,,international ,,weekly ,,miscellany ,of ,literature1 ,art1 and ,science4 99 99 99 99 99 ,vol4 ,i4 ,,new ,,york1 ,,july #h1 #ahej4 ,no4 #b4 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration3 ,,studies ,,of ,,the ,,town4 ,the ,,lorgnette1 the cleverest book of its kind 7we were about to write1 since the days of ,addison1 but to avoid possible disagreement say7--since ,,irving and ,,paulding gave us ,salmagundi1 is still coming before us at agreeable intervals1 and will soon be issued in a brace of volumes illustrated by ,,darley4 ,the ,author keeps his promises1 given in the following paragraphs some time ago3 ,it would be very idle to pretend1 my dear ,fritz1 that in printing my letters1 ,i had not some hope of doing the public a trifling service4 ,there are errors which need only to be mentioned1 to be frowned upon2 and there are virtues1 which an approving word1 even of a stranger1 will encourage4 ,both of these objects belong to my plan2 yet my strictures shall not be personal1 or invidious4 ,it will be easy1 surely1 to carry with me the sympathies of all sensible people1 in a little harmless ridicule of the foibles of the day1 without citing personal instance2 and it will be vastly easier1 in such ,babylon as ours1 to designate a virtue1 without naming its possessor6 ,still1 you know me too well1 to believe that ,i shall be frightened out of free1 or even caustic remark1 by any critique of the papers1 or by any dignified frown of the literary coteries of the city4444 ,this ,,lorgnette of mine will range very much as my whim directs4 ,in morals1 it will aim to be correct2 in religion1 to be respectful2 in literature1 modest2 in the arts1 attentive2 in fashion1 observing2 in society1 free2 in narrative1 to be honest2 in advice1 to be sound2 in satire1 to be hearty2 and in general character1 whatever may be the critical opinions of the small littrateurs1 or the hints of fashionable patrons1 to be only--itself4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,tennyson',s ,,new ,,poem4#a ,the popularity of ,,tennyson1 in this country as well as in ,england1 is greater than that of any other contemporary who writes verses in our language4 ,we by no means agree to the justness of the common apprehension in this case4 ,we think ,bryant is a greater poet1 and we might refer to others1 at home and abroad1 whom it delights us more to read4 ,but it is unquestionable that ,tennyson is the favorite of the hour1 and every new composition of his will therefore be looked for with the most lively interest4 ,his last work1 just reprinted by ,,ticknor1 ,,reed ,,fields1 of ,boston1 is thus described in the ,london ,spectator of ,june #hth3 ',,in ,,memoriam4' ,although only these words appear on the title-page of this volume of poetry1 it is well known to be from the pen of ,alfred ,tennyson4 ,it is also known that the inscription ',,in ,,memoriam ,a4,h4,h4 ,,obiit ,,mdcccxxxiii4' refers to ,mr4 ,arthur ,hallam1 a son of the historian4 ,it may be gleaned from the book1 that the deceased was betrothed to a sister of ,tennyson1 while the friendship on the poet's part has 'passed the love of women4' ,feeling1 especially in one whose vocation it is to express sentiments1 is not1 indeed1 always to be measured by composition2 since the earnest artist turns everything to account1 and when his theme is mournful it is his cue to make it as mournful as he can3 but when a thought continually mingles with casual observation1 or incident of daily life1 or larger event that strikes attention1 as though the memory of the past were ever coloring the present1 and that over a period of seventeen years1 it must be regarded as a singular instance of enduring friendship1 as it has shown itself in a very singular literary form4 ,there is nothing like it that we remember1 except the sonnets of ,petrarch2 for books of sportive and ludicrous conceits are not to be received into the same category4 ,the volume consists of one hundred and twenty-nine separate poems1 numbered but not named1 and which in the absence of a more specific designation may be called occasional2 for though they generally bear a reference to the leading subject1 ,in ,memoriam1 yet they are not connected with sufficient closeness to form a continuous piece4 ,there is also an invocatory introduction1 and a closing marriage poem1 written on the wedding of one of the writer's sisters1 which1 strange as it may seem1 serves again to introduce the memory of the departed4 ,the intervening poems are as various as a miscellaneous collection2 but the remembrance of the dead ever mingles with the thought of the living4 ,his birth-day1 his death-day1 the festive rejoicings of ,christmastide and the ,new ,year1 recall him2 the scenes in which he was a companion1 the house where he was a welcome guest1 the season when the lawyer's vacation gave him leisure for a long visit1 revive him to the mind4 ,the ,danube1 on whose banks he died--the ,severn1 by whose banks he appears to have been buried--nay1 the points of the compass--are associated with him4 ,sometimes the association is slighter still2 and in a few pieces the allusion is so distant that it would not have been perceived without the clew4 ,such is the following 7one of several poems7 on the ,new ,year4 ,,civ4 ,ring out1 wild bells1 to the wild sky1 ,the flying cloud1 the frosty light3 ,the year is dying in the night2 ,ring out1 wild bells1 and let him die4 ,ring out the old1 ring in the new1 ,ring1 happy bells1 across the snow3 ,the year is going1 let him go2 ,ring out the false1 ring in the true4 ,ring out the grief that saps the mind1 ,for those that here we see no more2 ,ring out the feud of rich and poor1 ,ring in redress to all mankind4 ,ring out a slowly dying cause1 ,and ancient forms of party strife2 ,ring in the nobler modes of life1 ,with sweeter manners1 purer laws4 ,ring out the want1 the care1 the sin1 ,the faithless coldness of the times2 ,ring out1 ring out my mournful rhymes1 ,but ring the fuller minstrel in4 ,ring out false pride in place and blood1 ,the civic slander and the spite2 ,ring in the love of truth and right1 ,ring in the common love of good4 ,ring out old shapes of foul disease1 ,ring out the narrowing lust of gold2 ,ring out the thousand wars of old1 ,ring in the thousand years of peace4 ,ring in the valiant man and free1 ,the larger heart1 the kindlier hand2 ,ring out the darkness of the land1 ,ring in the ,christ that is to be4 ,the following is of more direct bearing on the theme1 and is moreover one of those charming pieces of domestic painting in which ,tennyson excels4 ,,lxxxvii4 ,witch-elms that counterchange the floor ,of this flat lawn with dusk and bright2 ,and thou1 with all thy breadth and height ,of foliage1 towering sycamore2 ,how often1 hither wandering down1 ,my ,arthur found your shadows fair4 ,and shook to all the liberal air ,the dust and din and steam of town3 ,he brought an eye for all he saw2 ,he mixt in all our simple sports2 ,they pleased him1 fresh from brawling courts ,and dusky purlieus of the law4 ,o joy to him in this retreat1 ,immantled in ambrosial dark1 ,to drink the cooler air1 and mark ,the landscape winking through the heat3 ,o sound to rout the brood of cares1 ,the sweep of scythe in morning dew1 ,the gust that round the garden flew1 ,and tumbled half the mellowing pears6 ,o bliss1 when all in circle drawn ,about him1 heart and ear were fed ,to hear him1 as he lay and read ,the ,tuscan poets on the lawn3 ,or in the all-golden afternoon ,a guest1 or happy sister1 sung1 ,or here she brought the harp and flung ,a ballad to the brightening moon3 ,nor less it pleased in livelier moods1 ,beyond the bounding hill to stray4 ,and break the livelong summer day ,with banquet in the distant woods2 ,whereat we glanced from theme to theme1 ,discuss'd the books to love or hate1 ,or touch'd the changes of the state1 ,or threaded some ,socratic dream2 ,but if ,i praised the busy town1 ,he loved to rail against it still1 ,for 'ground' in yonder social mill ,we rub each other's angles down4 ',and merge1' he said1 'in form and loss ,the picturesque of man and man4' ,we talk'd3 the stream beneath us ran1 ,the wine-flask lying couch'd in moss1 ,or cool'd within the glooming wave2 ,and last1 returning from afar1 ,before the crimson-circled star ,had fallen into her father's grave4 ,and brushing ankle-deep in flowers1 ,we heard behind the woodbine vail ,the milk that bubbled in the pail1 ,and buzzings of the honeyed hours4 ,the volume is pervaded by a religious feeling1 and an ardent aspiration for the advancement of society1--as may be gathered from our first quotation4 ,these two sentiments impart elevation1 faith1 and resignation2 so that memory1 thought1 and a chastened tenderness1 generally predominate over deep grief4 ,the grave character of the theme forbids much indulgence in conceits such as ,tennyson sometimes falls into1 and the execution is more finished than his volumes always are3 there are very few prosaic lines1 and few instances of that excess of naturalness which degenerates into the mawkish4 ,the nature of the plan--which1 after all1 is substantially though not in form a set of sonnets on a single theme--is favorable to those pictures of common landscape and of daily life1 redeemed from triviality by genial feeling and a perception of the lurking beautiful1 which are the author's distinguishing characteristic4 ,the scheme1 too1 enables him appropriately to indulge in theological and metaphysical reflections2 where he is not quite so excellent4 ,many of the pieces taken singly are happy examples of ,tennyson1 though not perhaps the very happiest4 ,as a whole1 there is inevitably something of sameness in the work1 and the subject is unequal to its long expansion2 yet its nature is such1 there is so much of looseness in the plan1 that it might have been doubled or trebled without incongruity4 ,it is one of those books which depend upon individual will and feeling1 rather than upon a broad subject founded in nature and tractable by the largest laws of art4 ,hence1 though not irrespective of laws1 such works depend upon instinctive felicity--felicity in the choice of topics and the mode of execution1 felicity both in doing and in leaving undone3 this high and perfect excellence1 perhaps1 ,in ,memoriam has not reached1 though omission and revision might lead very close to it4 ,footnote #a3 ,in ,memoriam4 ,by ,alfred ,tennyson4 #a vol4 #abmo4 ,boston3 ,ticknor1 ,reed ,fields4 #ahej4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,etherization4--,a writer in the ,medical ,times says1 ,the day1 perhaps1 may not be far off1 when we shall be able to suspend the sensibility of the nervous chords1 without acting on the center of the nervous system1 just as we are enabled to suspend circulation in an artery without acting on the heart4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,leigh ,,hunt4 ,one of the most delightful books of the season will be ,the ,autobiography of ,,leigh ,,hunt1 which is being reprinted by ,harper ,brothers1 and will very soon be given to the ,american public in an edition of suitable elegance4 ,the last great race of poets and literary men1 observes a writer in the ,london ,standard1 is now rapidly vanishing from the scene3 of the splendid constellation1 in the midst of which ,campbell1 ,scott1 ,coleridge1 ,wordsworth1 ,shelley1 ,southey1 ,crabbe1 and ,byron1 were conspicuous1 how few remain6 ,moore 7rapidly declining71 ,rogers 7upward of eighty71 ,professor ,wilson1 ,montgomery1 and ,leigh ,hunt1 are nearly all4 ,it is fitting that we prize these few1 as the remnants of a magnificent group1 which cannot be expected very soon to be repeated4 ,leigh ,hunt has1 for nearly half a century1 occupied a prominent place in the public eye1 as a politician of a peculiarly bold and decided stamp1 when boldness was necessary for the utterance of the truth2 and as a poet and prose-writer of a singularly-genial and amiable character4 ,as the chief founder and critic of the ,examiner1 he would doubtless occupy a high place in literary history1 but as the author of ,rimini he is entitled to a more enduring and enviable fame4 ,this will always stand at the head of his works3 but his ,indicator1 his ,london ,journal1 his ,jar of ,honey1 and others1 abound with the illustrations of a most imaginative and cordial spirit4 ,we are glad to possess a good autobiography of ,leigh ,hunt4 ,it is the first we have from a long list of celebrated men2 and no one could give us such correct1 discerning1 and delightful insights into their usual life and true characters4 ,hazlitt1 ,lamb1 ,shelley1 ,keats1 ,byron1 and a crowd of others become familiar to us in these pages4 ,it was in the ,examiner that the first compositions of ,shelley and ,keats were introduced to the ,british public2 and the friendship which ,mr4 ,hunt maintained with those poets1 till their deaths1 casts a sunshine over that portion of his life1 which is peculiarly charming4 ,perhaps the two points of this ,autobiography which will most attract the attention of the reader are the author's imprisonment for a libel on the ,prince ,regent1 and his visit to ,italy4 ,in that imprisonment of two years1 he was visited by ,byron1 ,moore1 ,brougham1 ,bentham1 and several other eminent men4 ,in the journey to ,italy1 which was undertaken in order to coperate with ,byron and ,shelley in bringing out of the ,liberal1 ,hunt had the misfortune to be deprived of ,shelley's friendship1 by death1 immediately on his arrival2 and of the friendship of ,byron1 through incompatibilities of taste1 and the jealous officiousness of ,byron's friends1 amongst whom ,moore bore a prominent part4 ,mr4 ,hunt published a volume on the subject soon after his return to ,england1 which occasioned him a great deal of ill-will4 ,to this publication he now refers with expressions of much regret1 and with the calmness which has been produced by time4 ,but it cannot be denied that he endured most mortifying and irritating provocations1 which never could have taken place had ,shelley lived4 ,we are glad that he has had an opportunity of leaving a generous and forgiving record of this remarkable portion of his life2 and certainly nothing can be more delightful than his present account of it3-- ,the greatest comfort ,i experienced1 he says1 in ,italy was living in the same neighborhood1 and thinking1 as ,i went about1 of ,boccaccio4 ,boccaccio's father had a house at ,maiano1 supposed to have been situated at the ,fiesolan extremity of the hamlet4 ,that merry-hearted writer was so fond of the place that he has not only laid the two scenes of the ',decameron' on each side of it1 with the valley which his company resorted to in the middle1 but has made the two little streams which embrace ,maiano1 the ,affrico and the ,mensola1 the hero and the heroine of his ',nimphale ,fiesolano4' ,the scene of another of his works is on the banks of the ,margnone1 a river a little distant2 and the ',decameron' is full of the neighboring villages4 ,out of the windows of one side of our house we saw the turret of the ,villa ,gherardi1 to which1 according to his biographers1 his 'joyous company' resorted in the first instance4 ,a house belonging to the ,macchiavelli was near1 a little to the left2 and farther to the left1 among the blue hills1 was the white village1 ,settignano1 where ,michael ,angelo was born4 ,the house is still in possession of the family4 ,from our windows on the other side we saw1 close to us1 the ,fiesole of antiquity and of ,milton1 the site of the ,boccaccio-house before mentioned2 still closer1 the ,decameron's ,valley of ,ladies at our feet2 and we looked over toward the quarter of the ,mignone and of a house of ,dante1 and in the distance beheld the mountains of ,pistria4 ,lastly1 from the terrace in front1 ,florence lay clear and cathedraled before us1 with the scene of ,redi's ,bacchus rising on the other side of it1 and the villa of ,arcetri1 famous for ,galileo4 ,hazlitt1 who came to see me there1 beheld the scene around us with the admiration natural to a lover of old folios and great names1 and confessed1 in the language of ,burns1 that it was a sight to enrich the eyes4 ,my daily walk was to ,fiesole1 through a path skirted with wild myrtle and cyclamen2 and ,i stopped at the door of the ,doccia1 and sate on the pretty melancholy platform behind it1 reading1 or looking down to ,florence4 ,this is all very charming1 yet hear what the author says further3-- ,some people1 when they return from ,italy1 say it has no wood1 and some a great deal4 ,the fact is1 that many parts of it1 ,tuscany included1 has no wood to speak of3 it wants larger trees interspersed with the small ones1 in the manner of our hedge-row elms4 ,a tree of a reasonable height is a god-send4 ,the olives are low and hazy-looking1 like dry sallows4 ,you have plenty of these2 but to an ,englishman1 looking from a height1 they appear little better than brushwood4 ,then there are no meadows1 no proper green fields in ,june2 nothing of that luxurious combination of green and russet1 of grass1 wild flowers1 and woods1 over which a lover of nature can stroll for hours1 with a foot as fresh as the stag's2 unmixed with chalk-dust1 and an eternal public path1 and able to lie down1 if he will1 and sleep in clover4 ,in short--saving1 alas6 a finer sky and a drier atmosphere--we have the best part of ,italy in books2 and this we can enjoy in ,england4 ,give me ,tuscany in ,middlesex or ,berkshire1 and the ,valley of ,ladies between ,jack ,straw's ,castle and ,harrow4444 ,to me1 ,italy had a certain hard taste in the mouth3 its mountains were too bare1 its outlines too sharp1 its lanes too stony1 its voices too loud1 its long summer too dusty4 ,i longed to bathe myself in the grassy balm of my native fields4 ,as a whole these volumes are full of interest and variety4 ,they introduce us to numerous famous people1 and leave us with a most agreeable impression of their author4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,mormons4 ,,thomas ,l4 ,,kane1 of ,philadelphia1 distinguished himself very honorably a year or two ago by the vindication of the ,mormons against calumnies to which they had been subjected in the ,western ,states1 and by appeals for their relief from the sufferings induced by unlooked-for exposure in their exodus to ,california4 ,we are indebted to him for an interesting discourse upon the subject1 delivered before the ,historical ,society of ,pennsylvania4 ,he concludes this performance with the following observations1 which we believe to be altogether just4 ,mr4 ,,kane is a man of sagacity and integrity1 and his opportunities for the formation of a wise opinion upon this subject were such as very few have possessed3 ,i have gone over the work ,i assigned myself when ,i accepted your ,committee's invitation1 as fully as ,i could do without trespassing too largely upon your courteous patience4 ,but ,i should do wrong to conclude my lecture without declaring in succinct and definite terms1 the opinions ,i have formed and entertain of the ,mormon people4 ,the libels1 of which they have been made the subject1 make this a simple act of justice4 ,perhaps1 too1 my opinion1 even with those who know me as you do1 will better answer its end following after the narrative ,i have given4 ,i have spoken to you of a people2 whose industry had made them rich1 and gathered around them all the comforts1 and not a few of the luxuries of refined life2 expelled by lawless force into the wilderness2 seeking an untried home far away from the scenes which their previous life had endeared to them2 moving onward1 destitute1 hunger-sickened1 and sinking with disease2 bearing along with them their wives and children1 the aged1 and the poor1 and the decrepid2 renewing daily on their march1 the offices of devotion1 the ties of family1 and friendship1 and charity2 sharing necessities1 and braving dangers together1 cheerful in the midst of want and trial1 and persevering until they triumphed4 ,i have told1 or tried to tell you1 of men1 who when menaced by famine1 and in the midst of pestilence1 with every energy taxed by the urgency of the hour1 were building roads and bridges1 laying out villages1 and planting cornfields1 for the stranger who might come after them1 their kinsman only by a common humanity1 and peradventure a common suffering1--of men1 who have renewed their prosperity in the homes they have founded in the desert1--and who1 in their new built city1 walled round by mountains like a fortress1 are extending pious hospitalities to the destitute emigrants from our frontier lines1--of men who1 far removed from the restraints of law1 obeyed it from choice1 or found in the recesses of their religion1 something not inconsistent with human laws1 but far more controlling2 and who are now soliciting from the government of the ,united ,states1 not indemnity1--for the appeal would be hopeless1 and they know it--not protection1 for they now have no need of it1--but that identity of political institutions and that community of laws with the rest of us1 which was confessedly their birthright when they were driven beyond our borders4 ,i said ,i would give you the opinion ,i formed of the ,mormons3 you may deduce it for yourselves from these facts4 ,but ,i will add that ,i have not yet heard the single charge against them as a community1 against their habitual purity of life1 their integrity of dealing1 their toleration of religious differences in opinion1 their regard for the laws1 or their devotion to the constitutional government under which we live1 that ,i do not from my own observation1 or the testimony of others1 know to be unfounded4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,original ,,poetry4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,bride',s ,,reverie4 ,,by ,,mrs4 ,m4,e4 ,,hewitt4 ,lonely to-night1 oh1 loved one6 is our dwelling1 ,and lone and wearily hath gone the day2 ,for thou1 whose presence like a flood is swelling ,with joy my life-tide--thou art far away4 ,and wearily for me will go the morrow1 ,while for thy voice1 thy smile1 ,i vainly yearn2 ,oh1 from fond thought some comfort ,i will borrow1 ,to wile away the hours till thou return6 ,i will remember that first1 sweet revealing ,wherewith thy love o'er my tranced being stole2 ,i1 like the ,pythoness enraptured1 feeling ,the god divine pervading all my soul4 ,i will remember each fond aspiration ,in secret milled with thy cherished name1 ,till from thy lips1 in wildering modulation1 ,those words of ecstasy ,i love thee6 came4 ,and ,i will think of all our blest communing1 ,and all thy low-breathed words of tenderness2 ,thy voice to me its melody attuning ,till every tone seemed fraught with a caress4 ,and feel thee near me1 while in thought repeating ,the treasured memories thou alone dost share ,hark6 with hushed breath and pulses wildly beating ,i hear thy footstep bounding o'er the stair6 ,and ,i no longer to my heart am telling ,the weary weight of loneliness it bore2 ,for thou1 whose love makes heaven within our dwelling1 ,thou art returned1 and all is joy once more4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,to ----4 ,,by ,,mrs4 ,r4,b4,k4 ,oh how ,i loved thee6 how ,i blessed the hour1 ,when first thy lips1 wak'ning my trusting heart1 ,like some soft southern gale upon a flower1 ,into a blooming hope1 murmured we ne'er will part4 ,never to part6 alas6 the lingering sound ,thro' the sad echoes of pale ,memory's cave1 ,startles once more the hope my young soul found1 ,into bright hues1 but1 only for the grave 444 ,must we then part6 ah1 till this heavy hour1 ,fraught with the leaden weight of sorrowing years1 ,i could have stemmed grief's tide like some light shower1 ,where shows a rainbow hope to quell all idle fears4 ,but the dim phantoms of o'er shadowed pleasures1 ,gleaming thro' gathering mists that cloud my heart1 ,lend but a transient ray1 those fragile treasures-- ,and heavier darkness falls to gloom the thought ,we part6 ,,june #bb1 #ahej4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,original ,,correspondence4 ,,rambles ,,in ,,the ,,peninsula4 ,,no4 ,,ii4 ,,grenada1 ,may #bf1 #ahej4 ,my ,dear ,friend--,my companion1 ,mr4 ,ronalds1 left this morning in the diligence for ,madrid1 and ,i am1 therefore1 for the first time since ,i have been in ,europe alone--the only citizen of the ,united ,states at present in this ancient ,moorish city3 alone1 ,i may almost say1 in the midst of paradise4 ,yet the beauties of nature will not compensate for the solitude of the heart1 which is continually yearning after sympathy2 we wish for something beyond the pleasures of the eye1 and ,i would that you were with me4 ,i would take you up to me ,alhambra1 and descant to you for hours upon its perfections and its romantic history4 ,to me this wondrous pile has become familiar2 ,i have seen it at all hours of the day1 and have visited it in the enchantment of moonlight2 and never will pass from my memory the pleasant hours ,i have spent within its sacred precincts2 ,i shall remember them and those who shared them with me--forever4 ,a few days since we made up a party and rode out to the famous town of ,santa ,fe1 in the delightful ,vega1 about eight miles away4 ,we were all dressed in the gay costume of ,andalusia1 and presented1 as you may imagine1 a picturesque appearance2 my companions were lively fellows1 and we had a great deal of sport on the way4 ,santa ,fe is now a dilapidated place1 but its associations make it well deserving a visit4 ,it was built by ,ferdinand1 during the memorable siege of ,grenada2 it was here that ,boabdil signed the capitulation of his city2 and it was from this spot1 too1 that ,columbus was dispatched on his mission of discovering a new world4 ,the rich and fertile ,vega1 as we rode with the speed of the wind over it1 seemed to me like a fairy land--so luxuriant the vegetation--so rich the meadows and fields of waving grain--so exquisite the variety of cottages1 and villages1 and groves1 dotting so vast a plain--so pure and transparent the atmosphere1 that the most distant objects are as clearly defined as those nearest us4 ,imagine so lovely a landscape--thirty miles in length by twenty-five in width1 surrounded by tremendous mountains1--those of the ,sierra ,nevada1 rising back of ,grenada to the height of thirteen thousand feet above the level of the sea1 their summits covered by a dazzling mantle of snow3 imagine this1 and you will have some faint idea of this beautiful ,eden of ,spain4 ,it is worth a long pilgrimage to gaze but for one moment upon it1 particularly from the ,torre de la ,vela of the ,alhambra1 whence ,i have beheld it1 both in the bright1 gay sunshine1 and through the solemnly beautiful night1 illumined by the stars and moon4 ,the walks and gardens of ,grenada are exceedingly beautiful4 ,the principal promenade is called 7and very appropriately7 ,el ,salon4 ,it is of considerable extent--about eighty feet in width1 with regular lines of lofty elms on either side1 the bending branches of which nearly meet in an arch overhead4 ,at both extremities of this charming avenue is a large and handsome fountain of ever-flowing water4 ,the ground of the walk is hard--slightly curved2 and as smooth and clean as the floor of a ball-room1 where convenient seats of stone1 tastefully arranged beneath the shade of the spreading trees1 seem to invite one to meditation and repose4 ,outside of this lovely promenade1 are blooming gardens1 teeming with roses and other flowers1 which fill the air with fragrance1 while through them on one side runs the river ,darre1 and on the other the ,xenie--gentle streams1 whose waters unite their melodious rippling to the chorus of nightingales1 ever singing above their pleasant banks4 ,but description is tiresome1 especially when one is attempting to present something beyond his power1 so ,i shall not fatigue you with it any longer3 besides1 a worthy ,english curate1 now my only companion in this wretched hotel1 is boring me so incessantly with conversation that ,i find it difficult to collect any thoughts to put on paper4 ,i wish he was already in heaven1 as1 surely1 he well deserves to be4 ,it was my intention to have gone from this place to ,almeria on horseback1 but as ,r4 has left for ,madrid1 ,i shall return to ,malaga1 probably1 in the diligence to-night4 ,it leaves at #ab o'clock1 under an escort of six cavalry1 which on this road is indispensably necessary4 ,from ,malaga ,i shall take steamer for ,valencia and ,barcelona1 and according to my present calculations1 will reach ,paris about the first of ,june next4 ,f---- wants me to go to ,italy--,i do not know exactly what course to take1 as traveling in ,italy during the summer season is not considered healthy4 ,i should like to remain in ,france a month or so1 in order to improve myself in their language3 as for ,spanish1 ,i speak it with fluency and ease already1 and it is certainly one of the most beautiful languages in the world4 ,yours1 ,,john ,e4 ,,warren4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,summer ,,night4 ,we are in the midst of ,july--in the midst of summer--of the most genial and pure-aired summer that we have had for years4 ,how beautifully ,,richter1 translated by our ,longfellow1 of kindred genius1 describes the holy time6 ,the summer alone might elevate us4 ,god what a season6 ,in sooth1 ,i often know not whether to stay in the city1 or go forth into the fields1 so alike is it everywhere and beautiful4 ,if we go outside the city gate1 the very beggars gladden our hearts1 for they are no longer cold2 and the post-boys who can pass the whole night on horseback1 and the shepherds asleep in the open air4 ,we need no gloomy house4 ,we make a chamber out of every bush1 and therefore have my good industrious bees before us1 and the most gorgeous butterflies4 ,in the gardens on the hills sit schoolboys1 and in the open air look out words in the dictionary4 ,on account of the game-laws there is no shooting now1 and every thing in bush and furrow1 and on green branches1 can enjoy itself right heartily and safely4 ,in all directions come travelers along the roads2 they have their carriages for the most part thrown back--the horses have branches stuck in their saddles1 and the drivers roses in their mouths4 ,the shadows of the clouds go trailing along1--the birds fly between them up and down1 and journeymen mechanics wander cheerily on with their bundles1 and want no work4 ,even when it rains we love to stand out of doors1 and breathe in the quickening influence1 and the wet does the herdsman harm no more4 ,and is it night1 so sit we only in a cooler shadow1 from which we plainly discern the daylight on the northern horizon and on the sweet warm stars of heaven4 ,wheresoever ,i look1 there do ,i find my beloved blue on the flax in blossoms1 on the corn-flowers1 and the godlike endless heaven into which ,i would fain spring as into a stream4 ,and now1 if we turn homeward again1 we find indeed but fresh delight4 ,the street is a true nursery1 for in the evening after supper1 the little ones1 though they have but a few clothes upon them1 are again let out into the open air1 and not driven under the bed-quilt as in winter4 ,we sup by daylight1 and hardly know where the candlesticks are4 ,in the bed-chamber the windows are open day and night1 and likewise most of the doors1 without danger4 ,the oldest women stand by the window without a chill1 and sew4 ,flowers lie about everywhere--by the ink-stand--on the lawyer's papers--on the justice's table1 and the tradesman's counter4 ,the children make a great noise1 and one hears bowling of ninepin alleys half the night through our walks up and down the street2 and talks aloud1 and sees the stars shoot in the high heaven4 ,the foreign musicians1 who wend their way homeward toward midnight1 go fiddling along the street to their quarters1 and the whole neighborhood runs to the window4 ,the extra posts arrive later1 and the horses neigh4 ,one lies by the noise in the window and droops asleep4 ,the post-horns awake him and the whole starry heaven hath spread itself open4 ,o ,god6 what a joyous life on this little earth4 99 99 99 99 99 ,emma is from the ,german1 and signifies a nurse2 ,caroline1 from the ,latin--noble minded2 ,george1 from the ,greek-a farmer2 ,martha1 from ,hebrew--bitterness2 the beautiful and common ,mary is ,hebrew1 and means a drop of salt water--a tear2 ,sophia1 from ,greek--wisdom2 ,susan1 from ,hebrew--a lily2 ,thomas1 from ,hebrew--a twin2 and ,robert1 from ,german--famous in council4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,authors ,,and ,,books4 99 99 99 99 99 ,mr4 ,james and ,copyright4--,it appears that the visit of ,mr4 ,g4,p4,r4 ,james1 with which we are presently to be honored1 is not1 after all1 solely for the gratification of the natural curiosity of the author of the book with so many titles1 as some time ago he advised one of his correspondents here4 ,the ,london ,news observes incidentally3 ,the long-vexed question of an international copyright with our transatlantic cousins shows symptoms of rising to a speedy crisis4 ,up to a recent period the ,yankees had all the advantage of the defective state of the law4 ,they could steal freely from our literary richness2 whereas1 not only had they little of their own to be robbed of1 but their handful of authors took very good care to secure ,english publishers1 and1 therefore1 ,english copyrights1 for their works4 ,this defense1 however1 a recent law decision has wrested from the ,coopers and ,irvings of the ,states2 so that ,english booksellers have now a perfect right to treat ,american authors as ,american booksellers have long been in the habit of serving ,english authors4 ,and there is something just in this lex talionis4 ,if ,dickens1 may be reprinted and sold for a shilling in ,new ,york1 why may not ,cooper be reprinted and sold for a shilling in ,london8 ,at all events1 the reprisal system will possibly incline our ,yankee neighbors to listen to reason1 and to favor the embassy which ,mr4 ,james1 the novelist1 is to undertake to the ,states1 with a view of making preliminary arrangements for a full and satisfactory code directed against all future international literary free-booting4 99 99 99 99 99 ,albert ,smith and ,protection4--,the ,spectator1 misled by a statement in the ,morning ,post1 to the effect that a ,mr4 ,albert ,smith was present1 by invitation1 at a ,protectionist meeting at ,wallingford1 made some caustic remarks on the supposed adhesion of the witty novelist to the cause of dear bread4 ,the latter1 astounded thereby1 sends the ,spectator a note1 in which he says3 ,the ,sphinx1 at which you pleasantly affirm ,i came home laughing from ,egypt1 never propounded a darker puzzle to any of its victims than you have to me4 ,from last week's ,spectator ,i learn1 for the first time1 that ,i was at a ,protection meeting at ,wallingford on some particular day1 and that ,i wept at the prices of #ahde4 ,allow me to assure you that ,i never was at ,wallingford in my life3 nor1 indeed1 did ,i ever attend a public meeting anywhere4 ,i have not the slightest notion what the prices--,i presume of corn--were in #ahde2 and ,i should never think of expressing an opinion1 in any way1 upon politics1 except against that school which abuses respectability and philanthropizes mischievous rift-raff4 99 99 99 99 99 ,r4,h4 ,stoddard is preparing for the press of ,ticknor1 ,reed ,fields1 a collection of his ,poems1 to include most of those he has contributed to the periodicals since the appearance of his ,footprints1 two years ago4 ,the book will be welcomed by the lovers of genuine poetry4 ,mr4 ,stoddard is a young man of unquestionable genius1 and we have been pleased to observe that there is a decided improvement from time to time in his compositions1 indicating the industry and wise direction of his studies1 in refinement of taste1 elegance of finish1 and a rapid and vigorous expansion of his imagination4 ,his masterpiece1 thus far1 is ,the ,castle in the ,air1 fitly praised by our neighbor of the ,albion1 as one of the finest productions of the present time4 ,we do not know of any poet at home or abroad to whose fame it would not have added new luster4 ,in the ,july number of the ,knickerbocker we find the following ,dirge1 which is not unworthy of him3 ,there's a new grave in the old church-yard1 ,another mound in the snow2 ,and a maid whose soul was whiter far1 ,sleeps in her shroud below4 ,the winds of ,march are piping loud1 ,and the snow comes down for hours2 ,but by-and-by the ,april rains ,will bring the sweet ,may flowers4 ,the sweet ,may flowers will cover her grave ,made green by the ,april rain2 ,but blight will lie on our memories4 ,and our tears will fall in vain6 99 99 99 99 99 ,inedited ,correspondence of ,goethe and ,schiller4--,by many friends of ,german literature it will be remembered that ,goethe1 during his life1 carefully preserved a particular portion of his papers and letters1 which he in #ahbg transferred to the government of ,weimar1 on the condition that the box in which they were contained should not be opened until the present year4 ,the #agth of ,may was the date fixed upon1 and in accordance with the will of the deceased poet1 his heirs and those of his brother poet ,schiller were on that day judicially summoned to ,weimar to witness the opening of the case4 ,of ,schiller's descendants there were present on the occasion1 his eldest son and eldest daughter1 and the widow of ,ernst von ,schiller4 ,goethe was represented by his daughter-in-law and his two grandsons1 ,wolfgang and ,walther1 who came from ,vienna1 their present place of residence1 for the purpose4 ,schiller's eldest son is chief inspector of forests in ,wurtemberg4 ,madame de ,junot and ,frau von ,goethe were also present4 ,the box on being opened was found to contain a full correspondence between ,schiller and ,goethe1 ready arranged for the press4 ,a codicil in ,goethe's will provides for their publication4 ,most of the letters1 all of ,schiller's in fact1 are autograph4 99 99 99 99 99 ,the ,countess ,ossoli1 7,margaret ,fuller17 we learn from the ,tribune1 will be in ,new ,york about the #bjth of the present month4 ,her work on ,italy will be given to the press immediately after her arrival4 99 99 99 99 99 ,dr4 ,hoefer against ,dr4 ,layard4--,dr4 ,hoefer1 a well-known savant in ,france and ,germany1 has astonished the ,parisians by the publication of a work in which he boldly denies the authenticity of the ruins of ,nineveh4 ,even admitting1 he says1 that the ruins of ,nineveh remain1 it is impossible that they can be in the place which ,dr4 ,layard has explored2 and1 moreover1 the ,assyrian-like sculptures and inscriptions found in the supposed ,nineveh1 were the work of a later1 and a different people1 who had the affectation of imitating ,assyrian taste4 99 99 99 99 99 ,both ,rogers and ,wilson1 it is said1 have declined the laureateship4 ,referring to the office1 the ,daily ,news has a very prosy simile3 ,a dog1 of any sense or self-respect1 with a tin-kettle tied to his tail1 acutely feels the misery and degradation of the music he is compelled to make4 ,what the tin-kettle is to the dog1 the yearly ,ode is to the muse4 ,the board1 if you please1 but not the annoyance and irritation of the jangle4 99 99 99 99 99 ,mr4 ,george ,h4 ,boker is at present engaged in preparing for the stage his new play of ,the ,betrothal4 ,a correspondent who has seen it in manuscript1 and for whose critical opinion we have a very high respect1 pronounces it superior1 both in action1 combination and development of character1 and general management of the plot1 to any of his previous dramatic writings4 ,it will probably be brought out next fall1 not only in this city and ,philadelphia1 but in ,london1 where his tragedy of ,calaynos had such a successful run4 ,we believe ,mr4 ,boker will yet demonstrate that the art of dramatic writing is not lost1 nor likely to be while we retain the language of ,shakspeare1 ,jonson and ,fletcher4 99 99 99 99 99 ,bayard ,taylor will deliver the poem before the societies of ,harvard ,college on the #ahth inst4 ,among his predecessors have been ,charles ,sprague1 ,oliver ,wendell ,holmes1 ,edward ,everett1 ,w4,c4 ,bryant1 ,george ,bancroft1 ,frederick ,h4 ,hedge1 and some dozen others of the first rank in letters4 99 99 99 99 99 ,john ,g4 ,whittier1 we are sorry to learn1 has been for some time in ill health4 ,he is living quietly upon his farm in ,haverhill1 on the ,merrimack4 99 99 99 99 99 ,browning's ,christmas-,eve4--,with great peculiarity and eccentricity1 ,mr4 ,browning is a genuine poet4 ,whether eccentricity is inseparable from genius we shall leave it to others to determine4 ,mr4 ,turner's peculiarities have admirers1 and some persons affect to discover merits in ,mr4 ,carlyle's ,german style4 ,mr4 ,browning's poetic powers raise him almost above ordinary trammels1 but it has been justly remarked of him1 that transcendentalism delivered in doggerel verse has throughout the effect of a discord4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,from ,,the ,,illustrated ,,london ,,news4 ,,gen4 ,,andre ,,santa ,,cruz4 ,this valiant soldier has lately arrived in ,london as ,minister ,plenipotentiary from the ,republic of ,bolivia to the ,english ,court4 ,he before visited ,europe in the character of exile1 but his misfortune is in a measure repaid by the importance and dignity of his present position4 ,general ,andr ,santa ,cruz was born in #agid1 at ,la ,paz1 the capital of one of the provinces of ,bolivia1 and is a direct descendant1 through his mother1 from the ,incas of ,peru4 ,he began his military career immediately upon quitting college1 in the ,spanish army1 wherein he attained the rank of ,lieutenant-,colonel4 ,he joined the liberating army in #ahbj1 when ,peru proclaimed her independence1 and by his valor and tactics1 largely contributed to maintain the proclamation4 ,in #ahba1 as a reward for his services1 he was promoted to the rank of ,colonel1 and in conjunction with ,general ,sucre1 assisted to raise the standard of liberty in the ,state of ,ecuador4 ,it was in the course of this campaign that the battle of ,pichincha was fought in which ,santa ,cruz distinguished himself at the head of the advanced guard4 ,these services attracted the attention of ,general ,bolivar1 and won for him the rank of ,general of ,brigade4 ,he was next engaged with ,general ,bolivar in the celebrated campaigns of ,xemiu and ,ayacucho1 which closed the wars of independence1 in #ahbd4 ,the achievements of ,general ,santa ,cruz in the course of these campaigns were rewarded by the dignity of ,grand ,marshal of ,peru1 and the government of the departments of ,chuquisaca and ,la ,paz4 ,his sagacious administration in his latter capacity marked him out as the fittest ,governor of ,peru1 to which high post he was quickly nominated by his admirer and friend ,general ,bolivar4 ,the national records of this period bear ample testimony to the enlightened policy and the systematic prudence with which ,general ,santa ,cruz presided over the destinies of ,peru4 ,he retired from his post in #ahbg1 in consequence of the defection of part of the army from his staunch friend ,bolivar1 and accepted the comparatively insignificant appointment of ,minister ,plenipotentiary to the ,governments of ,chili and ,buenos ,ayres4 ,in #ahbi1 a serious rebellion1 that threatened irretrievable disasters1 having broken out in the ,republic of ,bolivia1 the friends of order appealed to their old friend ,general ,santa ,cruz as being the only man capable of re-establishing public tranquillity4 ,his firmness and mercy had the rapid effect of calming the excited spirits of the rebels2 and as soon as public confidence was restored1 he placed the financial affairs of the country on a firm footing1 and in conjunction with wise counselors1 drew up the civil and penal codes1 which were published within the period of his discretional government4 ,in #ahca1 the ,national ,congress elected him ,constitutional ,president of ,bolivia and ,captain-,general of the national forces2 and1 moreover1 confirmed the clause in the will of ,general ,bolivar1 which bequeathed the medal of honor to him4 ,his occupation of the ,presidential chair1 to which he was reelected in #ahce1 was marked by unusual commercial and financial prosperity1 and the yearly revenue always exceeded the annual expenditure4 ,he paid great attention1 also1 to the diffusion of knowledge4 ,peru1 harassed and divided by internal dissension1 turned1 as his native country had turned in the hour of trouble1 to ,general ,santa ,cruz4 ,it was proposed to form a confederation of the two republics4 ,this proposition was carried out and solemnly ratified in #ahce2 whereupon the ,peruvians1 under the protection of their former chief magistrate1 laid down arms1 and prepared to enjoy the blessings of peace4 ,the ,confederation was confirmed by a convocation of the ,congresses of ,cicuani1 ,huawra1 and ,tapacari1 in #ahcf1 and ,general ,santa ,cruz was named ,protector of the ,confederation4 ,in his capacity of ,protector1 the ,general made a triumphant entry into ,lima1 in #ahcg1 where the deliberations of a ,general ,congress of the ,confederation were at once opened1 and the constitution of the ,confederation was determined upon4 ,the ,protector's liberal policy had secured the sympathy and esteem of all enlightened nations1 gave an impetus to native enterprise and industry1 and above all1 restored the credit of ,peru by acknowledging and liquidating the ,english liabilities4 ,this prosperous state of things was suddenly checked by the appearance of a hostile ,chilian fleet1 which seized upon the fleet of the ,confederation in the port of ,callao1 without any previous declaration of war1 and by the landing of a ,chilian expedition on the ,intermedios1 accompanied by a handful of ,peruvians who were hostile to the ,confederation4 ,this expedition was soon subdued by the skill of ,general ,santa ,cruz1 who exacted from it the treaty of ,paucaupata1 and then allowed free egress from the territory of the ,confederation4 ,this generosity on the part of the ,protector was met by treachery on the part of ,chili1 directly her army was once more on ,chilian ground4 ,at this time the ,government of ,buenos ,ayres made an unsuccessful attack upon the ,confederation4 ,the enemies without having been successfully repulsed1 the prosperous condition of the ,confederation continued1 till ,general ,orbegoso1 one of the founders of the ,confederation1 rebelled1 and enlisted the troops under his command in his ,cause4 ,this internal rebellion afforded a fresh and favorable opportunity for renewed hostility from without1 and the result was that within a short space of time ,chilian troops occupied ,lima4 ,on the appearance of ,general ,santa ,cruz1 however1 the foes were compelled to evacuate and re-embark4 ,defeated in this direction1 the ,chilian troops directed their course to the northern provinces1 where ,orbegoso's rebel band were collected4 ,gen4 ,santa ,cruz1 in the ardor of his determination to rid the territory of the ,confederation from this treacherous foe1 undertook a march of two hundred leagues1 under the severity of which many of his troops sank1 and the result of which was his defeat at ,yungay1 by the rebel forces4 ,the defection of ,generals ,ballivian and ,velasco1 who commanded two powerful divisions of the army of the ,confederation1 made this disaster irretrievable4 ,general ,santa ,cruz was obliged to retire to ,guayaquil1 whence he subsequently betook himself with his family to ,europe4 ,he has lately been accredited by his native country ,minister ,plenipotentiary in ,london and ,paris4 ,there are few public men who have held so many important public trusts with such universal popularity4 ,the liberality of the ,general's views1 his sagacity in council1 and above all1 the purity of his patriotism and the unselfish nature of his administrations1 are claims upon the gratitude of ,south ,america that will command wider recognition in times to come even than they obtain at the present time4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,cell ,,of ,,the ,,bee4--,hive-bees not only differ from wasps in building their comb with material secreted by themselves1 but they also differ in the mode in which they construct their cells4 ,all the wasps which ,i have hitherto described have their tiers of cells single3 now1 the honeycomb is invariably double4 ,and1 moreover1 whilst all these wasps and hornets arrange their cells horizontally1 the bee arranges its comb vertically4 ,i think it needless to enter into very minute descriptions of the honeycomb1 as all my readers are doubtless perfectly familiar with its appearance4 ,each cell1 like that made by the wasp1 is hexagonal1 and the cells are put together in a manner which secures the greatest strength for the least possible material4 ,kirby and ,spence state that ,maraldi found that the great angles were generally #aj degrees #bh minutes1 and the smaller ones #gj degrees #cb minutes3 and ,m ,knig1 an eminent mathematician1 calculated that they ought to be #aji degrees #bf minutes1 and #gj degrees #cd minutes1 to obtain the greatest strength with any given amount of material4 ,lord ,brougham states that he has discovered that the bee is right and the mathematician was wrong1 and that other mathematicians with whom he has communicated agree with him1 and have detected the source of the error4--,instinct and ,reason4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,disasters of life1 like convulsions of the earth1 lay bare the primary strata of human nature3 they expose to us elements we might forget1 or suppose to be transmuted by the alchemy of civilization4 ,in this respect they are1 like those geological expositions1 useful lessons and mementoes to the lawmaker4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,oriental ,,caravans4 ,the hadj1 or pilgrim-caravan1 pursues its route principally by night1 and by torchlight4 ,moving about four o'clock in the afternoon1 it travels without stopping till an hour or two after the sun is above the horizon4 ,the extent and luxury of those pilgrimages1 in ancient times especially1 almost exceed belief4 ,haroun1 of ,arabian ,nights' celebrity1 performed the pilgrimage no less than nine times1 and with a grandeur becoming the commander of the faithful4 ,the caravan of the mother of the last of the ,abassides numbered one hundred and twenty thousand camels4 ,nine hundred camels were employed merely in bearing the wardrobe of one of the caliphs1 and others carried snow with them to cool their sherbet4 ,nor was ,bagdad alone celebrated for such pomp and luxury in fulfilling the directions of the ,koran4 ,the ,sultan of ,egypt1 on one occasion1 was accompanied by five hundred camels1 whose luscious burdens consisted of sweetmeats and confectionery only2 while two hundred and eighty were entirely laden with pomegranates and other fruits4 ,the itinerant larder of this potentate contained one thousand geese and three thousand fowls4 ,even so late as sixty years since1 the pilgrim-caravan from ,cairo was six hours in passing one who saw the procession4 ,the departure of such an array1 with its thousands of camels glittering in every variety of trappings1 some with two brass field-pieces each1--others with bells and streamers1--others1 again1 with kettle-drummers1--others1 covered with purple velvet1 with men walking by their sides playing on flutes and flageolets1--some glittering with neck ornaments and silver-studded bridles1 variegated with colored beads1 and with nodding plumes of ostrich feathers on their foreheads--to say nothing of the noble1 gigantic1 sacred camel1 decked with cloth of gold and silk1 his bridle studded with jewels and gold1 led by two sheiks in green1 with the ark or chapel containing the ,koran written in letters of gold1--forms a dazzling contrast to the spectacle it not unfrequently presents before its mission is fulfilled4 ,numbers of these gaily caparisoned creatures drop and die miserably1 and when the pilgrimage leaves ,mecca the air is too often tainted with the effluvia reeking from the bodies of the camels that have sunk under the exhausting fatigue of the march4 ,after he had passed the ,akaba1 near the head of the ,red ,sea1 the whitened bones of the dead camels were the land-marks which guided the pilgrim through the sand-wastes1 as he was led on by the alternate hope and disappointment of the mirage1 or serab1 as the ,arabs term it4 ,burckhardt describes this phenomenon as seen by him when they were surrounded during a whole day's march by phantom lakes4 ,the color was of the purest assure1--so clear1 that the shadows of the mountains which bordered the horizon were reflected with extreme precision2 and the delusion of its being a sheet of water was thus rendered perfect4 ,he had often seen the mirage in ,syria and ,egypt3 there he always found it of a whitish color1 like morning mist1 seldom lying steadily on the plain1 almost continually vibrating2 but in the case above described the appearance was very different1 and bore the most complete resemblance to water4 ,this exact similitude the traveler attributes to the great dryness of the air and earth in the desert where he beheld it4 ,there1 too the appearance of water approached much nearer than in ,syria and ,egypt1 being often not more than two hundred paces from the beholders1 whereas he had never seen it before at a distance of less than half-a-mile4--,fraser1 ,june4 99 99 99 99 99 ,letter from the ,duke ,of ,wellington4--,a short time since1 7says the ,court ,journal17 the rector of a parish in one of the midland counties1 having obtained subscriptions toward the restoration of his church1 still found himself unable to meet all the claims which the outlay had occasioned4 ,to supply the deficiency1 he wrote to many persons of wealth and eminence1 politely soliciting their aid4 ,the following is a copy of the reply which he received to the application made to his ,grace3 ,f4,m4 the ,duke of ,wellington presents his compliments to ,mr4 ----4 ,as ,mr4 ---- feels that his letter needs apology1 the ,duke will say no more on that subject2 but he must add1 that as there is not a church1 chapel1 glebe-house1 school1 or even a pagoda1 built from the north to the south pole or within the utmost limits of the earth1 to which he 7the ,duke of ,wellington7 is not called upon to contribute1 the ,duke is surprised that ,mr4 ----1 having already raised #g1ejj toward the restoration of his church1 should make application to the ,duke1 who has nothing to say either to ---- or to ----shire4 ,immediately upon the receipt of this1 the reverend gentleman was offered five guineas for the autograph1 which he readily accepted1 entering the amount in his subscription-list as the ,duke of ,wellington's contribution to the fund4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,recent ,,deaths4 ,mr4 ,richard ,j4 ,wyatt1 an eminent ,english sculptor1 died at ,rome on the #bith of ,may1 after a few days' illness1 and was buried in the ,protestant burial-ground4 ,the hearse was followed by the ,british ,consul1 the ,american ,charg d',affairs1 and about fifty friends and artists of all nations4 ,mr4 ,wyatt went to ,rome in #ahbb1 and worked for ,mr4 ,gibson4 ,after a few years he commenced his career1 in which he has been so successful4 ,it is said that he has executed commissions to the extent of #bj1jjj sterling4 ,he was in the fifty-seventh year of his age4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,from ,,fraser',s ,,magazine4 ,,the ,,dom ,,of ,,dantzic4 ,,founded ,,on ,,fact4 ,,chapter ,i4 ,dumiger1 my own ,dumiger1 you desired me not to disturb you this night3 but you surely cannot know how late it is4 ,i am lonely and weary1 and could not resist coming to you2 there is a long line of pale light behind the ,artimshof1 it must be the day breaking2 yes1 there1 the old worn-out clock is striking five1 and you are worn out1 ,dumiger1 so leave your work to sleep2 and the young girl blushed deeply as she spoke4 ,the light in the apartment had burnt out unperceived by ,dumiger2 but although pale and thin was the streak of morning's dawn1 it was sufficient to show that in that room was standing a form1 beautiful from its fullness and ripeness4 ,she who addressed the man who was sitting at the table was a bride but nine days since1 and absorbing indeed must have been the pursuit which kept him from her side4 ,she had thrown a shawl loosely over her shoulders1 which fell in many folds down to her bare feet2 her hair1 of that singular thickness which all nations admire1 but which the ,germans alone as a nation possess1 was coiled around her small and classic head2 there was on her cheek that soft bloom which is called into existence by love alone1 and which makes the pulses of youth beat quickly as it gazes4 ,nothing was wanting to complete her excellence--neither that refinement which poets love to dwell on sometimes to the prejudice of other qualities1 nor that perfection of feature1 the admiration of which is the first characteristic of early passion2 and yet1 notwithstanding1 when she placed her hand upon her husband's shoulder the touch did not arouse him from his reverie4 ,his forehead was pressed by both his hands as if to restrain the pulsations of the temples2 implements of all description lay around him2 small wheels1 and springs of different constructions1 segments of circles1 and various sections bore evidence to the deep nature of his studies1 and to the exertion which merited repose4 ,the girl sighed as she looked at the surrounding chaos2 she took one hand gently and unresistingly on his part from his face1 and pressed it to her own4 ,while she gazed fondly upon the pale2 wan countenance which it had concealed1 it seemed1 alas6 to dawn slowly upon her that this confused heap of material was but an indication of ideas equally disturbed1 and energies as broken4 ,to whom had she wedded herself8 ,to a man whose whole soul was absorbed in one idea1 and that an idea which evidently separated him from her1 which created a gulf between them1 that not fame1 nor power1 nor boundless wealth1 could ever fill up1 for that gulf is fathomless--the gulf of ambition1 for which ambition barters1 as in this instance1 its enjoyment--manhood too often its truth--and old age its repose4 ,yes1 she had linked her destiny to such a man1 and now she felt the full import of the vow she had made1 of the pledge she had taken4 ,she had done so wittingly1 knowingly1 with consideration2 but not until that moment had the full force of her position burst upon her4 ,dumiger1 she again whispered in the small1 still voice of love2 bending her lips to his hand at the same time1--,dumiger6 ,there was silence1 for he slept4 ,but slowly1 as though by a secret sympathy1 he awoke to consciousness3 he looked wildly around the room1 and then turned a keen1 earnest gaze on the form near him4 ,marguerite1 my love1 he said gently1 and then he put his arm around her waist1 and pressed his lips to hers1 you promised me1 ,marguerite1 that you would let me toil through this night4 ,so ,i did1 ,dumiger1 she replied2 but ,i felt nervous and wretched2 ,i could not sleep3 besides1 look out1 the night is already passed1 it is quite morning1 and very chilly too1 she said1 as she drew her shawl closer round her bosom4 ,yes1 you will catch cold1 my darling4 ,leave me4 ,and you1 ,dumiger1 will you remain here1 poring over these volumes1 and torturing your brains8 ,i am sure1 that you will succeed far more easily 7for ,i never doubt your success1 but lament the price you will have to pay for it71 you will succeed far better by giving yourself more rest1 and working by day instead of night2 your cheek is quite pale4 ,dumiger3 now1 in your boyhood1 you have lines marked on your forehead which in others are the result of pain and toil4 ,your eyes have lost-- ,she was about to add1 their brightness1 when as though a sudden ray of light had flashed through them1 they gleamed with even more than their wonted intelligence4 ,marguerite1 ,marguerite1 he exclaimed1 clasping her in his arms1 you know not what you are saying4 ,look here6 and he rose hurriedly from his seat and drew her toward the window2 do you see that star in the east1 how bright it is1 that you can even distinguish the ray it sheds from the gray light which breaks from behind those masses of clouds8 ,by that light ,i tell you ,i shall succeed in my most extravagant expectations4 ,how many anxious nights ,i have waited for that star6 ,until ,i saw it ,i had no hope--now1 my hope can scarcely find expression4 ,i am grateful to ,thee1 ,o ,providence1 for this revelation1 for the accomplishment of all my wishes2 and he bowed his head as though in adoration1 and almost sank on his knees4 ,marguerite looked at him as if she dreaded that his brain was turned4 ,dumiger interpreted that look2 for what look is there that love cannot interpret8 ,no1 ,marguerite1 ,i am not mad1 believe me4 ,this toil has not yet turned my brain1 though it might indeed have done so1 for it is sad and hard to labor night after night in pursuit of an object so distant and yet so prized4 ,you ask me why ,i labor through the night8 ,foolish child6 why you must know that the clock for which the city has offered so extravagant a prize1 and to obtain which1 not ,i alone1 but so many others are wasting their health and squandering their youth--you must know that this clock is not only to tell the hour of the day1 and the month of the year1 but to contain within its works the secret of the movements of the heavenly bodies2--that to obtain this prize they must read the wonders of the skies1 and penetrate its mysteries4 ,it is a wild and fearful study1 ,marguerite--a study1 the pursuit of which is not calculated by the hands on the dial-plate4 ,even now ,i marvel at the audacity of the men who proposed such a design1 and the boldness of those who1 like myself1 have undertaken to fulfill it4 ,you cannot imagine1 ,marguerite1 how such contemplations remove one from the world in which we live4 ,until ,i knew you1 ,marguerite1 ,i cared for and thought of nothing else4 ,and even now1 ,dumiger1 is this not the case8 said she1 with a gentle smile4 ,no1 to your love ,i owe all1 ,marguerite1 he answered4 ,it seemed to purify my feelings1 to elevate my mind to the height of this vast argument--until ,i knew you there was a link wanting in my life4 ,when ,i used to ponder on the marvelous love of the ,infinite1 which could work out this wondrous system1 and give man the faculty and the desire of comprehending it1 ,i felt that the mind contained capacities long concealed from its owner2 ,i felt that even in this world there must be at some time a perfect revelation of perfect love to man1 beyond that love of nature which is to be derived from the study of this world's natural laws and those of the lights which rule it4 ,i was then unsatisfied1 ,marguerite1 for there was a void in my heart which nothing could fill up2 and ,i remember once meeting with a passage in a favorite author which said1 that whosoever had a faculty or sensation unemployed could not be happy4 ,i was in that situation2 but strange to say1 absorbing as the passion of love is1 when ,i once understood this great mystery ,i was better able to devote all my energies to science4 ,i had often heard it said1 that a pure and holy affection is the purest and surest source of energy and greatness--until ,i knew you1 ,marguerite1 ,i gave no credit to the saying4 ,and this star1 ,dumiger1 which is growing fainter and fainter8 ,it was the one evidence wanting to prove the accuracy of my calculations4 ,look here1 ,marguerite1 and he rose from the table with weak and faltering steps1 and drew back a curtain which was drawn across a corner of the small room4 ,there she saw a small clock of exquisite manufacture1 a complicated mass of machinery--so complicated that it would have looked like fabled labor to have even put it into motion1 or regulated it when in motion4 ,look here1 continued ,dumiger1 here is the result of two years' toil4 ,i have already adapted these works to each other3 it is1 as you may perceive1 a representation of the heavenly bodies2 but ,i could not satisfy myself that my own calculations were correct until ,i saw this star which ,i expected to rise as it has risen this morning4 ,now1 ,marguerite1 my best beloved1 you have seen it burning brightly in that spot of the heavens1 it is a pledge of our future love and of my great success--,i accept it with humility and gratitude4 ,yes1 now4 ,marguerite1 ,i will retire with you2 a great fact has been accomplished4 ,if labor is virtuous1 if to exercise the faculties be a part of the discipline of life1 then1 even if ,i die now1 ,i have not lived unworthily1 and my labor has not been wholly in vain4 ,what think you1 my ,marguerite8 ,she looked her answer in those dark1 speaking1 lustrous eyes4 ,the greatness of his mind had passed to hers2 the mysterious sympathy of kindred souls united them4 ,she was proud of him2 and her eyes flashed lightning1 and her cheek flushed deeply1 as she replied-- ,i can forgive you now1 ,dumiger1 all your neglect1 in the hope of seeing you famous and honored by all your fellow-townsmen4 ,ay1 ,marguerite1 replied ,dumiger1 there it is2 it is fame for itself ,i care for--to be great1 powerful and wealthy1 is a matter of but small importance4 ,one can live without rank1 without power1 without wealth1 and perhaps be all the happier for wanting them4 ,this little room1 small and ill-furnished though it be1 contains in it as much happiness as any one heart can enjoy4 ,if we have everything we desire1 what care ,i in how small a compass they may be expressed8 ,for instance1 ,i would not yield one of your kisses1 ,marguerite1 for all the palace of the ,grand ,master can offer4 ,some of my friends have richer abodes1 but what matter8 ,where did ,van ,eyck1 who immortalized himself by that one painting1 known throughout ,europe as the ,dantzic picture1 reside8 ,why1 in one of those wretched buildings1 ill supported by props and pillars1 near the ,grime ,thor1 but which his fellow-townsmen are at this moment prouder of than they are of the ,artimshof or the ,stockthurm4 ,how did ,andreas ,stock live8 ,in obscurity and penury1 without one smile of good fortune to gild the darkness of existence4 ,but do you suppose that these men were unhappy8 ,oh no1 ,marguerite1 to make everything in nature beautiful there is but one element in nature essential1 and that is light4 ,to make everything in the heart rejoice there is but one sensation essential1 it is love4 ,how think you1 ,marguerite8 ,her only reply was a long1 long kiss4 ,and they retired to rest as the bells of the city chimed in the merry morning1 arousing in that city its slumbering passions1 fears1 loves1 difficulties1 and perils1 which had been for long hours buried in sleep4 ,but amid the various sounds which began to echo through the streets1 there was one wanting to give evidence that the dawn1 of a great town was breaking4 ,no clock worthy of the noble ,dom1 imitated by ,ritter of ,strasburg from ,st4 ,sophia1 arrested the attention of those who were starting forth on their several pilgrimages of toil or joy3 none had yet been wrought worthy of the mighty majestic pile which overshadowed the free city1 and reared its towers lofty as the great ,league to whose wealth it owed its origin4 ,to construct such a clock was the object for which ,dumiger labored2 and not he alone1 but hundreds of skilled workmen1 toiled anxiously through the long autumn nights1 for the citizens of ,dantzic loved that glorious fane whose lofty towers looked upon their birth1 and beneath whose shadow the noblest of their freemen were buried4 ,to connect their names with that great monument1 seemed to them to be an object well worthy of the noblest and oldest commercial houses4 ,two years had been allowed for the undertaking1 and the time for deciding the prize was drawing near2 and amongst all who toiled to win it1 none more zealously labored in the work than ,dumiger ,lichtnau1 known to history as ,dumiger of ,dantzic4 ,,chapter ,,ii4 ,if it be a grateful sight to behold the young and happy when all life is bright before them1 when the soil which they tread on is covered with flowers1 and the only murmurs which they hear are the murmurs of soft breezes1 and the only sighs are sighs of passion2 not less beautiful is it to see the young linked together in love1 struggling with adversity2 to see two beings whose sole object in life it is to alleviate the daily toil of each other2 to whom every effort of self-denial through the object of its exercise becomes a blessing2 to whom the future is full of promise1 because exertion gives confidence1 and self-confidence is the source of all hope4 ,there is something very touching in the sight of those whom the world deserts1 or to whose interests the world is at best indifferent1 arousing all their energies to battle with adverse circumstances4 ,then every little addition to the daily comforts is prized1 as the result of independence and of honorable exertion--in a word1 as the reward of labor3 every holiday arrives fraught not merely with enjoyment1 but with blessing4 ,to such there are sources of happiness1 which the gay1 the wealthy1 the children of life's sun know nothing of1 but which in their noonday career of splendor and greatness they might well stop to envy4 ,on such an existence ,marguerite had entered4 ,hers was a simple history1 told in few words1 but connected with long previous chapters of passions and regrets2 for she was the child of love1 begotten in tears1 and brought up in one of those admirable foundling establishments which prevail in ,germany1 and are at once the incentives to love and the protection of its offspring4 ,she left it a year previously to the period when we are writing1 to enter a family of distinction as a humble friend and teacher4 ,there ,dumiger chanced to meet her4 ,when first he met he loved2 and like all men of earnest purpose1 he loved with no common passion4 ,the family were of that kind so frequently met with in society--affecting great consideration for those whom fate has placed beneath them1 but expressing consideration in such terms as made it almost an offense1 and proving their vanity in the very manner in which they affected humility4 ,she at once accepted ,dumiger1 though some months elapsed before it was possible for them to marry4 ,at last1 by dint of great exertion1 they laid aside sufficient money to commence the world with4 ,dumiger had the small apartment1 within whose narrow limits his mind expanded to the contemplation of the vast field of inquiry on which he presumed to enter1 and he transported ,marguerite to her new home2 there to indulge in imaginations of love1 boundless and visionary1 as his were of ambition4 ,the day following that which we have described there was a great annual fte at ,dantzic4 ,the free city for the time donned its freest and most joyous manners2 it was one of those days in which honest burghers1 and most especially honest burghermasters1 delight1 because they are then enabled to put on their greatness with their broadcloths2 and every flag and inscription in the streets is a tribute to their past1 and an incentive to their renewed exertions4 ,fortunately the day rose in more than ordinary brightness2 the ,mottlaw and the ,radaw1 two streams which flow through the center of ,dantzic1 reflected the variegated masses of colors worn by those who thronged their banks2 ,commerce had for that day deserted the lofty mart and still loftier warehouse to muse by the side of the river which bore her richest freights2 processions from the neighboring villages marched with music at their head into the city1 bearing the devices of their various trades1 and when the crowd separated to let them pass1 the captains of companies and humbler officials drew themselves up as they traversed the rude1 ill-fashioned pavement of the picturesque and antique gabled city4 ,it was the fte of the patron saints of the town1--strange evidence of a future state1 even among those who reflect but little2 for there as ever all men turn alike to some mysterious guardian for protection1 and like this city are consecrated to some faith4 ,in the midst of these happy groups1 which were collected at every corner and filled every gasthof1 moved ,dumiger and ,marguerite1 most blessed and happy where all looked smiling and contented4 ,marguerite was the envy of all brides1 and of those who wished to become so2 and there was not a young burgher of distinction who had not at some time or another looked upon her with admiring gaze1 and followed her to the palace in which she dwelt1 and loitered under her window1--where1 however1 the thin slight curtain was rarely if ever drawn aside to satisfy the vanity of the gazer or to kindle her own4 ,she was of a very admirable beauty1 as perfect as is commonly found in nature1 which fancy can at will outwork1--tall1 of excellent symmetry1 with a clear1 noble brow1 the proudest type of ,nature's glory4 ,there were few in town who did not know her at all events1 from reputation1 and that reputation was spotless4 ,of ,dumiger's appearance we cannot say as much3 he would have been decidedly plain but for the indications of genius which his countenance afforded4 ,his forehead was marked with the lines of patient and anxious thought2 but these evidences1 if they did not serve to please the gazer1 at least commanded his respect4 ,he was somewhat bent by premature exertion2 the hair1 even at that early age1 was thin and scanty on the temples2 his step was slightly enfeebled by want of proper exercise4 ,altogether he was a very remarkable man from the intellectual power which every lineament expressed2 yet altogether he was scarcely such a person as would have been considered likely to awaken a strong passion in a young girl like ,marguerite4 ,for it is too true that1 to use the expression of a writer of that age1 il avait l'air d'un me qui avait recontr par hasard un corps et qui s'en tirait comme il pouvait4 ,and yet--so strange a being is woman6--desirous like the ,hindoo wife to sacrifice herself on whatever altar she raises in her heart1 ,marguerite1 in order to marry ,dumiger1 had refused the greatest offers1--amongst others1 no less a person than the son of that house into which she had been received4 ,but irrespective of the affection which she felt for ,dumiger1 she was in her nature proud and haughty1 and she would not have consented1 even under other and less favorable circumstances1 to have entered where she was despised by the rest of the family4 ,it may be imagined how great indignation was excited in this man by her refusal1 the more especially as1 like ,dumiger1 he thought himself a proficient in science and the mechanical arts1 and was one of those who in his way was laboring for the prize so soon to be awarded by the city4 ,if merit was to be the test of success1 he had but little chance2 but where is that man and where are those minds with whom rank and power have not their weight8 ,he was1 therefore1 if not the most formidable by intellect1 at all events by circumstance1 the one of ,dumiger's competitors the most to be dreaded1 for his father was the president of that council which presided over the destinies of ,dantzic1 and who usurped more than imperial authority4 ,he belonged to the ancient house of ,albrect1 ,grand ,master of the ,teutonic ,knights1 and oldest freeman of the ,hanseatic ,league4 ,a strange1 proud man1 who when he learned indirectly that his son ,frederick was in love with ,marguerite1 indulged in a storm of fearful indignation1 until he found from her that on no account did she intend to accept the suit2 and then1 in spite of his gratification at the certainty that his son could not make a marriage which he thought so discreditable1 his vanity was wounded at her decision1 and even while he praised ,marguerite's disinterested conduct1 in his heart he was garnering up hatred against her4 ,a blow to vanity is terrible1 and it is a blow which the humblest and weakest can give as well as the most powerful1 in the contempt or even the indifference expressed for the pursuit in which we are interested1 or for the object which we have attained4 ,so much of our opinion of the value of an object depends on the price which others set upon it1 that it is sufficient to know others are indifferent to it for ourselves to undervalue it4 ,but ,marguerite went forward in her career of happiness1 quite ignorant of the dislike she was leaving behind her4 ,she told ,frederick the truth1 that she loved ,dumiger1 and kindly added1 that but for this circumstance she might one day have loved him2 and then with a light heart she left the splendid palace for the abode of poverty4 ,they moved on together1 those two young and loving beings1 and so intent were they on their own happiness1 so concentrated in each other1 that they did not observe how the crowd through which they passed fell back in admiration3 but at last ,dumiger caught the expressions of their faces1 and saw the glance which accompanied them1 and then he almost looked nobly born1 so proud became his step and steadfast his gaze4 ,the long market 7surrounded with its fantastic gables1 strange1 rickety1 and picturesque1 which looked us though they retained the expression of the angular1 quaint1 rococo faces of those by whom the houses were formerly tenanted7 was crowded with all that was gay and animated in ,dantzic2 around the fountains1 somewhat rude in their execution but admirable in their models1 the peasants from the neighborhood were congregated4 ,presently the crowd1 which had momentarily become greater and still greater1 swayed backward and forward like the tide in a harbor when a noble vessel enters its gates4 ,they made place for a herald1 who rode on horseback surrounded by his deputies1 and gave notice in an audible voice that on that day week the ,supreme ,council would meet to decide on the merits of the different pieces of mechanism which were to be submitted to their judgments1 and which were to be sent in three days previously4 ,then the herald recited the rewards which the great and free city offered to the most successful competitors3 they were worthy of the great ,league of which ,dantzic was the head3--,a house to be kept up at the expense of the ,state1 to be styled the most honorable1 a ring of honor1 but above all1 a laurel wreath1 and to have precedence immediately after the ,supreme ,council itself4 ,such was the attachment of the inhabitants of ,dantzic to their town and its glories that its embellishment was dearer to them than any personal or material advantages4 ,but it is probable that these honors would not have been so great on the present occasion had the ,grand ,master not been fully impressed with the belief that his own son would succeed in the contest1 and add another and the greatest to the honors which belonged to his house4 ,marguerite and ,dumiger pressed forward through the crowd to hear the proclamation read1 and the blood flowed in their cheeks as they listened4 ,dumiger turned to look at ,marguerite1 her eyes were moist with love and admiration2 he pressed her arm fondly1 and said in a low voice1-- ,now1 ,marguerite1 will you forgive me the hours passed in solitude1 in selfish silence1 when you know how highly the city estimates this work to which my nights and days have been devoted8 ,her only answer was a glance of affection which thrilled through his frame4 ,it was night1 they were tired of wandering about1 and entered one of the numerous cafs which had been temporarily erected in celebration of the day4 ,in the center of the ,grande ,place a stage was built for dancing1 and when the band played its liveliest tunes the bright-eyed dancers swept round in admirable time2 the variegated lamps which hung around the square checkered the pavement with every variety of hue1 cast such a glory on the fountain that its outline was worked as it were with threads of gold4 ,all these different colors and shapes were reflected in the rippling waves of the ever-rolling waters4 ,youths in the gayest dresses strutted away their proud hour of triumph with that graceful vanity of pretension which youth so well becomes1 or flirted with the tender maidens1 who in silver-laced bodice and scarlet skirt1 with their brows encircled with interwoven wild flowers1 sat round the brink of the fountain1 where the murmurs of the ever-falling waters could best conceal the murmurs of love4 ,and above all this gorgeous tumult and bright excitement the moon from her throne of silver clouds rose like a virgin queen2 the bold architecture of the ,dom stood in clear relief1 some parts as though sculptured out of heaven's light1 while the depths of the arches were buried in mysterious shade1 emblematic of the faith to which it was dedicated1--in part clear to the fresh comprehension of the youngest child1 and again full of deep and fathomless mysteries4 ,athwart the flood of light which filled the square1 the deep shade of this noble ,dom was thrown1 like the dark visions of the future which sometimes fall upon the heart in its hours of brightest enjoyment4 ,if one had stood that night on the lofty tower and looked forth on the vast multitude1 he need not1 ,asmodeus-like1 have unroofed the houses to read the history of human life or the passions of the human heart1 for life and passion had gone forth that night from many a tranquil abode to revel in publicity4 ,one so standing above the wild hum of tumultuous enjoyment would in silent thought have marveled at the strange drama performing as it were at his feet1--the sad and fearful mixture of the shadows and lights of life and death1 the market-place1 and close at hand the burial-ground4 ,talk of contemplation in the wild solitudes of the country1 how much more is there room for contemplation in the crowded mart and the bustling thoroughfare6 ,where is the river whose current is so rapid as the current of life1 or at time so dangerous and treacherous8 ,where is the tide whose ebb and flow is so uncertain as the ebb and flow of existence8 ,where are to be found winds and waves more boisterous than those which agitate the human heart8 ,where is the shore so strewn with wrecks as the heart with the broken memorials of passion which may have long since swept over it8 ,if ,nature in its solitude affords calm enjoyment1 in its human development it affords matter for deeper thought2 if the view from the mountain-top1 extending over hill and dale1 expand the mind1 to stand above the wild tumult of a town equally exalts the imagination and conveys knowledge1 even while it compels the gazer to pass out of himself4 ,as they approached a coffee-house on the same side of the street as the ,dom1 ,marguerite proposed to ,dumiger to remain there1 where they could best see the dancing1 and she drew a chair toward her4 ,no1 no1 not here6 exclaimed ,dumiger2 and he took her across the square to another house of greater reputation4 ,but it was not on this account that ,dumiger preferred it1 but because it had a view of the ,dom2 he could there contemplate the space which was left for the clock1 of which he fondly believed he was making the model4 ,he pictured to himself that tower1 the wonder and admiration of the town2 that on the spot where he was then sitting numbers would crowd to view the wonderful machinery fashioned by his genius4 ,the history of the caf to which he took ,marguerite was curious2 it had been opened not less than one hundred and twenty years without being once entirely closed4 ,it was1 in point of fact1 formed by two houses1 which were used alternately to allow of the necessary repairs and cleansings4 ,on such an occasion as the present they were both thrown open1--the one part was for persons of the second rank1 amongst which ,dumiger and ,marguerite now classed themselves2 the other was reserved for the people of the higher order1 for in this city of popular institutions and liberal opinions the distinction of classes was very strictly preserved4 ,marguerite and ,dumiger ordered some slight refreshment4 ,marguerite was enjoying that repose which is so agreeable to the mind after the sensation of strong happiness2 ,dumiger1 with his head resting on his hand1 was gazing on the lofty tower of the ,dom1 and the light fleecy clouds1 which appeared to be almost attracted by the glittering vane4 ,at that moment a rude hand slapped his shoulder4 ,you here1 ,dumiger6 said ,carl4 ,why1 ,confound it1 man4 ,i thought you were poring over dull tomes of the ,university library1 or worshiping a saint and he took off his hat to ,marguerite4 ,here is ,krantz1 your old friend ,krantz1 whom you have not seen since we were all at ,bonn together3 so ,i will drink with you as well as he did three years since1 when we reveled in ,rhenish4 ,dumiger seized the extended hand1 a gleam shot across his mind3 the three years of abstraction and thought appeared to be swept away2 he only beheld his two boon companions2 his countenance was lightened of a dozen years4 ,marguerite1 these are two friends of mine1 he said2 it is getting late and cold4 ,see1 the lights on the fountains are burning very dim1 and the benches are deserted4 ,you will not grudge me this one night for acquaintance sake1 dear ,marguerite8 ,i shall not he late1 but ,i must grant myself one bottle to-night to drink to my success4 ,what1 angry1 my ,marguerite6 ,she was not angry1 but she thought that love in life is of rare fulfillment4 ,again another night of loneliness3 yesterday it was a disagreeable necessity1 now an agreeable excitement1 but both alike led to a lonely room and a lonely heart4 ,but in the shade ,dumiger pressed her hand1 and assured her with many kisses that he would return within two hours1 and she tried to feel satisfied and assured4 ,the three friends sat down2 a larger table replaced the small stand which had been exclusively devoted to ices2 three bottles of huge dimensions were brought from the cellar2 pledge after pledge was received and given4 ,dumiger became a different man1 save that at moments1 in the midst of some burst of louder hilarity1 the cloud of ambition would cross his brow and seem to furrow it1 and then he would fold his arms across his breast1 as if to repress the outbreak of his soul4 ,it was during one of these moments of abstraction that ,carl turned suddenly round4 ,why1 ,dumiger1 he exclaimed1 you do not fill your glass6 ,in former days1 man1 you were of a very different mood4 ,has marriage so tamed you8 ,won't ,marguerite allow it6 ,krantz and the two friends made the place ring with their rude students' laugh4 ,ha6 ha6 ,i1 why ,i am in excellent spirits1 said ,dumiger1 filling a bumper with the strongest of the wines upon the table4 ,i ought to be in good spirits1 for ,i have everything to make me so4 ,ay1 the most beautiful girl in ,dantzic for a wife1 said ,carl4 ,with a large fortune8 said ,krantz1 laughing4 ,that will come1 replied ,dumiger1 heated by wine4 ,large fortune6 they both exclaimed2 where are you to get it1 student8 ,have you found an old cave in the ,grime ,thor1 ,dumiger1 with a fortune buried1 as the old romances have it8 ,yes1 ,i shall soon discover a fortune1 exclaimed the boy1 now fairly excited1 and his cheeks glowing with animation2 and more than a fortune4 ,fame and honors shall be heaped upon us4 ,do you imagine that ,i have been wasting the last three years of my life8 do you believe that the ambition which was the subject of your illusive aim at college is dead8 ,no6 look here1 ,carl and ,krantz1 this day week will see me famous1 and ennoble my family till it vies even with the ,grand ,master's4 ,you are mad1 said ,carl4 ,no1 ,i am speaking words of soberness1 said he1 with an earnestness which carried conviction even to those wild spirits4 ,i tell you that ,i have an inward confidence that ,i shall win this prize which was proclaimed to-day1 that my name will be associated with the proudest fame ever reared in ,dantzic4 ,oh1 the nights and days of toil1 the hopes and fears which have agitated me1 for the last three years3 these will account to you for the paleness of my cheek1 and my vacant look4 ,well1 ,i have this day completed the test by which the accuracy of my work is proved1 and now ,i hold ,i shall be great4 ,he spoke so loud that his voice echoed through the peristyle2 it disturbed one not the least interested in the conversation1 ,frederick ,asprecht4 ,he lent an attentive ear to all that fell from the speaker's lips1 and then he learned that not only had he been robbed of an affection which he had striven to win1 but that the same man who had married ,marguerite was about to take from him the possibility of obtaining a prize he sought for4 ,in the vanity of his pretensions he could not believe it possible that ,dumiger really was not at the moment speaking extravagantly2 it was not until he listened attentively1 and heard him give a detailed account of the nature of his mechanism1 that he saw 7for he was not wanting in scientific knowledge7 that ,dumiger's confidence was far from misplaced4 ,frederick1 when he had heard sufficient1 left the place with a heavy heart1 and with melancholy step retired to his chambers of luxury4 ,he entered the ,grand ,master's palace1 and through the vast marble hall1 where the banners hung against the walls1 and devices and armorial bearings testified to the antiquity and gallantry of his race4 ,the lofty roof1 supported by vast ashen beams1 echoed to each step as it rang on the pavement4 ,sculpture and painting decorated the several galleries2 but he passed by all unnoticed1 for he had one object in view which absorbed all others1 and rendered him now indifferent to the luxuries and grandeur by which he was surrounded4 ,to his surprise when he entered a colonnade full of the choicest flowers1 which united the extreme wings of the vast building1 he found his father walking there with an anxious1 timid step1 his manner was nervous and uneasy4 ,frederick1 said the old man1 one of those dignified1 astute1 tall1 gray-bearded1 and keen-eyed men1 whom we find in the picture galleries of the middle ages1 dressed in a suit of stately black1 with the golden chain of his order1 and riband of the ,fleece1 ,i was very anxious to see you1 my son4 ,the influence of our house is deserting us2 you have not attended the council lately--there is a majority organizing against us4 ,you should be at your post my son4 ,the first element of success in life is industry--patient1 untiring industry2 it is to this we owe the fortunes of our house the very decorations which ,i wear1 the consideration with which ,i am treated1 and the old man curled the long1 tapering moustache1 partly in pride1 partly in anger4 ,but1 my father1 you forget that ,i am wholly occupied in my studies--that you yourself urged me to contend for the prize which the city gives--that you considered this would be the readiest means of extending your family influence4 ,forget6 exclaimed the old man indignantly4 ,forget6 and his spurs clanged upon the pavement4 ,i am not quite so old as to forget thus--neither do ,i forget that you wasted three months in making love to that jungfrau ,marguerite1 and three more months in lamenting her loss1 even after she had spurned you1 you son of the chief citizen of ,dantzic4 ,you succeed in nothing1 sir2 unstable as water1 you trifle away all existence4 ,now tell me1 you solitary student1 where have you been to-night8 ,of course not wasting every moment in the holiday with your boon companions1 and making love to all the peasants8 ,speak1 sir4 ,it is true1 my father2 ,i was at the fair1 replied ,frederick1 submissively4 ,you tell the truth at any rate1 continued the ,count1 somewhat touched by his frankness4 ,well1 then1 we won't say anything more about the past and ,marguerite2 but tell me as frankly what prospect you have of success in the competition for this famous clock1 for on that will greatly depend the power of sustaining our family influence4 ,so appealed to1 ,frederick thought it wise at once to prepare his father for the truth4 ,he told him that until that evening he had imagined that he possessed every prospect of obtaining the prize1 and then he repeated all that he had overheard ,dumiger asserting4 ,in the bitterness of his spirit he inveighed against him as a personal enemy1 and as he spoke vehemently and earnestly1 his father's eyes glistened with vengeance and pleasure1 for he saw that the dignity of the father had passed into his son2 he had never seen the youth so excited1 he now felt that he was worthy of the old time-honored race4 ,ah1 he said1 ,dumiger again2 and his scheme and plan seem well founded4 ,however1 neither the man nor his production will find great favor in the council while ,i have influence there2 he may exaggerate his merits4 ,i think not1 said ,frederick4 ,but there is one way to get rid of his competition1 said ,frederick1 laying his hand on the hilt of his sword4 ,no1 no1 young man2 take your hand from your sword3 ,i will have no brawling1 no bloodshed1 like those common burghers1 whose sons are even now rustling through the market-place4 ,but wait a little2 night gives counsel4 ,i think ,i have a way far more practical and less hazardous than that which you propose--leave the matter in my hands1 ,frederick4 ,i am glad to find you have some spirit1 that it has not all been dissipated on that foolish girl2 there is always hope in man where there is energy4 ,what ,i feared was that you might become a mere dreamer1 and struggle through an idle1 vaporing existence3 now ,i hold that you are worthy of your name1 although the conviction has reached me in an unpleasant form4 ,but leave this to me1 all will be right2 you have only one thing to do1 to send ,hoffman to me to-morrow morning4 ,hoffman the silversmith1 who lives at the corner near the senate house8 asked ,frederick4 ,precisely1 replied the ,count1 and soon his firm unbroken step was heard ringing in the distance4 ,frederick went out on the balcony to meditate on what possible steps his father proposed taking to overrule the opposition of ,dumiger4 ,with all his frivolity and dissipation he was greatly ambitious1 and most anxious to sustain a reputation he had long enjoyed of having it in his power to command success in any pursuit to which he chose to direct his attention--that ,alcibiades and ,admirable ,crichton character which is the principal source of failure to many men in life4 ,with the exception of the hours wasted in the useless pursuit of ,marguerite1 he certainly had not in the present instance been wanting in exertion1 and he also had1 like many other chief burghers in ,dantzic1 turned his attention to mechanical pursuits2 it was the first time1 he now felt convinced1 that those exertions would be all thrown away4 ,as he looked down from the lofty gallery in which he was standing on the dense circle of happy dancers1 who were whirling round and round in the center of the square2 as he heard the joyous laugh from the numerous groups who thronged the coffee-houses2 as the plumes of the guards waved in the moonlight1 and the light flashed on the bright uniforms and brighter checks which reposed upon them1 he began to think how idle was a life of ambition1 how far happier he was when as a boy he joined in the merry supper2 when the clear1 bright1 sparkling wine represented the free spirits of those who drank it2 when maidens1 with gay hearts and light golden hair1 sought his love4 ,give me back these joys1 he exclaimed in agony2 give me that youth which graced the pursuits of love1 and which dignified every enjoyment3 take from me that ambition1 which only leads to misery in its failure and to disappointment in its fulfillment4 ,,chapter ,,iii4 ,hoffman1 the silversmith1 whom the count desired to see1 was one of those men who have existed at all times and in all countries1 who trade on the exertions of those who possess more energy and perseverance than themselves1 and who really do seem essential to the great mechanism of society4 ,he had from time to time rendered assistance to ,dumiger1 who1 unfortunately at the present moment owed him a large sum of money1 which it would take a long time to liquidate4 ,the count also had dealings with the silversmith2 for in the quartier ,juif all classes meet and jostle each other4 ,but ,hoffman was a superior man of his order1 he knew the secret history of most of the important burghers1 was consulted on many very delicate subjects1 and could have published more scandal than any ,sunday ,chronicle of these more modern days4 ,the count was like all other counts1 incessantly in debt2 so1 when ,hoffman was ordered to attend on the ,grand ,master1 he did not doubt that the mandate originated in the ordinary necessity1 and he prepared himself accordingly to evade or concede4 ,some time previously the count had found it necessary to part with a great portion of his old family plate1 and as it was during the passion of his son for ,marguerite1 and after ,dumiger had carried off the prize1 he had discovered from the loquacious goldsmith all the particulars relative to ,dumiger1 and amongst others the account of his pecuniary obligations1 and that ,hoffman had a bond from him for a very large sum in his possession4 ,the object of the count's present interview with ,hoffman was to know on what terms he could purchase the bond2 and when the jeweler arrived1 the bargain was soon concluded4 ,hoffman thought the bond would never be paid1 and so the count purchased it for three times its apparent value4 ,on the previous evening ,dumiger returned flushed and excited to his house4 ,the moment his friends had left him1 he began to regret the confidence he had placed in them1 and the frankness with which he had expressed himself4 ,he retained but a very slight recollection of all that he had said1 but he thought it was quite sufficient to have aroused the ridicule of those around him4 ,most painful of all sensations1 the vague sense of a folly committed1 the extent and the consequences of which are alike unknown to us6 ,as he approached his home it seemed to him that he had profaned his affection for ,marguerite by mentioning her name in that rude society1 and broken her confidence by alluding to his hopes and his fears4 ,while his secret had been confined to his own breast1 or communicated only to ,marguerite1 his confidence in himself had never for a moment been weakened2 but now that others were made acquainted with his convictions and his hopes1 they seemed to him exaggerated and unfounded4 ,he had for a moment forgotten that the chief secret of success in all undertakings in life is ,silence4 ,silence in the scheming1 silence in the execution1 silence in the fulfillment2 half the charm that had given him strength was lost now that he had opened his breast and disclosed its secrets to others4 ,and it was with a feeling approaching to disgust that he entered his workroom1 and saw all the material of his great enterprise scattered about the floor4 ,he went to ,marguerite's room4 ,she was sleeping with all the freshness of youthful dreams glowing on her cheek2 after the tumult of the day the stillness of that room soothed his spirit4 ,he reflected how little satisfactory were all these pursuits compared to the tranquillity of home1 but then1 even as he sat by the bedside1 and with her hand in his1 pondered on the past and future--a pageant as it were1 robed in cloth of gold and purple1 and laurel-crowned1 swept by him2 and the glory of being preminent among his fellow-men flashed upon his soul4 ,if he should fail--4 ,a cold damp settled on his brow at the thought1 for in that event all his time had been thrown away1 and there was no possibility of his meeting his various engagements4 ,it was not one ,hoffman but many that beset him1 although ,hoffman was truly the most avaricious of his tribe1 where all were greedy4 ,and then1 as he gazed on the lovely countenance by his side1 he thought of the affection which had resigned all luxury1 and1 far above all luxury1 that consideration which women so prize1 for him1 and that he had brought her to a home where she had to deny herself many of those comforts to which she had been accustomed4 ,he regretted the deed4 ,still more did he regret the time that he had that night wasted1 and the money that he had squandered2 but it was too late for repentance4 ,all that he could now do was to nerve his energies for the toil of the morrow--that morrow which comes to all men1 the faith of the procrastinator1 the hope of the sufferer1 the mercy of the unbeliever4 ,he awoke in the morning with renewed resolution1 but his brow was still heated with the dissipation of the previous night1 and his hand shook as he applied himself to his work4 ,after a couple of hours1 however1 when ,marguerite had taken her place by his side1 he forgot ,dantzic1 ,carl1 and ,krantz1 all the annoyances which threatened him4 ,he was absorbed in his pursuit1 and ,marguerite was looking over with her attention not less absorbed than his own1 when to their astonishment the magnificent carriage1 with the heavy1 sleek1 overfed horses1 of the ,count ,albrecht1 rolled up to the door4 ,look here1 ,dumiger1 exclaimed ,marguerite1 running to the window with a woman's curiosity flushing her cheek4 ,here is the ,grand ,master's carriage--what can he be doing at this house8 ,he must be calling on the new arrivals who took the apartments on the first-floor yesterday1 said ,dumiger1 scarcely looking up from his work1 on which all his attention was concentrated4 ,they are beautiful horses1 and the manes and tails are decorated with ribands which would furnish me with sashes for a whole life1 thought ,marguerite2 but she avoided giving utterance to her feeling1 lest ,dumiger should interpret it into an expression of regret at having given up the prospect of ever obtaining all these luxuries4 ,marguerite had just left the window when a heavy step was heard on the stair1 and loud knock at the door roused ,dumiger from his fit of abstraction1 nearly making him jump from his chair4 ,the impulsive ,come in6 which he uttered1 was immediately succeeded by the appearance of the ,count4 ,dumiger1 like most men of deep thought and habits of abstraction1 was diffident4 ,he stood for some moments thunderstruck without performing any of the usual courtesies of society4 ,marguerite in her surprise imagined that she must have been guilty of some great negligence while residing in the palace1 with which the ,count now came to reproach her4 ,the silence was broken by the ,count himself1 who nodded kindly1 almost familiarly to ,marguerite1 and without any further ceremony took the chair from which ,dumiger had just risen4 ,i called to see whether you were comfortable1 ,marguerite1 in your new abode4 ,it is small1 continued the ,count1 as lolling back in his chair he touched the wall with the back of his head3 ,i suppose1 however1 that you will some day be able to afford a larger4 ,i do not wish to trespass upon your confidence1 but as ,i have the liveliest gratitude for the admirable manner in which you1 ,marguerite1 discharged all your duties while you were with me1 you must let me evince my recollection of them by a small wedding present4 ,and the ,count laid a rouleau of gold pieces on the table4 ,oh1 sir6 exclaimed ,dumiger1 seizing the ,count's hand with effusion1 you are so kind but ,i can assure you that we are quite happy here4 ,when one is truly attached to another1 the little sacrifices of life become a pleasure1 and ,dumiger's eyes so filled with tears1 that he did not perceive the quiet1 cold sneer on the ,count's upper lip2 but ,marguerite remarked it4 ,moreover1 she knew the ,count well--his vast ambition1 his supercilious pride2 she had caught the inflection of his tone when he spoke to ,dumiger1 and she knew that when he affected that winning1 cajoling manner1 he was always the most dangerous1 and most to be suspected4 ,so her only answer or acknowledgment was a low courtesy1 and the blood mantled in her cheek1 but whether from gratitude or some sterner feeling the ,count was unable to divine4 ,he looked at her for some time under his long gray eyelash2 ,marguerite met the look calmly and composedly4 ,dumiger was bustling about quite in an ecstacy of delight1 and for the time entirely forgot the clock and the ,dom4 ,not so the ,count1 he was curiously scanning all the various parts of the complicated machinery which were lying round him4 ,he waited until ,marguerite should retire before he judged it right to commence speaking to ,dumiger on the subject that was next his heart1 but ,marguerite did not seem at all disposed to give him the opportunity4 ,woman's prescience of danger for those she loves is wonderful4 ,without being able to assign any definite reason1 ,marguerite felt that the man's presence boded her no good2 and it was therefore with a troubled spirit that she heard the ,count1 after looking several times at his watch1 suggest that he wished to speak to ,dumiger alone4 ,dumiger looked at ,marguerite1 who thought it wiser at once to take the hint than to allow the ,count to suppose that she at all questioned the sincerity of the kind interest which he affected to take in her4 ,he waited until the door was fairly closed1 and then drew his chair near to ,dumiger's4 ,the latter1 quite unaccustomed to the neighborhood of so great a man1 immediately withdrew his seat to a more deferential distance2 but the dimensions of the room speedily put a stop to the retrogression and his modesty by arresting his chair4 ,don't be afraid1 said the ,count to ,dumiger1 in a somewhat harsher tone than he had yet used1 for he was an impatient and testy old man4 ,don't draw your chair back in that way4 ,i wish to speak to you privately and confidentially4 ,dumiger held his breath4 ,what could the ,grand ,master of the ,teutonic ,knights have to say to him8 for1 whatever might be his future greatness1 at all events its promise could be known but to few others4 ,you were out last night1 continued the ,count4 ,you went to a wine-shop--you spoke loudly--you drank deeply4 ,as the ,count continued ,dumiger's cheeks glowed4 ,the ,count must have heard all that he said4 ,his heart sank within him as he recalled his weakness2 but his mind was soon settled on that point by the ,count4 ,and when you spoke1 continued he1 you talked very wildly of becoming a great man2 of obtaining more enduring fame than any of our noblest citizens4 ,by the bye1 you did me the honor to class me amongst those you were destined to triumph over4 ,it was a wild1 idle thought1 said ,dumiger1 faltering forth a thousand apologies4 ,i did not know what ,i said4 ,two friends led me into this error4 ,i am sure you will forgive me1 sir3 ,i was excited2 my brain was in that state ,i really did not know what ,i said4 ,who ever could have repeated this to your ,excellency8 ,no one repeated it4 said the ,count1 so you need not entertain any mistrust of your friends4 ,one of my household overheard you2 and his ear having caught the sound of my name1 he listened attentively1 that is all4 ,but what does it signify8 ,you did just as all young men--ay1 and the best of our young men1 do--drank deep of the ,rhenish4 ,i like you the better for it4 ,and then1 by all accounts1 you had some cause for excitement1 for you believe you are to win the greatest prize that ,dantzic has ever proposed for one of her citizens4 ,the scene of the last night passed from ,dumiger's memory when the hope of fame and the prospect of success were mentioned4 ,his whole countenance changed1 his eye brightened1 and the nostril dilated4 ,you heard that1 also1 your ,excellency6 he said4 ,well1 then1 ,i need not scruple to tell you the truth4 ,yes1 ,i have labored night and day1 and ,i hope to obtain the reward of all this self-sacrifice2 and now ,i draw near the goal my blood is excited--,i am fevered by my hopes4 ,look here1 sir1 and forgeting all his fears and etiquettes1 he took the ,count by the arm and led him to a curtain which was drawn across a corner of the room where the model-clock was placed4 ,here is the work2 it approaches completion2 is it not worthy of the prize8 ,even to the most unpracticed eye this model of a great work appeared to be of admirable skill4 ,so complicated was the machinery1 that the marvel seemed to be how it was possible so nicely to have arranged its various parts1 that they could find sufficient space for working4 ,massive weights were regulated by springs of such fine texture1 that it was surprising how they could possibly have been made by a man's rude hand4 ,the movement was perfectly noiseless1 so beautifully were the balances arranged around the principal works of the clock itself3 the heavenly bodies were moving in harmony and regularity2 the face of the clock had not yet been affixed1 so the whole of the interior operations of the machinery were apparent4 ,the ,count gazed astonished at the result of long perseverance and indomitable energy4 ,dumiger stood beside him holding the massive curtain aside1 and delighting in the ,count's amazement4 ,at length he allowed it to fall1 exclaiming1 with pardonable self-love1 ,surely this must succeed6 ,the ,count resumed his seat1 and1 for some time1 was unable to regain the composure which he had lost by the sight which he had seen4 ,dumiger sat buried in thought4 ,and when you have succeeded1 ,dumiger1 said the ,count1 in a voice which he intended to be very kind1 but whose inflection manifested a bitter disappointment1--and when you have succeeded1 will you be happier8 ,do you think1 ,dumiger1 that greatness adds to happiness8 ,ah1 you know little of the world if you believe this4 ,besides1 remember1 you may fail1 and then how bitter your disappointment will be6 ,dumiger was seated with his arms folded1 and scarcely paying any attention to the ,count's observations3 his mind was wandering amid the planets4 ,look1 ,dumiger1 you are attached to ,marguerite4 ,at the name of ,marguerite1 ,dumiger raised his head and concentrated all his attention4 ,you love her better than all the world8 ,far better1 said ,dumiger4 ,for her1 like a man of heart1 you would sacrifice everything6 continued the wily ,count4 ,dumiger nodded his head in assent4 ,even the clock8 ,a glow mantled over ,dumiger's cheek2 he was about to answer in the affirmative1 when he remembered that the clock had been his companion for five years past4 ,he had lived with it1 breathed his own life into its movements1--should he renounce the clock8 ,it1 as well as ,marguerite1 had become a part of himself2 it had long stood him in the place of family1 of love1 of all those enjoyments which youth so wantonly and earnestly clings to4 ,the results of success1 ambition1 honors1 wealth1--all this he would give up for ,marguerite2 but his clock--he hesitated4 ,the ,count repeated the question4 ,at that moment a sweet voice might be heard caroling one of those simple national airs which are dear to all nations and all times4 ,marguerite had a soft1 winning voice1 well adapted to the song she was singing4 ,the ,count1 as well as ,dumiger1 paused in his conversation2 the color rose again to ,dumiger's face as he thought how nearly he was on the point of sacrificing his faith1 and loving the work of his own hands more than the admirable work of ,nature which had been bestowed upon him1 and1 as he listened1 he lowered his voice and said1-- ,for her ,i would sacrifice even the clock6 ,you shall1 exclaimed the ,count4 ,i shall6 said ,dumiger1 starting from his seat4 ,now in what way do you mean1 my ,lord ,count8 ,you know1 said the ,count1 the value of the prize which is offered by the town4 ,it is worth little in money4 ,the honor is considered sufficient4 ,then you are to be given high place amongst the good citizens1 a laurel crown1 to ride a white horse1 and sundry other trumperies4 ,the ,count looked at ,dumiger while he applied the word trumperies to those results which the latter had so impatiently striven for1--for which he had been laboring night and day4 ,these outward signs of the results of great ambition1--these to be called trumperies6 ,dumiger looked at the ,count with astonishment4 ,and yet1 said he1 it is for such trumperies men sacrifice their lives1 sometimes their characters4 ,the old ,count colored slightly as he gave a glance at the riband and star which he wore4 ,men did sometimes say that the ,grand ,master had not obtained all his honors without sundry sacrifices of one kind and another4 ,dumiger had not intended any allusion to these rumors1 and he was surprised at the ,count's change of color1 for which1 at the moment1 he was unable to assign a reason4 ,well1 said the ,count hesitatingly1 as you say you prefer ,marguerite's love even to your ambition1 let us suppose1 that in one moment you were able to attain certain wealth1 to place her in a position worthy of her high qualities1 to be at once on an equality with those of her fellow-citizens1 who have hitherto--pardon me the word--treated her as an inferior2 let us suppose that by some extraordinary powers all this could be immediately realized2--then let me ask you1 would you sacrifice your clock8 ,dumiger marveled as he listened4 ,he pictured ,marguerite adorned with all those incidents which lend a new charm even to beauty like hers4 ,he thought1 with that vanity which clings to all men1--he thought if she were so much admired in her rustic dress1 what would she be if she could rival in luxury and grace the chief ladies of ,dantzic8 ,he looked round the room2 and instead of the rudely-carved1 worn-out chairs1 he pictured the most graceful and luxurious sofas2 instead of two small1 and1 in spite of all ,marguerite's taste and exertion1 rather dusty and ungraceful-looking rooms1 a suite of magnificent apartments1 where he could gratify every taste and find people willing to come and applaud it4 ,all this passed through his mind1 and he did not perceive how curiously the ,count was regarding him2 but at last ,dumiger was recalled to himself1 and he thought how little occasion there was for him to draw such pictures1 as they could never be realized2 and why should he annoy himself by considering this proposition1 which could only be made to him in joke4 ,but why1 he said to the count1 do you make me such a suggestion1 when ,i can never hope to obtain this8 ,the ,count paused a moment1 as though to examine ,dumiger's countenance still more attentively1 and then said1-- ,you shall obtain this wealth1 and much more4 ,i6 exclaimed ,dumiger1 with astonishment4 ,yes1 said the ,count2 at a great price1 ,i know2 at a price1 however1 which ,i think you will still be willing to pay for it--for your clock4 ,my clock worth that6 said ,dumiger1 who will give it to me8 ,it was the first time that ,dumiger had tested1 by the opinion of another1 the value of the great work which he had achieved1 and it gratified him to hear the magnificent offer4 ,i1 said the ,count1 ,i will give you all that ,i have said2 nay1 more1 ,i will use all my influence to have you placed high on the great book of the citizens4 ,you shall have everything to make life happy4 ,give me the clock2 sign me a paper1 making over this clock to me2 declaring1 at the same time1 that it is your free act and deed1 and that you never completed it1 and ,i will immediately settle that fortune upon you4 ,and yet my clock1 thought ,dumiger2 all the honors ,i have anticipated1 the gratification of my ambition1 that greatness ,i have dreamed of2 can ,i forget all this8 ,he was about to reply1 when the door opened and ,marguerite entered4 ,the length of time that the conversation lasted had made her impatient2 besides1 she mistrusted the ,count4 ,he looked annoyed at her appearance1 for he imagined that ,dumiger was on the point of acceding to his terms4 ,marguerite1 ,i am so rejoiced you have come6 exclaimed ,dumiger1 as though a sudden light had burst upon him4 ,the ,lord ,count has offered to buy my clock1 and to make us rich beyond all expectation2 to have us placed high among the first class of the citizens2 in fact to enable us at once to secure all that men pass their lifetimes in striving to attain1 if ,i will give up my clock and declare that ,i failed in its execution4 ,what do you say1 ,marguerite8 ,what do ,i say6 she exclaimed1 and as she spoke she drew herself up to her full height1 her brow contracted1 the color glowed in her cheek4 ,and did you hesitate what reply to make8 ,i thought of you1 ,marguerite4 ,of me6 she replied4 ,oh1 do not think of me2 or rather if you do so1 think that ,i would sooner live in the most abject poverty1 and suffer any amount of privation1 than part with the work1 the consummation of which will be the glory of your life4 ,part with your clock6 no1 ,i would sooner sell this hair which you so prize1 part with all those qualities which render me dear to you2 nay more1 ,i think ,i would even be content to sacrifice your love rather than see all the results of your patient industry wasted1 your noble ambition sacrificed4 ,think of me1 dear ,dumiger1 but think of me only as a part of yourself1 as one who would give up every hope and every future to secure your happiness1 that is1 your fame4 ,dumiger rose from his seat1 unmindful in whose presence he stood1 he pressed ,marguerite in his arms2 again the nobility of his mind brightened in his eye and beamed over his countenance4 ,it was another instance amid the thousand which1 unknown to them1 were passing around them of a man won to noble thoughts by a woman's influence1 proving that she is the animating power to save him in all his difficulties2 that she invokes and renews all those noble thoughts which are concealed in the recesses of his mind4 ,hers is the light to dispel the mists which the chill atmosphere of the world hangs around the brightest portions of the mind3 great at all times1 greatest of all when1 in a moment of difficulty1 she is called upon to decide between the good and the evil1 the just and the unjust1 the generous and the mean1 the ingenuous and the sophistical2 and ,marguerite1 in one glance1 saw all that ,dumiger had failed to discover in the ,count's appearance and manner1--the dark design1 the selfish calculation2 her simplicity of mind perceived indications of low1 mean purposes1 which he failed to discern4 ,thus it is ever that the first impressions1 and1 above all other first impressions1 the impressions of innocence and youth1 are the truest and most to be depended on4 ,for wherein is it that men--so often men of the shrewdest intelligence and keenest intellect--deceive themselves by their own egregious vanity4--by that vanity which makes them prefer to depend on the refinements and subtle processes of their own intelligence1 rather than on the first impressions of the mind which ,heaven has bestowed upon them8 ,they are not satisfied with perceiving that a thing is good1 but they must learn why it is so4 ,they are not satisfied with knowing that the world is beautiful1 that the harmony of this globe and its planets is admirable1 but they must know the origin of this beauty1 and the cause of the harmony which strikes them with wonder4 ,it is not enough for them to be told they are fearfully and wonderfully made1 but they must attend schools to learn why they live1 move1 and have their being4 ,such is man1 blinded by his self-conceit2 blasted not by the excess1 but by the partial light which bursts upon him3 whereas woman moves clear in her apprehension1 because she believes that whatever is1 is right2 and great in her intelligence1 because she knows she is ignorant4 ,the count saw that all further appeals to ,dumiger's interest would now be thrown away1 but he was not on that account to be baffled4 ,very well1 sir1 he said1 in an angry voice2 ,i make you the greatest offer that was ever made to any workman in this city1 and you reject it with contempt4 ,the day will come when you shall repent it4 ,i would have saved you for that woman's sake1 from the distress and ruin which are impending over you1 but you will not be free4 ,look to it1 sir1 for there is danger even now4 ,your success is not so certain4 ,i have it in my power to crush you1 and your pride shall be broken4 ,so saying he took up the rouleau of gold he had given to ,marguerite and departed4 ,dumiger and ,marguerite stood side by side1 alarmed1 but still unbending2 and yet the man who spoke to them was of great power4 ,to recite his titles once more3--,grand ,master of the ,teutonic ,knights1 ,president of the ,city ,council2 magnificent in his promise1 fierce in his resentments1 unscrupulous in his means4 ,for a moment ,dumiger looked at ,marguerite as though he were disposed to yield to the tyranny of that great man1 but a glance from her reassured him2 and it was with a low but formal reverence that he opened the door to the illustrious visitor1 while ,marguerite stood proud1 haughty1 and reserved4 ,did we do wisely8 said ,dumiger1 when the door closed upon them4 ,wisely6 exclaimed ,marguerite2 oh1 ,dumiger1 can you doubt it8 ,i feel myself worthier of you now that ,i was able to influence you in your moment of uncertainty4 ,i say moment1 for ,i will not believe that1 upon reflection1 you could have hesitated in your decision4 ,better risk all and lose all than sacrifice the glorious object which you have in view4 ,who would not prefer the greatness which must be yours1 if you succeed8 and the count has at least taught us one thing1 that success is almost certain1--who would not prefer this to that wealth of which he is so proud1 and that eminence which it makes him giddy to stand on8 ,no1 ,dumiger1 you were in the right2 and come what may1 you will feel proud of your decision and self-denial4 ,it was you who decided for me1 replied ,dumiger1 as he pressed her lips fondly to his own4 ,he toiled throughout the day1 and the dusk was settling over the town when the last wheel was finished and the clock was completed4 ,,chapter ,,iv4 ,it was late in the evening of the same day4 ,marguerite and ,dumiger were sitting by the fire together4 ,the fire burnt so brightly that it was not necessary to light the candles4 ,marguerite1 with her eyes closed and half reposing in ,dumiger's arms1 was enjoying all the happiness which the sense of returning affection gives4 ,the night was somewhat changed since they first sat there4 ,the rain beat against the casement1 and the wind whistled down the chimney4 ,the more it rained and blew1 the closer crept ,marguerite to ,dumiger's side4 ,it was a picture of comfort2 of that comfort which1 alas6 is so easily destroyed by the breath of tyranny4 ,it was a type of the many hearths which are covered with ruins when the trumpet sounds through the city and the tocsin rings to arms2 when war or rebellion sweeps like a pestilence1 not alone over the ruins of palaces and of senate-houses1 but over the abodes of the humble1 where every room can tell a tale of affection and toil4 ,there was a knock at ,dumiger's door1 which made ,marguerite start and called all the color into her cheeks4 ,there was something ominous in the knock4 ,it was a short1 quick1 clear1 and decisive knock4 ,it was the knock of a man in authority2 of one who felt that although standing on the outside of the door1 he had a right to be within4 ,marguerite and ,dumiger both looked at the fire1 as though they could read in its confused shapes the reason of this interruption2 but the result could not have been very satisfactory1 for neither spoke1 while reluctantly ,dumiger rose to open the dour1 and ,marguerite followed his movements with intense anxiety4 ,the truth is that people are never thoroughly comfortable and happy without a sense of the uncertainty of human happiness stealing over them4 ,we speak of those whose lives are not a succession of parties of pleasure1 of soft dreams and golden fulfillments--to such favored ones all sense of happiness is deadened by satiety--but they who toil through long1 long days1 and are blest with a few moments of repose1 value them so highly that they scarcely believe such happiness can last4 ,dumiger opened the door1 and uttered a faint cry4 ,marguerite was in a moment by his side4 ,he had1 indeed1 some cause for alarm4 ,an officer of the ,grande ,court de ,justice stood there4 ,there was no mistaking his character1 for the uniform of the myrmidons of that court was too well known to all the inhabitants of ,dantzic1 and more especially to the poorer classes1 who gazed on them with awe1 for they were in general stern1 hard-featured1 and hard-hearted men1 who did their duty without gentleness1 and rarely deserted a man when once they had him in their clutches4 ,dumiger had made acquaintance with them of old on one or two occasions1 and the recollection was anything but agreeable4 ,the man entered the room very quickly1 took his seat in ,dumiger's chair1 and drew his missive from his pocket4 ,it was ,dumiger's bill to ,hoffman for a very large sum1 which had been purchased by the ,count4 ,what is this8 gasped forth ,dumiger2 for1 at the moment1 the debt had entirely escaped his recollection4 ,ach ,gott6 exclaimed ,dumiger1 is it possible8 but observing ,marguerite standing by1 pale1 tearful1 and trembling1 he restrained his impetuosity4 ,dumiger rose and went to a drawer4 ,he counted over1 with the eagerness of a miser1 all the dollars which were kept there1--the few which had remained after the expenses of the last fortnight4 ,for some time past he had devoted all his energies so entirely to the construction of the clock1 that the smallest receipts of his craft had been despised4 ,a cold perspiration stood on his forehead as he gazed upon his small store4 ,he knew too well1 that by the laws of ,dantzic the debtor was either dragged to the common prison or all his goods were seized4 ,either alternative was terrible4 ,he looked round the room4 ,on one side stood the clock1 the child of his mind and industry1 on the other was ,marguerite1 beautiful in her grief4 ,the man had lit a pipe1 and was carelessly smoking4 ,come1 said the officer at last1 as shaking out the ashes of his pipe and drawing himself to his full stature1 so as to give weight to his authority--come1 we have no time to lose1 ,herr ,dumiger4 ,the money or the furniture1 or to prison4 ,consult the pretty jungfrau there3 but you must come to a conclusion directly1 for time presses and ,i have several other little bits of business to perform to-night3 so ,i will light another pipe while you make up your minds4 ,it was no easy matter for ,marguerite to bring her mind to a decision4 ,she thought on the one hand of the lonely nights she might have to pass2 on the other1 of the irreparable loss the clock would be to ,dumiger4 ,dumiger clasped her hands in his own1 and as his lips clung to hers he exclaimed1 ,perish all things but love4 ,he rose--he was on the point of desiring the man to take away the clock in payment of the debt1 in the hope that he might redeem it on the morrow1 when the sudden thought struck him that the ,count was the instigator of this act4 ,he caught hold of the man by one arm1 which was hanging listlessly over the back of the chair1 and exclaimed-- ,tell me who sent you on this mission4 ,the man only looked round with an expression of astonishment at his presumption1 and without deigning any reply1 he resumed his pipe4 ,was it the ,grand ,master8 asked ,dumiger4 ,obey my orders and ask no questions1 said the man4 ,you had better follow my example4 ,i have told you already that there is no time to spare4 ,tell me what course you intend to take4 ,give up some articles in this room--there is that clock1 which will do more than pay the bill--or follow me immediately4 ,there is no other alternative4 ,the whole conversation with the ,grand ,master occurred to ,dumiger4 ,there could be no doubt that the clock would go into his possession2 that it was a deep-laid scheme to spoil him of the result of all his labor4 ,better1 far better1 that ,marguerite should bear the pain of separation1 than that the clock should be endangered1 and by such a man4 ,marguerite1 said ,dumiger1 in a low voice1 after a long pause1 it is fixed4 ,we must part for a short time4 ,i will write from my prison to some of my friends2 they will not desert me in this necessity4 ,a few short hours1 and ,i shall return to you1 my own ,marguerite4 ,but ,marguerite had fainted1 and the lips which touched his cheek were cold and pale4 ,slowly she opened those large blue eyes1 and although her lips faltered1 the look and the voice were both earnest as she bade him go4 ,yes1 ,dumiger1 you are right3 ambition such as yours is a less selfish passion than love like mine4 ,leave me for a time4 ,i know the interval will be short4 ,it is another step toward the greatness to which you are aspiring4 ,the man looked at them with a vague and vacant look4 ,he had been witness to this description of scene so frequently1 that he began to believe it to be a part of the debtor's craft4 ,as some people can regard the most beautiful varying tints of heaven1 the lights and shadows which flit across the face of nature1 and see nothing more in them than a part of that vast and complicated machinery that governs the world--so he1 in these lights and shadows of life1 only beheld the natural workings of the human mind4 ,with a pale cheek but a firm step ,dumiger departed4 ,the last sound that fell upon his ear as he left his door1 was the blessing murmured by his bride4 ,again he felt disposed to turn back and sacrifice all for his affection2 but already one of the city guard stood behind him1 and the rattle of arms on the pavement told him that his arrest had not been lightly planned or carelessly conducted4 ,the castle toward which ,dumiger and his guards directed their steps was the ,grimshaus1 formerly a citadel and an important point of defense for the town of ,dantzic1 though now converted into a prison for political offenders and debtors4 ,the reader may be aware that the laws against debtors in the great free commercial cities were intolerably severe4 ,some men were permitted to groan away their whole lives in hopeless misery4 ,the creditor was in general without pity1 and the debtor unpitied4 ,he was entirely at the mercy of the jailer1 who had it in his power to load him with chains1 and even on the slightest pretext of insubordination to execute summary justice upon him4 ,these laws1 however1 had as yet little affected ,dumiger2 though threatened with arrest on one or two previous occasions his difficulties had always been arranged4 ,but the present debt was more serious than any which had as yet been pressed for1 and he could not but feel that friends might be less willing to become surety4 ,they arrived at the square in which the ,grimshaus was situated4 ,it was a wild1 unhealthy1 stern1 fantastic pile1 which stood1 in point of fact1 upon an island1 for a wide1 wet ditch surrounded it1 except where a drawbridge connected it with the square4 ,the towers and ramparts had in some places mouldered away1 and huge bars of iron were introduced in different parts of the wall to give strength to the building by binding the yawning mason-work together4 ,the square was deserted4 ,the cry of the sentinel at the most distant of the landward posts sounded ominous1 like that of a lost bird at night4 ,although the moon shone brightly1 it was difficult to distinguish the whole outline of the building1 on account of the pestiferous vapors which arose from the moat1 and hung like a pall over the recently flooded plain4 ,through these mists the city chimes sounded muffled and melancholy4 ,it was solitude--of all solitude the most fearful--a prison solitude in the neighborhood of a great town4 ,the very escort appeared to feel the influence of their melancholy and lonely scene1 for the jests stopped as the foot of the vanguard clanged on the drawbridge4 ,this was merely the effect of discipline2 but to ,dumiger it appeared a part of the drama1 and it added to his sense of fear4 ,they were detained some time upon the drawbridge while the sergeant was holding some conversation with the officer of the watch4 ,by the ,holy ,mary6 exclaimed the functionary who had arrested ,dumiger1 there must be something more than a mere debt in all this4 ,i never saw such a fuss made about the receipt of the body of a debtor in all my life4 ,and then1 it was rather strange my being ordered to take a file of my guard instead of honest ,jean1 who would have held him just as firm in his grasp1 and not kept my poor fellows shivering out all night in this unhealthy atmosphere4 ,no1 no1 there is something more than a debt due3 it is a case of political crime4 ,is it not so1 my lad8 he exclaimed1 giving ,dumiger a thump on his back which made the chain-bridge rattle4 ,is it not what8 said ,dumiger1 who was quite taken by surprise4 ,he had been gazing on the water1 and the purest drops in it were the two tears which had fallen from his eyes4 ,i have heard nothing1 he replied4 ,what does all this mean1 and why am ,i kept here8 ,ah1 that's just what ,i wish to know6 answered the man1 and no one can tell us better than yourself4 ,it is not merely for a case of debt that ,i was sent to your house to-night4 ,no1 no1 ,i am wiser than that4 ,come now1 tell us the real truth4 ,what conspiracy have you entered into1 what political offense have you committed1 to entitle you to be escorted with such honor1 and be made the subject of so many forms8 ,there is no use denying it1 he continued1 for ,dumiger's astonished countenance was quite a sufficient protestation against any such inference4 ,look here2 the lieutenant of the tower has been called up1 and the guard is reinforced4 ,it was quite true4 ,had ,dumiger been a state prisoner of the highest rank1 he could not have been received with more ceremony4 ,the guard turned out1 and the rattle of the muskets was heard as the massive gates rolled ponderously upon their axes4 ,the one light in the entrance gave an awful but not unpicturesque appearance to the scene1 for it was reflected on the glittering steel4 ,it cast its wild gleams on the bronzed cheeks of the guards1 while the length and height of the hall were lost in the gloom4 ,forward6 was the word1 and tramp1 tramp1 tramp1 mingled with the rattle of the chains of the bridge4 ,dumiger was now placed in the center of the guard4 ,the soldiers presented arms to the burghers3 the burghers carried theirs as they passed4 ,the single drum beat1 and its echo vibrated through the building4 ,the gates closed behind them--bolt after bolt was drawn1 and ,dumiger was separated from the world4 ,his heart sank within him1 and well it might2 for as the moon shone into the courtyard beyond the hall where he was standing1 he could see that the windows which looked into it were all trebly barred4 ,besides1 the building looked throughout so miserably damp and wretched2 and there was an entire absence of care for the comfort of its inmates1 which chilled his blood4 ,the lieutenant of the tower1 after the conference with ,dumiger's officer had lasted some time1 approached him4 ,he took him gently by the arm1 and brought him to the broken1 rotten1 creaking stairs1 which led to the upper rooms1 or rather cells1 from which they were separated by two large1 massive iron doors4 ,the lieutenant himself opened the locks1 while two soldiers1 standing on either side with flambeaux1 gave ,dumiger a full view of the desolate stair which he had to ascend4 ,the passage to which it led had been taken out of the thickness of the walls1 so massive were they4 ,they passed through a large hall where a huge fire was blazing1 about which some soldiers slept1 with their cloaks drawn tightly round them to ward off the draughts which came in strong gusts beneath the doors and even through the shutters2 one or two with handkerchiefs tied round their heads1 to serve the purpose of night-caps1 were sitting by the fire smoking4 ,they took the pipes from their lips to salute the lieutenant as he passed1 but beyond this notice paid no attention to the object of his visit4 ,it was evidently an event of no uncommon occurrence4 ,more passages1 more bars1 more doors battered by age and mended by slabs of iron1 and at last ,dumiger arrived at the room1 or rather the cell1 which had been prepared for him4 ,the preparations1 it must however be admitted1 were of the very simplest character4 ,a palliasse thrown down in the corner1 a rickety chair1 and the strangest apology for a table1 were the whole furniture of the place4 ,without one word of explanation the lieutenant motioned him into his new abode4 ,in vain ,dumiger stormed and raved1 and desired to know whether this was the way in which free citizens were treated in the free city of ,dantzic4 ,the lieutenant only shrugged his shoulders1 gave orders to the soldiers to withdraw1 and ,dumiger was left to his melancholy meditations4 ,a heavy weight1 such as magnetic influence affects the brain with1 oppressed his forehead2 he threw himself on the palliasse1 and endeavored to recall the events of the last few hours3 but so rapid and intense had they been1 that they already seemed to be numbered amongst the visions of the past4 ,when the heart is oppressed with suffering1 and above all1 with the most painful of all suffering1 anxiety1 solitude and sleep are the only consolations4 ,but then the sleep is not the light1 happy1 joyous slumber1 from which we awake refreshed and strengthened2 it is a leaden1 sullen1 sodden trance1 from which we awake with the sensation that the whole weight of the atmosphere has been concentrated on our brows4 ,this was the case with ,dumiger3 the flickering1 dreary light of the lamp kept waving before his eyes as he lay there4 ,he felt like a man whose limbs have been paralyzed by some grievous accident4 ,at last be breathed heavily1 and the load of oppression fell from his eyelids4 ,such was the sleep we have described4 ,when he awoke in the morning the light had gone out2 but a few pale1 melancholy gleams of morning pierced the prison-bars1 which were so far above him that it was not possible for him to reach them4 ,he strove to remember where he was2 his eyes fell on the grotesquely-painted figures which covered the walls1 and which had escaped his observation on the preceding night4 ,these were the handicraft of some man who had evidently endeavored to wile away his time in prison by caricaturing his persecutors2 and certainly he had succeeded in the attempt4 ,nothing more absurd than some of these pictures could be imagined2 every possible deformity was ascribed to the originals1 and the sketches were surrounded by pasquinades and quaint devices4 ,here and there might be found expressions of deeper and more fearful import1 if indeed anything could be more fearful than the contrast between the ridiculous and such a dungeon4 ,non omnis moriar1 wrote one man in a yellow liquid1 which too evidently was discolored blood4 ,justum et tenacem recti virum1 scrawled another1 immediately followed by a portrait of the vultis instantis tyranni1 who had1 if we may judge by the chain suspended from his neck1 once been a famous ,grand ,master4 ,on one part of the wall might be deciphered a whole romance scrawled with an old nail1 in which the prisoner had arrived at such excellence1 that the letters were like the most admirable type4 ,it was a long1 and doubtless melancholy tale2 so much so1 that the kind guardians of the place had scratched it with their knives to prevent its being easily deciphered4 ,in fact1 that little cell had evidently contained an ,iliad of romances2 and if the walls could have spoken1 or even the scrawls been deciphered1 some strange tales1 and perhaps many mysterious events1 would have come to light4 ,dumiger gazed on these sad records of prior existences with a melancholy interest4 ,in vain he endeavored to explain to himself the cause of his being treated with such unparalleled severity4 ,he could not recall any crime such as might excuse his incarceration in such an abominable place4 ,he buried his face in his hands4 ,he thought of ,marguerite and the clock1 and then1 happily for him1 he wept1 as the young alone can weep when they are in sorrow1 and when their sorrow is unselfish4 ,he was roused by an unbolting of bars1 the turning of huge1 unwieldy keys1 and the lieutenant of the castle stood before him4 ,dumiger was in that state of mind when whatever of pride belongs to the consciousness of innocence loses its strength4 ,though there was little to invite confidence in the outward demeanor of the functionary1 he ran toward him1 seized him by both hands1 and exclaimed1 ,have pity upon me1 sir2 tell me why ,i am here6 ,pooh1 pooh1 replied the bronzed old ,cerberus3 be a man4 ,be a man6 shrieked ,dumiger1 ,i am a man3 and it is because ,i am a man1 a free man of ,dantzic1 that ,i appeal against this monstrous treatment4 ,be a man6 why1 ,i appeal to you1 sir1 to be a man1 and to give up that situation1 if it can only be retained by cruelty to others4 ,i say again1 be you a man1 and cease to torture me4 ,the lieutenant continued looking at him with the most perfect indifference4 ,he whistled a tune1 took the only two turns in the cell which its extent permitted1 and then1 as if a sudden recollection had struck him1 put two letters into ,dumiger's hands4 ,come1 you are not very ill treated1 young man1 when you are allowed to read4 ,dumiger felt a glow of delight thrill through his frame4 ,everything is by comparison1 and after the pain be had endured1 the sight of two letters1 the one in the handwriting of ,marguerite1 the other of ,carl1 made his heart leap with joy4 ,they seemed to him to be the guarantees of immediate safety4 ,the lieutenant still remained near him4 ,dumiger would not open the letters in his presence4 ,at last the officer1 after some minutes' delay1 and having sung sundry snatches of martial airs1 gave ,dumiger a contemptuous1 indignant glance1 and stalked out of the cell1 taking care to rattle the bolts and bars as a punishment to ,dumiger for not gratifying his curiosity4 ,poor devil1 it was his only amusement to pry into the prisoners' secrets4 ,how is the lad8 asked the second in command when his commander appeared4 ,better than he will be when he knows the charges for which he is shut up4 ,at present he is under the impression it is only for debt2 but when he learns it is for treason1 he will whimper and whine even more than he has been doing4 ,what1 so young and a traitor6 exclaimed the subaltern1 who was evidently the kinder spirit of the two4 ,it is almost incredible4 ,it may be1 continued the lieutenant4 ,i have directions from the ,grand ,master and ,council to keep a strict watch over him4 ,they say that he is a most dangerous character4 ,but ,i never trouble myself much about these kind of fellows4 ,i do my duty quietly4 ,meanwhile1 ,i have given him letters which won't add to his happiness much when he reads them1 if ,i am to believe what the inspector told me1 who of course read them and sealed them again4 ,the moment the lieutenant had left the cell1 ,dumiger eagerly tore open ,marguerite's letter1 without remarking that it had been opened ere it reached him4 ,he read it through with that rapidity of glance and mental discernment which fear and love combined can alone give4 ,it was with a groan of horror that he allowed the letter to drop from his hands1 for the full extent of the difficulties of his situation now broke upon him4 ,she told him that the same evening1 the moment his arrest was known in the neighborhood1 bills had poured in from all quarters2 that she had seen his friends ,carl and ,krantz1 who called early on that morning1 and who found it impossible to obtain one-tenth of the sum now required for his release4 ,all they could do1 therefore1 was to take charge of the wonderful model1 and carry it to the ,court-house1 where it would have to remain until the decision of the ,council should be proclaimed4 ,the second letter1 which was from ,carl1 was still more appalling1 for he told ,dumiger how essential it was for him to make any sacrifice in order to put the whole machinery in order1 so that his work might appear to the judges in the most favorable point of view4 ,he undertook1 however1 to engage the best mechanist in ,dantzic1 in the event of ,dumiger not being able to obtain his release before the appointed day4 ,what was to be done8 ,dumiger felt himself driven almost to frenzy4 ,he thought of ,marguerite1 of his clock1 of his friends2 he then began to think that be had acted very foolishly in refusing the offer of the ,grand ,master1 who1 he felt assured1 although the lieutenant would not admit it to him1 was the cause of all his misery4 ,the more he reflected on the past1 the more desperate he became2 he rolled on the ground in agony2 the whole day passed in efforts to reach the window1 whence at least he might perceive the situation of his house1 or to shake the bars of the strongly-ironed door4 ,toward evening a soldier brought him some refreshment1 but preserved an obstinate silence4 ,dumiger allowed the refreshment to remain untasted on the ground2 he could not touch it4 ,the evening grew on apace1 the merry chimes from the ,dom of the city came across the water2 it struck him that they had never chimed so musically before1 or with so much meaning4 ,another long1 long night of agony was to be passed1 and where and how was suspense to end8 ,time swept on1 but this night they brought him no lamp1 so that he had no means of measuring its progress2 he could only judge how heavily the hours rolled by the tramp of the guards as they marched over the drawbridge to the several reliefs4 ,at ten o'clock he heard the bugles sounding the retreat1 and then when he pictured to himself his gentle young bride1 so sweet1 so lovely--when he remembered how greatly he had neglected her for his ambition--he loathed himself for what he used to consider laudable1 but now felt to have been mere selfishness4 ,it was still very early1 for the gray cold streaks of morning had not pierced the prison-bars1 when ,dumiger was roused from his uneasy slumber by the rattling of the lock of his door4 ,he looked up and saw with surprise a man who was not dressed in uniform4 ,who are you8 ,what do you want8 exclaimed ,dumiger1 for there is such a thing as intrusion even in a prison4 ,the man whom he addressed only replied by taking possession of the single chair which stood by the bedside2 he then very quietly and coolly took a tinder-box from his pocket1 struck a light in the most deliberate manner1 and lit the small lamp which had remained unreplenished from the preceding evening4 ,dumiger had then an opportunity of examining his visitor4 ,he was a little1 jesuitical1 sly1 crafty1 leering person1 with a quick1 intelligent1 practical eye--a man who was evidently conversant with the world2 and to judge from the sensual expression of his mouth and the protuberance at the nape of the neck1 whose world was of the worst description--a phrenologist or physiognomist would have hung him at once4 ,it is fortunate for some men that these sciences are not more extensively understood1 or a great many persons would suffer for their natural and cerebral conformation4 ,you will soon be free1 my son4 ,free6 thank ,god6 exclaimed ,dumiger1 throwing himself back on his pillow and clasping his hands in gratitude4 ,you are too quick1 young man1 continued the stranger4 ,i said you would soon be free1 if--you see there is an if4 ,it is for you to remove it4 ,if--if what8 ,i will do anything you tell me1 almost shrieked ,dumiger1 so terrified was he at the possibility of his hopes deserting him4 ,well1 continued the little man1 putting on his spectacles and examining the roll of his papers1 ,i will commence by telling you that ,i am a native of ,hamburgh and like yourself1 a great mechanist4 ,i was sent for by the ,council last evening1 to examine all the models which have been received4 ,i do not hesitate to say to you that yours is by far the best4 ,god be praised1 ,marguerite1 ,marguerite6 ejaculated ,dumiger4 ,yes1 quickly remarked the mysterious visitor1 yours is by far superior to all the rest1 but it will not win the prize4 ,not win the prize6 said ,dumiger2 for now all his ambition had returned to him4 ,certainly not1 was the reply2 you know as well as ,i do that the machinery requires some directing power4 ,no one knows how to apply it3 no one knows the secret4 ,yes1 there is a secret1 said the youth1 his face brightening even through the cold1 clammy prison atmosphere4 ,and you cannot get out to tell it1 or to arrange your own work1 for here ,i have a schedule of the judgments for debt which have been lodged against you2 and he held out a list some twelve inches in length4 ,dumiger groaned4 ,and are there no means of paying this8 ,you can answer that question as well as myself1 replied the man4 ,i will tell you that there are none for the present2 but there is one way in which the clock may still be the admiration of ,dantzic1 and yourself free with a great independence in three days4 ,what way8 what way8 tell me quickly6 cried ,dumiger1 gasping with anxiety4 ,be still1 young man1 be still2 we have plenty of time3 let's proceed quietly1 said the stranger4 ,well1 well1 but be quick1 continued ,dumiger1 in anything but a quiet tone of voice4 ,i have told you1 said the man1 quietly readjusting his spectacles1 which ,dumiger had slightly disturbed by the violence with which he seized his arm1 ,i have told you that ,i am a native of ,hambro'1 a mechanician2 that ,i have seen your clock1 admired it1 and taken the trouble to obtain a list of your liabilities1--here it is again4 ,dumiger gave another groan4 ,your position1 continued the stranger1 appears to me to be this--that without my assistance your clock will be worth nothing1 while you will remain quietly in prison here1 charged besides1 as far as ,i can understand the matter1 with some political offense2 that ,marguerite will either pine away or atone for your loss by amusing herself with some of your friends--,carl and ,krantz for instance4 ,you see ,i am au fait with all your domestic matters4 ,oh1 jealousy6 oh1 cowardice of the heart6 ,at the name of ,carl the blood flew to ,dumiger's temples4 ,it just occurred to him that it was strange that ,marguerite should have gone to him for assistance without any direction from himself to do so4 ,root out the feeling1 ,dumiger2 root it out1 or you are lost4 ,the stranger smiled sarcastically1 but affected not to notice his flushed cheek and faltering voice4 ,now there is but one means to relieve yourself from all these risks and this load of misery4 ,again ,i inquire1 what is it8 said ,dumiger4 ,sell me your clock3 ,i have come to purchase it on the part of the free city of ,hamburgh1 was the calm1 deliberate reply4 ,sell my clock6 echoed ,dumiger4 ,the city of ,hamburgh1 continued the stranger1 without appearing to remark ,dumiger's exclamation1 authorizes me to offer for the clock of best workmanship1 the freedom of her walls1 an income of four thousand dollars1 a place in the chief council with due precedence1 and many other minor advantages4 ,if you accept these terms a large installment of money will be paid within three days1--that is1 within the time for the return of post4 ,you will naturally inquire1 ,why the city of ,hambro' should make so extravagant an offer8 ,i will recall to you the extreme jealousy which has always existed between these two great commercial cities4 ,you will remember that this rivalry is unceasing--that it comprehends all things1 the smallest as well as the greatest4 ,they attempted to vie with each other in the construction of their doms3 ,dantzic gained the advantage4 ,the fame and the prize given for excellence in these clocks1 and of the unrivaled workmanship which may be expected1 has spread throughout ,germany4 ,the inhabitants of ,hambro' are inferior in science4 ,they wish to obtain a piece of workmanship which shall be unrivaled1 in the easiest manner1 and ,i was sent here to negotiate the purchase4 ,well1 ,i was selected by the ,council here as one of the judges4 ,it is an act of treachery--granted3 that cannot affect you4 ,all that there is for you to decide on are the terms ,i have offered you4 ,oh6 ,marguerite6 exclaimed ,dumiger1 if you were here1 what would you counsel8 ,what would she counsel1 said the stranger1 except to accept this offer8 ,remember1 if you refuse it you remain here for days1 if not weeks4 ,you cannot hope to obtain the preference unless you are enabled to inform any one of the secret of setting the works in motion1 and then it would require a hand as steady and experienced as my own to carry out your directions2 and ,i should not undertake to do it except on the conditions which ,i have named4 ,show me the conditions drawn out1 said ,dumiger4 ,the man rolled out slowly one of the long strips of parchment which he held in his hand2 he gave it to ,dumiger1 who drew the lamp near him1 and for a few minutes reveled in the ideas of freedom and wealth4 ,he had but to say the word1 and he enjoyed all that he had been laboring for through life2 but then1 at what price8 at that which it pained him to contemplate--the citizenship of his native town1 where his family had dwelt respected for centuries4 ,no doubt he was selling his birthright2 he was parting with all that a man should cling to in adversity as in prosperity--that which is not to be purchased with gold--all his old ties1 his affections1 his faith4 ,once signed1 the deed was irrevocable2 and yet if he did not sign1 what had he to hope for8 ,he leaned his head on his hands1 in one of those stern struggles which age a man in a few minutes1 as breaths of frost wither the freshest leaves4 ,he invoked the ,spirit of ,love--he called forth ,marguerite1 and she stood beside him4 ,he saw her with her cheek paler than when he had parted from her2 he saw her bosom heaving with sighs instead of love2 he heard her soft whisper in his ear1 and he thought that whisper expressed assent--that for him1 she too was willing to relinquish the home and the friends of her childhood4 ,ay1 is it not ever so8 ,invoke whom we may in hours of trial1 does not the oracle take its tone from our own wishes8 ,fond and futile pretense to invoke the ,spirit of ,love to decide where love is interested6 ,as ,marguerite seemed to stand beside ,dumiger he lost sight of ambition1 and all its pomp and circumstance2 all he asked was to be free4 ,give me the paper1 he said in a firm voice3 the clock is yours1 and the principle of the movement is to be found engraved on a small plate under the mainspring4 ,if he had seen the smile of triumph which passed over that man's countenance1 he would have hesitated4 ,the deed was done3 the man put his materials and his paper into his pocket again4 ,now1 he said1 rising to go1 the third day's post will find you free2 and take my advice1 leave ,dantzic soon4 ,the people will be irritated at being deprived of their master-piece4 ,i would not have you trust to their render mercies2 for that matter1 it is well for you that you are safe in prison4 ,remember this advice1 for ,i know the ,dantzickers as well as you do4 ,stay1 stay one moment1 cried ,dumiger1 as the stranger was about to leave the cell1 who told you so much about me8 ,how did you obtain this list of debts8 ,how came you to hear of ,marguerite1 and ,carl1 and ,krantz8 ,surely1 and he passed his hand across his brow like a man who is pained by the intensity of a ray of light after having been long in darkness--tell me before you go1 what does this mean8 ,and he caught a firm hold of the man's cloak4 ,there is no reason why ,i should not tell you the truth now1 said he1 buttoning his coat tightly over the papers4 ,i was sent for by the ,grand ,master1 who engaged me to obtain the sale of your clock at any price4 ,and he gave me good inducements to undertake the job4 ,the whole scheme broke on ,dumiger's mind4 ,and with what object8 he gasped forth2 tell me that4 ,to get rid of your competition1 said the man quietly4 ,after yours there is no doubt that his son's is the best2 and1 therefore1 when yours is sold to ,hambro'1 his will be prized in ,dantzic4 ,as for me1 ,i shall get rewarded for my exertions1 both by the ,grand ,master your noble count1 and my own city4 ,here is the truth of the matter1 said he2 now let me go4 ,let you go1 miscreant6 exclaimed ,dumiger1 never1 until you return me that paper4 ,let you go6 ,i will follow you to death rather4 ,you betrayed me into this act2 it was not my own free will4 ,i am the victim of the basest conspiracy4 ,i have been induced to sell my birthright--,i prefer to remain in prison--,i love my townspeople--,i will not be free on these conditions6 ,give me back my bond6 ,never6 said the man1 putting himself into an attitude of defense4 ,and he did wisely1 for there was desperation in ,dumiger's eye4 ,he waited a moment1 and then with a maniac's strength he flew at the man1 but he found a powerful and vigorous antagonist4 ,the stranger1 who had appeared half decrepit and aged1 rose up in all the strength of youth4 ,in a moment he had grasped ,dumiger's arms1 very coolly taken out a handkerchief1 and in spite of all ,dumiger's efforts bound his hands together4 ,after he had performed this operation he drew the document again from his pocket1 so as to be well assured that it was correctly signed1 and smiled as he said to ,dumiger-- ,you know that signature8 ,scoundrel6 miscreant6 were the only words to which ,dumiger could give utterance4 ,and now1 fellow-citizen1 said the man1 ,i bid you farewell4 ,keep your temper2 these sober arts should have taught you this kind of self-command4 ,you will soon be free4 ,as for your arms1 ,i dare not untie them now1 but ,i will send the guard to you4 ,now1 holloa1 guard without there6 and he left the cell4 ,what did all this mean8 ,a mystery seemed to be encircling ,dumiger which he could not penetrate4 ,he knew there was danger near him1 but was unable to define its extent4 ,only one thing was now certain--he had sold that clock on which years of toil had been bestowed1 and not in vain4 ,he had but a few days since contemplated certain success1 now how far it was from him6 ,and ,hamburgh--to be great and ennobled there1 what did that signify to him8 ,how long would it not take for him1 the inhabitant of the great rival city1 to be admitted into this new society8 ,no1 he had made an error which could never be recalled2 he had broken the ties which were once so dear to him4 ,dumiger now learned the great truth1 that it is only the opinion of the few with whom we are most intimate that we care for4 ,it is nothing to be great amongst those with whom we have no sympathies1 no affections in common4 ,the kind word from one lip which we love is far more to be prized than the loudest acclamations of thousands to whom we are indifferent4 ,,chapter ,v4 ,the day at last arrived for the triennial exhibition of the productions of ,dantzic art1 on which day the council had agreed that the prize for the clock was to be adjudged4 ,it was a great fte for the town4 ,at an early hour of the morning the inhabitants began to decorate their houses with tapestry1 and to hang garlands over the door-posts4 ,all classes prepared their dresses of brightest colors1 and their gayest1 happiest smiles4 ,and none was happier than ,marguerite1 for ,dumiger had written to tell her that on the next day he was certain to be free2 but he had not ventured to inform her that the clock was sold to ,hamburgh4 ,still1 although the deed of sale was irrevocable1 his feelings would not permit him to believe that the excellence of his work would remain unknown to his towns-people2 he felt convinced that the strangers vanity would induce him to make use of the secret confided to him1 so he wrote to ,marguerite that all would go right4 ,carl and ,krantz arrived early in the morning to accompany her to the great hall4 ,she had within her a secret which she would not have disclosed to the universe1--the secret of her husband's success1 of his fame and future happiness4 ,so far ,dumiger had informed her that there was an intrigue against him1 in which the ,grand ,master was the principal3 he explained to her that the object the ,grand ,master had in view was to obtain the prize and its accompanying honors for his own son4 ,carl and ,krantz undertook to protect her through the crowd1 and it was with an abundant feeling of confidence that she dressed for the ceremonial4 ,she wore her hair braided round her head2 a bodice1 which showed the beauty and shape of her form1 of scarlet cloth1 attached by threads of gold across the shirt1 which was of the softest and most delicate material2 the short blue petticoat1 which reached some way below the knee1 but did not descend so far as to conceal the ankle1 the symmetry of which was well-defined by the silk stocking4 ,the shoe might have stirred the envy of any grisette in ,paris--a class which was1 even in those days1 supposed to enjoy a monopoly of taste and refinement4 ,there was a modesty combined with refinement and strength of character in the appearance of ,marguerite which would have distinguished her in any crowd4 ,she was a being for love and sunshine2 but one who1 at the same time1 would have dared much for him she loved4 ,the kind and generous are ever gallant1 and rarely are the beautiful unworthy4 ,carl and ,krantz were also dressed out in their gayest costumes4 ,it would have been hard to have decided which was the predominant color in the dresses of these two worthy citizens2 they would have rivaled any tulip bed in a ,dutch garden1 and perfectly dazzled ,marguerite when they entered the room4 ,at length the last touch was given to the toilette1 and they sallied forth4 ,already the streets were so crowded that it was difficult to move through them2 but ,carl and ,krantz were determined1 energetic fellows1 and what with their elbows and ,marguerite's bright smiles1 after incurring a few risks of some jokes on ,carl's extravagant appearance1 they reached the great hall4 ,the street in front of the ,courthouse was lined with the burgher guard1 stationed there to keep back the crowd2 but ,marguerite had an order for admittance at a private entrance1 so1 escorted by her cavalier1 she ascended the staircase4 ,when she entered the hall she was struck with awe and astonishment4 ,the whole of that enormous space1 with the exception of the portion railed off for the competitors and the dais where the council were sitting1 was crowded by a dense mass of people3 along the sides of the vast edifice1 and up to the very roof1 were arranged all the various productions of national art4 ,nothing can be pictured more beautiful than the combination of rich and varied colors1 or more curious than the forms which art and genius had given them3 here were dyes which might have rivaled those of ,tyre1 and fabrics of finer texture than a ,penelope could have woven4 ,at one end1 toward which ,marguerite's eyes were most anxiously turned1 the models of the clocks were arranged4 ,dumiger's was placed in the center1 for it was at the same time the largest model1 and contained the most elaborate and complicated machinery2 but1 alas6 the works remained still1 while all the others were in motion1 and showed in the smallest space the movements of the heavenly bodies1 and the progress of time4 ,if ,dumiger's meant anything more than a confused mass of machinery1 it could not for a moment be doubted that it was the work of highest genius exhibited1 but in its quiescent state it contrasted disadvantageously with the admirable systems revolving round it4 ,marguerite held her breath while she gazed2 neither did she perceive how much attention she herself had awakened--the moment for vanity had passed1 her present interests lay far deeper4 ,immediately above her the ,grand ,council1 with the ,grand ,master1 were sitting1 dressed in their robes of state4 ,the ,count ,albrecht wore his cordon of the ,fleece1 and looked every inch a grand master2 the anxiety for his son's success was apparent in the nervous glances which he cast around him4 ,behind1 and amid the retainers1 stood the dark1 designing-looking stranger1 who held in his hand the fate of ,dumiger4 ,the heralds proclaimed silence1 and then the ,grand ,master rose to read the decision of the council4 ,it commenced with reciting the list of the competitors1 and when it mentioned ,dumiger's name1 it said1 the work is imperfect1 and therefore must be withdrawn4 ,it is not imperfect1 cried two stentorian voices from the farther end of the hall4 ,the voices proceeded from ,carl and ,krantz1 whose excitement could no longer be retained4 ,no6 it is not imperfect1 said the gentler voice of ,marguerite4 ,all eyes were turned toward the spot whence that voice proceeded4 ,marguerite nearly fainted to find herself the object of so much attention4 ,keep your courage1 whispered ,carl4 ,tell them that ,dumiger will soon be free1 and the works put in motion4 ,i will tell them for you1 he exclaimed1 and he began to speak1 when the mysterious stranger stepped forth4 ,stay1 he said1 let me touch the works of this clock--the secret is mine4 ,he forced his way through the crowd1 looked carefully over the machinery1 opened a secret spring1 arranged two small wheels1 on which the accurate movement of the whole machinery depended1 and immediately it was all in motion4 ,the proceeding was watched with intense interest by all4 ,the stranger's eye gleamed with delight1 for he was anxious1 with the true spirit of ,hamburg jealousy1 that the people of ,dantzic should feel the value of what they were about to lose4 ,it was indeed a marvelous piece of workmanship3 the planets all revolved in their regular order1 figures of exquisite workmanship appeared and disappeared to mark the seconds1 and the dial plate was of elaborate beauty4 ,the people for some time stood entranced in wonder4 ,at last they exclaimed1 as with one voice-- ,it is a work worthy of ,dantzic--and ,dumiger has won6 ,dumiger forever'4 ,if ,marguerite had nearly fainted from fear1 she was now pale with delight4 ,dumiger1 ,dumiger forever6 again shouted the crowd2 where is the laurel8 where is the triumph8 ,greatest amongst his citizens1 ,dumiger has won6 ,but at that moment the stranger came forward with a paper in his hand4 ,the ,count's face1 which had been overspread with anger and shame at these shouts1 was again lit up with hope1 for after ,dumiger's his son's was evidently the best4 ,you mistake1 my friends1 said this man3 ,dumiger is not a citizen of ,dantzic1 but of ,hamburg1 and the clock belongs to that noblest of free cities4 ,madman6 fool6 burst from the astonished crowd2 we all know ,dumiger1 his family are eminent in the list of our freemen--you are mad6 ,grand ,master1 proclaim that ,dumiger has won the prize1 that ,dumiger is great4 ,joy thrilled through ,marguerite's frame4 ,the ,grand ,master rose1 and his voice trembled with anxiety and secret pleasure as he spoke4 ,it is too true1 he said2 the clock is sold to ,hamburg1 and ,dumiger has lost his rights of citizenship here by becoming a freeman of that town4 ,the prize1 therefore1 in accordance with the decision of the council1 is adjudged to the second--to my son4 ,then the anger of the people rose1 wild and savage2 in one moment1 like the bursting of a thunder-cloud1 the whole aspect of the place had changed4 ,show us the deed6 they exclaimed4 ,the stranger took it and held it up4 ,there was no mistaking it2 it was headed by the arms of ,hamburg1 and signed by ,dumiger4 ,the storm of indignation had subsided for a moment1 but only as it seemed to gain additional strength4 ,tear him in pieces--he shall not have the clock4 ,down with ,dumiger--crucify the man who could prefer the freedom of ,hamburg to the honors of ,dantzic4 ,down with him6 ,and the people tore up the benches1 drove back the burgher guard2 some of the boldest dashed on the platform2 the ,grand ,council had to escape1 carrying the stranger with them4 ,the mob tore out of the hall1 and told their friends outside--anger led to anger1 the passions rose like the waves at the equinox4 ,nothing could stop the mob1 from so apparently trifling a cause a tumult was created2 the jealousy of the townsmen now appeared--that jealousy1 smothered and subdued for so many years1 burst forth in this madness4 ,poor ,marguerite had fainted4 ,carl and ,krantz1 by herculean exertions1 dragged her through the mob2 she was taken to a small room over the great hall1 and laid there until the storm should be appeased4 ,it did not seem likely to be so4 ,unfortunately1 one of the guards had in the tumult struck a burgher2 in some of the smaller streets they were even now fighting2 but the crowd in the great square seemed to have a firmer purpose1 there was a gradual calm4 ,at last one man climbed up the statue in the ,center of the square4 ,where is ,dumiger8 he asked4 ,and another voice answered1 ,he is in the debtor's prison4 ,we will go and lead him to his triumph1 was the dark and threatening reply of the people1 who now moved forward in columns4 ,,chapter ,,vi4 ,the two days which elapsed since the interview with the stranger had been passed by ,dumiger in great misery4 ,he blamed himself deeply for having been so easily entrapped into what he feared would prove a snare1 and very foolishly1 as we have seen1 he wrote to ,marguerite that she had everything to hope1 as he still retained the desire of being honored by his fellow-townsmen1 although they were not to enjoy the fruit of his labors4 ,on the eventful morning which has been described1 ,dumiger arose full of hope1 his triumph was to be secured2 and in the evening he even entertained a secret impression and belief that the people would not permit the clock to be removed1 and that the error he had made might be retrieved by their energetic wills4 ,he heard the bands of music playing in the distance4 ,the merry chimes floated over the water1 and bade him good speed4 ,he thought that he could even discern the buzz of enjoyment1 and the shout of anticipated triumph4 ,he took out the last letter which ,marguerite had written to him1 and pressed it to his heart2 that day1 he thought1 was to see them united never to be parted again4 ,what sound was that8--,was it the wind8 ,no1 the murmur of many voices1 the tramp of a thousand feet1 shook the drawbridge4 ,he heard his own name called out4 ,yes1 it is6 it surely cannot be an error2 it is ,dumiger they are invoking4 ,now there can be no mistake1 the crowd unite in one loud cry1-- ,where is ,dumiger8 ,i am here1 ,i am here1 he shrieks out2 ,open the gates4 ,what could it mean8 the guards were resisting4 ,there is a shot fired--is this the way in which a triumph is conducted8 ,there is a pause--a parley4 ,we want the man ,dumiger1 the prisoner1 exclaims one4 ,good1 you shall have him4 ,let but a few enter1 says the lieutenant of the tower1 and the guard shall withdraw4 ,immediately there is a loud rush on the stair1 not the tramp1 tramp1 of regular troops4 ,here1 here6 exclaims ,dumiger2 here am ,i1 my friends6 ,welcome1 welcome6 and he rushes to embrace the first who enters4 ,back1 traitor6 answers the man4 ,dumiger tumbles against the wall in terror and astonishment4 ,yes1 you are the traitor1 continued he who acted the part of leader of the motley crowd2 you have sold your birthright--you have betrayed our interests4 ,what punishment is fit for such a usurer8 ,down1 down with him1 cried the mob4 ,the leaders consulted together for one moment4 ,my good people1 continued the same man1 we have taken counsel1 and you shall redress4 ,we will not take this man's life4 ,this is what we decide1--,we will keep the clock to be the glory of our town1 but he shall never see it1 neither shall he have it any more in his power to make another equal to it or better1 for we will put out his eyes4 ,yes1 yes1 vociferated the mob1 it is excellent4 ,put out his eyes at once4 ,before ,dumiger could collect his scattered senses two strong1 stalwart men had seized him4 ,in spite of his shrieks and entreaties they threw him down on the straw2 one more savage than the rest drew forth a small knife--agony on agony6 horror on horror6 in one moment to the living man there was ,cimmerian darkness4 ,the deed was done1 and they who had done it looked on with horror and fear at their own crime4 ,there were no shrieks to break the fearful silence3 a few inarticulate sobs of heart wrung from his misery were all that was heard1 and the mob withdrew silent and repentant4 ,carl had followed at a distance4 ,he had made frantic1 but ineffectual efforts to enter the cell2 when the crowd dispersed he went up the stairs without impediment1 and there he found his friend extended4 ,he raised him1 he bore him home with those sightless1 bleeding orbs4 ,he comes1 ,marguerite2 hasten forth to meet your husband3 let the light of your love bless him1 for the light of ,heaven has departed forever4 ,,conclusion4 ,there is great excitement in ,dantzic1 for the noble clock1 which has been for ten years the marvel of ,germany1--the clock which was made by the cunningest artificers who followed ,dumiger's model1 has stopped4 ,no one can arrange it2 the model was broken up as a jealous precaution4 ,there is but one who understands it--who can regulate the wondrous movement2 that is he who constructed it4 ,yes4 the ,council will go to ,dumiger4 ,they seek his house2 they repent of the fearful crime they committed4 ,dumiger1 come forth6 they exclaim4 ,forgive us our offense4 ,greatest of citizens1 all honors and rewards shall be heaped upon you4 ,regulate this great work1 prized above all others in this city1 for which we contended for five years with ,hamburg4 ,stand forth in glory and honor6 ,and a man1 young in years1 but decrepit in suffering1 appears1 supported by two friends4 ,the partner of his hopes and fears is long since dead4 ,the streets ring with applause as he appears1 and many kneel to kiss his hand--ay1 some his feet4 ,but all he asks is to be led first to ,marguerite's grave4 ,there1 in the presence of thousands1 he prays for strength2 and then he desires them to conduct him to the clock-tower4 ,when he appears outside1 the air is rent with shouts4 ,dumiger1 ,dumiger1 the first of the citizens6 ,oh1 popular feeling1 at once base and baseless6 ,he seems to see the works again2 he climbs up and touches every part of the wonderful construction--his hand has found the secret of the movement1 again it is in order1 and the pride of ,dantzic is saved4 ,he stands still for some minutes4 ,a god could not have been more worshiped1 or a prophet looked grander4 ,again his hand is on the movement--crash1 crash1--the slight spring on which the whole machinery depended is rent asunder by his own hand2 the clock falls to pieces1 never to be repaired4 ,at the same moment there is a fall1 a fearful groan1 and ,dumiger lies on the pavement a bleeding corpse4 ,the clock and its maker have ceased to exist4 ,such is the legend1 and from that day there has been no clock in the ,dom of ,dantzic4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,ship ,,extravagance4 ,oh1 ,extravagance saileth in climes bright and warm4 ,she is built for the sunlight and not for the storm2 ,her anchor is gold1 and her mainmast is pride-- ,every sheet in the wind doth she dashingly ride6 ,but ,content is a vessel not built for display1 ,though she's ready and steady--come storm when it may4 ,so give us ,content as life's channel we steer4 ,if our ,pilot be ,caution1 we've little to fear6 ,oh6 ,extravagance saileth 'mid glitter and show1 ,as if fortune's rich tide never ebbed in its flow2 ,but see her at night when her gold-light is spent1 ,when her anchor is lost1 and her silken sails rent2 ,when the wave of destruction her shatter'd side drinks1 ,and the billows--ha6 ha6--laugh and shout as she sinks4 ,no6 give us ,content1 as life's channel we steer4 ,while our ,pilot is ,caution1 there's little to fear4 --,charles ,swain4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,laughing ,,in ,,the ,,sleeve4--,a writer in ,notes and ,queries gives an instance of ,curry's wit1 introduced after a defeat in a conversational contest with ,lady ,morgan4 ,it was the fashion then for ladies to wear very short sleeves2 and ,lady ,morgan1 albeit not a young woman1 with true provincial exaggeration1 wore none--a mere strap over her shoulders4 ,curry was walking away from her little coterie1 when she called out1 ',ah6 come back1 ,mr4 ,curry1 and acknowledge that you are fairly beaten4' ',at any rate1' said he1 turning round1 ',i have this consolation1 you can't laugh at me in your sleeve6 99 99 99 99 99 ,an antiquarian discovery has just been made in ,kremusch1 near ,treplitz1 in ,bohemia4 ,some twelve feet below the surface of the earth1 a tomb1 with six bodies in it1 was found4 ,it contained1 besides1 a gold chain about a yard and a half long1 three gold ear-rings1 two gold balls of the size of a walnut1 a gold medallion with a cameo representing a ,roman ,emperor1 and an iron plate1 thickly silvered1 on each side of which is engraved a reindeer1 with a hawk on its hind quarters4 ,the workmanship of the different objects1 which evidently belong to the ante-,christian era1 is remarkable for its neatness4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,death4 ,death is a road our dearest friends have gone2 ,why1 with such leaders1 fear to say ',lead on8' ,its gate repels1 lest it too soon be tried2 ,but turns in balm on the immortal side4 ,mothers have pass'd it2 fathers2 children3 men1 ,whose like we look not to behold again2 ,women1 that smiled away their loving breath4-- ,soft is the traveling on the road of ,death4 ,but guilt has passed it8 ,men not fit to die8 ,oh1 hush--for ,he that made us all1 is by4 ,human were all2 all men2 all born of mothers2 ,all our own selves1 in the worn-out shape of others2 ,our used1 and oh6 be sure1 not to be ill-used brothers4 --,leigh ,hunt4 99 99 99 99 99 ,so perfect were the ,egyptians in the manufacture of perfumes that some of their ancient ointment1 preserved in an alabaster vase1 in the museum of ,alnwick1 still retains a powerful odor1 though it must be within #b1jjj and #c1jjj years old4