -t, vehicle

carriage.
fünf, five; -teil«, fifthly;

-^e^tt, fifteen.
fünf ein, to sparkle.
für, f or ; — fid^, to himaelf.
5nri^t,/.,fear.

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Mlifhat, fearful.

fftVf^tett, to fear.

fftrdf'tetUA, frightful.

fltrdif foitt, timid.

^ürH, m., -en, -en, prince.

^ÜT'i^nmanttif m., -«, -mäntcl,

robe of a prince.
ffttfrUl^, princely.
gftti w., -e«, güße, foot.
Sfitg'giittgev, iw., -«, -, pedes-

trian.
fftttent, to feed, line (a garment).

<0

®a'6eI,/.,-tt,fork.
%i\(xtVlif fermenting.
%alopp\ m,, -(c)«, galop.

§aIo^^ie'?ett, to galop.

(Bang, m,, -(e)«, ©finge, passage,

hall, galt, Step.
@tttt5,/., ®änfc, goose, silly girl.
gang, completely, quite.
gSng'U^, wholly, absolutely.
gar, quite, at all.
%üxnf «., -(«)«f yarn.
^ar'temQeg, »*., -<c)«, -c,garden-

path.
®aft w., -e«, Oöpe, guest.
0a{f frennb, »«., -(c)«, -c, enter-

tain'jr.

(^ft'fvennbf^aft,/., hospitaiity.
@(aff tauiS, «., -e«, -Käufer, hotel.
(^l|Of, m,, -(c)«, -l^öfe, hotel.
gOfriUff, hospitable.
^anleleV, /., -en, trick, illusion,

imposture.
©a'jegewanb, «., -(c)«, -wönbcr,

gauze robe.

^ebal^'ven, «., -«, course of ac-

tion.
Qkbftt'benf^iel, «., -(e)«, -e, ges-
tures, pantomlme.
gebft'ren (gebar, geboren), to bear

(a child).
gc'ben (a, e), to give; e« gtbt,

there is, there are.
geber'ben, pl^, to carry on, act.
gebleuten (gebot, geboten), to com-

mand, dictate.
^ebie'tev, »*., -«, -, master.
^ebil'be, «., -«, -, structure,

form.
gebo'ven, bom, genuine, native.
^ebftfii^', «., -e«, -e, thicket.
^ebanf e, »*., -n«, -n, thought,

idea.
gebeift', spread (of tables).
geben'Ien (gebac^te, gebadet), to

think, mean to.
^ebrSng'e, «., -«, crowd, crush.
^ebttlb', /., patience.
©efajir',/., -cn, danger.
gefä^r'U^r dangerously.
^efä^rf , «., -(c)«, -e, vehicle.
®efä^t'te, »«., -n,-n, companion.
^efft^r'titt, /., -innen, female

companion, companion.
gefarien (gefiel, gefaUen), to

please.
©efSnigfeit,/., -en, kindness.
gefSlffi^f , counterfeited, adulter-

ated.
^efft^r, «., -(e)«, -e, feeling.
©e'genb,/., -en, vicinity, region.
^e'genftanb, /»., -(e)«, -ftänbe,

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(^t'qtnitil, «.,-(e)«,-c,opposite;
Im — , on the contrary.

^t^tnü'htt, towards, in relation
to, opposite.

&t'^tnmatt, /., present

gel^eim', secret.

^tfitim'm», «., -iffe«, -iffc, se-
cret, mystery.

qtfitm'ni^t>l>Uf mysterious{ly).

ge'ictt (ging, gegangen), to go,
walk, lead (of a road).

^e'lien, «., -«, going.

geP'ren, fld^, to be fitting.

gel^d'tig, appropriate, necesisary.

^e^or'fam, m., -8, obedience.

®el'gc,/., -n, violin.

®eift fn., -eö, -er, spirit.

©ei'fteööegettttmrt, /., presence
of mind.

geiffUft, Spiritual.

geift'reili^, cleverly, ingeniously.

(Bttää^'itt, «., -«, laughter.

@e(flg'(e), «., -(c)«, -e, banquet.

®e(ätt'be, «., -«, -, tract of

country.
gelangten, to come to, reach,

arrive, attain.
@e(b, «., -(e)«, -er, money.
©elb'ftfti!, «., -(e)«, -e, coin,

piece of money.
gele'gen, situated.
®e(e'genJett,/.-en,opportunity.
gerten (a, o), to pass for.
^emiid^', «., -(e)«, -machet, room,

apartment.
gemai^f, affected.
gemS^', according to, in con-

formity with.

getiteitt', ordinary, common.

gemein'fam, jointly.

©emü'fe, «., -«, -, vegetables.

getttüf (i4f kindly disposed, niceb

genau', exactly.

geneigf , inclined.

®tnttaV, m,, -(e)«, ©eneräle,
general.

genie'^en (genog, genoffen), to
enjoy, partake of.

@eno$', m,, -ffen, -ffen, compaa-
ion, associate.

genug', enough.

gettttg'fam, sufficiently, enough
for all practical purposes, suf-
ficiently long.

®ettUg't4ttttttg,/.| satisfaction,

^etttt^', m., -ttuffc«, -nüffe, plea-
sure.

®tpiUtf «., -(e)«, -e, baggage.

gefltt^f , finely dressed.

geVfl'be, straight; just, exact«

gerobeond', straight on, straighl

forward.
gera'bestt, directly, right out.
geni'tett (geriet, geraten), to get,

fall into, come, come upon,

hit upon.
gerftu'mig, large.
®tthlWt «•» -^^f -^f noise, din.
gerinf(^'(0i9, noiseless.
gerättf^'HOlI, noisy.
gerei^t^, righteous. [in the least
gering^, slight, little; im — fteWf
&tnp^ptf »., -S, -, skeleton.
gertt{e), willingly, to like to.
©crül^t^, «., -e(S), -e, report.

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8erilfr(e)^ «., -e«, e, scaffold,

frame.
^efanbf f4aft, /., -en, delega-

tion.
©efattg'^ f«M-e8, -fange, singing.
^fj^äff , «., -(e)«, -e, business.
®efd|äftig!eit,/.,bustle.
gefdlSfti^'erfa^rett, experienced

in business.
©eff^Sft^'matm, w., -(e)8, -män^

ner, business man.
®efi^Sftg'relfe, /., -n, business

trip.
®efi^8ftrfilj»att!ttttg, /., -tn,

fluctuation in business.
gefdje'^eii (gcfd^a^, gefd^e^cn), to

happen, be done.
geffl^etf , clever.
@(ef ^tfll'te, /., -n, affair, Story.
^eff^ilfa^fett^ /., dexterity,

skill. [taste.

^eff^maif r w., -(e)«, -fd^möde,
geff^mei'big, flexible, supple.
^efd^fi^^botmer, m., -«, thunder

of mortars.
geff^toftli^t, weakened.
^eff^toab'e?, «., -«, - squadron.
gefd^toittb', quickly.
gefehen, pdj, to join.
^^efett'f f^aft, /., -«n, Company.
gefett'ff^aftK^, social, pertain-

ing to Society.
gefe*'rt4 legaiay).
Qkfidif , «., -(c)«, -er, face.
&t^\äiWiüqt, //., features.
©efltt'be, «., -8, -, domestics,

household.
gefllttif , minded.

&tipann', «., -(e)«, -e, span,

team.
gefliattttf, fixed, tense, atten«

tive.
gef^en'fKfli^, like a specter.
^ef^rä^'r «•» -(«)«/ -«/ conver-

sation.
®efta(f , /., -en, figure, form.
geftel^'ett (geflanb, geflanben), to

confess.
^tffttn, yesterday.
geffrtg, of yesterday, yester-

day*s.
®tSuäl', n., -(e)«, -e, request.
gefu^t'r select.
gefuttb', well.
©eträttf, «., -(e)«, -e, drink,

beverage.
getreu^ faithful, true.
gettoff , courageously, confident-

^etiafterin, /., -Innen, god-

mother; {/am.) aunt, aunty.

&t\>at'tttd^an, /., -en, god-

mother.
gewä^'ren, to grant, vouchsafe,

let alone, fumish.
&tWaU\ /., force.
gewärtig, enormous, tremen-

dous, mighty; tremendously,

powerfully.
gewalffam, violent, high-

handed ; forcibly, nolens

volens.
geWanbf, versatlle, clever; dex-

terously, cleverly, in an expert

manner.
geWSr'tigett, to wait for, await.

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gemitt'ttett (fletoann, getoonnen),

to win, gain.
Qet9i§', certainly,surely ; certain.
®e»iffett, «., -«, - conscience.

^emiffetttoftgfeU,/., unscrupu-

lousness.
get9iffentta'§en, to a certain de-

gree, so to say, as it were,

somehow.
&t\»Witt, «., -9, -, thunder-

storm.
gemB^'nen^ fid), to become ac-

customed.
getQO^ttf , accustomed.
qtMihif, arched.
gemür'felt, checked.
®ier, /., lust, greediness.
giefe'en (o, gcgoffcn), to pour,
&ian^, m., -c«, splendor.
glän'jett, to shine, glitter, glisten,

sparkle.
glftn'senb, polished, shining,

brilliant, splendid.
®laö, «., -c«, ©läfer, glass.
glau'ben, to believe, think.
gifttt'big, credulous.
gleif^, like, same ; immediately,

at once, presently.
^tvSsl\tM, likewise.
gleilit'Settig, simultaneously, at

the same time.
©lieb, «., -(e)«, -er, limb.
®to(re,/.,-n, bell.
glor'rei^, glorious.
®lü!f, «., -(e)«, fortune, hap-

piness, luck.
@(Üllf ei^meii^f el, »»., -«, -, change

of f ate.

glft'leit, to glow.

©ofbad^, Goldach.

©0rba4^^f <^^ o^ pertaining to

Goldach; an inhabitant of

Goldach.
@0lb'bit4fUibe, m., -n, -n, gilt

letter.
goCbett, gold, of gold.
@0lb't9age, /., -n, balance for

weighing coin.
(^^M, w., -e«, -Oötter, God, god.
®3frttt,/., -Innen, goddess.
grabaui^' = gerabeaiti^.
®raf, f«., -cn, -cn, count.
^ra'fettroif, »f., -(e)«, -rode,

count*s coat.
@ra'f(ttf0i^nr »»•» -^^ A^'m, son

of a count, young count.
^rS'ftn, /., -Innen, countess.
gram'bott, grievous, grieved.
^rattaf banm, m,, -(e)9, -bäume,

pomegranate-tree.
^raHttftf (pronounce Ö /i^ to),

/., gravity.
greifen (griff, gegriffen), to seize,

lay hold on, reach; an bie

SD^ü^e — , to touch one's cap.
gnm'mig, terrible.
grofc great, large.
grB^'tettteUi^, for the most

part.
grfitt, green; ©rüne«, greens aa

a garnish for food.
@ntnb, m,, -(e)9, ©rünbe, reason,

pretext.
grün'ben, to found.
gntnb'f ft^Uli^, on principl«.
grft'lett, to greet.

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duthtn, m,y -«, -, florin (worth

about 42 Cents).
Olttt^r /., favor; ju -tn, in

favor o£.
gftn'fHg, favorable.
(Anx^U, /., -n, cucumber.
gut, good.
®ni, «., -(e)«, ®Üter, property,

estate, possessions.
©ft'te,/., goodness.
gÄ'tig, good.
guf ntiltig^ good-natured.
^ntj^lenr, w., -n, -cn, lord of

a manor, landed proprietor.
öiitö'Jenrltt,/., -Innen, lady.

4>airr, «., -{t)i, -t, hair.

^aar'Bftrfte,/., -n, hair-brush.

lia'Bett rtatte, gehabt), to have.

^a'Bittti^, w., -, costume.

^a^'feligfeit,/., -en, possession.

fiath, half.

^alh'ho^tn, m,, -9, semi-circle.

iattbttttfcr, half dark.

ffüthttf on account of, for the
sake of.

^Olü'ftetö, »f. ,-c«,-c, semi-circle.

^aWtinqf m^ -(e)«, -c, semi-
circle.

«aif te,/.,-n, half; aur — , half.

^al^f m,, -e«, Jpälfc, neck.

liarten, (le, a), to halt, stop,
consider; für gelommcn — , to
consider the time had come;
^d^ — , to keep oneself, stay,
remain, keep, hold out, stick
to, continue.

$a(f tttfen, «.,-«, calling to stop.
^ortllttg,/., -cn, carriage,bear-
ing, attitude.

roast mutton.
^mivxtXlSitvXtf /., -n, leg of

mutton.
$anb, /., $änbe, hand.
$an'be(, m,^ -9, matter, affair.
$att'be(i$(eitte,//.,busine8S men.

^Sn'bereilienb, rubbing (his)

hands.
(anb'feft, stout, solid.
^Oltb'grofi, the size of a hand.
^anb'reibitng, /., -cn, rubbing

of the hands.

^mtb'fii^nl^, w., -(c)«, -e, glove.
^anb'fhreiii^, »«., -(c)«, -e, sur-

prise, bold stroke.
$ang, m., -(c)«, $än0C, propen-

sity, inclination.

l^ang'en (i, a), to hang.

l^Öng'en (l, a), to hang, cling;

im 3iJfömmcn^ang — , to be

connected with.
^ar'nifli^, m., -c«, -c, armor.

l^ar'ren, to wait.

^ort, hard, harsh.
l^of' |ieln, to wind on a reel.
l^af fen, to hate.
$aft, /., hurry, haste.
^affig, hastily, quickly.
S^WX&i, m., -(c)«, -c, breeze.
l^au'en ftlcb, au), to cut.
$au'fe (tt), »»., -«, -, crowd.
$au|it, «., -(c)«, $äu^)ter, head,
$ait|if beftanbteU, w., -(e)«, -f^
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^au^, «., -c«, Käufer, house,

firm; gu — e, at home; nadj

— e, home.
^Sttd'f^en, «., -«, - little house,

cottage.
f^an'^tn, to live, remain.
^an^'^tift, m,, -e«, -er, domestic

divinity.
S^WX%'\fiiX^ m,, -(c)«, -c, estab-

lishment, household.
^Otti^'l^ett, /«., -tt, -eil, master

of the house.
^iiXA'Ht^i^ m., -«, -c, boots.
$aiti$'t]^JIre, /., -tt, outside door,

street-door, front door.
^e'ftCtt (0, o), ^<i\, to rise, heave.
heften, to fasten, fix.
•^Cftig, intense(ly), passionate

(ly), violent(ly).
l^e'gett^ to cherish.
l^eib'nifli^^ heathen.
^eil, «., -^f healing.
^ei'mot, /., -en, home.
litm'ix^, secretly, on the sly.
l^etm'fli^tifen, to send home.
l^etm'fltfi^en^ to pursue, harass.
l^ei'raten, to marry.

$ei'ratiS{af^en, //., wedding

matters.
^ei^, hot, fiery, intense.
l^ei'ien iSt, ci), to call, be called.

^ei'terfeit^ /., mirth.
$elb, m.j -cn, -cn, hero.
l^erfen (a, o), to help; jtd^ gu —

tolffcti, to know what to do.
^CÄ, bright, clear.
tett'fel^enb^ seeing clearly.
fj^ttf here, hither.

^eratt^ on, near, up (here).
l^eran'roKett^ to roll up.
l^eran'ttetett (a, t), to step up.
l^eran'toel^ett^ to spring up (of a

breeze).
^txav^\ out.
l^erani^'^ringett (Brad^te, ge«

brad^t), to get out of.
l^eraui^'ge^en (a, c), to hand over.
l^erani^'guifeu, to look out.
l^eraiti^'nel^itten (a, genommen),

to take out, get out.
l^eraui^'fii^lagen (u, o), to get out

of, make, realize.
%txm^'\aBßtxitn (fd^rltt, %t\&fdi*

ten), to Step out.
Iteram^'ftetten, {lii^^ to tum out,

prove.
l^er^ei', here, hither, on, near.
l^er^ei'fommen (!am, o), to ap-

proach, come up.
^er^ei'ritfen (ie, u), to call up.
^et'^ergiSfammer, /., -n, room

in an inn.
^er^ft'naiitmittag, w., -(e)«, -c,

autumn aftemoon.
l^er'eUett, to hasten (out).
^erein^ in, into.
^erein'breii^ett (a, o), to break in,

befall.
$erein'^refi^en, «., -«, befailing.
l^erein'^ringen (brad^te, gebrad^t),

to bring in.

l^erem'bringett (a, n), to msh

in.
l^erttie'betrfel^ett (a, e), to look

down.
l^ero'iffl^^ like a hero.

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^txt, m., -n, -en, gentleman,

master, sir.
^tvxlxtifitit, /., -en, splendor,

grandeur.
^err'fii^aft, /., -cti, master,

mistress; — en, ladies and

gentlemen.
Ijm'ffl^aftUli^, belonging to a

person of rank, noble, lordly.
^err'fij^afti^leitte, //., persons of

rank, gentry.
ilttnm'f around.
lentm'^atttierett^ to manipulate,

handle, poke.
^tttm'lan^tn (Ic, au), to go

around.
llentm'f Ogett, to saw around (at),

cut into clumsily.

«jentm'tragen (u, a), to carry

^entn'ter^ down. [around.

ienm'terfommen {tarn, o), to

come down.
Ijeinttt'teYfteigen (le, tc), to come

down.
IjerHor'^ forth, forward, out.

|eriior'^re4eit {a, o), to burst

forth, break forth.
Ijernor'^nngen (brad^tc, gcbrad^t),

to produce, cause.
fftXt^OXfithtn {o, o), to emphasize,

lay stress on.
f^ttt^Ot^f^oitUf to produce, utter.
htti^ox'^ptin^tn (a, u), to spring

out, jump out.

I)erii0ir'fitf^eit^ to seek out.
i^emor'maitbedt, to walk out of .
iemoir'aielieit (gog, gcgogcn), to
draw out, pull out.

l^er'madlfeit (u, a), to come f rem.
l^er'mattbertt, to stroU (thisway).
^tt^f «., -cn8, -cn, heart.
^er'aog, w., -(e)8, -«, duke.
$eit, «., -(e)«, hay.

l^enien, to cry.

fitn'it, to-day.

l^iebitriit^ by this.

i^it'mit {not emphaU ^tetttltO,

with this.
^ier, here.
^ier'anf {not emphat hierauf),

hereupon, after this.
^ier'für, for this (purpose).
$ilfe,A-n, help.
$im'me(^ w., -«, - heaven, sky.

^im'melreiii^, «., -«, happiness.
S^\xeCmt\^t% «., -(e)«, -«,

canopy of heaven.
^itt, there, thither.
l^inatt'^ up.
^tnan'geleiten^ to conduct or

accompany up.
l^iltOttf ^ up.
l^ittaui^', out.

l^inani^'fKiegeit (o, o), to fly out.
^tn'beugett, ftii^, to stoop.
^in'bliifeit, to look.
l^tn'bertt^ to prevent, impede.
^m'berttii^^ <«., -Iffc«, -Iffc,

hindrance, obstacle.
^inbnrii^'ge^eit (ging, gegangen),

to go through.
hinein', in, into.
l^inein'gudeit, to look in.
l^inem'fommeit (!am, o), to come

in.
l^iu'fal^reit (u, a), to drive there.

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Ibt'geBeit {a, t\ fic^, to devote
oneself to, abandon oneself to,
resign oneself to.

littge'geit, on the other hand.

litt'geleUett^ to accompany.

W^ltÜtn (gtitt, gegUtten), to
glide along.

(iit'reif^eit^ to suffice.

l^in'reifeettb, charming.

l^in'ff^ie^en (o, o), to push to-

wards.
^ilt'ter^ rear; behind.
^iitterBHng'ett (^Interbrad^te, ^in«

terbrad^t), to acquaint with,

notify of, inform.
(itt'terlaffett (le, a), to leave

behind.
ffMtttitn {a, e), to step (up) to.
^itmit'te?ff^liitgett (a, u), to

swallow down.
l^ist'tQaitbeltt, to walk there or

back.
littmeg', away.
Iliiweg'ge^eii (ging, gegangen),

to go away.
littnieg'metfeit {a, o), to throw

away.
ffin'mtf tu {a, O), to throw down.
(ittait'fe^eit, to add.
4ifto'irifii^>etl)]t00raXif4^ his-

torico-ethnographic.
1)0! hoUol
|0f^, high.

^od^'ebette^/., -n, piateau.
|B4ft, most, greatest.
^odl'^H, /., -en, wedding.
$of, f«., -(e)8, $bfe, court-yard,
fann.

löffelt, to hope.

^offtmitg,/. -en, hope.

$0ff ttttItgiSlofigfett,/., hopeless-

ness, despair.
$0f leute, //., courtiers, people

at court.
Wf Kl^, polite(ly).
^3'|e, /., -n, height; dignity;

in bte — , up.
^li'fitpvnft, f«., -(e)«, -e, height
|0lb, charming, favorable.
l^olb'felig, gracious, amiable.
%0'Un, to fetch, get.
$0l§, «., -c«, wood.
^B'ren, to hear.
^0rtt^ «., -(e)8, $önter, hom.
^O'^tn, //., trousers.
Pbfli^, pretty, nice.
f^nWttidlf graciously.
pfiffe, /.,-n,help.
(ürien, to envelope, cover.
iinn'htti, hundred; —taufeitb, a

hundred thousand.
^Utt'ger^ m., -«, hunger.
$it{ar', m., -en, -en, hussar.
^Vt, m., -(e)«, $üte, hat.
lBJ&!it% fldj, to take care, be on

one's guard.

Hr, her.
31jr, your.

U>'re?fetti5, in her tum.
i^'rige (ber, ble, ba«), hers.
im'mer, always, throughout.
im'metifort^ constantly.
im'mergrfttt, evergreen.
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in, in, into.

tsbem', while, at the same time;
in that, by.

ittbeffeit, while.

btfam', base, disgraced.
Sn^fiait, m,, -(e)8, content,

meaning.
ilt'lfttlbifli^^ native, domestic,

home.
in'lie l^aüeit, to hold, occupy;

— toerben, to be conscious of .
in'ntfiaUtn (ie, a), to stop.
tn'lter, inward.
itii$=itt haS.

Stt'f l^n^ /., -cn, inscription.
iv\0tütW, in so far.
iuttXt^tmif, interesting.
tttjt9i{4'ett^ in the meanwhile.
ir'Qeitb {aäv.)^ anywhere, any-

way, ever, perhaps; — ein,

eine, ein, any, some.
Wf^tnhtOO, somewhere.
Sft'gftltger, m., -«, -, Wanderer

from the strait and narrow

path.
^talit'ntt, m,, -«, -, Italian.

ja, yes; why.

Sßfl^f /., -en, hunt, chase, hunt-

ing.
Sagb'toageit, m., -«, -, dog-cart.
SS'ger, m.f -«, -, hunter, game-

keeper.
8a^r, «., -(e)«, -c, year.
3a^tliltlt'bert, «., -«, -e, Century.
Salr'titairft, w., -(e)8, -märfte,

fair.

Sam'merüilb, «., -(e)«, -er, pic-
ture of misery.

i&1tt'mer(ili§, piteously.

je, ever, each ; je — , je — ; Je — ,
bcfto — , the — , the — {wüA
comparaiivgs)\ — mciS^, ever.

{e'benfatti^, at any rate, at all
events, doubtless.

ic'b-er, -e, -t^, each, every.

je'benttatttt, every one.

ie'betr$eit, always.

ie'bei^mat, every time.

jeboii^', however.

ieg'tifl^-er, -c, -ei5, each.

[t'man'^f anyone.

jen'feitiS, on the other side.

3e'fiiS a^rift, w., 3cfu (Sl^rlfU,
Jesus Christ; ©elobt fei 3efu«
(S^rlft! Heaven be praised.

je^Hg, present.

je^t, now.

iü'biff^, Jewish.

iimgf young.

^nit'ge, m,, -n, -n, boy.

^üng'Iittg, f«., -«, -e, youth.

3lltlf er, f«., -%f -, nobleman.

\Vi% just.

Äof fce, w., -«, coffee.

ÄOt'fer, m., -«, -, emperor.

Äalb, «., -(c)«, ^älbcv, calf.

fatt, coldly.

Äftrte,/., cold.

ßäm'liel, »«., -^, -, ißwiss) =

Äamcl', «., cameL
^ameüa, /., -len, camellia.
^amm, w., -(e)«, Äämme, comb.

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fftm'mett, fllft, to comb one's

hair.
^ana'titnUfjiiiit, m., -(e), -e, ca-

nary cage.
^a)fii'itU\^txXf w.,-n, -en, canon.
^araf fe^ /., -n, carafe, flagon,

decanter.
^tLxHna'xmauizlf m., -«, -man*

itXf a Wide sleeveless cloak.
fartteorfarbig, carnelian-colored.
Äar'te, /., -n, card; bei bcn —,

at Cards.
^atafihro>4e,/., -n, catastrophe.
^atl^ttt'fa, Polish woman's name.
^a^'enfopf, m,, -c«, -töpfc,

small mortar for firing salutes.
fait'fett, to purchase.
fftttf Ul^, that can be purchased,

on the market.
^aitfmanttiSttame(tt), m,, -end;

-cn, merchant's name.
fttttin, scarcely, hardly.
ferf, boldly.
feiii-er, -c, -t^, no.
fei'ttei^ttiegi^, by no means.
Äellii, m., -(c)«, -t, chalice.
^tVltX, m., -«, -, cellar.
^tü'ntXf m., -«, -, waiter.
fertem, to press grapes, make

wine.
fett'ttett (fannte, getannt), to

know.
^erb'^o(§, «., -c«, -^ölgcr, tally,

notched stick ; auf« — bringen,

to chalk up, Charge.
Äert, m.y -(c)«, -c, fellow.
Äertt, w., -(e)«, -c, kemel.
Äet'tC,/., -n, chain.

Äittb, «., -(c)«, -er, child.
^ttb'l^ett, /., childhood.
^ir'ii^e, /., -n, church.
^ir'ii^ettfäitle, /., -n, church-

pillar.
^ir'fli^e^ /., -n, cherry.
na'gett, to complain, lament.
Mar, clear; im -cn fein, to see

to the bottom of, understand.
flat'ff^ett, applaud; mit ben

$önben — ^ to clap the hands.
^Uib, «., -(e)«, -er, dress, gar-

ment (//.) clothes.
flei'bett, to dress; jtd^ — , to

dress.
Älei'bltllg,/., clothing.
tlei'bitttgiSfiHlrf, «., -(e)«, -e, ar-

ticle of clothing, garment.
fleiil, small; -c @tunbe, less

than an hour, short hour.
^(ei'tttgfeit, /., -cn, trifle.
^teitt'Pbtentt, /., -innen, in-

habitant of a small town, pro-

vincial.
fUng'eltt, to ring, clink.
fUr'rett, to clink, rattle.
flopf'en, to beat, hammer,

knock.
^(Öfli^Ctt, «., -«, -, little balls

of flour, etc., used as fiUing in

a meatpie.
^(ttg'^eit, /., prudence, clever-

ness.
^neii^f li^ett, «., -«, -, boy.

f ttiff crtt, to crunch (of snow\
Äilij, w., -(e)«, -, courtesy.
^od^'en, w., -«, -, bone.
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lil^'eil, to Cook, prepare a meal,

boiL
fii^'iit, /., -innen, (woman)

Cook.
ÄJffer, «., -9, -, trunk.
hUk, coquettish.
fioKehemr' {pronounce last syl-

lahle as in FrencK)^ tn,^ -(e)^,

-f, keeper of a lottery-office.
filoffoC, colossal.
l0in'meit (tarn, o), to come.
ftom^nmeitf , «., -(e)«, -e, com-

pliment, bow.
I^lmfe!f, «., -(e)«, -e, sweet-

meats, comfits.
l^onfli!f , zw., -(e)«, -e, conflict,

disagreement.
j^d'tiig, w., -(e)«, -e, king.
I^B'ttigi^tiaar, «., -(c)«, -e, royal

couple.
IBtt'tten (tonnte, getonnt), can, to

be able.
Äo^f, w., -e«, Äö^)fe, head.
j^0)lf toell^ M., -(e)d, headache.
j^ori, w., -(e)«, Äörbe, basket.
ftdt'^ier^ w., -«, -, body.
ftorref|i0ttbetta', /., -en, corre-

spondence.
foft'ett, to cost, taste.
fdft'Ult, ezcellent, charming.
foftftntterf r i» costume.
JTotetetf , «., -(e)«, -«, cutlet.
frSftig, strong, nourisbing,

mighty.
ftril'^e, /., -n, crow.
frSitf elnb, sickly, ailing.
fraitf en, to be sick (an, from).
^wx^f m., -e«, ^änge, wreath.

Shreid, «., -e«, -e, circle.

üren^, «., -e«, -e, cross.
fren'seit, to cross ; jtd^ — , to cross

one another*s way, mingle.
Shren^'fihra^e, /., -n, cross-road.
Ätieg, »f., -(e)«, -e, war.
frie'gertff^, warlike.
SM!%tli!B^tn, n., -«, -, pouch-

shaped wine bottle.
frjim'men, fll^, to bend, grovel.
Ml^'e, /., -n, kitchen.
Mfi^'entl^üre, /., -n, kitchen-

door.
ffilftt, boldly.

5htm'metr, w., -8, son-ow, grief.
fftm'merÜli^, scanty, distressed.
Ätttt'be,/., -n, news.
fnn'big, experienced, expert ; bie

^nbigen, such as know.
fönf tig, future.
^nff ler, w., -«, -, artist.
fttt 5, Short, curt, slight ; in short ;

Oor -ent, a short time before.
ütf fen, to kiss.
^aStOfiX, m., -«, -, coachman.

fntfii^ie'ren, to drive.

£a4'«t0r, m, and «., -(e)«, -^5re,

Chorus of laughter.
\Mlt\% to smile.
SSl4'e(n, »., -«, smile.
(aii^'en, to laugh.
Sadl'en, «., -8, laughter.
(ftli^'erltli^, laughable, ridiculous.

amusing.

lacfte'ren, to vamish.

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WUn {n, a; labete, gefoben), to

invite.
ßÄ'9e»/-»-nf Position.
lametttie'reit^ to lament, bewail.
fihmp'^tn, «., -9, litüe lamp.
f^anh, «., -(e)«, Sänber, country.
fian'U^Woffi, «., -«, well-being

or interest of the country.
(anblilllftg, customary in the

country, current.
Battb'fhrafie^ /., -cn, country-

road, highway.

lan^(t), long.

tangf^in'^tftttdt, stretched out

at füll length.
Iftttg'Uf^, longish.

(attg'fam, siowiy.

(ftttgfi, long since.

ian^'mili^, tedious, irksome,

slow.
Sftfltt, fn,y ~{t)9, tumult, hubbub.
(oTfen (Ueß, gclaffcn), to let,

leave, leave undone, let (one)

have; fi(!^ — , to permit one-

self to be.
ßttfrwritteil, «., -4, -, sied for

carrying heavy loads.
ßimf, w., -(e)«, Saufe, course,

galt.
(Ott'fett (if, au), to nin, walk.
2an'nt, /., -n, humor, good

humor.
(im'fd^etl, to listen,
(out, loud.
lan'Ut, nothing but.
tanifU^, silently, in silence;

breathless.
tt'htu, to live.

2t'htn, ».. -9, -, life.
lt'htn»^9fi, jolly.
£e'üetti$9ei^er,//.,anima] spirita.
Whtn^lan^, for life.
Se'üetti^meg, m., -(e)«, -e, manner

or course of life.
2t'htn9miUf /•» -«/ manner of

living; (//.) habits.
(eb'^aft, lively.
(elf er, dainty, delicious.
Seif ennaitl, «., -(e)«, ~m&uler,

fastidious eater, epicure.
leer, empty.
Itt'ttn, to empty.
le'geit, to lay ; fid^ — , to subside.
U^ntn, fif^, to lean.
^tt^fami, «., -(e)«, -ämter, in-

structorship. [Instruction,
ße^re,/.,-«, teaching, doctrine,
ße^rer, /«., -9, -, teacher.
ßeib, »i.,-e«,-er, bodv, stomach.
(eib'l^aft, living, very.
(eili^t, light, easy, soft.
(eili^f Üef^mittgt, light-winged.
(eil^f fertig, light, frivolous.
(eil^f (il^, easily.
(efbeit (litt, getttten), to suffer,

bear, tolerate, put up with;

einen — mögen, to like one.
Bei'betI, n,,-9, -, sorrow, trouble.
Sefbenff^aft,/., -en, passion.
(ei'beitf4aftti^# passionate, vio>

lent.
(ei'fe, softly, slight(ly); little
lei'ftett, to render, give.
ßeiffeil, «., -«, -e, rein, reins.
(ettf en, to guide, direct.
Senf erin, /., -innen, driver.

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kt'ntn, to learn.

le'f eil (a, e), to read

Iti^i, last.

Iti'itn», lastly.

lti'ittt(t), latter.

Seit'mitnb^ »»., -(e)«, repute.

üttlfttf //., people, servants.

fiHt, «., -(e)«, -er, light.

liei, dear; — l^aben, to love.

gie'KAlove.

Ite'^eit, to love.

IWhtn^WÜthl^, amiable.

(ie'üer, rather.

IWhtt^oti, lovingly, affectionate-

lleradj, lovely.
ßiei'fc^aft,/., -en, love-affair.
8ieb, «., -(f)«, -er, song.
lie'gett (a, t), to lie, be situated.
2in'ht, /., -n, linden.
fiin'bettfrott)^ w., -e«, -fränje,

wreath ^r circle of linden trees.
Htä», left.
firfe^ALizzy.
(o'Bett, to praise.
fioif e^ /., -n, lock (of hair).
(Olf ett, to entice.
SBf fe(, zw., -«, -, spoon.
fioi^, «., -e«, -e, ticket.
Wfett, fll^, to be solved.
ßottcde',/., -cn, lottery.
Sotterie'matttt^ /«., -(e)«, -mön*

ner, dealer in lottery tickets.
29ttttit'Spitl, «., -«, -e, playing

the lottery.
ÜatUnt'^txhf^t, w., -(e)«, busi-

ness in lottery tickets.
Sotti^bor' (pronounce Souid ax i»

French\ w., -8, -c, louisd'or,
a gold coin worth about four
doUars. [skin,

Sj^^mett^attt, /., -i^äute, lion's

ßllft,/.,ßüftc, air.

£itff ^attdj, w., -(e)8, -e, breeze.

ßü'ge,/.,-n,lie.

8tt'0eii, «., -«, -/ lying.

Bftg'iter, w., -«, -, liar.

ßttfc/.» Süflc, pleasure, desire.
ßltffbarfelt^/., -en, merriment.
lüfTig, jolly.

m

maii^'ett, to make, do.
nt&li^f ig, potent.
äRftb'li^ett, «., -«, -, girl, miss.
SWa^rsett,/., -en, meal, repast
mall'tteit, to advise.
aWal, «., -(e)«, -e, time.
ma'lett, to paint.
ma'(eri{4, picturesquely.
matt, one, they.
tttattl^'tttal, frequently.
äRattg'el, m,, -«, 3J{änge(, lack.
äRattn, zw., -(e)«, SJiönncr, man,

husband.
aWati'tet, w., -«, aWäntel, cloak.
äRarf^attb^Saitteut' (pronounce

as in French)y w., -g, -g, mer-

chant tailor.
SÄär'rffett, «., -«, -, fairy tale.
aWarf 4 ^-^ -c«. 2Kärjd^e, march.
tttarff^ie'ren, to march.
äRfttr't^rer, w., -«, -, martyr.
3Woi8'!etifa^rt,/., -en, ma«quei>

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masquerade procession.
mS'ftigett, to moderate.
matt, weak(ly).
aWeet'fi^iff, «., -(e)«, -e, ship.
SReer'ttiitttber, «., -«, -, sea-

monster.

meljr, more; nld^t —f no longer.

mti)X'vxa% several times.

mei'nett, to think, mean, say,
express an opinion.

aRei'nitttg, /., -cn, opinion, In-
tention.

mei'ftetti^, for the most part.

SRei'fter, w., -«, -, master.

metattli^o'Uf^, melancholic.

merben, toannounce; fi(^ — , to
present itself, arise.

meng'eit, to mix.

^tn\i^f m,, -cn, -en, mankind,

person.
«ter'fett, to notice, mark.
merf loftrbig, remarkable, won-

derf ul, Strange.
SRef fer, «., -«, - knife.
ä^e'ne, /., -n, manner.
mie'tett, to rent.
SRiUtür'bieitft, w., -c«, t, mili-

tary Service.
aWUltftr'seit, /., -<n, period o£

military Service.

mtn'befte, least.

ä^mt'te, /., -It, minute.
9Rira'!e(, «., -«, -, miracle.
mifl^'ett, to mix, shuffle (cards).

Vlifetratt'eit, #f., -9, suspicion,

mistrust.
mit^ with.

mif fahren (u, a), to drive along

with.
mtf führen, to carry with (one).
mif geiett (a, e), to give along

with, permit to accompany.
mifge^ett (ging, gegangen), to

accompany.
9Rif gUeb, »., -(e)«, -er, member.
mifnel^mett (a, genommen), tc

take along.
9^f tageffen, »., -8, dinner.
S»if togi^brot, «., -(e)«,-e, dinner.
9Rif tagi^mal^l, «.,-(e)«,-e, dinner.
9Rtf tagi^fhtitbe, /., -en, noon.
a»ifte,/.,-n, middle.
SRtf tei, «., -«, -, means.

SRifteralter, »., -«, middle

ages.
mif telft, by means of.
VXXÜit^ in the middle of.
mtf tlettoeUe, in the mean time,

meanwhile.
9^'be, /., -n, f ashion, style.
md'gen (mod^te, gemotzt), may.

can, wish, to like to.
mBg'Uf^, possible.
äRo'ttat, w., -«, -e, month.
mottb'begtftttSt, illuminated by

the moon.
moraltfii^, moral.
äRor'gen, »<., -«, -, moming.
SRä'l^e, /., -n, exertion; ber— -

ttjert, worth while.
SRitttb, w., -(e)«, -e <?r aminber,

mouth.

SRitnb'bartii^en, «., -#, -, downy
mustache or beard.
l'ter, Uvely.

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^«'S<#/-» "f -«/ money, coin.
SRufir,/., music.
^Otn'fjiUt, «., -^, -, musician.
ntftffen (mußte, gemußt), must,

to have to.
ntft'^ig, idle.

äRÄ'tiö8ÄttÖ# »»•» -«/ idleness.
SRut, m,, -(e)«, courage.
mn'tig, spirited.
3»ttftet,/., äl'iütter, mother.
ntfif terli^, matemal.
m^'e,/.,-n,cap.

r

n

Itafl^, to, towardsy after, for, at,

according to.
^{adi'altmer, m., -«, -, Imitator.
9laäl%at, m., -«, -n, neighbor.

naf^bem'^ after.

nadf'bettflifi^, pensive.
naä^'f^hnf^tn, to be addicted to,
indulge in. [home.

9laäifl(m^^t^afittn, «.,-«, driving
naii^^l^er, later (on).
naii^'l^olett, to make up for.
ttftl^'iÄgf ttf to pursue, drive after

(at füll speed).
na^'fomtitett {tarn, o), to fulfil,

act up to.
ÄOl^'ril^t,/., -en, news.
naii^'nifen (ie, u), to call after.
nadi'jtfiautn, to look after.
naii^'fli^iifett, to send after.
naf^'fetett (a, e), to look after.
nattfipxin^tn (a, u), to run after.
nlkd^ftf next.
9{a^'tifli4, fn.y -e«, -e, dessert;

|um — , for dessert.

ttftc^f lid^r Happening or existing

at night.
ttai^'meifett (ie, ie), to point out,

demonstrate.
^a'^tt, zw., -«, S^iägel, naU.
ttO'lie, near, near by.
9{ft'^e, /.| proximity, presence,

vicinity; Itt ber — Oon,

around.
nS'l^ett, to sew.
na'iltn, [xdl, to draw near.
ttä'^ertt, fll^, to draw near, ap-

proach.
ttSll'rett, to foster, cherish.
9taVxnn^, /., -en, f ood.
9^a^f ^ef(iffette(r), m. and/., one

devoted to or engaged in sew-

ing, tailor.
9la'm(n), w., -en«, -en, name.
ttam'^aft, considerable.
ttSm'Uli^, same; namely.
9latt, w., -en, -en, fool.
9?o'fc,/., -n, nose.
9ta'\tn^piiit, /., -n, tip of the

nose.
9{a'fenfiNi^er^ m,, -«, -, fillip on

the nose.

na% wet.

Elution', /., -en, nation,

naÜonaV, national.

^atnx', /., nature.

natikt'lUtl, natural.

tte'^en, beside, alongside of.

nthfi, along with.

nel^'mett (a, genommen), to takej

gu fic^ — , to put inone'spocket,

eat.
neltt. no.

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tten'iteit (nannte, genannt), to

name, call.
fUtttfäitn, n., Nettie.
tten, new(ly), recent; toon — em,

anew; — Il(^, recently.
9{eit'Üimten, //.» new buildings.

^lett'glcrbe,/., curiosity.

«en'gierig, inqulsitive, curious.
nili^t, not.
nii\i^, nothing.
nie, never.
ttie'ber, down.

me'berlaffen (lieg, a), flii^, to sit
down.

itie'berff^Iagen (u, a), to stop,

put a stop to.
tiie'berfe^eit, ^f to sit down.
nie'berftfirsett, to fall down.
ttie'mali^^ never.
Itir'genb^ nowhere.
JM'Mf noble, swelL
ttlPf^, yet, still, just, only, even,

nor, in these times; — ein, an-

other.
9Jot, /., S^iötc, distress, difficulty.
^9iax!, m,, -(e)«, -e, notary.
no'tig, necessary.
tlB'tigen, to necessitate, compel.
9{0t>f ennig^ m., -(e)«, -e, spare

money, money laid aside for

a rainy day.
not^mettbig, necessary. [sity.
9{ot^t9ettbigfeit, /., -en, neces-
9{obem'bertag, m., -(e)«, -e,

November-day.
Wk^'itX% soberly.
Itltn, now; weU.

imitmelir', now.

ttttr, only, just.
Itft^'e, of use, usefuL
^Slnii't% OT., -«, -, benefit

O
Vib, whether, if.
0'beit, above, at the top, up*

stairs.
0'bere (ber, bie, ba9), upper
Vlb^itiä)', although.
obfli^Ott', although.
0to0]|r^ although.
Odid, m,, -en, -en, ox.
o'ber, or.

D'fett^ f«., -«, Öfen, stove.
DfiPaier', m,, -(e)«, -t, officer.
Bff iten, to open.
oft, often.

Ofl'nt, without; — baß, without-
Dir, «., -e«, -en, ear.
Dp'^tt, n„ -8, -, victim.
or'beittUdi, proper, fine, fitting,

fair; soundly, severely.
orb'ttett, to arrange.
Orb'nitng, /., -en, order; in —

finben, to consider right and

proper.
Ort, m., -(e)«, -e, place.
Drt'fl^ioft,/., -en, place, town.
Dft'tn, m., -«, the East.
O^ttoltn'ta, Ostrolenka, town of

Russian Poland.
Oft'fli^ttietar /.» eastem part of

Switzerland.

P

^Mt, «.. -(e)«, -e, pidr; eto

paar, a few, some.
^laor'tiieif e, by couples.

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!plllf, »I. and n, -(e)8, -t, bündle,

package.
gaffen, to pack.
¥<ufeff^eit, »., -8, -, little

parcel.

parrot.
!pa<l>eI,/.,-n, poplar.
^orabieiS'liogel, »?., -«, -oögel,

bird of paradise.
Rottet', /., -Ol, party, partner

in a game.
Partie', /., -cn, party, game of

Cards.

^laffle'rett, to pass.

^a^t'iz, /., -n, pie, meat-pie.
^a'tttt, /., -Innen, godmother.
^tKxCXxi^, painful, fearful.
^eiffi^ie,/. -n, whip.
$eit^{li^eit!nattett, «., -S, Crack-
ing of a whip.
%t{^, ni,y -ti, -e, für.
^el^'mft^c,/., -n, für cap.

^tl^'mtt, »., -(c)«, -e, für.
^erfott', /., -cn, person, per-

sonage.
)ie?f9n'Uli^, personally.
^fftttn'f^eit, «., -«, -, little pan,

sauce-pan.
^fair'rer, »*., -«, -, clergyman.
^far'treri^toii^ter, /., -töd^tcr,

clergyman 's daughter.
^farr'liof, »*., -(e)«, -pfe, par-

sonage.
^fatt'enfeber, /., -n, peacock's

feather.
Vfei'fe,/., -n, pipe.
^ferb, «., -(e)8, -e, horse.

^{(an'sercigarre, /., -n, plan-

ter*s cigar.
^{laff er, «., -«, -, pavement.
^fie'gett (o, o), to hold, engage

in.
Pfit'^tUf to be accustomed, care

for.
pfUttfifi^tmäf^, conformable to

duty.
^for'te, /., -n, door.
^frött'be,/., -n, benefice, living.
^fiilantf^tOpk'f/.t philanthropy.
^ianiff , m,, -cn, -en, pianist.
^irger^oft, w., -(e)«, -ftäbc, pil-

grim's staff.
^laii, m., -c«, ^lä^c, place.
plau'^ttn, to Chat.
IllÖ^'Uli^, sudden(ly).
^oefle',/.,poetry.
^olaff , w., -en, -en, Pole, Po-

lack.
^otadei', /., Poland.
^O'len, «., -«, Poland.
^o'Ienmü^e, /., -n, Polish cap.
poü'ti^äi, political.
^oli^tVmadit, /., -mäd^te, con-

stabulary force.
poVni\dl, Polish; ouf — , in

Polish.

^oma'be, /., -en, pomade.
Portion', /., -en, portion.
pOtiion'tnWti^t, in portions.
^off^omtott, m., -(e)8, -töne,

sound of a postillion's hom.
|irSf^'ti0,stately, gorgeous, splen^

did, magnificent.
^xad^i'Utih, «., -(c)«, -er, beau-

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^taqa, n.y -«, Praga.
^XfSüaf, m.y -cn, -eil, prelate.
(Mref fttt, to force, squeeze.
^ric'ftcr, w., -«, -, priest.
^ne'ftertalar, w., -(e)«, -c,

gowu of a priest.
^rttts, w., -en, -en, prince.
^rofttrtff, w., -en, -en, agent.
)^X^\t% to taste (fl Tf////^), test.
^ttUfc^, w., -e«, -e, punch.
^tttfl^r »'•» -^*f -ff a sudden,

unexpected action by the

people, surprise.

qua'feit, to caw.

qUO'Ieit, to worry, torment.
Cuartiet', «., -(e)^, -e, quarters.

la

ftai^'e,/, revenge.
räl^'eit, to revenge.
ftfUl'maittel, «., -«, -m5ntel,

cloak of circular cut.
ftanll, »»., -c8, aiiänbeT, verge.
aiJaitg, w., -(e)«, Siänge, rank.
9l&tt5'c4ett, «., -«, -, paunch.
rafl^, quick(ly), rapid(ly),

promptly.
^'Siif w., -(e)«, advice; — ^olen,

to ask advice, consult.
rirtloö, perplexed.
rftf fel^aft, mysterious.
^W^tXXf m,y -n, -en, member

of the Council, alderman.
rau'Iiett, to rob, deprive of.
9ifttt'6er4att|itmatttt, m., -(e)^,

-mannet, chieftain of ban-

dits.

ratt'c^ett^ to smoke.
9{aui^'{ftule, /., -n, column ot

smoke.
diaui^'^eug, «., -(e)«, -e, smoking

material.
raut, rough.

92aum, w., -(e)«, SJaume, space,
room; 9?äume, conveniences,
accomodations.

rau'fl^ett, to rush, rustle.

92e6'4u4tt, «., -(e)«, -^ü^ncr, par-
tridge.

IHe^'^ul^ttliaftete, /., -n, par-

tridge-pie.
Xt^i, right(ly), proper, correct-
IRei^t, «., -(e)«, -e, right.
^ei^f Ul^fett, /., righteousnes«,

rectitude.
IRec^tö'attwalt, /»., -(e)«, -e,

lawyer.
rei^f fettig, opportunely.
iRe'be, /., -n, speech, discourse,

talk ; ber — wert, worth mea-

tioning.
re'bett, to speak.
IHe'bett, «., -«, speaking.
^e'beu^art, /., -en, phrase, ex-

pression, saying, remark.
9leb'Itl4!eU, /., integrity, prob-

ity.
re'gelmägig, regular(ly).
IHe'gett^ tn,, -«, rain.
üle'gett^Ogett, w., -«, -, rainbow.
9ie'getttro|ifett, »»., -«, -, raio-

drop.
regte'rea, to guide, manage.
92egtmettt^ »., -(e)«, -et^ regi-

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tt^'M, without moving.
reg'ttett, to rain.
refften (Ic, ic), to rub.

^ti'httt, Ä., -8, rubbing.
reifer rieh, costly.

reU^lic^, richiy.
SJei'fen, w., -«, -, hoop.
füti'fit, /., -n, row; bic — tt)ar

an ll^m, it was his turn.
MtX't^tn, m., -8, -, dance.
irein'Uc^, cleanly.
9Jet'fe, /., -n, joumey, travel.
JHei'fegelb, «., -(c)«, money for

travelling.
rei'feil, to travel.
9iei'femagen, ««.,-«,-, travelling-

cafriage, coach.
9iet'tcr, m., -8, -, rider.

^Jel'tcrgefcMfc^ttft,/., -cn, riding

party.
ffitifptii^äiit, /., -en, riding

whip.
XtV^tUf to enrage, stimulate.
m'settb, charmingly.

9{e{tbett5\ /., -cn, capital.
fHtf tetin, /., -innen, saving

angel.
Oief tttttgiSgebanfe, «., -n«, -n,

thought of deliverance.
tidj'ttn, to fix, direct, raise;

fxä) — , to turn.
rid^'tig, right, correct.
9i\ä!lfnnq, /., -cn, direction.
rie'^ett (o, o), to smell.
rie'fett^aft, gigantic.
rte'fetttttttgig, gigantic.
Oiittb'fleif^, «., -c«, beef.
9Hst0, w., -(c)«, -e, circle.

JfHng'maner,/., -n, (circular) wall

around a town.
IRif ter, w., -8, -, knight.
»iorf, w., -(c)8, 9fiö(fe, coat.
IHoff taffi^e, /., -n, coat-pocket.
9ioVltf /., -n, role.
totitn, to roll.

dioman', ///., -(c)«, -c, romance.
XOman'ti^ä!f, romantic(ally).

9io'\tnHnmditn, «., -e, -, smail

rose stalk.
rot, red.

9iot, «., -C8, red, blushes.
ruf Half, reddish.
rof fcibett, of red silk.
IRofmettt, m., -«, claret, red

wine.
raffen, to move.
'Sinä'fiaU, m., -(c)8, -c, reserve.
ru'fen (ie, u), to call.
9{lt'^e, /., rest, restfulness, calm-

ness, repose.
rit'^tg, quiet, peaceful.
dinfimf m.y -(c)«, fame.

ru^'ren, to touch; fid^ — , to

move.

rü^'renb, touching.

Siü^'ruttg, /., -tn, emotion.

runb, stout.

rüff ett, to prepare.

ruf teln, to shake.

Saal, w., -(c)«, @äle, room,

drawing-room.
^a(il't, /., -n, thing, affair, busi-

ness, matter.
fa'gen, to say.

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fam'meln, fUft, to collect one*s

thoughts, rally.
&am'mtt, m., -(c)«, velvet.

^aw'metfttttet, «., -«, -, velvet

lining.

@ttiii'nietttefter/.,-n, velvet vest.

^antnt'Ittttg,/., -en, collectlng.

fftntf (illtr altogether, all, every.

fttttft, gentle, meek.

\att, satisfied, enough to eat.

fatf fant, sufficlently.

@C^, m,, -e«, ©äfte, sentence,

proposition, leap.
fatt'erfüt, half amiably, sickly

(smiie)»
^hi'U, /., -n, column, statue.
^aum, m., -(e)«, @äume, hem.
8ftu'fe(n, «., -«, rustling.
^m'\tt, m., -«, fermenting

wine.
8ait'ferQeIilfit(e), «., -e«, -e, ap-

petite for @aufcr.
Scene, /., -n, scene ; in — fefecn,

to mount (for the stage).
fii^abe, eö i\t, it is a pity.
@ii^a'be(tt), w., -cn«, ©c^öbcn,

damage, loss.
fli^a'ben, to härm, injure.
fli^ttf fett, to work.
@c4afd>el$, m,, -e«, -e, sheep*s

skin or pelt.
©li^C'Ie,/., ~tl, Shell.
fl^ttlf ^ttft, roguish.
Sl^ant, /., shame.
©ri^tttt'ber/., -n, shame, disgrace.
fl^ttrf, sharp(ly).
^d^afitn, w., -«, -, shadow.
ff^Htt'ett, to look.

iäion'ttli^, dreadfully, to cause

a shudder.
^d^an'plaii, m.» -t9, -pi^it, scene.
^ä^m'ipiti, «., -(e)«, -c, play,

exhibition.
^l^att^fteOttttg, /., -en, exhibi-

tion, pageant.
^d^an'tan^, m,, -e«, -tSngc, ex-

hibition-dance.
Sf^efbemeg, fw.,-(e)8,-e,parting

of ways.
Schein, m., -(e)8, -e, brightness,

sheen.
ff^eitt'bar, seemingly.
ffi^ei'ttett (tc, ic), to shine, seem.
ff^eriett, to ring.
Si^erieuflattg, m., -(e)«, -nonge,

sound or jingle of bells.
iä^tVttn (a, o), to scold.
^äift'xt, /., -n, scissors.
^f^ets'tebe, /., -n, pleasantry.
f f^eu'ettt, ^iS^, to rub (an, against).
©I^ett'tte,/., -n, barn.
ifijXd'tn, to send.
fri^trf'a^ fitting.
Si^i^fal, «., -(e)«, -c, fate.
fri^le'tctt (o, gefd^offcn), to shoot
^fijiii, m, or «., -(e)«, -e or -er,

shield.
fl^irbettt, to portray.
ffi^tltt'ntettt, to glitter.
idiladi'ttn, to slaughter.
@l^Ittf, w., -(c)8, sleep.
©ri^Iä'fc, /., -n, temple(s).
ff^Ia'fett (ie, o), to sleep.
\ä!iiaflo^, sleepless.
^f^fof mattbel, m,, -9, the act of

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BäfU^, m.y -(e)d, ^d^Iäge^ beat
(of a drum), carriage-door.

8dj|Ift'ge(, w., -«, -, drumstick.

ff^Io'gett (u, a), to strike, beat,
paw {of a horse) ; fl(]^ burd^ bie
SBctt — , to make one*s way
through the world.

Sdjfla'gen, n,, -d, beatlng.

f^Iattf, slender.

fAIatt, sly, cunning.

fli^Iei^t, bad, poor.

\^\t^i\^\vlf simply.

Sf^Iei'et, m.y -%, -, vciL

@f^Ie'fier, »«., -«, -, Silesian.

ff^Iie'fiett (0, gcfdiloffen), to
conclude, close, end.

ff^aeS'Iil^, finally.

fli^Ulttm, bad.

Sf^Iif ten, m,, -8, -, sleigh.

Sc^Ut'tettlia^tt, /., sleighing.

Sf^IU'tettfa^ret, /«., -«, -,
sleigher.

Sl^Uf tetlf tt^rt,/., -cn, sleighing-
party.

5d|(if tettaietut, /., -en, Orna-
ment of a sleigh.

Sf^Itt'tenattö, m,, -(c)«, -aügc,
procession of sleighs.

S^Iol, «M-ffe«, @c^löffcr, castle.

Sf^Ittf^'aett, «., -«, sobbing.

Bfl^(lt(f, w., -(e)«, -c, swallow.

Sf^Iftff lein, «., -8,-, swallow, sip.

fi^Iftr'fett, to sip.

Sl^Iftf'fer, »»., -«, -, key.
Sc^nta^, /., disgrace, dishonor.
fli^malr narrow.

fli^nteffen, to taste; tt)O^I— , to
have a good appetite.

fli^lttet'aett, to pain.

@fi|lttttff, m., -(e)8, Ornament,

trinket, jewelry.
fli^mttff, trim, smart
f Amütf'ett, to adom.
fli^ttar§eit, to smack.
ff4tta)l>ett, to snap.
Sf^ttee, w., -(c)8, snow.
Sfl^nee'fliKfe, /., -n, snow-flake.
Sf^ttee'glana, w., -(c)«, glittcr

of the snow.
fli^ttee'metg, snow-white.
fi^nel'bett, (fdinltt, gcfd^nlttcti),

to cut.
@|i^ttet'bet, w., -8, -, tailor.
^f^ttei'berberuf, w., -(c)8, -e,

tailor*s trade.

@<^iiel'berfefettg, «., -(e)8,

-güge, festive procession of

tailors.
@i^ttel'ber8efett(e), fw.,-eti, -eti,

joumeyman-tailor.
8^nei'betgi:u)i^e, /., -n, group

of tailors.

Sii^ttef befleitt, «., -8, -, tailor.

fll^nerbermä^tg, after the man-
ner of tailors.

Sii^iterbermeifter, w., -8, -,
master-tailor, one who does
business as a tailor.

ff^nerbertt, to tailor, make
clothes.

@f^ttei'betd(ettte, //., people in

the tailoring business.

Sc^nei'bemeU, /., ~cn, assem-
blage of tailors.

Si^nei'bennefett, «.,-8, tailoring

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ff^tteO, quickly, rapidly.
^l^tte^l'fe^ /., -n, snipe, wood-
cock.

the nose).
ffi^ttett'^ett, to blow (the nose).
ffi^ttd'be, base, contemptible.
fdlttUp'U^, to take snuff.
^äimpftnd^, «., -(e)«, -tüä^tv,

handkerchief.
Sli^Utttr /., @(3^nürc, cord, lace,

string; mtt ©(^nürcn befefet,

bordered, trimmed with cords

or lace.
fl^ttörett, to lace.

mustache.
Wott, already.
fli^ölt, beautiful, lovely, hand-

some, fine.
Sf^tetf'ett, w., -«, -, fear,
ffi^reif (tf^, terrible, terribly.
fli^refett (U/ ^^)f ^^ scream, call

out loudly.
i^tti'ttn (fc^rttt, gefd^ritten), to

stride.
Sf^rift, /., -tn, record, docu-

ment.
fc^riff (if^, in writing.
Sf^rttt, »«., -««, -t, Step; im —

ge^en, to walk.
ffi^illi^'tertt, shyly, timidly.
<B6lÜ6l'tttnf^tit, /.y shyness.
Sf^ttl^, »*., -(e)«, -t, shoe, foot

{measure),
(Bifyx% /., -cn, debt
Sf^urbettfii^rei^er, w., -«, -,

register, recorder.

fli^ufbig, owing, in debt; — fein,

to owe.
fl^urgetec^t, proper, approved,

after the manner of the trade.
Si^urüttb, n.y -(e)«, -er, school-

girl.

Si^urmeiftet, »f., -«, -, schooi-

master.
Sf^ulf teid, w., -en, -en, gov-

ernor, mayor (of a village).
fl^Üf teilt, to shake.
ffi^fi^'ett, to shield, protect.
@(i^U^'maf^e, /., -n, escort, safc-

guard.
\&^Xi^a&^, weak.
ffi^mattf ett, to sway.
\^X^at^f black, gloomy, extreme.
Sc^matS, «., -e«, black.
f(i^me'6ett, to hover.
@(i^mei'gett, «., -«, silence.
^i^mei'jerbegett, «., -«, -, a

Short sword formerly used by

the Swiss infantry.
Sli^merie, /., -n, threshold.
ff^ioer, heavy,grievou8; heavily.
ffi^ttier'mütig, melancholy, sad,

dejected.
Sfi^mett, «M -(c)«, -er, sword.
©li^wie'gerfo^ii, m., -e«, -fö^ne,

son-in-law.
Sfitmie'gertiater, w., -«, -oätei

father-in-law.
ffi^mte'rig, difficult.
ffi^ioitt'bett ((Xf n), to disappear.
^li^mittb'Ier, w., -«, -, swindler
ffi^ioittgett (a, u), to swing.
ffi^ttld'tett (u <7r 0, o), to swear.
fei^d, six.

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fei^'^eltt, sixteen.

Btt'it, /., -n, soul, heart.

fc'gellt, to sail.

fe'^ett (a, e), to see, perceivc.

fe^'neu, to long.

Sc^tt'ftt^^f /., longing.

fe^t, very; gu — , too much.

{erben, silk, of silk, Silken.

8ci'feni(afe,/.,-it/ soapbubble.

fein, to be.

feiii-er, -t, -t^, his.

feit, since.

fettbem', since then.

©ei'te, /., -n, side, page; öon — ,

on the part of; gur — , aside,

to one side; Don fetten^ on the

part of.
Bti'ttnhiiä, m,, -(f)8, -t, side

glance.
fetl^er', since then.
\tih, seif.
fertig, same.
feftift, seif.

felbft'gemaf^t, home-made.
felbff gesogen, home-raised.
felbft't^Stig, spontaneous, due

to seif.
©elbW^r, Seldwyl.
<Bt\ht0ti'ta, Seldwyla.
^elbm^'Ier, of or pertaining to

Seldwyl; an inhabitant of

Seldwyl.
fe'Iig, blessed, late.
felffam, singular(ly), strange-

(ly), odd(ly), unusual(ly).

fen'ben (janbtc, gefanbt), to send.
fen'fen, to lower.

ferbie'ren, to serve (dinner).

fe^'en, set, place, put, stake;

pd^ — , to Sit down, take a

seat.
fil^'er, certain(ly), safe(ly).
fil^f liri^, evident.
Sie, you.
@ie'benfa(i^en, //., belongings,

traps.

fte'ben, to boii.

firbem, of silver, silver.
ftn'gen (a, u), to sing.

^inn,m., -(f )«, -t, thought, mind,

sense.
8inn'bilb, «., -c«, -er, emblem,

Symbol.

finn'cn, to think.

Sit'te,/., -n, habit, custom ; (//.)

manners.
fitt'fam, reservedly, modestly.
@i^, w., -e«, -t, seat.
fl^'en (\a% gcfcffcn), to sit, re-

side, be.
6mt|r'na, Smyrna.
fo, so, thus ; such.
fobalb', as soon as.

8off e, /., -n, sock.

fobann', then.

foe'ben, just now.

fofort', immediately, at once.

fogar', even.

fo'gennnnt, so-calied.

fog(ei(i^', immediately, at once,

at the same time.
So^n, m., -(f)«, -@ö^ne, son.
fo(i^-er, -e, -ci5, such.
foUb', Sterling, steady; respect-

ably.
forien, shall, to be said to.

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iomW, so, consequently.
fOttttf^', accordingly, so.
ion'htxhat, peculiar.
fott'bent, but.
^Ott'tte, /., -tt, sun.
Sott'ttettff^eitt, m., -(e)«, sun-

shine.
®otttt'tagd!(eib, «., -{t)%, -er,

Sunday suit, best suit.
^otttt'tagdff^Infroff, m., -(e)9,

-rbcfc, best dressing-gown.
fottft, in other respects, eise, at

other times.
®*>^'ö^f /•♦ -tt, care, concern,

anxiety, trouble.
fotg'fftittg, carefully.
fotg'Iil^, carefully.
foHier, as much as.
ioWtit', as far as.
fomie', as (also), as well as.
^pan, m,y -(e)8, ©pane, chip.
S^nttn'fii^taube, /., -n, screw

for tuning a drum.
\pat'\am, economical, frugal,

sparing(ly).

S^ar'famfeUr/., frugailty.

^pa% m., -c«, @päffc, sport,

fun, joke.
f)lftt, late.
\p%\t'xtn, to walk.
@)iebUettt' (pronounce last syl-

table as in French ), iw ., -S, -tf

forwarding agent.

f^el'fen, to dine.

S^el'fefaal, »*., -(e)«, -fäle,

dining-room.
®<>e!ilItttU>tt^/.,-«n, speculation.

ftier'rett, to crowd, block up.
S^iie'gelf^ett, «., -«, -, little mir-

ror.
^p\t\f «., -(e>«, -e, game.
^p\tXi^t% «., -«, -, game (oi

Cards), "a little game."
f)lielett, to play, gamble.
^t^iergelb, /f.,--(e)9,money made

at Cards.
@<>ier0efett(e), <»., -«ir -««f

playmate.
8)litttteirei', /., -e«, spinning-

milL
®<>i^'«f /•» -«/ ^«ad (e/^ pro

cessicti),
\'^%t s^y» Sharp, afraid of

deceit.
@)iortt^ »f., -(e)«, @^orett, spur.
@|lBf tet, w., -«, -, mockcr.
f^ire'c^ett (a, o), to speak.
^pXt'^l^tXf m.s -% -, Speaker,
f^rittg'en (o, u), to jump,

spring.
8)intttg, m., -(e)9, @^rünge,

bound, spring, leap.
@)>ttr,/., -en, track.
f^ltr'Iod, traceless.
f)m'tettr pl^r to Jnake haste.
^tufid'offiaier, »f.,-(e)«,-«,staft

officer, field-officer.
®tabtr/M @täbtc, town, city.

©tobt'fi^reiber, «., -«, -, town

Clerk. [drummer

Stobt'tam^imr, w., -«, -e, town
©tabt'wo^iittttg, /., -en, town

residence.
©tttfl'fneii^t, »*., -(e)«, -«, ttable-

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ßtumitt, «.. (c)«, Stämme, trunk.
Btaittitt'fc^lofi, «., -e«, -|(^Iöffcr,

ancestral Castle.
ftOttb'liaft, resolute.
fter!, strong ; -er @ofc great leap.
ftafttn, to Stare.
ftott, instead.

ftotf flttbett (a, u), to take place.
ftotf Uc^, splendid(ly).
@ttttf n^!ettr/.,-en, stateliness.
fteif ett, to stick, put, be inhe-

rent in.
©teg'relf, m,, -(e)«, -e, stirrup.
ftel'Un {a, o), to steal; ftd^ bat)on

— ^, to steal or sneak away.
fitei'gett (If, ic), to rise, mount,

Step into.
fteU, steep.
ftei'ttent, of stone.

^Vttn, to place; fi6) —, to ap-

pear, pretend.
Sterittng, /., -cn, position.
Stettg'el^ zw., -8, -, stick.
iUfhtn (a, o), to die.
Stettt, »»., -(c)«, -c, Star.
ftetÖr always.

©tte'fef, »f., -«, -, boot.

®tiftd'baitte, /., -etl, canoness.
fM, still, quiet; im jliUen,

quietly.
©tirie,/., silence.
®tittt'itte, /., -n, voice.
ftiftt'men, to tune.
Stiftt'ntnttg, /., -cn, frame of

mind, spirits, sentiment.
Stlt'tte,/., -n, forehead.
ftOlf eil, to stop, hesitate.

@toff mer!, «., -(e)«, -t, story (of

a house).
ftoi^, haughty, proud.
ftB'rett, to disturb, Interrupt.
fto'fien (ie, o) (ouf), to meet, fall

in with.
fhrtt'fett, to punish.
(Bivat^l, m,, -(e)«, -en, ray,

flash.
©tw'ße, /., -tl, Street, road.
Stra'^ettecfe, /., -tl, street-cor-

ner.
(Bita'^tutant^, w.,-(e)«,-ranbcr,

edge of the road.
@trei4, w., -(c)«, "t, stroke,

trick; bummc ©treidle machen,

to do a foolish piece of busi-

ness, be deceived, be imposed

upon.
fhrei'ii^ertt, to stroke.
^ttoVpnppt, /., -n, figure of

straw.
^ttnmp^, w., ^(c)«, ©trumpfe,

stocking.
Sttt'ie,/., -It, room.
^i&'htt, m,, -«, -, stiver.
8tü(f, «., -(c)8, -e, piece.
Stftff f^ett, «., -«, -, little piece.
(Btnifi, m., -(e)«, ©tü^le, chair.
fhtntnt, dumb, silent(ly).
Stttttbe, /., -n, hour. [hour.

fhtn^bettlang, for hours, by the
fNIt'^ett, to rush.
fNI^'ett, to Support, lean.
ftt'f^en, to seek, attempt.
8ttm'me,/., -n, sum.
8tt|i>e,/., -n, soup.
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Xti'hal, tn., -(e)«, -tf tobacco.
%ü'Mf m,y -%, -, censure. repre-

hension.
2:a'feIr/.,-n, table.
Xafi, m,, -(e)«, -f, day.
th'iiä^, daily.
Xa^'lötitttt, m., -«, -, day-la-

borer.
Xattf m.y -(c)8, -C, time {in

music),
tan'^ettr to dance.
%an'\aai, m., -(c)«, -fölc, ball-

room.
%tlVt^\^XXHf m,, -(e)«, -C, Step

in dancing.
2!a|l'f erfeit,/., bravery.
ilaf^'c,/., -tl, pocket.

handkerchief.
2;arfe,/., -n, cup.
iWX'Ü^tVi, to dip.

^aufname(n), w., -n«, -n,

Christian name.
tau'meln, to stagger.
S^Stt'f^'ftttttÖf /•» -^"' deception.
tau'fenb, thousand.
2!et^, nt,, -(e)«, -c, pool.
«Cell, fn„ -(c)«, -C, part,

share.
teneu, ftl^r to separate.
^^ciFtttt^me, /., sympathy, parti-

cipation.
%t\'{tX, m., -e, -, plate. [rüg.
ZtT^'pxtßif m,y -(c)«, -c, carpet,
Seu'fel, m., -«, -, devü.
X^ttl, «., -(C)e, 2:^älcr, valley.

X^nlet, m.y -«, -, thaler, three

marks.
X^ttt,/., -cti, deed; in ber — *

in fact, indeed.
Xta'tigfett, /., -en, activity.
%Wi\^U\mx\thf w., -(e)«, ^

inclination to activity.
X^at'ftti^e,/., -n, fact
2;^or, «., -(c)«, -t, gate, city

gate.
2;^or, m.y -cn, -«n, fool.
S^^or'Iiogen, w., -«, -, arched

gate.
2;5or'5eU,/., -en, foUy.
tp'ridit, foolish.
2!^rä'ttC, /., -xx, tear.
^^rS'ttentiergtegett^ «., -8, shcd-

ding of tears.
t^un, to do, make, put.
%i!iVinf «., -8, doings, practices.
2:pr(c),/., -tl, door.
tief, deep, low.
%\t'\t, /', -Xif depth.
%\tXf «., -(c)«, -c, animal.
%\tx'\aMf/., -n, apologue.
%\\^^ m.y -c«, -C, table; gu— ,

at table.
S^if^'fiten, «., -«, -, small table.
%x\^V^t\% m.y -(c)«, -c, ordi-

nary table-wine, small-wine.
%^6iitXf /., Xbd^tcr, daughter.
2;ob, w., -(c)«, death.
XoUet'tettttierf^eUg {pronounce

thefirst syllable as in French),

«., -(c)«, -C; toilet articles.
%tla\'tx, fn,y ~8, tokay (wine).
tott, wild, tearing.
2Joil, »»., -(c)«, 2:önc, tone.

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Sot'te,/., -ti, tart.

tot, dead.

X^fhttt, «., -(c)«, -etl, deathbed.

Xtah, m., -e«, trot.

Xtad^i,/., -tn, costume.

tra'gen (U, a), to carry, wear,

bear.
Xt&'qtt, m,, -%, -, wearer.
Statt!, m,, -(e)«, XxänU, drink.
traulich, snugly.

Srtmttt, w., -(c)8, Xröumc,

dream.
ttSu'tttett, to dream.
trfllt'tttetrif(^, dreamy.

tvan'tifi, sad.

tref fett (traf, o), to attach to.
tttfüäl, excellent.
trei'Iiett (le, ie), to carry.
ttett'ttett, |t^, to part from.
Steit'ttttttg, /., -cn, Separation.
Xttp'pt, /., -n, Steps, stairway.
tre'tett {a, t), to step, come.
2;irett'e, /., fidelity, troth j — i^aU

tctl, to keep one*s word.
tvtn'tltt^i^, heartily, simply.
trittf ett (a, U), to drink.
Srlttf gelb,«., -(e)«,-cr, tip, pour-

boire.
Xtitt, m,, -(c)«, -C, Step.
trPCf ett, dry.
trOff ttett, to dry, wipe.

Xtob'bel, /., -n, tassel.

Xtoia, «., -«, Troy.
Sro^'fett, w., -«, - drop.
Sr$)lf lettt, «., -«, -, drop, sip.
Xtüft, m,f -c«, consolation.
troff ett, to console.
XtOi^, m., -c8, defiance.

ttO^, in spite of.
tru^bettt', in spite of this.
2;tüffel,/., -n, truffle.
Xtnq'^tftalt, /., -en, fabric of

deception.
Xuäi, «., -(e)«, %üäiex, wrap.
Sttli^'Pttbler, w., -9, -, dealer

in cloths, merchant tailor.
XttC^'^etr, m.y -n, -cn, draper.
tftc^'ttg, good, strong, smart,

able, solid, excellent, large,

thorough(ly).
Süf^'ttglett, /., ability, excel-

lence.
tftff tf^, maliciously, spitefuUy.
Stt'gettb, /., -en, virtue.
Xumnif, zw., -(c)«, -e, noise.
Xüt'U, w., -n, -n, Turk.
Sttirttt, m.f -(c)«, 2:ürmc, tower.
S^Ürttt'f^ett, «., -«, -, little tower.
Sttrttt'ftto)if, m,, -fg, -htbpfc,

knob or ball on top of a steeple.

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Whttf bad; — gcfittnt, malignant,
ill-disposed.

Whtt, over.

überall' (ü'bcrafi), everywhere.

Überaui^', exceedingly.

überbrittg'ett (überbrad^tc, übcr-
brad^t), to deliver.

überbettfett (überbad^tc, über-
backt), to think over, reflect.

Überbied', moreover.

überfaCreit (überfiel, überfallen),
to surprise.

überge'bett (übergab, übergeben),
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Whtt^tfitn (ging, gegongen), to

change.
Whtt^t^äinappt, cracked.
ft^ergie'leu (übergoß, über*

goffcn), to suffuse.
ft^betgto^, excessive. [general.
ÜhtttfaupV, on the whole, in
überlof^fett, to leave.
iUierU'geu, to reflect, consider.
übermatt'ttett, to overcome.
ftber? af4'ett, to surprise.
ftbenaff^'ttttg,/., -en, surprise.
Ühtttt'htn, to persuade, talk

ovcr (to).
ft'benoff, m,, -(e)«, -rdcfc, over-

coat.
ftberfc^tei'tett, »., -«, passing,

going beyond.

ft'berfii^rift,/., -en, superscrip-

tion.
ft'berflebeln (nad^), to remove,

move (to).
üAtmatS^'^tn (Übermutes, über»

tt)a(^fcn), to overgrow.
iUieilKte'geii (überroog, über«

wogen), to prevail, prepon-

derate.
ftbetmin'bett (überwanb, über*

Wunben), to overcome, con-

quer.
ftbet^ett'gett, ^, to be convin-

ced.
ftbet^ettgf , confidently.
ftberjett'gttiig,/.,-en, conviction.
Ö'bHg, remaining, left.
Ul^r'iiiet!, «., -(e)8, -e, clock-

work» dock.
ttnt, at, around, for: in order to.

nm'hiihtn, to transform.
nm'üriitgett (brachte, gebrad^X

to kill, ruin.
tim'fattg, »»., -(e)«, -fange, ex-

tent, scope.
ttittfaitg'ett (umfing, umfangen),

to Surround.
ttittgar'uen, to ensnare.
ttmge'ben (umgab, umgeben), to

Surround.

ttm'ge^eii (ging, gegangen), mit

etma9, to manage, handle,
ttm'ge^ettb, hauntlng.
ttnt'gefe^rt, revcrsed,
nntller', around.
nmi^tt'flü^U, to hop around.
tlm'fel^ntttg,/., -en, reverse.
ttnt'Inuf, m,, -(e)«, -laufe, circu-

lation.
ttm'ue^men (a, genommen), to

take round one, put on.
ttmrittg'en, to Surround.
ttnt'f^Iagen (u, a), to throw of

put round, change, tum.
nntfii^ra'gett (umf(^Iug, umff^Ut^

gen), to cover.
itmfiltKe'fiett (umfc^Iog, um«

fd^Ioffen), to Surround, encircle.
ttm'fttctt, n,, -9, looking around,

hesitation, ado.
tlm'fll^t, /., precaution, discre-

tion.
ttltt'flli^tig, cautious, prudent.
ItIttfOttft', in vain. •
ttnt'ftanb, «., -e«, -jianbe, cir-

cumstance, particular.
nm'it&Miifl, circumstantial» ml.

nute.

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nntfte'lett (umflanb, umflanbftt),

to stand around.
Ititt'tliattbedt, to change; ftd^ — ,

to change.
ttttaüftlt'betttlitf unalterably.
Wah^lknqiqttit, /., independ-

ence.
nttaÜISf'flg, continually, unceas-

ingly.
ttnallfet'l^ttt, immeasurable.
maniaft'hat, unimpeachable.
Ittt^ebettf (if^, unhesitatingly.

Utt'Iiefattgett|eU, /., unaffect-

edness, naiveti.
tttt'Iiefatmt, unknown.
ttttüentetlf, unobserved.
nn'Üeftintmt, indefinite.
ttltlieilia4f , unguarded.
XiV^mt^W^f immovable, mo-

tionless.
im'^eltntttr unconscious(ly).
ltttlie§lliei'felt, unquestionable.
UM'^Httf, m,, -(f)8, ingratitude.
ttlt'entfli^Ioffen, hesitatingly.
mter^itflilil, Inexorable.
ttMCtlidtf f unheard of, unprece-

dented.
Wterfd^üf tert, firmly; unshaken.
VCXtmVixUti, unexpectedly .
tttt'f ent, not far.
ttlt'fretttt^Iif^, disagreeable.
tttt'ge^ttl^ig, impatient.
»«'öefftg, clumsy^ ungainly.
mtgeleit'et, monstrous; ter-

ribly.

ttti'gefii^liKliftfeit, /., -cti, awk-

wardness.
ttlt'gefc^ifft, awkwardly.

Utt'QeiiiB4ttU4, unusual, excep-

tional.
ttn'gleili^, unequal.
tttt'glftlf, «., -(c)«, -e, misfor-

tune, unhappiness.
ttn'g(ilff(i(^, unfortunate, un-

happy.
titt'gttabe, /., -n, disfavor, dis-

grace.
Ult'Kat, confused, troubled.
Itit'föttgft, not long since.
ntmterf (ifi|, imperceptibly.
ttnmBg'Iif^, imposslble.
ttumBg'ni^feU, /., -cn, impowi-

bility.
Ult'ref^t, «., -(c)«, injustice.
ntt'mtig, in a troubled manner.
tttt'ft^IAff^Sf undecided.

ttti'fer, -e, -, our.

Utt'flli^tliat, invisible, unseen.

mt'ten, beiow.

Un'tet^ under, among, in, amid.
Ittttetbef fett, in the mean while.
ttutetbtüff ett, to repress, sup-

press.
tttt'tete, lower, humbler.
titt'tetgattg, m., -(c)«, ruin, de-

struction.
tttttet^arteu (unterl^ielt, unter«

galten), to entertain.
Utttetlurtttttg, /., -en, conver-

sation» entertainment.
Utttetl^nttblttttg, /., -en, nego-

tiation.
titt'tetlage, /., -n, base, foun-

dation, support.
Utttentel'tttuttg, /., -en, enter-

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Ult'tertic^t, «•., -9, instruction.
ittttet§eii4'nett, {td|^ to sign

one's name.
Ittt'Uetborliett, unspoiled, unso-

phisticated, natural.
ttttHerfetttt'^Ht, unmistakably.
ItttHermerlf, unobserved.
Unt>tx\t'^tn&, unawares, unex-

pectedly.
itn'tierftSttbig, without sense,

foolish, imprudent.
ItUtietmaMbf , fixedly.
nnt^tmtiif, immediately, with-
out delay.
nnt^ttWÜft'liiii, everlasting, im-

perturbable.
ttttmillf fir'Iif^, involuntarily, au-

tomatically.
Un'niirfli^, crossly, brusquely.
ttttsmeffel^aft, undoubtedly.

Uv'ianh, w., -(c)«, furlough.
ttr'^lW^U* (nxpBii'üdj), all of a

sudden.
Uf^ptunndOti, m,y-{t)9,-t, place

where anything origin?.tes.
itr'teilett, to judge.

»a'ter, «., -«, »fiter, father.
Hft'tetUA, pateraal.
Heiri^ettfatHg, violet-colored.
Herall'tebett, to agree upon.
Setab'rebttttg,/.» -en, agreement.
Hemii^'tett, to despise.
t^ttan'ftatttn, to arrange.

»erbefferllii^feU, /., comgi-

bility.

i^tthtn'qtUf flf^, to bow.

Setüett'gititg,/., -en, bow.

tiet^ie'tett (ocrbot, »erboten), to
forbid.

»erWtlb'Ki^feU, /., -en, Obliga-
tion.

SerüiM'bttttg, /., -en, combina.
tion.

t^tthtlk'mtn, to border, trim.

Hetbret'tett, to spread.

nefbHng'en (»erbrachte, tjer«
bra^t), to spend.

netbie'ttett, to eam.

\lftxhop'ptln, to double.

BtX^vn^', m., -ffe«, vexation,
annoyance.

betblt^f, nonplused, embar«
rassed.

bete^'tett, to adore.

tiereVuigett, to unite.

^txfail'xtn, n,f -8, procedure.
berfariett (verfiel, oerfotten), to

fall intOy decline.
Serfaf fttn0,/.,-en, constitutioa
S^erfoCgntlg,/., -en, persecution,

prosecution.
berfil'gett, ^, to betakeonesel^

repair.

Sergang'enljett,/., past.

betgftttglif^, transitory, fleeting.
S^etge'l^ett, «., -«, -, transgres

sion, crime, fault, ofiFence.
bergef fen (»ergoß, üergeffen), to

forget.

»etgef fenlielt, /., oblivion.
bergttüg'Hli^, pleasant, pleasur-

able.
bergnügf, delighted, pleased

cheerful, joyous>

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ungor^ett, to gild.

Hergfi'ten, to reimburse.
HerlaFleil^ disappear, die away.
i»er^artett (ücr^telt, ücr^oltcn),

ftli^^'to act» conduct oneself;

jl(^ ru^lg — , to keep quiet.
»erWU'nl«, «., -ffc«, -ffc, re-

lation.
»er^ang'iii«, «., -ffe«, -ffe, fate.
tierl|Sttg'tttöiiolI, fateful.
tier^et'tatett, fi^, to marry.
f^et^ei'tatttttg,/.! -cn, marriage.
^ttfltl^tn, to bewitch.

tier^tn'bent, to prevent.

Het^d^'tten, to ridicule, jeer at.
^ttiMUn, ^äli, to wrap oneself,

Cover oneself.
tiettttttg'ettt, to starve.
lietlr'reii, fi(^r to lose one's

way.
Serir'rttttg, /., -en, error, per-

versity, going astray.
Herflä'reit, to transfigure.
tierfftn-bett, to announce, pro-

clalm; ftd^ — , to proclaim

oneself.
Derlang'ett, to desire, long for.
Derlaf'fen (»erließ, öerloffen), to

leave.
8er(attf, »»., -(e)8, course of

things, progress.
HetloÜ-tett laffen, to let out a

secret, divulge.
^ttU'htn, to spend.
tietle'geit^ in an embarassed

manner.
)BerIe'0eiil>eU,/.,-en, perplexlty,

dilemnia.

t^tttti'^tn (üerliel^, üerüe^en), to

confer, give, invest.
t^ttÜthf, in love.
tterde'ren (üerlor, verloren), to

lose.
^ttloh'tt, /., -n, fianc<fe. ♦
fßttWhnnqfß, -en, engagement,

betrothal.
^etlo'tettfeitt, «.,-«, destruction,

death.
t>txmtt'Un, to interpret.

tiermifA'ett, fli^, to blend.
nermd'gett {ocxmoö^tt, Dermoc^t),

can, to be able.
S^enttd'gett, «., -8, -, fortune,

possession.
Hermit'tett, to suppose, assume.

suspect, surmise.
8ermtt'tttti0,/.,-en, supposition.
netna'gelt, dull, stupid.
tierttel^'mett (öerno^m, üernom«

men), to leam.
nertte^m'Hii^, audible.
Herrei^ett, to leave, travel away.
t>tm6i'ttn, to do.
löemdi'ttttlg,/., -en, deed, piece

of business.
fßtt\amm!inn^, /., -en, assem-

blage.
Hefffttt'mett, to neglect
nerff^af fett, to procurc.
nerf^te'bett, various.
»etfi^Iag', *»., -(e)8, -fc^Iäge,

compartment.
nerfii^Iie'tett (»erfd^Ioß, »erfd^to^

Jen), to lock, close.
t^tt^^ütltUf vanished.
Herflitttrbett, to do wroni^^

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^tt^dfnVhtm^, /*, "tn, indebted-

ness, encumbrance, guilt.
Herff^toitt'^ett (Derfd^manb, t>tv-

fd^tDUnbcn), to disappear.
Herfe'^ett (üerfa^, üerfc^cn), to

pil)vidc with.
Hetfe^'en, to transfer, put in a

wrong place, answer. [up.
tttX^thttn, to illuminate, light
Herfd^'nett, to reconcile.
Hetf^S'let, late, backward,
nerflitei^'en {t>tx\pxa6i, Derfpro«

d^en), to promise»; ft(^ — , to

ex pect.
\i>tt\pWttn, to feel, experience.
S^erftOttb', w., -e«, understand-

ing, sense, wits.
Herfte'^ett (oerfianb, »erfianben),

to understand ; ft(^ — , to be a

matter of course.
fßttftüi', »f., -c«, S^crftbßc, of-

fence, breach, mistake.
Iierfto'teii (»e rflleß, ücrfloßcn), to

cast off, disown.
tierftt'Aen, to try, taste.
BtXttan'tUf «., -8, confidence.
tftxttan'tid^, intimately, confi-

dentially, so as to elicit con-
fidence.
Hetträtl'mett, to dream away.
tftman'^tiUf ^, to change.
9emattb'te, m,, relative.
netitiafc^'ett, faded.
^tmtVitn, n,, -8, delay.
Hemeffett (»erwie«, iicrtDiefen),

to banish, expel.
tftmtn'htn (oerttNxnbte, Der»

roanbt), to apply.

^tmWttn, to confuse; Jtcft — ,

to become confused.
Sermlr'rnttg,/., -en, embarrass-

ment, confusion.
Hetmiftoet, widowed.
Henoittt'bert, astonished.
9ermtttt'betUttg,/., wondcr.
HeriOJittf^f , confounded, cursed,

accursed.
Heri^e^'teit, to spend, consume.
tier^et'l^eit (öcrgie^, öeraiel^en),

to pardon.
fStt^ti'tinnii, /., pardon.
tier5t(^'tett, to refrain (from).
ner^ie'ren, to adom.
t^erjo'gen, spoiied.
tftt^mi'^tU, hopeless, desperate.
iSet^toetf (itttg, /., -en, despair,

desperation.
Hiel, much, many ; -t, many.
Hierfac^, variously, numerously,

in various ways.
HieSetfitf , perhaps, possibly.
Utelntett', rather, on the con>

trary.
Hier'fllSntttg, drawn by four

horses.
Hiert, fourth; -ettd, fourthly.

»ter'telfhmbe,/., -n, quartcr of

an hour.
Sirgt'ttiett, «., -«, Virginia.
fBolf, «., -(e)«, »ölfer, folk,

people.
»olfd'Itebii^ett, «., -«, -, ballad,

populär song.
ttoU, füll, complete.
^9Uht\M^'tn {t>oUbxaä^U. t>tU'

bracht), to complete.

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iponett'bett, to complete.
^9U'tnh§, completely.
kiolfj&^rig, of age.
»i>tt'jä^ri§!eit,/., majority.
tfoUiom'mtn, perfect, accom-

plished.
B^U'monh, m., -(c)«, -c, füll

moon.
kiotl, from, of, about, by.
Hut, before, ago.
Hiiratl', ahead.
nnratii^'fallreii (u, a), to ride or

drive ahead, precede.
tii¥Beffa(ren (u, a), to drive

past.
tlor'Bereitett, to prepare.
tinr'i^reii^ett (a, o), to burst out

(between the clouds).
Wxfi^nvi^zn (brad^te, gebrad^t),

to utter.
tltr'^etft, foremost.
l^or'eittgettommett^eit, /., pre-

occupation.
)»9ttX^, first of all, at first.
tiov'fanen (Ic, a), to occur.
IStc'gaitg, zw., -(c)«, -ßängc, in-

cident.
titr'geben (q, e), to pretend, give

as a reason.
litr'l^aien (l^tte, gel^obt), to in-

tend, propose.
tiorl^an'ben, at band, extant
Utr^er' (oor'l^cr), bef orehand.
nor'foinmeit (fam, o), to seem.
Hor'Iftnfig, preliminary.
tior'Iegen, to help to, put on a

plate
im'ltegen (a, e), tobe at band.

SJor'mittag, w., -(c)8, -c, fore-
noon.

SJtr'mittagdIhtttbe,/., -n, mom*

ing hour.
Hor'ttel^m, aristocratic, distin-

guished, of quality.
nor'tteliinett (a, genommen), ftil^,

to purpose, decide.
So¥'ttel)m(eit, /., gentility,

rank.
SJor'riii^htttg, /., -en, contri-

vance.
Sor'fa^, w.,-€«,-fä^e, Intention,

resolution, design.
nor'fil^Iageti (u, a), to propose.
Sur'f^nb, »»., -«, furtherance,

advancement.
kior'fel^en (a, e), to foreiee, ex-

ercise prudence.
Hor'fe^etl, toserve.
kior'fill^tig, carefully.
kiot^ftettett, to portray, represent,

present, personate.
Sor'ftennitg, /., -cn, presenta-

tion, representation.
»iMr'teU, »i.,-(e)«,-e, a^vantage^

profit.
kior'tvageit (u, a), to propose.
^ntttzflxüi, excellent, distiü;

guisbed,
norft'bei:, past.
klor'lQartiS, on, forward.
kunmeg'fitellleii (a, o), to st«al

away from.
t>or'i|iei|eit ftog, gejogen), to pre-

fer, choose.
»•r'siig, »»., -(e)«, -jüge, pref-

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^, awake, on the alert, astir.
Wadl'tn, to be awake.
mo^et, valiant, stout, good.
»offettfttttftaitb, »*., -(e)8,

-jlänbe, truce.
Wü'^tf /., -n, balance, scales.
iva'gen , to venture, dare.
99Sa'0en, w., -8, - carriage.
iEBag'lQirt, w., -(e)«, -t, landlord

of the hotel „3ur SOBagc."
^al§(,/., -en, choice.
Wafitf true.

Wüil'ttnf to keep, observe, guard.
mft^'renb, whUe, as long as;

during.
toa^t'fiaft, truly.
«Ba^t'^eit,/., truth.
maH^einliii^ (wal^r'fd^einUd^),

probably.
aSalb, m., -(e)«, Sätbcr, forest.
Sßal^'ftrate, /., -n, wood-road,

road through the woods.
«Baitb,/., Sänbe, wall.
Sßan'bel, «., -«, life, career,

course.
MOtt'bellt, fid), to change.
JGBmt'betBiull, «., «-(e)«, -büti^er,

travelling joumeyman's book

serving as a pass.
Sßan'betev, m,, -«, -, traveller.
iDatl'bent, to go, wander, travel.
99San'bertt, «., -«, travel.
SBati'beriSinatin, iw.,-(c)8,-(eute,

Wanderer, traveller (on foot).
8Bait'beYittt0, /., -cn, Walking,

travels, stroll

mann, when.

^ap'ptn, n., -9, ", coat of s
tta'Yenlager, «., -«, -, störe,
assortment of goods.

mar'tett, to wait.

marttin', why? wherefore? for

what reason?
i»aif what; — für ein? what

kind of a?
aBäWe,/.,-n, linen.
©af'fer, «., -«, -, water.
9Baffe?fran, /., -cn, water-

nymph,river-nymph. [change.
fiBeift^fel, OT., -«, -, bül of ex-
toeif ett, to wake.
mebet, neither.

®eg, m,, -(e)«, -e, way, road.
loe'gett, on account of, because

of.
meg'ntfeit (le, u,) to call away,
me^^ett, to flutter, blow.
föe'^en, «., -«, -, blowing.
me^'mittis, melancholy, dolefoL
toe^r'Iod, unarmed, weak.
SSeiB, «., -(e)8f -er, woman,

wife.
SBel'bergiit, «., -(e)«, -guter,

dowry, dot,

99Sei-be, /., -n, pasture,

toeil, because, while.

©el'le,/., while.

merien, to linger, tarry.

Sß^tin, tn.y -(e)«, -e, wine.

toei'ttett, to weep.

fiBei'fe, /., -n, manner, air. ;

»eifc white.

Joeit, far; large, wide, loose.

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»d'te,/., -n, distance.
Wtiiflin\ far, to a great distance,

far ofif.
meif (Sltfig, roomy, large, strag-

gling.
Wtlä^tt, -t, -t9f who, which.
aBett,/., -cn, World.
mtiriidi, temporal.
^tWmmn, m,, -(c)8, -mfinncr,

gentleman, man of the world.
loen'bett Ovanbte^ getoanbt), to

tum.
Wtn'hnn^,/., -tn, tum, change.
üe'nig, little, few.
toe'nigftettd, at least.
üentl, if, when, whenever.
Iföen'^el, w., -«, Wenceslaus.
üer'l^en {a, o), to seek in mar-

riage.
mer'ben {a, o), to become, get.
met'fen {a, o), to throw.
SBcrg, «., -(e)«, tow.
SBerf, «., -(e)«, -e, work.
mtti, worth.

merf gefli^S^t, valued, esteemed.
SBe'ftllf «M -*# -f bcing, creature,

thing, manner.
tG^fTenftoff, w., -(f)«, -e, cloth

for vests.
Sßeffioittb, iw., -(e)6, -c, west

wind.
Wt&mt'iitn, for which reason.
aSBcf ter, «., -«, -, weather.
loili^'tig, important.
toiff e(tt, to wrap.
mib'men, ftli^, to devote oneself
mie, as, like, as if, when.
tnit'htt, again.

mieber^o'kll, to repeat.

toie'berfeliren, to rctum.
SEBie'berfel^ett, «., -«, mceting

again.

mie'berttm,, again.
SBic'fe,/., -n, meadow.
toilb, wild.
«Bilb'fang, m„ -(c)«, -fange,

wild young fellow.
Mithin), w., -«, will; beim

beflen — , with the most gen-

erous spirit.
toWkuM, irresolutely, involun-

tarily.

$EBinb'fal)tte, /., -n, weather-

vane.
toitif en, to beckon.
f&in'tttf »f., -8, -, Winter.
S^itt'terfeft, w.,-(e)«, -e, winter-

festival.
aEBltt'ter!o^C!o<>f, m„ -e«, -föpfe,

head of winter-cabbage.
Wxn'ttxmctttt, ft,, -«, winter-

weather.
Wirrai^, real(ly).
aSBit'fttttg,/., -en, effect.
SBirr'ioimr, »*., -«, confusion,

jumble.
^ittf »/., -(e)«, ^e, landlord,

host.
iföirtd'faol, m,,-(t)^, -fäle, hotel-

parlor.
»if feil (wußte, gewußt), toknow;

fid^ ju l^elfen— , to know what

to do.
©iffeufli^aft,/., -en, science.
S(&% »f., -e«, -e, wit.
tot, where» when, on which.

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«B*d|'e,/.,-n, week.

Mofftr', for which.

l99J|er'r from where.

IIIO^l, well, easily; I suppose,

I think.
W9flVht^aUtnf safe and sound.
Woi^VMannt, well-known.
t»9^l'f^t\9t%i, well cared for, well

governed.
Sßol^rgefaneit, n,, -«, liking,

pleasure.
Mf^tqtmttt, well-fed.
MOl^rKitlgeit^, welUounding, eu-

phonious.
mol^rmeineitb, well-meant.
Sßol^rfeitl, «., -9, welfare, pros-

perity.
Wo^tmoUtn, «., -9, favor, good-

wUl.
t09flVt»0titnh, well-wishing,

kindly disposed.
mol^'neil, to dwell, live, abide.
mul^tl'Kd), commodious, comfort-

able.
«Bolfr »»., -(«)«, Sölfe, wolf.
i»9Vitn, will, to want to.
W9mW, wherewith, whereby.
W9tan% at which, in which.
WOtaaf, whereupon.
©ort, «., -<«, -e or ©örter,

word.
mtrfioedlfeltt, to exchange

words, consult, scold.
imtn'beri^ar, wonderful.

tßmn'httliäl, wonderful(ly), sin-
giilar(ly), strange(ly), remark-
able.

wün'iditn, to wish.

Oftr'be,/., dignity.

Ȁt'blgr worthy; worthily, fit-

tingly.
99Sfir'feItt, to throw dice.
fBft'fitetifattb, m,, -(e)d, sand of
the desert.

jag'^aft, timidly, bashfully.
S^Vt/'* -*"^ number.
saufen, ftli^, to quarrel.
^att, tender.
3eift'e,/.,-n, bUl.
ge^n, ten.

3ci'4^f '«•» -^f -f sign» mark.
Seidl'neti, fldj, to be visible,

stand out.
jei'gett, to show, point, evince .

fid^ — , to show ofif.
3ett, /., -<n, time ; gu gleii^— ^

at the same time.
Beifutter, «., -«, age.
Seifloitg,/., (a) time.
seif (ili^, temporal, carthly.
Seif^mitlt, iw., -(e)«, -e, mo-

ment.
aerfteift'eii (gerfted^, ger^oc^eii),

to prick all over.
Sevftd'ren, to destroy, frustrate.
Serjihrettf , absent-mindedly, ab-

stractedly.

3e»flf «•» -(«)«^ -«^ wäre, stuff,

table-ware.
Settö'ttlÖ, «., -ffe«, -ffe, testi-

mony.
Bie'geniMt, w., -(<)«, -böde, he-

goat.

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jte'Jeil (jog, ßegogen), to go,

move, draw, pull; jld^ — , to

pass.
3ie(, «., -(c)8, "t, end, goal.
^Xtm'liäl, tolerably, rather.
^it'xtn, to Ornament.
^ttt^ltäl, neat(ly), elegant(ly),

gracef ul(ly), nice(ly).
Sivxmtt, «., -«, -, room.
$illl>e]rlid), gingerly, affectedly,

finically.
3itt^'l§err, m., -n, -en, landlord.
Sip^^tltianU, /., -it, peaked

hood.
^Wtttn, to tremble.
^d'gerit, to hesitate.
aot'ltig, angrily.
5», at, to; too.
SA'htXtiitn, to prepare, get

ready.
Sn'htttXtnnfi, /., -cn, prepar-

ation.
3ttlf et, w., -«, sugar.

Stuf eri^eit = B^if eti^Siteir, w.,

-g, -, confectioner and cake-

baker.
Jtt'btingUdlr forward, impor-

tunate.
Stt'fattf *«•» -(0«f -fött«/ Chance,

accident.
^ttfrie'^en, satisfied, content(ed).
3tt8r »'•» -(«)«/ 3öge, procession,

draught, feature.
3ft'ge(, iw., -«, - rein.
^Uffitiäl', at the same time, also.
^U'tlapptn, to snap shut.
Sttle^f , finally, at the end, atlast.
Ittntar, especially as.

aitnSd)fiK, Wv.) first, to bcgln
with, next; (prep.) next to.

3tt'tieigltttg, /., -en, afifection,
attachment.

3tt«8'efA-W/ tongue.

%ViXti!e^a, in right condition, as
it ought to be.

Snref^f tftffeit, to put into the
right place.

3tt'tebeit, «., -«, persuasion.

ptftff , back.

^nrüif l^tingeit (brad^te^ gebracht),
to bring back.

Simlfffftl)]ren, to bring back,
take back.

Stttftff fel^reit, to retum.

prüff fornmen (fam, o), to re-
tum, come back.

prüff (äffen (lieg, a), to leavc
behind.

^nrüff (e^neit, to lean back.

^nrüff teili^eit,, to reach back.

aitrfiff f^Iageit (u, a), to throw
back.

^tttüif fpringen (a, n), to run

back.

^urüff tveten (a, e), to step back.
Sitrüff toeifen (ic, it), to decline,

reject.
prülfäic^c^t (gog, gegogfn), to

withdraw.
Sttfam'mett, together.

3ttf am'menl^ang, »*., -«, connec

tion.
$nfaiit'meime(inen (a, genom«
mcn), to collect, gather up.

^ttfant'ineitrotteti, fi^, to band

together.

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Sitfmit'meiitreffeii (traf, o), to

meet.
3lt'f4atteY, »*., -«, -, onlooker,

spectator.
Sit'fdliei^ett (0, o), to push to-

wards.
Jll'fel^ett (a, c), to look on.
%v!^tiltnh§, visibly, noticeably.
Slt'fe^etl, to add.
S^'i^^tr /•» -^^f addition, title.
3n'tranett, «., -«, confidence.

§iiiiot'!ominenb, politely.
§tttl>eilen, at times, sometimes.

Sit'ioetibett (»anbte, gemanbi), to

devote, direct.
Btt'tttlg, »»., -(c)«, coercion.
^Wat, it is true, in truth, that

too, indeed.
3»el'fcl, w., -«, -i-, doubt.

amei'fcHaft, doubtfui(iy).
3)oetf(er, »*., -«, -, doubter

sceptic.
Sloeitr second; -eiti?, secondly

in the second place.
$IOifll^'eil, between.

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