BavifMOB!wuin*'j --,,.! . .,-,.-. ,,..-,. ,-.. ,,,. - goud PREFACE. THE present work aims to furnish in a single volume attract- ive selections for German reading sufficient in variety and amount for all preliminary instruction until the study of classical authors can be advantageously begun. It is designed to be used in connection with the grammar, and may be taken up as soon as the student has thoroughly mastered the forms of in- flection. Facility in translation can be most readily attained by the use of selections which present no unusual or extra- neous difficulties, and, at the same time, illustrate the familiar and natural language of every-day life. Even where German is studied for the later reading of scientific works, the best preparation is found in the acquisition of a popular vocabu- lary, and a mastery of familiar forms of expression by the rapid reading of easy prose and poetry. Selections for reading should lend themselves easily and naturally to rewriting in other forms of statement, in which the original language furnishes the words, and forms the model of expression. The attempt to teach extended translation into German before the pupil has read a considerable amount, and has acquired a familiarity with certain forms to which he can unconsciously refer, yields but unsatisfactory results. The works of American and English writers do not constitute the best model, because they contain idioms which cannot be directly rendered into German. Works which are strongly colored with the individuality of the author are less valuable, for if the student acquires laboriously the ability to translate an author's characteristic speech, he may never again have oc- 645265 Iv PREFACE. casion to use that form of expression. The use, therefore, of German stories or descriptions as a model for rewriting will avoid the introduction of foreign elements, which cannot be translated into German save by an inconvenient paraphrase, the reason for which the pupil cannot know, and for the cor- rectness of which he must rely upon the absolute dictum of his teacher. By making the text which he reads a standard, the student is guided intelligently in acquiring the power to write German. Simple and familiar German also affords the best material for speaking German, for it can be readily turned into a con- versational form, and there is no limit to its practical applica- tion to this end in the hands of a skillful teacher. The reading of plays affords opportunity for practice in speaking, besides imparting an indispensable knowledge of German idioms. A few repetitions in the forms of statement in the notes will be, I trust, found rather an advantage than otherwise. The selections will not be read in regular order by any teacher, and a grammatical illustration might be left unnoticed. Variety in the choice of reading will add to the interest of the scholar. The longer selections have been taken from modern writers of recognized merit, and a certain completeness has been sought, in place of the fragmentary character which sometimes obtains in such works. The selections of poetry have been chosen so as to appeal to the imagination, and to familiarise the student not only with popular and national poems, but also with poems which are the originals of many favorite translations into English with which he is already familiar, and which he will welcome in their earliest form. Great stress should be laid upon commit- ting to memory the best of these poems. A correct pronun- ciation is not only thereby promoted, but intonation and a knowledge of the quantity of vowels an acquisition which students often attain last can be better learned from verse, PREFACE. V and retained, where a mere prose statement would not linger in the memory. Many teachers attach much value to the reading of selections from German history, as it reproduces the life of the country itself, and its eventful past. Provision has therefore been made for this requirement by including extracts which describe a few great epochs in German history. Such prose selections as "Auf der Eisenbahn" and the dramas advance beyond the language of mere narrative and description, and present the practical speech of every-day life. The variety of selections makes it possible to reserve cer- tain parts especially for translation at sight. This should be begun at an early period, and be insisted upon throughout the course. The scholar thus learns to apply what he has before learned ; memory is strengthened by the appeal to supply at once the missing meaning, and the analogy of English speech comes to his aid by suggesting a parallel signification. The ability to distinguish the special and often subtle force of pre- fixes, and of compound forms is acquired by practice in assign- ing swiftly a meaning which is suggested by the form of the word or by its resemblance to other words. In such translation, the German order of words will at first naturally be followed, and the pupil will thus become familiar with German thought in its ordinary expression. Later, greater attention may be paid to securing fidelity to English idioms, as well as neatness and accuracy of rendering. Translation at hearing will teach the pupil to distinguish the sound of a word apart from its form, and should accompany the earliest reading. The study of the relations of English and German, constitutes a special line of study, and is something apart from the acqui- sition of facility in translation, and the general principles of the language. It should therefore have a distinct place in any course of study. A cognate word presents often a divergent sig- VI PREFACE. nification, and development of meaning or use. A child in acquiring a foreign language learns rapidly because it grasps a word at once as the representative of an object, an activity, a quality, or mode of action. It does not reason or reflect upon the signification or use but accepts it. An unfolding of parallel forms or uses might dull or make uncertain the primal significa- tion instead of aiding it. We use with absolute assurance words upon the development of whose signification we have never reflected. Such words as " however," " nevertheless," "notwithstanding," "moreover," "by no means," are illustra- tions of this fact. Our correct use of such expressions does not depend upon a knowledge of their history or how they came to be originally employed. In the vocabulary it has been deemed best to present the word in its present accepted use, and to subordinate any pre- sentation of its original history or relation to English words. The correspondence in form between English and German speech rests upon a few principles upon the mastery of which such relationships may be readily traced. At the same time, attention has been called to the history of the word within the language itself, as the student may be supposed to know it. I desire to acknowledge my indebtedness to two graduate students of this University, Miss Anna M. Bowen, Ph.D., and Miss Elena P. Nearing, B.S., whose admirable scholarship and fine literary taste have been generously placed at my disposal. CORNELL UNIVERSITY, December 26, 1898. CONTENTS. PREFACE . . . "i ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 1. 2efftng .1 ' 2. 2Btr finb alleS fdjuibig 1 3. SBalter Scott 1 4. 5)ie golbene a\\ . 2 5. 35er SSoIf unb ber <5d)fifer 2 6. 3)er Sdjmieb 2 7. $er Sitcfys unb ber 3iegenbocf 3 8. SBte bie Arbeit, jo ber 2of)tt 3 9. $er Sratapfel 4 10. Sic ^Seiber t>on 33cineberg . . rimm . . 4 11. $ex Sud) unb ber >ab,n . . imroct . . 5 12. $a3 9ftord)en om Wanne im Wonbe .... 6 13. 5lbenteuer bcs 58aron tion 9Jliind)^au{en .... 7 14. $>te ftinftlidje Crgel . . . Seanber . . 9 15. S)te SB venter Stabtmufifanten . . rimm . . 11 16. S)er 3lrme unb ber 9?eicf)e . . rimnt . . 15 17. $ornrb'd)en .... rtmtn . . 20 18. $a ^euerjeug .... 3lnberfen. . 24 19. $>a SSaffer be 9Sergeffen . . Saumbad) .34 20. S)ie efd)id}te Don Sa(if tord) . &"itff . .44 POETRY. 1. djroalbentieb . . . . (Sturm .58 2. $>u bift roie eine 93Iume . . etne . . 59 3. $a Sdjlofe am Weere . . . Ubjanb . . 59 4. ie fiorelei 4?etne . .60 5. S)ie traurige efdjidjte Uom bummen . . , . Sb'raenftein .61 Vlll CONTENTS. PAGE 6. SMe tnber eine 62 7. 3"rci ^aare unb Giner Dtucfert 63 8. SScnn id) cin SSogletn mar' SotfSlicb . 64 9. Gin Std)tenbaum ftefjt einjcnn petite . 64 10. 35u fdjoncS 3'iid)ermabd)en . $etnc . 65 11. 35cr 53irtin b'd)terlein Ufllanb 65 12. $er gutc ilamerab . . t U^tanb 66 13. 3Me (yrcnabtere . ^jeinc . 67 14. $cr olbat . . . {jam iff o (9lad> bcm SDfinif^en Don ^. (i. S 2lnber|en) 68 15. Sdfonig . oet^e 69 16. 9?o^-d)cn auf ber eibe . ' oet^e 70 17. 35n3 3SeUd)en . . oet^e 71 18. SSofltf)un . SlaubiuS 72 19. 3>ie enne . . . eioubiu . 72 20. $er Sanger . . oettie 73 21. 93arbaro|> . . IRucfert 75 22. S)er pilgrim bor @t. Suft . platen 76 23. 35 ie SSeiber Don 38tni>pcrg . G t> a m i j f o . 77 24. 2)er Sanncnbaum SBolfSlieb . 78 25. eimlid)e Siebe . SBoIfglieb . 79 26. 2iebctreue SBoIfSlieb . 79 27. 4>iit' bit bid) olf3lieb . 80 28. 91 It >eibdberg, bit feinc . djeffel 81 29. Xie .^offnung . . 4 djtUer 82 30. 9fuf ber iiberja^rt . Ufjlanb 82 31. SBanbrcrS 9?ad)tlicb . oet^e 83 6in GHcidjeS . oet^e 84 32. 55ie 28affevrofe . eibel. 84 33. 3n ber ie 23aafof)rt nod) Sedlaar. ^>eine . 87 37. $ie 23ad)t am 9tf)ein djnecf en burger 90 38. $eutfd)lnnb iiber alle $.rj.gaHerIeben 91 39. ^eut)d)e 9Zalional^)mnc . . ' Carries 92 40. (in f jefte 93urg ift unfet OJott fiut^et 93 CONTENTS. IX HISTORICAL SELECTIONS. 1. f aifer furl ber rofje . 2. )er erfte $reu^ug 3. er britte ^Ireujjug unb 23ar6arofja3 Job 4. 28ilf)elm Xefl unb ber Sdjroei^evbunb 5. fiutfyer nuf bem 3?eid)stage 511 38orm 6. 5tl6rerf)t bon gBoHcnftein 7. S)ie @d)lad)t 6ei fiii^en 2iittrtngf)au Suiter DRAMATIC SELECTIONS. 1. 9MUer ol iinbenbocf . 2. Siner mu ^eiraten SSenebtj . 3 e d) m e t f t e r lA'.E 95 100 teger . . 102 3fd)offe. . 105 Siittrtngf)ait 111 2iittrtng^au 114 ftadj penning 116 COMPLETE PROSE SELECTIONS. 1. 2luf ber (Sijenba^n . . . erftarfer . 121 . 2. Sttmtenfee (Storm . . 135 174 208 NOTES VOCABULARY SUPPLEMENTARY VOCABULARY OF PROPER NAMFS GERMAN EXERCISES GRAMMATICAL INDEX 239 309 413 415 443 ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 1. Scfftng. Sefftng fam eineS 2tbenb3 narf> aufe unb flopfte an feine b]ure. $>er Sebiente fal) au bem $enfter, erfannte feinen >errn im ^unfeln nicfyt unb rief: ,,1)er 2)icf)ter ift nidjt ju aufe." ,,6c^abet nicfcts," antluortete Seffing, ,,\ toerbe s ein anbermat hneberfommen/' unb ging ruf)ig fort. 2. iWiv ftnb nllcci fd)ulbtg. Gin ^urft jog burc^ eine 6tabt, toon toelc^er er gei)6rt fyatte, ba^ befonber^ gro^e Sfrmut in berfelben ^errfd^te. I fatten ifym bie (Sinn)of>ner einen gldnjenben Qm- bereitet. 2ll ber $urft ^ieriiber feine Seriounberung 10 ju erfennen gab, fagte einer: ,,C$:ure 5Rajeftat, h)ir f>aben atte^ n,* toaS h>ir fdiulbig n)aren, finb aber auc(> atte fc^ulbig toir getb^an t^aben." 3. Walter @cott. 2tuf einem ^ajierritte mit einem $reunbe begegnete SBalter Scott einem Settler, ber ifyn urn eine abe anfprad^. 2)er 15 SDicfyter griff in bie SCafd^e, fanb aber, bafj er fein HeineS elb bei fid^> l>atte. ^ier, mein ^reunb," fagte er, ,,ift ein fitting, aber tooty gemerft, (Sixpence bleiben 6ie mir frfmlbig." ,,ott fegne Gure naben," fagte ber Settler, ,,unb mogen Sie fo lange leben, bi3 icfy @ie bejab^Ie." 2 GERMAN READEL. 4. Tic golbcnc (9ntt$. $)ie onigin Don annotoer lefyrte auf einer SHeife in einem 2Birt3bau3 ein, bie ,,golbene an" genannt, too fie fur jtoei age breiljmnbert Staler bejafylen mujjte. $)er 2Birt bat fte beim Ginfteigen in ben 2Bagen untertfydnigft, ifym bei ber 9tuc!feF>r toieber bie nabe if>re S3efu$e gu gonnen. ,,S3enn ie ba tuotten, mein lieber 5Rann, fo miiffen @ie mid^ nicf)t toieber fur ^^r @cf)ilb ^alten/' anttoortete bie ^onigin. 5. $cr 933olf unb ber Gin cfydfer fyatte burrf) eine graufame eucfye feine ganje >erbe toerloren. a3 erfufyr ber 2BoIf unb !am, feine $on= bolenj abjuftatten. ,,rf)dfer," fpracfy er, ,,ift e toa^r, ba^ 10 bid^ ein fo graufame^ llnglucf betroffen fyat ? u bauerft mid), unb idr> modbte blutige 3:^rdnen toeinen." ,,abe 2)anf, s IReifter Sfegrimm," berfe^te ber deafer; (<$) fefye, bu F>aft ein fel>r mitleibigeS erj." ,,3)0^ tjat er aucfy," fiigte be^ d^dferS unb i)inju; ,,fo oft er unter bem Unglttd; feine^ 9^dd)ften 15 felbft leibet." 6. Tcr Zriunicb. Gin dr>mieb eine^ 2)orfe^ ermorbete einen SJiann, unb h)urbe berurteilt, ge^dngt ju luerben. 35ie bornefymften 33auern be^ Crte traten jufammen unb baten ben 9tid)ter, bajj ber d^mieb ben 2^ob nid^t erleiben mod)te, tueil er bem SDorfe 20 notig todre, bag einen cfymieb nicf)t -entbettren fonnte, urn ^Pferbe ju befrf)Iagen, 3ldber auljubeffern u. f. ID. 9lber ber 3tid)ter fagte: ,,2Bie fann id^ benn bie erecfjtigfeit erfuUen?'' ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 3 Gin Hrbeiter fagte: ,,err Slitter, e finb jtoei 2Bebcr in bent SDorfe, unb fur einen fo fleinen Drt ift einer genug; laffen @ie ben anbern fyangen!" 7. 7cr Jyitciitf unb tu-r (Sin $ud)3 tear in einen SBrunnen gefatten, ber nur toenig 5 2Baffer entfyielt, unb bemiifyte fid) bergeben ^inau^ufommen. 2)a gucfte ein 3i e 9 en &tf iiber ben 9tanb be Srunnen^ unb fragte i^n, ob ba 2Ba[fer gut fcfimerfe. 2)er ^ud^ fc^aute t^n Uftig an unb bac^te bei fid^ felbft : ,,^)u foffft mir tooljil i)inaugf)elfen. y/ 3)ann aber fprad^> er laut: ,,G frfimecft fo 10 gut, bafc ic mic^ nicfyt batoon trennen fann. ^omm fyerab unb fofte e felbft!" 2)er 33odf f))rang fogleic^ f)inunter unb tranf. ^aum aber h)ar er unten, fo f^rang ber $urf> auf f einen 9?Urfen unb erreicfyte toon bort mit einem fiifynen Sa^e ben 9^anb be 53runnen3. ,,2a^ e bir gut fcfymecfen," rief 15 er nod^) frfmbenfrofy bem armen efangenen ju, ,,unb tuarte &i^ bir ein nocfy grofserer ^ummfo^f ^erau^^ilft, aU bu felber bift!" 2)arauf lief er batoon. 8. aStc bic Slrbeit, fo ber armen 9Kanne h)ar gefd'fyrliif) erfranft. @r ging ba^er ju einem 2trjte, ber ebenfofet>r toegen feiner 20 efc^ictlic^feit, al^ feineS eije^ befannt ttar. Qa. er glaubte, ber 2)o!tor toiirbe nicfyt fommen, obne beftimmte Sejaf)Iung ju ertcarten, fo jog ber 5Kann eine SBorfe ^erau unb fagte ju i^m: ,,^>ier ^abe id) jtoanjig 2:f>aler; bie ftnb affe3, ita id; in ber 2BeIt befi^e ; id) h)itt fie $nen geben, ob ie nun 4 GERMAN READER. tneine $rau umbringen ober furieren." 2)er 2)oftor toar bamit jufrieben unb befucfyte bie $rau. 2ltfein fie ftarb fcfyon in einigen agen. 2)er 2(rjt berlangte jeijt bie jtoanjig Staler. 2)er 9Kann fragte ifyn, ob er feine $rau umgebracfyt fydtte. ,,eh)if$ nirfit/' antrtortete ber 2)oftor. ,,aben atte bie etoo^n^eit, jeben 2tbenb einen SBrats a^fel ju effen. @inmal lourbe er au bem 3^ mmer flerufen 10 unb legte ben 2fyfel auf ben $aminfim3. SBdt>renb feiner 2tbioefen^eit fam ein $reunb in^ 3i mmer / f fl fy ^ en 2l^>fcl unb berjet>rte ifyn. Safontaine lam juriidr, fanb ben 2lpfel nid^t, erriet aber ben gufammenbang un jj x {^ m n erfiinftelter 2(uf= regung: ,,$Bo ift ber 2fyfel ^ingefommen, ben ic^ fyier ge= 15 laffen f?abe? /y ,,$d) h)ei^ nid^t/' fagte ber anb.ere. ,,25a8 freut mi4>, ju ^oren, benn ic^ ^atte 2trfenif ^ineinget^an, um bie fatten ju bergiften." ,,^err ott! icfy bin bergiftet/' rief ber aft aujjerft erfrf>rec!t; ,,f4)irfen @ie frfwett ju einem 3trjte! y/ ,,2ieber ^reunb/' fagte Safontaine, ,,berui>igen @ie 20 fid^; idc) erinnere micfy eben, ba^ id bie^mal bergeffen ^abe, ift F>ineinjut^un ; attein e^ tf>ut mir bodp leib, ba| e^ einer 2iige beburfte, um bie 2Ba^r^eit ju entbecfen." 10. Tic Wi-iln-r von 23cin3bcrg. ilonig ^onrab III. ben erjog SBelf im ^a^re 1140 gefa;lagen t^atte, belagerte er bie <2tabt Seinberg. 2)ie 25 ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 5 GHntopljmer toefyrten ficfy aber fo fyartnacfig, baft ber erjiirnte $onig frfjftmr, bie tabt ju erobern unb bie Sitrger nieber^ jumacfyen. @nbUrf> tourbe bie 9Zot fo grofj, bafj bie Q\n- toofmer in bie Ubergabe toittigen mufjten. 2lber bie SSeiber s marten bie SBebingung, bafi jebe toon ifynen auf ifyren (Sc^ultern mitne^men biirfe, toa fie tragen fonne. er ^aifer hnlligte ein, unb ben ndcf>ften ag, al fid^ ba^ tyoic offnete, fie^e ba! in langem 3 u 9 e 59 en bit 2Beiber au, febe aber trug auf bem 9liic!en if>ren SRann ; an ber piije tear bie erjogin 10 mit ifyrem ema^l 2BeIf auf ben d^ultern. 2([ be $5nig3 Seitte ba fa^en, f^rarf)en ifyrer biele, ba h)dre bie SReinung nidf)t getoefen, unb toottten e nid^t jugeben. 2)er ^onig aber lacfyelte itber ben liftigen 2(nfd;[ag ber ^rauen, unb rief : ,,@in foniglid^ 2Sort, ba einmal gefprocfyen unb jugefagt ift, 15 fofl unttertoanbelt bleiben!" @o erfyielten bie 2Bein^berger cSrimm. 11. Tcv A'ltdio unb ber >>alnt. @in i>ungriger ^ud() fam einft in ein 2)orf unb fagte ju einem at>n: ,,D mein err af)n, iueld^e fcfyone timme ^at bein err SSater gef)abt! ^dE> bin I;ier^ergefommen, urn 20 beine timme gu fyoren. (Singe bod^, bamit ic^ fyoren moge, ob bu eine beffere timme ijabeft ober bein 33ater!" 35er ai>n fc^to^ fyierauf bie 2tugen unb fing an, auf bae lautefte ju frozen. ^lb'lirf) f^rang ber ^ud^g auf, fing ben a^>n unb trug il)n in ben 2BaIb. 211^ bie Sauern ba fa^en, 25 liefen fie bem $ud)fe nad; unb f cfyrieen : , r er $ud)$ trcigt un= fern af>n fort!" 2)a fpradf) ber at>n jum. ^uc^fe : ,,orft bu, err ^uc^g, toaS bie groben Sauern rufen? ag' i^nen $6) trage meinen >afyn unb nirf)t ben euren." 3)a GERMAN READER. liefj ber $u&3 ben afm au bem 2Jiaule unb fpracfy; ,,$d) trage tneincn abn unb nirft ben euren." Unterbeffen flog ber afm auf einen 33aum unb rief: ,,$)u liigft, >err $ucb,3, bu lugft; icb, gefyore ben SBauern unb nicfyt bir." >a fcfylug ber $ucb3 ficb, felbft auf^ 3JiauI unb fpracf>: ,,D bu bofe 3JlauI, h)ie biel fc^toa^eft bu! 3Ste toiel rebeft bu Unnite! atteft bu je$t nid^t gerebet, fo l^dtteft bu beinen SRaub ntc^t berloren!" Simrorf. WnrriuMt uiMii 9Ramte im 3Sor alien 3etten ging einmal ein SJiann an einem Ueben onntag^morgen in ben SSalb, fammelte ftcb, olj, banb e, 10 ftec!te einen @toeg ein feiner SRann in (Sonntag^fletbern, ber in 'bie $irdf>e geb,en toottte. @r blieb fte^en, rebete ben 28ettentrager an unb fragte: ,,-JBeifjt bu nicbt, ba^ auf Grben Sonntag ift, an tuelcfiem !age ber 15 liebe ott rufyte, al er bie SSelt, affe Xiere unb bie SJien^ fcfyen erfcf)affen ^atte?" 2)er gragenbe tnar aber ber Hebe ott felbft. ^ener oljbauer jebocb, ttmr ganj berftodt unb anth)ortete: ,,<3onntag auf rben, lt)a^ ge^t ba micb, an, h>a geb,t ba bicf> an?" ,,<&o fottft bu beine Sfeifigtoefle 20 tragen elwglicb, !" f^racf) ber liebe ott, ,,unb iueil ber @onn= tag auf Srben bir fo gar untoert ift, fo foUft bu funftig= b,in eh)ig 5Rontag fyaben unb im 5Ronbe ftef^en, ein -JBarnung^ bilb fiir bie, .twelve ben onntag mit Strbeit frf)tinben!" SSon ber $e\t an ftefyt im ^JJonbe immer nod^ ber 3Jlann 25 mit bem ^oljbiinbel, unb er mirb h)ob,l aucb, bi^ in atte fett bort ftet>en bleiben. ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 13. Slbetttcuer bed ^arond toon SJliinrtilwuicit. 1. $d) trot meine Sfteife nad) 9tufjlanb mitten im 2Binter an, unb reifte ju $ferb, benn bie ift bie bequemfte 2(rt jit reifen. 3;d) h>ar nur leid)t be!leibet, h)eld)e id) giemlid; libel empfanb, je toeiter id; gegen -ftorboft fyinfam. 5 SDa3 ganje 2anb lag unter @cf>nee, unb icfy h)u^te n>eber SBeg nod) teg. Gnblid), be Sleiteng miibe, ftteg id; a6 unb banb mein ^5ferb an eine 2trt toon f^i^em 33aumftafen, ber itber bent @rf)nee ^erborragte. 3 ur idjerfyeit nal>m id) meine ^?iftolen unter ben 2lrm, legte mid; nid;t h>eit babon in ben 10 ar mein rftaunen, al id) fanb, bafj id) mitten in einem 2)orfe auf bem ^ird;l>ofe lag! -JRein ^3ferb tt>ar an= fanglid; nirgenb ju fet)en ; bod; fyorte id; e balb barauf 15 irgenbtoo iiber mir h)ie^ern. 2113 id; nun em))orfal), fo tourbe id; getua^r, bap e^ an ben 2BetterI)al)n be ^ird)= turm<3 gebunben iuar unb toon ba fyerunterhing. 9?un tou^te id) fogleid), h)ie id; bran h>ar. >a 2)orf tear na'mlid; bie iftad;t iiber ganj jugefd;neit getuefen ; ba ^Better ^atte fid; 20 auf einmal umgefe^t; id) toar im erborragte, toar ba reuj ober ber 2Betterl)al)n be $ird;turm3 geirefen. 25 Dl>ne mid; nun lange ju befinnen, naljm id; eine toon meinen ^Biftolen, fd;ofj nad; bem alfter, fam gliirflid; auf biefe Slrt toieber ju meinem ^ferbe unb uerfolgte meine 9Jeife, 8 GERMAN READER. 2. ierauf ging atte gut, bi idf) nacfy Sftufelanb fam, too e eben nictyt Sitte ift, be 2Binter ju ^ferbe ju reifen ; fo nabm id) bort einen fleinen 3iennfd>litten mit einem einjelnen ^Sferbe, unb fufyr toofylgemut auf <2t. ^Petersburg Io3. 3Jiitten in einem fiircfjterlicfyen 3Salbe bemerfte icfy einen 5 entfe^Iic^en SBoIf, ber mit atter (S^nettigfeit be^ gefrtifcigften 2Sintert>unger meinem Srftlitten na^>gelaufen fam. Gr ^olte mid^> balb ein unb e ioar f4)Iec^terbing unmogltcfy if>m ju entfommen. SJiec^anifc^ legte icfy mid; platt in ben (Scfylttten nieber, unb h)a id> faum ju ^>offen h)agte, gefctyafy bennoc^ 10 gleicl) nad^er. 2)er 3SoIf befiimmerte ftc^ nicf)t im minbeften urn meine 2Senig!eit, fonbern f^rang iiber mic^ ^inh)eg, fiel h)iitenb auf ba ^ferb, rift ab unb berfd^Iang auf einmal ben ganjen interteil be^ armen 2;ier^ r toel(^e bor Sd^reden unb cfymerj nur befto fd)neller lief. 2Bie ic^ nun felbft auf 15 biefe 2trt fo unbemerft unb gut babongefommen h)ar, fo erbob ic^> gang berfto{)Ien mein efidtt, unb nafym mit Gnt; fe^en 'mafyt, ba^ ber SBoIf fid) beinai)e iiber unb iiber in ba ^Sferb ^ineingefreffen fyatte. 5laum aber ^atte er ftcfy fo fyutfd) ^ineingejiDa'ngt, fo fiel id> if>m tiid)tig mit meiner 20 ^Beitfdje auf ba $ett. (Solc^> ein unern>arteter UberfaH ber= urfad)te ii>m f einen geringen cfyrecf; er ftrebte mit atter 3Kadjt borhJdrt^, ber 2eic^inam beg ^ferbe3 fiel ju 33oben unb fiefye ! an feiner Statt ftedte mein 2Bolf in bem efcfyirre. %d) metnerfeit^ t)5rte nun nod) toeniger auf ^u beitfc^en unb 25 toir langten in toottem alobb in <2t. ^Seter^burg an, ganj gegen unfere betberfeittgen Grtoartungen unb ju nid)t geringem Grftaunen afler ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 9 14. Tic fiiiiftlirtK* Crgel. langen, langen ^afyren lebte einmal ein fefyr gefcfyicfter junger Drgelbauer, ber fyatte fcfyon toiele Drgeln gebaut, unb bie le$te toar immer toieber beffer al3 bie toorfyergefyenbe. 3ulet}t macfyte er eine Drgel, bie toar fo fiinftlicb,, bajj fie 5 ton felb[t ju fipielen anfing, toenn ein Sraut^aar in bie ^ircfye trat, an bent ott fein 2BoF)(gefatten i)atte. 2tl er aurf> biefe Drgel bottenbet fyatte, befab, er fid^> bie -JRabcfyen be 2anbe, h)ab,Ite firf> bie frommfte unb fc^onfte unb liejj feine eigene ^od^jeit juricb.ten. 2Bie er aber mit ber SBraut iiber 10 bie ^irc^fcb.tDette trat, unb $reunbe unb 3Serh)anbte in langem $uge folgten, jeber einen Straufs in ber anb ober im ^nobflocb,, h)ar fein erj better tolje^ unb G^rgeije^. Cjr bad^te nid^t an feine Sraut unb nic^t an ott, fonbern nur baran, n)a er fiir ein gef(f)icfter SReifter fei, bem niemanb e 15 gleic^tb.un fonne, unb h)ie atte 2eute faunen unb ib,n be= tounbern ttmrben, tuenn bie Drgel toon felbft jit fbielen begonne. (So trat er mit feiner fcfy onen 53raut in bie ^ircb, e ein aber bie Drgel blieb ftumm. $)a na^m fic^ ber Drgelbaumeifter feb,r ju erjen, benn er tneinte in feinem ftoljen (Sinne, ba^ 20 bie (Scftulb nur an ber Sraitt liegen fonne unb bap fie ifym nicfyt treu fei. @r fbrarf) ben ganjen 2^ag iiber fein SSort mit if>r, frfiniirte bann nacbtg b^eimlicf) fein S3iinbel unb toerliejj fie. 5f?arf)bem er -biele b,unbert SJteilen n>eit geivanbert h)ar, liefj er fid) enblirf) in einem fremben 2anbe nieber, too niemanb 25 ifyn fannte unb feiner nacb, ib,m fragte. 2)ort lebte er ftitt unb einfam jefyn ^a^re long; ba iiberfiel ifyn eine namenlofe 3(ngft narf ber eimat unb nadf) ber toerlaffenen 33raut. @r mu|te immer toieber baran benfen, loie fie fo fromm unb 10 CERMAN READER. fc^bn getoefen fei, unb hrie er fte fo bbli$ toertaffen. bem er toergeblicfy afleS getfyan, urn feine efmfucfyt nieberju* fdmpfen, entfcfylojj er fia) jurudfjufe^ren unb fie urn SJer* jcifyung ju bitten. 6r toanberte Xag unb -ftacfyt, bajj ifym bie $ujjfof)len tounb tourben, unb je mefyr er ficfy ber eimat 5 nd'fyerte, befto ftdrfer tourbe feine efmfucfyt, unb befto grower feine 2lngft, ob fie ltoE)I toieber fo gut unb freunblirf) ju if>m fein toerbe, h)ie in ber 3 e ^/ * f tc noc ^ f^ ne Sraut tear. (Snblid^ fa^> er bie iirnte feiner 3Saterftabt toon fern in ber Sonne bli^en. &a fing er an ju laufen h)a er laufen 10 fonnte, fo ba^ bie Seute fyinter it>m ^>er ben ^o^f frfwttelten unb fagten : ^Gntlreber ift'S ein ?iarr ober er fyat gefto^Ien." SBie er aber in ba Xf>or ber tabt eintrat, begegnete ifym ein longer Seicfjen^ug. inter bem arge I)er gingen eine JRenge Seute, h)elcf)e toeinten. ,,2Sen begrabt if>r ^ier, ifyr 15 guten 2eute, ba^ ifyr fo ioeint?" ,,6 ift bie fcfyone 5 rau be Drgelbaumeifter^, bie ifyr bofer 9Jiann berlaffen fyat. <2ie ^at un alien fo biel ute unb Siebe^ getfyan, ba^ h)ir fte in ber $ircfye beife^en Gotten." 2tl er bie ^b'rte, entgegnete er fein 28ort, fonbern ging ftitt gebeugten mupte3 neben bem 20 (Sarge ter unb t>alf i^n tragen. -ftiemanb erfannte il)n; h)etl fie ifyn aber fortiud^renb fct)Iurf)3en unb toeinen f)6rten, ftorte i^n leiner, benn fie bacfyten: ba toirb h)o^)I aud^ einer toon ben bielen armen Seuten fein, benen bie ote bei Sebjeiten ute erlt)iefen fiat. @o fam ber 3 U 9 J ur ^irc^e, unb h>ie 25 bie Kroger bie ^ircfyfcfytoette iiberfc^ritten, fing bie Drgel toon felbft ju fpielen an, fo fyerrlicfy h?ie nocf) niemanb eine Drgel fpielen gef)brt. ie fe$ten ben arg bor bem 2Utare nieber, unb ber Drgelbaumcifter lebnte ficb ftitt an eine aule baneben unb laufc^te ben Sb'nen, bie immer getualtiger anfcfjlwollen, fo 30 ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. II getoaltig, bafs bie ircfye in ifyren runbtofeilern bebte. SDie 2lugen fielen ifym ju, benn er toar fefyr miibe Don ber toeiten Sfcife ; aber fein erj h>ar freubig, benn er hntfjte, bafc ifmt ott toerjiefyen fyabe, unb aU ber letjte on ber Drgel ber= 5 flang, fiel er tot auf ba ftetnerne ^flafter nteber. 25a f^oben bie 2eute bie Seit^e auf, unb toie fie inne tourben, toer e fei, offneten fie ben atte, beffen ^rafte aber nun ju @nbe gingen, fo ba^ er jur 2lrbeit immer un= taugli(f)er toarb. 35 a bacfyte ber err baran, i^n au3 bem 15 gutter ju fcfyaffen, aber ber @fel merfte, bajj fein guter SSinb ttie^te, lief fort unb tnacfyte fid() auf ben 2Beg nacf) Bremen; bort, meinte er, fonnte er ja tabtmufifant luerben. 2110 er ein -IBeilcfyen fortgegangen tvar, fanb er einen ^>unb auf bem 2Bege liegen, ber ja^bte h>ie einer, ber 20 miibe gelaufen i>at. ,,9^un, n)a0 jatotoft bu fo, fragte ber @fel. ,,9ta^," fagte ber unb, ,,n)eil ic^ alt bin unb jeben 2"ag f^toaa^er toerbe unb auf ber $agb nirf)t mel;r fort fann, ^>at mid^ mein ^err tootten totfc^Iagen; ba fyab' id) 3tei^au0 genommen; aber toomit fott \te ein efid;t toie brei age 9tegentoetter. ^un, toal ift bir in bie Duere gefom= men, alter 23arttouer?" fttrad; ber @fel. ,,2Ber fann ba 5 luftig fein, toenn'3 einem an ben ragen gefyt," anth)ortete bie ^a^e; ,,h)eil id^> nun ju ^a^ren fomme, meine 3^^ ne ftum^f ioerben unb icfy lieber ^inter bem Dfen fi^e unb fptnne, all nacfy ben 9Jiaufen ijerumjage, ^at mid) meine $rau erfciufen iwoffen; id) i>abe mid) jh)ar nod) fortgemacfyt, 10 aber nun ift guter 9tat teuer; too fott id) I)in?" , r eb, mit un nad> Bremen, bu berfte^ft bid) bod) auf bie 9Zad)tmufil, ba fannft bu ein tabtmufifant iuerben." SDie ^a^e f)ielt ba fiir gut unb ging mit. >arauf famen bie brei 2anbe; fliid)tigen an einem of borbei, ba fafj auf bem ^ti>or ber 15 mui)ab,n unb fd)rie aul 2etbefraften. ,,2)u frf>reift einem burd; gftarf unb 33ein," fprad; ber @fel, ,,n>a F)aft bu bor?" ,,$)a f>ab' ia) gut 2Better torotofyejeit," fbrad; ber ^ab.n, ,,h)eil unferer lieben $rauen STag ift, too fie bem Gfyriftfinblein bie embd)en getoafd;en I^at unb fie trocfnen toitt. 3(ber toeil 20 morgen jum (gonntag d'fte fommen, fo l)at bie ^aulfrau bod) lein Grbarmen, unb ^at ber $od;in gefagt, fie toottte mid) morgen in ber (Suptoe effen, unb ba fott id) mir fyeut' abenb ben $opf abfdineiben laffen. 9?un fd)rei' id; au tools lem al, fo lang id; nod; fann." ,,6i toa, bu ^otfotof," 25 fagte ber @fel, ,,%\tty lieber mit un fort, toir ge^en nad; ^Bremen; ettoaS befferel all ben Stob finbeft bu uberatt; bu {)aft eine gute (Stimme, unb toenn toir jufammen mufijieren, fo mu^ el eine 2lrt i^aben." 2)er afm lie^ fid; ben 3?or= fd;Iag gcfatten, unb fie gingen atte toier jufammen fort. 30 ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 13 <3ie fonnten abet bie (Stabt Bremen in einem ag nicfyt erreicfyen unb lamen abenbs in einen SBalb, too fie uber= nacfyten tooflten. 2)er 6fel unb ber unb legten fid) unter einen grojjen 33aum, bie $atje unb ber >al)n marten fid) in 5 bie Slfte, ber atm aber flog big in bie Sbitje, too e3 am ficfyerften fiir ifyn toar. Gtye er einfdfrtief, fafy er ficfy nod) einmal nacfy atten bier 2Binben urn; ba beucfyte ifn, er fd^e in ber $erne ein ^iinfc^en brennen unb rief feinen GJefellen ju, e mit^te nirf)t gar toeit ein au fein, benn el fcfyeine 10 ein 2id()t. prarf) ber Gfel: ,,@o miiffen toir un^ aufmac^ten unb nod^) fyingefyen, benn ^ier ift bie erberge fc^Ied^t.' 7 2)er ^unb meinte, ein paar ^nocf)en unb ettoa ^leifd^ bran t^aten if>m auc gut. 2Hfo marten fie ftd^) auf ben 2Beg naIagten bie ^iere, toie fte e anfangen mii^ten, urn bie dauber ^inaul ju jagen, unb fanben enblicfy ein 5RttteI. $)er Gfel mu^te 25 fid^ mit ben SBorberfiifjen .auf ba^ $enfter ftetten, ber unb auf be3 fell Stiirfen fbringen, bie $ae auf ben unb Ilettern, unb enblicfy flog ber $a.fyn fyinaitf unb fe^te fic^ ber $ae auf ben ^obf. 2Bie ba3 gefc^e^en toar, fingen fie auf ein 3drf) en inlgefamt an, ifyre 2)lufif ju madden: ber Gfel 30 fc^rie, ber unb bettte, bie 5la^e miaute unb ber 14 GERMAN READER. Ircibte; bann ftiirjten fte burcfy ba3 ^yenfter in bic tube fyinein, bafj bie cfyetben Hirrten. $)ie dauber fufyren bet bem entfe|ltcfyen efcfyrei in bie 6be, meinten nicfyt anberS al3 ein efbenft fame fyerein, unb flofyen in grower ?yurcbt in ben SSalb fyinauS. 9lun fefcten fief) bie bier efetten an 5 ben Stifcfy, nafymen mit bem furlieb, toa iibrtg geblieben h)ar, unb a^en, all toenn fie Dter SSod^ten fyitngern fottten. 2Bie bie bier Sbietteute fertig tuaren, lofc^ten fie ba 2idE)t au unb furf^ten fid) eine Scblafftdtte, jeber nac^i feiner 9?atur unb 33equemltd)feit. 3)er @fel legte ftcf) auf ben SRift, ber 10 unb ^inter bie Sfyiire, bie ^a^e auf ben erb bei bie tt>arme Slfcfye, unb ber ai)n fe|te fid) auf ben atmenbalfen ; unb toeil fie miibe h)aren bon il?rem langen 2Beg r fcf)Itefen fie aucfy balb ein. 2tll 9Jtitternad)t borbei luar, unb bie dauber bon h)eitem fatten, ba^ fein icf)t me^r im aul 15 brannte, aud^ alte rul?ig fcfyien, fbra<^ ber aubtmann: ,,2Bir fatten un bod^i nic^t foUen in 33oc!^orn jagen laffen," unb fyiefc einen ^>ingef)en unb ba au unterfucfjen. 2)er 2lbgefrf)i(fte fanb attel ftiff, gtng in bie ^ucfye, ein Sid^t an; jujiinben, unb h)eil er bie glii^enben, feurigen 2(ugen ber 20 fur lebenbige ^ot)Ien anfa^, i>ielt er ein <2cfyh)efel= baran, baf? e geuer fangen fottte. 2tber bie ^la^e berftanb feinen m ber @fel noerft unb munter getborben ibar, rief bom 33alfen ^erab: H ^tferi!i! w 3)a lief ber dauber, Wag er 3 ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 15 fonnte, ju fetnem >aubtmann jururf unb fbracfy: ,,21$, in bem au fitjt eine greulicfye eje, bie l)at micfy angefyaucfyt unb mit ifyren langen ^ingern mtr bag efid)t jerfratjt; unb bor ber I)ur ftefyt ein 9Jiann mit einem SReffer, ber I)at mid) 5 ing 33ein geftod)en; unb auf bem >of liegt etn frfUDarje^ Ungetiim, bag ^at mit einer ^oljfeule auf mid^ Ioggefc()Iagen; unb oben auf bem ^Dadpe, ba ftt ber Sttc^ter, ber rief: ,33ringt mir ben @ct>elm ^er/ SDa mad^te \d), ba^ id^ fort= lam." SBon nun an getrauten fid? bte 9iau6er nid;t toeiter 10 in ba au; ben bier 33remer 3)lufifanten gefiel'g aber fo h)of>t barin, ba^ fie ntcfyt toieber ^eraug tDottten. tlnb ber ba jule^t erja^It fyat, bem ift ber SRunb nod? toarm. Briibcr (Srtmm. 16. $er Slrmc unb ber 9icid)c. 33or alien 3 e ^ en / a ^ ^ er K e & e ott no ^ felber auf Gr= 15 ben unter ben -INenfcfyen iranbelte, trug eg fid) ju, ba^ er eineg Stbenbg miibe h)ar unb i^n bie -ftadjt iiberfiel, bebor er ju einer erberge fommen fonnte. 3lun ftanben auf bem 2Bege bor ifym jioei ^ciufer einanber gegenitber, bag eine grofj unb frf)on, bag anbere flein unb armlid) anjufefyen, unb ge= 20 f)6rte bag grojje einem reid>en, bag Heine einem arnten 9Jianne. 2)a bacfyte unfer err ott: ,,25em ^leicfyen toerbe id) nidjt befd;n)erlid9 fatten, bei ifym h)iff id) itbernadjten." 35er 5Reic9e, alg er an feine I)ur Hobfen ^orte, macfyte bag ^enfter auf unb fragte ben ^rembling, toag er fud?te? 2)er 25 err anttbortete: ,,3>d) bitte nur urn ein -Jiadfytlager." S)er 3teidf>e gudfte ben -Kanbergmann bom aubt big ju ben $ufjen an, unb tbeil ber liebe ott fcf)lid^te ^leiber trug unb nidjt ausfa^, toie einer, ber biel elb in ber 2afa)e l;at, I 6 GERMAN READER. fcfyuttelte er mit bem &opf unb ftoracfy: ,,!^cfy fann eud) nicf)t aufnefymen, meine $ammern liegen tootf $rduter unb amen, unb fottte icf) einen jeben befyerbergen, ber an meine Stbiire flopfte, fo fonnte id? felber ben Settelftab in bie anb nel)= men. Sudbt anberstoo ein 2lusfommen." Gr fcMug bamit fein 5 $enfter ju unb liefj ben lieben ott ftefyen. 2Ufo fe^rte if>m ber Hebe ott ben 3tiiden unb ging fyiniiber ju bem fleinen au3. ^aum I>atte er angeflo^ft, Ilinfte ber 3(rme fd)on fein iwrd(>en auf unb bat ben 2Banbermann einjutreten. ^Sleibet bie ^acfjt iiber bei mir," fagte er, ,,e ift fd^on 10 finj'ter, unb fyeute fonnt i^r bod) nicfyt ireiter fommen." 2)ag gefiel bem lieben ott unb er trat ju if>m ein. 35ie $rait be 2(rmen reid)te ii>m bie >anb, ^)ie^ i^n h)ittfommen unb fagte, er mod)te fic^)'^ bequem macfen unb fiirlieb net>men; fte fatten nidtt biel, aber h>a e h)dre, gdben fie Don >erjen gem. 15 2)ann fete fie ^artoffeln an geuer, unb bertoeil fie fodjten, melfte fte ifyre 3i e 9 e / bamit jte ein toenig 5JliIc^ baju fatten. Unb al3 ber 2;ifdf) gebedEt toar, fe^te fief) ber liebe ott ju ii>nen unb a^ mit ifynen, unb fc^medte if)m bie fcfylecfyte ^oft gut, benn e tuaren bergnugte efidf)ter babei. -ftadjbem fie 20 gegeffen fatten unb d^IafenSjeit iuar, rief bie $ rau ^eimlid^ if>ren SRann unb fprad): ,,^6r', lieber 5Kann, h)ir tootten un t)eut' nad)t eine (Streu madten, bamit ber arme 2Ban= berer fic() in unfer Sett legen unb auSrufyen fann; er ift ben ganjen ^ag iiber gegangen, ba toirb er miibe." ,,2>on erjen 25 gern," anttoortete er, ,,id^ n)itt' ifym anbieten," ging ju bem lieben ott unb bat ifyn, tuenn'g ifym recf)t h)dre, mbd)t' er fid) in ifyr Sett legen unb feine lieber orbentlicfy ausru()en. $er Hebe ott aber luottte ben beiben 9Uten if)r Sager nid>t ne^>men, aber fie lieben nid)t ab, bi er e enblicfy t^at unb 3 ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. I/ ficfy in ifyr 33ett legtc; fid) felbft aber marten fie eine treu auf bie @rbe. 2tm anbern SRorgen ftanben fie bor ag fcfion auf unb focfyten bem aft ein ^rufyftiicf, fo gut fie eg fatten. 2llg nun bie (Sonne burcfyg ^enfterlein fyereinfdjien, unb bet 5 liebe ott aufgeftanben tear, afj er toieber mit ifynen unb tootfte bann feineg 2Begeg jiefyen. 2Ug er in ber fyiire ftanb, fe^rte er ficfy urn unb f^rad^: ,,2BeiI if>r fo mitleibig unb fromm feib, fo h)iinfcf)t eucf) breierlei, ba^ h)ill id^ erfutten." 2)a fagte ber Strme: ,,2Ba foU id^ mir fonft luiinfc^en alei, fo lang fair leben, gefunb babei bleiben unb unfer notbiirftige^ taglic^e 33rot ^aben; fiir^ britte h)eif; icfy mir nirf)t^ ju hjunfd^en." >er Itebe ott f^rad^: 2SiIIft bu bir nicfyt ein neue >au3 fiir bag alte ioiinfc^en?" ,,D ja," fagte ber ^IJiann, ,,toenn ic^ 15 ba^ audf) nod? erf)alten fann, fo iodr'g mir \wfy\ Iteb." 3)a er= fiittte ber liebe ott i^>re SBunfcfye, bertoanbelte it^r alte aug in ein neiteS, gab i^nen noc^maU feinen (Segen unb jog toeiter. @g toar f4>on better Xag, atg ber Steid^e aufftanb. @r 20 legte fic^ in $enfter unb fa^ gegeniiber ein neue reinlid^eg ^aug mit roten 3^geln, too fonft eine alte utte geftanben ^atte. 2)a mac^te er grojje 2lugen, rief feine $rau ^erbei unb ftorad^: ,, < Sag' mir, toa ift gefc^e^en? eftern abenb ftanb nod? bie alte elenbe utte, unb t>eute fte^t ba ein fcfyoneS 25 neuegau; lauf ^iniiber unb ^)6re, h)ie bag gefommen ift." 2)ie ^rau ging unb fragte ben 2lrmen au. @r erjd^Ite ii>r: ,,eftern abenb fam ein 2Banberer, ber fucf>te S'iad^t^erberge, unb t>eute morgen beim 2lbfrf)teb ^at er ung brei 2Biinfcf)e ge* h)df)rt, bie etoige eligfeit, efunbt>eit in biefem Seben unb 30 bag notburftige taglicfye Srot baju, unb 5ule^t nocfy ftatt un= 1 8 GERMAN READER. ferer alten >iitte ein fd;6neg neueg 9teid;en lief eilig juriicf unb erjdfylte ifyrem -JJtanne h>ie affeS gefommen toar. $er SRann ftorad;: ,,$d; mocfjte mid) jer= reijjen unb jerfd;lagen. dtt' id; nur bag getoufct! ber $rembe ift jutoor fyier gehxfen unb f>at bei un ubernacfyten 5 tooffen, id) ^abe iim aber abgch>iefen. ,,6iP birf;/' fpracfy bie ^rau, ,,unb fe^' bid; auf bein ^Pferb, fo fannft bu ben 9Kann norf; einfyolen, unb bir aurf; brei 2Bunfcf>e gelod^ren laffen." 2)er 9leirf;e befolgte ben guten S^at, jagte mit feinem ^ferb 10 babon unb fyolte ben lieben ott nocfy ein. @r rebete fein unb lieblicfy unb bat, er mdcfyt'S nirf;t iibet neb^men, ba| er nicfyt gleirf; h)dre eingelaffen toorben, er t)dtte ben @d;luffel jur autb^itre gefudbt, bertoeil todre er toeggegangen ; h)enn er be 2Bcge juriirffdme, mii^te er bei ifym einfet>ren. ^a," s fttracfy ber liebe ott, ,,toenn icfy einmal juriicffomme, U)iH id) e3 tb^un." 2)a fragte ber SReicfye, ob er nirfit aud^ brei 2Biinfrf>e t{>un btirfte, h)ie fein -ftaciibar. ^a, fbracb^ ber liebe ott, ba biirfte er toofyl, eg h)dre aber nic^t gut fiir it)n, unb follte fid) lieber nidjtg n)iinfd)en. 2)er 9teicfye aber 20 meinte, er toottte fid) frf)on eth)ag augfurf^en, ba ju feinem liid: gereid)e, tuenn er nur ioii^te, ba^ eg erfufft h)iirbe. brad) ber liebe ott: ,,9teit' b^eim unb brei 2Bunfd)e, bic bu tf^uft, bie fotten in Grfiittung geb^en." 9tun t>atte ber 9teid>e h>ag er berlangte, ritt b^etmtbdrtg 25 unb fing an nad)jufinnen, ioa^ er fid; ttwnfd;en foffte. 2Bie er fid; fo bebad;te unb bie 3 u 9 e ^ fatten Iie| x fing bag ^Sferb an ju fbringen, fo bajj er immerfort in feinen ebanfen geftort lourbe unb fie gar nidit jufammenbringcn fonnte. Gr fbbfte ib^m an ben alg unb fagte: ,,@ei rub^ig, 2iefe/' aber bag 30 ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. $ferb mad)te aufg neue 9Rdnnerd;en. 2)a hmrb er argerlid; unb rief ungebulbig: ,,So tooflt' id;, baft bu ben jerbrdd;ft!" 28ie er ba 28ort ausgefprod;en fyatte, , fiel er auf bie Grbe, unb lag bag ^Sferb tot unb 5 regie fid) nid)t mefyr; bamit toar ber erfte 2Sunfd) erfuttt. 2Bett er aber toon 9?atur geijig toar, toottte er ba^ Satteljeug ntd;t im (Sticfy taffen, fd;nttt'g ab, fytng'3 auf feinen Stiicten, unb muftte nun ju ^ u ^ ge^en. ^u I?aft nod; jtoet 2Siinfd;e iibrtg," bad)te er unb troftete firf> bamit. 2Bie er nun Iang= 10 fam burd; ben anb ba^inging, unb ju 9Jtittag bie <3onne l>ei^ brannte, toarb'^ ifym fo tuarm unb berbrie^Iidi ju 3JJut; ber attel briidfte ifm auf ben ^iirfen, aud; tear it>m norf) immer nid)t eingefatten, h?al er fid) n)iinfd)en fottte. ,,2Benn id; mir aud; atle 9fieid;e unb Sd)d^e ber 2Belt njunfrfte/' 15 fprad; er 511 fid; felbft, ,,fo fcittt mir fyernad; nod; atterlei ein, biefe3 unb jene, ba ioet^ id; im boraul; id; iuill^ aber fo etnridjten, ba^ mir gar nid;t me{>r ju toiinfd;en iibrig bleibt." 2)ann feufjte er unb fyrad): ,,^a, ioenn id; ber batyrifd)e 33auer todre, ber aud; brei 2Biinfd;e frei i^atte, ber 20 imtfjte fid; ju fyelfen, ber ltiinfd;te fid; juerft red)t biel 53ier, unb jtoeiten^ fofciel 33ier, al^ er trinfen fonnte, unb britten^ nod; ein $afj 33ier baju." 9)?and;mal meinte er, jet ^d'tte er e gefunben, aber f>ernad) fd;ien'^ it>m bod; ju loenig. 2)a lam ifym fo in bie eban!en, toa3 e^ feine grau je^t 25 gut fyatte, bie fd^e bafyetm in einer !ut)Ien tube unb liefje fid;'^ JDoi>I fd;meden. 25a3 drgerte if>n orbentlid;, unb ofyne ba^ er twu^te, f)3rad; er fo fyin: ,,^d; iuottte, bie fcijje ba= ^eim auf bem attel unb fonnt' nid;t fyerunter, ftatt ba^ id; ifyn ba auf meinem 9tiirfen fd)Iep^e." Unb tote ba3 le^te 30 2Bort au^ feinem s IRunbe !am, fo toar ber oattel toon feinem 2O GERMAN READER, SHiicfen berfditounben, unb er merfte, bafc fern jtoeiter -iffiunfd; aiidEt in Grfiittung gegangen toar. a toarb ib,m erft rea)t b,eijj, unb er fing an ju laufen unb toottte fid; bafyeim ganj einfam in feine Hammer fetjen unb auf ettoaS rojjeS fiir ben Ieten SBunfd; nad;benfen. 28ie er abet anfommt unb 5 bie tubentbiir auftnad;t, fi|t ba feine ^ rau tnittenbrin auf bent (Sattel unb fann nicfrt ^erunter, jammert unb fcfyreit. 2)a f^rad^ er: ,,ieb bid) jufrieben, id; ltitt bir atte *${&* tiimer ber 28elt ^erbeitounfd^en, nur bleib' ba ften." alt ibn aber einen <2d>af3fopf unb fprad;: ,,2Ba^ fyelfen 10 mir atte 9leid;tumer ber 2BeIt, h)enn id; auf bem un, bajj fte bom attel lebig toare unb ^erunterfteigen lonnte; unb ber SBunfd; iwarb aU= 15 balb erfiittt. 2llfo b^atte er nid;t babon a(^ 3(rger, SJiii^e, (2d;eltioorte unb ein berlorne ^ferb; bie 2lrmen aber lebten bergniigt, ftitt unb fromm bil an ibr feligeg Gnbe. Brfibcr (Srtmm. 17. SSor 3 e ^ en ^^ e ' n ^onig unb eine ^onigin, bie fbracfyen jeben 2Tag: ,,2(d;, toenn h?ir bod; ein ^inb fatten !" unb friegten 20 immer fein. 2) a trug fid; ju, aU bie ^onigin einmal im SBabe fa^, ba^ ein $rofcb, aul bem SSaffer ang 2anb frod; unb ju ib,r ftoracb, : ,,35ein 2Bunfd; h)irb erfiittt toerben; eb,e ein ^a^r berge^t, twrft bu eine Stouter jur 2Belt bringen." 2Ba ber ^rofd; gefagt fyatte, ba gef^ab,, unb bie $6nigin gebar 25 ein ^Jiab^en, ba h)ar fo fd;on, baft ber &6nig bor ^reubc fid; nid;t ju laffen ivu^te unb ein grojjeS 5 e f t anftettte. @r ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 21 labete nicfyt blofi feine SSertoanbte, $reunbe unb 33clannte, fon* bern aucfy bie toeifen $rauen baju ein, bamit fte bem Jtinb unb getoogen tociren. @3 toaren ifyrer bretjefyn in feinem e, toeil er aber nur jtoolf golbene letter fyatte, toon toeldfren 5 fte effen fottten, fo mujjte eine toon tfmen bafyetm bleiben. $)a3 $eft iuarb mtt affer ^racfyt gefetert, unb all e 311 Gnbe tear, befc^enlten bie toetfen ^rauen ba ^inb mit ib, ren SOBunbergaben : bie eine mit itgenb, bie anbere mit cfyonfyeit, bie britte mit Steicfytitm, unb fo mit aHem, toal auf ber 2BeIt nur ju toiinfd^en 10 ift. 2(l elfe ifyre (3^riidf)e eben getf)an fatten, trat ^lo^Iid^ bie breije^nte fyerein. @ie ioottte fic^) bafttr rarfjen, ba| fte nid^t eingelaben 'mar, unb ofyne jemanb ju griifjen ober nur anjufe^en, rief fte mit lauter (Stimme : ,,2>ie ^onigtocf)ter fott fic^ in ifyrem fiinfjefjnten ^ab,r an einer (Spinbel ftec^ien unb 15 tot fyinfatten." Unb ob,ne ein SBort toeiter ju f^rec^en, fef>rte fie ficfy um unb berlie^ ben <5aal. SlUe toaren erfc^rodfen; ba trat bie jtoolfte ^erbor, bie ifyren 3Bunfc^) nod^ iibrig ^atte, unb toeil fte ben bofen prucb, nic^t auf^eben, fonbern nur ifyn milbern fonnte, fo fagte fie : ff 3 fofi aber fein ob fein, 20 fonbern ein fyunbertjtifyriger ttefer d^Iaf, in toelcfyen bie ^onig^s totter fattt." SDer ^b'nig, ber fein Iiebe &inb bor bem Ungliirf gern be= toa^ren tuoUte, lie^ ben SBefefyl aulge^en, ba^ affe Sbinbeln tm ganjen 5!onigreic^e fottten berbrannt toerben. 3ln bem 25 5)Mbrf>en aber h)urben bie aben ber toeifen ^rauen fdmtlic^ erfiittt, benn e loar fo fcfjon, ftttfam, freunblicfc, unb tiers ftdnbig, ba^ e jebermann, ber e^ anfa^ lieb fyaben mu^te. (51 gefd^ab,, baft an bem age, IDO el gerabe fiinfjeFw 3 a ^ r ' alt toarb, ber ^onig unb bie 6mgin nic^t ju ^>aul h)aren, 30 unb bal 2Rdbc^en ganj attein im c^Io^ juriidblieb. 25a ging 22 GERMAN READER. e3 afferorten fyerum, befafy tuben unb $ammern, tote e Suft fyatte, unb fam enblirf) aucf> an einen alien urm. @3 ftieg bie enge 2Benbeltrebbe fyinauf unb gelangte ju einer fletnen fyure. ^ n ^ cm c^Iol fterfte ein berrofteter cfyliiffel, unb al3 e umbrebte, fbrang bie fyur auf, unb fajj ba in einem 5 fleinen Stubcfyen eine alte ^rau mtt einer S^inbel unb f^ann emfig i{>ren gladE). ,,@uten ^ag, bu alteS ^iitterdben/' fprad^ bie Jtonig^tocfyter, ,,toa^ madift bu ba?" $$ f^i nne /" f a 9*e bie 2llte unb nicfte mit bem ^o^f. ,,3Ba ift ba fiir ein SDing, ba^ fo luftig ^erumfpringt?" fpracfy ba SRdbdien, naF>m 10 bie pinbel unb tooUte aufy fpinnen. ^aum f>atte fte aber bie pinbel angerii^rt, fo ging bet 3 au & er ty ru $ in rfiiUung, unb fie ftad) fxc^ bamit in ben ^ n 9 er - ^n bem 2lugenblicf aber, too fte ben @tidj empfanb, fiel fie auf bal 33ett nieber, bal ba ftanb, unb lag in einem tiefen Iaf. 15 Unb biefer cfylaf berbreitete fia^ itber ba ganje cfylofc; bcr ^onig unb bie $onigin, bie eben beim gefommen unb in ben aal getreten toaren, fingen an einjufcblafen unb ber ganje offtaat mit if>nen. S)a fc^liefen aua) bie ipferbe im Staff, bie unbe im ofe, bie Xauben auf bem SDaaX bie ^liegen an ber S&anb, ja, 20 ba ^euer, ba3 auf bem erbe fladferte, toarb ftid unb fa^Iief ein, unb ber 23raten f>orte auf ju bru^eln, unb ber ^ocb, ber ben ^udjenjungen, toeil er ettoaS berfe^en ^atte, in ben aaren jie^en tooffte, lie^ it>n lo unb fd^Iief. Unb ber 2Binb legte ftcb, unb auf ben SBaumen bor bem r t>o^er toarb unb enblicfy ba ganje Scfjlofj umjog unb bariiber binau^touc^^, bajj gar nicbt me^r babon ju fet)en toar, felbft nicf)t bie gafme auf bem 2;aa^. Q$ ging aber bie age in bem Sanb bon bem fcfyonen fcfylafenben 3)ornrosd^en, 3 ELEMENTAR Y SELECTIONS. 2 3 benn fo toarb bie $b'ntg3tod)ter genannt, alfo bajj Don ju $eit b'ntg3fofyne famen unb burdi) bte ecfe in ba brtngen icodten. @ toar ifynen aber nicfyt mbglirf), benn bte 3)ornen, al3 fatten fie dnbe, fyielten feft jufammen, unb bie 5 $unglinge blieben barin fyangen, fonnten fid) nicfyt toieber lo madden unb [tarben eine iammerltd)en Xobe. 9farf) langen langen ^a^ren fam toieber einmal ein ^6nigfo()n in ba 2anb unb ^orte, h)ie ein alter -JRann toon ber $)ornenl)ecte erja^Ite, e fofftc ein cfylojj ba^interfteFjen, in h)elcf)em eine 10 tounberfcfyone ^onig^todfiter, 2)ornr6d^en genannt, fcfyon feit ^unbert ^^^^n fd^Iiefe, unb mit ifyr frf)Iiefe ber $onig unb bte ^onigin unb ber ganje of[taat. @r tuu^te aucfy toon feinem ro^bater, ba^ fcfyon biele ^oniggfo^ne gefommen tod'ren unb berfucfyt fatten, burd^ bie SDornenfyerfe ju bringen, aber fie tod'ren 15 barin ^angen geblieben unb eine3 traurigen ^obe geftorben. 2)a f^rad^ ber Bungling : %<$ fiirrf)te m\d) nic^t, ic^ toitt ^inau unb ba^ fc^one 2)ornrocfyen fe^en." S)er gute Sllte mocfyte i^>m ab= raten, loie er toottte, aber er ^orte nicfyt auf feine 2Borte. Nun toaren gerabe bie ^unbert ^ai>re berfloffen, unb ber Xag 20 h)ar gefommen, U)o 2)ornroc^en loieber ertoacfyen foffte. 3IU ber ^bnigfo^n ficfy ber 3)ornen^edfe na^erte, tuaren e tauter gro^e fcf)6ne 33Iumen; bie tfyaten fic^) toon felbft au3einanber unb lie^en i^n unbefd()dbigt fyinburcfy ; unb ^inter i^m tfyaten fie fief) toieber al eine ecfe jufammen. ^m 6d^Io^of fafy er bie ^ferbe unb 25 fcfyecfigen ^afl^^ 11 ^ 6 Hegen unb fcfylafen; auf bem 2)ac^e fa^en bie auben unb fatten ba ^opfcfyen unter ben glitgel geftedft. llnb al er in au fam, fcfyliefen bie ^liegen an ber SSanb, ber ^od^ in ber $iicfye f^ielt nod^ bie anb, al tooUte er ben $ungen an^acfen, unb bie 9)lagb fafj Dor bem fdbn)arjen $uF)n, bag foUte 3 geru^ft n?erben. 2) a ging er toeiter unb fafy im 6aal ben ganjen 24 GERMAN READER. offtaat liegen unb fcfylafen, unb oben bet bem fyrone lag ber $6nig unb bie ^b'nigin. a ging er nod) toeiter, unb aHeg toar fo ftitt, bafj ciner feinen 2ttem fyoren fonnte, unb enblirf) !am er ju bem Sturm unb b'ffnete bie Sfyttre ju ber fleinen tube, in toeldier 2)ornrogd;en fd;lief. SDa lag eg unb toar fo fd?on, bafj er 5 bie Slitgen nidjt abroenben fonnte, unb er fonnte e auc^ nidjt laffen, biidfte fic^ unb gab it>m einen ^u^. ie er e mit bem ^u^ berii^rt f^atte, fo fcfylug ^ornro^en bie Stugen auf x eriuac^te unb blidfte i^n ganj freunblirf> an. S5a gingen fte jufammen Ijerab, unb ber $b'nig erma^te unb bie ^onigin unb ber 10 ganje ^offtaat, unb fafyen einanber mit gro^en Slugen an. Unb bie ^5ferbe im of ftanben auf unb riittelten fid^ ; bie fprangen unb tuebelten; bie STauben auf bem 2)ac^ jogen &opfcfyen unterm ^liigel ^erbor, fa^en umfyer unb flogen in bie ^yliegen an ben SSa'nben frozen tueiter; ba ^euer in ber 15 $iirf)e er^>ob fi^, flarferte unb focfite ba ffen ; ber 33raten fing tuieber an ju bru^eln, unb ber $od) gab bem ^ungen eine Dfyrfeige, ba^ er fc^rie ; unb bie SRagb ru^fte ba itfyn fertig. Unb ba tourbe bie ocfyjeit bel ^onigfot)ne mit bem 25orn= rorf>en in aUer $racf>t gefeiert, unb fie lebten bergniigt bi an 20 i^>r @nbe. Brubcr (Srimm. 18. Tao rvciicv'ji'Ufl. 25ort lam ein olbat auf ber Sanbftra^e ein^ermarfdnert : ,,\n3, jtuei ! Ging, jiuei !" Gr f>atte feinen ^ornifter auf bem Stiicfen unb einen abel an ber eite, Joeil er im Jlriege getoefen Irar, bocf) nun foflte eg i)ctmtDartg gef?en. 2)a begegnete er auf 25 ber Sanbftrafce einer alien eje ; fte loar entfe^Iid^ garftig, bie Unterlippe f)ing i^r big auf bie 33ruft {)inab. @ie fagte : ,,uten Stbenb, 6olbat ! SEag fur einen jierlid^en a'bel unb gro^en ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 2$ ornifter bu bo fyaft ! bu bift em center olbat ! -ftun foflft bu fo toiel elb befommen, toie bu fyaben totttft !" ^anf, alte >ere !" fagte ber olbat. bu bort ben graven SBaum ?" fagte bie er.e unb jcigte 5 auf einen 33aum, ber ifynen ur toerbe bir einen trirf urn ben 2eib binben, urn btd^ toieber ^eraufjie^en ju fonnen, fobalb bu 10 mid) rufft!" ,,2Sa^ foU id^ benn ba unten im SBaume ?" fragte ber (Solbat ,,elb f;olen," fagte bie er.e. ,,2)u mu^t iuiffen, fobalb bu auf ben 33oben bei 23aume3 ^inunterfommft, fo befinbeft bu bid? in einem langen ange ; bort ift e ganj fy eff, toeil ba iiber \> un* 15 bert Sam^en brennen. SDann gett)aF>rft bu brei S^iiren. 2)u lannft fie offnen, ber d^Iiiffel ftedt barin. e^ft bu in bie erfte hammer fyinein, fo erblidft bu mitten auf bem $ujjboben eine gro^e ifte, auf h>eld)er ein unb fi|t. Gr b,at ein ^3aar 3lugen fo gro^ n)ie ein $aar ^affen, aber barum barfft bu bid? nicfet 20 fitmmern ! 2>d> gebe bir meine blau farrierte (Sdiiirje, bie fannft bu auf bem $ufjboben aulbreiten ; gefy bann fd)neH ^in unb pacfe ben unb, fe^e ifyn auf meine dytirje, offne bie &ifte unb nimm fo biel elb bu roittft. $ ift atteS lauter ^upfer ; mittft bu aber lieber iiber ^aben, fo mufjt bu in ba^ nacfyfte 3i mmer 25 b,ineintreten ; bort fit ein unb, ber 3lugen b,at fo gro^ toie Bfiiifylraber ; aber barum braua^ft bu bic&, nicf)t ju fummern, fee i^n nur auf meine dwrje unb nimm bir bon bem elbe. SBittft bu bagegen olb ^aben, fo fannft bu e3 aud) befommen, fo biel n)ie bu nur ju tragen bermagft, twenn bu in bie britte hammer 30 ^ineinge^ft. Slttein ber unb, tneld)er b,ier auf ber elbfifte fi^t, 26 GERMAti READER. fyat jtoei 9Iugen, jebeS fo grofj tote ein runber urm. laub'S, ba ift ein rtditiger unb. 2lber barum braud)ft bu bid; nidfyt ju fiimmern. etje ifm nur auf meine dnirje, fo tfyut er bir nid;t$, unb nimm au3 ber $ifte fo biel olb bu toiflft." ,,T)a i[t gar ntcfyt fo iibel !" fagte ber olbat. ,,2Iber h?a 5 foff icb bir geben, bu alte eje ? 3)enn ettoaS, fann i^ benfen, linlift bu tuofyl aurf) F>aben !" ^etn," fagte bie ee, ,,nid^t etnen einjigen pfennig toill id) fyaben ! 3Jlir foHft bu nur ein alteS geuerjeug ^olen, toelcfyeS meine ro^mutter berga^, al fte jum le^enmale unten 10 tear !" ,,&\it," fagte ber < olbat, ,,!nii^fe mir bann ben Otricf urn ben Seib." ,,>ier ift er/' fagte bie er.e, ,,unb ^ier ift meine blau farrierte @d)urje!" 15 60 Iletterte benn ber olbat ben 23aum fytnauf, glitt burd) ba^ Sod) fyinunter unb ftanb nun, toie bie eje gefagt, unten in bem grojjen ange, too bie toielen f)unbert Sam^en brannten. ftun offnete er bie erfte Xfyiir. U^)! ba fa^ ber unb mit 2lugen fo gro^ toie ^affen, unb glo^te i^n an. 20 ,,3)u bift ein netter Surfd;! fagte ber olbat, feijte i^n auf bie d)iirje ber er,e unb na{)m fo biel ^upfergelb, tote nur immer in feine Safdjen ging, berfd;Io^ bann bie $ifte, fe^te ben unb toieber i)inauf unb ging in ba anbere 3i mmer - ^So^taufenb! ba fa ber unb mit 2lugen fo gro^ toie 3Jiii^U 25 rdber. ,,$)u fottteft mid; nid;t fo ftarr anfetjen!" fagte ber olbat, ,,bu fonnteft fonft 2lugentoef) befommen!" unb bamit fe^te er ben unb auf bie dwrje ber eje; a\$ er aber ba toiele ilbergelb in ber $ifte getoabrte, toarf er atleS 5lupfergelb 30 ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 2 7 fort unb fiittte ficfy bie afcfyen unb ben Xornifter mit tauter ilber. 9hm ging er in bte brttte hammer fyinein. 9Mn, tear ba grd'fclicfy! )er mnb barin fyatte toirflicfy jtoei 2lugen fo grofj toie ein runber urm, unb bte liefen ifym im ftotofe 5 toie 9iaber untfyer. ,,uten 2lbenb !" fagte ber olbat unb griff an ben Xfcfyafo, benn einen folc^en unb fyatte er nte jubor gefef)en ; ate er tfyn ftc^ aber etne 3 e ^ ^ an 9 betrad^tet fyatte, barf)te er bet fic^: ,,yinn fann e genug [etn !" F>ob t^n auf ben ^ufjboben ^erunter 10 unb offnete bte $tfte. ^etn, ott beit>af>re ! 2Ba tear ba fitr etne 3J?enge olb ! 2)afiir fonnte er ganj ^o))en^agen unb bte 3ucferfer!elcf>en ber ^udjentoetber, atte 3^ nn f^ aten / ^ettf4>en unb c^aufelpferbe in ber ganjen 2BeIt faufen. ^a, ba toar einmal elb ! -ftun it)arf ber Solbat aUe <5Ubergelb, njomit er 15 fetne afcfyen unb feinen ^tornifter gefiidt fyatte, fort unb nabm ftatt beffen olb ; ja, aUe afrf>en, ber ^onttfter, ber SEfc^afo unb bie ttefel Irurben angefiittt, fo bajj er faum ge^en lonnte. ^un f)atte er elb ! 2)en unb fe^te er auf bie $tfte f^inauf, fc^Iug bte Satire u unb rief bann burcfy ben Saum ^tnauf : 20 ,,3ie^e mirf) nun empor, alte eje !" ,,aft bu benn aud^> ba ^euerjeug ?" fragte bie eje. 5Ba^r^aftig," fagte ber Solbat, ,,ba ^atte icfy rein bergeffen," unb nun ging er unb nafym e. >ie eje jog t^n em^or, unb ba ftanb er toteber auf ber Sanbftrajje, bie Xafc^en, jiefye meinen Scibel unb fd;Iage btr ben ab !" 28 GERMAN READER. ,,9?ein !" fagte bie >er.e. 2)a fcfjlug ifyr ber olbat ben $opf ab. -ftun lag fie ba! @r aber banb all fein elb in ifyre cfyiirje, nafym fie ittie ein SBunbel auf ben -ftiicfen, ftecfte ba $euerjeug in bie Xafcfye unb ging geraben 2Bege nacfy ber tabt. 5 @ toar eine fcfymudre <5tabt, unb in bem fdljimucfften 2Sirts fyaufe fe^>rte er ein,, berlangte bie atterbeften 3i mmer un ^ b' e (S^eifen, bie er am liebften afj, benn nun tear er reicfy, ba er fo toiel elb ^atte. 2)em ^augfnecfjt, ber ifym bie (Stiefel ))u^en foffte, fd^ien e 10 freilic^), al h)dren el red^t fonberbare alte tiefel, bie ein fo reiser err ^atte, aber er fyatte fid:) nod) leine neuen gefauft. SDen narfiften Slag be!am er aber ttefel, bie fid^ fefyen laffen fonnten, unb ejtrafeine $Ieiber. 3^un h?ar au bem olbaten ein ttorne^mer err getoorben, unb man erjafylte im toon alien 15 errlicpeiten ber tabt, unb toon bem $onige unb lt>a fiir eine reijenbe ^rinjeffin feine ^ocfyter tcdre. ,,2Bo fann man fie ju fe^en befommen?" fragte ber olbat. ,,3Ran fann fie eben gar nicfyt ju eficfyt befommen!" lautete bie Slntlrort. ,,<3ie too^nt in einem gro^en fupfernen c^Ioffe, 20 ringum burcf) fciele 3Rauern unb ^itrme gefd)ii^t. 9tiemanb au^er bem ^onige barf bei ifyr au= unb einge^en, toeil geh>ei= fagt ift, ba| fie mit einem gang gemeinen Solbaten berf)eiratet n>erben h)irb, unb ba3 fann ber ^onig nia;t bulben." w^c^ mod^te fie it>ot)I fefyen!" badf)te ber olbat, aber baju 25 fonnte er ja eben feine (Srlaubnil erf>alten. 9iun lebte er luftig in ben ag fyinein, ging flei|ig in^ Xfyeater, fu^r in be ^onig arten unb gab ben 2(rmen biel elb, unb ba tear brato. r iru^te ]a nod; toon friifyeren Xagen ^>er, luie fcfylimm e tuare, nid^t einen >eHer ju befi^en. 9^un h?ar er reia;, 30 ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 29 fyatte feine &leiber unb befam toiele greunbe, bie atte fagten, er toare ein guter ^unge, ein center at>alier, unb ba befyagte bent olbaten gar fefyr. 25 a er aber jeben Stag nur elb auSgab unb nie ettoa einnafym, fo fyatte er juletjt nur nod) jtoet ^fennige 5 iibrig, unb mufjte au ben prd'cfytigen 3immern, bit er bigger betoofynt fyatte, fyocf; oben in ein lleine iebelftiibcfyen bicbt unter bem 25acfye jie^en, mu^te }im, toeil man fo biel Xre^^en ju ibm ^inaufjufteigen ^atte. 10 G n?ar ein ganj bunfler 2lbenb, unb er fonnte fic^ nicfyt einmal ein 2tdbt laufen ; aber ba erinnerte er ft$ ^lo^Iid^, ba^ fief) nod^) ein Sicfytftumpf in bem ^euerjeuge befinben mu^te, toelcf)e er au bem fyofylen 33aume mitgenommen f;atte, in ben ifym bie ^eje fn'nuntergefyolfen. @r ^olte ba 5 euer 3 eu 9 un *> ^ ag Sic^tftum^fs 15 cf;en fyerbor, aber gerabe al er ^euer fcf;Iug, unb bie ^unfen au3 bem ^euerftein flogen, f^rang bie ^fyiire auf, unb ber unb, ber 2(ugen f>atte fo grofj trie ein ^?aar Xaffen unb ben er unten unier bem SBaume gefefyen ^atte, ftanb toor i^m unb fagte: ,,2Ba^ befiefylt mein err?" 20 ,,SBa ift ba!" fagte ber (Solbat, ,,ba ift ja ein brottigei ^euerjeug, toenn icf; baburcf> befommen fann, h)a ify nur f>aben toill ! atte, unb fcf;lug er breimal, fo lam ber, toelcfyer ba olb Fjatte. 9?un jog ber (Solbat tuieber in bie prddbtigen 30 3iwnier ^inunter, jeigte fid; in guten ^leibern, unb ba erlannten 30 GERMAN READER. ifyn gleid) aHe feine guten greunbe unb fyielten grojje tudfe auf ifm. 2)a bad)te er einmal: ,,@en, nur einen lleinen 2lugenbIidE I" 2)er mnb tuar gleid; au ber S^iire, unb eb,e e ber olbat bad)te, fab, er ib,n fd)on mit ber ^rinjefftn h)ieber. <5ie fa^ unb fd;Iief auf be unbe SfiMen unb h>ar fo fd?6n, ba^ jebermann 15 fefyen lonnte, ba^ e eine n>irflid;e ^rinjeffin n)ar. 2)er olbat fonnte fid) nid>t ent^alten, fie gu fiiffen, benn er ltar ein ed)ter olbat. 2)er unb lief barauf mit ber ^rinjeffin roieber guriitf ; al e aber 5Rorgen tourbe, unb ber $onig unb bie ^onigin beim ^ ru ^ 2 ftudf fa|en, fagte bie ^rinjeffin, fie ^atte in ber -ftad)t einen ganj tounberlidjen raum bon einem unbe unb einem olbaten ge= b,abt. @ie toare auf bem unbe geritten, unb ber olbat ^citte fie getiijjt. toare roa^rlid) eine fd)one efrf)id)te !" fagte bie $6nigin. 25 fottte eine ber alien ofbamen in ber nticfyften 9tad>t am 33ette ber ^rinjeffin n)ad)en, urn ju feben, ob e ein tt)irflid;er Xraum tuare, ober toa e^ fonft fein fonnte. Solbat feb,nte firf) ganj erfd)redflid) barnad), bie fd)one fin h)ieber ju feb,en, unb fo fam benn ber unb in ber 30 ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 31 Racfyt, nafym fie unb lief toa er nur immer fonnte ; attein bie alte ofbame jog -JBaffetftiefel an unb lief eben fo fcfyneH \i\Kt terser. 21 1 fie nun fab,, bafi fie in einem grojjen aufe bers fdjtoanben, bacfyte fie : ,,9Zun toeifi icfy, too e3 ift !" unb jeitfmete 5 mit einem ti'tcf $reibe ein grofje3 $reu an bie U^iire. $)arauf ging fie fyeim unb legte ficb, nieber, unb aucf) ber unb fam mit ber ^rinjeffin loieber. 2Il er aber fal), ba^ ein $reuj auf bie 3:^ure, too ber olbat too^nte, gejeid^net tear, nafym er ebenfaffS ein Stiicf ^reibe unb marf)te auf atte 5t^iiren ber ganjen tabt 10 $reuge. Unb ba h)ar Hug getfyan, benn nun fonnte ja bie ofbame bie rid^tige I)ure nid;t finben, ba an atten ^reuje toaren. ^riiF> morgen fam ber $b'nig unb bie ^onigin, bie alte of* bame unb atte Dffijiere, um ju fefyen, too bie ^rinjeffin getoefen 15 toar. ,,2)a ift e !" fagte ber ^onig, al er bie erfte mit einem $reu$e bejeidjmete ^^iire erblicfte. ,,9Zein, bort ift e, Iiebe SRannc^'en !" fagte bie ^onigin, al fie bie jtoeite Xt)iire mit bem ^reujeSjeicfyen bemerfte. 20 rf 2lber ba ift ein3 unb bort ift ein!" riefen fie famtlid^ ; toofyin fie fa^en, toaren $reuje an ben X^iiren. 2)a fafyen fie benn toof)l ein, bafj aHe Sudden bergeblid) tocire. 3lber bie ^b'nigin toar eine aufjerorbentlicf) fluge ^rau, bie me{?r berftanb, aU in einer ^aroffe einfyerjufafyren. unb Ibieber, nabm bie ^Brinjeffin auf feinen 9iikfen unb lief mit ib,r ju bent olbaten, ber fte fo fyerjlicb, lieb Ijatte unb fo gern em ^Brtnj getoefen tbare, urn fie fyeimfitfyren ju fonnen. 2)er unb merfte bureau? nicfyt, tote bie rii$e iibcr ben 3 ganjen 2Beg bom <2cf)Ioffe big ju bem $enfter, too er mit ber ^rinjeffin bie SJiauer binauflief, berftreut tourbe. 3l\in fa^en e be 5)torgen ber 5lonig unb bie &onigin beutlirf), h>o ifyre ^orftter geluefen h)ar, unb ba nafymen fie ben (Solbaten unb toarfen i^n in efangni^. 10 2)a fa^ er nun. 21$, toie finfter unb langiweilig tear e3 barin ! 2tu$ fagte man ifym : ,,,5Rorgen toirft bu get>dngt ioerben !" 2)aS lr>ar juft ni$t bergnitglicft ju b, oren, unb baju b,atte er fein ^euerjeug bab,eim im 2Birt5b,aufe gelaffen. 2Im SJiorgen fonnte er burcfy ba ifengitter bor feinem fleinen 15 ^enfter fe^en, ibie bag 3SoII aug ber <2tabt b,erbeieilte, i^n ^angen ju fefyen. @r ^orte bie ^Trommeln unb fafy bie (Solbaten marfdjieren. 3ltte Seute nwren auf ben SBeinen ; babei h)ar aucb, ein cfyufterjunge mit diurjfett unb ^antoffeln ; er galob^ bierte fo eilig, ba^ ib,m ein ^Santoffel abflog unb gerabe gegen 20 bie SJiauer, b,inter Ibelrfjer ber olbat fa| unb bur$ bag @ifen* gitter ^inauefdiaute. ,,6re einmal, cb.ufterjunge ! 2)u brau^ft bicb, nicb x t fo ju oeeilen/' fagte ber olbat ju if;m ; ,,eg h)irb bodf) nic^tg baraug, bebor i$ fomme. SSiUft bu aber in meine frub,ere -ffiofmung 25 laufen unb mir mein ^euerjeug b,olen, fo foUft bu bier rofcben befommen. 3tber lauf unb nimm bie Seine in bie >anb!" 2)er cfjufterjunge toottte gern bie bier rof^en fyaben unb eilte bfeilgefdtiuinb na$ bem $euerjeuge, gab eg bem olbaten unb -- ja, nun tverben iuir eg ju b,oren befommen. 30 ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 33 ber (Stabt ttmr ein grower algen aufgemauert, ringum ftanben bie olbaten unb biele Ijwnberttaufenb 9Jiens fcfyen. $>er onig unb bie $onigin fafcen auf einem brdcfytigen rone ben 9ttrf)tern unb bent ganjen 3^ate gerabe gegeniiber. 5 <3$on ftanb ber olbat oben auf ber Setter, aU man ifym a&er ben tricf urn ben al legen toottte, fagte er, bajj man ja ftet^ einem armen (giinber, bebor er feine Strafe erbulbete, einen unfc^ulbigen 2Bunfd^) erfiittte. @r moc^te fo gern etne ^feife Stabaf raurf^en, e toare ja bie le^te ^feife, bie er in 10 biefer SBelt befdme! ^Da h)ottte ii)m nun ber $6nig ntd^t abfrf^tagen, unb fo nafym ber olbat fein ^euerjeug unb fd^Iug ^euer, ein, jtoei, brei 3JlaI. @te^>e ! ba ftanben aHe unbe ba, ber mit Slugen fo grofe tote Xaffen, ber mit ben 2lugen ttie SRii^Irdber, unb ber, 15 h)elrf)er 3lugen f>atte fo grofj h)ie ein runber Sturm. ,,elft mir, ba^ id) nic6t gebdngt ioerbe !" fagte ber (Solbat, unb ba fti'trjten fid) bie unbe auf bie Slicfyter unb ben ganjen 9tat, ergriffen ben einen bei ben Seinen, ben anbern bei ber 9Zafe unb tt>arfen fie toiele $lafter i)od^ in bie Suft, fo bajj fie 20 beim Weberfatten in ranatftucfe jerfrf^lagen lourben. $$ h)iU nid^t!" fagte ber $onig, aber ber gro^te unb nafym fotDO^I i^n tttie bie 6nigin unb tt>arf fte alien anberen nar gar toofyl gefatten! 2)ic 34 GERMAN READER. eit bauertc aribt age lang, unb bie unbe fafcen mit bet afel unb marten grojje Slugen. )ans CtjrifHan 2Jnberfen. 19. $0$ SBoffcr bc 3>m runben urmgemacfy, iuelcfyeS mit $agbgerdt, genmfyen unb auSgeftopftem $eberunlb gefcfmtiicft n>ar, fajj cin junger efeff auf bem ^oljernen rf;emel, jtoirnte au barbers 5 fet>nen etnen Sogenftrang unb fang ein luftigeS ^cigerlieb baju. einer ^letbung nac^) tear er ein 2Beibmann unb feinem bets fcfynittenen aar nad) ein SDtener ber @d^lo^errfc^aft. @ein 5Rame toar einj. tiber bem 33ur|d^en toon ber 3)ecfe ^erab Ijtng ein fcfytoanfen* w ber Steif, unb in bem 3teif fa^ ein grauer $alf mit gebunbcnen ^liigeln unb ber ^appe tiber ben Stugen. 3 utoe ^ en ^ e ^ ^ er ^tiger in feiner 2lrbeit inne unb fetjte ben langfamer frf)iuingen! ben 9teif luieber in rafc^e SBetoegung. 2)ie^ gefd)a^), bamit ber fiatf nifyt einfd)Iafe, benn er Iwar ein defiling unb fotlte ju 15 einem ^agbfalfen erjogen toerben; etne^ toeibgercd^ten ^alfen 2(brid^tung beginnt aber bamit, bajj man ifyn burc^ unger unb atte le^terer gute Stage. 2)er raf jagte nid^t mefyr, benn er lag feit I^afyreSfrift ftumm unb ftitt in einem mit 3Sappen= frf)ilbern gejierten teinfarg, unb feine 2Bith)e, ^rau Slbel* ^etb, fa^ ben ganjen Sag mit bem ^a^Ian jufammen unb badite nid^t beg SSeibioerf^. 25 eute mu^te bie c^Io^frau be3 53eten h)o^I iiberbriiffig ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 35 getoorben fein, benn fie hmr au ifyren emacfyern gangen unb burd;ftreifte bie Sftaume ber 33urg. 25er efang be jungen efeCTen mocfyte ifyr narf) bem eintonigen ^BfaU mobieren bed nafelnben $aplan3 eine angenefyme 2lbtoecfyfelung 5 fein; fie ging ber 6timme nacfy unb betrat bel $alfner Slurmgelajj. einj macfyte etn berh?unberte efid^t, al er bie ftolje ^rau im Seibfcfyleier unb grauen etoanb etntreten fafy. @r er^ob fid^ unb neigte fief) untertt)iirfig jur rbe nieber. $ rau 10 2(belf)eib Ite^ ifyre leud^tenben 2(ugen iiber bie fcfylanfe eftalt bel ^alfner gleiten unb lacfyelte gncibig, unb if>r Sacfyeln beucf)te bem efellen loie 5Raienfonne. te ^rau fragte biel iiber $alfnerei unb SSetblner!, unb bann fd;ieb fte. llnb e begab fid) toenige Xage barnad^, bafj ^rau 2lbel 15 ^eib auf einem frf)toanenn)et^en 3 e ^ er ^ n ^ en griinen 2KaIb ^tnein ritt. @ie trug aber !ein graue $leib, fonbern ein etuanb au griinem ammet unb ftatt be 3Sitienfct)Ieter einen 3^ e ^ ut "tit toaffenben $ebern. ^inter \fy ritt, ba $eberfpiel auf ber ^auft, ^einj, ber junge ^alfner unb fa^> 20 au feinen blauen 3(ugen gar freubig brein. @ie toaren fcfyon ein gute tiicf geritten, unb bie Sairme be? atte. @o ritten fie toeiter auf bem engen 2BaIb; toege. 2)ie 23aume raufrf;ten leife, bie SBud^finfen fangen, unb jutueilen ^ufcfite fleine SBalbgetier iiber ben 2Beg. SJiituntcr fnacfte e aud^) im olj toon brecfyenben 2tften, iuenn ein -JBilb h>aIbeintDart eilte, ober ein gefcfyrecfter 3?pgel flatterte ge* 3 raufcfytooH em^or, unb bann lag auf bem SSalb toieber tiefe 36 GERMAN READER. tiffe. Unb bie Iofcfrau ioanbte ficr) abermals ju bem 3>dger unb fyrarf) mtt lacfyenbem 3)Zunb: ,,2afj einmal fyoren, einj, ob bu em fluger ^dgerfnab' bift. ,,2ieber SSeibgcfefl', fag' mir fret, 5 28a3 fteigt moty Ijofcr bcnn $a(f unb SBetlj'?" Dfyne ftc^ ju beftnnen entgegnete etnj: ,,od) fteigt ber galf, unb ber 3Sei^' fteigt Ijodj, Set Stbler aber fteigt fjoljer no<^." Unb tuteber fragte $rau Slbel^eib: 10 ,,2ie6er SSetbgefetT, fog' mir a^r, 2So fteigt nod) fjityer al ber Star?" $>er galfner bad^>te ein paar SlugenbltdEe nad^, bann ants toortete er: rWoti) tio^er aid bag efteber afl ' 15 (Steigt mo^I ber leuc^tenbe Sonnenbatt." 2)te raftn nidfte beifattig unb fragte jum brtttenmal: ,,3:rauter efell, berfjefjt' ntir' ni(i)t, 23a fteigt nod) fjb'fjer al bie onne lidjt?" ^e^t tear be galfner^ 2Betfyett ju Snbe. r fc^aute ju ben 20 kronen ber 33ucf>en empor, all ob i^m toon border tlfe fommen fonne, unb bann fat; er iweber auf ben (Sattelfnopf nteber, aber er blieb ftumm. a ^)ielt grau 3(belf>etb if>r afto^Iein an unb neigte ftcr; ju bem ledger unb fpracl) letfe : 25 ,,28oljl fteigt bie Sonne am >immet ^od), ^eimliti)e 3Kinne fteigt ^of)er nod)." mit blauen 5^ u g e l n flatterten au ben afeU ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 37 biifd;en auf unb flogen fd;rcicnb in ben SSalb urn ju erjdfylen, h)a fte gefyort, unb am anbern 3Jtorgen jn)itfd;erten bie paen, bic unter bent @d;lofjbad; nifteten, etnanber ju: 5 2)te errm Ijat ben Sager Iteb." $a, ba h>ar eine fcfyone $eit fur ben $al!ner etnj. Ojr Ite^ ftc^ ba au^t^aar toacfyfen, ba^ e in gelben 9tingetn bi^ auf feine (Srf^ultern fyerunter rotlte unb trug filberne Sporen unb etne 3tei^erfeber auf bem mt unb baute d^Ioffer in bie blaue 2itft, 10 eini frf)immernber al ba anbre. 3toar ein d^lo^ be!am er nicfyt, aber ein ftattlid^e ^orfters fyau mit einem ^irfd^getoei^ am iebel unb ^elb unb SBiefenlanb baju h)arb it>m ju Sei)en gegeben, unb bort fa^ er nun al SBanns forfter, unb h)enn feine gnabige errin ju ifym ^)inau geritten 15 fam, ftanb er in ber ^fyiir unb fcfytoenfte grii^enb ben ut, fyob bann grau Stbel^eib au bem attel unb beh)irtete fte mit Srot, 9)?tlc^ unb onig. (So berftricfy <3ommer, erbft unb ber fyalbe 2Binter, unb e fam $aftnacfyt. 25 a gab e biel 33efud^ au ber ^ad^barfd^aft, 20 unb im rafenfd;Iofj fa^ e au ite in einer ^erberge. 2)er ^orfter einj aber fajj einfam in feinem ^ager^au, unb nur felten brang $unbe ju ifym Don bem luftigen Xreiben auf ber S3urg. nblirf) lam -ftarfiricfyt, bie n>ar eben nirfit erfreulid; fiir ben armen ^einj. ^rau Stbel^eib berma^It fid; toieber; fo 25 lautete bie -iJMr, unb fie ^aUte bent jungen efeUen in D^r n)ie terbeglocfenton. 2)a berfd^Io^ einj feine >aiife3 X^iir unb mad;te fid) felber auf ben 2Beg nad; ber 33urg, unb baju murmelte er aHerlei jiotfd;en ben 3^^ n ^n/ baS Hang nid;t ioie ebet, 3$ GERMAN READER. | 2U er an ben ^-ufc ^ d)lojjberg fam, too bie geunmbene trafje bergauf fiifyrte, fyorte er uffd;lag unb ein filberfyelleS 2ad;en, ba ifym in bie ecle fd;nttt tbie eine jtoeifd;neibige 5llinge, unb ben SSeg ^erab fain auf tbeifcem 9io^ bie d;Io|frau geritten, unb neben it)r lenfte ein ftattlid;er ^>err in reidiem $leib 5 einen gldnjenben 9iabbenf>engft unb fd;aute mit funfelnben 2lugen auf ba fd;one SBeib an feiner cite. 3) a tboflte bem jungen SBeibmann ba ^erj im Seib jerfbrins gen, aber er toarb feiner felbft err; er fafj auf einen tein nieber tbie ein Settler, unb al ba3 ^3aar i(jm na^e fam, 10 fang er: fteigt bie onne am ^immel ^od), f)eimlid)e 93iinne fteigt ^o^er nod)." SDer ftolje 9teiter i)ielt fein ^ofj an, h)ie mit ber ^eitfdie nacf) bem ^ager unb fragte feine Segleiterin : ,,2&a I?at ba^ ju 15 bebeuten? 2Ber ift ber 5)iann?" )er rafin h)ar ba Slut au3 ben SBangen geh)id;en, aber fie fafjte fid; fd;nett unb fprad) : ,,@in U)af)nfinniger ^ager. $ommt, la^t un bomber jief>en. 2Rir grauet in feiner egentoart." 30 2)er fitter aber I)atte einen Seutel Iogeneftelt unb twarf bem 3Jlann am 2Beg ein olbftitrf ju. 35a fd;rie ^>einj laut auf unb toarf fid; mit bem Stngcfidit auf ben SBobcn. 2)ie beiben aber gaben ben ^ferben bie poren unb ritten eilig toon fyinnen. 2)er uffd)lag ioar Idngft ber^adt, aU fid; ber Ungliidlidje 25 bom 33oben ^ob. 6r tbifd;te ftd; taub unb @rbe au bem 2tntli, briidte ben ^>ut in bie Stirn unb fd;ritt in ben 2Balb ^inein. Df)ne 2Beg unb $fab rannte er fort, bi3 bie ^ereinbrad;. 3)a toarf er fid; unter einem 33aum nieber, 39 fid) in feinen Mantel, unb auf ben erfd)otoften 5Rann fenfte fid) ber cfylaf. &er arme $einj fd)lief bie ganje -ftadbt ofyne raum, bt il)n bie 5RorgenfdIte toedfte. S)a ftanb after aud) alsbalb fetn ganjeS 5 2eib toieber bor il)m itnb grinfte ifyn an tote eine eufelIartoe. ,,D iwenn irf) bergeffen fbnnte," rief er, ,,h)enn id) bergeffen lonnte! G giebt etnen Sorn; trenn man toon fetnem SSafjer trtnft, fo fd;h)inbet aHe 3Sergangene au^ bem ebdd;tmg. 2Ber jeigt mtr ben 2Beg ju ber Duelle?" 10 e i'" *ief eine ttrnme neben if>m. f ,5Bon bem SSaffer, ba bergeffen mad)t/ bin icf) lbol?l unterrirf)tet unb Unfl eud; gern mit meiner 2Siffenfd)aft ju 5Dienften fein." einj blicfte auf unb faf^ bor fid; etnen jungen efeffen in jerriffenem, fd^trarjem elbanb; au feinen @rfu^en fdiauten 15 fiirn)iig bie $ e fy e n. 25er gab fid; al3 fai?renben <5d)iiler ju erfennen unb fyrad) Joeiter: W 2)a SBaffer, hxldieS bergeffen mad)t, ^ei^t Set^e unb fbringt in ried;enlanb. 2>ort^in miijjtet it;r reifen unb bann an Drt unb <2tette ba -fta'fyere erfragen. 5Boflt i^r'g aber 20 bequemer fyaben, fo begleitet mia) in bie @d)enfe jur blauen raube. @ie liegt nidit toett bon ^ier. S)ort h)irb eud; bie 2Birtin ben Jranf be 3Sergeffen frebenjen, borau^gefe^t, ba^ euer Seutel minber fd;Iaff ift al ber meinige." (So fbrad; ber SSagant. einj aber er^ob fid) unb folgte 25 ifym in bie 2Salbfd;enfe. 2)ort tranfen bie beiben jufammen , etnen gan^en 2^ag unb eine t^albe 9?ad)t, unb al fte urn 3Ritternad)t etntrdrfttig auf ber Dfenbanf lagen, F>ajtte einj atterbingg bergeffen, toa3 if>n fiimmerte unb briirfte. 9Ktt bem 2id;t be^ ^Jlorgeng fam tbm aber aud) bie qttdlenbe Grtnnerung 30 Jbieber, unb $obfu>eb I)atte er obenbrein. 2)a bejafylte er fem 4O GERMAN READER. unb feineS Jtumbanen 3 e * c / nfl fy furjen Sibfcfyieb toon bem fafyrenben dwler unb jog toeiter. rrD toer bergeffen fonnte!" fagte cr im efyen unb fdilug fid; mit ber $auft bor bie tirn. ,,2>d; mu ii *> en ^^rn finben, ober id) toerbe toidlid; toafynfinnig." ' 5 2(m 3Beg ftanb eine alte, falb abgeftorbene 2Beibe, unb auf ber 2Betbe fa^ ein S^abe, ber ioanbte ben ^opf nacfy bem ein= famen SBanberer unb fafy tyn aufmerffam an. ,,$)u tueltfunbtger 3SogeI," rebete ber 2Beibmann ju bem JHaben, ,,bu toeijjt aUe^, h?a^ auf ber @rbe borge^t; fag' an, 10 too fpringt bai SSaffer be 3Sergeffen? en toitt, h)a bie Heben Jierd;en mad)en, ba ^at mir ber 15 Jftarber bal 9ieft au^genommen unb nidjt ein <5tiid" iibrig ge* lafjen. llnb nun mu^ id) an meinen SSerluft benfen too id; get)' unb fte^'. 3 a , toer ba SBaffer be SBergeffenS toii^te! Slber toei^t bu toaS, lieber efett? e^> einmal jur 2BaIbj frau, bie toei^ mefyr al anbere Seute unb fennt aud; bieHeid;t 20 ben 33orn bel SSergeffenS." 25arauf befd;rieb ber 9iabe bem ^ager ben 2Beg jur 2BaIbfrau. einj bebanfte fid; unb jog toeiter. 2)ie 2BaIbfrau toar baF>eim. m eine 10 olar.t unb fii^rte if)n an Drt unb tette. einj recfte fid) unb fd)icang bie Slrt, unb bei jebem einj fa^> ftd; nad; Strung urn, benn il)n ^ungerte ge hmltig. @r braud)te aud; nid;t lange ju toarten, benn bom ber 2Balbfrau fam eine -JBeibsperfon, bie ftettte einen mit peif unb 3:ranl neben ben ermiibeten ^oljfa'Her. 21I ein feine 2tugen auf^ob, fa^ er bor ftd) eine ttunber= 20 Iieblid;e eftalt, umfloffen toon gelbem >aar, barauf bie le^ten tra^Ien ber untergefyenben ad;te, toar aud; fein Seib tcieber toad; getoorben. 25a griff er jur oljar.t unb i^ieb auf bie tamme Io^, ba^ 30 ber 2BaIb toon feinen fraftigen d;Idgen eine tunbe in ber 42 GERMAN READER.. 9hutbe toieberfyaHte. Unb al am 3lbenb ba fcfyone -fitabcfyen mit bem Gffen fam, fafy einj nicfyt mefyr fo ftnfter brein toie ag jubor, unb iveil er finite, bajj etit>a getyrorf)en toerben muffe, fo fagte er: ,,Scf)5nel SSetter fyeute." SDarauf ant* toortete ba SRabd? en : ,,3>a, f e ^ r fd^one^ 2Better," unb bann 5 nirfte fie unb madbte firf) auf ben ettntoeg. @o berftrtrfien fteben age, etner h?ie ber anbre unb am ftebenten ^tag h)ar ber Iete 23aum umge^auen. 2)te S&albfrau fam, belobte ben flet^igen 4?einj unb f^rad^ : ,,9Zun lommt bie jtoeite 2lrbeit." 10 )a mu^te etnj bie Saumirurjeln auSroben, ba @rbreid^ umgraben unb grucfyt unb amen fden. aju braud)te er fteben 2Bodr>en. 3 e ^ en 3lbenb aber nadb boHbrad^tem Xageioerf bracfyte ib,m bie ^od^ter ber SBalbfrau ba @ffen unb fa^ neben ifjm auf einem 33aumftamm unb fybrte ju, U)a einj erjafylte 15 toon ber SBelt braujjen, unb ioenn er fertig Itmr, reid;te fte i^m bie toeijje anb unb f^rad; : ,,ute ^adbt, lieber ^einj." 2)ann gtng fie in i^re 33ebaufung, >einj aber fud()te feine 2agerftatt auf unb fcfylief aUbalb ein. 2113 bie fieben SBod^en b,erum toaren, fam bie SSalbfrau, 20 fab, ba$ 2Berf, belobte ben f(eif$igen efetten unb fpracf>: n yiun lommt bie britte 2trbeit. ^e^t fottft bu mir au bem gefattten olj ein au bauen mit fteben emticbern, unb h)enn bu aucb, ba bottbrad^t f^aft, bann erfytiltft bu einen 33ed>er mit bem SSaffer be^ SSergeffen^ unb fannft geben, 25 hjo^in bu toiUft." 2)a U)arb einj ein Saumeifter unb baute mit 2Ir.t unb age ein ftatttid^e^ au. 2)ie 2lrbeit gtng jrt>ar nur langfam toon flatten, lueil einj oF)ne efetten fd;affte, aber ba iuar t^m gar nid^t unlieb, benn e geftel iF>m im griinen ^orft, unb 30 ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 43 am liebften tocire er immer bei ber SBalbfrau geblieben. 3ln fetn borige Seib bacfyte er u)ob,l nod) jutoeUen, aber nur tote einer, ber einen bofen Sraum gefyabt fyat unb ftcfy am Sftorgen freut, bajj er aufgetoacfyt ift. ^eben Slbenb fam bie ocfyter 5 ber SBalbfrau ^ierau ju ifytn, unb bann fangen fie jufammen balb luftige 2Beibmann^Iieber, balb Sieber Don c^ciben, 9)leiben unb 2BteberfeI)en. @o berftrid^en fieben donate. S)a toar ba? au fertig Don ber ^ur[d^lDeffe bil jum tebel. 2luf ben iebel i>atte 10 >ein einen jungen Xannenbaum geftecft, unb ba 3Kabd^en ^atte ^ranje au ^annenrei^ unb roten 3SogeIbeeren gebunben unb bte 2Banbe bamit ge[d)mud:t. S)te alte 2BaIbfrau fam an ifyrer ^riicfe, ben $ater auf ber coulter, um ba fertige 2Ber! in 2lugenfd^etn u ne^men. 15 te fa^ fefyr feierlid^ au, unb in ber anb trug fie einen att olj gefn 3 mit Iraftiger >anb auf ben 33obcn, ba^ ber Xranl in bielen 44 GERMAN READER. bli^enben ropfen auf ba3 ra nieberregnete unb rief: w tcr, id; bleibe bet eua)l" Unb efye cr toujjte, toie ifym gefa^afy, lag ba 5Jtabd?en an feiner 23ruft unb fcfiludijte toor eligfeit. Unb burcfy bie SBaume ging ein SBetyen, unb bie gelben aaten rtngSumfyer s neigten ftcfy tm 2Btnb, bie 3S6geI fangen im eaft, itnb ber h>ei^e ^ater ber -JBalbfraii ging fa^nurrenb um ba gliirfUc^e ^Baar im ^rei^ Return. 9iun !onnte ia; noa) ofyne gro^e 5RiiI>e bie alte SBalbfrau in eine fd)5ne ^ee, tfyre ^od)ter in eine ^Brinjeffm unb bag 10 neuerbaute au in ein fd?immernbe ^onig^fc^Io^ Dertoanbeln, aber bleiben fair lieber ber 2Bai>ri>eit getreu unb laflen h)ir atteS beim 2(Iten. 6th>a 9Sunberbare gefcfyab aber bo^i. SSo ein ropfen toon bent 9Saffer be SSergeffenS auf ben 33oben gefatten toar, 15 ba entftieg bent runb eine fleine Slume mit fyimmelblauen 2lugletn. 2)te 33Iume I>at fia; fpater iiber ba^ ganje Sanb berbreitet, unb h)er nia*)t toeifj, tote fte ^ei|t, fiir ben ift biefe efrf)icte nia^t gefcfyrieben. Baumba<^. 2O. Tic (su-idtiditi- toon alif Btorrii. 1. I)er $alif 6f)afxb ju Sagbab fa^ einmal an einem fcfyonen 20 9iadjmittag be^aglia^ auf feinem @ofa ; er fyatte ein h)enig gefcfylafen, benn e ltar ein fyeijjer ^ag, unb fa^> nun nad; feinem Sdildfcfjen rea^t Better au. @r raud;te au einer langen ^Bfeife Don ^ofen^olj, tranf fyte unb ba ein hjenig $affee, ben i^m ein Sflatoe einfcfyenfte, unb ftria) fia^ ademal bergniigt ben 23art, 25 e if>m gefrf>mecft batte. 5lurj. man fafy bent 5lalifen an, ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 45 bafj e ifym red)t tbof>l toar. Urn biefe Stunbe fonnte man gar gut mit ifym reben, toeil er ba immer red;t milb unb leutfelig tear, beitoegen befud;te ifyn aud; fein rofjbejier 2ftanfor atte Xage um biefe 3 e it- 2( n biefem -ftad;mittag nun fam er aud;, fal; aber 5 fefyr nadfybenflid; au3, gang gegen feine etoofmfyeit. er ^alif t^at bte ^Pfetfe etn toenig au bem 2Runb unb f^rac^) : ,,2Barum macf)(t bu etn fo narf>benfltcfye efic^t, ro^bejier?" 3)er ro^bejter fcfylug feine 2lrme freujn)ei iiber bie S3ruft, berneigte fic^) bor feinem errn unb anttoortete : ,,err, ob id) ein 10 nacfybenflicfyeS efid^t mad^e, toei^ ify nid;t, aber ba unten am cfylojj fte^t ein Cramer, ber fyat fo fd^one ad^en, ba^ e mid) argert, nid^t biel iiberfluffige elb ju ^aben." 2)er $alif, ber feinem ro^bejier fd^on lange gerne cine $reube gemac^t fya'tte, fd;icfte feinen fc^tuarjen Itaben Fnnunter, 15 um ben Cramer fyerauf ju t^olen. S3alb fam ber flabe mit bem Cramer juriidf . SDiefer tbar ein fleiner, JJicfer 3Kann, fdih)arj= braun im eftcfyt unb in jerlumbtem 2tnjug. r trug einen ^aften, in toelcfyem er atter^anb 2Baren ^atte, ^Serlen unb 9iinge, reid)befd;Iagene ^Biftolen, 53e$er unb ^a'mme. 3)er ^alif 20 unb fcin $ejier mufterten atte3 burcfi, unb ber ^alif faufte enb* lid; fiir fid; unb 5Ranfor fd;6ne ^Siftolen, fiir bie $rau be^ 5Bejier^ aber einen $amm. 3(I ber Cramer feinen $aften fd*on im'eber jumad;en toottte, fa^ ber ^alif eine fleine dwblabe unb fragte, ob barin aud; nod; 2Baren feien. 2)er Cramer jog bie 25 djublabe {>erau unb jeigte barin eine 3)ofe ntit fditoarjs Iid;em ^ulber unb ein ^abier mit fonberbarer d;rift, bie lteber ber $alif nod; 2Ranfor lefen fonnte. %&) befam eintnal biefe jiuei tilde bon einem ^aufmanne, ber fie in Bteffa auf ber trafje fanb/' fagte ber Cramer, ,,id; Ibei^ nidit, 30 h)a fie entl;alten ; eud; fte^en fie um geringen ^rei ju 2)icnft, 46 GERMAN READER. id; fann bod; nid;t3 bamit anfangeh." ^er $altf, ber in feiner 3Mbliotbef gerne alte Sftanufcvipte fyattc, iuenn er fie aud; nid;t lefen fonnte, faufte d;rift unb 25ofe unb entliefj ben Cramer. SDer alif aber bad;te, er mod;te gerne toiffen, toaS bie @d;rift entfyalte, unb fragte ben $eier, ob er fetnen fenne, ber e3 5 entjiffern fonnte. ,,nabigfter err unb ebieter," antioortete biefer, r ,an ber gro^en 5Jio|c^ee tco^nt ein 3Hann ; er b, eifct elim ber ele^rte, ber toerftefyt atle ))ra(^en ; Ia^ ifyn fommen, mel= leic^t fennt er btefe gei>etmniboHen 3"9 e " S)er gelefyrte elim h)ar balb ^erbeige^olt. ,,SeIim/' f^rad^ 10 ju i^m ber $alif, r^elim, man fagt, bu feieft fef)r gele^rt ; gucf' einmal ein toenig in biefe cfyrift, ob bu fie lefen lannft ; fannft bu fte lefen, fo befommft bu ein neue ^eftlleib toon mir, fannft bu e nicfyt, fo befommft bu jtoolf 93acfenftreicf)e unb fiinfunbjtoanjig auf bie ^u^fo^Ien, toeil man bid) bann umfonft eliin ten 15 elefy rten nennt." @elim berneigte fid; unb f|)rad; : ,,2)ein 2Biffe gefdje^ e, o err !" Sange betrad;tete er bie rfjrift, Ipto^lid; aber rief er au: ,,S)a^ ift lateinifd), o err, ober id; Ia^ mid; fyangen." ,,@ag' toa brin ftefyt," befab,! ber ^alif, ,,n)enn e^ lateinifd; ift." 20 fiir feine nabe. 2Ser toon bem ^BulDer in biefer >ofe fd;nu))ft unb baju fpri^t, Mutabor, ber fann fid; in jebeS 2^ier bertoanbeln unb berftefyt aud; bie @)>rad;e ber Xiere. 2BiH er toieber in feine menfd;Iid;e eftalt juriidfe^ren, fo neige er ftd; 25 breimal gen Often unb fpred;e jene SSort. 3tber ^iite bid;, icenn bu bertuanbelt bift, ba^ bu nid;t Iad;eft, fonft berfd;n)inbct ba 3 aus beriDort ganjlid; au beinem ebad;tni unb bu bleibft ein ier." 2tl 6elim ber elebrte alfo gelefen ^ atte, h)ar ber $alif iiber bie 3Jia^en bergniigt. Sr lie$ ben ele^rten fd;n)orcn, niemanb 30 ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 47 ettoa bon bem efyeimnil ju fagen, fcfyenfte ifym ein fcfyoneS unb entliefj ifyn. $u feinem rofjbejier aber fagte er: Ijeifj' id) gut einfaufen, 5Ranfor ! 2Bie freue icfy micr;, bi id) em ier bin 1 3Jlorgen friil) fommft bu ju mir. 2Bir gefyen 5 bann mit einanber auf^ ^elb, fd^nu^fen ettoal n?emge aug meiner ofe unb belaufcfyen bann, iua^ in ber 2uft unb im SBaffer, im SSalb unb gelb gef^roc^en hrirb!" 2. 10 ^aum ^atte am anbern SJiorgen ber ^alif (Sfyafib gefrit^ftiirft unb fid^ angelleibet, al fd^on ber rofsbejier erfd^ien, ifyn, tuie er befo^Ien, auf bem pajiergange ju begleiten. 2)er $alif ftedfte bie 2)ofe mit bem 3 au ^ er ^ u ^ er ^ n ^ en urtcl, unb nadjbem er feinem efolge befofylen, juriicfjubleiben, mac^te cr 15 fid) mit bem rofjtoejier ganj attein auf ben 2Beg. en ernfti)aft auf= unb abge^en, ^rb'fd^e fud^enb unb 25 fyie unb ba etia bor fid) I;tn!la^ernb. 3 u 9^ e i^ fafyen fie aud^ h)eit oben in ber 2uft einen anbern Storcfyen biefer egenb ,?&! toette metnen SBart, gnabigfter err," fagte ber rofjs bejier, ,,biefe jtoei Sangfii^Ier fit^ren jc^t ein fd;one3 efbrad^ 30 mit einanber. SSie toare e, loenn iwir <5tor er ben anbern torcfyen iiber t^rem au^)te fd^loeben unb langfam fid; jur @rbe laffen. djnett jog er bie 2)ofe au bem iirtel, nai)m eine gute $rife, bot fte bem rojjbejier bar, ber gleid}faU frfmupfte, unb beibe riefen : Mutabor ! 10 2)a frf)rum^)ften ifyre Seine ein unb iourben biinn unb rot, bie fd;onen gelben ^antoffeln be ^alifen unb feineS S3egteiter tourben unformlirfte tordifiile, bie Slrme h)urben ju gliigeln, ber al3 fuf>r au^ ben 3ld;feln unb toarb eine 6fle lang, ber SSart loar berfd;tt)unben unb ben &brper bebedften h)eid;e ^ebern. 15 n ^f)r f^abt einen fyiibfd)en djnabel, err ro^bejier," fbradf) narf> langem @rftaunen ber alif. ,,23eim SBart be ^rob^eten, fo ettoaS ^abe id; in meinem Seben nid;t gefe^en." ,,2)an!e untertf)a'nigft," erivieberte ber ro^bejier, inbem er fid; biidte ; ,,aber tbenn id; e ibagen barf, mod;te id; befjaubten, cure 20 fefyen al tord; beinat>e nod; fyubfd;er au, benn al^ 2lber fommt, iuenn e^ eud; gefattig ift, ba^ Jbir unfere $ameraben bort belaufd;en unb erfai)ren, ob h)ir h?tr!lid; torcbifd; fonnen?" $nbem ibar ber anbere (gtord; auf ber 6rbe angefommen. @r 25 butjte fid; mit bem d;nabel feine O 1 "^ 6 / ^ e 9 te f e ' ne 3*bern jured;t unb ging auf ben erften 6tord;en ju. 2)ie beiben neucn @tord;e aber beeilten fid;, in ifyre 9id^e ju lommen, unb berna^men ju ii>rem Grftaunen folgenbel efbrdd; : ,,uten SRorgen, $rau Sangbein, fo frii^) fd;on auf ber SBiefe?" 30 ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 49 ,,anf, liebe 3Uatoberfdmabel ! %ar. @r teilte feine Slngft belioegen bem $alifen mit. ,,^o^ 9Keffa unb 3J}ebina ! 2)al loa're ein fd;Ied;ter @ba^, tuenn id; ein tord; bleiben mii^te ! SBefinne bid; bod; auf ba bumme SBort, id; bringe e nid;t I>erau." 25 ,,2)reimal nad; Dften miiffen h)ir un biirfen unb baju fbred;en : Mu Mu Mu " @ie ftettten fid; gen Dften unb bitdten fid; in einem fort, bafj i^re @d;ncibel beinafye bie (Srbe beru^rten. Slber, o jammer ! , 35a 3 au o erh)Drt iar i^nen entfatten unb f o oft 30 fid; aud; ber alif biidte, fo fef)nlid; aud; fein SSejier Mu 50 GERMAN READER. Mu baju rief, jebe Grinnerung baran toar berfd;tounben, unb ber arme Gfyafib unb fein SBejier toaren unb blieben @tord;e. 3. raurig toanbelten bie 33erjauberten burd> bie $elber. <5ie toufcten gar nid;t, toaS fie in ifyrem @lenb anfangen fofltcn. 5 2lu ifyrer torcfyenfyaiit fonnten fie nid;t fyerau; in bie tabt juritd fonnten fie aud; nid^t, urn fid; 311 erfcnnen ju geben, benn h)er ^dtte einem tord^en geglaubt, baf$ er ber ^alif fei, unb toenn man e aud; geglaubt i^atte, ioiirben bie Gintoobner toon Sagbab einen @tord;en jum ^alifen getoottt F^aben? 10 er unb ernafyrten fid; fiimmerlid; bon ^elbfriid;ten, bie fie aber toegen it>rer langen dma'bel nid;t gut berfbeifen fonnten. 3 U 6ibed;fen unb 5rofd;en fatten fie iibrigen fetnen 2(bbettt. >enn fie befiirdi^ teten, mit fold;en Sederbiffen fid; ben 5Ragen gu berberben. 15 ^j^r einjtge^ SSergniigen in biefer traurigen Sage tear, bajj fie fliegen fonnten, unb fo flogen fie oft auf bie 2)a'd;cr bon 33agbab, urn 311 feben, h)a barin borging. ^n ben erften Xagen bemerften fie gro^e Unru^e unb rauer in ben 6tra^en. 2lber ungeftifyr am bierten Xage nad; ifyrer 20 SSerjauberung fapen fie auf bem ^J3alaft be ^alifen, ba fafyen fie unten in ber trajje einen brad;tigen Stufjug. ^rommeln unb ^Bfeifen ertonten, ein -JDiann in einem golbgeftidften (3d;ars lad;mantet fa^ auf einem gefdfimud'ten ^Bferb, umgeben bon gldnjenben 2)ienern. alb 33agbab fbrang it>m nad;, unb aHe 25 fd;rieen : w eU 2Rijra ! bem errfd;er bon SBagbab !" 3)a fa^en bie beiben tordie auf bem 2>ad;e be ^Salafte^ einanber an, unb ber $alif G^afib fbrad;: ,,31fynft bu je|t, h)arum id; berjaubcrt bin, ro^bejier ? 2)iefcr -iDtt$ra ift ber 6oi>n meine ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 51 !obfeinbe3, be md'cfytigen 3 au ^ ererg ^afcfynur, ber mir in einer bb'fen tunbe SHadse fcfytour. 2(ber nocfy gebe icfy bie offnung nicfyt auf. $omm ntit mtr, bu treuer efafyrte meineS GlenbS, fair tooffen jum rabe be ^robfyeten toanbern; bietteid;t bajj 5 an ^eiliger tatte ber 3 au & er geloft toirb." @ie erfyoben fid) bom 3)ad^e be $alafte3 unb flogen ber egenb bon 3Rebina ju. SRit bem $ltegen tooffte e aber nic^t gar gut gefyen, benn bie beiben torcfye fatten nod^ toenig Ubung. ,,D err/' 10 a^jte nacfy ein baar tunben ber rojjtoejier, ,,ic^ ^alte c mit eurer rlaubnil nidjt me^>r lange au3, i^r fliegt gar ju f c^nett 1 2lu<$ tft e fd)on 3(benb, unb h)ir tijaten toofyl, ein Unterfommen fiir bie 9?acf)t ju fud^en." G^aftb gab ber Sitte feineS 2)iener e^or; unb ba er 15 unten tm $fyale eine 9luine erblicfte, bie ein Dbbacfy ju ge= toafyren fd^ien, fo flogen fie bafyin. 2)er Drt, too fie ficfy fiir biefe 5iad>t mebergelaffen fatten, frf>ien e^emal^ ein c^lo^ getoefen ju fein. @d)5ne (Saulen ragten unter ben Snimmern ^erbor; mefyrere emac^er, bie noc^ jiemlid^ eriwlten tuaren, 20 jeugten bon ber efyemaligen ^]Srac6t be aufe. (Sfyafib unb fein Segletter gingen burd) bie d'nge um^er, um fidj ein trodenel ^Id^cfjen ju fucfyen ; blo^Iid^ blieb ber torcfy SJians for fte^en. ,,err unb ebieter/ fliifterte er leife, ,,h>enn eg nur nicft tf)6ri(f)t fiir einen rofjbejier, nod) meF)r aber fiir 25 einen Storcfyen toare, fid bor efbenftern ju fiirdtten! 2Rir tft ganj unt>eimlic() ju s IRut, benn ^ierneben ^>at e ganj berne^mlid) gefeufjt unb geftobnt." 2)er ^alif blieb nun aucfy fteben unb l>orte ganj beutlicfy ein leife^ SBeinen, ba efyer einem ^Jlenfcfjen, al einem Siere anjugeF)5ren fcbien. 3?off 30 (grtoartung tooHte er ber egenb jugefyen, tboi>er bie 5llagetone 52 GERMAN READER. famen; bcr SBejier aber badfte ifyn mil bem n)ette ftel?en. 2>n bem ber* fattenen emadf), ba nur burd; ein fleine itterfenfter fbars 10 lid; erleud;tet tear, fafy er cine gro^e -iftadjiteule am S3oben ft^en. 2)i(!e fyranen rottten if>r au ben grofeen runben 2lugen, unb mit fyetferer Stimme ftie^ fte i^re $lagen au^ bem frummen r (Stordje, if)r feib mir ein gute 3 e ^ en meiner rrettung, benn burd) tordie toerbe ** mir ein gro^e liid fommen, ift mir einft torobfyejeit Joorben!" 21I fid; ber $alif Don feinem @rftaunen erf>olt fyatte, bitdte er ftd; mit feinem langen ^mlS, brad)te feine bitnnen ^ii^e in eine jierlid;e tettung unb fbrad;: ,,5iad)teule! 2)einen SBorten nad; barf id) glauben, eine SeibenSgefafyrtin in btr ju 25 fefyen. 2lber ad; ! 2)eine ^offnung, ba^ burd; un beine Stettung fommen toerbe, ift bergeblid;. 2)u h)irft unfere ilf* loftgfeit fetbft erfennen, h)enn bu unfere efd;td;te ^orft." 2)ie 9iad;teule bat tfm ju erjdtjlen, ber alif aber I?ub an unb te, tt>a h)ir bereitg roiffen. 30 ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 53 4. 2U ber $altf ber @ule feine efrfjicfyte borgetragen fyatte, banfte fie ifym unb fagte: ,,$ernimm audfy meine efcfyid;te unb fyore, tote icfy ntcfyt toeniger ungliic!Urf) bin alS bu. SBater ift ber &onig bon $nbien, i$, feine einjige od^ter, fyeijje Sufa. ^ ener 3 au ^ erer ^af4> nur / *> jauberte, ^>at aucfy m\fy in Ungliirf geftiirjt. @r lam eine ju meinem SSater unb begeF)rte mic^ jur ^rau fiir feinen -Bftjra. 9Jtein SSater aber, ber ein fyiijiger 3Kann ift, lie^ ifyn bie ^tre^e ^inunter h>erfen. 2)er (Slenbe h)ute fic^ 10 unter einer anbern eftalt toieber in meine -fttifye ju fd^lei^ien, unb al3 id^ einft in meinem arten Srfrifd^ungen ju mir nefymen h)offte, brarf)te er mir, al Ilabe berfleibet, einen Xran! bei, ber mid^ in biefe abfc^euli^e eftalt bertoanbelte. SSor d^recfen ofynmticfytig, brad^te er mic^ ^ier^er unb rief 15 mir mit fd^redflicfjer timme in bie Di)ren: ,,)a fottft bu bleiben, Iia^lic^, felbft toon ben Stteren Uerad^tet, bi3 an bein @nbe, ober bi einer au freiem SBiffen bicfy, felbft in biefer fd^rerflic^en eftalt, jur attin begel>rt. @o racfye id^> mic^ an bir unb beinem ftoljen 3Sater." 20 ,,6eitbem finb biele 2Ronate berfloffen. Ginfam unb traurig lebe id^ al infieblerin in biefem emauer, toerabfcfyeut bon ber SSelt, felbft ben Stieren ein reuel ; bie frf>one ^atur ift bor mir berfcfyloffen, benn id^> bin blinb am age, unb nur, toenn ber SRonb fein bleic^e^ Sicfyt iibcr bie^ emauer au$s 25 giefjt, fdHt ber ber^iiHenbe cfyleier bon meinem Stuge." Die @ule ^atte geenbet unb toifd;te fid) mit bem toteber bie 2lugen au, benn bie Grjtiljlung iE>rer Seiben i^r Sfyranen entlodft. $4 GERMAN READER. &alif toar bei ber (Srjafytung bcr ^linjeffin in tiefeS 9iad)benfen toerfun!en. ,,28enn mid) nidit atteS taufd)t," farad? er, B fo finbet jtoifd)en unferem Ungliidf ein gefyeimer 3ufams menacing ftatt; aber too finbc id) ben djluffel ju biefem SHatf el ?" ie @ule anttoortete if>m : ,,D err ! aud) mir 5 at>net bic3; benn e ift mir ein[t in meiner frii^eften ^ U 9 en ^ toon einer toeifen grau ^ro^t>ejeit toorben, ba^ ein tord; mir ein grofjeg liid: bringen roerbe, unb id? toii^te bieUeid^t, it)ie fair un retten fonnten." 2)er alif toar fe^r erftaunt unb fragtc, auf roeldfyem 2Bege fie meine. ,,$>er 3 au ^ erer / ^ er I0 un3 beibe ungliidflid) gemad)t Ijat," fagte fie, ,,fommt atte donate einmat in biefe 9luinen. 5itd;t toeit toon biefem e= mad) ift ein @aal. 3)ort ^flegt er bann mit toielen enoffen jit fd^maufen. @d)on oft I>abe id) fie bort belaufd^t. t ungiitig, aber nur unter einer Sebingung fann id) 20 euern 28unfd? erfiitten." ,,@J)rid; au ! prid) au !" fd^rie Gfyafib. Sefiet>I, e ift mir jebe red)t." ,,9iamlid) id) mod;te audp gerne jugleid) frei fein, bie fann aber nur gefd)e^en, toenn einer toon eud; mir feine >anb reid;t." 3)ie tord)e fd^ienen iiber ben Stntrag ettoa^ betroffen ju 25 fein, unb ber alif toinfte feinem 2)iener, ein toenig mit i^m ,,rofjt>ejier," fprad? toor ber Xfyure ber $alif, ,,ba ift ein bummer anbel, aber i^r fonntet fie fd)on neljmen." w o?" anttoortete biefer, ,,bajj mir meine 5 rau / town id) 30 ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 55 !omme, bie 2lugen au5n ift? 3)a F>ei^t bie $a$e im @ac! faufen!" @ie rebeten einanber gegenfeitig nod^ lange ju, enblid^ aber, al ber $alif fa^ ba^ fein 3Sejier Iteber torc^ bleiben, al^ bie (Sule ^eiraten iuoHte, entfd;Io^ er ficfy, bie S3ebingung lieber 10 felbft 511 erfiiffen. 2)ie Sule toar ^od^erfreut. Ite i^nen au einer fyalb berfaHenen SRauer ein Better d^ein entgegen. 2(I fie bort angelangt tuaren, riet i^nen bie @ule, fid9 ganj rufjig ju beri>alten. @ie fonnten Don ber 2urfe, an h)elcf)er fie ftanben, einen gro^en @aal uberfe^en. 20 Sr h)ar ringum mit ciulen gefc^miicft unb ^rac^tbott berjiert. 2Siete farbige Sam^en erfe|ten ba Sicfyt be^ Staged, ^n ber 5Ritte be @aale ftanb ein runber ifc, mit Uielen unb auSgefuctyten a bu an un3 get^an, mid^> jum ema^I an." 2)ann aber toanbte er fid^ nad^) Often. 10 3)reimal biidften bie torc^e ifyre langen alfe ber onne entge* gen, bie foeben fainter bem ebirge fyeraufftieg. ,,Mutabor," riefen fte ; im Sftu luaren fte bertwanbelt, unb in ber fyofyen ^reube be neu gefd^enften 2eben, lagen err unb Wiener lac^enb unb toeinenb einanber in ben 2(rmen. 2Ber befc^reibt aber iF>r 15 rftaunen, al fte fid^ umfa^en ? @ine fcf)5ne 2)ame, f>errlic^ ge* fc^miicft, ftanb bor if>nen. 2drfelnb gab fie bem ^alifen bie anb. ,,Grfennt i^r eure -ftacfyteule nicft meF>r?" fagte fte. <3te tuar e ; ber &alif h)ar bon i^rer rfion^eit unb 2lnmut fo entjiirft, ba^ er auSrief, e fei fein grojjteS liidf, ba er tordE) 20 geh)orben fei. 3)ie brei jogen nun mit einanber auf Sagbab ju. ^alif fanb in feinen ^leibern nic^t nur bie $)ofe mit bulber, fonbern audj feinen elbbeutel. @r faufte bafyer im narf)ften 3)orfe, h>a ju if)rer 9teife notig toar, unb fo !amen 2 5 fte balb an bie fyore bon 33agbab. 2)ort aber erregte bie Slnhmft be ^alifen gro^e (Srftaunen. 9Jian ^atte tfjn fiir tot atiSgegeben, unb bal 5BoIf toar baber ^oc^ erfreut, feinen geliebten ^errfc^er n>ieber $u ^aben. ELEMENTARY SELECTIONS. 57 Urn fo mefyr aber entbrannte ifyr >afj gegen ben Setriiger 3Kijra. mitiag befuc^te ; ba fbra^en fie bann 15 oft toon ifyrem torcfyenabenteuer, unb toenn ber $alif red^t ^eiter luar, lie^ er ficfy b,erab, ben ro^bejier nacfyjuafymen, h)ie er al Storc^ aufal). r ftieg bann ernft^aft, mit fteifen $iijjen im 3immer auf unb ab, ftabberte, ioebelte mit ben 2lrmen, Ibie mit $Iugeln, unb jeigte, mie jener fid; bergeblicb, nad? Dften geneigt 20 unb Mu Mu baju geruf en f> abe. $itr bie ^rau ^alifin unb tyre inber ioar biefe SSorfteHung attemal eine gro^e ^reube ; toenn aber ber $alif gar ju lange flabberte unb nidfte unb Mu Mu fd^rie, bann brofyte it>m ber ^Be^ter, er tooHte ba, toa bor ber Xfyiire ber ^rinjeffin ^ac^teule berfyanbelt toorben fei, 25 ber $rau ^alifin mitteilen. POETRY. fernem 2anb SBom 9Reereftranb, 2luf fyofyen, lufttgen 28egen ftltegft rfrttmlbe bit, Dfme 9taft unb SRu^' 5 2)er lieben ^eitnat entgegen. D fpricfy, tlber 2anb unb bu bte ^unbe bernommen, im eimatlanb 10 2)er 2Binter fc^luanb Unb ber ^rufyling, ber Siebd^en fpricfyt : felber nid^t, SBofyer mir gefommen bte SRa^nung ; i 5 fort unb fort Drt ju Drt Socft mid) bte POETRY. . 59 (So ofyne 9taft, $n freubiger aft, 2luf fyofyen, luftigen 3Begen glieg' idj untoertoanbt 2)em ^eimatlanb, 3)em lenjgefdimudten, entgegen." Sturm. 2. Tu bin tote eine 2)u bift hne eine SBIitme, (So i>olb unb fcfybn unb rein; ^c^ fcfyau' bid^ an, unb t mir in JRir ift, al 06 ic(> bie anbe 2luf au^t bir legen fottt', SBetenb, ba^ ott bicfy exalte @o rein unb fcfyon unb 3. $a3 idilof,- am Wccvc. 15 ,,aft bu bag er 2Binb unb be aben fie frifcfyen $lang? SBernabmft bu au3 ben fatten aiten unb ^eftgefang?" ,,1)te 2Binbe, bie SBogen atte ^uF^rten fte nicfyt mit 28onne 5 Sagen in ttefer 9iu^>'; Sine fd^cne ^ungfrau bar, Gtnem ^lagelieb au^ ber atte ^errltd^ h)ie eine rdnen jit." trat^Ienb im golbenen^aar?" bu oben gefyen ,,2Boi)I fat) irf) bie (SItern beibe 35en ^onig unb fein emafyl? D^ne ber kronen 2icfyt, 10 2)er roten 5RanteI 9Bet>en 7 ^m fcf)U)arjen Strauerfleibe ; 2)er golb'nen ^rone @traF>I ? 2)ie ^ungfrau fa^ id) nid^t." Utjlanb. 4. Tic gorelct. ^d^) iuei^ nidjt, h>a foil e bebeuten, SDajj id^ fo traurig bin; in SRarcfyen au^ alien 3 e ^ en / X 5 lommt mir nid)t au bem 6inn. 2)ie Suft ift fityl unb e bunfelt, Unb rui)ig flie^t ber Sl^ein; )er ipfel be Sergei funfelt 3tn 2tbenbfonnenfc^ein. S)ie fd^onfte ^ungfrau fi^et 2)ort oben tnunberbar, Sfyr golb'ne^ efa^meibe bli^et, ie fammt i^r golbene^ aar. POETRY. 6 1 ie Idmmt e3 mit golbenem $amme Unb fingt ein 2ieb babei ; $)a fyat eine hnmberfame, etoaltige 9JMobei. SDen Differ im lleinen at mit i^rem (Singen 2)ie Sorelei get^an. e t n e. 5. Tic rraiiviflc (sn-friiidnc luutt bummen >>aucriicn. dnrf)en toiff ein d^Ioffer toerben, @inb 511 f>ei^ bie ^ofylen; 15 dncf)en h)iff ein cfyufter h)erben, @inb 511 t>art bie en h)itt ein bie 9?abeln ftecfyen; en h)itt ein lafer toerben, bie 6inber h>erben, SRiecfyt ju fe^r ber ^leifter, $mmer, toenn er faum begonnen, ^agt ii>n fort ber SJJeifter. 25 ancfyen, ^dn^c^en, benfe bran, bir noerben fann! 62 GERMAN READER. $dn3rf>en fyat nocfy biel begonnen, Skacfyte nicfytS ju @nbe ; 2)riiber ift bic $t'\t berronnen, fmb feine dnbe; ift nun >an getuorbcn, 5 Unb er ftt bott orgen, ^ungert, bettelt, toeint unb flaget Slbenb^ unb am SJiorgen: ,,21^, h)arum nicf)t tear icfy Summer ^n ber ^ugenb flei^ig? 10 5Ba^ td^) immer aitrf) beginnc, Summer an nur fyetft' id^. 2td^, nun glaub' id^ felbft baran, 35a| au3 mtr ntd(>tg toerben fann!" toioenficin. 6. Tii- ^tnber. SRein $inb, toir toaren ^inber, 15 3toet ^inber, fletn unb fro^; 2Bir frozen in ^ub^ner^du^c^en, SBerftedten un3 unter 2Bir frdfyten h)ie bie db,ne, Unb famen 2eute borbei, w ^ilerifi !" fie glaubten @ hjdre a 3)te ^iften auf unferem ofe, 3)ie ta^ejierten n)ir au^, Unb toofynten brin beifammen; 25 Unb macfyten etn Dorne^mcg POETRY. 63 alte bfterS gum SBefudf) ; JBir macfyten ifyr SBiicfUng' unb $nicffe. Unb Somplimente genug. 2Bir ^aben nad^ i^rem SBefinben Seforglic^ unb freunblidf) gefragt ; 2Bir F>aben feitbem balfelbe alien ^a|e gefagt. 2Bir fajjen aud^ oft unb f))rac 10 SSerniinftig, h)ie alte 2eut', Unb llagten, tt)ie atte befjer etoefen ju unferer SSie 2ieb' unb 5treu' unb tauben 33erfrf)nnmben aug ber SSelt, 15 Unb hne fo ieuer ber $affee, Unb tt)ie fo rar ba elb! . . . SBorbet ftnb bie Unb atte rottt borbei 3)a elb unb bie 3SeIt unb bie Unb laube unb Sieb' unb 3Treu'. $ e i n c. 7. Ssrei $aare iinb @incr. u fyaft jiuei D^ren unb einen SSittft bu' beflagen? ar bieleS fottft bu {>5ren, unb JBenig barauf fagen. 64 GERMAN READER, u fmft jtoei 2lugen unb einen 9)tunb: SRacfy' bir'S ju eigen ; ar biele foffft bu fefyen, unb toerfcfytoeigen. SDu fyaft jtoei dnbe unb einen 9Jiunb: Sent' e ennejfen! 3it>eie ftnb ba jur 2lrbeit, unb @iner ^um ffen. Hiicfcrt. 8. 2&enn tdi etn -lUniii-in unir'. 2Benn td^ ein SSogletn h)dr', 33in irf) gleirf) n)ett bon btr, Unb aurf) jh)ei ^liiglein fyatt', Sin id) boc^ im Scfylaf bei bir, 10 ^log' id) ju bir; Unb reb'- mit bir; 2BeiI e^ aber nicfyt fann fein, SBenn ic^ ertoacfyen tf>u' S3leib' id^ all^ier. 33in ic^ aUein. @ bergefyt feine tunb' in ber 25a metn >erje nicfyt ertoacfyt 15 Unb an bicfy gebenft, 2)a^ bu mir biel taufenbmal 2)ein erj gefc^enft. Polfsltcb. 9. (-"in Jvirliteulinum ftolit cinfatn. @in ^id)ten6aum ftebt einfam ^m -ftorben auf fabler of?'. 20 Sfyn fd^Idfert; mit hjei^er 2)ecfe fyn 6i^ unb 3d;nee. POETRY. @r trdumt toon einer 2)ie fern im -IRorgenlanb @infam unb fcfytoeigenb trauert Stuf brennenber $elfenh>anb. 1O. Tit fdjoneS $ifrf)crmabrf)cn. 2)u fcfyoneS ft e \ n c. ben ^a^n ang 2anb; ju mir unb fe^e bicfy nieber, SSir fofen, ^anb in anb. Seg' an metn er bein tlnb fiirrf)te bid? ntc^t fo fe^r; SSertrauft bu bicfy bod^ bem toilben 9Jieer! SRein >er$ gleicfyt gang bem at turm unb @bb' unb Unb mancfye fc^one ^3erle ^n feiner iefe ru^>t. ^ctnc. 11. et SBirtin @ jogen brei 33urfdE>e too^I iiber ben 33ei einer ^rau SSirtin, ba fefyrten fie ein : 2Birtin! I>at @ie gut SBier unb SSein? ,,9Jlein 33ier unb 2Bein ift frifd^ unb flar, 2Rein Socfyterlein Uegt auf ber Xoten&afyr. '" 66 dERMAN READER. Unb al3 fie traten jur hammer fyinein, 25a lag fie in einem fcfytoarjen d)rein. )er erfte, ber fd^Iug ben deleter Unb fdjaute fie an mit traurigem ,,2lcf> ! lebteft bu nod}, bit fcfydne ^5<^ toiirbe bid^) lieben toon biefer 2)er jn>eite becfte ben deleter ju Unb fefyrte fid^ ab unb iwetnte ba$it: d?! ba^ bu Itegft auf ber fyab' bid? geliebet fo mand^e^ ^afyr." brittc t>ub ifyn tDteber fogleidf> Unb fit^te fie an ben 9Jhmb fo bleicfy: liebt' \$ immer, bid? Iteb' id^> Unb toerbe bid) lieben in toigf eit. " Ub.lanb. 12. tee* QUtc Jinnu-nifr. ^d) l>att' einen ^ameraben, 15 @inen beffern finb'ft bu nit. S5ie trommel fcf)lug jum Streite, @r ging an meiner (Seite ^n gleid^em d^ritt unb ritt. @ine ^ugel fam geflogen, tntr ober gilt e3 btr? y/ f>at e^ toeggeriffen, liegt mir toor ben ^itfjen, ein Stud; son mir. POETRY. 67 2Biff mir bie anb nod) reicfyen, SDertoeil id) eben lab' : ,,$ann bir bie >anb nicfyt geben, SBIeib' bu im eto'gen 2eben 3Jtein guter &amerab!" 13. Tic ^ranfreid^ jogen jtoei renabier', 2)ie toaren in 9tufjlanb gefangen, Unb al fie famen in3 beutfd^e Duartier, @ie liejjen bie ^o^)fe F>angen. 10 )a ^orten fie beibe bie traurige 2)a^ ^ranfretc^ berloren gegangen, Sefiegt unb gerfd^Iagen ba tapfere Unb ber ^aifer, ber $aifer gefangen ! 3)a h)einten jiifammfn bie renabier' 15 SBofyl ob ber fl(iglirf>en 5?unbe. )er eine f^rarf> : ,,2Sie toefy n)irb mir, 2Bie brennt meine alte 2Bunbe!" anbere fprad): ,,2)a Sieb ift d() morf>t' mit bir fterben; SDocfy ^ab' ic^ SSeib unb ^inb ju 2)ie o^ne mid^) berberben." fcfyert mid^ 2Beib? n>a fd^ert mid) trage toeit beff'reS SSertangen; fie betteln gefyn, toenn fie i^ungrig finb 25 9Jiein ^aifer, mein ^aifer gefangen! 68 GERMAN READER. ,,@eh>af)r' mir, SBruber, eine SBenn id) je$t fterben toerbe, (So nimm meine Seicfye nacf> ^-ranfreid) mit, SBegrab' midf) in $ranfreicfy @rbe. Gfyrenfreuj am roten 33anb (SoIIft bu auf3 erj mir legen; 2)ie ^linte gieb mir in bie anb Unb giirt' mir urn ben SDegen. ,, Itegen unb fyorcfyen ftitt, SBic eine <3rf>Ubh)arf>' im rabe, 33i einft id) t^ore ^anonengebriitt Unb nnefyernber 3toffe etrabe. reitet metn ^aifer too^l iiber mein rab, d)h)erter f lirren unb bli^en ; 2)ann fteig' id() getoaffnet Berber au^ bem rab, 15 2)en ^aifer, ben ^aifer 511 fd^ii^en." Ff e \ n c. 14. "Ji-v ^olbat. S3 gefyt bei gebam^fter Xrommel &lang ; 2Bie toeit noc^) bie (Sttitte, ber 2Seg tote lang! D toar' er jur 9lui>' unb alle borbei, 3^) glaub', e bric^t mir ba^ erj entjtuei! x t>ab' in ber 28elt nur tyn geliebt, it>n, ben man jet bem ^ob bod^ giebt. S3ei flingenbem Spiele toirb parabiert, bin id() aucf) fommanbiert. POETRY. 69 9lun fcfyaut er auf jum (etjenmal $n otte <5onne freubigen trafyl, ftun binben fie ifmt bie Stugen ju S)ir fdjenfe ott bie etoige fyaben bie neun h)ol)l angelegt, ^ugeln, bie ^aben borbeigefegt ; @ie jitterten atte bor 3 ammer un ^ Sdfimerj ^d^ aber icfy traf i^n mitten in bem S)ttnif(^n on $. 6. Hnberfen.) 15. 2Ber reitet fo f^at burd^) ^ad^t unb 2Binb? 10 @ ift ber 3Sater mit feinem ^inb; * 6r ^at ben ^naben h)o^)I in bem 2(rm, @r alt ifyn fid^er, er fyalt i^n ftmrm. ,,9JZein o^n, lna birgft bu fo bang bein eficfyt?" ^Sie^ft, SBater, bu ben 6r(!onig nicfyt? 15 2)en rlenfonig mit ron' unb e ift ein W 3)u liebeS ^inb, fomm, ge^' mit mir ! ar fc^one (S^iele fpiel' id^ mit bit; SRand^' bunte S3lumen finb an bem tranb; 3Jieine Gutter fyat mancf)' gulben eiuanb." ,,9Jiein SSater, mein 3Sater, unb Bereft bu nicfyt, 2Ba (Srlenfonig mir leife toerfyricfyt ?" ,,@ei ru^ig, bleibe rut>ig, mein ^inb ; ^n burren Slattern faufelt ber SSinb." GERMAN READER. feiner $nabe, bu mit mir gefm? SReine 2od)ter f often bid) ir>arten fdjon; Keine 6d?ter fiifyren ben ndrf)tlid;en Steify'n, Unb toiegen unb tanjen unb fingen bid) ein." SJater, mein 33ater, unb fiefyft bu nicf)t bort 5 :oc^ter am biiftercn Drt?" o^n, mein o^n, id^> fefy' el genau, @ foremen bie alten -JBeiben fo grau." %$ Iteb' bid), mid() reijt beine fcfyone eftalt; Unb bift bu nicfyt toittig, fo braud^' icfy eh)alt." 10 3Jiein SSater, mein 3Sater, je|t fa^t er mid) an! (Srlfonig ^at mir ein SeibS geti>an!" 3)em 3Sater graufet% er reitet gefd)n)inb, @r fyalt in ben 3(rmen ba acfyjenbe ^inb, @rreid>t ben of mit 9Jlii^' unb 9iot; 15 3>n feinen Slrmen bal ^inb toar tot. 16. iWiixriHMi auf (Socttjc. ein &nab' ein 9floIein fte^n, auf ber eiben., it>ar fo frifd; unb fcfyon, Unb blieb fte^n, el anjufefyn, 20 Unb ftanb in fii^en ^reuben; Sftollein, ^Roglein, ^ollein rot, 9lo3lein auf ber ^eiben! )er ^nabe f^racf): %$ breeze bid), 9t63lein auf ber eiben!" 25 POETRY. tin fyrad): %<$ ftecfye bid}, bu etoig benfft an mi(fy, Unb icfy toiff'S nid^t leiben." S^o^Iein, S^o^Iein rot, jin auf ber eiben! 2)od) ber luilbe in auf ber eiben; etn toef)rte fid^) unb ftacfy, 2lber e berga^ barnac^, SBeim enu^ ba^ Seiben. gioSletn, g^oglein rot, ein auf ber 17. <5octtjc. @tn 2?etld;)en auf ber SBiefe ftanb ebiidt in fid) unb unbefannt: @^ h)ar etn F^erjig'g 93etld^en. 2) a fam eine junge @d)afertn leicfytem (Sd^ritt unb munterm inn, , ba^er, 2)ie 2Biefe ^er, unb fang. 20 2lcr)! benft ba3 SSeild^en, tucir' id^ nur $)ie fd^onfte Slume ber 5iatur, 2ldj, nur etn l(etne SSeild^en, 33i mid^ ba Siebd^en abge^fliicft Unb an bem Sufen matt gebriirft! 25 2tc nur, ad^) nur (Sin s $iertelftiinbrf)en lang! 72 GERMAN READER. 21$, aber acfy! bag -IRabcfyen fam Unb nicfyt in a$t bag SSeilcfyen nafym, (Srtrat bag arme 2$eil$en. Gfg fan! unb ftarb unb freut' ficfy no$: Unb fterb' icfy benn, fo fterb' id^ bocfy 5 2)urdE) fie, bur$ ftc, 3u i^ren gii^en bo$. (Soetfye. 18. >>lUil!lthnu. SBo^ltijaten, ftitt unb rein gegeben, inb Xote, bie im rabe leben, @inb SBIunten, bie im (Sturm beftefyn, 10 <5inb ternlein, bie ni$t unterge^n. >iMtiic. @ toar mal eine enne fein, 25ie legte ftei^ig Gier ; Unb pflegte bann gang ungemein, SSenn fie ein Qi gelegt, ju fd^rei'n, 15 2ltl iccir' im >aufe ^euer. @in alter Xrutfyafyn in bem (Statt, 2)er $ait bom enfen madEite, 2Barb bo3 barob, unb ^natt unb gaH, Strat er jur enn' unb fagte : x cfyrei'n, ^rau ^Rad^barin, it>ar eben nicfyt bonnoten; Unb h>etl e bocfy jum @i nirf)t @o legt bag (Si, unb bamit gut! POETRY. 73 , feib barum gebeten! toifjt nicfyt tt>ie'3 burcfy ben $otof mir gefyt" ,,m!" ftoracfy bie -ftacfybarin unb tfyat JRit einem $ufj bortreten ^^r h)i^t two^I fcfyim, toa^ f>euer SKobe mtt fid^) brtngt, i^r ungejogene^ 6rft leg' i<^ meine (Sier 2)ann recenfier' id^ fie!" or' ic^ brau^en bor bem 10 2Ba auf ber Srucfe flatten? 2a^ ben efang toor unferm D^r ^m @aale toieberfyaflen!" 2)er ^onig fbrad^', ber ^age lief, 2)er ^nabe fam, ber $6nig rief: 15 //Sa^t mir fyerein ben 2tlten!" ,,egru^et feib mir, eble >err'n, egrii^t ifyr, fc^one 2)amen! 2Betc^ reicf>er >immel, , l>ier ift nid)t ftaunenb ju ergotjen." anger briidt' bie Slugen ein Unb fc^Iug in tootten Jonen; 25 v l)ie fitter fcfyauten mutig brein, Unb in ben cfyofj bie Sd^onen. 74 GERMAN READER. $6nig, bem ba3 2ieb gefiel, Siejj ifym, jum Sofyne fiir fein (Spiel, (Sine golbne &ette fyolen. ,,)ie golbne ette gieb mir 2)ie $ette gieb ben bittern, 5 SBor beren fiiF>nem Slngeftcfyt 2)er geinbe Sanjen fplittern; ieb fte bem ^anjler, ben bu tjaft, Unb Ia^ tyn nocfy bie golbne 2aft 3u anbern Saften tragen. 10 h>i fe^r 5BogeI fingt, in ben 3^eigen toofynet; Sieb, bag au ber efyle bringt, 2of>n, ber reicfylid) lotjnet barf id) bitten, bitt' id^) ein^: 15 2afj mir ben beften Skcfyer 2Bein ^n purem olbe reicfyen." it>n an, er tranf i ,,D Xran! bott fu^er 2abe ! D toofyl bem Ijo(f)beglucften 2Bo ba^ ift fleine abe! @rge^)t'g eud^ n)ot>I, fo benft an mid^), Unb banfet ott fo n)arm, al id? ^iir biefen Xrunf euc^ banfe." (Soctljc. POETRY. 75 81. alte Sarbaroffa, unterirb'fdjjen djloffe alt cr toerjaubert fid?. @r ift niemal geftorben, lebt bartn nodi) je$t ; r f>at im at ^inabgenommen 10 )e 9teid)e ^errltd^feit, Unb ftrirb einft toteberfommen >r ju feiner 5Der @tul)l ift elfenbeinern, SDarauf ber ^aifer fi$t; 3)er Stifd; ift marmelfteinern, SBorauf fein aubt er ftii^t. ein 33art ift ntd)t toon ^ a @r ift toon ^euerSglut, Sft burd) ben Xifd) getoadjfen, S03orauf fein ^inn @r nirft al h)ie im Xraume, ein Slug' f>alb offen jtuinft ; Unb je nad) langem Bourne r etnem $naben ipinft. 76 GERMAN READER. @r fbricfyt im <5rf>laf jum naben: ,,efy fyin toorS cfylofc, o 3n>erg, Unb fieb, ob nocfy bie 9taben erfliegen urn ben 23erg." ,,Unb toenn bie alien 9tabcn Wod) fliegen tmmerbar, (So mufc id^ aurf) nod^. fd^Iafen SSerjaubert l?unbert 3 a ^ r '." H ii rf c r t. 2->. $er pilgrim Dor 2t 9iac)t ift'g, unb 6tiirme faufen fiir unb fiir; ^tf^an'fc^e SJlond^e, fcfyltefjt mir auf bie StF)iir! i>ier mic^ ru^n, bi3 locfenton micf) irecft, 2)er gum ebet eud^ in bie $ircfye fcf>redft! Sereitet mir, toa^ eiter au^ bermag, n Drbenfleib unb einen Sarfofcfyag! onnt mir bie fleine 3 e ^ e / hjei^t mid^ ein! 15 aU bie tilfte biefer 2BeIt ioar mein. ba nun ber cfyere fic^ bequemt, mandfjer $rone luarb'^ bebiabcmt. 3)ie rfiulter, bie ber &utte. nun fic^ biicft, at faiferlidjer ermelin gefc^miictt. 9hm bin id bor bem ob ben Unb fall' in Xrummer, h)ie ba alte Platen. POETRY. 77 23. Tic Pettier Don 2&tn3perg. 25er erfte ^ofyenftaufe, ber Rijnig $onrab lag 9Jlit >eeremarf)t toor 2Binperg, feit mancfyem langen 2)er -JBelfe toar gefcfylagen, nocfy toefyrte fief) ba -fteft, 2)ie unberjagten Stdbter, bie fyielten ficfy nod) feft. SDer ^linger f am, ber ^linger ! ba3 ift ein frf)arfer 2)orn ; furf)ten fie bie nabe, nun fanben fie ben 3 orn ^abt mir fyier erfcf)Iagen gar mandE>en 2)egen toert, Unb offnet i^r bie I)ore, fo trifft eud^) bod^) ba3 6d)h)ert." 25 a finb bie SBeiber fommen: ,,Unb mu^ e alfo fein, 10 eiwa^rt un^ freien Slbjug, h)ir finb toon SBlute rein." 25a f?at fid^ toor ben 2trmen be^ elben 3^rn gefii^It, 3)a ^at ein fanft rbarmen im ^erjen er gefiifylt. 2Bei6er mogen abjie^n unb jebe fyabe fret fie toermag ju tragen unb ifyr ba^ Siebfte fei ; 15 Safjt jiefjn mit i^rer 33iirbe fie ungef>inbert fort, ift be ^5nig 3Heinung, ba ift be Unb al ber fritf)e SRorgen im Often faum gegraut, 2)a ^at ein felines @rf>auf^iel im Sager man gefcfyaut. @ offnet leife, leife ficfy ba bebrdngte ^or, @3 fcf>n)an!t ein 3"9 toon 2Beibern mit fd^toerem c^ritt fyertoor. beugt bie 2aft fie nieber, bie auf bent -ftacfen rufyt, @ie tragen it>re Gfy'berrn, ba ift it>r liebfte^ ut. ,,alt an bie argen 2Beiber!" ruft brot>enb mancfcer SSid^t; )er ^anjler fbridfit bebeutfam: ,,3)a3 tear bie SReimmg nid^t. 78 GERMAN READER. >a fyat, toie er'S bernommen, ber fromme err gelacfyt: ,,Unb tear' e3 nicfyt bie "DJteinung, fie fyaben'3 gut gemacfyt; eftorocfyen ift gefbrorfjen, ba3 $5nig3tbort beftefyt llnb jtoar Don feinem $anjler ^erbeutelt unb jerbrefyt." @o tear bag olb ber &rone too^I rein unb unenttoeifyt, 5 3)ie (Sage f cfyaUt ^eriiber, au^ i>albberge^ner 3^- ^m l^afyr elfi)unbert bierjig, h)ie icfy'S berjeid^net fanb, alt ^6niglt)ort nocfy ^eilig im beutfd^en 33aterlanb. ie treu finb beine flatter ! D ^Diagbelein, o SJiagbelein, tt)te falfd^ ift bein emute! 2)u fdn)urft mir reu' in meinem liicf, 5iun arm id) bin, gefyft bu jurucf. 15 D 3JlagbeIein, o ^Hdgbelein, h)ie falfd^ ift bein emiite! 3)ie ^acf^tigatl, bie ^Rad^tigaff, nafymft bu bir jum (5ie bleibt fo lang ber <2ommer lac^t, ^m ^erbft fie ficfy toon bannen mafyt, :l5ie -ftacfytigatt, bie SZarfjtigaH, naf)mft bu bir jum (Sjembel! 23acfy im ^al, ber 33ac^ im Zfyal, ift beiner galfc^b^eit biegel ! @r ftromt affein, toenn 9tegen fUe^t, SBei urr' er balb ben Duett berfrfrtiefjt. 33adf) im Xb^al, ber 33adE) im ^al, ift beiner ^alfcfyfKit Spiegel ! P o I f s I i e &. POETRY. 79 25. .fuMiiilirfK Vtclic. $ein $euer, feine ^ofyle fann brennen fo fyeifj, 2llg fyeimlicfye Siebe toon ber niemanb nicfytg toeijj. $eine 9tofe, feine 9telfe fann bliifyen fo fcfyon, 3lt toenn jn>ei berliebte eelen bei einanber tfyun fte^en. SBie'g SBalbtooglein fingt, toenn'^ ber ^rii^Iing antoefyt, @o bringt mir ing erje beine lieblid^e 3teb'. 3h)ei terntein am ^immel, jtuei Moslem im SJlein erj unb bag beine finb bom felbigen cfylag. bu mir einen (Spiegel ing ere ^inein, 10 2)amit bu fannft fefjen, toie fo treu ic^ e mein'. llnb ber Spiegel luirb'g toeifen: eg ift nid^tg barin, Sllg Siebe unb 3;reue unb efyrlicfyer inn. Polfslicb. 26. StcbcStrcuc. ^erjc^en, mein d^ci^en, bift taufenbmal mein, Sajj bir fein'n anbern nicfyt lieber fein, 15 ^ommt bir gleicfy einer, ift frfioner alg ic^, , mein c^d^en, gebenfe an mic^. $Rofe fo Iteblicfy rierftcn fann n)enn jn>ei Sieberl beifammen ftaF>n; in ^euer unb lut brennt nicfyt fo ^ei^, Stlg fyeimlidJK Siebe, bie niemanb nidf)t toetfj. 80 GERMAN READER. fann fie in feinen $aften toerfperren, Siebfyaben in fyren lann niemanb toertoefyren. Unb toenn ber >immel toar' papier, Unb jeber 6tern fdnnt' fcfyreiben fyier, llnb fcfyreiben bie ;ftacfyt, bi toieber am Stag, (Sie fc^reiben bie 2ieb' fein @nbe, id^> fag'. 2>rum reb' \fy e frei, unb bleibe babet, ireue Siebe ba^ befte fei. . iif bit Dolfsltcb. mir'n 9Jldb4)en f)iibfc^ unb fein x t' bit bic^! 10 6 fann h>ol)l falfc^ unb freunblia) fein, flt' bu bicf>! iit' bu bic^! SBertrau' i^r nicfyt, fie narret bid^. @ie fyat jh>ei Ituglein, bie fmb braun, ut' bu bidf)! 15 r nic^t, fie narret bicfy. en ^iingling lodEet it>r 3fl"6erfdE)etn / t bie fyoffenbe (Seele nid^>t. 5 dj i 1 1 e r. 30. 3lwf bcr itbcrfalirt. Uber biefen (Strom, i>or ^aijren, S3in id) eintnal fd;on gefai>ren; 20 ier bie 33urg im ^benbfrfjimmer, 3)ruben raufcftt bag 2Bei>r, h)ie immer. Unb toon biefem $afyn umfcfIoffen Saren mit mir jtoeen enoffen, POETRY. 21$ ! ein $reunb, *in toaterg(ei$er, Unb ein junger, fyoffnungsrei$er. hnrfte ftitf fyienieben, Unb fo ift er au$ gef$ieben; Siefer, braufenb toor un often, Sft in $ampf unb turm gefaffen. @o, toenn i$ Uergang'ner liicflicfyer, 511 benfen h)age, 9Ku^ icfy ftetl enofjen miffen, Xeure, bte ber 5tob entrifjen. 2)o$ toa affe ^reunbf$aft binbet Sft toenn eift ju eift fi$ finbet; eiftig toaren jene tunben, eiftern bin irf> no$ berbunben. ftimm nur, ^d^rmann, nimm bie -JRiete, 3)ie i$ gerne breifa$ biete! 3toeen, bie mit mir iiberfufyren, SBaren geiftige 3Raturen. 31. bu toon bem immel bift, Seib unb d^merjen ftitteft, ber bopfcelt elenb ift, mit Grquicfung fiitteft, i$ bin beg StreibenS miibe! fott att ber @$merj unb Suft? (Silver griebe, a$, tomm in meine SBruft! (Soctlje. 84 GERMAN READER. liber affcn ibfeln 3ft 9hi&, 3n alien SBibfeln biireft bu $aum einen aud>; 2)ie SBogelein fcfytoeigen im SBalbe. SBarte nur, balbe bu aucfy. 32. $ic Wnffcrrofc. 35ie ftitte 9Bafferrofe tetgt au^ bem blauen (See, 2)te Sldtter ftimmern unb ift lt)ei| loie 2)a gte^t ber ?ERonb bom 2ltt feinen golbnen c^ein, ie^t atte feine 6tra^>Ien ^n ifyren cf)o^ ^inein. ^m SSaffer urn bie ^retfet etn toetjjer @r ftngt fo fufj, fo leife Unb fcf>aut bie 33Iume an. @r fingt fo fit^, fo leife Unb hud im ingen berge^n D Slume, h)ei^e 33Iume r bu ba^ 2ieb berfte^n? (Soettfe. 15 <5cibcl. POETRY. 85 33. 5tt bet nd)t. 2Bie rafft' id? mid) auf in ber ^ad)t, in ber Unb fiifylte mid) fitrber gejogen, 2)ie affen berliefj id), bom 2Bad;ter ben)ad)t, $)urd)tt>anbelte facfyt 3n ber 9?a^t, in ber SKacfyt mit bent gotifd^en 33ogen. 2)er SRiifylbadj raiifd^te burd^> felftgen $dj le^nte mic^ itber bie Srurfe, 3:ief unter mir nat>m id? ber 2Bogen in ad;t, >ie h)afften fo fad)t 3n ber ^ad;t, in ber 3?ad?t; tttattte nid)t eine juriicfe. @ bre^te fid) oben, unjafylig entfad)t, 3)ielobifd^er 2BanbeI ber (Sterne, 15 9Jiit if>nen ber 2Ronb in beru^igter ^Brad)t; @ie funfelten farf)t ^n ber 9?ad;t, in ber 9tod)t, 2)urd) tdufd)enb entlegene ^erne. ^d) blirfte fjinauf in ber 9?ad)t, in ber ^d) blidfe I|inunter auf 9?eue: D it>e^e, luie fyaft bu bie 3Tage berbrad)t x ftitte bu fad;t ber Rad&t, in ber 9?arf)t, bie 9teue! platen. 86 GERMAN READER. 34. 2)em cfynee, bent fflegen, 2Binb entgegen, 3m Sampf ber 'flliifte, 3?ebelbitfte, jit! ^mmer ju! DI>ne SRaft unb Sieber burd^) Seiben ' icf) mid) fcfylagen, fo totel' 3-rcuben 2eben3 ertragen. Sid), tme fo eigen c^affet ba d^ SSte fott id? flietyen? toergebenS! be 2eben, lucf oljne SRu^, Siebe, bift bu ! 35. (vriiiiicvunn. SEittft bu immer iueitcr fd^h)eifen? iefy, ba^ ute liegt fo naty. Seme nur bag liirf ergreifen; 2)enn bag Iii(f ift immer ba. J0 15 (Soetfje. (Soetfje. POETRY. 87 36. Tic 2tinllfal)rt uarfi 1. $m genfter ftanb bie SRutter, ^m Sette lag ber oljm, ,,2Bittft bu nictyt aufftefyn, 3u fcfyaun bie ^rojeffion?" ^ bin fo Iranf, o Gutter, 2)a^ ic^ nicfyt !^or' unb fei)' ; $cfy benf an ba^ tote retcfyen, SDa fyut bag erj mir ' auf, loir tootten 3ud^ unb 2)ie Gutter otte fyeilt bir franle^ er^e ganj." flattern bie fingt im ift 511 ^oln am 2) a gel?t bie ^Srojeffion. 2. $>ie 3Ruttcr folgt ber 3ftenge, 2)en @o^n, ben fii^ret fte, 3 gebtlbete lieber, Jnde^ferne ^u^' unb dnb'. Unb toer eine 3&acfyfyanb o^fert, 2)em i>eilt an ber anb bie 2Bunb' Unb toer einen 2Sacf)fu^ o^fert, 2)em toirb ber gu^ gejunb. ^eblaar ging manrfter auf 2)er je^to tanjt auf bem eil, ar manner f^ielt je|t bie Sratfd^e, bort fein finger h)ar ^eif. 2)ie Gutter na^m ein SSac^^Iitt^t, Unb btlbete brau ein erj, W 33ringt bag ber Gutter otte, 2)ann ^eilt fte beinen $>er <5oi>n nai>m feufjenb ba ing feufjenb jum ^eiligenbilb ; 20 2)ie 2;t>rane quittt au3 bem Huge, 2Bort au3 bem erjen quittt: ocf>gebenebeite, reine otte^magb, $6nigin be^ ^immeU, 25 fei mein etb geflagt! POETRY. 89 $cfy toofmte mit meiner Gutter $u Gotten in ber (Stabt, SDer tabt, bie toiele fyunbert unb $ird)en fyat. Unb neben un toofynte retcfyen, 35oc^ fie ift tot jetjunb SRarte, bir bring' irf> etn bu meine bu mein franfel iuitt aud^) fptit unb friif> lirf) beten unb fingen: elobt fei'ft bu, Cartel" 3. er franfe 6ot>n unb bie SRutter, @ie fd^Iiefen im $ammerlein ; 2)a lam bie Gutter otte^ anj leife gefcfyritten ^erein. @ie beugte fic^ iiber ben Unb legte ifyre anb anj leife auf fein erje, Unb IddE)eIte milb unb fdjtoanb. 2)ie Gutter frf>aut atle im Straumc Unb ^at norf) met>r gefd^aut; @ie ertDac^te au bem @cf) 2)ie unbe bellten fo laut. 90 GERMAN READER. $a lag bal)ingeftrec!et >f>r ofyn, unb ber toar tot; @3 fpielt auf ben bletcfyen SBangen licfyte -Btorgenrot. SDie Gutter faltet bie dnbe, Sfyr h)ar, fie h)u^te ntcfyt iote; 2lnbad)tig fang fie leife: W 0feli>bt fei'ft bu, 37. Tic a\>nd)t ant @ brauft em 3tuf itne SBte d^toertgefUrr unb 2Bogenpratf : 3um 9t^etn, gum Styein,, gum beutfrf)en 2Ber toitt be (Stromeg uter fein? Sieb SSaterlanb, magft rul^tg fein, $eft ftef>t unb treu bte 2SadE)t am ?etne. ^unberttaufenb judft e fd^neff, 15 Unb after 2htgen bli^en f>ett: 2)er beutfcfye Bungling, fromm unb ftarf, SBefcfyirmt bie ^eil'ge Sanbe^marf. Sieb SSaterlanb, magft ruf)ig fein, geft ftcfyt unb treu bie 2Sad^t am Styein. ao @r blidt fyinauf in immelau'n, 2Bo elbengeifter nieberfcfyau'n, Unb fc^tDort mit ftoljer ampfe3luft : 2)u, S^^ein, bleibft beutfd() n)ie meine Sruft! POETRY. 91 ieb SBaterlanb, magft rufyig fein, $eft ftefyt unb treu bie 2Bacfyt am Unb 06 mein >er$ im obe bricfyt, SBirft bu bo$ brum ein 2Belfcfyer nicfyt; 9teid^, une an Staffer beine $lut, 3ft X>eutfc^tanb ja an elbenblut. Sieb SSaterlanb, magft rufytg fein x ^eft fte^t unb treu bie 2Bacf>t am lang ein ^ro^fen 33Iut nod) gliifyt, eine $auft ben egen jie^t, Unb nod) ein 2trm bie Siic^fe fpannt, Setritt lein 2BeIfd^er beinen tranb. Sieb SSaterlanb, magft ru^ig fein, $eft fte^t unb treu bie 2Bad?t am 9i^ein. 15 >er 6d;ttur erfd^attt, bie 2Boge rinnt, SDie ^ai?nen flattern ^od^) im 2Binb: 3um St^ein, jum Styetn, jum beutfc^en SBir atte n)otten fitter fein. 2ieb SSaterlanb, magft rutjig fein, 20 geft fte^t unb treu bie 28a$t am 9ft^ein. S^nerfcnburgcr. 38. $etttfcf)l(tnb iilu-r SDeutfrf>Ianb, 2)eutfrf)Ianb ttber liber atte^ in ber 2Belt, SBenn e^ ftet^ jum 6cf>u^ unb SBriiberlic^ jufammenfyalt, 25 SSon ber 9Jlaa^ big an bie Kernel, ber tfc bi an ben 33elt: 02 GERMAN READER. ^Deutfdjlanb, 2)eutfdf)Ianb iiber atteS, tiber atteS. in ber 2BeIt 1 2)eutfrf)e $rauen, beutfcfye reue, 2)eutfc^er 2Bein unb beutfcfyer @ang offen in ber 2Belt befyalten $fyren alien fcfyonen ^lang, Unb ju ebler fyat begeiftern Unfer ganged 2eben lang 2)eutfd)e ^rauen, beutfd^e Streue, 2Sein unb beutfc^er Sang! 10 inigfeit unb Sted^t unb gmfyd* ir ba beutfd^e SSaterlanb, n atte ftreben mit erj unb >anb! inigfeit unb S^ed^t unb $reifyett inb beg lurfeg Unterpfanb im lanje biefeS lucfeg, beutfd>eg SSaterlanb! Hoffmann von ^allcrslcben. 15 39. eil bir im iegerfranj, ^errfd^er be 5BaterIanb^, eil, ^aifer, bir. gu^I' in be$ X(>rone lanj 25ie ^o^e SBonne ganj: Siebling be3 3SoIf ju fein! bir! unb Stetfige id^ern bie fteile 6fy', 2So giirften ftef>n; Siebe be SBaterlanbS, Siebe be^ freien 3JlannS riinbet be im 25 POETRY. 93 eilige $Iamme, gliil)', anblung unb -KMffenfcfyaft, lufy unb erlofcfye me ebe nut 9Jiut unb raft SSaterlanb! ^fyr >aut empor! 2Bir affe ftefyen bann rieger; unb elbentf>at 5 STCuttg fiir einen 9J?ann, ^tnbe tfyr Sorbeerblatt unb bluten gern reit aufgefo6en bort on unb Steid^. 2ln beinem I)ron! 6ei, unfer 5laifer, F^i Sang betne<3 gfi^P in be 2)ie ^>of)e 2Bonne ganj: Stebltng be SSoIfg ju fein! i(, ^aifer, bir! Carries. 40. in* fcftc itrg if* unfcr ott. Deus noster refugium et virtus, etc. 15 @tn' fefte Surg ift unfer ott, @in' gute 2Bet>r unb SSaffen. @r ^)ilft ung frei au offer 5Dte un jetjt ^at betroffen! alt', bofe ^einb, @rnft er' je^t meint, ' 3Rad^t unb toiel Sift ein' graufam' Stiiftung ift, 2(uf @rb' ift nicbt fe unfrer 9Had^t ift nidjtS getf>an; 25 2Bir finb gar balb uerloren. 94 GERMAN READER. @3 ftreit't fiir un< ber recite $>en ott bat felbft erforen. ftragft bu, toer ber tft? @r tyeifjt 3efu thrift, llnb tft fein anbrer ott; ^e-Ib mitjj er be^alten. Unb Joenn bie SSelt boff Steufel Unb toottt' un^ gar berfdbltngen, @o fiird^ten h)ir un nid^t fo fe^r; w Q$ foff un3 bod^ gelingen. 2)er gurft biefer 2BeIt, 2Bie fauer er fid;) ftettt, er un bod) nid)t ! mad)t, er tft gericfyt't, 15 Sin SBortlein fann tbn fatten. 2Bort fie fotten laffen fta{)n Unb fetn'n 2)anf baju F)aben! Gr ift bei un h>ot>I auf bent ^jSIan, 9Jiit feinem etft unb aben. 20 5?ef)nten fte ben Seib, ut, Gi>r', inb unb 2Beib: bafyin! fein eh)inn; mu^ un bod) bleiben. 25 Cutler. HISTORICAL SELECTIONS. 1. ttniicr Knrl ber Wroiio. ber rofje, ein @ol)n piping, toar toon ftarfem, boffem 2Bud?fe, mafc fieben feiner $uf}langen unb befajj eine aujjer; orbentlirfje tarfe. (Sinen tooflig gefyarnifcfyten 9Jtann fonnte er in bie o^e fyeben unb eine 3eitlang fd)toebenb fyalten. 5 2)ie eftalt ^arl^ iuar toon ^o^er 2Burbe. Seine gro^en, ^etten Slugen blicften fanft unb h)oi>lh)ollenb ; aber toenn er jtirnte, gIidE>en fie $euerflammen. (Sine gerablaufenbe ^Kafe, gefunbe eficfytaar jierien fein au^t. 9?ur an grofjen ^eften, ober toenn er 10 efanbte empfing, trug er einen golbburcbtoirften d^u^e mit Gbelfteinen, eine loftUc^e ^rone auf bem >a unb ein mit Sbelfteinen befe^teS Sc^hjert an ber Seite. too^nlic^) aber unterfrfjieb er fic^) am ioenigften in ber bung bon bem Slrmften im 3Solfe ; am liebften ging er in 15 $(eibern, bie it>m feine ocfyter getttoben fatten. 3(uglanbifrf)e Ria^t fyafjte er. (Sinft na{>m er biele feine^ efolge^, bie fi^ in auSlanbifdje, foftbare toffe gefleibet, im fyeftigften turmtoetter mit auf bie 3 a 9^/ un ^ fii^rte fie abficbtlirf) burd^ 2)idf unb 2)unn, burd) ^oraft unb Sorngeftriipp, fo bafj 20 iiberatt an ben 2)ornen ^ e ^ en bon ^ ren ^leibern fytingen blieben, unb bie ^erren felbft bi0 auf bie aut burcfytoeicfyt tourben. 3tl fie in^ cfylojj juriicfgefe^rt n>aren, mu^ten fte ficfy mit bem ^aifer aucf) nod) an bie Jafel fe^en, too fie gar flaglid; au^fa^en unb ifyre ^leiber Dottcnb^ berbarben. 96 GERMAN READER. 23ei ifd) fyatte er ben Sraud) eingefiibrt, au3 guten 33ib dfyern toorlefen ju laffen. Gr rebete mefyrere (Storadfyen mit grower ^totifltot/ Bonnie fdfyreiben, toa bamal etioaS fefyr 28icfytige tear, bidjtete $ird>engefcinge, unb fammelte bie alten $elbenlieber beg beutfdcn SBolfeS. 5 6r ftc^erte, ertoetterte unb orbnete feine Sanber, bie ftcfy bom Gbro (in panien) bi jur 3taab (in Ungarn), toon ber ber (in $)anemarf) bi^ jur Xiber (in ^talien) au^^ be^nten. ^m ganjen macfyte er jh^eiunbtoierjig ^elbjiige. 6r jog mit faft unbegreiflirf)er (Sdfjnelltgfeit toom 9tt)ein bi 10. an ben ^Bo, bom ^Bo jur 9Befer, toon ba jum G6ro 7 toom bro jur Gibe unb toon ba tolo^licfy n)ieber jur SDonau. 9Jiit loenigen 2(unaf>men loar er itberatt ftegreirf>. 2tm fd^>ltoerften itoar ber ^rieg fiir if>n gegen bie fycibnifcfyen ad^fen, Jbeld^e bie renjen be^ 2anbe unfirf>er marten. 6r[t na^> einem 15 brei unb breifcigjdfyrigen ^rieg brad^te er fie farnt ibjem mdditigen ^iirften SKitteftnb jur Untericerfung unb jur 2tn= nai)me be 6f>riftentum. ^reilicfy toaren fie bamit nofy nicfyt ju h)irfli(^>en G^riften gemac(it; aber e^ lonnte je^t bod; ber (Same be Gb^riftentuml ungeftort auegeftreut njerben unter 20 gro^em Sifer fudE)te er ber rf>riftlirf)en ^ircf>e in feinem 9teid;e aufjub^elfen. ^aft auf alien Steidistagen, bie er b^ielt, tear aurf; toon ben 2(ngelegenf)eiten ber $ird?e bie 3ftebe. Uberbieg toeranftaltete er befonbere 3 u f^ mmen ^ un f^ bev eift= 25 licfyfeit (^noben ober ^ird^entoerfammlungen), auf benen tt)id;tige 33efd)Iiiffe iiber bie 33ilbung unb Seauffidbtigung ber eiftlicfyen, fottoie bie llnteribeifung be^ 33olfe3 gefa^t Jourben. Gr ^atte felbft tiefe Gfyrfurdjt toor bem 2Borte otte. 2)ie ^ird;e befud^te er friify unb nad^mittagg, oft aud; be^ 30 HISTORICAL SELECTIONS. 97 2Ibenb. Gr forgte, bafj bie emetnben tiid)tige Gkiftltcfye unb Sifcfyofe belamen. Gr liefj eine Sammlung toon SSor^ tragen alterer $ird)enlefyrer toeranftalten unb in3 ;eutfd)e iiberfe^en, batnit biefelben bem SSolfe toon ben eiftlidfyen 5 borgelefen toiirben. itd;tige, Ienntni3reid)e banner jog er an feinen of. @o berief er einen fefyr gele^rten S'ionrf), ^amen Stlfutn, 511 ficfy unb mad^te i^n jum Setter feiner eigenen ^inber. in guter Unterricfyt fiir feine $tnber lag i^m urn fo mefyr 10 am erjen, al er felbft in feiner ^ugenb ganj toernacf)Idffigt h)ar. elbft ba atte be^^alb immer eine cfyreibtafel unter feinem ^otof^ fiffen, bamit er in mii^igen tunben feine fcf)h)ertgeh)ot>nte anb im Scfyreiben iiben lonnte. 15 2)enfelben Gifer, ben ^arl fiir feine eigene unb feiner $inber 33ilbung jeigte, bett>ie er auc^ fiir bie SUbung ber ^ugenb iiberbaupt. Gr errid;tete am ofe eine (Srfwle all SJJufter fiir bie iibrigen im 2anbe, in njelc^e afle feine Wiener, fjot)e unb niebere, ifyre ie gefrftirften mu^ten atte auf feine redjte, 25 bie ungefrf>icEten auf feine linfe eite treten, unb ba fanb c3 fttt^), baji bie le^teren meift bie abt tfyr ntd^tg ute ju ^offen, toenn i^r eure ^aul^eit ntc^t burcfy etfrigen ^let^ tt>ieber gut mactyt!" 2(ud9 ber SSerbefferung be efangeS h)ibmete ^arl feine 3lufmerf[am!eit. Gr ftellte jtoet gute anger au3 ^talien an, 10 bon benen efanglefyrer unb 3Sorfanger fiir rfwlen unb ^ird^en gebilbet ioerben fottten. 3 u ^ em h)urbe ba Drgel= ftnelen gelet>rt, nad^bem ^arl bie erfte Drgel au ^onftan= tino))el erfyalten i>atte. 2lber bie ^lum^en ^ranfen ftettten fic^ eben fo imgefcfncft jum (Singen h)ie gum (Spielen an. 15 3ur ^ebung be 3Serfe^)rg gebarf)te ^arl bie SDonau unb ben 3Jlain burc^ einen $anal ju berbinben. 2)ie 2lufiifyrung biefe ^J31ane ift aber erft in unfern 2^agen gelungen. @3 ift fe^r anjiefjenb, einen grofjen 5Rann aud^ in feinen geringen 23efrf)tiftigungen ju betrad;ten. 9Jiit bemfelben @ifer 20 fiit>rte ^arl >eere an, ^ielt @rf>ul^rufungen ab, erfann e= fe^e fiir gro^e SSoIfer unb lernte gried^ifd^e 2Borter. 2Benn er auf feine liter lam, liefj er fid^) bie 9tecfynitng3bucf>er bors legen, in ioeld^e atte3 bi^ auf bie 3lnjaM ber Gier eingetra* gen fein mitfjte, iiberjai)Ite inna^me unb Stu^gabe, recfynete 25 feinen SSeriualtern narf) unb macfyte 33auanfcf)Idge. ^m brei unb breifjigften ^a^re feiner Stegierung tourbe er jum romifc^en ^aifer gefront. 2)er ^Sa^ft 2eo III. fy'atte il>n jum Scbut)errn angenommcn. ^m ^ai)re 800 tuar ^arl ju too er bie geftb'rte Drbnung n)ieberf>ergefteUt unb ben 30 HISTORICAL SELECTIONS. 99 $apft in feiner SBurbe befeftigt fyatte. $m 28eimad;tfefte biefeS ^a^reg, ate $arl in ber ^etersfircfye bem od>altar betenb gegeniiber fniete, ging plotjlid) eo auf ifm 511, fetjte il)m eine $rone auf >aupt, unb bie &iral)re 1806, alfo iiber ein ^afyrtaufenb, ben beutfd^en ^aifern, tuenn fie fid? in Ironen liejjen, berblieben. tu^m tuar fcfyon bei feinen 2ebjeiten burrf> gang uropa unb bi in bie anbern bamal befannten 28eltteile 15 gebrungen. 23cm affen eiten erfyielt er 3 e i^ en ^ e ^ 2ld)tung. ftur ein etoaltiger ad^tete il>n, ben attentfyalben geei)rten ^aifer, nid)t ber 5ob. ^m ^anuar be ^a^re 814 iwurbe ^arl toon einem fyeftigen gieber ergriffen. (Seiner eh)D^n= f^eit nad^ toottte er fid) burd^) ^aften l^elfen; aber e h)ar 20 umfonft. Sim 28. ^anuar be genannten $afyre<3 befall er ju Slacken at3 ein jtoei unb ftebenjigjd^riger reieiligen ^reuje auf bem aupte, bie golbene plgertafd^e um bie ilfte, tuurbe er, fi^enb auf einem golbenen (2tui)Ie, in bie ritft ber Don i^m geftifteten SRarienfirc^e ju 2fac^en I)inabgelaffen. Nod) lange nac^ feinem SEobe lebte ber 9fiame be^ gro^en 30 $arl in ben agen unb 2iebern be 33olfe^ fort. iiittringfyaus. IOO GERMAN READER. 2. $er erfte Jtreiijjug. $u @nbe be elften !3 a bjbunbert3 erfcfyott im ganjen Drifts lichen Stbenblanbe bie $unbe: 2)a fyeilige rab, toorin ber 2eib Gfyrifti lag, ift in ber etoalt ber iirlen, be3 toilben, rauberifcfyen 33olfe, toelcfyed an -JRofyamtneb glaubt, bte frommen 28attfafyrer berfolgt unb morbet unb ^etligtiimer fcfyanbet! Unb e fam ein ^tlger au bem gelobten Sanbe juriicf, ^etru toon 3lmien, genannt ber Ginftebler, ber h?ar fo ^ager h)ie ber leibb^aftige ob, aber feine 3(ugen ten au tiefen of>Ien tuie ^euerftammen. 2(uf etnem jog er burcfy bte Scinber ber Gbjtftenfyeit, in ber einen anb 10 ba Silb be gefreujigten >etlanb3 unb in ber anbern einen 33rief bom ^atriarrf)en ^erufalemg an atte ^iirften be^ SlbenblanbeS, bafj fte au^jogen, urn ba fyeilige rab au ber en)alt ber iir!en gu befreien. 2Bo ^SetritS bon 2tmien t)infam, ))rebigte er mit lauter timme bie Seiben ber G^rifs 15 ten tm gelobten Sanbe unb f^rac^): ,,Gfyri|tu, ber err ift mir erfcfrienen unb I>at ju mir gerebet: ,,,,2Bofy(an / ^3etru^, ric^te au, toaS bu begannft, unb i^ toerbe mit bir fein, benn bie (Stunbe ift gefommen, ba^ mein ^empel gereinigt h)erbe. /y " 9) a iibermannte atte ^erjen ein mdd^tiger SDrang. 20 unb alt, 2Rann unb 3Beib, reic^ unb arm, 2lbel unb ftanben auf, um in gelobte 2anb $u jieb^en, jum ^riege gegen bie Unglciubigen. ^n einer gro^en ^ircfyentoerfammlung ju Glermont forberte ber ^apft Urbanu II. mit begeiftcrter 9iebe bag 9>olf jur SBefreiung 25 be b^eiligen rabe auf. Unb eg fyorcfyte, b^ingeriffen in Sfyranen unb Seufjern, unb rief n)ie aug einem 3)iunbe : ,,ott toitt'g! ott toia'g!" 3)a tyeftete ftc^ jeber ein HISTORICAL SELECTIONS. IOI auf bie recfyte d^ulter unb macbte fid) jut friegerifcfyen SBatffafyrt bereit, toelcfye babon ber ,,^reujjug" fyiejj. 2)a fcfyenfte manner reicfye err aff fein >ab' unb ut an ir= cfyen unb Softer unb toottte fein Gigentum tnefyr fyaben, al3 5 ba (Scfytoert ju Gfyrtftt @f>ren. 9iiemanb bad^te mefyr an au, of unb SBaterlanb, Item unb ^inber, fonbern nur an feme SJtorgenlanb. 3lUmd^Iid^ burcfybrang jene religiofe SBegeifterung audp bie beutfcfyen ^erjen unb jugleid^ erftmcfyte in i^nen ber ^rieb 10 nacfy fii^nen 2(benteuern. 2)a fcfyarte fid^ im ^aF>re 1096 ein jafylreicfyeS eer toon ^reujfa^rern, toofyl geriiftet unb in guter .Sucfyt, ringl urn ben frommen ottfrieb toon Souitton, toon ^ieberlotf)ringen ; mit i^m jogen biele tapfere fo ba^ faft eine fyalbe Million 9)ienfc^en in >elm unb 28af= 15 fen ftanb. Sie erreic^tten gliidilic^ ^leinafien, unb famen nacfy S^ a un ^ a S a / a ^ er Seud^en, unger unb ba (Sd^toert ber 5Ciirfen fatten ifyre 9tei^en fo gelic^tet, ba^ tfyrer nur nod^ einunbjtDanjig taufenb am Seben toaren. 2)ennod^ eroberten fie bie feften Stabte Gbeffa unb 2lntio= 20 dfjien, jogen toeiter gen SRittag unb erbltdften nadj bielen e= fa^ren enblic^) Don einem Serge fyerab bie 3* nnen 3 eru f a ^ em ^- 3)a ftiirjten fie auf ben 33oben, fii^ten bie Grbe unb toeinten bor ^reuben. lein h)ar il)re 3 a ^/ a ^ er kit &raft beg Iauben berbo))^ette ifyren 9Jlut unb begeifterte fie, atte ju 25 h)agen; ioeber bie feften Siirme unb ragenben 3hm en > Don benen bie bli^enben efcfyoffe ber ^tiirfen nieberjifd^ten, nod^ ber SRangel an ecrgerat, nocl^ >unger unb 2)urft fc^recften fie. ,,3wn (Sturm ! jum (Sturm \" riefen fie bott Ungebulb, unb mit furrfitbarem Ungeftiirn tobten fie toiber bie 3Kauern. 30 v Dcit gleic^er ^abferfeit berteibigten fid; jebod) bie 2:ur!en; ba IO2 GERMAN READER. regnete eg ^feile unb ^lammcn auf bie &6fcfe fyerab. Slug bielen 3Bunben blutenb, bon ^lammcn umberft, forf>ten fie fort. 2&ob,l ftnft b,ie unb ba fcfyon ein tatoferer elb toor Grmattung bjn. $)a jeigt fidj plo^Iit^ auf bem >lberge etn bofyer fitter in fcfyneetoeifjer, leucb.tenber ^iiftung, ber toinft 5 ifynen nacb/ ber ^eiligen <3tabt fjtn. ,,6in (Efterub mit f(am= mcnbem <5<^tt)ert, ben un^ ott jum 9)iitftreiter gefanbt!" rtefen fie begeiftert, unb jaudjjenb fprangen fie abermalS gegen bie 9Jiauern fyeran. 9Zun tft fein alt mefyr Dor if>nen; bor ii)rem 2(ntoratt geben bie ^t^ore in Drummer, ottfrieb Don 10 33ouitton fliegt h)ie etn 3lbler bie $i nnen b.inan unb bfTanjt bie ^ireujfafyne auf. (So loarb ^erufalem toon Den (Sfyriften Joteber erobert am 15. ^uni be ^ab,re 1099 n. Gb,r. e= burt. 2)arauf erforen bie ^reujfabrer ib^ren e ^^ rrn / ^ en frommen elben ottfrieb toon ^Bouillon, jum ^ortige bon 15 ^erufalem. @r aber fbrad^) bemiitig: ^^a^ berb^iite ott, baf; icb, eine irbifc^e ^rone trage, too mem >eilanb mit 2)or= nen gefront toorben ift," unb nannte fief) Hofj ^Sdjirmbogt be fyeiligen rabe." 2)a^ biin!te i^m bie fyocfyfte G^re. Duller. 3. Set brittc Mri-u vi unb ^ricbricf) &arbaroffa3 Sob. furje $t\t erfreuten ficb, bie 6f)riften be^ rufyigen 33e= 20 be^ fyeiligen 2anbe. 2)ie ^tiirfen entriffen ibnen ein titdf Sanb nacb, bem anbern unb 1187 fiel fogar ^erufalem in bie dnbe beg ultang alabin bon 3(g^ten. Gin 6rf>rei beg Gntfe^eng burd^brang bei biefer -ftacbricfyt Gurotoa. greife 9totbart, ^aifer griebricf) Sarbaroffa, ergrijf ben 25 up, burd; bie SBefretung toon Gbrifti rab fein tfyateiu reirf;eg 2eben ju fronen; feine Segeifterung teilte fid; $iirften HISTORICAL SELECTIONS. 1 03 iinb SSoIf mit, unb auf einem ^eicfygtage ju -Jftainj, ber ' begfyalb ben -ftamen ^G^rifti Sfcicfygtag" erfn'elt, tourbe tin* miitig befcfyloffen, am St. Gkorgentage beg ndcfyften l^afyreg in Sfegengburg jufammenjufommen unb bon bort ben 3"S in 5 bag fyeilige Sanb anjutreten. SBon fyier aug jog ba^ fyeer unter bem ^aifer unb beffen @o{>n 5 r ' e ^ r ^ au f Sanbtoege iiber Ungarn unb 33ulgarien fort, totifyrenb anbere aufen, borjugltrf; Sacfyfen, ^riefen, ^(anberer unb o((dnber, ben (Seetoeg todi>[ten. 9Jian gelangte frtebltrf) burc^) Ungarn 10 jur grierf)ifd;en renje, aber nun begannen bie Siirfen ber deepen, bie, hne e b,ei$t, burc^ bie ^ropfyejeiung gefrf)recft iwaren, ba^ biefe eer ^onftanttno^el erobern Voerbe. 2Ba^ otme offenen ^am))f get^an toerben fonnte, bag eer ber ^reujfa^rer ju fcfytoadjen, bag t^at ^faaf, ber griedjifdje MS ^aifcr. ^m Ginberfta'nbniffe mit ^ilibifd^ 3(relan, bem <3ul= tan toon ^fonium, lie^ er bie " >eutfc6,en toon be[torf>enen 2Beglwei|ern burc^) bie unfrurfitbarften egenben fii^ren, unb alg nun ^titje, ^unger unb 2)urft bag eer gefcf)toacf)t fatten, ba fab, eg fid) plotjlid) bet ^fonium toon jafyflofen tiirfifd;en 20 S'teiterfc^aren im ^albfreife umjingett. ^n biefer Sage, unb ber befeftigten >auptftabt beg $embeg gegeniiber, gefd;at> bie @d;Iad;t, beren 2tuggang beutfc^e Sta^ferfeit ju ber glorreirf;= ften in ben ganjen ^reujjiigen mad;te. SKa^renb erjog ^rtebrid; ^fonium erfturmte, berteibigte fein greifer SSater bag 25 gager; t)ier unb ba toar bie 9^ieber[age ber 3:iirfen eine attgemeine unb ib,r SSerluft fo grofc, ba^ ^ilibifcf) 2(rglan urn grieben bitten mu^te (14. 2Kai 1190). )er SSeg nacb, <3^rien lag nun offen, unb bag eer be= toegte fief) mit idberfyeit bortodrtg, alg CJefanbte toon Salabin 30 anfamen, bie fiir ifyren errn urn 3" r i c ^ cn baten. So ftanb 104 GERMAN READER. eine frieblicfye -KSieberertoerbung be3 fyeiligen rabe in ficfyt; bocf> e3 foHte anber-l gefcfyefyen. 2)a3 >eer fefcte eben iiber ben $Iujj elebfy; ba ritt $aifer $riebrid), ben feme Ungebulb bortbdrts trieb, an bag Ufer, ftieg bon bem ^ferbe, bent er nicfyt bertraute, unb toarf ficfy fcfytoimmenb in ben 5 (Strom. 33i3 in bie 9Jlitte be^ SSafjer^ fa^ man ifm riiftig fort^mimmen, I>ier toerliejjen ben rei^ aber feine $rd'fte, ba^ SSaffer rt^ i^n mit fid^) fort, unb aB man ifym ju ^ilfe fommen lonnte, tt>ar er bereit^ eine Seiche (16. %\m\ 1190). ^aifer $riebrirf) ift einer ber gro^ten ilaifer, bie je auf 10 bem beutfcfyen Sti)rone gefeffen t>aben. 2)a Nt'id) tear unter if>m ma'cfytig unb bliif>enb, h)ie nie jubor. ^nbem er jebem fein 9terf)t lie^, aber jeben iibergriff mit Strenge juriidtDie^, inbem er fur $urften unb rafen, n)ie fur 33iirger unb S3auern ein unb bafelbe 9ted^t ^atte, umgab er ben faifer= i 5/ lichen Xfyron mit ber ftarfffen Wlafyt, bie e iiber^autot fyt= nieben giebt, mit ber 3td^tung ber SBefferen. 3)a^ macf)te i^n ftarf, fo bajj er ben ^ambf gegen bie ^Bdtofte im ganjen mit liicf burdE)fit^ren fonnte; ba gab ifym eine 9Jiad^t, bor ber einricfy ber 2oh)e mit .aff ben unerme^Iic^en ilf^mitteln, bie 20 er au3 feinen bom 9JiitteImeere bi^ }ur Dftfee au^gebe^nten 23efiungen jiefjen fonnte, n)iberftanbIo^ jufammenbrad^. $aifer ^riebrid^ U>ar bon ^Berfon ftarf unb toofylgebaut, eth>a metjr benn mittlerer rbfce, F>atte einen feften, ftoljen ang, eine mannlic^e timme, unb trug in feiner ganjen 25 a(tung SSiirbe unb ofyeit jur d^iau. eine 3 u 9 e toaren me^r freunblic^ al^ ernft ; fein eficfyt jeid^nete fic^ burcfy eine Ibei^e aut, frf)5ne 3^^ ne un ^ blaue, glan^enbe Stugen au3; bie aare, furj unb fraul, fbielten in ba^ rotlic^e, toofyer ber 5iame Sftotbart fommt. Seine ^leibung toar einfac^, 30 HISTORICAL SELECTIONS. 1 05 feine etooFmfyeiten mdfsig, unb bie trenge, bie er gegen anbere jeigte, tibte er bor atfen 2)ingen gegen fid) felbft. 3u feinen borjiigUd;>ften Gkifteegaben gefyb'rten ein frftarfer burrf>bringenber SSerftanb, tiefe GHnfidfyt in affe SBerfydltniffe 5 be $riege unb bed $rieben3, unb ein ebdd)tni3, ba3 i^>m fetnen, ben er jemal3 gefe^en, bergeffen lie^. 9Zac^ ber $olffage ift ^aifer ^riebric^ nicfyt geftorben, [onbern lebt noc^ fyeutigen ^Tage^ im ^ff^dufer, auf beffen 9tMen einft fein 2ieblingfc^Io ftanb. SDort fi^t ber alte 10 $aifer an etnem fteinernen Stifrfte; ber 33art ift if)m in ber langen 3 e ^ ^ ur ^ ^ en tein geh)ad^)fen; unb fo fcfylummert er fort unb fort, in feinen ^rdiimen ber errlirf)feit be gebenfenb, bie er mit fid) fyinabgenommen I>at in ben )dufer. 2Sann aber einft bie 3d* bottenbet ift, bann 15 nnrb er in neuer ^ugenbfraft ^erborge^en aul bem 3 au ^ er = berge, unb mit if>m tbirb aud) bie alte errlid;feit be 9teid)e toieber ba fein, unb abermate Ibirb freubiger ^ubel ganj 2)eutfd;Ianb burd)tonen, icie bamal ju ^fingften auf bem ^rieben^fefte ju ^Jiainj. 5 1 e g c r. 4. ^tlbcliit tell unb bet <3d)tt>et3crbitnb. (1307.) bem 2:obe 9?ubolf^ bon ab3burg iburbe Slbolf bon 9iaffau jum beutfdjen ^atfer gen)df)It, unb al biefer 1298 in ber d;Iad;t bei 2Borm fiel, er^ielt SRuboIfS @ob,n, 2(Ibred;t, bie ^rone. SSon biefem tear befannt, ba| er nur barauf auSgefye, feine rblanbe ju erhjeitern, unb ioie er bie $reib,eiten ber 25 SSoIfer unb tabte Ibenig ad)te unb fte ju unterbriidfen fud;e. 2)a fiirrf>tete fid; jeber. Unb eg traten jufammen bie ^antone 106 GERMAN READER. bon Uri, @cfytr>b.3 unb Untertoalben (1292) unb befcfyooren w in rtoagung bofer unb gefafyrlicfyer 3eiten, einen etbigen 23unb, fief; unb bie 3$ r t9 en m ^ & a &' unb ut S c S en a ^c unb jebe, toer fie aucf; feien, ju berteibigen unb einanber mit 9tat unb ilfe beijuftefyen." 2)abon tourben fte (Stbgenoffen genannt. 5 2)er ^aifer aber fd^irfte ifynen ju 9teid^t6gten barte unb bofe Seute au fetnem eigenen Sanbe, bie fie briicften unb qualten. @r frf)t(fte ben ^ermann efeler Don Srunnegg unb ben fitter SBeringer toon Sanbenberg. 2)ie tfyaten, h)a nie jubor bie Steid^bogte, unb njottten im 2anbe felbft toobnen. Sanben^ 10 berg jog auf ba tung mi^t>anbelt. 2tl e|Ier Dor be3 tauffad^er^ 15 neuem aufe im SDorfe teinen borbeiritt, fbracf> er fyofynifcf) : ,,^ann man' aucf) bulben, ba| ba 33auernbolf fo fcfyon baue ?" Unb al Strnolb 2(nbert)alben bon 9KeId^tt>aI, im llntertoalbner Sanbe, tbegen geringen $efyler um ein ^aar fc^one Dcfyfen geftraft iuurbe, ri^ Sanbenberg^ $nedfyt bie Deafen bom ^Pfluge 20 h>eg unb fbrac^> : ,,33auern lonnen it>ren ^flug felbft jiefyen." Slber ber junge ^rnolb, ob ber 9tebe ergrimmt, fd^lug ben ^necfyt, ba^ er bemfelben jtoei finger jerbrarf). 2)arum f!oE> er in ebirge. 2)a lie^ ber Sanbenberg ju trafe bem alien SSater be^ 2lmolb beibe 2lugen aufted>en, unb bie 5Bogte 25 unb ifyre efeUen beriibten reuel iiber reuel unb frfialteten tm Sanbe alfo, ba^ fie nid^t nur be 3Solfe^, bon $aifer unb ^onigen berbrtefte ^ec^t mit ^iijjen traten, fonbern felbft ba3 etoige 3tec^t berf;6^nten, ba ott jeglic^em SSKenfc^en, toie fein unbertiuf5erlicf}e3 ut, gegeben ^at. 21U nun in ben 3Mlern 30 HISTORICAL SELECTIONS. IO/ 2)emut hxinte unb >od)mut locate, fbracfy in bem 2)orfe teinen bed 2Berner Stauffacfyerd $rau ju ibrem -Jeanne : ,,2Sie lange mup 2)emut toetnen unb ocfymut lacfyen? 3Soju taugen bie Scanner bed ebirged?" 2)a ging fcfyweigenb ber SBerner 5 tauffadjer fyinab ju bem Drte Srunnen am @ee unb fiifyr iiber bad 2Baffer nad) Uri gum Saltier ^iirft toon 2ltttngfyaufen. 33ei bemfelben fanb er toerborgen ben Slrnolb toon 9KeIc^tt)aI, toelcfyer bor bem rimme be Sanbenberg iiber ba ebirge enth)id(en toar. Unb fie rebeten toon ber 9iot be 2anbe5 unb 10 bem reuel ber au^Ianbi[^en SBogte, bie i^nen ber ^onig, ^utoiber i^ren angeftammten Sftec^ten unb $reifyeiten, gefanbt ^>abe. 2tu^) geba($ten fie, toie fie gegen bie 23ol)eit ber 3Sogte bergeben geflagt bei bem ^onige, unb h)ie btefer felbft ge= bro^et, fie miifjten, tro iegel unb Sriefen alter aifer unb 15 ^ontge, botn 9teirf)e afa unb ber errfrf>aft Dfterreid^^ ju* getoanbt iuerben. 2) a nun ott feinem ^onige etoalt gegeben, auf ba^ er Unred;t tfyue, fo fei feine anbere ilfe, al bura^ ott unb 3Rut! unb ber Xob fei toiel leister, aU fo fa;ma^ Iicfye3 3^ 2)arum bef4)Ioffen fie, jeber fofte in feinem Sanbe 20 mit bertrauten, ^erj^aften 2Rcinnern fbrecfyen unb erforfd^en, iue a e fiir ^rei^eit unb icf)ers fyeit einfe^en h)oHe ? 9iad^) biefer $t\t farnen fie oft in berabrebeten ndd^tlic^en tunben jufammcn an einem fyetmlicfyen Drte am (See. 2)er 25 lag faft mitten inne jtoifcfyen tlri, UnterJualben unb auf einer fcf>malen umbufcfyten SBiefe am ^ u fe e ^ e ^ berge, gegeniiber bem 2)orfcf)en 33runnen. 2)ian i|ie^ i^n, bom auSgerottenten eftriibb, bad ^Hiitli ; ba tbaren fie bon 3)lens fcfyen unb SSo^nungen toeit. Salb bradite jeglic^er fro^e SBot^ 3 o fdmft mit : ,,2((Iem -SSoIfe fei biel Ieid;ter ber 2ob, al bad 108 GERMAN READER. 2U3 fie aber in ber 9Zad)t am 17. 9ioember 1307 jufammen* famen, unb jeber toon ben $)reien mit ftcfo, jur -Diatte auf 9tiitli jefyn treue fyrenmdnner gefiifyrt fyatte, entfdbloffen, bie alte SanbeSfreifyeit iiber atteS, ba Seben fiir ni$t ju arfjten, erfyoben bie frommen 2)rei ifyre anbe gen immel unb fcbtwtren 5 ju ott bent >errn, bor loelrf>em $6nige unb Sauern gleic^ fmb, ,,in Xreue fiir bie 9ted)te be3 unfdmlbigen 3>olfe ju leben unb ju fterben ; atte^ gemeinfcbaftlicfy, nicf)t eigenmdc^ tig ju toagen unb ju tragen ; fein Unrest ju bulben, abcr auc^ fein Unrest ju t^un; be rafen toon ^abeburg 9ierf)t unb Gigentum ju 10 e^ren unb feinem ber $5nigetoogte tible jujufiigen, aber ben JBogten ju n)ef)ren, ba Sanb ju berberben." Unb bie breifjig anberen ftecften bie >a'nbe auf unb tf)aten ben (Sib toie jene, ju ott unb atten eiHgen, ,,bie ^reii>eit mannfyaft ju be= ^au^ten." llnb fie ertotifylten bie 9ieujab,rnarf)t jum 28erfe. 15 2>ann gingen fie auseinanber, jeber in fein St^al, ju feiner unb tttinterte ba SSieb,. 3Sogt ermann efjler h)arb nicf)t hjobl, benn er fyatte cin bofe eh)iffen. Q$ biin!te i^m, al loenn ba 3SoIf mutiger umberginge unb troijiger au^fe^e. 2)arum liep er ben 20 fyerjogli(fyen ut toon Dfterreid? er^o^en auf einer Stange in Uri unb befab,!: 2Ber tooriiber getje, foHe bemfelben Carers bietung ertoeifen. 2)aran tcotte er erfennen, toer toiber Dfters reid^ fei. Unb 2Bilb,elm ^eH, ber Scfyutj au Sitrglen, ging boriiber, 25 einer toon ben 3Jtdnnern auf bem SRu'tli; aber er beugte ficb, nid^t. 2tl^balb fiifjrten fte ibn gefangen jum 3Sogt unb biefer ftoracfy ergrimmt : /; roiger Sd^ii^e, f o ftrafe bio) beine eigene ^unft ! Ginen Stbfel lege icf) auf ba aupt beine^ @6t) nlein^, ben frfu'efce b,erab unb feb,le nicf^t!" Unb fie banben ba Ainb 30 HISTORICAL SELECTIONS. IOQ unb legten auf bag aupt begfelben einen 2fyfel unb fiifyrten ben cfyii^en toeit batoon. Gr jiefte ; ba fcfytoirrte bie 23ogen; fefyne; ba brad) ber $feil ben 2(pfel. 2ttteg SBolf jaucbjte freubig. eftler aber fragte ben cfyti^en: ,,28oju tragft bu 5 nod? ben anbern $feil bei bir?" Q3 anttoortete ber STett: ,,atte ber erfte nicfyt ben 3(pfel getroffen, bann geh)i$ ber anbere bein >erj!" 2)ariiber erfd^raf ber 33ogt unb He| ben gretfen unb auf ein <3c()iff fiifyren nad^ ^ii^nac^t, er felbft ju fa^ren gebad^te. SDenn ben Xett im Sanbe 10 Uri einjuferfern, fc^ien h)egen be SSolfeS nid^t ratfam; t(>n aber in auIanbtfd;e efangenfd^aft ju fcfile^en, tear totber beg anbe 9led()tfame. SDarauf fiirc^tete ber 3Sogt 3 u f ami menlauf be 3SoIfe unb fub,r fcfyleunig ab, hjieiDob,! ber h>arme g'ofyntmnb ungeftiim blie^. 2)er (See gtng ^ob,!, unb bie 15 @cf)iffIeute berjagten. ^e toeiter im (See, befto grower bie obe3not; benn ba fttegen Uferberge jab, au bem 2(bgrunbe be^ eh)d'ffer, toie SJiauern jum immel. ^n fd^toerer 2(ng[t Ite^ e^Ier bem Stett bie ^efjeln abne^men, bamit berfelbe, al guter Differ, ba ^ab^rjeug lenfe. 2tber ber eft lenfte 20 e gegen bie fafyle 2Banb be 3tjenberge, too eine nacfte toenige (Scfyritte ioeit in ben See fyerbortritt. unb prung, ber ett ^inau auf bie ^latte (nocb, je^t XeHg^Iatte genannt), bag cfyiff ^inaul auf ben ee! 25 9tun fletterte ber Grlofte ben 33erg b,inauf unb flob, burcb, ba Sanb d^h)^j. Unb er bacfyte in feinem befiimmerten ^erjen: ,,2Bo(;in entfUeb,en bem 3 orne ^ emalt^errn ? Unb entrtnne icf) aud; feiner SBo^^eit, fo fyat er in ber eimat mein 2Seib unb ^inb jum ^fanbe. Sffiag h)irb nirfit ber ejj= 30 ler gegen bie s Dteimgen toerb.angen, Jocnn Sanbenberg fdjon, I 10 GERMAN READER. urn jtoei gebrocfyener finger feineS $necf>te3 ibitten, bem alten toon 9)Mrf>tf)al beibe 2tugen auSbofyrte? 2Bo ift ber 9ttcfyter= ftufyl, bor ben icfy efcler labe, toenn ber $onig felbft be ganjen 23olfe3 $lage nicfyt mefyr anfydrt ? $ft aber f etn efefc giilttg, unb ift feiner, ber ba ricfytet jlrifd^en mir unb ifym, fo 5 ftefyen tt)tr, bu unb tc^, gefelo3 beibe, unb ^oth)el)r rirf)tet. ott etng toon beiben fatten, unfcfyulbtg SBeib unb ^inb unb 3SaterIanb, ober 33ogt e^Ier, bu, fo fatte bu, unb ^reit)eit ftetge nieber!" (So bad^te ber ett unb flog nttt ^Bfett unb 33ogen gen ^u^narf)t unb fyarrte in ber F>oi)Ien affe bei bem 10 Crte. a fam ber 23ogt, ba fc^)h)irrte bie Sogenfefyne, ba brad^) ber freie ^Bfeil bag erj be^ etoaltfyerrn. 3)a^ ganje 9?olf erfcf)ral freubig, al e^ ben Xob feineS Unterbriicterg berna^m. 2>ie ^at be Sfett berlie^) ^of>ern SJiut, affein noc^) h>ar bie 9?adf>t be3 5Reuja^r nidf)t gefommen. G^ fam 15 bie -ftacfyt. 2)a ging einer ber ^iinglinge, bk auf bem 9tiitli gefrf)n)oren fatten, jur S3urg 9lo^bac^ in Dbertualben ; brinnen fannte er eine 2ftagb. iefe jog ifyn an einem eil I>inauf au bem Surggraben. 2)runten aber ioarteten nocf> jtoanjig anbere ; bie jog ber erfte aucfy i>inauf . SSie atte oben toaren, 20 bemeifterten fie ficfy be 3tmtmann^ unb feiner $necf>te unb ber ganjen SBurg. 3111 e^ ^tag n>ar, ging Sanbenberg au ber loniglic^en 33urg bei m au^ Unter* tualben jtoanjig SRanner entgegen, bracfyten ^ii^ner, ei^en, 25 Sdmmer unb anbere aben jum ^eu)a^r^=efd^enf. $>cr 3Sogt ^ie^ fie freunblic^ in bie SBurg f)ineingef;en. S)a ftiejj unterm Zfyw einer toon ifmen in^ orn. c^nett jogen atte fcfyarfe Gifen Berber, ftedEten biefelben auf ifyre tiibe unb nafymen bie 53urg ein, h)a^renb breifcig anbere ju ilfe famcn 7 30 HISTORICAL SELECTIONS. 1 1 I bie, im GrlengebiifdfK berfterft, geftmrtet fatten. Sanbenberg flob, erfcfyrocfen iiber bie fatten nacf) Sllpnacfy. <3ie aber fins gen tfm unb liefjen Urn unb atf bie einigen Urfefybe fcfytooren, bie SSalbftabte jit meiben eunglicfy. 35ann geftatteten fie iljmen, s abjujiefyen nad? Sujern. $einem hmrbe 2eibe get^an. SRit ben 2euten Don @c^h)^j jog (Stauffacfyljer an ben Sotoerjerfee unb brac^ bie 5Burg @d()h)anau bafelbft ab. 6^ jogen bie Seitte toon Uri ^inauS, unb efclerS ^^^S^f h)iirbe einge? nommen. od^ loberten bie ^reubenfeuer aiif ben 2(Ipen. 10 2)a toar ber ^reif)eit ^ieuja^r (1. ^anuar 1308). 2(m nad^= folgenben onntage famen bie Soten ber brei 2dnber jufam= men unb befdjtooren ben 33unb Jpieber auf jefyn ^a^re, unb ber S3unb bauerte etoiglicfy unb tuurbe oft erneuert, j. S3. nac^> bem Siege bei SRorgarten (1315). Sf^offe, 5. VittlH-r attf bem 9}cid)^tage \n XQovmd. 15 3lm 16. 2tyril 1521, morgeng je^>n ll^r, traf Sutler in 2Borm etn. SSoran ritt ber faiferlid^e erolb. @ine unges t>eure SSolflmenge umtrogte ben 2Bagen. banner unb ^rauen, $inber unb reife jubelten i^m in unermejjlidjer greube ents gegen. @3 h>ar, al ob ein $aifer ober ^onig einjoge. Sutler 20 griijjte freunblid^ nad^ aEen eiten fyn unb betcegte oft bie recite anb, aU nn>Ute er ben urn ifyn braufenben Xumult unb %uhd einbammen unb befcfyttndBtigen. ^n feiner ^erberge trurbe er toon bieten rafen unb erren, bon eiftlicb,en unb SBeltUcben bi tief in bie ^Rac^t befucfyt unb angefprocben. 25 25er 2anbgraf toon effen reid^te ib^m beim SBegge^en bie anb unb fagte: ,,abt t^r Stec^t, err SDoftor, fo ^elfe eud^ ott !" Sd^on am anbern Stage nntrbe er bor bie I 1 2 GERMAN READER. fammlung gefiifyrt. %<\ gab e3 tweber eincn grofjen 3" s fammenlauf. 2(He trafjen ftanben boll -Bienfcfyen, otof an $obf, unb Sutler mufjte, loeil er nicfyt burdi> bag ebrange fommen !onnte, burcfy ^interfyaufer unb arten gefiifyrt toerben. 2(n ber Sfyiir be grojjen aale ftanben mefyrere fitter, bar* 5 unter etn grauer ^rteg^elb, eorg toon ^reunb^berg. 25er Ilo^fte Sutler auf bie coulter unb fpracfy: ,,W6nft jefct einen ang, bcrgletd^en id^ unb manner Dberfter in unfer aUerernfteften c^Iad^torbnung nidpt get^an f>aben. Sift bu aber auf renter -Bteinung unb beiner 10 ad^e gehnjj, fo fa^re in otte -ftamen fort unb fei getroft, ott n)irb bid? nic^t berlaffen." Slnbere riefen if>m troftreid^e SBibeltoorte ju. ^ e ^ bffneten firf> bie aaltfyiiren, unb er trat ein. 2)a t^ronte auf er^obtem i^e ^arl V. in toa^r: i>aft faiferlicfyer ^3rad:)t. 3Sor if>m in jtoei langen Stetben 15 fa^en bie ^urfiirften, erjoge unb rafen be beutfc^en Steid^eS, foh)ie biele 33ifcf)ofe unb anbere geiftlid^e unb melts Ii$e regierenbe ^erren, ber fiinf taufenb iibrigen 3 u ^ rer / ^ \m aale, in ben 2?orjimmern unb Dor ben $enftern ftanben, nicfyt ju gebenfen. 2)ie SlidEe atter toaren ftarr auf ben ein= 20 fad^en, f4)lid?ten 3Jlonc^ gerirf)tet, ber fold^e ^racf)t unb SRacfyt norf> nie gefe^en ^atte. 2lber er jitterte nic^t. 2luf einem Stifle lagen bie Siider, toelcfye er ^atte brurfen laffen. Gr n?urbe gefragt, ob er ifyren ^nfyalt nodE) be^au^te, ober ob er itm ioiberrufen lootte. $>a f4)h)ieg er ein iwenig. ^m aale 25 entftanb eine lebfyafte Setoegung, bie i^>n etiua betreten macfyte unb er bat ficfy eine furje Sebenfjeit- au^; benn, fagte er, biefe ^rage betrifft otte^ 2Bort, ben df)riftlicf)en lauben unb bie etoige eligfeit. 25er ilaifer belotlligte ii>m bier unb jtoanjig tunben. 3)er erolb begleitete tyn in feine cr= 3 HISTORICAL SELECTIONS. 113 berge. 2lm folgenben Sage tourbe er toieber in ben aal gefiifyrt. G ttmr 2(benb unb fcfion brannten bie ^acfeln unb $erjen. Sutler rebete nun aulfiiljrltrf) iiber feine @rf>riften unb toie nacfy, loarum er bet feinem lauben befyarren mitffe; 5 toenn man ifym aber au ber 33ibel betoeifen fonne, bafj er irre, fo tootte er ber erfte fein, ber hnberrufe unb feine SBiic^er tn ^euer h)itrfe. 2)arauf ertoiberte ifym ber ^anjler be ^urfiirften toon Strier, el fotte- ^ier nicfyt bi^^utiert tcerben, fonbern er fotte einfacfy unb furg fagen, ob er toiberrufen 10 h>otte ober nid^t. 5Da f^racf) Sutler mit fefter er brangen in ben aifer, ben eleitbrief jurucfjunefdnen, benn einem ^e^er braucfye man nid^t tuort ju fyalten. 2)a fpradE) ^arl V. bott eblen UntmtfenS: ,,Unb h>enn in ber ganjen SBelt feine reue me^r ju finben ift, fo foU fie bod^> bei einem 25 beutfcf)en ^aifer fein; idf> mag nirf^t erroten, tuie einft <5igi= munb! yiad) Stblauf be eleit^briefe^ h)urbe Sutler ben= nocfy in bie 9ltid)3ad)t er!Idrt. Siittringtjaus. I 14 GERMAN READER. 6. SUbrcrfn Don 28aUcttftctn. iner ber grojjten $elbb,erren beS breifjigjdfu-igen JlriegeS toar Hlbrecfyt toon SBattenftein, ein fyagerer, ftoljer, finfterer 3Jiann mit fcfytoarjem furjem aar unb tiefliegenben feurigen 2lugen. @r ftammte au einer angefefyenen ^roteftanttfc^en ^amilie So^meng, tuar aber fcfion al 3 iin 9^ n 9 5 ur ^irdE)e ilbergetreten. 6r befa^ gldnjenbe Sfalente unb jetcb/nete ^enntnifje, aber aucb, einen ungei)euren brgeij, ber felbft bie b,od;ften SSiirben fur erretcb.bar fyielt. 38tc biele in ber bamaltgen $t\t, glaubte er an ternbeuterei unb btlbete fidf) ein, er fonne in ben eftirnen lefen, baf; er ju etloaS 10 Slu^erorbentlicbem beftimmt fei. 2)a^ liicf fd)ien i^n aua^) auf aHe UBeife begiinftigen ju luoHen. 2)urrf) eirat gelangte er in ben 33efi fitr[tlid)er Steirfjtiimer, unb in ben ^ e ^3 u S en gegen bie ^Urfen unb anbere $einbe fifterreidEjS ertoarb er fta; gro^en ^rieg^ru^m unb bie SSiirbe einel Steicb.^grafcn unb 15 erjog toon ^rieblanb. 21U bie ^roteftanten im norblicb.en ^eutfcb.lanb ein >eer fammelten unb ben $onig g^riftian toon 3)dnemarf ju ifyrem ^riegoberften erird^lten, h)iinfa;te aurf) ^erbinanb II. neben bem ton Stiff^ angefu^rten eere ber 2igue nocfr, ein jtoeite^ 20 aufftetten ju fbnnen, ba aulfcb.IiepUcb, feinen Sefefylen Qts ^orcb.te. @g fe^Ite ifym aber an elb unb an einem titd^tigen eerfiib,rer. 3)a erbot ftcb, 2Sattenftein, au eigenen SRitteln bem ^aifer ein eer ju fd^affen, it>enn er ib,m ben unbe= fd)rdnften Dberbefe^I iiber basfelbe geben h)oHe. nab,m bieje^ 2Inerbietcn an. 2) a liejj SKaUenftein bie meln ritfyren, unb balb fammelte fid^i unter feinen ^at>nen eine t, bie $reunb unb getnb furcbtbar Uwrbe. Gr fcblug ben HISTORICAL SELECTIONS. I I 5 rafen toon 9ftanfelb, riidfte in bie (Staaten beg onig Don $)anemar!, ber toon !itft} bet 2utter am Sarenberge boUig gcfcfytagen toorben toar (27. Sluguft 1626), eroberte burg, olftctn, ben grojjten $eil bon ier erfu^r er, toa ber ^elbenmut beutfd^er Siirger bermag, loenn fie bom recfyten eifte befeelt finb. SBattenftein gebot 10 bem Siirgermeifter bon tralfunb: ,,^^r mii^t faiferlicbe y$t~. faijung einne^men !" Unerfd^rodfen anttoortete biefer: ,,a t^un tcir nic^t!" ,,2)ann miifct i^r elb frf>affen." ,,2)a fyaben it)ir nid^t!" ,,$Dann tt>iff icfy euc^ jiic^tigen, i^r Deafen." ,,2)a3 fmb tbtr nid^t !" Db biefer furjen aber bielfagenben Slntiwort 15 geriet ber ftolje $elbfyerr in F>eftigen 3 orn un ^ r i e f- 3^> ^itt tralfunb ^aben unb hmre e mit taufenb $etten an ben immel gebunben! @3 erfolgte (Sturm auf (Sturm. Umfonft. 9?ac^ einer ferf)monatlirf)en Selagerung, unb nacfybem jtoolf F>unberte feiner $rieger in ben (Srftanjen gefatten loaren, mu^te 20 r \\d) jum SfJiicfjuge entfcf)Iie^en. (Sbenfo fd^eiterte feine 50iad^t an liidfftabt unb 5Ragbeburg. Unterbeffen famen ^lagen auf $(agen bor ben ^aifer iiber bie rbreffungen, ^litnberungen, 9lo^eiten unb unmenfd;licr;en raufamfeiten ber 2Sattenfteins fd^en eere. 3)ie laiferlid^en ^rieger, fo flagten bie efanbten 25 au ^ommern, fmb al ^reunbe aufgenommen tborben, ben= noc^ ^aben fie aHein im tettinfd^en jebn SRiHionen an Sranbf(f)a^ung aufgetrieben unb fieben (Sta'bte burc^> h)itten in 2tfdf>e gelegt. aft nod; fytirtere ^lagen erfd)ollen au bem Sranbenburgifcfyen, too Saffenftein jioanjig 3JiiUionen 3 ulbcn erbre^t ^atte. 25a fafy fic^> ber ^aifer enblid^ ge* Il6 GERMAN READER.. notigt, ben -JBaHenftein ju entlaffen 1 unb einen Xcil feinel eerel abjubanfen. SSaffenftein gefyorcfyte toittig, toal man faum ertoartet fyatte. 3)ie Sterne frfjienen ifym gefagt ju fyaben, bajj el fo recfyt fei. 2)er &aifer, fagte er, fyat ben ebelften (Stein au3 feiner t ^rone tDeggetoorfen. @r begab fidt) nad) 5 Sofymen auf feine liter. ter lebte er all ^rtbatmann, aber mit toafyrfyaft faiferticbem Sluftoanbe, IDOJII ifym bie Lenten ber im $riege erbeuteten elber (fiinfjtg 3)tiQtonen Staler) bie SRittel boten. 3^ an 3'9 ^ammerfyerren bebienten if^n, fed^jig Gbelfnaben, in ammet, olb unb Seibe gefleibet, h>arteten 10 an feiner afel auf; fiinfjig ^ettebarbiere ftanben all 2eib= tvarfie in feinem cfylofjfyofe ; brei ^unbert ftattlid^e ^offe frozen aul marmornen ^ri^en, funfeig fedf)lfpannige ^utfdben 6e= gleiteten ifyn, iuenn er aulfu^r, unb fein 2lftrolog @eni ber= fiinbigte ifym aul ben eftirnen eine neue glanjenbe 3u^"ft- 15 iiittringfjaus. 7. Tic 2d)larfU bet (1632.) Sluf ben ^elbern bel >orfe! Sreitenfelb bei Sei^ig uftab 2(bolf ben alten nie befiegten SiCfy in einer blutigen cfylacjjt gefc^lagen (1631) unb jog nun h>ie im ^rium)j^e burd^ Sfyuringen unb ^ranlen an ben 9ifyein unb bann nad^ Sa^ern. -JRit unbefdv>reiblic^em ^ubel fc(>Iugen bie erjen bem foniglic^en Sieger entgegen. Stttty, ber Sa^ern be- fcfyii^en fottte, luagte el nid)t mefyr, i^m im offenen ^elbe entgegenjutreten, fanb auc^ balb burd(> eine 33eriunbung feinen 2^ob. 2)al batyerfcfye 58olf jitterte bor ber Stnfunft bel ^onigl; el ^atte feinen 3orn burrf) graufame Grmorbung 25 einjelner @ct?n)eben gereijt. 2(ber gna'big empfing ber eble HISTORICAL SELECTIONS. ll'J $urft bie Slbgefanbten, toelcfye ifym bie Scfyliiffel ber (gtabt Btuncfyen iiberbracfyten. ,,^)itt Sfecfyt fyatte icb, an eurer Stabt ba Unglucf -JJtagbeburgS racfyen fonnen," fagte er, ,,attein fiircfytet nicfytS; gefyt in $rieben unb feib eurer liter unb 5 eurer Sfteligion toegen unbeforgt!" SBaijern toar grofctenteiB in be ^onig^ etoalt unb 2Bien jitterte urn fo mej^r, ba bie @ad(>fen in SSofymen eingebrungen loaren unb $rag erobert fatten, ^n folder 9lot blieb bem bebra'ngten ^aifer $erbt= nanb nicf)tg ubrig, al ficfy iuieber an SSattenftein ju toenben. 10 5Rad^ bielen Sitten Uejj fief) ber ftotje 9Jlann betoegen, auf^ neue ein eer fur ben $aifer gu tuerben, unb fo ftanb er benn nacfy toenigen 9Jlonaten mit unumf(f)ran{ter etoalt an ber norf> taglicfe, burd^ neue SBerbungen bermef>rte. -ftacfybem er lange ge= 15 jogert ^atte, bracf) er enblidE) nacfy fiircfyte, ba^ mid^ ott tr>egen ber Xfyorfyeit biefe^ SSoIfeS ftrafen toerbe. at e nicb.t ba Slnfefyen ba^ biefe Seute mic^ recfyt ju i^rem '3(bgott marfen? 3Sie Ieirf)t fonnte ber ott, toelcfyer ben toljen bemiitigt, fie unb micfy felbft 25 em^finben laffen, bafj irf> nicb.tg aU ein frfrtuacfyer, fterblic^er 3Kenfc^ fei!" 2(m 2lbenb be^ 15. 9?obember 1632 traf er bei 2u$en auf ba SSattenfteinfc^e eer, unb jeber bereitete fief) jur morgenben (Scfylacfyt. 2)er ^onig blieb bie -ftacfyt in feinem 30 2Bagen unb gab bie notigen 3lnorbnungen unb 23efeb,Ie. I 1 8 GERMAN READER. Gin bitter -ftebel toerfyiitfte ben neuen -Bforgen unb berbin= berte, bic tettung ber egner 511 erfennen. cfytoeigenb berfyarrte bie -SRenge. $m Sager ber cfytoeben erfyebt fid) $aufen= unb rompetenfd;att, unb bie aufenbe toon $riegern ftimmen ein in bag Sieb: ,,@in' fefte SBurg ift unfer ott." $et}t, nacb, 11 Ufyr, blicft bie <3onne freunblid) burd? ben er ^onig fdrtmngt ftc^ aufs ^ferb unb ruft: iotr bran ! $a h>alt' ber liebe ott ! ^efu, i>ilf mir fyeut' ftreiten gu beine^ -ftamenS Gtjre!" 2)arauf ftiirmte er mil ben (Seinen gegen bie (Straf$e, toeld^e toon 10 nacfy Sei^jig fiit)rt. ier tuirb er burcft, ein furcf>ter; ^euer au ben 3Serfd^anjungen unb ra'ben em^fangen, unb biele finfen in ben ob. ennod> fe^en bie iibrigen iiber ben raben unb bringen bie SBattenfteinfcfyen jum JBeicfyen. ^nbe ftiirmt ^Sa^^ent>eim mit feinen 9teitern t>er= 15 bei, unb bie n ein gh^eiter in ben Stiiden. Sftit bem JHufe : ,,9Kein ott, mein ott!" finft er bom ^ferbe. S)ie fcf>nau= benben 9f{offe ftitrmen iiber ib,n t^inhjeg unb jertreten ib,n mit 25 ifyren ufen. a^ ba^erfprengenbe blutige ^3ferb bringt ben (Sd^hjeben bie cfyrecfen^funbe, unb ba efiib,! ber Sfacfye treibt fie unauffjaltfam borioartg. >er ^elbenmiitige erjog S3ern{)arb toon 2Beimar ubernimmt bie ^ii^rung. 2)ie ^aifer< licfyen ioerben getoorfen. 9)lit bem 9iufe: ,,2)ie @cb,lac^t ift 30 HISTORICAL SELECTIONS. I 19 fcerloren ; ber ^appenb, eitner ift tot ; bie cfyhxben fommen iiber un3 !" ergriffen fie bie $(ucb,t. $)ie 6d^Iarf>t fyatte elf tunben gebauert uub neiin taufenb 2eicb,en bebecften ben 2Bab,fyla$. SDie djtoeben toerfolgten toegen ber 2)unfelb,eit 5 unb rmiibung ben $einb nicfyt, unb bracfyten bie -ftacfyt auf bem @cf>lacf)tfelbe ju. 2(m folgenben 3Jiorgen fanben fie nacf) langem (Sudden ben nacften unb blutigen Seicfynam i^re^ ^6nig unter einem aufen toon Xoten; er lag, mit elf JBunben bebedft, bon ufen jertreten unb bt^ jur Unfenntlicfy- 10 feit entftettt, jtoifc^en ber tabt Sii^en unb bem grofjen %d^ fteine, ber feitbem ber cfytoebenftein ^ei^t unb nod^) fyeute an jener tette ju fefyn ift. @ein Seid^man n>urbe nacb, torf^olm gebrad^t. 2)ie golbene $ette unb feinen bluttgen hotter, toelcfye ib^m bie ^roaten abgenommen fatten, fenbete 15 2SaIIenftein narf) 28ien jum ^aifer. liefer rief mit S^rtinen in ben 2(ugen: ,,ern ^atte id^ bem ^elben ein Iangere 2eben unb eine frofylicfye ^iidfetjr in fetn ^onigreic^ gegonnt, toenn nur in 3)eutfdf)Ianb ^rieben geh)orben todre!" Gin SSe^eruf burcfyjudte bie ^roteftantifd^en Sdnber. 9(ber 20 ba3 2Ber! be gro^en $onig ging nic!f)t berloren. 2Ba^ er angefangen fyatte, ^aben feine >elben Sern^arb toon SBeimar, 33anner, Xorftenfon unb anbere im Sunbe mit $ranfreicfy boHenbet. 2Battenftein b,at ben fyelbenmittigen ^onig nicf)t lange iiber= 25 lebt. @r geriet in SBerbadfyt, mit ben (Sc^hjeben gemeinfcfyaft: lic^e (Sacb^e madden ju tooften, unb ba man offene etoalt gegen ben gen)altigen 9Kann fiirdljtete, fo toarb ber ^olcb, be -JKeucfyelmorberS fiir ib,n gefc^Uffen. @ tt>ar am 15. ^ebruar 1634, al bie gebungenen Berber in fetn 30 gemad; ju 6ger brangen. 3(u^ bem SBette f^ringenb, I2O GERMAN READER. ber gelbfyerr urn ilfe ritfen. 2U3 er abet ftefyt, bajj teine 9fettung moglicfy ift, entblof;t er felbft bie 23ruft unb ems fcbtoeigenb ben ^obe^fto^. (Seine liter tourben bom eingejogen; fein ob blieb ungerdd^t. Zlad? penning. COMPLETE PROSE SELECTIONS. 1. Sluf be* toar im 2luguft fcorigen ^afyreS, bafj id) mit bem bon Seipjig nad) $oburg iiber ifenad) fuf)r, unb jtoar bie erften tationen mit einem $remben attein im Goupe, ber fid) tro$ ber tuarmen 2Bitterung in einen jiemlic^ bicfen 5 9Jiantel ge^iillt unb feine Sietfemufje faft bil iiber bie Dfyren gejogen l^atte. 3Som eficfyt loar ba6ei nur fe^r toenig frei, unb ba toenige felbft ununterbrodE>en in eine bic^te SSoIfe toon (Sigarrenbam^f ge(?iiUt. 2)a id) felbft untertoeg nur ^od)[t ungern f^red)e unb nie 10 felber eine Unterbattung anfniipfe, mein jeittoeiliger 9fietfege= fa^rte aber bie namli"d)e 5Reigung ju ftiffer elbftbefd;auung ju i^aben fd)ien, fo naf>men toir in berfd)iebenen GcEen be @oup ^Bla^ unb qualmten urn bie SBette. ^n 3Raumburg befamen fair einen ^Jtitgenoffen, ber aber, 15 tocifyrenb er fid) bem SDirfen gegeniiberfe^te, ganj ba egen= teil toon biefem ju fein fd^ien. @ h)ar ein bunne^, fleine3 SJidnnd^en, nid)t alter Diel= Ieid)t al^ brei^ig ^a^re, aber feinem egeniiber orbentlirf; twie jum ro ganj in ^anfing gefleibet; ja er fyatte nod; 20 bau feine 2Befte aufgefno^ft, unb ging baburd; aud) fogleid) ju $*inbfeligfeiten iiber, ba^ er ba bis jct feft berfd;Ioffene ^enfter, efye e^ ber 2)irfe Dcrbinbern fonnte, I;erunterUe^. jie^t," fagte biefer e3 tuar ba erfte 2S>ort, 122 GERMAN READER. er bi3 je$t gef&rocfyen fyatte unb beilditfig gefagt aucfy ba3 Ie$te, ba3 icfy toon ibm fyorte, aber felbft ba nufcloS. ,,9?icf>t gefyt iiber bie frifcfye Suft," fagte ber $Ieine in ftanfing; ,,<5ie fyaben ja fyier einen Cualm, bafi man erftirfen mocfyte." 5 6r fucfyte jet audf), h)ie fid^) ber 3 U 9 ^ aum iuieber in 33e= h)egung fete, ein efprad^ mit einem toon un3 beiben anju= fnitpfen, aber e mi^Iang it>m ganjlid^. Sine fliidfytige 33eobs ad^tung iiber ,,f$6ne SBetter" h)itrbe totgefc^h)iegen ; eine $rage, trobin bie 9teife geF)e, an ben SDicfen, fanb feine 10 2(ntn)ort; ic^ felber t^at, ate ob ic^ fc^Iiefe, unb fo raffelten h)ir an ^ofen, Sttlja unb 2lpolba boriiber nac(> -JBeimar. 2)er fleine SJiann h)ar babei bollig raftlo^; unauf^orlid^ fa^> er balb nadf) feiner U^r, balb nacfy bem ^a^rblan, ben er fcfyon ganj jerlnittert ijatte; balb bolte er ein 33ud() fyerauS 15 jum Sefen, ftedfte e aber augenblicflic^ inieber ein. !Je$t nat>m er eine ^rife, bie er aucfy bem 2)idEen anbot, ber aber nur mit bem $otof fdE)iitteIte; je^t jog er fidf> ben (gcbui) au^ unb liejj etnen lleinen <2tein IjerauS; furj, er fa feinen 2lugenblic! ftiH. 3Bo auc^ ber $ U 9 ^ielt, Ite^ er fidr> offnen 20 unb fc^o^ eine 2SeiIe auf bem perron umF>er. Gr fud^te jemanb, aber nic^t ettoa einen Sefannten, fonbern nur ein menfd)Iicfye SSefen, mit bem er ficfy unterbalten fonnte, ja in letter 3SerjJDeifIung griff er ficfy fogar ben c^affner auf, ber aber nur fo lange bei ifym auSfyielt, al^ 25 er 3d* gebraud^te, feine 2)ofe 511 offnen unb ifym eine $rife anjubieten. Gnblid^ in SBeimar fanb er bag efucfyte. 2)ort ftieg ein ettoa fet>r auggetrodfncter err, mit einer 33riffe auf, in jeber anb einen 9ieifefadE tragenb unb Don feiner 5 rau / 3 AUF DER EISENBAHN. 123 enter fleinen lebenbigen SBriinette, gefolgt, in ba3 Gin SienftmdbcfKn, ba fie begleitet fyatte, reicfyte nod) einen grofjen ragforb bott mtfcfyarf>teln, <3ififfen, $orratforben unb 9fegenfdnrmen, toobei fie bie SDame ,^rau ^rofefforin" nannte, in ben 2Bagen, toiinfcfyte gliicflirfje -fteife unb jog firf> bann in bie 2lrme eine ^nfanteriften juriid, bet biefen fitoment mit gro^em Staft in ber ntfernung abgetuartet ^rofeffor fud^te inbeffen, h)ie ber $ U 9 ab^fiff ber 10 $leine in 9?anfing i>atte eben nocfy $t'\t ge^abt, h)ieber in ba Goup 511 f^ringen feine 33riffe unb, all er biefe ge= funben f>atte, feine Gtgarrentafcfye, bie fic^ enblic^ in bem Slrbeitlbeutel feiner emaf)Iin fanb. iernacfy bermi^te er aber ^lo^Iid^ feinen efretarf rf)litffel ; ber mufjte batjeim auf 15 bem ifrf>e liegen geblieben fein, unb er fd^ien einen 5Roment nic^t iibel Suft ju f>aben, bem 3 U 9 ^ n a ^ jujurufen. (Seine Gigarrenfbi^e t>atte er ebenfaCte ,,in ber 6ile" ju ^aufe liegen laffen, furj, im Saufe ber llnterfialtung, an toelcfyer ber ^teine in Wanting jet ben tebenbigften 2(nteil 20 nafym, fteUte fid^ ^eraul, ba^ nocfy eine ganje 9Kenge Don 3)ingen bergeffen ober juriidgelaffen toaren, unb e3 beburfte einiger 3 e ^/ bi$ ftd^ bie beiben G^egatten fo h>eit beruF>igten, ba UnbermeibUrfte eben ju ertragen. @3 tear einmal ge= fcf)et>en unb nic^t mefyr ju a'nbern. 25 2Bir erfufyren je^t auc^) in unglaublid;er efcfytoinbigfeit, ba^ ber fleine 9Jiann in 9?an!ing bi nac ^rottftebt toottte, h?o if>n feine 33raut mit ifyren Item, bie au Gifenad) ge= fommen toaren, fd^on erh>arteten, urn Don ba an bie ^ferbe* babn nac^> 9SaIterf)aufen 511 bcnu^en unb bann ju 5 U & nflc ^ 30 ^Hein^arblbrunn unb bem ^nfclberg ^u ge^cn. Gr lyar ein 124 GERMAN READER. 2lngefte0ter au 9?aumburg, batte aber auf jtoei age UrlauB ' befommen, unb gebacfyte biefe furje $eit mit einer our burcfy ben Stbiiringer 2Salb an ber eite ber eliebten au3jufiiUen. 3)er ^rofeffor mit feiner $rau bagegen gebacfyte benn aucfy ba3 hwrbe un nicbt borent^ialten nur btefen einen ag toon 5 aufe toegjubleiben, ba bie ^tnber unb bringenbe 3trbetten unb ef(f>dfte eine langere Grt)olungreife ntc^t geftatteten. ^a^ Gtyepaar tootlte nur nad^ ifenarf), bort bie 2Bartburg befud^en, in irgenb einer romantifcfyen Sc^Iucfit it>r 5Rittag^ma{)I berjefiren, unb bann mit bem 2lbenbjuge n)ieber nad) SSeimar juriicffefyren. 10 gKenfd? benft unb ott lenft. ber Unterfyaltung t>atte unS bie ^ rau ^Brofefforin eben= bamit befannt gemad^t, ba^ fie eine Srf)h)efter in Grfurt F>abe, bie fid^) ifmen moglirftertpeife auf ibrem 3Sergnitgung^= au3fhig anfc^Iie^en irotte jebenfall^ tmirbe fte am Sa^of 15 fein, um fte 5U begrii^en. $n biefem 2(ugenblid f)ielt ber 3ug in Grfurt. 2)er cbaffner offnete bie X^iir. W 6rfurt! bier SJiinuten Stufentfjalt !" 2>er ^leine fc^op tt>ie ein Sli^ jur ^f)iir fyinauS; e h>ar eine orbentlia^ peinlicfye Unrube in bem 2Renfd>en unb bie 20 $rau >)Brofefforin fai> fic^> inbeg nac^ ifyrer cf>it)efter um; in bem cbrange am 3 U 9 Jonnte fte biefelbe aber nirgenbS erfennen, unb ba fte entfernter toie fte ifyrem atten jurief einen blauen >ut ju entberfen glaubte, trat fte fyinauS, um bie Grfefmte ju finben. 25 $)er ^Brofeffor jeigte nur geringe eilnafyme an bem ^ami= lienglieb unb fucfyte loieber feine trifle, bie er ftcfy genau erinnerte beim Ginfteigen geftabt ju ^>aben, unb bie je|t h)ie in ben Soben ^inein berfcbiounben fcftien. Gr fniete nieber unb fucfyte in ber berjhjeiflungebollen 9JJoglicf>feit, bafj fie 30 AUF DER EISENBAHN. 12$ itnter bie ^iijje gefommen fei unter ben ifcen, griff fyinter in bie ^olfter, offnete bie 2Irbeitgtafd}e feiner $rau unb fd;ien untroftlid? iiber ben SBerluft. Gr fyb'rte babei gar nid)t, toie eg lautete, unb fam erft h>ieber mit ber Slufsentnelt in SBe- 5 rubrung, alg er bie 23ermifjte enblid; in ber Gigarrentafcfye entberfte, in bie er fie in ebanfen, toie in ein #utteral, oben f^atte. 3 U flleicfyer 3 e *t f ul ^ r a ^ er auc ^ ^ er in 9^anfing in bag 6oup, bag unmittelbar i)inter ifym gefdftloffen iwurbe, unb brau^en pfiff eg. 10 ,,2So ift benn lyfyre ^rau ema^lin?" fagte ber daunts burger erftaunt. ,,err ott, nteine ^rau!" rief b-er ^rofeffor unb ftiirjte an biefem toorbei nad^ bem ^enfter, bag ber 2)icfe fc^on I>artnacfig iuieber aufgejogen ^atte. 2)er 3 U S f e ^ te f^ lang* 15 fam in 33eh)egung ; in jitternber aft liefi ber ungliicflic^e atte bag ^enfter nieber unb fuf>r mit bem $opfe ^inaug. rau^en tuar nod? eine 2:i>ur geoffnet, ber cfyaffner ftanb bort unb neben ifym bie ^rau ^Srofefforin in atemlofer aft. ,,2)ag ift nic^t mein 6oup" rief fie. 20 ,,Steigen 6ie nur ^ter ein," bra'ngte ber c^affner. ,,6life!" rief in bem 2lugenblicE ber atte, unb ^afyinein gef>or' \\" anttuortete jubelnb bie ^rau unb flog auf bem perron ^erunter, ung entgegen. 2lber ^)ier fear feine Stljwr mef>r geoffnet unb ber $ug i m ang. 2)er cfyaffner fonnte 25 nirfttg tueiter tfyun, unb ,,5)iad^en @ie auf! madden aft nad) bem d;Io^. 2)ie 3:^iir offnete fid; aber naturlid) nid}t, ba fie nad) unten toon bem eifernen 2>orteger ge^alten h)urbe, unb bortftefyenbe Sa^nbeamte fprangen au^erbcm gleid) bajiuifd;en, 30 benn bie gecingftigte ^rau bcitte fonft bcrunglitcfen fonnen. 2tn infteigen iuar gar fein ebanfe mef^r. 126 GERMAN READER. f ,1)a brinnen fitjt tnein ^ann! %fy mufc mit!" 3)a3 tear ba fietjte, toaS fair toon ber #rau ^rofefforin gotten, unb ber ^Brofeffor, ber ben $opf au$ bem SBagen ftecfte unb feine $rau mit ben 2lugen fucfyte, bi ber $ug unter *> en ^eftung^= tunnel fcfyof;, unb er erfrfjrecft jurucfyraftte, fanf je^t auf ben 5 @i$ am ^enfter juriidf unb jammerte: ,,^0, bu mein ott, toa^ fott je^t inerben!" 2)er ^leine in 9ianfing troftete ifyn. Son ber na'4>[ten (Station au3 lonnte er juriirftelegra^^ieren, ba^ ifym feine ^rau mit bem balb nacf)fommenben uterjuge folge. Urn 10 fiinf ober i>alb fea)^ Ufyr toaren fte bann immer ttneber in tfenaa^ beifammen, unb eg blieb i^nen an bem langen ommerabenb nocl^ 3 e ^ iibrig ju einer red^t ^ubfd^en ^artie narf) ber SSartburg. 3)er ^3rofeffor griff babei h)ie untoittfiirlia^ an feine SSeften- 15 tafcfte unb fagte: ,,SBenn fie nur nadfifommt! fte fyat bie ^affe." liejj fic^ aber Dor ber anb h)irflic^ nid^)t anbere tb^un, unb in 2)ietenborf b^ielt ber 3 U S faum, alg ber ^ro= feffor fcfyon nacb; bem @a;affner fcfyrie, urn bie 2:f>ur geoffnet 20 ju befommen. ,,2Rad^en @ie rafcfy, e get?t gleia^ h)ieber fort!" rief ifym biefer nad^, aber ber ^3rofeffor b^orte fd)on nicfyt me(>r unb fprang in flticfyttgen (Sd^en in ba^ ^elegra^tjenbureau. ier ftieg, h)d'^renb ber ^leine in -JZanfing auf bem perron 25 lufttoanbelte, ein anberer ^affagier ein, ber fia) bem ^idfen gegemiberfe^te unb ben Sab^njug nur al 2)rofcf)fe ju benu^en f4)ien. Gr n>ar nid^>t attein fe^r anftdnbig, fonbern aua^ feb^r forgfdltig gefleibet, in fcb>arjem ^ ra ^ un ^ e & en folcften SBeinfleibern, feibener SSefte unb tabettoS gefnotetem iuei^en 30 AUF DER EI$ENBAHN, tiberbaupt fyatte er in feinem ganjen 2Befen etn>a3 unb peinHcfy Drbentlicfte3, ba3 nirgenb toeniger fyinpafjt, al3 in ein (Sifenbafwcoup^. 2U er einftieg unb fcfyucfytern griifjte, nafym er feinen ju 5 einem (Spiegel gegldtteten >ut ab itnb feijte ifyn toorficfctig neben fid) b,in, nafjm ibn aber augenbUcflid^ iuieber in bte 5I)e, ftrid^) mit einer fleinen Stafcfyenburfte bie ettoa berfd^>o= benen aare fauber glatt, unb fe^te ifyn h)ieber auf. Gr fd^ien fogar bie entfrfiiebene 2(bfidBt ju fyaben, ein ^Baar 10 flecfenlol neue toeijje lac^banbfdftu^e anjujie^en, befann ficfy aber bod^ nod^ beijeiten eineS Sefferen, loicfelte fie h)ieber jufammen unb fc^ob fie in bie afcb,e juriidr. inen blaufeibenen Stegenfrfnrm, obgleic^ leine 3SoIfe am >immel ftanb, F^atte er neben jtrf) auf ben Iug bie Jorfe toteber fd^arf breimal an, unb mit bem letjten d^Iag fa^ ber in Wanting im 6ou^ unb auf bem blauen Stegenfcfyirm, toon bem er aber, ficfy entfcfyulbigenb, tuieber in bie ^o^e fcfyneflte. 2)ie ^f)iir h)ar gefd^Ioffen. ,,>err ^efu! ift benn ber ^Srofeffor nod^ nid^t ba?" rief er. 20 ,,e, cfiaffner! el fefylt nod^ eine ^erfon." in ^Sfiff anttoortete i^m, unb fort roffte ber 3 U 9- 2B^ F^drten nocb, etnjai rufen, fa^en, h)ie bie toeiter borh)drt^ am perron ftebenben Seute lac^ten, unb nid^t mefyr. 2)er tyro= feffor b,atte ficfy fubtra^iert. 25 ,,9?a, ba ift gottlirf)!" rief ber ^leine in 5ftanfing; ,,jet h)ttt ber gute err eine SSergnugungtour mit feiner $rau madden, unb ^at in ber erften tunbe fief), feine attin unb fein epcirf auf brei toerfrfnebenen tationen. 9?a, hue bie fid^) iuieber jufammenfinben tooffen, ift mir auc^ ein Sldtfcl." 3 // at jemanb ben 3"g UerfdumtV" frug ber err im fcfytoarjen 128 GERMAN READER. $racf, inbem er feinen ettvaS jerbriicften 9?egenfrf>irm bor= nabm, toieber fyalb offnete, fcfrtojj, gldttete unb bann fyinter ficfy legte. ,,-ftun natiirlicf)," lautete bie 2lnttoort; ,,ein ^rofeffor au SBeimar; toa fangen toir jetjt mit ben acfyen an?" 5 ,,2Bir fommen urn fyalb brei Ufyr nacfy ofya," fagte ber DrbentUcfye im fcf)h>arjen ^rarf, ,,unb urn brei SStertel auf brei Ufyr trifft ber c^nelljug toon Gifenarf) in ot^a ein. SBenn (Bie bie (Sadden nad^ 2)ietenborf 5uritcffd:)ic!ten / ^citte fie ber err in einer tunbe loieber." 10 ,,m, ja! ba ginge; aber er hnK ja eigentlidf) nac^ @ife= nadft, unb ipenn fie ficf> nadf)()er toieber toerfdumen ober gar nid^t h)iffen, ba^ ba e^ddf juriidfommt I" ,,5Ran fonnte ja toon ot^a au^ telegrapfyieren," meinte ber Drbentlid^e. 15 ,,m, ja; h)ot>in ge^en ,,SBoHten @ie bann bie itte F>a6en unb ba epacf ba irgenb einem 33af)n6eamten iibergeben?" $$ h)erbe fefjr bebauern miiffen feine 3 e ^ J u f>aben/' 20 fagte ber Drbentlicfje berlegen ; ,,\$ bin ju einer idf> mu^ fef>r ^iinftlic^ [ein, benn icfy bin bi^ fyalb brei Uf>r tiinbeftettt, unb toir f>aben un fdr>on toon SDietenborf au^ urn" er fafy nad^ f einer Ut)r ,,um fieben 2>iinuten ber^dtet." ,,ut, bann ttw' id^'/' fagte ber fleine gutmiitige 9Kann 25 entfcf>ieben. ,,<5o biel 3 e ^ bleibt in otf>a, unb id) berfdume ben 3 U 9 ntd^t." 2)abei jog er feine SBrieftafcfye ^eraug unb formulierte fo gut e ba^ @df>aufeln be 6ifenbat)nn)agen^ erlaubte, ba^ Xelegramm, urn in otfya nidf>t ju toiel $t\t ju braua)en. 30 AUF DER EISENBAHN. I 29 efbrcid; h>ar bamit abgebrod)en, unb mid; intereffierte babei befonberS ber 3)ide, ber bet ben bisfyerigen 3h)ifd)en; fatten aud; nod; burd; feinen Slid bie geringfte eilnafmte berraten, fonbern immer nur ftitt, aber fyeftig bor fid; fringe* 5 qualmt fyatte. ^eiJt ftierte er burd; ben 9taud) fein egenuber, ben Dr= bentltc^en, an, ber ficf> aber nirf)t h)o^t unter bent Slid jti fiifylen fcfyien unb n)te berlegen afferlei fletne Sefd^dftigungen borna^m. 10 @r fyolte etne fletne, mtt einem $Rtmaturfptegel berfe^ene ^aarbitrfte t>erau, fucfite border mtt tlfe be ( etnen SBItrf auf feinen ^rabattenfnoten 511 gettnnnen aber bottftanbig erfolglo blieb unb ging bann ju ben tmberfbenftigen aaren iiber, bie ftc^ aber, troij attem 33iirften, 15 auf bent 2BirbeI tote ju einer 2lrt bon falblorfe embor= ftrauben toottten, ntod^te er ftci^ nod) fo btel 3Jiiii)e bamit geben. SDanacfy ging er lt>ieber baran fid) abjuftauben, bom SflodEJragen nieber bid ju ben glanjlebernen tiefeln. (Son= berbarertoeife ^atte gerabe ifym, bor alien anberen, ein tiicfifdjeS 20 (Sd}id:fal ben Stodffragen berunreinigt, aber tro attem Siirften beriifyrte er nie ben ^ledf, totifyrenb ber i^m gegentiberfi^enbe 2)idfe feinen Slid ofyne jebod) eine (Silbe ju au^ern immer fyartntidfig auf ben ^unft gericfytet ^ielt. 2)er im ^jBelj raurf)te babei ununterbrod^en fort, unb ba er 25 feine Gigarre nie abftrid;, fiel bie 3tfd)e ein baarmal ab, rottte an feinem SRantel nieber unb auf bie $niee be Dr* bentUd>en, ben er baburd), ot>ne ftd; je ju ent|d;ulbigen, in fteter 33efd?aftigung unb Stufregung t^ielt. @ fyatte bent un= gludlidjen SRenfd^en namlid) nid)t entgef>en fonnen, ba^ ifym 30 ber fo un^eintlid; Gingebitttte ftetl auf ben Stodfragen ftierte, 130 GERMAN READER. unb mit ber 2lb,nung, bafc bort eth>a3 nicfyt in Drbnung fei, befafj er borf> ju bid dfmcfyternljeit, urn ftcfy banacb, ju erfunbigen. 2)er -JJtann toar offenbar ju einer Stubienj befofylen ober macfyte eine SBifite, urn irgenb einc 2lnftettung ju befommen; 5 jebenfattS fyatte er 2lngft bor ber ndcfyften (Stunbe. bie Sofomotibe toieber. fagte ber Drbentlicfye, al er au bem recfyten ^enfter fat) unb babei in einem fyalben eufjer ftedfen blieb. 2)er f4>redflirf)e 9)ienfd^ t^m gegeniiber fab, ib,m nocf) immer 10 unbertoanbt auf ben Storffragen, unb er fycitte gern noc^) einen leten 3Serfuc^) mit bem (Sbiegel gemad^t, aber e^ tear ju fbdt. @ben roHte ber $ U 9 bor ba^ <2tationgebdube bjlf, ^imrnel! bie U^r jeigte auf acfyt SJiinuten iiber ^alb brei unb mit einem rafcfyen ^mbfefyle micb, ^b,nen ergebenft!" 15 flog ber Ungliirflicfye jum 2Bagen b,inau^ unb feinem Scf>icffal entgegen. 2)er in S^anfing berrid^tete inbeffen fein 2iebeh)erf. Ginem ber Seamten, bon benen meb,rere auf bem perron ftanben, iibergab er rafrf) bie ja^Ireicf^en, bem ungliicflic^en ^Srofeffcr^ 20 baare jugeb,orenben egenftanbe, unb glitt bann tote eine ibecfyfe in ba ^elegrabi>enbureau b,inein, urn bie 2>ebefde nad 2)ietenborf aufjugeben. llnb iuenig genug 3 e ^ tourbe i^m baju gelaffen, benn gleidfy barauf Idutete eg fc^on h>ieber jur 2tbfab,rt. 2)er 3"9 fatte 2 s ac^t 9Jlinuten berfaumt, unb bie mujjten tuof? I ober iibel toieber eingebrac^t trerben. offte fidf) aud^ ber 3Kann in -Kanfing auf biefem berf)dngs niSboffen 3 U 9 ne ' n ^ a ^ am er ^rau^gefd^offen unb fe$te ftcb, rafcfe, auf ben bon bem Drbentlicfyen gerdumten ^la^, bem 30 AUF DER EISENBAHN. 131 $>icfen gegeniiber. &aum fafj er, al ber Scfyaffner bie f?ur, an ber ba $enfter toieber fyeruntergelaffen, jufcfylug, bann auf ben eifernen angtoeg ftieg unb, todfyrenb ficfy ber $ug in Setoegung fete, fagte: 5 ,,23itfet3 nacf) ^rottftebt, meine erren!" @3 toar nodfy ein junger 9Jtenfcfy mit einem fleinen Xormfter eingeftiegen, ber eben bortfyin unb h)a^rf4)etnlt(^ audE) eine 3Ser= gnugung^tour in ben ^^uringer 2BaIb madden toottte. 2)ie beiben Iteferten i^re SBittet^ a6, ber (Scfyaffner berfc^tcanb 10 brau^en, urn ficfy in fein eigene^ Goup^ an ben (Sifenftangen ^injufii^len, unb ber fleine SJlann in DZanfing fagte: ,,5(tte SSetter, ba ging gef cfyhnnb ! bie f onnten mtr ba brin nidf)t fo fcfmett ^erau^geben, unb beina^ ^dtt' icfy aud^ einen bummen @trei<^ gemacfyt unb ben 3 U S i>erfciumt. 9^a, ba^ 15 iwdr' eine fcfyone efc^irfite getoefen ! Dentine, unb bie crimes gereltern in ^rottftebt!" 35ie einjtge 2(nth)ort, bie er Don bem SDicfen befam, toar eine augefto^ene 2)am^fn)o[fe, bie einem jungen @df>ornftein 6f)re gemac^t fydtte. 3)er fleine lebenbige ;0iann aber mufjte 20 fic^, mit bem erfefynten 3^ e ^ bify borau^, irgenb jemanbem mitteilen, unb ba er leine anbere fiifylenbe Sruft im 6ou^ fanb, fo tvanbte er firf) an ben ^mnafiaften, bem er, ebenfo n)ie border ber $rau ^Srofefforin, erjdljlte, h>er ifyn in ftebt ertwartete unb toa<3 fiir eine fibele ^artie fie n 25 madden toollten. ^n 9leini)arbbrunn im aftf>of toar fcbon ba Sffen genau auf bie tunbe beftefft, ebenfo ein ^atfyrer unb e^ddftrdger, furj atfe auf ba^ genauefte unb punftlicfyfte georbnet. 6 gereid^te ifym babei ju grower 33efrie- bigung, al^ er Don bem tymnaftaften erfu^r, ba^ bie 30 bafyn auc^ bireft abgef)en toiirbe, benn ber toon 132 GERAfAN READER. fommenbe dfmettjug treffe unmittelbar nacfy ifynen in $rott= ftebt ein. 3n bent Slugenblirf pfiff e toieber. 2)er Sterne fyorcfyte auf, unb fab, au3 feinem ^enfter an ber recfyten (Seite, fonnte aber bab,inau nicfytS erfennen. 5 ^e$t bremfte ber $ug e n - ,,alten totr benn nocfy einmal jhJtfd^en ot{>a unb $rott= ftebt ?" ,,Db, betoafyre," fagte ber ^mnafiaft; ,,ba^ ift $rottftebt I" ,,@tation ^rottftebt I" rief in bem 9ftoment ber (Scftaffner 10 unb ri^ bie Sfyur auf ; rafd^, toer ^ier au^fteigt, e^ geb, t gleicb, tueiter!" ,,err ott, mein 9tcxf ift eingeflemmt !" ftoi)nte ber Heine Bfonn, hjd^renb ber letcfytfufjige ^mnafiaft au^ ber 2:^ur fprang, unb ri^ babei an feinem 9 ( ianfing=9 f iodd^en, bag atter= 15 bing ganj feft unb firfjer t>on ber X^itr, neben ber er bi3 je^t gefeffen, gefa^t toar, fo ba^ er bergeben^ fucfyte ben gebal= tenen 3^f e ^ m ^ etoatt berauju5iet>en. ^Stb!" lommanbierte braufcen ber Dberfrftaffner. ^cb, affner ! err d^affner !" fcbjie ber fleine in obe= 20 angft, ^marfjen @ie einmal fn'er bie St^ttr auf." ,,2lber 2)onnerh)etter, b,ier fteigen @ie ja au! ^JJac^en te in ber d) feinem SReffer; in brei Jafcfyen fanb er e^ nicfyt; 30 AUF DER EISENBAHN. 133 in ber inerten ftaf e ; ber 3"8 taw in 23etoegung' ; mit jitterm ber >anb fyatte er e3 geoffnet; ritfdj, ratfd;) fcfynitt er erbar= munglo3 ben 5ianfing burcfy, um (ieber mit bem toerunftalteten $Ieibungftitcl al gar nid)t toor feiner SBraut ju erfcfyeinen, 5 unb ftiirjte nacfy ber Sf)iir. 3u fpat! UngliicfieligeS 2Bort. /r ^ulie! err Dberbaurat!" fcfyrie er berjtDeiflung^bott au bem -JBagen i)tnau. ,,2tber, err 3tffeffor, too tootfen ie benn t)in?" tlnten auf 10 bem perron ftanb bte ganje efettfd^aft im $eftanjug unb fat) bem ungliidflic^en SBrauttgam nad^, ben i^nen ein fydfynifcfjeS efd^id, faum gejetgt, hneber entfiit>rte. ,,alt! ic^ mu^ fytnauS!" fd^rie in einem le^ten 2tft ber SSerjtueiffung ber ung(iic!|eUge 2lffeffor in S^anfing. Strmer 15 SRann, tt)e5t)a(b mad^teft bu eine SSergnugungetour in einem c^nettjug, ber toeber 3^gern nod^ Grbarmen, fonbern nur tunben unb 3)iinuten fennt! 2lrf)t SRinuten berfaumt! h)ie fonnte bie ein bred)enbe 3lffe)for^>erj auftoiegen. SBortoartS braufte ber 3 U 95 e n ftarfer fd;riller $fiff; brau^en Dorbei 20 fliegt mit betdubenbem Staff ein ber anbere rfwettjug, ber, bon Gifenad; fommenb, in toenigen ^Kinuten faft in ^rott= ftebt; h)a fyilft e i^m? er fann nid;t Iiinuber; borbei, unb tueiter, toie auf te i^n je^t bamit ju troften, ba^ aud^> er ja mit bem nacfyften iiterjuge nad^ ^yrottftebt juriicf lonne. 3 ,,2(cf) bu lieber ott/' flagte er aber; ,,ber fommt ja erft I 34 GERMAN READER. 5 Ufyr 45 ^JZinuten, unb erft abenbS fpdt gefyt bie ^ferbebafyn toieber nacb, -JBalterSb, aufen !" 63 h>ar nirfjts babei gu madden, unb bi3 Gifenacb, tourbe fein 2Bort toetter jh)tfd>en un^ geh)ecf)felt. SSenn e aber etnen Superlattb im cfytoeigen geben fonnte, fo letftete ben 5 ber SMcfe, ber hwfyrenb ber ganjen borbefrf)rtebencn Scene nicfyt einmal ben ^opf baf)in gebrefyt, ja mit feiner SBim^er gejucft i^atte. 2Bie aug tetn getmuen fa^ er ba, unb nur ber $)ampf berriet, ba^ nocb, innere 9Kdrme in ib,m lebte. ^n ifenac^, too id^ ebenfafts ausftteg, urn bie SSerraba^n 10 ju benu^en, ^atte ber &Ieine norf) einige c^lDterigfeiten, big er fein eingeflemmteIge= fleibeter SRann langfam bie trafje fytnab. Gr fcfyien toon etnem Spajiergange nacfy aufe juriicfjufefyren, benn feine Srfmaflenfdjwfye, bie einer boriibergegangenen 2Robe angefyorten, 5 toaren beftaubt. )en langen 9toi)rftocf mit golbenem trug er itnter bem 2(rm; mit feinen bunflen Stugen, in ftd^ bie ganje berlorene ^ugenb gerettet ju f^aben fd^ien, unb n)eld^e eigentiimlic^ toon ben fcfineetoei^en aaren abftacfyen, fa^ er ruf)ig limber ober in bie tabt ^inab, toelcfye im 10 2tbenbfonnenbufte bor ifym lag. @r fc^ien faft ein $rember, benn toon ben SBoriibergefyenben grii^ten if>n nur toenige, ob= gleid^) manner uniDtllfurlic^ in biefe ernften Stugen ju fefyen gejtDiingen tourbe. nblic^ ftanb er bor etnem f>oF>en iebel= fyaufe ftiff, faf> nod^ einmal in bie tabt ^inait^ unb trat 15 in bie >aubiele. Ski bem 6d^att ber ^i)iirgloc!e toitrbe brinnen in ber tube toon einem ucffenfter, toeld^eg nad^) ber SDiele t)inauging, ber griine SBorfyang h)eggefd^oben unb ba eftc^t einer alten ^rau ba^tnter fid^tbar. 2)er 2Rann h)infte if>r mit feinem Stofyrftod ,,9loc^ fein Sic^t!" fagte er in 20 einem etn>a fitbltc^en Accent, unb bie ^au'Sfyalterin liep ben 3SorF>ang toieber fatten. SDer Sllte ging nun iiber bie toette ^au^biele, burd^) einen $efet, tt>o grope eic^ene cfyranfe mit ^orjeffanbafen an ben 28anben ftanben; burc bie gegeniiber= ftefyenbe ^t^itr trat er in einen fteinen ^lur, toon too au3 25 eine enge Stre^e ju ben oberen 3' mmern ^ e ^ interf>aitfe$ fiif>rte. (Sr ftieg fie langfam fyinauf, fcf)Io^ oben eine Sfyur I 36 GERMAN READER. i I auf unb trat bann in ein mafcig grofjeS Dimmer. ' e e fyeimlidb unb ftiff ; bie etne 2Banb tear faft mit 9U'pofitorien unb Siicfyerfcfyrdnfen bebecft ; an ber anbern fyingen SMlber toon -iJftenfcfyen unb egenben; bor einem Sifcfy mit griiner SDecfe, auf bem einjelne aufgefcfylagene 33iicber umfyerlagen, s ftanb ein frfjtoerfdHiger Sefynftufyl mit rotem (Sammetfiffen. 9iarf>bem ber 2llte ut unb todE in bie Grfe geftettt ^atte, fe^te er fid^ in ben 2ef)nftu^I unb fcfyien mit gefalteten anben bon f einem (S^ajiergange au5urui)en. 2Sie er fo fa^, tourbe e affmdf)lid) bunfler; enblic^i fiel ein 9Jlonb[trabl burd^) bie 10 g-enfterfcfyetben auf bie ema'lbc an ber 2Banb, unb ioie ber fyetfe treif langfam lueiler riicfte, folgten bie 3Tugen be 3Jianne^ imtoittftirlicfy. 5tun trat er iiber ein fleineS Silb in frf)Iicf)tem fcfytoarjem 3ftaf>men. ,,e(ifabet^!" fagte ber 2Ute leife; unb h)ie er ba 2Bort gef))rod^en, loar bie 3d* ber= 15 toanbelt: er toar in feiner ^ugenb. 33alb trat bie anmutige eftalt eine fleinen 2Rdbcf)en5 ju ifym. (Sic fytfy GUfabet^) unb mocfyte fiinf ^a^>re jd'^len; er felbft n>ar bo^^elt fo alt. Um ben al^ trug fie ein rot; feibeneS ^iid^elc^en ; ba3 lie^ if>r ^iibfd^ ju ben braunen 2lugen. 20 ,,9teinF)arbt ! rief fie, r ,nnr i>aben frei, frei! ben ganjen Xag feine cfwle, unb morgen and) nicf)t." 9leinfyarbt fteUte bie SledBentafel, bie er fcfyon unterm 3trm t>atte, flin! fainter bie augtt>iir, unb bann liefen beibe $inber burd^^ >au in ben arten, unb burcfy bie arten^forte ^>inau 25 auf bie -JBiefe. 2)ie unDert)offten ^jerjm famen i^nen t>errlid^ ju ftatten. SReinfyarbt ^atte ^>ier mit @Iifabeti) ilfe ein aul 9tafenftiicfen aufgefiif)rt; barin iuottten fte bie IMMENSE 'E. 137 Sommerabenbe toofynen; aber e3 fefylte nod) bie 33anf. ging er gleia) an bie 2(rbeit; 9idgel, jammer unb bie notigen Sretter toaren fcfyon bereit. 28dfyrenbbeffen ging Glifabetfy an bem 2Batt entlang unb fammette ben ringformigen <3atnen 5 ber toilben SRalbe in ifyre cfyiirje; batoon toollte fie fid) $etten unb ^al^bdnber madden; unb al S^ein^arbt enblic^ tro^ mand^e frumm gefcfylagenen 9iagel feine Sanf bennocfy juftanbe gebracf)t ^atte unb nun toieber in bie (Sonne fyin= au^trat, ging fie fc^on toeit bauon am anbern Snbe ber 10 2Biefe. ,,@lifabet^ !" rief er, ^Glifabet^!" unb ba fam fte, unb ifyre Sodfen flogen. ,,^omm/' fagte er, ,,nun ift unfer au fertig. 2)u bift ja ganj f)ei^ getoorben; fomm ^erein, toir iwotten un auf bie neue S3anf fe^en. 5$ erjd^I' bir ettoag." 15 2)ann gingen fie beibe f)inein, unb fetjten ficf> auf bie neue 33anf. lifabet^ na^m if)re Sftingelrfjen au^ ber (Sc^urje unb jog fie auf lange Sinbfabcn; SUinfyarbt fing an ju erjdi>Ien: ,,G3 loaren einmal brei @)3innfrauen -- " ,,3lc^/' fagte Glifabetf), ,,ba h)ei^ id) ja auh>enbig; bu 20 mufjt aud) nic^t immer ba^felbe erjdt)(en." 2) a mute Steinfyarbt bie efc^ic^te toon ben brei <5pinn= frauen ftecfen laffen, unb ftatt beffen erjdi)lte er bie efcfyicfyte toon bem armen 9JJann, ber in bie Sotuengrube getoorfen h?ar. ,,9Jun tear e -ftacbt," fagte er, ,,h)eifet bu? ganj finftere, 25 unb bie Soloen fc^Iiefen. ^Jiitunter aber gafynten fie im cf)Iaf unb rerften bie roten 3 un 9 en au ^i b flnn fc^auberte ber 5D?ann unb meinte, baft ber 3Jiorgen fomme. 2)a h)arf e^ um if>n fyer auf einmal einen f>etten djein, unb al er auffa^, ftanb ein Gngel bor \fyrn. SDer tuinfte if)m mit ber >anb unb ging 30 bann gerabe in bie 138 GERMAN READER. Glifabetfy fyatte aufmerffam jugebbrt. ,,6in @ngel?" fagte fte: ,,>atte er benn ^Mgel?" ,,Q$ ift nur fo eine efd>trfte;" anttoortete 5Heinf>arbt; ,,eS giebt ja gar feine Gngel." ,,D pfut, Sfeinfyarbt!" fagte fie unb fafy ifym ftarr in$ 5 eftcfyt. 2U er fie aber finfter anblidfte, fragte fie tfyn jtoeU felnb: ,,28arum fagen fte e3 benn immer, Gutter unb ante unb au^> in ber (Seville?" ,,25a h)ei^ id^i nirfjt;" anttoortete er. ,,2l6er bu/' fagte Glifabet^, ,,giebt e benn aud^ feine 10 Sotoen?" ,,2on)en? Db e 26h)en giebt? 3 n 3 n ^ en i b fl f^annen bie o^en^riefter fte ' bor ben 2Bagen unb fafyren mit if>nen burd^) bie -JBtifte. 2Benn \ einmal felber fyn. 2)a tft e biel taufenbmal fcfyoner al ^ier bei un; ba 15 giebt e gar feinen SSinter. ^u mu^t auc^ mit mir. SSiUft bu?" ,,3d/' fagte Itfabet^; ,,aber Gutter mu^ bann aucfy mtt, unb beine Gutter aud^/' ,,9ietn/' fagte 9tein^arbt, ,,bie ftnb bann ju alt, bie fonnen nid^t mit." 20 ,,3$ barf aber nicfyt attein." ,,3)ii f ottft frf>on biirfen ; bu toirft bann h)irf lic^) meine 'firm, unb bann ^aben bie anbern bir nictyts ju befefylen." ,,3tber meine 5Rutter toirb toeinen." ,,3Btr f ommen ja n>ieber/' fagte 9teinfyarbt f)eftig ; ,,fag' e 25 nur gerabe ^erau, toiflft bu mit mir reifen? onft gef>' tc^ affein; unb bann fomme icf) nimmer toieber." 25er ^leinen fam ba SBeinen nafye. ,,2Rac^' nur nicftt fo bofe Slugen/' fagte fte; ,,idf> toill ja mit nac^ 3 n ^ en -" Steinfyarbt fa^te fte mit augelaffener ^reube bei beiben 30 IMMENSEE. 1 39 cinben unb jog fie f>inau<3 aitf bie SSiefe. ,,-ftacf; nacf> 3 n i en! " f an 9 * r unb fefytoenfte fief) mit ifyr im reife, baft ifyr bag rote iicf;elef;en bom alfe flog. 2)ann aber lief} er fie tolotjlief; log unb fagte ernft: ,,G3 toirb boef; nief>taft leine Gourage." - ,,eitfabet^ ! 9f{etnfyarbt !" rief e jet bon ber ar= tenbforte. ,,ter ! ter !" anttoorteten bie $tnber, unb fbrangen anb in >anb nacf> aufe. ^m 28albe. @o lebten bie ^inber jufammen; fie h)ar ifym oft 11 ftiff, 10 er tr>ar ifyr oft ju ^eftig, aber fie liefjen begf)alb nicf>t bon einanber ; faft aHe greiftunben tetlten fie, tointerS in ben befcfyranften 3i mmern i^ rer Butter, fommer^ in Sufcfy unb ^elb. 2U Glifabetf? einmal in Siein^arbtg egentoart bon bent cfiuffe^rer gefrfjolten toitrbe, ftie^ er feine Safel jornig !5 auf ben Sifrf), urn ben Gifer be 5Ranne^ auf fief; ju lenfen. 3 hmrbe nicf;t bemerft. 2lber 9?einf)arbt berlor atte 2luf= merffamfeit an ben geograbfyifcfyen 33ortragen; ftatt beffen berfafjte er ein lange^ G5ebicf;t; barin berglid) er fief; felbft mit einem jungen Stbler, ben Sefwlmeifter mit einer grauen 20 ^rtifye, lifabetf; it>ar bie iuei^e aube; ber 2lbler gelobte an ber grauen ^rafye 9taef;e ju nefymen, fobalb ib.m bie ^Iu= gel geh)acf)fen fein tbiirben. 2)em jungen 2)icf)ter ftanben bie 2;f;rdnen in ben 2(ugen; er fain fief; fef;r erf;aben bor. 2(1^ er naef) aufe gefommen tbar, toujjte er fief; einen Ifeinen 2 5 ^ergamentbanb mit biefen Jbei^en 23ltittern ju berfef;affen ; auf bie erften (Seiten fefjrteb er mit forgfamer $anb fein er= fle ebief)t. Salb barauf fam er in eine anbere <5er)ule ; fyier fef;Io^ er manege neue ^amerabfcfwft mit ^naben feine^ 140 GERMAN READER, 2Uter3; aber fein SBerfefyr mit lifabetf) trmrbe baburcf) nicr)t geftort. 33on ben SRarcfyen, toelcfye er ifyr fonft erjdfylt unb -timber erjafylt fyatte, fing er jetjt an, bie, toelcfye ifyr am beften gefatten fatten, aufjufcfyreiben ; babei tnanbelte ifyn oft bie Suft an, eth>a toon feinen eigenen ebanfen liineinju= 5 bicftten: aber, er iou^te ntdbt h)elf)alb, er fonnte immer mcr)t baju gelangen. o fc^rieb er fie genau auf, line er fie felber gefyort i>atte. 2)ann gab er bie flatter an Glifabetfy, bie fte in einem (Scfyubfacfy ib, rer cfiatutte forgfaltig aufbeiDabjte ; unb e^ genjci^rte ifym eine anmutige Sefriebigung, tr>enn er 10 fie mitunter abenb^ biefe efdjicfytcfyen in feiner egentoart auS ben toon i^m gefrf>riebenen >eften ib,rer 2Rutter borlefen b,6rte. (Sieben ^a^re h)aren boruber. 9leint)arbt fottte ju feiner toeiteren 3tubilbung bie (Stabt berlaffen. Glifabetb, fonnte ficf> nicbt in ben ebanfen finben, ba^ e^ nun eine $eit ganj 15 obne Steintiarbt geben toerbe. Q$ freute fie, al3 er if>r eineg ^age^ fagte, er toerbe, n)ie fonft, 2fttirrf>en fur fie auffc^rei^ ben ; er tootte fie it? r mit ben SBriefen an feine 2Rutter ]ar, toelcfye nacf; unb nacf; faft bie alfte ber ioei^en flatter gefiiflt fatten. 25 G h)ar im ^imi ; 9Ieint)arbt f ottte am anbern ^age reifen. 52un toollte man nod^ einmal einen feftlicfyen Xag jufammen begef^en. SDaju hwrbe eine Sanb^artie nact; einer ber nafye belegenen oljungen in grofjerer efeHfcf;aft tocranftaltet. ftunbenlange 2Beg bi^ an ben <2aum be3 5BaIbe^ Jvurbe 30 IM MEN SEE. , 141 ju 28agen juriicfgelegt ; bann nafym man bie ^Brotoiantforbe fyerunter unb marfcfyierte uwter. @in Xannengefyolj mufcte juerft burdftttmnbert toerben ; e tear fiifyl itnb bdmmerig unb ber 33oben u&eratt mit feinen 9?abeln beftreut. 9taalbung ; Ijiier tear afleS lid)t unb gritn ; mitunter bracty em ren 5lo^fen toon 3(ft ju Stft. 2(uf einem ^Bla^e, iiber toeld^em uralte Sudden mit i^ren kronen 10 ju einem burc^ficf)tigen Saubgetoolbe jufammentoucfyfen, mac^te bie efetlfd^aft alt. Iifabetf) 9J?utter offnete einen ber $6rbe; ein alter err h)arf fief) jum ^robiantmeifter auf. ,,Wit urn micfy ^erum, i^r jungen SSbgel!" rief er, ,,unb merfet genau, toaS ic^ eud^ ju fagen fyabe. 3 um ^ru^ftucf 15 erfyalt je^t ein jeber toon eucfy gn)ei trocfene 9Becfen ; bie 33utter ift ju aufe geblieben; bie 3ufoft mu^ fief) ein jeber felber fucfyen. ^ ftefyen genug Grbbeeren im 2BaIbe, bag fyeifjt fur ben, ber fie ju finben h)ei|. 2Ber ungefrf)icft ift, mu^ fein 33rot troifen effen; fo gef)t e iiberatt im 2eben. 20 abt ifyr meine 9^ebe begriffen?" ,,^a toofyl!" rief en bie jungen. ,,^a fefyt," fagte ber Sllte, ,,fie ift aber nod) nirfit ju nbe. 9Bir Sllten {>aben un^ im Seben fc^on genug um^ergetrieben ; barum bteiben tt)ir je^t ju >au3, bag ^ei^t, ^ier unter biefen 25 breiten Saumen, unb fcfya'len bie ^artoffeln unb madden $euer unb rtiften bie 3^afet, unb toenn bie Uf>r jh>6lf ift, foffen aud^ bie Gier gefocfyt tuerben. 2)afiir feib i^r itnS Uon euren 6rbbeeren bie ^alfte frf)ulbig, bamit h)ir auc^ einen 9iacfttifcf) ferbieren fonncn. Unb nun gefyt naa) Dft unb 2Bcft unb feib 30 142 GERMAN READER, marten aflerlei fdfyelmifcfye eftcfyter. rief ber alte err nocb, einmal. ,,25a3 braucfye idf) eucb, tool;)! nicbt ju fagen, toer feine finbet, braucfyt aucfo, !eine abjuliefern; abcr ba3 fcbjeibt eucfy toobl bjnter eure feinen Cfyren, on unS 2llten bcfommt er aucfy nic^t. Unb nun i)abt ifyr fiir biefen 5 ^ag gute Sefyren genug; toenn t^r nun nod) Grbbeeren baju b,abt, fo toerbet iE>r fiir ^eute fcfyon bur^ 2eben fommen." 3)ie ^ungen toaren berfelben 9Jieinung, unb begannen fid) paartoetfe auf bie $ab,rt ju madden. w ^omm, Glifabett)/' fagte Sfkmfyarbt, ,,id^ toei^ einen @rb= 10 beerenfc^Iag ; bu fottft fein trocfene^ Srot effen." Glifabetf) fniipfte bie griinen Sdnber i^reg @trob,b,ut3 ju= fammen, unb ^ing ifyn iiber ben 2(rm. ,,@o fomm," fagte fie, ,,ber ^orb ift ferttg." 2)ann gingen fie in ben 28alb ^inein, tiefer unb tiefer; 15 burcfy feurfite Saumfcfyatten, too attel ftiH toar, nur unftcfytbar iiber ib,nen in ben Siiften ba^ efd^rei ber galfen; bann toieber burc^ bic^te^ eftrityp, fo bic^t, ba^ 9tein^>arbt tooran= get>en mu^te, urn einen ^fab ju madden, ^)ier einen $toeig ju fnirfen, bort eine S^anfe beifeite ju biegen. Salb aber w fyorte er b,inter ftrf) Glifabetf^ feinen 9iamen rufen. Gr toanbte ftc^) urn. wStein^arbt!" rief fie, ,,toarte bocf), 5Reinb,arbt!" @r fonnte fte nic()t getoa^r toerben; enblicf> fat> er fte in einiger Gntfernung mit ben trducbern fdm^fen; ib,r feinee ^opf*en frfjtoamm nur faum iiber ben @pien ber ^arn= 25 frduter. 9lun ging er nod^ einmal juriicf unb fiib,rte fie burd^ bal 2Birrni ber frduter unb tauben auf einen freien ^pla^ fyinauS, too blaue falter jtoifc^en ben einfamen Salbblumen flatterten. 9teinbarbt ftricf) ibr bie feud)ten aare au3 bem erbi^ten efien ; bann tooKte er ib,r ben @trob,(;ut auf= 30 IMMENSEE. 143 fe|en, unb fie tooftte e nicfyt leiben; aber bann bat er fie, unb nun Ucfj fie el bocf) gefcfyefyen. ,,2Bo bleiben benn aber beine Grbbeeren?" fragte fie enblic^, inbem fie ftefyen blieb unb einen tiefen 2ltemjug tfyat. 5 ,,ier fyaben fie geftanben," fagte er; ,,aber bie $roten ftnb un3 jutoorgefomtnen, ober bie -JRarber ober toiefleicfyt bie If en." ,,^a," fagte lifabetf), ,,bie flatter ftefyen nocfy ba; aber f^rid^) ^ier nicfyt Don @Ifen. ^omm nur, icfy bin noc^i gar 10 nicfyt miibe; tt)ir tuoffen tueiter fucfyen. 3Sor i^nen toar ein fleiner SadE), jenfeit^ irieber ber 2BaIb. 9teint>arbt i>ob GUfabetF> auf feine 3(rme unb trug fie fyiniiber. 9lad) einer 2BeiIe traten fie au3 bem fd^attigen 2aube toieber in eine toeite 2icf)tung fyinaitS. ,,ier mitffen (Srbbeeren fein," 15 fagte ba3 SJiabc^en, fr e buftet fo fii^." atte 9teinf)arbt nic^t gebac^t. ,,2Barte 25 nur; h)of>er fommt ber 5Binb?" fagte er, unb fyob feine anb in bie >ofye. 2tber el fam fein IJBinb. ,,titt," fagte @Iifabetf>, ,,ntic^ biinft, id^> ^orte fie fpred^en. 9htfe einmal babinunter." 9?einbarbt rief burcfy bie t>ot)le anb: ,,^ommt fyierfyer!" 30 ,,ier^er!" rief el juritcf. 144 GERMAN READER. ,,@ie anttoorten !" fagte Glifabetfy unb flatfcfyte in bte ,,-Jlein, e3 toar mdjtZ, e tear nur ber 25Mberbatt." (Slifabetb, fafcte SieinfyarbtS >anb. ,,2Rir graut!" fagte fte. ,,-iRem/ fagte Steinfyarbt, ,,ba3 mujj eg ntrfrt. ier ift e3 5 prdcfcttg. r ^iniiber. 2)ie 6onne ftanb gerabe iiber i^nen; e3 ioar glii^enbe ^Jtittagg^i^e; fleine golbglanjenbe, ftaf>lblaue ^liegen ftanben fliigelfc^toingenb in ber Sitft; ring urn fie fyer ein feineS timmern ber (S^ed^te unb ba^ 15 $reifcfyen ber anbern 2BaIbbogeI. ,,ord>," fagte Ufabet^ ,,e^ Idutet." ,,2Bo?" fragte Stein^arbt. ,,inter un. orft bu? @$ ift 3Hittag." ,,SDann liegt ^inter un bie tabt; unb ioenn irir in biefer 20 Sficfytung gerabe burdfigeben, fo miiffen n)ir bie anbern treffen." <2o traten fte ib,ren SUicvioeg an; ba -Grbbeerenfudfien fatten fie aufgegeben, benn Glifabetb, h>ar mube getworben. Gnblicf) ftang gn)ifcben ben Sauinen b^inburcf) bag Sacben ber efeUfcfyaft; bann fatten fie aucf) ein toei^e^ 3;ud^ am S3oben 25 fc^immern, ba^ h)ar bie afel, unb barauf ftanben Grbbeeren in iiUe unb ^iitte. 2)er alte err ^atte eine erbiette im ^nobflocf) unb f^ielt ben ^ungen bie ^ortfe^ung feiner mora= Iifcfen 9teben x iDdi)renb er eifrig an einem Sraten b,erum- trancfyierte. 30 IMMENSEE. 145 ,,!Da finb bic -ftadjjugler/' riefen bie ^ungen, al3 fie SJeinfmrbt unb Glifabetfy burd; bie Stiume !ommen fafyen. ^ierfyer!" rief ber alte err, ,,urf)er auSgeleert, >ute umgefefyrt! -iftun jeigt fyer, toaS ifyr gefunben fyabt." 5 ,,mnger unb )urft!" fagte Skinfyarbt. /r SSenn ba^ atte^ ift," ertoiberte ber 3(Ite unb ^06 ifynen bie botte @d;iiffel entgegen, ,,fo mii^t i^r e aucf) befyalten. ^i>r fennt bie 2(brebe; fyier tuerben leine SKu^igganger gefiittert." gnblicfy lie^ er fid^) aber bod) erbitten, unb nun tourbe 10 afe( ge^alten ; baju f cf>(ug bie roff el au ben 2Barf)l)0lbers bii[(f>en. o ging ber ag ^in. 9ieinf>arbt fyatte aber bod; eth)a gefunben; toaren e feine rbbeeren, fo toar e bod; aud> im 2BaIbe gen>ad;fen. 2111 er nad; >aufe gelommen toar, fd;rteb 15 er in feinen alien ^ergamentbanb: |>icr an ber 93ergesf)a(be Sevftumniet gems ^ ei ' SSi' 1 ^ J 2)te 3 roe '9 e I)ngen niebcr, 2)arunter fit ba 20 @te ft^t in t)t)mtane, @ie [t^t in tauter 35uft; 2>ie blauen ^Itegen fuinmen Unb bitten buri^ bie Suft. eg fte^t ber SSalb fo fcfyoeigenb, 25 ie fi^ait] |o flug barein; Urn iljre braunen Socfen ^infliegt ber @onnenfcf)etn. er 5tucfucf ladjt t>on feme, S ge^t nitr burc^ ben Sinn; 3 ie tfat bie golbnen ?lugen 2)er .9BaIbcfonigin. 146 GERMAN READER. @o toar fie nid>t attein fein <3cbu$ling; fte toar ifym aucb, ber 2lusbruc! fiir atteg 2ieblid>e unb -JBunberbare feineg auf= gefyenben Sebeng. 2) a ftanb bag &inb am SBege. 2Beibna jufammenfafj. 2)te 2ampen an ben 2Banben toaren angejiinbet, benn I^ier unten bammerte e^ fc^on; aber bie a'fte toaren f^arfam berfammelt, bie $ettner le^nten mii^ig an ben -SRauerpfeilern. ^n einem SSinfel beg etoolbeS fa^en ein etgenfpieler, unb ein 3i^ erma ^^ en m ^ ffinen 10 jigeunerftaften 3 u 9 en 5 f* e fatten ifyre ^nftrumente auf bent (Sa)o^ Uegen unb frf)ienen tetlna^mlog bor ficb, ^injufe^en. 2(m Stubententifd^e Inattte ein (Sfyampagnerpfropfen. /^rtnfe, mein bo^mifd^ 2iebdben!" rief ein junger Wlann Don junferfyaftem ^u^ern, inbem er ein tootteg lag ju bem 15 9Jidba)en ^iniiberreicfjte. ,,^50; mag nicfyt," fagte -fie, ob,ne ib,re tettung ju ber* anbern. ,,o finge!" rief ber ^unfer, unb toarf ib,r eine ilber^ miinje in ben (Scfyofj. 2)a^ ^Jldbcb.en ftricb, \id) langfam mit 20 ben ^ n 9 ern i'wrcf) ib,r frf>ttarjeg .'rjaar, tod^renb ber f^ieler ifyr ing Cb,r fliifterte; aber fie toarf ben $otof unb ftii^te bag ^inn auf ib,re Qifyvc. ,$ui ben fpiel' icfe, nic^t/' fagte fie. Stein^arbt fprang mit bem lafe in ber anb auf, unb 25 ftettte fia) bor fie. ,,2iBag toittft bu? y/ fragte fie tro^ig. ,,$)eine Stugen fe^en." ge^en bio; meinc 2(ugen an?" IMMENSER. 1 47 Sleinfyarbt fafy funfelnb auf fie nieber. ,,$cfy toeifj toofyl, fie finb falfcfy!" ie legte ifyre SBange in bie flacfye >anb unb fal) ifyn lauernb an. 9tetnfyarbt fyob fein lal an ben 9JZunb. ,,2luf beine fcfyonen fitnbi)aften Stugen !" fagte er, unb tranf. @ie lad^te, unb toarf ben ^o))f t>erum. ,,@ieb!" fagte fie, unb inbetn fie ifyre fd)toarjen 2(ugen in bie feinen fyeftete, tran! fie langfam ben 9teft. 2)ann griff fte einen 2)reiflang unb fang mit tiefer leibenfrfwftlicfyer ttmme: 10 eute, nur 93in tc^ fo fd)im: 9Korgen, ai^ morgen 9Kujj ade Uerge^n! 9Jur biefe tunbe 15 SBift bu nod) mein ; tevbcn, ad) fterben @oQ id) attem. SBa^renb ber eigenf^ieter in rafcfyem S'em^o ba einfeljte, gefettte fid^) ein neuer Stnfommltng ju ber 20 $$ icottte bic^ ab^olen, 9leinf>arbt ;" fagte er. ,,2)u ioarft fcfyon fort; aber bal 6^rtft!inb tttar bei bir eingefeftrt.' 7 ,,a efyriftfinb?" fagte ^ein^arbt, w ba fommt nicfyt me^r ju mir." ,,6i toa! ein ganjeS 3^ rnmer roc ^ na $ Xannenbaum 25 unb braunen $ud)en." 9tein^arbt fe^te ba^ lag au feiner anb unb griff nacfy feiner 3Rii^e. toittft bu?" fragte ba 3Jiabcf>en. fomme frf^on iuieber/' 148 GERMAN READER. @ie runjelte bie tint. ,,93leib' \" rief fte leife, unb fafy ibn bertraulicfy an. SHeinfyarbt jogerte. $$ fann nicfyt," fagte er. <3ie ftiefc ifyn larfjenb mit ber ^ufeftntje. ,,efy!" fagte fie, n'iDu taugft nicfytS; ifyr taugt atte mit einanber nicfyts. " Unb 5 toafyrenb fie ficfy abtoanbte, ftieg 9?einfyarbt langfam bie $eHer= treppc Ijinauf. 2)rau^en auf ber (Strafe toar e^ tiefe Sammerung; er fufylte bie frifrfje 3Sinterluft an feiner fyeifjen ttrn. ie unb ba fiel ber ^ette djein eine brennenben ^annenbaum^ 10 au ben 5 en ftern, bann unb toann ijorte man toon brinnen ba erauf^) Don fleinen ^Bfeifen unb SBlecfytrompeten unb bajh)ifrf>en jubelnbe $inberftimmen. aufgeriffen, unb fc^eltenbe Stimmen trieben einen ganjen d^toarm folcfer fleinen afte aug bem F>effen aufe auf bie bunfle affe fyinau3; anberetoo tDurbe auf bem au3fhtr ein alte 3Beif>nadf)tslieb gefungen; e3 tDaren 20 flare 2Rabrf)enftimmen barunter. Stetnfyarbt fjorte fie nicbt, er ging rafcfy an allem tooriiber, au^ einer (Strafe in bie anbere. 2113 er an feine SBofynung gefommen, luar e3 faft toollig bunfel getuorben; er ftotyerte bie Stre^e ^inauf unb trat in feine Stube. Gin fiifjer 25uft frf)Iug \fyrn entgegen; 25 ba F>eimelte it>n an, ba rod) h)ie ju au^ ber Gutter 2Bei^narf)t^ftube. SRit jitternber $anb jiinbete er fein Sic^it an; ba lag ein marf)tige3 ^afet auf bem Xifrf), unb al3 er e offnete, fielen bie toofylbefannten braunen ^eftfudben berau^ ; auf einigen toaren bie 2tnfangeburftftaben feine^ 3>iamen^ in 3 1M MEN SEE. 1 49 $ucfer au3geftreut; ba fonnte nicmanb anberS al Glifabetb, getfyan fwben. )ann lam ein ^acfcfyen mit feiner geftidter 2Bafd)e jum SSorfrfjein, ticb,er unb ^Jlanfcfyetten, juleijt 23rtefe toon ber Gutter unb Glifabetl). Steinfyarbt offnete juerft ben 5 letjeren; Glifabetfy fcfyrieb: ,,1)ie fcfybnen 3uderbud;ftaben fonnen 2)ir tro^I erjd^Ien, loer bet ben $ucf>en mitge^olfen b,at; btefelbe ^Berfon b,at bie 5Ranfct)etten fiir 2)trf> ge[tic!t. Set unl h)irb e3 nun am 2Bet^nad^tabenb fe^r ftttt tuerben; meine Gutter ftettt 10 tmmer fcf>on urn ^alb jefyn \\^\ 6))tnnrab in bie @ borigen onntag ber ^dnfling geftorben, ben 2)u mir gefc^enft fyatteft; id^ ^abe* fe^r getoeint, aber id? f^ab' if)n bo4) immer gut geirartet. 2)er fang fonft immer 15 nad^mittag, h>enn bie <2onne auf fein 33auer fdjien; 2)u toei^t, bie 9)lutter tying oft ein ucfy itber, um ib,u ^u gefctytoeigen, tuenn er fo redjt au ^rciften fang. 2) a ift e nun nod) ftitter in ber hammer, nur bafj 2)ein alter ^reunb Cmcfy un je^t mitunter befuctyt. 5Du fagteft 20 einmal, er fd'fye feinem braunen Uberrod abnlicty. SDaran mu^ icty nun immer benfen, ittenn er jur Xtyitr fyeretnfommt, unb e ift gar 5u lomifcty ; fag' e aber nictyt jur SHutter, fie ioirb bann leicfyt berbrie^Iicty. 5Hat', h>a icty Seiner Gutter ju SBeifynacfyten fctyenfe! 2)u rcitft e nicfyt? tylid) 25 felber! 2)er ricb, jeid^net micty in fctyh)arer $reibe; icty tyabe itym breimal fi^en muff en, jebe^mal eine ganje (Stunbe. 6g tear mir red^t jutoiber, ba^ ber frembe 3Kenfd^ mein eficfyt fo au^toenbig lernte. ^cty tuoHte auety nictyt, aber bie SRutter rebete mir ju; fie fagte, e tuiirbc ber 30 guten $ vau 3Berner eine gar grofje ^ r ^^ mactyen. 150 GERMAN READER. Slber 2>u fyaltft n\$t SBort, 9leinl?arbt. $u fyaf* feine ;Biarcf>en gefrfncft. %etmJr>eIj. Gr gtng eine Qt'it lang in feinem 3" nmer au f unb nieber: er fprad) leife unb bann fyalbtoerftanblirf) ju fid) 10 felbft : Gr tuiire faft toertrret Unb Joufjte nid)t l)inau; S)a ftanb ba Sinb am SSege Unb loinfte i^m nac^ >au. 15 2)ann trat er an fein ^ult, nat>m-einige elb fyerausv unb ging ioieber auf bie (Strafje f?tnab. ier tear eg mittler= toeile ftiUer getoorben; bie 2Beif>nadE>tbaume tt>aren brannt, bie Umjiige ber ^inber fatten aufget)6rt. 2)er fegte burcfy bie einfamen Strain ; 2(Ite unb S un 9 e fafecn in 20 ifyren ^ciufern familiennjeife jufammen; ber jtoeite 2lbfd>nitt be 2Seif>nacf>t5abenb F>atte begonnen. 2(I Stein^arbt in bie -fttifye be $Ratfetter fam, fybrte er au ber 3;iefe fyerauS eigenftric^ unb ben efang be3 3itf>ermabd^en ; nun Itingelte unten bie ^eUettfyur, unb eine 25 bunfle eftalt fc^h)anfte bie breite, matt erleucfytete Xre^e ^erauf. 9teinl;arbt trat in ben duferfd^atten unb ging bann rafcfy boriiber. 9?acf> einer -JBeile erreidf)te er ben erleucfyteten abn eine^ ^uh)elierg; unb nacfybem er ijier ein Heine^ reuj mit roten ^oraffen eingef>anbelt fyatte, ging er auf 30 bemjelben SBege, ben er gefommen tear, toieber juriirf. IMMENSE E. I 5 I toeit toon feiner -JBofynung betnerfte er ein Ileine3, in fld'glicfye 2umpen gefyiiftteS 5Rcibd)en an einer fyofyen ^au^tfyiir ftefyen, in bergeblidjer SBemufyung, fie ju b'ffnen. ,,Sofl id) bir b, elf en?" fagte cr. SDa $inb erhnberte nicr)t, liefj aber 5 bie fcfrtoere Xfyiirflinfe fafyren. ^ein^arbt i>atte fcf>on bic Stfyttr geoffnet. ^^ein/' fagte er, ,,fie fonnten bid) ^inau^s jagen; fomm mit mir! i^ toitt bir 2Bei^nac^t^fuc^en geben." 35ann macfyte er bie ^^iire h)ieber ju unb fa^te ba^ fleine 5Rtibrf)en an ber ^anb, ba^ ftittfcfytoeigenb mit if?m in feine io -JBofynung ging. r ^atte ba 2ic^t beim 2Segge^en brennen laffen. ,,^ier i)aft bu ^ud^en/' fagte er, unb gab ifyr bie >a'lfte feine^ ganjen arbt marf)te bie ^f)iire auf unb leucfytete i^r, unb nun flog bie fleine it)ie ein SSogel mit if^rem ^ud^en bie Streppe t>inab unb jum aufe 9teimf)arbt fd^iirte ba ^euer in feinem Dfen an unb fteffte ba beftaubte Sintenfafj auf feinen Stifc^; bann fetjte er fic^ fyin unb fcfyrieb, unb fd;rieb bie ganje ^acfyt 33riefe an feine Gutter, an Slifabetb,. 2)er 9teft ber gBeifynacfytSfucfyen lag 25 unberiif;rt neben ifym; aber bie 5Ranfc^etten Don Glifabetb, f)atte er angefniipft, tua fid? gar nnmberlicfi ju feinem toeifcen glau^rod au^nab,m. (2o fa^ er nod), al bie 2i>interfonne auf bie gefrorenen ^enfterfcf>eiben fiel unb ifym gegeniiber im Spiegel ein blaffeS, ernfte^ 2lntli^ jeigte. GERMAN READER. 2113 eS Dftern getoorben toar, reifte Sfeinljmrbt in bie t\-. mat. 3tm 5Rorgen nacf) feiner 2tnfunft ging er ju Glifabetfy. ,,2Bie grofc bu getoorben bift," fagte er, al3 ba3 fcfydne, fcfymcicfytige ^Jiabcfyen tfym Idcfyelnb entgegenfam. @ie errotete, aber fie erh)iberte nid^)t; t^>re $anb, bie er beim 2BiUfommen 5 in bie feine genommen, fucfyte fte if>m fanft 511 ent^iefyen. 6r fa^ fte jn)eifelnb an, ba<3 ijatte fie frii^er nid)t get{>an; nun tt>ar e^, al trete ettoa^ ^rembe^ jluifd^en fie. 2)a3 blieb aucr), al er fd^on longer bagetoefen, unb aU er Xag fur ag immer toiebergefommen h)ar. 2Benn fte affetn jufant; 10 menfa^en, entftanben ^aitfen, bie if>m ^einlirf) toaren unb benen er bann a'ngftlirf) juborjufommen fud)te. Urn h)at>renb ber ^erienjeit eine befttmmte UnterF)altung 511 fwben, fing er an, lifabetfy in ber 33otanif ju unterrirf)ten, toontit er fic^> in ben erften SRonaten feineS UniberfitatllebenS angelegentlidi 15 befd^aftigt l>atte. @Itfabetf>, bie ifym in aHem ju folgen ge= . h)of)nt unb iiberbieS Ie{?rf>aft ioar, ging berettioittig barauf ein. 9?un h)urben me^rere Stale in ber -JBocfye @j!urfionen in ^elb ober in bie eiben gemad^tt; unb fatten fie bann mittagS bie griine Sotanifierfa^fel tooll ^raut unb SBIumen 20 nad> aufe gebrad^t, fo fam -fieinfyarbt einige tunben footer n)ieber, urn mit lifabetfy ben gemetnfd)aftlid^en $unb ju teilen. ^n folder 2(bfid)t trat er eine^ 5iadE>mittag in 3 mmer / a ^ Glifabetl) am $enfter ftanb, unb ein bergolbete^ SBogelbauer, ba er fonft boft nicfyt gefeijen, mit frifcf)em iif)nerfrf)lt)arm be== 25 ftecEte. ^m Sauer fajj ein ^anarienbogel, ber mit ben ^ugdn fcf)Iug unb !reifrf>enb nad) GUfabet^ finger ^irfte. Sonft fyatte 3SogeI an biefer tette get^angen. ,/at mein armer IMMENSE E. 153 >d'nfling ftcfy nacfy feinem obe in einen olbfinfen belt?" fragte er Better. ,,2)a3 toflegen bie ^anflinge nicfyt", fagte bie SRutter, toelcfye fbinnenb im gefynftufyl faji. ,,$r 5 reun b r ^ fy fl t ifyn fyeut' mittag fur GUfabetfy Don feinem >ofe fyereingefcfyicft." tueld^em ofe?" toiffen @ie nic^t?" benn? /y Grid^ feit einem SJionat ben jtueiten of feineS 2Sater 10 am ^mmenfee angetreten fyat?" ,,3l6er (Sie ^aben mir fein 2Bort babon gefagt." ," fagte bie Gutter, ,,@ie fya&en fid^ aucf) nod^) mit feinem 2Borte nac^ ^f>rem ^reunbe erfunbigt. r ift ein gar lieber, berftanbiger junger SJlann." 15 2>ie SRutter ging ^inaug, urn ben affee ju beforgen ; @Iifa= bett> i>atte 9iein^arbt ben SHurfen jugetoanbt unb h)ar nod mit bem 33au i^rer fleinen 2aube befc^aftigt. ,,5Bitte, nur ein HeineS SBeilc^en/' fagte fie; ,,gleid9 bin id^ fertig." SDa 9iein^arbt h)iber feine etoofynljeit nic^t anth)ortete, fo toanbte fie ftd um. 20 ^n feinen Slugen lag ein plotjHcfyer 2tu^brucf toon Summer, ben fie me barin geh)af)rt fjatte. ,,2Bal fei)lt bir, ^eintiarbt ? /y fragte fie, inbem fie nafye ju if^m trat. ,,9Kir ?" fagte er gebanfenloS unb liep feine Stugen traumerifd^ in ben ifyren rui>en. 25 ,,u fiel^ft fo traurig au3." ,,@Iifabetb," fagte er, ,,\d) fann ben gelben^Boget nicfyt leiben." ie fa^> if>n ftaunenb an, fie berftanb i^n nicfyt. ,,u bift fo fonberbar," fagte fie. (Sir nafym if)re beiben >cinbe, bie fte ru^ig in ben feinen liejj. 30 33alb trat bie Gutter luieber fyerein. 154 GERMAN READER. 9?arf> bem $affee fc|te biefe ficb an ifyr (Sbinnrab ; Sleinbarbt unb GUfabetfy gingen in3 -Jtebenjimmer, urn ifyre ^Pflanjen ju orbncn. 9?un iwtrben Staubfdben gejdfylt, flatter unb 23litten forgfdltig auSgebreitet, unb toon jeber 3trt jtoei Gr.emblare jum rocfnen jUnfctyen bie 33ldtter eineS grofjen ^olianten gelegt. @g 5 toar fonnige 9?acf)mittagftiHe ; nur nebenan frfmurrte ber Gutter ort, n>enn er bie Drbnungen ber ^laffen ber ^5f(anjen nannte ober lifabetF)^ ungefrfticfte 2tuf^rad^e ber Iateinifd>en Seamen forrigierte. 10 ,,2)iir feb^It nocf> bon neulirf) bie 5RaibIume/' fagte fte je$t, al ber ganje $unb befttmmt unb georbnet ioar. Steinfyarbt jog einen fleinen h)ei^en ^ergamentbanb au^ ber ^afd^te. ,,ter ift ein 5)laiblumenftengel fiir bid^/' fagte er, in* bem er bie fyalbgetrorfnete ^Sflanje ^eraunat)m. 15 Site eiifabetfy bie befcf)riebenen flatter fafy, fragte fie : ,,aft bu toieber 9Jia'rtet ?" ,,G;3 finb feine S^drc^en/' anttttortete er unb reirfite ib^r -ba @ ioaren lauter SSerfe, bie meiften fiittten b^6cf)ften$ eine 20 eite. Glifabetb^ toanbte ein SBIatt nad^ bem anbern um ; fie frfjien nur bie Uberfcfynften ju lefen. ,,31I fie bom rfwlmeifter gefrf)olten h)ar." ,,3tl fie ficfy im SKalbe toertrrt fatten." ,,UJJit bem Dftermdrdf)en." ,,31I fte mir jum erftenmal ge= fdjrieben ^>atte; y/ in ber SBeife lauteten faft atte. 9teini)arbt 25 blicfte forfc^enb ju ib^r f>in, unb inbem fie immer toeiter bldtterte, fab^ er, h)ie jule^t auf ibrem flaren 3tntli^ ein ^arteS 9iot b^erbor= bracf unb el attmdb;Uc^ ganj iiberjog. @r toottte if>re 2(ugen fet>en; aber GUfabetfy fat) nidft auf, unb legte ba3 33ud^ am Gnbe frfnoeigenb bor if>n b^in. 30 IMMENSEE. I 5 5 ,,ieb mir e nid)t fo juriicf!" fagte er. <5ie nafym ein braune3 3lei au3 ber 23led)!apfel. ,,!3d) faitf bein 2iebling3fraut fyineinlegen," fagte fie, unb gab ifym ba3 Sud) in feine >dnbe. 5 Gnblid) fam ber letjte ag ber ^erienjeit unb ber 3Jtorgen ber Stbreife. 2(uf ifyre Sitte erfyielt lifabetfy toon ber Gutter bte @rlaubm^, ii)ren $reitnb an ben ^)Softh)agen 5u begleiten, ber einige Strapen bon ifyrer SSo^nung feine tation t>atte. 2U3 fie bor bie autbiir traten, gab Sfiein^arbt i^r ben 3(rm ; fo 10 ging er fcfytoetgenb neben bem fcf)Ianfen 9Jtabcfyen I>er. ^e na^er fie ifyrem $\eh famen, befto mef)r tt>ar e i^>m, er i>abe ifyr, e^e er auf fo lange Slbfcfyieb ne^me, eth)a 5?otn)cnbige^ mitjiu teilen, ettoag, luobon atter 35>ert unb atte 2ieblid;feit fetne^ fiinf= tigen 2eben ab^cinge, unb bod) !onnte er fi<^ be^ erlbfenben 15 2Borte^ nid^it beiwu^t toerben. 2)a angftigte if>n ; er ging im- mer langfamer. ,,2>u fommft ju f^dt," fagte fie, ,,e ^at fd^on jef>n gefcMagen auf (St. 9JJarien." @r ging aber barum nic^t frf)netter. Gnblirf) fagte er ftam= 20 tnelnb : ,,GIifabet^, bu icirft micfy nun in jiwei ^a^^n gar nicfyt fe^en iwirft bu mid) \voljl noc^ eben fo lieb fyaben n)ie je^t, toenn idr> toieber ba bin?" (Sie nidfte, unb faf> it>m freunblid; in-S efid)t ,,^d) fyabe bid) aud) berteibigt;" fagte fie nad) einer ^5aufe. 25 ,,9ftid)? egen men ^atteft bu e notig?" ,,egen meine Gutter. 2Bir f^rad)en geftern Stbenb, at^ bu toeggegangen toarft, nod) lange iiber bid). Sie meinte, bu feieft nid)t mei^r fo gut, n>ie bu geioefen." 9teinf>arbt fd)ltieg einen 3(ugenbHrf ; bann aber nafym er i^rc 30 i;anb in bie feine, unb inbem er ifyr crnft in i^re Minberaugen 156 GERMAN READER. blidte, fagte er : $$ bin nodf> eben fo gut, toie id; getuefen bin ; glaube bu ba3 nur feft. GUaubft bu e, Ufabetb,?" w ^a/' fagte fie. @r lief} ifyre anb lo unb ging rafcb, mit ifyr burd> bie Ie|te (Strode. $e nafyer ifmt ber 3lbfd;ieb lam, befto freubiger toar fein eficfyt; er ging ifyr faft ju fd;nett. 5 w SSag i>aft bu r 9teinb,arbt ?" fragte fie. ,,^d^ fyabe ein e^eimni^, ein fd^)6ne !" fagte er, unb fab, fie mit Ieud)tenben 3lugen an. ,,28enn \ nad^ jJr>ei ^ab,ren icieber ba bin, bann fottft bu e erfaf)ren." 2RittIerh)eite fatten fie ben ^ofttoagen erreid^t; e toar nod^ 10 eben 3 e ^ fl^nug. 9^0^ einmal nab,m 9fieini)arbt ifyre anb. W 2eb' ioo^I \" fagte er, ,,leb' h)o^I, @Iifabetf> ! $ergi& e mcb,t !" @ie fcf>uttelte mit bem ^f. ,,2eb' too^l!" fagte fie. Stein^arbt ftieg fytnein, unb bie ^Pferbe jogen an. 2(I ber SSagen um bie (Strajjenede rottte, fa^ er nocfo, einmal i^re 15 liebe eftalt, h)ie fie langfam ben 2Beg juriidging. in SBrief. $aft jtoei ^ab^re nacfi^er fa^ Steinfya'rbt Dor feiner jtuifcfien SBiicfyern unb ^a^ieren in riuartung eineS mit Irelc^em er gemeinfcfyaftlidK tubien iibte. 9)ian lam bie reppe F>erauf. ,,erein!" (3 h)ar bie 2Birtin. ,,@in 20 SBrief fur <5ie, err -JBemer!" 3)ann entfernte fie fid^ toieber. Stein^arbt b,atte feit feinem SBefucb, in ber ^eimat nic^t an (Slifabetb, gefd)rieben unb toon ib,r leinen 33rief me^r erfjalten. Slitcb, biefer ioar nid^t toon ib,r; e tuar bie anb feiner 9)iut= ter. 9ieinb, arbt brad) unb lag, unb balb la er $olgenbe3 : as ,,^n 35einem 2llter, mein liebe^ ^inb, b,at nocb, faft jebeS ^ab,r fein eigeneS eficb^t, benn bie ^ugenb la^t fid? nic^t drmer macfyen. ier ift aucb, mand;c^ anberS geluorben, IMMENSE E. I 5 / )ir toofyl erftan toeb, tfyun toirb, toenn id) irf) fonft redfyt berftanben b,abe. Sricb, b,at ftcf> geftern enblicfy bag ^atoort toon GKfabetfy gebolt, nacfybem er in bem letjten SMerteljafyr jtoeimal bergebeng angefragt ^atte. @te f>at fief) itnmer nirfit 5 baju entfcfyliefjen fonnen; nun f>at fie eg enbltdj boc^ getf)an; fie ift aitd) nodE) gar ju jung. &te ^od^jeit iuirb balb fein, itnb bie Gutter ibirb bann mit ifynen fortge^en." ^mmenfee. 2Bieberum iuaren ^a^re boriiber. 2luf einem abtuart^ fii^renben fcf)attigen -ffialbtoege ioanberte an einem toarmen 10 $riibUngnacfymtttage ein junger 3Jiann mit frdftigem, ge* brduntem 2lntli^. }Jttt feinen ernften bunfeln 2(ugen fab, er geftoannt in bie $erne, ate errt>arte er enblicb, eine SBeranberitng beg einformigen SSegeg, bie jebocb, immer nicfit eintreten tooffte. GnbUc^ fam ein ^arrenfiit)rh)er! langfam bon unten 15 f)erauf. ,,>otta! guter ^reunb!" rief ber 2Sanberer bem nebengeb,enben 33auer ju, ,,geb,t'3 i^ier red()t nacl^ ^mmenfee?" ,,3tturca gerab' aug," anttoortete ber 9Jiann, unb riicfte an feinem Shmbfyute. ,,at' benn nod^ ioeit bafyin?" 20 r ,2)er ^err ift bid;t babor. ^eine ^albe ^Pfeif obaf, fo b,aben'g ben (See; bag errenb,aug liegt ^art baran." $)er S3auer fu^r boriiber; ber anbere ging eiliger unter ben SBdumen entlang. 5Rad^ einer ^Biertelftunbe fyorte i^m jur Sinfen blo^Hrf) ber Scfyatten auf; ber 2Beg fufyrte an einen 25 ^Ib^ang, au bem bie ibfel ^unbertjd^riger Gicfyen nur faum b^erborragten. liber fie fyintoeg offnete ficb, eine toeite, fon= nige Sanbfc^aft. 5Cief unten lag ber (See, rufyig, bun!elblau, faft ringgum bon griinen, fonnenbefcfyienenen 2Bdlbern urn* 158 GERMAN READER. geben; nur an einer tette tratcn fie auseinanber unb ge- tncifyrten eine tiefe $ernftd>t, bi aucf> biefe burd; btaue Serge gefd>loffen tourbe. Quer gegenitber, mitten in bem griinen Saub ber 2Balber, lag e3 ibie (Sconce baritber fyer; ba3 tuaren bliifyenbe Dbftbaume, unb barau3 fyerbor auf bem fyofyen 5 Ufer erfyob fid? bao ba^ (S^iegelbilb be errent>aufe leife fdEaufe!nb auf bem 2Baffer frf)iuamm. 3)ann fe^te er plo^lid:) feinen 2Beg fort. @3 ging je^t faft fteil ben 33erg b,inab, foba| bie unten= fte^enben S3d'ume toieber @dE>atten geiwa'fyrten, jugleid^) aber bie 15 2luficfyt auf ben (See berbecften, ber nur junxilen jtwifclien ben Sttrfen ber 3 n)e *9 e i>inburrfbli^te. SBalb gtng e loieber fanft embor, unb nun berfrfrttmnb reacts unb linfl bie ^oljung; ftatt beffen ftrecften \\n faft erreidf;t ^atte, fdf)h)enfte er feine 5Ru^e unb rief mit Better (Stimme: ^ffiiUfommen, iuittfommen, 33ruber 9ftein^arbt! SSittfommen auf ut ^mmenfee!" 25 ,,ott griijj' bidf;, rid^, unb 2)anf fur bem SBiflfommen!" rief i{>m ber anbere entgegen. 2)ann h)aren fie ju einanber gefommen unb reicfyten fid; bie dnbe. ,,53ift bu e benn aber aud;?" fagte Grid), al^ er fo nafye in ba ernfte efid;t feineS alien djulfameraben fal?. 3 IMMENSEE. 159 ,,$rettt(fj Bin idfj'3, rid), unb bu bift e aucfy; nur fiefyft bu faft nocf) fyetterer au3, ate bu fcfyon fonft immer getfyan fyaft." @in frofyeS Sdcfyeln macfyte ric^l einfacfye 3iige & e biefen EBorten nod) urn bieleS fyeiterer. ,,$a, 33ruber Steinfyarbt," 5 fagte er, biefem nocfy einmal feine anb reidjenb, ,,\ f)abe aber auc^) feitbem ba gro^e 2og gejogen; bu toeifct e ja." 2)ann rieb er fid^i bie dnbe unb rief bergniigt: f ,3)ag toirb cine iiberrafrfmng ! 25en ertoartet fie nicfyt, in affe @h)igfeit nicfyt!" 10 ,,6ine Uberraf cf>ung ?" fragte 9MnI)arbt. rf^iit h)en benn?" w g-ur Kfabetb,." ,,@Ufabet(>! 2)u b,aft ii)r nicfyt toon meinem Sefud^ gefagt?" ,,$ein SSort, SBruber 3teinb,arbt; fie ben!t nid()t an bid^, bie 9ftutter audf) nic^t. ^d^ ^ab' bicb, ganj in geF>eim ber= 15 fcfyrieben, bamit bie ^reube befto grower fei. 2)u tuei^t, id) b,atte immer fo meine ftiffen ^Idncl^en." Stein^arbt tourbe nad^benllid^; ber 2(tem fd^ien ib,m fh)er ju ioerben, |e nab,er fie bent ofe lamen. 3tn ber linfen eite be 2Bege gotten nun aucf) bie 2Seingdrten auf unb 20 marten einem iweitldufigen $iiatte ficfy mittlertoeile niebergelaffen unb f^ajierte gratntatifcb, jtuifdEien ben emiifebeeten um^er. ,,>offa!" rief rid^, in bie mnbe Jtatfc^enb, ,,ftief)[t mir ber fyodjbeinige 2lg^ter fd^on luieber 25 meine furjen Grbf enftangen !" 3)er SSogel erb,ob fid^) langfam unb flog auf ba 2)ad^ eine neuen ebaubeS, ba am @nbe be ^iicfyengarten-l lag unb beffen 3)iauern mit aufgebunbenen $firfid>= unb 3(^rifofenbaumen iiberjiueigt iuaren. ,,2)a ift bie pritfabrif," fagte rid;; ,,id^ I;abe fie erft bor jtuei 30 3>ab,ren angelegt. 5Die 9Birtfd)aftgebaube ^>at mein feliger 160 GERMAN READER. SBatcr neu auffc^en laffen; ba3 2Bobnb,au3 ift fd&on bon meinem rofctoater gebaut toorben. ofraum ^tnunterb^dngen. 5Rdnner mil fonnen- unb ar^ 10 beit^^ei^en eftrf)tem gingen iiber ben ^B(a unb griifjten bie greunbe, iod^renb Gvify bem einen ober bem anbern etnen Stuftrag ober eine ^rage iiber ib,r ^ageioerf entgegenrief. )ann fatten fie bag au erreicfyt. Gin tio^er, fuller au= flur nab^m fte auf, an beffen Cmbe fte linl^ in einen etttmS 15 bunfleren eitengang einbogen. ter offnete Grtcb, eine Sfwr, unb fte traten in einen geraumigen artenfaal, ber burcf) ba Saubgebrdnge, ioeld^eS bie gegeniiberliegenben $enfter bebedte, ju beiben eiten mit griiner 2)dmmerung erfiittt loar ; jtoifcfyen biefen aber lie^en jtoet fyofyt, loeit geoffnete ^lugeltb.iiren ben 20 tooUen lanj ber ^riifylingSfonne b,ereinfaUen, unb getod^rten bie 2lueftcf)t in einen arten mit gejirfelten SBIumenbeeten unb ^o^en fteilen Saubtoanben, geteilt burcb, einen geraben, breiten ang, burd^ h>elcb,en man auf ten (See unb tweiter auf bie gegeniiberliegenben 2Bd'lber ^inau^fab,. 2H3 bie 25 ^reunbe ^ineintraten, trug bie 3 u 9^ u ft ib,nen einen Strom bon uft entgegen. 2(uf einer Xerraffe bor ber artent^iir fafj eine n>ei^e, mdbrf)enb,afte ^rauengeftalt. (Sie ftanb auf unb gtng ben Gintretenben entgegen; auf t>albem 2Bege blieb fie ioic an; 30 IMMENSEE. l6l getourjelt ftefyen unb ftarrte ben gtemben unbetoeglicfe, an. @r ftrecfte ifyr lacfyelnb bie >anb entgegen. ,,9teinb, arbt ! " rief fie, ,,3tein&, arbt ! 3ftein ott, bu bift e ! 2Bir b, aben un lange nicfyt gefefyen." 5 ,,2ange nicb,t," fagte er, unb fonnte nic6,t3 toeiter fagen; benn al er ifyre timme fyorte, fii^Ite er einen feinen !drper= Kd^en 6d^merj am erjen, unb h)ie er ju i^r aufbltcfte, ftanb fie Dor i^m, biefel&e letc^te jdrtUc^e eftalt, ber er fcor ^a^ren in feiner ^aterftabt Se6eh)o^I gefagt f>atte. 10 @ric&, h)ar mit freubeftra^Ienbem 2tntli^ an ber Sfyiir ju= ritrfgeblieben. ,,3lun, Glifabeif)?" fagte er; ,,gelt! ben fya'tteft bu nid^t ertoartet, ben in affe @it)igfeit nic^t!" @Iifa6etf> fa^> if>n mit fd^toeftertic^en Stugen an. ,,25u bift fo gut, @ridf>!" fagte fte. 15 Gr naf>m ib,re female anb liebfofenb in bie feinen. ,,Unb nun fair if>n ^aben," fagte er, ,,nun laffen toir ib,n fobalb nic^t h)ieber Io. @r ift fo lange braujjen getoefen; toir Jttotten it>n iwieber ^eimifd^ madjen. c^au' nur, h)ie fremb unb bornefym au^fe^enb er ioorben ift. 20 Gin fdE)euer 93Ii(f Glifa&etyS ftreifte 9fiein^>arbt 2IntIi. B @ ift nur bie Qtit, bie toir nicfyt beifammen toaren/' fagte er. $n biefem 2tugenbUrf !am bie -Stutter, mit einem @rf)luffel= forbcfyen am 2(rm, jur X^ure fyerein. ,,err 2Berner!" fagte fie, al fie ^Hein^arbt erblicfte; ,,ei, ein eben fo Iteber alg 25 unertoarteter aft." Unb nun ging bie Unterfyaltung in $ragen unb 2(nttoorten ib,ren ebenen ritt. 2)ie ^rauen fe^ten fief) ju if;rer 2lrbeit, unb tod^renb Steiniiarbt bie fiir i^n bereiteten Grfrifdfwngen geno^, f;atte ricf; feinen foliben 3Jleerfdf)aumfo^f angebrannt, unb fa^ bampfenb unb 30 tierenb an feiner ren. @Iifa6etf> toar 311 atten 3 e ^ en f atl ft uno freunbltcfy ; Gricf)^ immer gleicf)bleibenbe 2(ufmerffamfeit naf>m fie mit einer faft 15 bemiitigen 2)anfbar!eit auf, unb 9teinfyarbt badE)te mitunter, bag fyeitere ^inb bon ei>ebem b^abe toofyl eine toeniger ftiffe gtau berfprocfyen. (Seit bem jtoeiten Stage feineS ^ierfein^ ^flegte er abenb^ einen bajiergang an ben Ufern be art unter bem arten borbei. 2tm 6nbe be3fel= ben, auf einer borfbringenben 33aftei, ftanb eine 33anf unter fyofyen 33irfen ; bie Gutter fyatte fte . bie SIbenbbanf getauft, toeit ber ^Sla^ gegen Stbenb lag, unb be onnenuntergangg fyalber um biefe 3 e ^ am meiften benu^t tourbe. 9?on einem 25 (Sbajiergange auf biefem SSege fetjrte 9^eint>arbt eine^ juriidf, alS er bom 9tegen itberrafcfyt tourbe. @r fud^te @ unter einer am 2Baffer ftei>enben Sinbe; aber bie frfitoeren SCrobfen fcfylugen balb burcf) bie flatter, ^urdfmafct, toie er toar, ergab er ftti; barein unb fe^te langfam feinen 9turftoeg 30 IMMENSEE. 163 fort. @3 toar faft bunfel; ber 9fegen fiet immer bitter. 2U er fid) ber 2(benbbanl ndfyerte,. glaubte er jtoifcfyen ben fcfyimmernben SMrfenftammen eine toeijje $rauengeftalt 311 un= terfcfyeiben. <5ie ftanb unbetoeglicfy unb, one er beim yiafytis 5 fomtnen ju erfennen meinte, ju ifym fyingetoanbt, al^ tuenn fie jemanben ertoarte. Gr glaubte, e fei lifabetl). 2(U er aber rafter }ufd)ritt, urn fie ju erreid^en unb bann mit ifyr jufammen burcfy ben arten ing au^ jurucfjufe^ren, iwanbte fie ficr; langfam ab unb berfcfytoanb in ben bunfeln eiten* 10 gangen. @r fonnte ba3 nirf)t reimen ; er toar aber faft jornig auf GUfabetfy, unb bennod^ jtveifelte er, ob fie e geh)efen fei; aber er fcfyeute fid^, fie barnarf) ju fragen; ja, er ging bei feiner 9tuen. 3tteine Gutter ^>at' geh)ollt. 15 Sinige ^Tage nac^t?er, e ging fdjon gegen 2lbenb, fa^ bie ^amilte, n>ie getoo^nlic^ urn biefe 3 e ^/ ^ m artenfaal $1= fammen. 3Me X^uren ftanben offen; bie (Sonne toar fd(>on ^inter ben SSdlbern jenfeitS be^ (See. S^ein^arbt nmrbe urn bie SJiitteilung einiger 33olf[ieber ge* 20 beten, toelcbe er am -ftacfymittage toon einem auf bem Sanbe U)oi>nenben ^reunbe gefcfndEt befommen f^atte. r ging auf fein 3i mmer / unb fam gleidj) barauf mit einer ^Sa^ierrotte juriicf, loelc^e au^ einjelnen fauber gefcfyriebenen Slattern ju beftei>en fc^ien. 25 SJian fe^te fid^ an ben Sifcfy, @Iifabett> an 9teint)arbtg (Seite. ,,2Bir lefen auf gut luc!/' fagte er, ,,ic^ ^abe fie felber nod^) nirf)t burrf;gefe^en." GUfabetfy rottte ba 5Uianufcri^t auf. ,,ier ftnb 3fioten," fagte fie; ba3 mu^t bu fingen, 9leinf)arbt. /; 164 GERMAN READER. Unb biefer Ia nun juerft einige iroler Srfmaberfyupferl, inbem er beim Sefen julweilen bie luftige 9Jtelobie mit fyalber Stimme anflingen liejj. (Sine attgemeine ^eiterfeit bemdrf>= tigte ftcfy ber fleinen efettfrfmft. ,,2Ber fyat bod) aber bie fcfydnen Sieber gemacfyt?" fragte Itfabetf). 5 ,f\" fagte Sricf), ,,ba^ ^ort man ben $>ingern fc^on an; Scfjneibergefetten unb ^rifeure unb berlei luftige^ efinbel." fagte: ,,ier^in unb bort^in, unb toerben an taufenb 10 tetten jugleicfy gefungen. Unfer eigenfte^ 2:f>un unb 2eiben finben tuir in biefen Siebern ; e^ ift, ad ob h)ir atte an ifynen mitge^olfen fatten." @r nat)m ein anbereS SBIatt: ,,^<^ f tan ^ au f fyofyw Sergen. . ." W 2)a lenne icf>!" rief Glifabet^. ,,@timme nur an, 9tein= 15 fyarbt, ic^ toitt bir fjelfen." Unb nun fangen fie jene 9Jte= lobie, bie fo rdtfelt>aft ift, baji man nirftt glauben fann, fie fei bon ^JJienfcfien erbacfyt h>orben; 6Iifabet^> mit i(>rer ettoal berbedften 2tltfttmme bent Xenor fefunbierenb. 3)ie Gutter fa^ injtoifd^en emfig an ifyrer ^ia^eret, t^atte bie ^idnbe in einanber gelegt unb fyorte anbdcbtig 2(U ba^ 2ieb ju @nbe iuar, legte 9teint>arbt ba^ SBla genb bei Seite. $om Ufer be^ <3ee fyerauf fam bura) bie 3(benbftitte ba3 eldute ber erbenglorf'en ; fte fyorcfyten un= n)ttlfurlic^ ; ba ^orten fte eine flare $nabenftimnte ftngen: 25 3d) ftanb ouf ^ofjen 93ergen Unb fa^ tn tiefe 2f>al . . . 5leinF>arbt Idcf>elte: ^^ort i^r e^ h)o^I? @o ge^t'g toon ju 1MMENSEE. 1 65 ,,@S h)irb oft in biefer egenb gefungen," fagte Glifabetfy. 3> fl ," faflt* (Sricfy, ,,e ift ber irtenfa3par ; er treibt bie terfen fyeim." ie fyorcfyten nod; eine 28eile, bi3 ba3 eldute fyinter ben 5 SStrtfcfyaftSgebtiubett berfcf)n)unben h)ar. W 2)a finb Urtone," fagte S^ein^arbt ; ,,fie fcfylafen in 2BaIbelgriinben ; ott iDCt^, loer fie gefunben fyat." @r jog ein neueS Slatt ^erau^. 6^ toar frfion bunf ler getuorben ; ein roter Slbenbfd^ein lag 10 h)ie (Sd^aum auf ben 2BaIbern jenfeits be @ee^. Stein^arbt rollte ba3 33latt auf, lifabetb, legte an ber einen eite ib,re anb barauf, unb fa^ mit fyinein. ann lag 9lein^arbt: 2Hetne Gutter ^ot' S)en anbern id) nefimen foQt' : 15 28a id) jutior befeffen, 9Keiu er follt' e tiergeffen; S)a f>at e nid)t gewoEt. SKeine 9Kittter f(ag' id) an, bie SHuiter fagte: ,,@lifabetb, fyat braufjen ju tfyun." So unterblieb e3. 3)raufjen aber legte ficfy ber 2(benb mefyr unb mefyr iiber arten unb <5ee, bte SJiacfytfrfmtetterlinge fcfyoffen furrenb an 5 ben offenen 3;l)uren tooriiber, bitrcb, twelve ber 2)uft ber 33Iu= men unb e[trauce immer ftarfer t)eretnbrang ; toom Staffer b,erauf fam bag efctyret ber ^rof^e, unter ben ^enftern fc^Iug eine -ftacbtigaff, ttefer tm arten eine anbere; ber 9ftonb faf? iiber bte SBa'ume. Stetntjarbt bltcfte noc^) eine 3SeiIe 10 auf bie tette, loo Gltfabet^ feme eftalt jnnfcfyen ben Saubgangen berfcbtounben n)ar; bann rottte er fein fcript jufammen, grit^te bie 2tntoefenben unb gtng au^ an ba3 2Baf)"er b^tnab. 35ie 2Ba'Iber ftanben fcf)n)etgenb unb toarfen ib,r >unfe( 15 loett auf ben ~<2>ee ^inauS, loa'^renb bie SHitte beSfelben in frfiiouler 3Ronbesbammerung lag. s Dtitunter frf)auerte ein leife^ dufeln bttrcfy bte Sciume ; aber e3 U>ar fein 2Binb, e^ h>ar nur ba 2ttmen ber ommernarfit. ^Hetn^arbt ging immer am lifer enttang. 6inen teinrourf bom 2anbe fonnte er 20 eine toeijje 25>afferIiUe erfennen. 2(uf einmal tuanbelte ib,n bie uft an, fie in ber -fta'fye ju fefyen; er U)arf fcine ab, unb ftieg in3 2Saffer. @S roar flacf); fcb.arfe unb teine frf)nitten if>n an ben ^iifjen, unb er lam immer nicfyt in bie jum Scfyhnmmen notige Xiefe. 2)ann raar e 25 ^lo^Iic^ unter i^m roeg, bie SSaffer quirlten iiber ifym ju= fammen, unb e^ bauerte eine 3 e ^ ^"9/ ci>e er toieber auf bte Dberfldm. Gr gab inbe fein Unternei;men nidE)t auf, fonbern fcfyioamm riiftig in berfelben Sftic^tung fort, nblicfy toar er ber 33hime fo na^e gefommen, ba^ er bie filbernen flatter beutlicf) im 'DJlonb; 10 lid^t unterfrf)eiben fonnte; jugleid^ aber fii^te er ficfy in einem ^Re^e berftrirft ; bie glatten Stengel langten bom runbe ^erauf unb ranften ficfy an feine nacften tieber. SDaS un= belannte 9Kaffer lag fo fcfytoarj um it>n i>er, fyinter \\fy ^)6rte er ba^ pringen eine ^yifc^e^; e^ tourbe ifym plo^Iid^ fo 15 unl^eimlirf) in bem fremben Gtemente, ba^ er mit etoalt bag eftrid ber ^Pflanjen jerri^, unb in atemlofer aft bem Sanbe 5ufd()it)amm. 2U3 er toon ^ier auf ben (See juriicfblicfte, lag bie 2ilie h)ie jutoor fern unb einfam iiber ber bunflen Jiefe. @r lleibete fidf) an unb ging langfam nad? aufe juriicE . 20 2Us er au bem arten in ben ?" ertoiberte er; ,,id> tooffte bie 2BafferIilie befud>en; e3 ift aber nid)t^ barau^ getoorben." , r 25a^ terfte^)t toieber einmal fein "IRenfdf) !" fagte Grid;. taufenb l;atteft bu benn mit ber 2BafferIiIie ju ttnin y ." ,,^d) l^abe fie friit>er einmal gefannt," fagte 9iein(;arbt, 3 ift aber fd;on lange fyer." 1 68 GERMAN READER. 3lm folgenben -ftacfymittag toanberten SHeinfyarbt unb Glifabett) jenfeits be SeeS balb burcfy bie ^ot^ung, balb auf bent toor* ftoringenben Uferranbe. Glifabetfy fyatte toon Grief* ben 2(uftrag erfyalten, tod'fyrenb feiner unb ber -Stutter Slbtuefenfyeit 9tetnf>arbt mit ben fcfyonften 2(ufirf>ten ber nacfyften Umgegenb, namentlid; 5 toon ber anbern Uferfeite auf ben of felber, befannt ju madden. 9tun gingen fie toon einem 'punft jum anbem. nbltdj tourbe GItfabeti) miibe, unb fetjte fidE) in ben (Scfyatten iiberb^nngenber 3iteige; JRein^arbt ftanb ifyr gegeniiber, an einen Saumftamm geleb;nt ; ba b^orte er tiefer im SSalbe ben ^udfud rufen, unb e 10 fam ifym ^lo^Iidf*, bie atte fei fcfyon einmal ebenfo gert>efen. @r fat) fie feltfam la'cfyelnb an. ,,SBoHen ioir @rbbeeren fudP;en?" fragte er. ift feine rbbeerenjeit/' fagte ftc. ,,ren $leibern getragen iwiirbe. 6r blieb oft untoiu'furlirf) einen Sdbritt juriicf, urn fie ganj unb 20 bolt in Sluge faffen ju lonnen. (2o famen fie an einen freien, ^eibebetuadbfenen ^Ia^ mit einer toeit in 2anb retc^enben 2lu3= firf)t. 9teinb^arbt biicfte fid) unb bftucfte etipa^ toon ben am 33oben toarf>fenben ^rautern. 2(1^ er toieber auffab^, trug fein efidft ben 2lu^brudE Ieibenfdf;aftlidf;en d^merje^. ,,$ennft bu biefe 25 33tume?" fragte er. @ie fab^ ib^n fragenb an. ($ ift eine 6rica. ^ pft tm 2Balbe getoflucft." 1MMENSEE. 169 ju aufe ein alteg 33urf>," fagte er ; id; bflegte fonft aHerlei Sieber unb Sfeime fn'neinjufd)reiben ; eg ift aber lange mrf)t mefyr gefd)el)en. 3^f4> cn ^ en Slattern liegt aud) eine Grica ; aber eg ift nur eine bertoelfte. -JBeifjt bu, h>er fie mir 5 gegeben ^at?" @ie nicfte ftumm ; aber fie fcfylug bie 3(ugen nieber unb fafy nur auf ba ^raut, bag er in ber anb fyielt. (So ftanben fxe lange. 2U er, ba^ fie bolt fyra'nen toaren. 10 ,,6Itfabetfy," fagte er, ,,t)inter jenen blauen SBergen liegt unfere ^ugenb. 2Bo ift fie geblieben?" <5ie f^rac^en nid^t ntef)r ; fie gingen ftumm neben einanber jum See fyinab. 2)ie 2uft toar fcf)tuui,. im 2Seften ftieg fdjh>ar= je eh)bl! auf. ,,G^ toirb emitter," fagte @lifabett>, inbem 15 fie ifyren Srf)rttt beeilte. 9fletnl)arbt ntdfte fcfitDeigenb, unb beibe gingen rafdj am Ufer entlang, big fie ifyren ^at)n erreic^t fatten. SSd^renb ber Uberfa^rt lie^ lifabetfy i^re anb auf bem 9tanbe be ^al)neg rui)en. (Sr blicfte beim 3tubern ju i^r fyin= iiber ; fie aber fafy an if>m borbet in bie $erne. 60 glitt fein 20 Slicf ^erunter unb blieb auf ifyrer anb ; unb bie blaffe >anb berriet i^m, toaS if>r 3(ntU^ if>m berfcfjtoiegen fyatte. 6r fal; auf i^r jenen feinen $ug getieimen c^merjeg, ber fid) fo gern fd)oner ^rauenfyanbe bemdc^tigt, bie nad;tg auf franfem erjen liegen. 2([g lifabetfy fein 3luge auf if^rer anb rut^en fii^fte, lie^ 25 fie fie langfam iiber 33orb ing 2Baffer gleiten. 3tuf bem >ofe angefommen, trafen fie einen @d)erenfd^Ieifer= farren bor bem ^>errenf>aufe ; ein 5Rann mit fcbiuarjen, nieber= ^dngenben Socfen trat emfig bag 9tab unb fummte eine 3i0am eri melobie jiuifd)en ben Qfyntn, toafyrenb ein eingefdiirrter unb 30 fd;naufenb baneben lag. 3(uf bem augflur ftanb in Sumben 1 70 GERMAN READER. gefyitflt ein -JRabcfyen mit toerftorten fd;onen giigen unb ftredfte bettelnb bie anb gcgen Glifabetl) au3. -fteinfyarbt griff in feine afd)e ; aber lifabetfy fam ifym jutoor imb fd)iittete fyaftig ben ganjen ^nfwlt ibrcr 33brfe in bie offene anb ber SBettlerin. >ann inanbte fie fid) eilig ab, unb ^einfyarbt ^orte, tuie fie s fc^Iudt^enb bie Xre^e F^inaufging. @r toottte fie aufi>alten, aber er befann ficfy unb blieb an ber re}>pe juriid. a^ -LOftibcfyen ftanb noc^ immer auf bem ^lur, unbetwegUcf), ba^ em^fangene Sllmofen in ber anb. ,,2Ba toittft bu nodf)?" fragte 9teinl;arbt. I0 r/' fagte fie; bann ben $0$ na.c^ t^m juriicftoenbenb, i^n anftarrenb mit ben ber= irrten 2tugen x ging fie langfam gegen bie 3:i)iir. 6r rief einen 9iamen au, aber fie fyorte e nic^t me^r ; mit gef enltem >aitpte, mit iiber ber Sruft gefreujten Slrmen fcfyritt fie iiber ben of J s ^inab. @ter6en, ac^ fterben <3ott i^ attein! @in alte Sieb braufte ifym tn D^r, ber 3(tem ftanb tym ftitt, eine furje SBeile, bann toanbte er fid? ab unb ging auf *> fein ginrnK*' @r feijte fid; ^in, urn ju arbeiten, aber er fyatte feine ebanlen. 9Zad)bem er e eine tunbe lang bergeben^ ber= fud)t fyatte, ging er in^ gamilienjimmer fyinab. 6m e^ in bie >anb, aber e tt^at ifym h)e^>, unb er legte e3 toieber fym. @r ^atte feine er ging an ben inab unb banb ben IMMENSE E. I 7 I f er ruberte fyiniiber unb ging nocf) einmal afte 2Bege, bie er furj border mit GUfabetl) jufammen gegangen toar. 2U er toieber nad) >aufe fam, tear e bunfel; auf bem >ofe be; gegnete ifym ber $utfcfyer, ber bie -JBagenbferbe in ra 5 bringen tooKte ; bie S^eifenben toaren eben juriicfgefefyrt. 33ei feinem Gintritt in ben au^flur fyorte er Grief) im artenfaal aitf= unb abfc^reiten. @r ging nicfyt 511 i^m !>inein; er ftanb einen 2tugen6Iic! ftitt unb ftieg bann leife bie ^tre^e fytnauf nac^ feinem 3^ mmer - ^ er f e ^ e er f^ ^ n ^ en efynftufyl 10 an ^enfter; er tfyat bor fic^ felbft, al tootte er bie 9^ac^ti= gatt fyoren, bie unten in ben Star,utt)tinben fcfilug; aber er nur ben d^Iag feinel eigenen >erjen. llnter ii>m im ging affe jur Stu^e, bie 9?acfyt berrann, er fii^Ite e nicf)t. @o fa^ er ftunbenlang. nblic^ ftanb er auf unb 15 legte fic in offene ^enfter. er ^ac^ttau riefelte jtoifcfyen ben Slattern, bie 9?ac^tigatt fyatte aufgeF)ort u fcfilagen. 3lttmaf)Iid() itwrbe auci^ ba tiefe S3Iau beg ^acfytfyimmelg Don Dften f>er burcfy einen bta^gelben Dimmer berbrangt; ein frifcfyer 2Binb er^ob fic^ unb ftreifte 3ffeinbarbt F>ei^e time; 20 bie erfte Serene ftieg jaucfyjenb in bie 2uft. Steinfyarbt le^rte fid) ^I6|lid; urn unb trat an ben 5ifrf; : er tatotote nad^ einem Sleiftift, unb al er biefen gefunben, fe^te er fid^) unb fcfyrieb bamit einige 3 e ^ en au f e ^ nen ^ei^en Sogen ^>abier. 5iad;bem er fyiermit fcrtig tar, nal>m er ut unb (Stocf, unb 25 ba ^Batoier juriicflaffenb, iiffnete er befwtfam bie St^iir unb ftieg in ben $htr i>inab. SDie 5)Zorgenbammerung ru^)te nod^ in alien -JBinfeln; bie gro^e aufa^e be^nte fid; auf ber trofymatte unb ftraubte ben ^Riicfen gegen feine anb, bie er geban!enlo entgegcntjielt. 2)rau^en im arten aber prie= 30 fterten fd;on bie perlinge Don ben 3 lDe iS en wnb fagten e I 72 GERMAN READER. aflen, bajj bie -ftadbt borbei fei. 2>a b,6rte er oben im aufe eine f>ur gefyen; eg lam bie Xretotoe fyerunter, unb alg er auffafy, ftanb lifabetb, bor ifym. @ie legte bie anb auf feinen 2lrm, fie betoegte bie Sitotoen, aber er fyorte feine SBorte. ,,$)u fommft mcbt iuieber/' fagte fte enblic^). ,%$ luei^ anb finfen unb fagte nifytZ tne^r. @r ging iiber ben $lur ber SE^iire ju; bann toanbte er fief) noc^ einmal. rte er fid) getoaltfam ab, unb ging jur J^iir ^inau^. lag bie 9BeIt im frifd;en SJiorgenlidjte, bie bie in ben (Spinnengetoeben b,ingen, bli^ten in ben erften Sonnenftrafylen. @r fab, ntdit rudiodrtg; er h>an= 15 berte rafrf) ^inauS; unb meb,r unb mebj berfanf b,inter ib,m ba ftitte e^oft, unb bor ib,m auf ftieg bie gro^e toeite SBelt. S)er 3(Ite. SKonb frf)ien nid)t me^r in bie $enfterfd;eiben ; eg tear bunfel gen)orben; ber 3llte aber fajj nod; imm'er mit gefal^ 20 teten >anben in feinem Sebnftub,! unb blidte bor fid; bjn in ben 9taum beg 3' mmerg - Stffmdblid; berjog fid; bor feinen Hugen bie fd;h)arje 2)ammerung urn ifyn b,er ju einem breiten bunfeln ee; ein fd;n>arjeg etoaffer legte fid; b, inter bag anbere, immer tiefer unb ferner, unb auf bem le^ten, fo fern, 25 bafj bie 2(ugen beg 2Uten fte faum erreid;ten, fdbtoamm eins fam jimfd;en breiten Slattern eine n>eifje 2BafferIiIie. IMMENSEE. 1 73 SDie tubentfyur ging auf, unb ein Better 2id)tfd)immer fiel tn 3tmmer. GS if* 9 U */ i>a^ @ie fommen, 23rtgitte," fagte ber 2llte. ,,@teffen @ie ba Sic^t auf ben tfd&." 2)ann riicfte er au4) ben tu^I jum ^Jifcf), nafjm etne ber aufgefd^Iagenen Siid^er unb bertiefte \\d) in tiibien, an benen er einft bie $raft fetner ^ugenb geiibt i^atte. Ctjcobor Storm. DRAMATIC SELECTIONS. 2HuIkr als Sunbenfcocf. Sd?nxm? in etncm 2Iuf3ugc. ^Berfonen. (Sottltcb !Tt filler, 331ed)tt)arenfabrifant an Skrlin. Salome Scfym'ibt, SBitroe, au @cf)feuftngen. Katharine ^ormann. (Sin s ^olijeibeamtcr. 6in ettner. (Sine ^n^mac^erin. Sin ^Jortter. (Sin $au*fned)t. (Sin aufterer. Sin 3unge. (Sin Sarbier. S)ie anblung begiebt ftcf) jur TOe^jeit in eipjig. 3immer im ojlb,ofe. 3KitteItb,ure, Unf @eitentt)flren. Coffer, e, @tul)le. fcrfter Uuftritt. (tm (^lafrocfe, fonft gelleibet, trinft Coffee). SSerbammt biinn, ber ^affee! llnb ba in unferem ^a^r^ hunbert, tt>o \re^ pottgelb loften. 2Benn ba^ SBerbienft ber Srfinber in 3)eutfdf)Ianb anerfannt h)urbe, id) miifjte mit meinen ^affeemafd)inen fd)on cine Million berbient i>aben, aber .ber ^3ropfyet gilt nid)t in feinem SBaterlanbe. 2)a bumme SBolf bleibt bei feinem alien d)Ienbrian unb trinft biefe braun gefdrbte Srii^e ftatt ^affee, namentlid; fyier in ad^fen. Auft. 2-3.] MULLER ALS SUNDENBOCK. 175 3?eitcr Uuftritt. Ke liner. itten 3Jtorgen. eftern abenb ift biefer 23rief an @ie gefommen. fc^on ju fpdt. fritter Uufttitt. 3KuUcr. fielltier. Kellner. aben @te gelautet? 21T tiller, ^a, ja, ic^> mu^ nocfy ein 3i mmer 15 Ke liner. Unmoglicfy! 2)a ganje au^ ift befe^t. mu^ ein 3 mmer fyaben! 6ine 2)ame fommt mit bem erften 2:f>iiringer 3"9^ f^affen @ie Kellner. m, fym, ja, ja, e toirb ge^en. 20 duller. 2Tlfo? Ke liner. $)er err nebenan reift eben ab, bag lonnen @ie ^aben. ZTl tiller, ut, gut, forgen @ie ba^ e^ gleid^ in Orbs nung gebracfyt toirb. 1 76 GERMAN READER. "KcIIncr. ott gefcfyefyen! (&.) ZTtiiller. -Hun aber rafcfe, angejogen! $ocr) erft mufj id) ben 33rief nocfy einmal lefen. )ie b,iiringer 3iige treffen ja immer ju fpat ein, alfo toerbe icfy 3 e ^ fyaben. ($armo;tiemufit {(inter ber cene, etwaS entfernt, rote Bon ber ttafee fjerauffltitgettb : .Eein ift metn ^erj".) 2TT filler aieft). ,,3Seret>rter err. 2)a h)ir nun fo toeit 5 ber^anbelt baben h>egen unferer eirat, unb ba h)ir blofj nocb, feftgeftetlt ^aben^a^ loir un border nocb, einmal fe^en unb fprecfyen Gotten, ob tuir un aucf) gefatten, unb ba @ie jut 2Refje in Sei^jig finb unb mir toorgefcfylagen ^aben, ba^ toir un^ ba treffen tnotten, fo !omme id^ 2)onnertag ben acf)t= 10 je^nten mit bem erften ^rufyjuge bort an. SBitte mir ein 3immer ju Seftetten. 4?ocb / acb / timg3toou' alome (Srfjnabt, ge= borne arth)ig." 2)ein ift metn erj ba3 ift eine gute SSorbebeutung I (Sigentlicr) etiua^ feltfamer immel! fiir einen S3rief au cfyleufingen 15 get>t er immer an. SSie fott na.arttmg. buffer, alter ^unge, id) glaube bu macfyft je^t ben gefcfyeiteften treic^ beine SebenS. <2o al^ ^ung= 25 gefette fein ganjeS Seben ju berbummeln ift bocb, ni^. 3 u ^ em toare e3 fdiabe, irtenn mein efcf)te4>t auSftiirbe. (otbem ar nic^t iibel fiir fiinfunbtoierjig 3 a ^ re - Mtfo b,ei Auft. 4-J MULLER ALS SUNDENBOCK. 177 raten auf jeben $aff. Sin jungeS -BfdbdfKn, bie toa b,at, nimrnt mid) nicf)t. 2Hfo eine 2Bith)e. -JBeifj id) bocb, jet, jii toaS ein better $ut ift! 2Bdre SSetter raugott nicfyt, n)ie fydtte icb, erfafyren, bajj in cfyleufingen einc junge 2Btttoe 5 lebt, bie 2uft jum ^eiraten unb nebenbei funfunbjlcanjig tau= fenb X^aler ^at. t e benn im 3i mmer au? @in bi^en aufrdumen tfyut not. (waumt auf.) Unb ber gute ^Better 2;raugott ^>at aud^) bie 23er= 10 ^anblungen gefu^rt. @ fommt nur barauf an, bafc toir un^ gegenfeitig gefaffen. >m! id benfe, icb, fte^e meinen 9Jiann, id) b,abe nicf)t ju fiird^ten. ^d^ fonnte micl^ fur einen guten 2)reif5tger au^geben, fein -SRenfcfy fieb,t mir bie funfunb= bierjig an. 2)a finb bie guten $olgen einer mcipig ber= 15 lebten 3 u 9 en ^- 2l^ er ft e ? %&& f^ e m gefatten? m! b,m! eine 2Bith)e? 3lcf)tunbjh)anjig fott fie fein. 5^a e toirb toob,! ettua^ meb,r $ erauSfommen ! 9ted9nen toir filnf ^afyre baju, fo n)dre jte breiunbbretfug, ba fann fie nocb, imtner ganj ftattlicb, fein. better Sfraugott fagt: fie iuare fe^r fyiibfdfj. 20 SSir h)erben ja fefyen. @o nun ift e anftdnbig, nun fann fie fommen. 9?ein, nun mu^ fie fommen, e^ ift Idngft iiber bie Piertcr ItuftHtt. oloittC, $eHtter (mit einer ^anbtaf^e). Ke liner. ier ift err gjiiitter! ITT ii Her. ier ift >err Gutter, ganj recf)t. Unb toenn 25 metn a^nenbe^ erj mid) nid)t tdufc^t, fo fyabe id^ bie unb ba SSergniigen ^rau alome c^mibt, geborne bor mir ju fe&en. 1 78 GERMAN READER. Salome (eine Xreifugerin, in gutem.Stoffe, aber etrt>o fletnftabttfd) gefteibet, aud) etrt>a8 Heinftfibttf$ ceremonieU in if)rem SBeneljmen). SMtte, bie Gfyre ift ganj auf meiner (Seite. ITt filler. $)arf icf> <3ie bitten abjulegen unb $la ju ne^men ? 5 Salome. 2Bo benfen <5ie I>in? SDaS tuiirbc ftrf) nicbt frfjicfen. $d) !am nur urn (Sie ju fragen, ob nen e i nen 33efu<^ madden, bag fcbidft fid) 15 nic^t. UT filler. SSere^rtefte ^rau, bann miijjten @ie mid^ auf 3^rem 3i mmer empfangen, toare ba me^r frf)idEIid^? Salome. ^reiUcfy ITt filler. 2)ie Sage tft atferbingS fonberbar unb ify fc^a^e ^b,re ef)rbare 3 uru ^ a ^ un S- Stttein h)ir ^>aben eine 3ufammenfunft toerabrebet, urn un^ fennen ju lernen; h>o fotten h)ir aber jufammenfommen? 2luf offentlidf)er tra^e gefyt e bod) mdfjt, alfo mufj e auf ^b,rem ober auf meinem 3immer gefdpe^en. 25 Salome. 2tber bie 2eute ITT filler. aben atte 9Jie^gefcf)afte, befiimmern ftcfe, nid^t urn un. Salome. @o mu^ ic^) tuenigften^ ^ter bleiben, big ba briiben Drbnung gemacfyt ift. 30 Auft. 4.] MULLER ALS SUNDENBOCK, 1 79 (fe&t tfc enten tuijo. arf icfy bitten $la ju nefymen? Salome (inbem fte abiegt unb ftd) fe&t, fUr fid)). m ! ein redfyt netter, ftattlicfyer 9Jiann! 2)er fann mir fcfyon gefallen! ITt ii 1 1 C r (inbem er fid) einen ubfd^e ^rau! -Stutter, alter 3 un 9 e / ^ a ^ ^ a f* *> u 9 ut getroffen. Salome. m! fym! UTiiller. SSere^rte ^rau, \err 5RUtter ITTuIIer. 5Rein SSetter b,atte mir ^efagt, ba^ @ie etne fd^dne ^rau feten. <3eit ben bier 2Socf)en, tt>eld^e bte 3Ser= ^anblungen toegen unferer ^ocbjett bauern, malte id^ mir taglirf) in ebanfen ^j^r Silb aitS, aber ioie loeit ift meine 15 ^antafie f>inter ber 2BirIIicf)feit juriicfgeblieben ! Salome. 33itte, bitte, <5ie madden mire, fcfyone 5 rau / toenn ^ ^ e i n ^^n 5tiergarten fii^re, id^ toerbe ftolj fein, an ^Ijrer (Seite geb^en 20 ju fonnen. Salome. $>ie erren ^Berliner fxnb cfmwcfyler. ITT u Her. ^iein, nein, bamit tfyun @ie ung unrest. 2Bir SBerliner ftnb n)at>r^afte elben ber -JBafyrfy eit. ^rab^Ierei ? Pfui! 2tuf[cb;neiben? $fui ! 25a t^ut lein Berliner. Unb 25 nun, bereb^rte $rau bod9 toag f oft biefe formlicfye 2lnrebe teuerfte (Salome, n>ann fott ber ag unferer ocf)jeit fein? Salome. nic^t gefagt; aber fair fennen 5 un boc^) nocfy ju twentg. ZTtiillcr. ^riifen @ie mid^. SReine eele Itegt off en toot 3$ n * n ba, fagt bie grieb=33lumauer aB ^rau irfc^ im $ammerbiener. Salome. 2lber @ie fennen micfy nid^t. ^c^> ^abe metne 10 ^e^Ier. ^d^ bin jum SBeif^iel fef>r eiferfuc(>tig unb alfo aucfy Zltiiller. cfyauen @ie mir in bie iefen ber eele! \ au3 h>ie \n SSerrdter? Salome. m! ^m! man fann eud^ SRannern nicf)t 15 trauen. JHiiller. $$ !ann nirf)t leugnen ba^ einjelne ^nbibibuen unfere^ efcf>Iecf)tg juh)eilen auf 2lbtr>ege geraten, affein ju biefen ttertoerflicfyen Gjemplaren ber 9Jidnnern)elt gefyore \ rer 2 eite eine anbere nur anfefyen! Stlfo beftimmen <5ie ben 2ag ber ocfyjeit. Salome. 9Han !ann bod^ einen fo n)ic^)tigen (Sd^ritt nic^t fo rafcfy ti)un, man mu^ iiberlegen. (Siopfen.) HI u Her. 2Ber flo^ft benn ba? erein! Sntfc^ulbigen 25 Uuftritt. tge. .f>ait^fnci^t (mit einem nltcit .^utc, ben ei auf ben SHiicfeit . e^orfamfter Wiener. Auft. 5.] MULLER ALS SUNDENBOCK. I 8 I . Wiener! Wiener! 2Ser finb @ie? 2Ba3 hMen f}ausfnecfyt (gutmutig, pflffifl la^einb). -fta! te fdnnen e3 fcfyon benfen! 5 U7 filler. 2Ba lann icfy benfen? -JlicfytS fann id) benfen. ^ausfnedjt. 3Son h)egen geftern abenb. IK filler, eftern abenb? ^ausfnecr/t. 24> &i n ^ er ^au^fned^t au3 bem griinen lefanten. 10 IK filler. 2Ba3 ge^t mi^> ber grime lefant mit feinem ^au^fned^t an? ^ausfnecfyt. ^e nun toon toegen geftern abenb. ITtuIIer. 2Ba gefyt mid^ geftern abenb an? ^ausfnecr/t. @l ift ja loeiter nicfytS babei, ba fann 15 einem jeben borfommen. ITt filler. 23orfommen? el)etmmt>0ffer ^au^fned^t, @ie f^rec^en in Statfeln, ^t>r ganje^ ^ierfetn ift mir eine 6l)arabe. ^ausfnedjt. %la, macfyen @ie nirf)t fo biele Umftanbe; h)ir finb ja aKe SJtenfcfyen. 20 ZH filler, ^a tuo^l, tt>ir finb atte beutfd^e SBriiber auf urn= unb angerfeften, aitfjerbem gonnen h)ir einanber ba SSei^e im Sluge nic^t. )ausfnecfyt. ^a, alfo beja^Ien <3ie, unb bag SDing ift abgemac^t. 25 ITTfiller. Seja^len? )ausfnecf?t. 2)ic jerbrocfcenen lafer unb jtoei jer= fcfylagene 6tii^le. Salome. 2Ba ift ba$? ITtfiller. aufned>tlic^eg ^Jiitglieb be beutf^en SBater* 30 lanbeS, belieben @ie fic etloa^ beutlic^er au^jubrucfen. I 82 GERMAN READER. ftausfnecfyt. 9Ja, (Ste toiffen ja bodb, 6ie fatten etnei* i'tber ben 3)urft genommen. Salome. err flitter! ZTTfiller. 3<$? ^ausfnedjt. 2lngefaufelt nennt man ba3. * Salome. err 9Kiitter! IHfiller. 3$? f)ausfnec^t. 6^ ift ja ntcfyts babet, ba^ fann jebem gefc^e^en. Salome. Stber, err SRiiffer! 10 iTT u Her. 3Teuerfte alome, tcfy ber[tet)e fein 2Bort. Salome. Steben @ic boc^ njetter, ^au^fnec^i, toarum foU err Gutter beja^Ien? ^ausfnedjt. ^[t ja eine ^leimgfett, gftabamcfyen, ^b,r entail 15 Salome. >er err ift ntd^t metn SRann. ^ausfnecfjt (ppfpa bttnjeinb). 9ft d^t ? iTtiiller. 2)a fyetfst, norf) nid)t. SSotten @ie mtr nun fagen, n)a^ (5te toon mtr begeb^ren? ^ausfnecfjt. -ftitn @ie h)tfjen bod^, @ie tourben un= 20 angene^m, nad^^er fam bte ^eiterei IM filler, ftetlerei? Salome. err 5Riitter? )ausfnecfyt. Unb bann h>urben @ie fytnaiiSgetoorfen. Salome (fte^t auD. 2)a^ ift ju ftarf, err 3Kiiffer! 25 iltuller. Sleiben I ei? ^ausfncc^t. ier ber ^>ut, ben <5ie 6ei ber berloren. 10 ZTtuIIcr. 9Ba? 2)iefer fd;abige 2)erfel fott mein fein? {}ausfnecfyt. m! je^t fiet>t er fd)dbig au; freilid) tuenn fo ein ut mit 33ierfeibeln bearbeitet h)irb. IHuIIer. ut, ut! 2Barum foff ber ut ber meinige 15 fein? l^ausfnecfyt. $e nun, e ftei)t ]a $r 3^ame barin. @o lamen fair auf bie (Spur, unb id) fyabe bann fo lange ge fragt, bil id; ben >errn ^RiiCer gefunben XTtuIIer. eben ie ^er! 20 Salome. 9hm err Gutter? ZHuIIer. 2) a fte^t ja beutlid) auf ber ^arte SJliiffer logau, id) bin aber Gutter au Berlin. 25 I}ausfnecfyt. 21^! Salome. 3Sirflid)? ZTTuIIcr. ier ift mein ut. 2) a fefyen m! toenn ie au3 Berlin ftnb, bann bin irf> an ben unrecfyten gefommen. -fta, icfy lann nicfyt bafur, ie ftnb felber frfmlb. irtfiiler. 3$? 2Bie fo? fjausfnedjt. 2Barum fyeijjen ie 2Riiffer! (?n>). infiller. 2Barum ^ci^e icfy Gutter? 2lbgefd>macft ! 2(n nid^t^ ift ber SJlenfd^ fo unfd^ulbig, hrie an feinem \i\vt ift er formltcfy unjured^nung^fd^ig. 3lber, toerefyrte teuerfte (Salome, (Sie fyaben micb, bitter gefrdnft. Salome. -JBiefo benn, err SRiiffer? H7 filler. 2Baren 6ie nic^t im Segriff ben bigungen biefeS 3 a ^ un 9 fud^enben ^au^fned^t^, lauben ju fcfyenfen? Salome, ^e nun BTuIIer. 3e nun," fagen @ie? 2Bie? (Sin nobler 15 Serliner fottte in ben funb^aften griinen Glefanten geb,en, fidf) einen anfdufeln, $eilerei anfangen unb ^inau^getuorfen toerben? D Salome! Salome. Sefyen @ie, icfy b,abe rfa^rungen gemacfit HT filler. ^ m ^inauS getnorfen toerben? 20 Salome, -fticfyt boc^, mein feliger SRann ITluIIer. ^a fo. 9hm ba^ loar ein (Sc^Ieuftnger, bei bem fonnte ba borfommen. Salome. 2(c^ id^ h>ar fecfys ^a^re ber^eiratet. ITTfiller. e^ ^afyre? 25 Salome, c^on mit bem jtoeiunbjtoanjigften 3 a ^ re trat \en unb fat ju fbielen. Unb ba toar ic^i benn affe Slbenb' attein. o b,abe id) iiber ba ber SRdnner bie traurtgften rfa^rungen ge= 30 Auft 6.] MULLER ALS SUNDENBOCK. 1 85 macfyt, unb Sie fb'nnen mir nicfyt toerbenfen bajj id) fcfyauberte bet bem ebanfen, aucfy Sie ZTTtiller. -fticfyt foeiter, Salome. $$ toitf Sfyrem Seligen nicfyts 23ofe3 nacfyfagen, aber er mu^ ein fcfyanblicfyer ^er( s geioefen fetn, entfcf)ulbigen (Sie. ^ein, atome, ba t>aben ie bet mir nicfyt ju fiircf)ten. e^e td^ abenbl au, fo gef>en h?tr jufammen. C^ern^aul, Succa; d^au Coring, ^rieb^Iumauer ; SSattner, elmerbtng; SSt^elmftabtif^eg, 9JtttteK unb fo toetter. s j?ein, (Salome, 10 fyaben (Sic bet ^^rem Seligen angefdufelte unb t>inau^ge- toorfene @rfai?rungen gemadrit, meine 2iebe fott Sic bafiir entfd^dbtgen. 3llfo h>a ben Stag unferer oc^jett 3Ser ftort un^ benn frfjon mieber? erein! Scc^fter Uufttitt. (mit einem Eamenljute). id? ^ter recfyt bei errn 15 2TT tiller. 3 U bienen, ja ! Salome. 2Ba foil bag ^ei^en? ZUuIIer. 2Sir toerben ja fe^en! Pu^madjerin. err SJiutter au^ Berlin? 2HtilIer. 2>cf> bin err Gutter au^ ^Berlin. 20 Pu^mad^ertn. ier tft bet beftettte ut unb ^ter ift bie 9tecfynung. Salome. Slber erflaren Sie mir bod^ ZTT tiller. Gin WifjiKrfttinbni^ geben Sic acfyt. foU ic^ mit bem ute? z 5 Pu^madjerin. 3^ ^raulein Sraut ^at i^n bci au^gefuc^t 1 86 GERMAN READER. Salome. 3ftre 33raut? ZTluIIcr. ein @ie bocfy rufyig. 2Reine SBraut? Pu^madjerin. 3 a / nb fw $* beftettt bajj ber an (Sie gefcbicft loerben fott, <3ie toiirben ifyn bejafylen. SaloiTie. ^rf) fatte au^ ben 2BoIfen! 5 2Tt filler. S)a3 i(t ju ^od^) ! ^^ toerbe i^n abcr nid^t toare eine fd^one 2trt efc^dfte ju madden. ZUuIIer. $urj unb gut, id^ f)abe feine 33raut. (swit einem 10 surf nuf aiome.) 2)a^ ^et^t, etgentltcfy lann ic^i nic^t leugnen, bafj tcf) eine Sraut l^abe ertn. 9?un alfo ! 2lber meine Sraut fann ben ut ntcfyt beftefft , unb lurj unb gut ber >ut ge^t mitty mdf)t an. 15 Pu^macijerin. @ie finb ITT u Her. ^ bin err Pu^macr;ertn. 9hm alfo? IHiiller. 2(ber ia^) bin nicfyt ber biefen ut beftettt ^abenbe SRiiHer, id) bin nicfyt utmiitter. 20 Pu.^macr;erin. X>er -Kame trifft boc^ ju ! Salome. >a ift boa^ berbd d^tig ! Z1T u Her. 2lber, berei)rte ^rau, e giebt eine unenblid^e SJienge toon 5Jiuttern ; ioenn ic^ atte bie >iite bejablen fottte, bie bie beftetten, ia^ mii^te bei 9tDt^fd^iIben eine 2(nleifye 25 madden. Pu^madjertn. Stber @ie ftnb boc^> err 2ftuHer au Berlin. Salome. 2>a trifft boa) ju. IHuIler. 2(1^ toenn \ ber einjige buffer in 33erKn 30 Auft. 6.] MULLER ALS SUNDENBOCK. 187 tod're. 2ftittelalterlid;er 2lberglaube ! >unberttoeife laufen fie in Berlin fyerum, too man fyin gucft, erblicft man einen 2Jlufler. Put^macrjerin. 2lber $fyre $raulein SBraut ZTfiiller. at benn meine 23raut ? 5 Salome. en err SRuffer au 33erlin toof>nt? Pu^macfyertn. ^a, aber bie 5Rabame fyat e ber= geff en ; imb ba toir im ^rembenblatte fanben jo irtiiller. ^un, fo fagen @ie S^rer 9Jiabame : r ber recite einfafft, unb in 3 u ^ un f* fify bit 2tbreffen auf= fd^reiben. Pii^macfyertn. SSenn \fy t>ier unrest bin, fo mufj ic 15 um ntfcfyulbigung bitten. (9ie.) HI u 1 1 c r (gutmutta). yia, fc^on gut, mein $inb, fcfion gut. Salome. 3$ mu f5 m oenn ^^ e ne tflarung au= bitten. UTiiller. en ja, liebfte (Salome, ein 2Rif5ber= 20 ftanbnig, eine !Bertoerf)3hmg. Salome. SSenn (Sie m\cgen gegen mid?, (Salome? I 88 GERMAN READER. Salome. 21$, mtr fcfyldgt ba erj b/orbar ! SSenn @ie bo$ ZTTuller. SSenn icb, bo$ cine Sraut fyatte? 2lber bag toare ja reine Stgamie Staat3ann)alt Gkfcfytoorne, (Salome, fef>en ZUiiller. 2ltterbtng. 3unge. ITT filler. 3unge. ZTTuIIer. 33lerf)n)arenfabrtfant, mein man auf bent (Sd^emel fi^t unb ^cimmert, toenn aber ein 2aben bajufommt mit gro^em d^aufenfter unb lacfierten SSaren, ^ort ber $Iempner auf, unb ber toarenfabrifant fdngt an. 3unge. 3Keineth)egen. 3lber ba ftimmt ja Berlin, S3Ie(f>h)arenfabrifant. 25 Salome. ^ a / ^ a ^ ftimmt. o lange &Iempner, -20 Auft. 7.] MULLER ALS SUNDENBOCK. 1 89 2TT filler. '2Bag foff ftimmen? 3ungc. -ftun ber 33led;h)arenfabrifant -Stutter au ^Berlin ift toorgeftern in unfertn 2ltelier getoefen unb fyat fid? pfyotos grapfn'eren laffen, grofj, jum auffyangen, unb ^at gefagt : s mein err fotte ba^ S3ilb f(^on retouc^ieren laffen, benn e3 iucire ein efcfyenf fiir eine 2)ame. Salome, ^iir eine 2)ame? err SRiitter, fiir treld)e 2)ame ^aben , 10 bag ift ftarf! HTulIer. Stun, nun, e fonnte ja aud) eine ganj un= fdjmlbige 2)ame fein, eine Gutter, eine (Sd^toefter, eine Salome. >aben @ie eine SJlutter? 15 HT filler, -ftein. Salome. aben Sie eine @d?toefter? ZTt filler. 9iein. Salome. >aben @ie eine Xante? in filler. 9Mn. 20 Salome. 9?un ift e entfd)ieben, 3^re ^alfd)^eit liegt am Xage. in filler. 2Bie fo ^atf^eit? Salome. @ie fyaben ^t>r 33ilb fiir eine anbere )ame mad)en laffen. 25 ZTt filler, rlauben (Sie, ba ift ja nidfyt n)a^r. Salome. 2Bie? ITCfiller. 2)a mu ein anberer buffer fein. Salome. 2(uflud;te ! 2)ie^mal trifft atte ju, Serlin, $Iempner. 30 IHuIler. S3Iedin)arenfabrifant. 190 GERMAN READER. Salome. >ag ftnb @tc bod) offenbar. 117 filler. 2Bie fo? 2Bo ift ber Setoeig? Unter ben beinafye neunfyunbert SRuflern in Berlin lann eg booty, toirb eg aud), mujj eg fogar mefyrere 33led)lt>arenfabrifanten geben, toon benen fid) etner fann tofyotogratofyieren laffen, ofyne bafc 5 i<$ eg bin. 2)ag h>ar ein cfylufj, bere^rte ^rau, logifcty nennt man bag. Salome, ^ennen itt mein elb! 15 duller. @titt, %un$tl Salome. D bejatylen cfy berbitte mir bie traulictye Slnrebe, mein err, h)ir ftnb gefctyieben! ZUuIler. efctyteben, nocty etye toir getraut ftnb? Salome. Dber behjeifen @ie ba^ @ie nictyt ber Sleety^ hjarenfabrtfant Gutter aug 33erlin ftnb, ber btefeg 33ilb beftellt 2 5 |at ITT filler. 3Sie fott icty benn betoeifen, ba^ icty id; bin unb nictyt ein anberer? ^cty bin bod) id), unb biefeg mein l^d) fann bod) nur im SBergletd) mit etnem anbern $d), ficty err ott, id? berfyebbere mir ganj. Salome. 2)a3 tfyun <3ie aud;, @ie fonnen ben SBetoeiS nid)t fufyren, alfo finb ie entlarbt. (sstage^en.) 5 miiller. alt! ^d? tt>erbe e 6eh)ei|en. Salome. 2Bie? ITtiiller. 2Bie bumm, ba^ mir ba nid)t gleid) einfiet. 2Benn id; mid; fyabe ))^otogra^t)ieren laffen, fo mufj bag 33ilb bod) aud) mein 35ilb jiein. 10 Salome. @6 h>irb'^ aud) fein. ZTt filler. $ann'3 nid)t fein, ber ^B^otogra^^) mufjte mid) benn im SSorbeiget>en geftofylen i^aben. er mit bem 3 U n g e. ^)ier. (Offnet bie TOaWe.) ZHuIIer. a fe^en @ie felbft, bin id; 15 Salome. Saffen @ie fe^en. (SRimmt ba l\l filler. 2)iefe 5 ra e Jonncn @ie bod; nid;t fur mid) fyalten. (ge^en @ie ben grofjen 3Jiunb, bie bide 9?afe, bie fleinen Slugen, ber $erl ift ja ^olijeitoibrig i)a^Iid;. @old;en efid;tern foffte toon Dbrigleitg toegen Derboten ioerben, fid) 20 pfyotograpfyieren ju laffen, bamit fold;e afjlid)feit unferer aufgefldrten $e\t nid)t in fiinftige ^a^r^unberte gelange. S a I o m e (giebt ba sub jurucf). 9tein, ba finb ie bod) nid;t. ZITuIIer. 2)an!e fiir giitige 2tnerfennung. 3unge. 3Bie ift e benn mit ben fed)3 ^alern? 25 IHuIIer. 2)u fief>ft bod), bafj biefe ^otogra^ie unb id; jtoei berfd;iebene ^erfonen finb! 3ungc. -fta, ba mag ber err felber fefyen, h)o er ben red)fen finbet, id; laufe fd;on in alien aftfyofen ^erum. (b.) Z71 il 1 1 e r (trium^terenb, fteHt ftc^ or dlome). 50 Salome. 28ie ? GERMAN READER. ZHuIIer. 9ton? Salome. SttferbingS ! ZHuIIcr. 5Run? Salome. ie toaren e3 ni$t. 1W. ti Her. 2Bie ftefye id) ba im etoanbe ber Unfcfyulb? 5 Salome, ^rf) fyabe ie in falfcfyem SBerbadjte gefyabt. ZTT tiller. 2)ie eftdnbnis enttoaffnet meine gerecfyte @mpfinblicf)feit. -ftun barf idf) aud; tmeber alome fagen? Salome (t>erf^amt). 2lcfy cn: 3Kiitte! ZltuIIer. 5fi5enn <2ie hjii^ten, toeld^' trunberbare SSeran= 10 berung in mir borgegangen ift, feitbem id) ie gefe^en fyabe. ott ! ioas tnu^ 3$r eliger fiir ein Unge^euer getoefen fein, ba^ er biefen cfya nic^t 511 fd^d^en toupte, bap er ie nicfyt auf beu cinben trug, ba^ er biefen lleinen gaifjen geftattete, ben raufyen 33oben ber 28irflid>feit 511 betreten. ^reilid^ in 15 d^Ieufingen h>aren ie nid)t an ^{)rem ^lae. 5Rur in Berlin toei^ man ba cf)5ne ju fd^dlen, SRetropoIe ber ^ntettigenj nennt man ba. 2)arf ia) nun bem fa)onen 3icle micl^ nd{?ern unb bie $rage an ie ric^ten (Siopfen.) erein! h)irb immer drger ! 20 Huftrttt. Ke liner. err Sftiider, ein err h)iff ie fpredjen. Gr h)artet im ^eftaurationgjimmer, icfy toottte ii>n nia^t ^erauf laffen, foeil id) nid>t lt)U^te (roirft etnen SHcf auf Salome). ZH tiller, d^on gut, fc^on gut, id} fomme! Ke liner (ab). 25 Z1T tiller. Sfteine teuerfte alome, irgenb ein efcfyaft! @ ift eben 3Jleffe. $d) eile e^ rafcfy abjumadjen, fonft Auft. !).] MULLER ALS SUNDENBOCK, 193 fommt ber $rembe nocfy fyerauf. leicfy bin id) toieber bet Salome (oaetn). >m ! fym I bcr 9Kann ift toirf lid) recfyt liebengtoiirbig. Stoat fein Bungling mefyr, aber icfy bin ja aucfy fcfyon eine SBittoe. @r ift gebilbet, tyricfyt gut, unb in Serlin tm'rb ficf)'^ bod^ aucfy angeneF)mer leben laffen, al in Ieufingen. ^d(> fo^t^ etgentUrf) ja fagen, ba affe^ bereit^ fo toeit abgemari^t ift, e^ ift mir aber immer al fyielte m\fy ctia juriicf. caiopfen.) erein. SRein ott, unb id^ bin allein Hcuntcr Salome. ^Borttcr (brtngt einen Srief). P r 1 1 C r (legt ben 53ricf nuf ben 2ijm! ba barf man nid^t. Slber e^ f>anbelt fic^) urn meine ganje 3^unft! a fann man fcfyon 20 ein fleinel Unrest begef)en. (Cffnet unb ueft.) ,,reulofer" ! 2Ba ift bag? ,,^d^ f>abe attel erfaf>ren. 3)u toittft mic^ berlaffen, lt?ie bu fcfyon fo mand^e berlaffen ^aft. $annft bu ba toirflicf) an mir tfyun? 3lcb, id^ ^dtte bir niemaig e^or fd^enfen fatten. 2ltte SBelt h)ei^, ba^ bu ein S)on 3 uan btft 25 unb fd)on manrf>e h)eiblic^e erj gebrorfjen fyaft." ntfe^Iirf)! D eg h)ar eine ^aigung beg cfticffalg, bie micfy biefen S3rief finben lie^. 2Bie t>ei^t benn bie Unglii(flide? (ieijt nac^ bet 194 GERMAN READER. Slurora. 2(nne3 SBefen! (Steft wetter.) ,,2tber i$ glaubte beinen cfytoiiren, Sreulofer, benn mein unerfafyreneS erj fonnte fo toiel ^alfcfyfyeit nicfyt afmen. %tty, tone id; fyore, toiHft bu fyeiraten, nacfj elbe fyeiraten." a! fo loft fid^) ba Siatfel, mein elb l>at i^n ju mir gefiit>rt. ,,2Ran 5 fagt, ba^ beine Sermogeng^umftdnbe fcf)Ied()t finb ; leiber bin idj felbft arm unb fann bir nicfyt ^elfen." D h)er ^dtte bag gebacfyt! SSer I)dtte ba^ In'nter biefem 5Kenfd^en gefucf>t, ber fo efyrlicfy auftef)t. 3Hit cinem $ufje ftanb id^ fc^on am Stanbe be^ 3Serberben. ^a, ja, er mujj ein 3Serfut>rer fein, 10 benn auc^ i$ fiit>Ie mtcfy ju ifym ^ingejogen. oiopfen.) 2Ber fommt? 9Seg mit bem SBriefe! (Stetft i^n em.) Uuftrttt. Salome, ftflt^orttte (trittein). Katharine, ntfrfmlbigen @ie, man h)ie^ mid^ fyierfyer. ^a) bin too^I nid^t recfyt. Salome. 3 U to* m n^iinfc^en ie? 15 Katharine. 2Bo^>nt ^>ier err Gutter? Salome. 2ltterbing^. Katharine. err ottlieb Gutter? Salome (mit fteigenber Giferfucfit). anj red^t. Katharine. 2lu3 Berlin? 20 Salome. 2)erf elbe. (SRi&t fte mit fembti^en 33Iicfen.) Katharine (mifet Salome mit fetubttc^en Slicfen). ^(f) h)ei nid()t Salome. >err SJiutter ift eben abgerufen toorben unb h)irb h)o^I gleia) jururffef>ren. Katharine, o erlauben ie mir toofyl ettoa^ ju 25 toarten. Auft. 10.] MULLER ALS SUNDENBOCK. 195 Salome. I^cfy fyabe fyier nidfyts ju erlauben. liatfyattTte (mit immer gereiiterem Zone). IH ! Salome (mit tmmer fteigenbev SeinbfeUgfeit). m ! (^tnter ber Scene entfetnt, toie son ber on Suan). Katharine. m. 5 Salome. @ie belieben? Katharine. D, nicfyts. Salome. m. Katharine, ie belieben? Salome. D, nic^tg, td^ fyabe ^ier fein Ste^t 511 fragen. 10 Katharine. SRoglid^! 3SieKei(f)t fyatte icf) ei>er etn 9tec^t baju. Salome. 28ie fo? Katharine. %errn buffer Salome. @o? ^n 5Be5iet)iingen ftet>en @ie? arf man i 5 ineUetcfyt tuiffen in toelcfyen? Katharine. 2Barum nicfit? ^err SRiitter ift mein $Bcr= lobter. ^d) toiirbe mir fonft nirf)t erlaubt fyaben, if>n, einen untoer^eirateten errn, auf feinem 3i mm ^ r W befucfyen. ^ Salome. 2Boffen @ie bietfeicfyt bamit fagen ? 20 Katharine. 3Ba? Salome, ^ic^ts, nicfyt3! (S^red^en @ie nur tt>eiter! Katharine. err 2RiiIIer ift bor ein paar 3:agen an* gefommen, icf) !el)re petite morgen au 2)re3ben juriidf, er= fatjre feine SBofynung bitrd^) bag ^rembenblatt unb bin ettoaS 25 erftaunt Salome. -Jfticfy ^ier 511 finben? Katharine. @tn)a^ bergleirf>en. Salome. SBieHeid^t fyabe ic() aud(> ba^ JHec^t fyier jii fein. 196 GERMAN READER. Katharine. 2Bie? Salome. -JBenn nun err flitter audj mit mir toerlobt todre! "Katharine. 2Ba fagen ie? Salome. 2Ba ber 28afyrfyeit fefyr nafye fomntt. 5 Katharine. 2Bie? ie fatten mir meinen SBerlobten abfpenftig gemacfyt? Salome. @ fragt fief), toer f>ter altere Sterf'te iat. Katharine, ^d), ic^, ic^)! Salome (mnW)- 33eruf>igen @ie ftd^, tcf> trete ^fynen to aHe 9?ecf>te ab, bie td^ auf errn SRUIIer i>aben fonnte. 9Zic luerbe icfy mid) fiJ ioeit erniebrigen mit einem 2Ranne mid) ju berbinben, ber treulo^ eine anbere nebenbei fyat. Katharine ammer jormger). 9Zebenbei? S)a ift ftarf. 2Benn eine toon un3 nebenbei ift, fo finb err 9Jiiitter toirb fommen, ioirb un^ 9iebe fte{?en, unb toenn e^ toafyr ift,ba^ 6ie 2(n^riicfie auf ifyn ^aben, trete idf> juriicf; id) bin ju ftolj bie Siebe eine^ SJianne^ teilen ^u tootten. 20 (Elftcr Uuftritt Sorigc. 9HuDer. (bemerlt ffot^rine ni^t gletcf)). 0, bag hjfire madfyt, nun finb h)ir ^offentlidf) ungeftort, meine teure Salome. Salome. 3 ur iid, mein err, ie ftnb entlarbt! ITT u Her. Srf>on iuieber? Salome, efyen ie nid^t bort ^i>re SBerlobte? 25 ZHuIler. SSerlobte? Auft. 11.] MULLER ALS SUNDENBOCK. 197 Salome. SfJun mein $rdulein, erfldren Sie fi$. Katharine. 25a ift ntcfyt err flitter. 217 li Her. 2Ba3? eute ben ganjen ag bin icfy in etnem fort flitter, SRittter fur jeben anbern Gutter, unb nun foil 5 \ auf einmal gar nicfyt 5Riitter fetn? Katharine. @te todren err 9)iutter? ZHuIIer. S! Katharine. 2lu Berlin? IRiiller. d^metd^Ie mir au ^Berlin ju fetn, i)Dffe bajj 10 nteine altung, metn ganje 2Befen ba ni 25 benfen fonnen ba^ ein jungeS 9J?dbcf>en h)ie ic^) nid^t einen fo -- dltlid;en errn jum ^Berlobten baben n)irb. SBitte nodj)mal3 urn 3Serjeif>ung. c&t). ZTt U 1 1 e r (gegeit Me Zpre nac^rufenb). $ltltcfyer err? 2)a ift ftarf. rlauben (Ste, idE) bin ein s Dtann in feinen beften 30 $afyren! Slltlic^er err. 9ia4> meinem erjen ju urteilen 198 GERMAN READER. bin i$ ein Bungling, *> enn *$ f"^ e bit jartlicfyfte Siebe ! 2)od) toaS toiU icfy? @3 ift eine 25ame, bie mia) beleibigt fyat, unb gegen eine 25ame fyat man leine -JBaffen. 9lun ju un, meine teure (Salome! Salome. Buriic!, mein err! 5 2TT u Her. 2Ba? @ie ^oren ja bafj e ein ^rrtum toar, ba^ biefe 2)ame einen anbern Stutter fu^)t. 3SieHeirf>t ift e3 ber, ber ben ut bejafylen fottte, ober ber ftc^ fyat ^^otogra= lafjen. 9?un ba3 ift ftarf. (egen bte z$are). 3Jiein , toenn biefer pfyotograpfyifcfie flutter ^t>r Siiitter ift, 10 mit bem net)me ic^) e noc^) auf. old^ ein $raengeficfyt barf fid^) nirf)t neben tnirf) ftetten. (Sie feljen alfo, teuerfte alome, ba^ id; unfcbulbig bin, toenn aud^) einen 2(ugenbli(f ber (Scfyein eine 5Berbac^te auf mir rufyte. Salome. 2Bagen @ie eg nocfy mir unter bie 2(ugen ju 15 treten? 2HuIIer. liefer Xon I Salome. 2>on %\ianl ZUiiller. D^er toon Stojart. 2Ba$ foU bie Salome. ZH filler. D^er toon St @ie finb ein %W 2(09, bu lieber ott. uan. 5at nict. @in Slec^toaren* fabrifant unb )on ^uan. ^ Salome. SBerftecfen @ie firf> nur fyinter elenben ^a^en, e ^ilft 3$nen nia;tg me^r. ^c^ nenne 3$nen einen Xiamen unb Sie berftummen. 25 ZH filler. 25 a h)dre icfy begierig. Salome. Aurora! ZHuIIer. Aurora? Salome, ^ennen ie 2lurora nicfyt? ZTT filler. 2)ie ottin ber SJiorgenrote. y Auft. 11.] MULLER ALS SUNDENBOCK. 199 Salome. @ie mogen ficf> brefyen unb toenben h>ie ar ic^ baju bered^tigt. ^Dtefer S3rtef ftefft @te in 3^> rer S an 5 en Slo^e bar. 2)a, lefen (Sic, berftummen (Sic. 10 ITT filler, in ^Berliner berftummt nie. rlauben @ie (25urc^fliegt ben Srief.) 31^) ! 21^) ! 1)a ift ftarf ! ^Bflli ! 2lbf d^eulic^ ! )a3 ift h)irllic^ emporenb ! bin begierig, toie @ie ftc^ fyicr 15 irinben h?erben. ITCiiller. ie glauben boc^ nic^t, bafj biefer Srief an ntirf) gcridbtet ift? Salome. 2ln tuen fonft? ^df> preife ben 3 u f a ^/ *> er it>n mir in bie >anbe gefiil^rt i>at. 20 ZlTiiller. 2lber ber Srief ^a^t ja nicfyt auf mid^, h)ie fonnte er an mid; fein? Salome, ^icfyt an <3ie? 2BoHen @ie nocfy leugnen? ^>ier ift bie 2lbreffe: err 9Jliitter au 33erlin, berjeit in Sei^jig, Hotel de Pologne ! 2)al ftimmt boa^) atfe auf bal genaueftc. 25 ITTu'IIer. 2)a mu^ fid^) jemanb einen fcfyledjrten d;erj gemac^t i^aben. Salome. lauben @ie benn, ba^ idi) mic^ mit fold^en ioinbigen 2lu3reben abfertigen laffe. rlicf)feit, ein Ungefyeuer toon bin id). 2>a fet^cn 6ie l?er! ei^t ba3 3)Jutter? 200 GERMAN READER. Salome. 2Ba3 fonft? ITt filler. hotter fyeijjt e! $)ie morgenrotlidie 3Iurora fdjreibt eine fcMecfyte .anb ; toenn man nicfyt genau fyinftefyt, fann man frf>on ein D fiir etn ft anfefyen. o ift e3 bem ^Bortier gegangen, fo tft e ^tjnen gegangen. 5 Salome. 9Bdre eg moglid^? (Mimmt Me sibteffe). m, ja, ba fonnte aud^) etn > fetn. JHuIIcr. G tft etn ), e^ tft geh>t^ etn ). 31^, h)ie fatter hnrb e^ mtr gemac^t, ^fire >itlb 511 erioerben. 2(ber nun bin id) ftegreid) bttrcftgefommen, nun ftefye id; am ftitlt 10 meiner SBiinfdie, nun (siopfen). Xaufenb onnerh)etter, ba nod; nid;t auf? erein! HuftrUt. Poliseibeamter. ^t)r Wiener, mein ^err. ZR filler. 3^r Wiener! Polisetbeamter. ie ftnb err buffer? 15 riTuIIer. ^d; bin err gjiutter. Poltsetbeamter (fte^t in etnem $a>)tere 110^). 3lu 33erttn? ZTT filler. 2ltt3 Serlin. Poli3eibeamter. 3Botn^aft in ber ^riebrtd)ftra^e ? ZHfiller. SSo^n^aft in ber 3-^^!^- 20 Polisetbeamter. 2)a3 trifft ja bottfommen. ZTT filler. 3>ft fetn ^unftftiirf; ie ^aben eg ja aufge= fd)rieben. 2Bag ftefyt ju ^bren 3)ienften? ibeamtcr. $$ ntu^ Sie bitten, mir aufs ju folgen. 25 ill filler, ^olijeiantt? 6eien 6ie fo gut. !Jrf) t>abe ba ju fudien. Auft. 12.] MULLER ALS SUNDENBOCK, 2OI Polt3etbeamter. Slber toietfetcfyt ettoaS ju finben. ftocfy einmal mujj icfy Sie bitten mitjugefyen. 2TT filler. 2Be3$aIb benn? Poltsetbeamter. ^e nun, ie ftnb au ^Berlin mit 5 interlaffung toon rfwlben entflofyen, ba3 ertc^t i)at ben Sanlrott aitSgefyrodjen, unb etn tedEbrief forbert, bajj man fidf) %fovc ^Berfon bemticfyttge. Salome. err SRutter, en, ba^ itnter biefen Um= ftdnben ZTt filler. 2Ba3 benn, teuerfte atome? 20 Salome. 2Benn @ie ftc^ bon biefer Sefdjwlbigung nic^t reinigen fonnen acfy e h)ar boc^ ein ti auf jenem 33rtefe. 2TT filler. 6in ) tuar eg, ein ). 3(ffe SBetter, mu^ irf> benn fiir atte buffer ber 28elt ber (Siinbenboc! fein? err, id^ bin tal>r^aftig nid^t ber, ben l;abe feme 6d>ulben, bin ein n)ofyl= fjabenber 2Rann. Polt3etbeamter. ie ftnb bod^ 3Kiitter au^ ^Berlin. ZlTfiller. Q$ giebt balb neitnfyunbert 3)iuttcr in Berlin. Poliseibeamter. Slber au ber ^iebrtc^ftra|c. 30 ill filler. 3luc^) in ber ^riebricbftra^e giebt e3 etn paar Gutter. 202 GERMAN READER. Polt$etbeamter. 63 tfyut mir leib, abcr toorberfyanb treffen atte 2lnjeicfyen bet ^fynen ein, unb @ie miiffen mit mir gefyen. duller. 2Bofyin bcnn? Poliscibeamter. 2Bir fyaben fo fteine ftiffe tiibcfyen, 5 toon bcnen toir ^fynen ein jur 2Sof>nung etnrdumen, bis @ie betniefen i>aben, ba^ en! 3Jiiete gratis, 2lueftrf)t auf ben of, SReublement mangel^aft! 2)anfe f6n! ^c^ F^abe 10 gar leine 3 e ^ S^ re ftiffen tiibd^en ju bejucfyen; bier fe{?en (Sie meine Sraut, geborne arth)ig au cfyleufingen, ic^ mu^ ^eiraten. Salome. D, babon finb n)ir better al<3 je. HT filler. SBer ba ben SSerftanb nirf^t berliert, ^at feinen 15 ju berlieren, fagt ein getoiffer 2e[ftng. ^d^ bin ja unfrfwlbig, Poltsetbeamter. SSenn ba ganje ignalement auf te pa&t? IIT filler. alt! 2)a ignalement ! >a$ i>aben h)ir 20 nod) nicfyt gei>abt. ^offentlic^ fyat ber 23anfrott=9Jcutter einige Seberflecten unb SJiuttermale, bie nicfyt auf mid^ ^affen. 2affen @ie fei>en. PO It5et beamier '.Heft ergtet^enb). 9Kutter ift ein 3Jiann in mittleren ZTTfiller. Salome. SHfo! Poliseibeamter. 9?afe ZTTfillcr (fafet an feine Wafe). m, ^m. Salome. 2)ag ^t! 3 Auft. 12.] MULLER ALS SUNDENBOCK. Poltsetbeamter. 3Runb grofc! 217 filler. 6flid} ift ba3 ignalement nicfyt. Salome. 2(ber e3 pafjt. . Poliseibeamter. tirn mittel. 5 H7 filler. Grlauben ie, icfy ^abe eine fyofye tirn, banfenreid^ nennt man ba^. Poli$eibeamter. 2)ariiber Icifjt ftc^ ftreiten. bunlel. Salome. 2)a3 ^t! 10 2Tt filler. 2Birb benn nid^t balb eth>ag fommen, ba nid^t Polt5eibeamter. Religion ))roteftantifd;> 1 ITtuIIer. $alt! Salome. 2Bte! aben ie ni(f)t in $ ren 3Seri>anb; 15 lungen gefagt, bajj ie )3roteftantifc^ finb? ZTT filler. Uber 9fte(igionangeIegenE>eiten ftreite ic^ nie. Poliseibeamter. Sefonbere ^ennjeic^en. ZHfiller. alt, jetjt fommt'l! 6in ^>aar 2)uenb 2eber= flecfen, otnmerf^rofjen, ein lleiner SBucfel h)ie? 20 Poliseibeamter. Stuff altenb ftarfer aarh>uc3. ITl filler. alt! 2)a ^t nirf)t! Polisetbeamter. m, ^^r aar ift jiemlic^ ftarf. mfiller. Slber- Salome. D ja, ba^ ie ftarf e aar fyaben, ift mir 25 gleid^ aufgefatten. Slber- Hlfiller. 3:euerfte alome, tooffen ie nidf>t einen blirf in $$r 3i n "Tier treten? 30 Salome. yi\d)t toon ber teffe get>e icfy, id^ toitt tDt^kit fyaben. 204 GERMAN READER. in filler, -ftun benn, fo fefyen <5ie einen Stugenblid gum ^enfter fyinauS. Salome. 2BeI>alb benn? ItTfiller. %aben @ie ba totrflicb, glauben fonnen? 3 eu 9 en ' e f" r m ^/ m *w err. Poliseibeamter. @3 fd^eint mtr aHerbing, toenn icb, nod^ baju ^t>r ganje S&efen in Stnfd^Iag bringe, ba^ Sie ntd^t ber finb, ben toir fud^en. Stud^ i>aben h)ir nocb, eine 20 anbere @^ur, auf bie icb, toon 2(nfang an mefyr gegeben b,abe. ^c^ toiff @ie borberF>anb nicb.t Joeiter beldftigen, h)enn (Sie mir berf^recfjen Dor morgen abenb nidf)t abjureifen. ItTuller. ^df) h)dre ob^ne^in fo lange fyier geblieben. Poliseibeamter. 2Bofften <5ie ^b,r 2Bort nic^t fallen, 25 ftwrben Sie fict) bietteirftt Unanneb^mltc^feiten au^fetjen, benn beobadf)ten laffen n>ir ie bennodp, bi^ U)ir ben recfyten b,aben. SBenn idf> %t)nen befcfytoerlicb, gefaEen bin, fo fcfjreiben ie e3 ftrf) felbft ju. ZTTfiller. 28ie fo? 30 Auft. 13.] MULLER ALS SUNDENBOCK. PO H 3 ei beamier. 2Barum fyeijjen ie -DttiUer? uten 9Jtorgen. (m) ZTTtiller. 2Barum fyeifcen 6ie Gutter! cfyon toieber. 3$ fyeijje Sftiifler, id; toerbe flitter fyeijjen, id? toitf Gutter 5 ^ei^en! 2)oc^ ftitt! 9hm (Salome, ^at fief) nicf)t ba3 Ungliic! ober em tiidifc^er $obolb mtt feiner ganjen 33of;eit an micfy gemad;t, unb bin id) ntcf;t au atten ^3roben fyerauSgegangen h)te ein nget ber Unfcfyulb? Salome, ^d; mu^ geftet>en 10 in filler. $a geftefyen @ie Salome. 2Ba^? 2H tiller. 2)a^ @te mic^ lieben, baji @ie bie SRetne toerben tuoffen Salome (serWamt). SBenn nur 15 ZTt tiller (jartitrfj). em 2Benn unb fein 3lber (Htmmt t& fe^en @ie tnir in bie Sfugen, ba finben @ie %fa 33ilb, au meinem ^erjen toiberftrafjlt. (eugt f Ituftrttt. ^pOttficrcr (ftecft ben Sopf burc^ ^aufierer. 2Ba3 ju ^anbeln? ITtulIer. ^onnertoetter, toer gef;t fo gerabeju bei ben 20 Seuten? ^aufierer. ott ber erecfyte, ^abe icb, geflo)3ft brei= mal ganj leife, ^aben abe id; mir gebadjt ZTluIler. SDenfen @ie n)a @ie iootten, aber braufjen. 25 ^aufterer. 2llfo fyaben @ie nij 511 f>anbeln? Ht tiller. 9lic^t, nid;tg ! inau^ fotten <5te geb,en, 206 GERMAN READER. fjaufterer. ott ber erecfyte! toa3 fiir ein jorniger Wlann ! cub.) ITCuller. @3 ift jum Steufelfyolen. otoie man in jdrt; Itcfye timmung fommt, mujj man ficfy drgern. (S^ma^tenb.) 2Ufo alome ? Salome. ie miiffen aber $fyren 5Wamen dnbern, fonft fomme ic^ aud^) in 33ertoecfy3htngen. 2TTuIIer. ^n S?erh)ecf)Iungen? 9Kit einem anbern 2)a mod^te id^ mir ^6fttcf)ft berbitten. Stber ben dnbern? 2)a3 ge^t nic^t. 2)a mii^ten h>ir an ben ^onig 10 gefyen, unb ber geftattet fo ettoaS nur in ganj bringenben Salome. 3lber ZHiiller. %d) ^abe fo lange auf ben -ftamen SKiiffer ge^ toie lonnte ic^> mid(> an einen neuen getoofynen? 15 Salome, ^a, aber ZTt filler. 2Senn nun in Stmerifa ein D^eim ftiirbe unb ^interlie^e mir einige SJiittionen, f)dtte ic^> bann meinen 9^a= men abgelegt, fdmen h>ir urn bie rbfcfyaft. Salome. aben @ie benn einen D^eim? 20 duller. 9tan. Salome. 9?un alfo. ^ toeijj nic^t, iua^ @ie an einem ftamen fjdngen, ber fo geh)6f>nlic^ ift. ZIT u 1 1 e r. etoofynlidfy V 9iun Steuerfte, 6ie F>ei|en d^mibt, h)a^ fyaben @ie benn torau^? 2Benn e in Berlin nafje an 25 neunfyunbert 9Jliitter giebt, fo giebt e aud^ iiber ac^tf>unbert SBir ^>aben einanber nit borjutoerfen. oc^ jufammenluerfen ltoffen nnr h)ie unfere erjen, fo unfere Xiamen. 2Bir nennen un3 3Jluttersdr)mibt ober @d>mibt=3}iutter. 2Ba^ meinen ie? 3 Auft. 14] MULLER ALS SUNDENBOCK. 2O/ Salome. >a3 Itejje ftrf) iiberlegen. ZTTiiller. Unb nun 3ftr ^a! Salome. 3 a benn! ITtuIIer. tmmUf$e3 2Bort. ^e^t bre^en @ic ^fyr Iie6e^ ^o)3fc^en ^erum, (umfafet fie) unb laffen orn, J (Sertrube, itjre Xante. uife, ifjre 5Rid)te. Drt ber anblung: (Sine UnioerfitatSftabt. 2)ef oration: in arten. 5Retf)t fle^t ein Xifc^, mit SBiidjern, foben unb 3nftrumenten beberft. 3(uf ber Unten @ette ein artentijd) mit @tiil)Ien. (Erftcr Uuftritt. unb 95>tl^elm (tet^tS am Zifdj ft^enb, tn Seftiire toertieft). ftrre alien ^olianten bcrtieft. 2tde fonnte ringSum ju runbe ge^en, fie merften nic^t baton, unb ba^ ftarffte Grbs beben njdre nic^t im ftanbe, fte au i^>rer Setfyargie aufjuriiltcln. eba, i^r SBiicfyernwnner, it>r ^ergantentmottcn, bie ftiicfeftunbe i[t lange boriiber, unb ib,r t{;ut gerabe, aU ob gar fcinen SRagen fyattet! Auft . j-j EINER MUSS HEIRATEN. 2OQ IDilfyelm (on feinem sBurfje auffeijenb, tu^ig). >a3 fyaben ie unl bereitS breimal gefagt. 3dfob (ebenfo). toren ie un3 nicfyt, liebe Xante, ba fyat ja fetne lie. (iBeibe lefen meiter.) (Bertrube (erjUmt). <3o? Unb glaubt tfyr, man F)at nid^t anbereS 511 tf>un, aU jit toarten, bil e^ eud^) beliebt, ba ^affee ju ne^men, unb e3 immer tDarm ju b, alien? (Sben, ioetl icb, e fd^on breimal fagte, toare eg 3cit, benfe id^, barauf 511 acf)ten. 10 IPilljelm (ofjne ouf ertrube ju ot^ten, ju Salob). 6^ unterltegt leinem 3 n)e if e ^/ ^ a & ^ e ^tnnen unb Setten Urfprung^ finb. 2(u ber unleugbaren ^ra ber ^etfd>enegen mit biefen SSoIf^ftdmmen gei>t alfo fyertoor crtrubc. 3/ ^l $tnnen unb ^almiidfen, ba ift benn 15 boc^> ju arg! @<3 ift gerabe, al ob unferein gar nid>t auf ber 2BeIt toarc! ^^r efc^ret, Itebe Xante, ift ein unbeftreitbarer XDilljelm. Unb e h)dre toiinfcfien^hjert, ba^ @ie unfere 20 tubien nid;t burcl^ fo nicf)tige 3)inge unterbracb.en. ertrube. -fticfytige 2)inge? a ^rac^tige ^rub,ftucf! $affee, 33utterfemmeln, ier unb 6d)in!en nicfytige 2)inge? 2)a^ fonnen nur folcfye Stintenfifc^e be^aupten, h)ie ib,r feib. h>ei^ red^t gut, ba^ ifyr beg^alb mit eringfc^d^ung auf ntidi ^erabblidft, unb bod; fage 30 icfc,, ba^ if)r nidf)t, gar nicfytS obne mid^ feib!. 2IO GERMAN READER. H) i 1 fy c I m (ungebuibig). %o. bod) I 2Bir toiffen $f>re SBorjiige boflfommen ju fcfydfcen, toenn <3ie nur nicfyt fobiel SluffyebenS babon marten. <>ertru6e. 3>/ f e ^ bod}! H e nem ^ a n ^ ^ e es bulb reifeen? ^f* e ^ n ^t cine <5unbe unb d^anbe, ba^ ein 5 ^jBaar tiidjttge, frdftige junge -Dttinner, bic etlca^ $Recf)te ju leiften im ftanbe toaren, ^inter tfyren S3ii4)ern bertrorfnen tote in 9faucfy gef>angenc ertnge ! IPilljelm. 2Belrf) brofaif^er Sergletc^! ^crtrubc. 2lber toafyr unb treffenb! 2Benn i^ eucfy 10 nirf>t manc^mal aufriittelte, lage ber taub fingerbtdf auf eud^ tuie auf ben ^ergamentbdnben in eurer Sibliotfyef. Unb h)a, toaS tbi^t i^r benn eigentlicf)? -ifttdjtS, gar nid)t! 3afob. SBa^r, nur ju toa^r, Hebe Xante! rten barum nicfyt f>oc^ genug fa^d^en. 9Zennen <5ie elbjufammens 25 f Barren, Gffen, Xrinfen unb c^Iafen, leben? 2)ie meiften toiffen gar nicfyt, ba^ fie leben unb toarum fie iiberfyaubt leben. 2Barum, Xante, leben <5ie benn eigentlidp? @agen a uer&mfft). 9Ba? ^d^? 2Barum idf> lebe? 30 mir einer! %tf) icfy lebe ju meinem SSergniigen! Auft. 1.] EINER MUSS HEIRATEN. 211 ZDilfyelm. Sooner runb! )er jieljt nid;t, Xante; einen befferen. <>ertrube (jormg). 2Barum id; lebe?! $)a$ ift mir bod) nod) nid)t borgefommen! 3)a3 fyat mtr nod) niemanb gefagt! 5 %d) lebe beSfyalb, bafc fold;e perfonifijierten 33ud;ftaben, tote il)r feib, mid; qudlen unb drgem fonnen. 2)a^ ifyr mir atte meine orge, meine ^Slage mit eu(^ mtt Unbanf lo^nen, ba^ i^r eurer alien Xante, bte fiir euren Xtfcfy, eure 5lletbung, euer bifid^en autoefen forgt, ben Xob n)unfcf)en fonnt! ^c^ 10 lebe eud> toofyl fd^on ju lange? D, id) toetjj e^ too^I, ic^ bin eucfy jur 2aft. Stber befte Xante, babon tear gar ni$t bte (ju ssti^eim). ef^ie^t btr ganj red^t; iuarum Idffeft 15 bu bid) mtt $rauen in treitfragen ein? <3ie bleiben niemat bei ber tange. ertrubc (toatenb ju gafob). o, h)ir finb e alfo gar nifyt inert, ba^ man iiberfyautot mit un fprirf)t? 9Bir finb fiir nicf>t, fiir gar ni$t auf ber 2Belt? Stber rec^t, bu bift jo 20 ber altere unb mu^t mit beinen guten Sefyren nod) ba bi^= d)tn 2eben 25JiI^eIm jerftoren. 2)er ^at bod) nod) efiiljl, nod) ein erg im Seibe; aber bu, bu t^ateft am beften, bid) in 2eber binben unb ju beinen alien djartefen ftetten ju lajfen. 25 IDilfyelm. tef)ft bu! efd)ie^t bir ganj red;t; iuarum mu^t bu bid; in unfern treit mifcfyen! <5ertrube (auf unb nbge^enb). 3)a fann nid;t me^r fo forts gefyen! 2)a mu^ anberg ioerben! Unb fyeute nod; mu^ e entfdu'eben fein! ^d; toerbe e^ eud; fd;on jetgen! (Ste tritt ent. 30 ft^ieben an fte Heron.) ^eiraten mu^t i^r! (Jin ^Jaar tiid;tige grauen mitffen in 2 I 2 GERMAN READER. IP tit} elm unb 3 a ?k (auffpnnaenb, erfdjrectt). erecfyter 3afob. Urn otteS mitten, Xante, fommen <5ie un nid;t ioieber mit %fyreic alten 2)rofyung ! IP i It} elm (Hetniaut). $omm, Sruber, toir h)otten ifyr ben 5 SSitfen tfyun unb frufyftiicfen gefyen. (Sertrube (beifette). 2l^a ! 2)a I>at getroffen! (Cout). ^a, fyetraten, fag' ic^, unb bie^mal beftefye id^ barauf. ^c^ t>abe euif) ^artieen genug borgefc^Iagen, bte atte borteil^aft finb. ^^r ^abt nur bte 2lutoafyl. 10 3^t fob. SBte oft fallen iotr 3^ nen ^ enn f a 9 en / ^^ tin folder cfyrttt h?o^I bebad;t unb iiberlegt fetn mu^? crtrubc. SSie lange imttft bu no4) iiberlegen? Sefte^ bid) einmal in bent ^iegel, unb fei frofy, tuenn ein jungeS 9)idbd)en nod; fold) etne 3SogeIfd;eud)e nimmt. 15 IP tit) dm. Urn ju ^eiraten i>aben U)ir nod) lange 3 e ^ SSarum unb mit hxlcfyem 9ted)te brdngen t bod; einmal! 2Ber ^at eud) benn er= jogen? 2Ber ^at eud; auf ben Strmen getragen unb ge^en, ftet)en unb f^red;en gele^rt? ' ift freilid; lange genug ^er, 20 um e ju bergeffen; aber id;, bie id; eud; toie eine 9Jiutter liebte, iab'^ nid;t bergeffen. 3afob. 9iun alfo, nxnn @ie un^ nod; lieben, fo ftoren a eud; gut ift, unb fitrj, h>enn ib^r nid;t folgen twoHt unb eud; nid;t gleid; entfd;eibet, fage id; mid; Io toon eud; unb enterbe euc. IP tit? elm. D Xante, loir trad;ten nid;t nod) ^t>rem S8er* mogen. 30 Auft ! -j EINER MUSS HEIR A TEN. 2 1 3 3 eurem c^tcffal! @ef)t bann ju, loie i^r ferttg toerbet. 3afob unb IPtl^cIm (erf^rft.) D, befte ^ante, loo benfen @te E>in? 10 ertrube. 3 a / ^ berlafje euer aui, benn btefe^ rei= ben fann icf) nid^t Icinger mit anfefyen. 2Ba^ h)ottt ifyr bann t^un? 5ro^ eure SSifien feib i^r gejd^Iagene Seute, benn in alien euren grofjen 23anben fte^t ntdjt, toie man fiir ^Ud)e unb better, au unb $(etbung forgt. 25ann ioerbet ifyr erft 15 etnfel^en, h?a ^rauenfyanbe toert finb, h>enn au<^ nur bte einer alten ^ante. 3afob. Um'l immel tuitten, 2:ante ) IDtlljelm. rfc^recfen @ie un nic^t fo! ) crtrube. ^Pfui! c^amt euc^, mtr alten jyrau aud^) 20 gar nicfytS juliebe ju t^un. SSenn ic^ eucf) auc^ ni4)t gelte, fotttet il>r boc^) ba ebot eure fterbenben SSaterl in (Sfyren ^alten. %; aber einer mufj jetjt bran! 3a benfft bu? $>u bi[t no$ jung, bu fannft e et>er tuagen. ID i I fy c I m (juriicffaijrenb). %, ott bctoafy re ! 2)u bift ber tils tere; fur bicfy ^a^t el biel beffer. 3<^fob. 2)u h>irft bic^ letd^ter baretn finben. 3)u ^aft gefalltgere ^ormen unb SRameren unb bift totrflid^ aucb, 2>u bift Diet gefe^ter al$ i$, biel mannlid^er; bu taugft biel beffer ju einem @^et>errn all icfy. Unb bann 15 tmiffen ja immer au$ bie alteren juerft au bem aufe. 3^fob. $)a gilt nur bet 3Kabc^en. teb,, lieber Sruber, \t. 25 3d fob. SBtlfyelm ^>atte immer me^r 5Jiut alS i$. ID ill) dm. 3 a ^^ ^ atte n " r ^9ft "tit gutem 33eifpiele borangefyen fotten, aber atte ^Jiabd^en, bie <5ie ib^m borfc^Iugen, er juriicf. @r fann je^t eine batoon n)ab,Ien. 3d fob. ^a, bie finb getoijj langft atte tot ober ber^ei* 30 Auft . 2.] EINER MUSS HEIR A TEN. 2 I 5 ratet. (3ur Xante.) % mabdjen i[t barunter, bie Die! ju gut fiir eud; ift. 2lber frets 5 lid;, folcfye auertopfe, toie ifyr, merfen nid;t, unb toenn fie bariiber fielen. abt i^>r benn gar feine 2lugen, feinen r benn gar nid^t gemerft, toarum ic^ 10 meineS berftorbenen 33ruber Xod^ter in au nafym? 3afob. 2Bie, Xante, Suife? gfore 5Kic^te? Unfere 5Ber= h)anbte? crtrubc. Sine fo n>ettlaufige 5Bertoanbtfrf)aft fyat gar nid^t^ ju fagen. @ie ift nid^t reic^, aber fcfyon unb, iua bte 15 auptfacfye tft, gut unb brab. 3tlfo fein ^eberlefen, fonbern einen rafcfyen ntfcf)Iu^, benn nic^t aHe^ toirb gut, iual lange toab^rt. S)arum facfelt nic^t lange! (Siner toon eudj> mu^ unter bte aube, n)itt fagen unter ben ^antoffel. tlberlegt je^t, unb tuenn icfy ioteberfomme, mu^ tc^ toiffen, toelcfyer toon 20 eud^ Srdutigam ift. 2lbieu! (iit> i Uuftritt. o^ite ertrubc. (Seibe ge^en, bie ^anbe auf bent SRucfen, itnwiaig * auf unb ab). 3 <* f b (nat^ einet IDil^cIm. ci|Iicb;e efaicfcte! 3 ci f o b (immer ge^enb). at micb^ ganj in 2(ufregung gebrac^t ! 2Bie foH ba erft tuerben, loenn eine ^rau im aufe ift? H)tl^clm (ebenjo). @0}rectltd;! giirditerlid) ! Unb bod; ift fein 2lu3iueg. 2Bie fte^t benn bie Goitftne 2 1 6 GERMAN READER. 3 a fob. Sd; fyabe fte mir nod; nirftt angefefyen. IDHfydm. 3d; aucfy nid;t. 2)ie ante n>irb nid;t rub, en, id; fenne fie. @ie toirb au3 ifyrer 2)rol>ung, un ju berlaffen, Grnft madden. 3afob. Unb h>a tooHen toir bann ti)iin? 203ir finb fo 5 fet>r an unfere altc Drbnung gelbf>nt. IP ill) dm. ^reilid;, alfo entfd;Iie^e bid;! 3 a f o b (er(c^recft). ^d;? 2Barum nid;t gar! (3u SBinjeim tretenb, fo^t fetne ^>anb, jartitd)). SSil^elm, fei berniinftig I 2)u bift ein ^offnungboHer junger 2Rann. X^ue mir bie 2iebe unb pirate! 10 IDil^elm cebenjo). Sieber Sruber, atte toa bu toiUft, nur ba nid;t! 3^fob. teb,, id; toeif;, bu ^aft [d;on frii^er bei ben 2)amen liid geb, abt. 3)u b, aft meb,r 9toutine ; bu bift aud; fdion geliebt toorben. 9Jiir ift ba3 nie ^affiert ; id; nritrte 15 mid; augne^men h)ie ber 33ar, tuenn er tanjt. IDilfyelm. 2)a fie^t gar nidit libel au3. %d) fal; einmal ein fold;e Stier 3^ fob. 2)u b,aft meb,r talent jum eiraten; bu loiirbeft geh)i| red;t gludflid; h)erben. 2)er l^eftanb, ba g-amtliens 20 leben fotten bod; fo fd;6n fein. ^d; feb,e bid; orbentlid; Dor mir, an ber fo bor. 2tui^ fagt e3 ja bie Stante. Unb fo brab unb gut ift fie! <3ie mu^ cin atterliebfteS $rauc6,en abgeben! ID ill? elm. ^ a / ^ a f a 9* auc ^ ^ e ^a"tc; alfo liidE ju, 10 Iteber Sruber ! 3af ob (ungebutbtg ge^enb). 9Jlein ott, bet bem ift bocb, afleS bergeben. 34> S e ^ e m ^ tfe erbenlU^e SRii^e, male i^m ba liirf ber @^)e mtt ben reijenbften ^arben, unb bod^ bletbt er lalt n)ie tein. (flam.) <3age mir nur um' immel iuitten, ^15 tuarum loiQft bu benn nicfyt i)eiraten? IDil^cIm. 28arum imdft bu benn nid^t? 3afob. Segreifft bu benn nic^t, bafj \d) ba ntd^t !ann? HMIfyelm. S^un fie^ft bu, ic^> fann eg aud) nic^t. 3afob. >u totHft alfo nid^t? Untoiberruflic^ ? 20 tDtlfyelm cfatt). 3^ ^ ann "i^t- 3af ob. %t%t toei^ id^, U>a id^ toon beiner Siebe ju b,alten b,abe. H) ill? elm. 2Benn bu micb, liebteft, tourbeft bu felbft fyeU raten. 2)amtt bu aber fiei)ft, ba^ ic^ nid;t fo fyartfyerjig bin, 25 loie bu, hntt id) bir einen SSorfcfylag madden. 3afob. Run? ID 1 1 1} e 1 m (al8 ob er einen entfrfjfufj gefofet). SBir it)0ffen lofen ! SofenV 33ruber, ba ift leidjtfinnig. 2)a^ finbe id) aud;, barum pirate lieber ge 30 rabeju. 2 1 8 GERMAN READER. 3d fob. $>a3 2o3 lann ja aucfy mid) treffen. IPilfyelm. $reilid; ; aber mid) leiber aud;. 3afob. SBaS foil id; bann tfyun? IDilfyelm. eiraten! 3afob. 3$ Io f e iH$*/ nimmermefyr fefce id; mid; ber 5 efafyr au. ID ill? elm. 2Bic bu h)iffft, bann mu^t bu aber ganj getoi ^eiraten, benn icfy t^u'^ ntd^tt! 3 d f b (nocfjmaW 6ittenb). 33ruber ! IDilljcIm (raf^ einfaHenb, argerttrf)). ^e^t Ia^ mid) in 9iufye ! 10 tner bon un mu^ baran; inir hjoffen beibe ntcfyt, alfo tnu^ ba 2o entfd^etben, h)er ber Ungliic!Iic^e fein fott. a ift metn Iete3" 2Bort, ba ift atte^ U>a3 id; fiir bid) t^un fann ! 3 a fob. Nun benn in otte 9iamen, h>enn e^ burd;au3 nidit anber fein lann. 2tber itie madden h)ir bag? 15 ZDtlfyelm. 2)a ift balb gefdjefyen. (e^t jum x\\$.) 2Btr nefymen jtt)ei ^ugeln, eine fd^tuarje unb eine twei^e. 3 <3 f b (angftlic^, medjanifc!) noc^ipre^enb). 6tne f d;U)arje Uttb eine toetfje. ID i I fy c I m ooetc^er futft). @ finb !etne jur anb. 3afob( f ro. ott fei SDanf! IDilljcIm. 9lo<$) beffer, h)ir nefymen jiuei 3 e ^- 3 d f b (mieber nad)fprecf)enb.) 3 iDe i 3 e ^el. ID i I fy C I m (bie 3ettet ft^neibeiib unb borridjteitb). 0, ben einen be* jetdjne id) mit einem ^reuje, ber anbere bleibt toeifj. 2 5 3afob. 3Kit einem ^reuje. IDil^dm. 2)er mit bem &reuje ber^flid;tet jur eirat. (Ut roQt ben Qettel jufammen.) 3d fob. 2)a ift red;t bejeid;nenb. JDill^elm. 3)er h)ei^e ge^t leer au3. oioat ben jroeiten Setter 30 Auft. 2.] EINER MUSS HEIR A TEN. 2 1 9 3d fob. ott, toenn id) ben befdme! IP ill; elm. %a, ba3 glaube id;; ba fb'nnte jeber fommen! 3<*fob. :ftun, toa gefd)iel)t toeiter? IPUfyelm (fudjenb). Nun braud;en fair eine Urne; in @r* 5 mangelung einer fold;en nefmte id; bein 2ftorgenfdppd)en. (Oretft nadj SnfobS Jtopfe.) 3afob (ongftitdj). -ftein, SBruber, nimm lieber betneS, id) I>abe UugliidE ! IPilfyelm. 2Reineth)egen, barauf foU e mir aud; nid)t 10 anfommen. (Sr nimmt ba feinige enttoebev bom ffopfe ober Bom Xifdje, legt bie atotten ^tnein unb fdjtitteit fie.) rlid;. IP tit? elm. 2)a berftel)t fid;! 2lUe3 nad; 9led;t unb 15 etoiffen. e gang getoifc auf ben erften riff ba3 fatale ^erau. XE^u' mir ben efatten unb jie^e juerft. IP tit} elm. 9?un, aud; ba nod;! ( geoffnet! 3 a fob. 33m e3 nicfyt im ftanbe. fiffne bu juerft. IDilfyelm (argeriici)). @i, faarum fott icfy benn immer atte juerft tfyun? 9ticfyt3 ba! -SBir tootten jugleid) offnen, toafys renb id) brei jafyle. (r ge^t jaljlenb langfam nad^ ItnfS, 3alob nad) rec^ts). 5 9llfo: @in! 3 Cl ? b (nad) ItnfS gefcnb). ID 1 1 fy C I m (tmmer ge^enb). 3 a f b (ebenfo, jitternb). 3^^ ' H) i 1 1? c I m . 2)rei ! (Gt sffnet.) at geBffnet tinb ba JJreua ertlttft). 2ld() ! 3$ bin H) 1 1 ^ C I m (freubig Ijerumftmngenb). Utra ! 3erimtnbert). 2Ba ift benn ba3 fur ein 2drmen unb ^ubeln? SSil^elm, ^aft bu 'nen 9laptu? ID 1 1 f} C I m (fte umarmenb unb tntt i^r ^erumtanjenb). @tnen ^ufj, 20 2;antc, einen ^u^! '$>$ bin ber IiidUrf)fte unter ber Sonne ! (Scrtrube. SGBiff @r mid) too^I lo^Iaffen, @r Staufenb* faffa ! @o ^abe id) bid) feit gefyn ^ a ^ ren n ^t gefefyen h>a ift benn nur borgegangen ? (Safob erbitctenb). Unb toa$ ift benn mit $afob ? ^^r eine 'f^ringt unb tan$t, ber anbere liegt 25 ba, al I)atte i^n ber cfylag getroffen. Auft. 3.] EINER MUSS HEIRATEN. 221 H) i I fy e I m (trogifomifdj auf 3afo6 beutenb). 9tein, STantC, er ift HUt in ficfy gegangen unb fyat einen ntfcfylufj gefajjt; ba fyat ifyn fo angegriffen. c r i r u 6 c (freubi fl ). 2Ba ? $alob ? 5 ZDilfyelm. ^a, ante. @r toiff fyeiraten. e r t r U 6 e (ift ju Satob getreten, lto)jft i^n auf bie Sldjfet). 21^) BraDO ! S3rab! nblid^ einmal ein bernunftige 2Bort! 3. 3$ fyabe e aber gleid^ geafynt! ^d^ fenne mein SJial^eur, 10 fyeute i(t 2)tentag, mcin UngliicfStag. erecf)ter ott! 3^ unb fyetraten ! C r t r II b e m *>ergnilgt bie anbe rei6enb). 3llf ^afob tft bet lucflic^e! 2)a3 freut mtc^ bo^elt ! ietyft bu, SBilFjelm, td^ h>u^te e tuo^I, ba^ er ber SSerniinftigere tft. 9itmm btr 15 etn jem^el. IPiltjelm. @ie ^aben redjt, Stante. ^aloB tft cm fyer* jenSguter DJlenfd^. 2Btr ^aben bie acfye reiflic^ iiBerlegt, unb er Bot enblid^ freitoittig an, 3$ren 2Bunfd^ ju erfitHen. ^ Cl f b (t|"t unterbeffen an bie anbere eite ju SBtt^elm getreten, leife). 2tBet 20 \a6en? 3)a todre ja im tyvfy ften rabe unfc^ic!Iic^. 3afob (feife). 0? ID i I fy e I m (tetie). ^retltcfy, bu todrft ja blamiert fiir eh>ige 30 3^iten! a3 fartet ifyr benn toieber ab? H) U fy e I m. D nid^tS, gar nicfytS. igafob if* nur in legenfyeit toegen ber od;jeit^2lngelegenfyeiten, ber SluSftat* tung, ber @inrid)tung 3 a ? o b (erftaunt). 2lueftattung Ginrid>tung ? 5 an bte 2(rbett. 3dfob(raft^). 9iur ntd^t fo eilig, ante. crtrubc. ^50 toofyl, eilig. 2)a gtebt'S gar bid ju tf>un 10 unb ju fc^affen. 25 a ift bte au3s, bie Xifd^s, bte 33etttt)d[c^c ju beforgen. 2)a ftnb bte fefylenben SRobel, ba notige efrf)irr fur $itc$e unb better, ba ift ein fcfydner 33rautftaat ju fcfyaffen mit attem, lt>ag brunt unb bran fyangt, bamit bie junge aus frau gleicf atte in Drbnung finbe. (Se^r sergnugt). 3 a / j/ 15 bu fottft beine ^reube an ber alten Sante ^aben. nid)t^ fott bergeffen tverben, bi ju ben unb =f;aubc^en fyerab. 3 ci f o b (bie ^anbe rtngenb). 2dhna cfytiger ! IDil^elm (6o^aft). Unb (Strumbfd^en ! 20 (Sertrube. 2Bai>r^aftig, id; fitfyle mic^ orbentlic^ bers gniigt! ott fegne beinen @ntfdf>Iu^ ^ a ^' ffifat i^>n nur gleid^ au3 unb fd^miebe bag Gifen, fo lange e toarm ift. 3<*fob (M bie tint troctnenb). 2Barm genug ift mir, ba toei{5 ber liebe immel! 25 IP i I fy c I m (nacf) lint? fe^enb). 2Benn id^ nid^t irre, f ommt foeben Suife aul bem arten fyierfyer. ^ertrub'e (^infe^eiib). G^armant, ba trifft fic^ ja brdd^tig! 2(Ifo frifcfy bran, 3 a f& ! Cringe bein 2lnliegen bor. 3afob. 3e^t, jet gletd}, Xante? 30 Auft. 4.] EINER MVSS fJEIRATEN. 223 (Sertrube. &a berftefyt ftcf; ; unb fci fyiibfcr; jart unb manierlicf), bamtt bit feinen $orb befommft. 3^ fob. 28oHte ber >imme(, id? toare fo glitcHicr; ! (Bertrube. Slber tote fter/ft bu benn au? aar unb SBart 5 miiffen in Drbnung gebracfyt toerben, unb bann fort mtt bem fatalen d^Iafrocf, unb etnen ^itb^en 9todf, ober beffer, $rac! angejogen. 3^ Fob. 3^> gtaube gar ntcfyt, ba^ \fy etnen $rad beft^e. ertrube. S)Dd^, ben fcr)onen fc^toarjen, ben bu bet 10 betnem ^tgorofum trugft. 2Benn tf>n ntcfit bte Gotten gefreffen r;aben. ^afob; it^ toitt bict) ^erau^u^en, ba^ bu tine etn ^rtnj aufer)en fottft. 3d fob. $a, tote ein D^ferftter, ben man }um Stltare 15 fitr/rt. 5iun benn, tote ott totll ! Slber @te toerben fer;en, ^ante, ba^ fie micr) auSfrftlagt. ID i I fy c I m a^n fortjieijenb). 2)a tocire ja nocr) fctyoner! (So etn ^ubfd;er SRann toie bu, orbentlirf) r)erauftafftert unb Qt* fc^niegelt, in fd^toarjem ^racf, toeijjer albinbe, befommt jer;n 20 ^Jtdbdjen fitr eine, unb ba^ bier; Suife nicfyt auefd^Iage, bafiir lajj mid) nur forgen. (3te^t iijn tn ^aus.) ertrubc (nac^fpringenb). ^ort, fort ! leid) toirb Suife ba fein; macfyt nur, ba^ i^r balb fertig feib! tMerter Huftritt. Cttrube (allein, 9teic^ barauf) fiutfe. crtrubc (jur.'.tHommetib). 9tun enblid^ babe id) fie fo toeit, 25 ba3 ^at 5Rii^e gefoftet ! $etjt toitt ic^> gleic^) 2uid>en auf ben 3at>n fit^Ien. @ toare eine fatale efd^tc^te, toenn bie mir auc^ noc^ Umftdnbe mantel 224 GERMAN READER. U I f C (Don lints, in etnem S?udje tejeub). (E>crtru6c. 2lber toa3 fefye id; ba? in 33ucfy in ber anb unb lefenb! 3)a3 fottte mir nod) fefylen, bafe bie fief) aud> Don bem SBudterlram anfteden liejje. 2utfe, toa foil ba$ fyeifjen, toa3 fyaft bu benn ba in ber anb? 5 Cuife. 2ld;, Santdjen, ift ba ein fyerrlid;e 33ud^! @3 ift ba neuefte SSerf -JBilfyelmS, feine 3^eife im 5?Drben. 2Bte fcfjb'n, toie geiftreic^) ift e gefcf;rieben ! 3Jlan glaubt egenb unb 9Kenf4>en bor ftd^ ju fefyen unb fiif;lt ftcf; mitten unter ifynen. SBelrf)' f)errUcf)e tungen ! D, ift ein getftreicfyer (Scrtrubc. o? bir nur ben Slopf berbre^en unb bicf> bom ^iitjlidjen abjie^en. utfe. 2Ba fann e3 benn 9iu^Iirf)ere geben al ein 15 gute Sucf;, namentlicf; twenn e fo Iei)rreic^ ift tote (Sertrube. 214) ^a, 2Bil^eIm ! Safob fcfjreibt fd^one 33ii4>er unb nocfy biel grb^ere. Cuife. 2)a mag iof;I fein, aber bie fmb griecfjifc^ 20 unb lateiniftf) ; bie berftefye ic^ nic^t. 2lber 28 i I ^ e I m cfyriften <>ertrube (argeru^). Sa^ mir je|t 2Bili)elm cbriften beis feite. %iibfcf)e Slugen; fief; ifm nur etnmal rea;t an. 3Sief fcf)5nere unb fanftere al 2Btlf;eIm. (Sie jpvic^t mil fiuije loeiter.) ^unfter Uuftritt. tflC. 2SHHjefm. ^Ofo6 (in altmoblfc^em gracfe unb mit @o, nur immer f;eran. 20 Zaftig, bu fiefyft bortrefffidr) au. 3 a fob. 28ilf;elm, icf; mad;e mid^ la (bie beiben bemerfenb, toelc^e rec^tS ftefjen bleiben unb jufammen ift er ! ief; nur, toie fd^on er auSfietyt ! 3)ie gro^e, ftattfid^e $igur, bie ebfe aftung 25 3 a ?k (4 ss<^e"n). %$ glaube, bie Xante inftruiert fie. bereitS. 226 GERMAN READER. (Sertrube (fortfo^enb). geje^t ^at.) ie^ft bit, tote frCltnblicf) er bt(^ an* bltcft? 2Benn er biii) antyricfyt, fet rec^t gut unb liebreicfy 10 gegen i^n, berfte^ft bu ? (smeber ju Satob tretenb.) Sllfo bortocirt^ ^afob, ein er$ gefa^t! ie^t fo ein $retermann au? @t fabberlot, toenn id ein S^ann toare, foffteft bu einmal fefyen, tote id^ fte im <3turm eroberte. 2)u, bu >afenfufj bu! (e^t (c^moHenb unb brofjeub an %atob unb SBJilljelm tooriiber in8 ^>au8 ob.) 15 Sedjfter Zluftritt. 9Bt(^e(m unb %ttlob (rerfjts). SJutfc (am Xifrtje lints, lueitcr lefeitb). 3d fob (M borbereitenb, feinen Sfracf jufnSpfenb). 3)a toSren toir alfo ! (Sr fiefjt ic^Ue^tern H) ill? elm. ^ a / Ctiife (beijeite). 2)ie ^abeit ganj getoi^ ettoaS bor. filter bent Sudje ^iniiber.) 20 IDil^elm. e^e nur fyin unb rebe fte an. 3af ob. 6ie Iteft ja. i^cfy ^ ann f^ e ^ oc ^ i e * '"^ ftoren. IDilijcIm. 2Sarum benn nicfyt? 2)u toirft bod^ ntcfyt toarten tooHen, bi fte ba bicfe Surf) au^gelefen ^at? 3 a fob. 2Ba foff icf) t^>r aber nur fagen? 25 IPil^cIm. $a3 tft ganj gleic^. 2)u trittft fytn, rebeft fte an unb erttcirft i(;r beine Stebe. Auft . G ;J EINER MUSS HEIRATEN. 3 a fob. Slber id) liebe ja nid)t! ID ill? elm. >a ift aurf; ganj gleid;. >u mufjt bod; loenigften fo t^un. 3 a fob. @o? >u lieber ^imrnel, trie fott id? ba nur 5 anf angen ? H) i I fy e I m. 2)a3 ift ganj einfarf;. 2>u fagft j. 33. : ,,uten 3Jlorgen x Itebc Souftne. 28te ge^t e ^^nen? 2Ba^ marfjen 6te? Seftnbcn @ie fid; toofyl?" ober fonft lua @d;one. 3d fob. SDaS fann id; nid;t. 3)a3 ift mir btel ju fd;ter! 10 JDil^cIm. 2td;, h)arum nidjt garl teUe bir einmal bor, bit tuareft bie Soiifine, unb id; Ittcire bu. 3fiun gieb ad;t, tOte id) ba mad;en ttJerbe. (Sr ge6t etnige Sdjutte sururf, je^t pt^ in SJSofitur unb fommt bonn auf %atob ju, i^m ben .^of macfjenb, fic jierli^ er6eiiflenb.) uten ^ftorgen, Iiebe 6oufind;en ! 15 3 a ^ ^ ( W> ernetgenb). uten ^Jiorgen, Setter! U) i I {} c I m (weriegen). ( id; fym tote ^aben @ie ge* f d;lafen ? 3afob. o, fo, id; banfc. H) i I fy fc I m. ^reut mid;. @3 e^ ift fyeute fe^r fd;Ied;te^ 20 SSetter! 3afob. 3a. JD i I fy e I m. llnb ja unb id) fym ^m 3<*fob. ^un fiefjft bu, bu fommft aud) nid;t bom ^terf! W i 1 1} e I m (argeriid)). ^Jiun, bu fcutnft bod; ntd}t berlangen, 25 bafc id; bir ben of mad;en foil. 9Jian fommt ja au3 attcr ^Qufion, loenn man bid; anfiefyt, mit betner toeijjen $a,U= binbe unb beinem altmobtfd;en ffiad. 33ei iF>r Joiirbc el m'el beffer gei>en. 3^fob. $erfud;e e alfo bei i^r. 30 IDilfyelm. 9?un gut, id; totfl bir 'I bormad;en. 3;ntt 228 GERMAN READER. fyinter eincn traucfy unb paffe ja recfyt genau auf, bamit bu e bann nadwiacfyeu fannft. 3a Fob (frcubtg). cfyon, fcfyb'n, lieber Sruber, bu bift bod} eine gute eele. IP ill} elm. iebft bu e3 nun enblid} cm, toie id} mid; 5 aufopfere? Slwe jet, al$ ob bu fortgingeft, aber rafd), benn id} fiifyle mid} eben im $eiter. j d f b (rcijrf) Bitter etu ebiifrfi, )e((^e tm SKotfnH oud^ burrf) tie Gouliffe ober eintjje l)of>c Slumenftdtfe bargeftent feiit fonn, tretenb). Ut, gut, \elm fommt juriid . ( fammeln. m, fym, ' i[t bod> nid;t fo Ieid)t, al id? bacbte ! m, i>m. 2lnreben mu^ id^ fte aber, fonft blamicre \(f) mid? Dor ^afob. (Safjt fi(^ ein $eri, na^er tretenb.) m, i)m, fo toertteft, fd:>one Goufine? @^ ift toofyl nid^t er= 25 laubt, ie ju ftoren? Cutfe (freuitbud) auf&iidenb). 6i, ^Better, ba Sergniigen 3^er Unterfyaltung loirb mir fo felten ju teil, ba^ I?ier toon einer torung nid^t bie 9tebe fein fann. tsteot nuf.) IDil^elm. SDarf man fragen, h)a ^^r ^ntereffe fo fe(;r 30 in 2lnfprucf> nimmt? Auft. 6.] EINER MUSS HEIR AT EN. 229 Cuife (fdjnH&aift). Gin toortrefflicfye3- 2Berf bon einem getoiffen ^rofeffor 3Si^eIm 3orn. ID i I fy e I m (erftaunt). 2Ba3, bon mir ? Cuife. 3 a / 3^ re 9taf e i 9torben. D, @ie glauben nicfyt, 5 Hue toiel SSergniigen mir ^fyr SSerf fcfyon gemacfyt fyat. W I 1 fy C I TT1 (fjat i^r ba8 8uc^ au bet $anb genomnten). 2Ba^r^afttg, metn neue SBerf. (te&t es jururf.) $ft eg a ^ er n ^* fc^abe um bie fcfyonen Slugen, 2uife, bie or, beobadjlet forttoa^renb Witfylmi 10 93etuegungen, beifeite). C^OHC 3lugen, ba tft gut ! uife. 3)te fonnen auf nicfyts bterel fatten. IPtl^elm (beifeite). <5te fyat totrfltd^ fc^one 3lugen. (2aut.) @ie finben alfo efd^madf unb 3 ntere fi e a " ^ er Sitteratur? uife. ^rauen Sie mir leinen inn fur ba ebelftc 15 2Birfen 511? H) i I fy e I m (Wnea). SBefyute! 3^> traue 3^ nen a ^ utc unb 6(i)6ne ju. ^n einem fo fc^bnen, lieblid^en ^or^er muji auc^ eine fd^one eele toofmen. 3afob (beifeite). c^one eele, ba ift aud^ gut. 20 IP i I fy c I m (beifette). o^e J0 2(d)tung bor ^^rem SBirfen, unb bebaure nur, bafj e^ un8 armen ^ rftuen n ^ Dcrgonnt ift, bem ^lugc 3^3 eifte^ ftetig ju folgen, tone id^) el h>o^I hjiinfc^te. ID i I fy e I m (beUette). <5ic ift toirf Uc^ bejaubernb ! 9Bo toaren nur meine Stugen ? i 5 Cuife (begeiftert). 2Sie fd^on mu^ eS fein, gleid^) ben es lefyrten ba 28efen ber Sdnber unb 3S5lfer, bag 3Befen ber ftatitr, be llniberfum^ ju erfaffen unb ju berfle^en, fid^ ju erfyeben iiber biefe @rbe unb ben Sauf ber onnen unb 2BeIten ju ergriiHben ! 2Bie flein fomtne i ren "SBunfdf) erfiitten tooHte, ber ftc^) 3(> nen 9 an j tmbmete, @ie auf biefelbe tufe be3 2Biffen ju fii^ren, bie er felbft erreid^te? Cuife. %3) toiirbe if>m gern folgen unb eine gele^rige 30 c^iilertn fein. Auft. 6.] EINER MUSS HEIR AT EN. 231 IDilfyelm (ettoas ftorfenb). llnb toenn e3 einer ^rcr SBettern toare? Cuife (roegfefcnb). ner mciner SBettern? JP 1 1 fy e I TTl (ifjre $anb an feine Ci^e" brticfenb). Unb foenn barf 5 icfy e auSfprecfyen, Sutfe toenn icfy e3 totire ? (UmfdjUngt pe nut bent ?(rm.) 3 ^ ^ o b (juftimmenb). iH atte jeijnmal toieberfyolen, 15 urn nur red^t oft ba SSergnugen ju ^aben, in ^fyre fcbonen 2lugen blicfen ju fonnen. ott, Sui^d^en, h?a fyaben ie fiir ^immlifcf)e 2(ugen ? $d) begretfe gar nic^t, bajj id^ ba nicf)t friif)er bemerlte. uife (oorwurfSttoH). ie ^aben ft$ itber^aupt h)enig urn 20 micfy gefiimmert. XDiltjcIm. tlnb biefe^ SJiiinbd^en! S03ie ^errlirf) mu^ e fein, fcine eigenen SSorte aug biefem SRiinbc^en h)ieber^olt ju Fjoren ! Sui^d^en, anttoorten ie mir, toollen ie e^ mit mir faagen ? (Umi^Iingt i^re XatHe.) 2 5 3^^^ ('I' lDii ^ rnl) ber lefeten SSJorte ^erangef^Iic^cn unb supft 2Biff)elm ant iRocfe). IP i 1 1} c I m (fid) umioenbenb). 2Ba giebt'g benn. Cuife (erftfrecft). 21 3) ! ^afob ! (e^ jum Xifc^e unb ergretft i^r Surf;). 3afob. 2)11, SBitfyelm, ' ift gut. 3 IP i 1 1) C 1 1TI (argerarf) ettuaS jit SafoO nac^ ber 'JKitte ^inUfefrtretenb). ' ift nid^t gut, gel; ab ! 232 GERMAN READER. 3 a fob. 3$ todfj jet fd;on genug, geb, nur. ID i Ify dm. 2Barum nid;t gar, id; bin nod; lange nid;t fo toeit. %t$t fommt erft bie >auptfad;e. 3afob. @o? 9tod; meb,r? ID ill) elm. $reilid>, mad;' nur, bafj bit fortfommft, unb 5 paffe red;t auf. 3afob. -fta, meinettoegen ! bod; nid;t ju lange. (ci)t imeber filter ben ttou^.) IDil^cIm (bdfette). 3)a tocire nod; fd;6ner, toenn ber ftd; nun breinmifd;en tooffte ! Sr fd;eint efatten an unferer 10 Seftion ju finbcn. (erf^rwo. Side agel, ba fattt mtr ein, ba^ id; ja eigentlid; nur fur %atob fpred;e ! ^a, ba gilt mir je^t gleid;, ioarum ^at er mid; in bie gefal)rlid;e Situation gebrad;t. @ie gefaHt mir gang gut, unb ba id; nun einmal im 3 u 9 e bin, fann id; bod; nid;t me^r juriidtreten. 15 Utfc (loenbet ftc^ bci ben te^ten 9Borten jum eljen). IDill^clm (fte jurttcf^aitenb). SBob, in, Sou[ind;en ? @ie tooHen bod; nidit fort? utfe. ^alob b,at geiuijj nottoenbig mit ^b,nen ju fpred;en. W ill? dm. ^Durd;au^ nid;t. 2lber id; l?abe mit $>b,nen M ju f^red;en. 2Bo bin id; bod; nur fteb,en geblieben? 2)er fatale 5J?enfd; l>at mid; gang au3 bem ^onje^t gebrad;t. uifc. @ie boten fid; mir jum Scorer an. H) ill; dm. Stein, Suife, ba n)ar e nid;t attein. ^d; h)oHte ^f>nen aud; fagen, ba^ ba^ <5ie mir au^erorbent; 25 lid; gefaUen ba| id; @ie red;t tnnig lieb b,abe. (ergreift t&ve ^anb.) uife (iftm t^aif^aft Me $anb entjteijenb). Setter, ba ge^ort nid;t jum Unterrid;t. ID ill; dm. SBie, Suife, @ie entjie^en mir 3^> re autl / 3 <5ie antmorten mir gar nid;t? Auft. 6.] EINER MUSS HEIRATEN. Cuifc. 3$ f a 9 te 2$ nen J a f$ on / tafJ ia foil ic^ benn eintDtttigen ? 3afob. 3 e ^ fommt bte leljte 53ombe; hjei^ f^)on, h)a er fagen hnff. IPilljcIm. SSo^Ian, Suife, e mu^ ^erau^! 2Benn @ie 10 einit)itttgen aud^> ^fyr SRann, ber @ie on erjen Ueben, bere^ren, auf ben dnben tragen loirb! Cuife (eaatenb). SSilfyelm, @ic iiberrafd^en mid^ @ie ^a, ja, Goufincfyen, id^ n)itt! Unb toenn 6ie 15 >ja" fagen, madden @ie mid) unaugf^red^tic^ glurfltc^! (t fiitft t^r ju Siifeen unb brucft i^re anb an feine fit^en.) 3 a Fob. 2li>a, ba ift alfo bte auptfacfye! 6d^on! (@inu nuc^ auf finie.) utfc. tefyen @ie auf, h)a toirb bte ante baju fagen? 20 H) i I Ij e I m (tmmer fnteenb). 63 ift il>r fet>nlic^fter SBunfcfy. Suife. 2Ba^ h)irb %atob fagen? ID i If} dm. $)er, nun ber toirb ftc^) rec^t ^erjltc^ bariiber freuen. Stber tua^ ioerben @ie, <5te 2utfe, fagen ? (ste^t auf.) lltfe (nteberfe^enb). 25 IPil^elm. 3a, ioa^r^aftig, Suife. 3d^ iuitl @ie ntcf)t belitgen unb ^^nen eine grenjenlofe 2ie6e borf^iegeln; aber gut bin t$ ^I>nen Don erjen, unb bie fo rerf)t tnntge, 2tebe lotrb h)ol?l aud; fommen, toenn id^ ^offen barf, 9ieigung ju geh)tnnen. brec^en @ie, 2utfe, fonnen @ie mir 30 biefe fc^enfen? 234 GERMAN READER. U t f C Mm bie $anb gebenb). JDUIjelm. 3a? 3a, Suife? Cuife. 9hm benn, Setter, ja! 3$ foW 3fynen bertrauen, unb (fid; umfeijenb, fdjairijaft) unter un gefagt, 28Ufyelm, tcf) toar ^jfrnen gletrf) bom erften 2tugenbltcfe an gut. Stber aben mid? gar nirf)t angefe^en ! iDilfyelm (freubtg). ^reilicf), id^ war ein -ftarr, mtt Sltnb* i>eit gefcfylagen! 2(ber je^t ge^en mtr bie 2Iugen auf, unb ic^ fefye einen ganjen immel bor mtr. 2)u Itebe^, ^tmmlifc^e 9)idbcf)en, jetjt, je^t gieb mtr ctnen $ufc jum tegel unfereg 10 3 a Fob. Gt, et, ba mad^t ftcfy d^armant! StclJcntcr Uuftritt. igc. ertrube ber le^ten 28orte au bem ^oufe, Sctfob ou8 bent e6ilf(^ getreten unb nfifjer gefommen). <5ertru6e. 5^un, ott fttirfe mtc^! aBtl^elm, toa foff ID i I fy c I m (erfrfjrtcft unb tafet Cutfe to). 2lHe agel, bie Xante ! 15 (Bertru&e (ju sotoe, idfe). Unb bu ftefyft fo ruF)tg ba unb (pfifpg, ^etma^ juiw. SBtlfyelm jetgt mir nur, tote tcf> e madden mu^. crtrube (tetfe). (So? 2Barum t^uft bu ba ntcfyt felbft? 20 SBarum ^aft bu no<$ md;t mtt t^r gefprocfyen? 3 a Fob aetfe). letc^, gleid^! 28tlfyelm tft baran fc^ulb, er tft nocf> nid^t fo n>ett. H) i I Ij c I m (2ut(en8 cxtnb faffenb). 2)0$, 33ruber, je^t bin i<$ Auft . 7 j EINER MUSS HEIR A TEN, 235 boflftcinbig fertig. SBefte ante, lieber SBruber, icfy fteffe eudf) fyier unfer liebel Goufincfyen all meine iBraut bor. (gertru&e. 2Bal ift bal? 3afob. )eine SBraut? 5 IDilfydm. 2>a, tneine liebe, fyerjtge 33raut, bte mid^ eben burc^ ifyre tntDiHigung jum gtucfltrf)ften 5Renfc^en macfyte. (Scrtrube. 9lun, ba ftnb mir fcfyone Gie[4i4>ten 1 2)u toiaft fyeiraten? ^c^ bac^te bod^, ba^ ^afob 3ci Fob. ^a fretlic^, id) toottte auc^, el gefiel mir fcfyon 10 ganj gut. ID i It? dm (Suife anfeijenb, ladjenb). 9Jtir ^at e aber nod) beffer gcfatten. 3afob. 2)a Sol fyat ja aber mid^) getroffcn! W i 1 1) e I m (lament), ^a, auf bem ^apiere. %tf) ^abc aber 15 fyter in 2Bir!Iid^feit unb getoi^ ben gro^ten ^reffer gemacfyt! crtrube. ^Run, unb n)a fagt Suife? ID ill? dm. D, bie i[t e^ jufrieben, nid)t tnaf)r, Suidfen? Cutfc. SBenn meine gute ante nicf)t bagegen {>at? crtrubc. -Wan, meineth)egen ! 9Jiir ift el gleirft, toelc^er 20 bon eud> fyeiratet, toenn nur gef>eiratet toirb. 3 a f o b (icfjmoaenb). 2)a ift rec^t frf)Iec^t Don bir, SBil^elm. 3)u tooHteft Suife bocfy nur borbereiten ? 2Barum fyabe i^> benn meinen ^rarf angejogen? IDil^elm. 3 a / ^ n fold^en S)ingen mu^ jeber fiir fid^) felbft 25 f>anbeln. 3<^Fob. c^abe! 3 um erftenmal in meinem Seben fytitte td^) efc^macf baran gefunben. 2tber fo ge^t el einem, toenn man ftd(> mit ^rauen einlafjt. ID i 1 fy c I m (mit fiuife nm rm). ^Zidbt immer ; man mufj el nur 30 auf bie recite 2lrt anfangcn. 236 GERMAN READER. uifc. 3a, Setter ^afob. llnb aBttyelmS Slrt toar bie recite. (Bertrube (ju 3otob). 9?ur ficf> nid^t gletd^) abfcf)re(fen laffen. SSerfud^e e nur bei einer anberen; je^t totrb e^ fcfyon beffer ntd^ ber tmmel betoa^re! (Stnmal unb nid)t lotebcr. S ift ganj gut fo. 34) laffe mid) mcfyt tne^r berleiten, bleibe lebig itnb bei metnen Siid^ern. SDer fagte ja aud^) nur: ,,(tner mu^ I)eiraten. w (2)er SSorljang fattt.) NOTES. NOTES. ELEMENTARY PROSE. 1. Seffutg. Page 1. line i. Jam, pret. of fommen. etnes Jlbenbs, adverbial gen. denoting indefinite time. The adv. gen. may express time, place or manner. ttacfy f^ailfe, to \his~\ house, i.e. home. 1. 2. fat}, pret. of jehert, look, see. crfanntc, pret. of erfennen, recog- nize. 1. 3. f^crrtt, here master. err when prefixed to a proper name is our Mr. im = in bcm. Zhmfdrt, adj. used subs. rtcf, pret. of rufen. 11.3-4. 3" fjaufe, at home. 1. 4. Scfyabet tlicfytSjSc. as subject e8: lit. no harm is done, nevermind. 1. 5. ging . . . fort, pret. of fort'gefien, go away. The order of words in a German sentence is more fixed than in English. In the normal order, with simple tenses, the subject stands first, then the verb, the object and the adverbial modifiers of time, place and manner. Notice the order of words in the first three sentences. In compound tenses, consisting of an auxiliary and an infinitive or parti- ciple, the latter stands at the end of the clause, as fommen, 1. 5, and the limiting words precede. When a predicate modifier introduces a sentence like ,,@d)dbft md)t8," which is the object of arttroortete, the verb precedes the subject. This is called the "inverted order." Certain adverbs or prepositions have become attached to verbs : giving to them a special, often derivative, signification. Se, emp, ent, er, ge, Der and jer are called "inseparable prefixes"; such verbs do not take ge in forming the participle. Most of the other prefixes are separable; the pre- fix has then the position of the adverb and stands last in the normal order, 24O NOTES. in simple tenses, but immediately before the verb in compound tenses. Cf. tt)ieberfommen and ging . . . fort in 1. 5, also the English prefixes in such words as become, forget, upset and set up, overturn and turn over, fulfil and fillfull. 2. 2Bir ftnb mice- fdjulbig. Title. lt>tr ftnb alles fd?ulbtg ; fdjulbig fein means owe, be indebted for; alleS is the ace. neut. of the adj., governed by fdjulbtg. 1. 6. ^iirft, prince, is the ruler of a country, or the head of a family, whose sons bear the title of prince (^Jrillj). 309, pret. of jteheit. 1. 7. befonbers groC, especially great ; befoilberS is an adv. modifying grofje. in berfdben, the same (sc. city) =in it; berfelbe is frequently used for definiteness, or as a mere substitute for a pers. pron. 1.8. (SletcfytDol}!', notwithstanding. tb.m, for him, dat. of er. tjatten ttjm btC (EiniDob.ner. Note the order. When any word other than the subject (with a few exceptions), begins a sentence, the normal position of the subject and verb is reversed. This is called the " inverted order." 1. 9. fyteriiber, at this. A compound adverb (adv. and prep.) is fre- quently used in place of the preposition and a personal or demonstrative pronoun, here = fiber tbn or biefen (Smpfang). Cf. E. thereat. 1. 10. 311 crfenncn gab, made known, gab is the pret. of geben. etner, one (of them). The article used substantively takes the strong form of inflec- tion. ornet|mficn, superlative of Dornehm, influential. \. 19. tratcn . . . 3ufammen, traten is the pret. of treten. II. 20-21, bem Dorfe nottg toare, "was necessary to the village. Verbs in which the words, thoughts or feelings are quoted indirectly are said to be in the "subjunctive of indirect statement," as in the case of mb'djte and retire. 1. 21. etttbebren, do without, dispense with. 1. 22. u. f. n>. = unb jo roeiter, and so forth. Page 3. line I. es ftnb 3tDCt IPeber, there are two weavers. (58 is often used to introduce a sentence, causing the inversion of the order of the noun and verb, the verb agreeing with the noun following; here, with SBeber; cf. English "there is," "there are." 1. a. fiir. The prepositions bi, burd), fiir, gegen, obne, urn and totber govern the ace. 7. $er 8to< itnb bcr 1. 4. roar . . . gefallert, had fallen. The aux. fetn is used with intran- sitive verbs which denote transition, a change of condition, or a motion from or to a definite place: (Sr ift oon (Snglcmb nod) Slmerifa gereift, He has traveled from England to America. rocntg and mel are usually unin- flected in the nom. and ace. sing, especially when they denote quantity and not a number of objects. I. 5. entfjtelt, pret. of entbalten. II. 7-8. fcfyaute . . . an, from anfdjanen, to look at. 1. 8. bacfyte, pret. of benfen. bci ftd? felbft, to himself. rootjl, surely. 1. xx. fprang . . . fjinunter, pret. of hinunterfpringen. I. 12. tranf, pret. of trinlen. II. 13-14. auf fetnen Hiicfen. The prepositions an, ouf, fainter, In, neben, fiber, Ultter, Dor and jttrifdjen, govern the dative case when rest in a place is meant; when direction is implied they govern the accusative. Cf. 1. 4, in einen S3runnen; 1. 6. fiber ben 9tanb; 11. 12-13, ouf fetnen SRfiden. 1. 14. a CS bit gut fd?mecfen, let it [i.e. may it} taste good to you, ELEMENTARY PROSE. 243 11. 14-15. rtef ... 311, from jurufert, to call to. 1. 21. b.eraiisb.ilft, from heraug'helfen. 1. 22. lief . . . baoort, pret. baDOttlaufert, to run away. 8. 95He bic Arbeit, fo ber fioljn. 1. 19. gtng, pret. of gehen. ebenfofefyr,y.r/ as much, equally. n>e= gen, on accountof. Prepositions governing the genitive are anftatt, ftatt, aufeerhalb, innerbalb, ttwhrenb and roegen; roegen may stand either before or after the noun governed. I. 20. luegert is understood before feines (Set3CS. II. 21-22. ofyrte ... 311 erroarten, -without expecting, unless he expected. The prepositions dtvftatt, ohne and um govern directly the inf. with git. 1. 24. ob, whether. Page 4. line i. furierett, cure. Verbs whose infinitive ends in -ierett do not take ge- in the participle; see furiert, 1. 6. 1. 2. 2Illetn, but, when a conj., stands at the beginning of a clause; otherwise it is an adv. or adj. ftarb, pret. of fterben. fcfyon in, even in, in a -very few. 9. 1>er Sratapfel. Jean de la Fontaine was a French poet (1621-95), whose fables have been famous in many languages. 1. 9. jeben Zlbcnb, ace. of def. time. 1. 14. crrict, pret. of erratert. 1. 15. fytngefommen, gone. I. 17. Ijinetttgct^an, past part, of hinetn'thun, to put in. II. 17-18. um ... 311 Dcrgiften. Cf. note to p. 3, 11. 21-22. 1. 21. (Ebett, here, at this very moment. I. 22. es tfyut mtr letb, I am sorry. bod?, nevertheless. II. 22-23. CUter tiige beburfte, needed a lie, a lie was necessary. 10. Tic SBetfier turn 2Betn&crg. For a poetical version of this incident, see p. 77 of this Reader. This legend was published in the Chronicle of Cologne (1491). The Emperor Konrad III. besieged the castle of Weinsberg in north- western Wiirtemberg in which the Duke Welf VI. had fled for safety. The castle was forced to submit to the emperor's mercy, who ordered that the men should be executed, but accorded to the women a free departure with 244 NOTES. whatever they valued most. Subsequently, the castle bore the name ,,2Beibertreue." Weinsberg lies at the foot of the eminence on which the ruins of the castle now are situated. The latter was destroyed in the Peasants' War (April 16, 1525). I. 25. gefcfylagen, defeated. bte Stabt IDeinsberg, the city (of) Weinsberg. The name of a city or country is in apposition with the gen- eric noun preceding. Page 5. line 2. fcfynwr, pret. of jdjrooren, swear. II. 2-3. nieber3umad?en, cut down, slay. 1. 4. in bte Ubergabc tpilligen mufjten, -were obliged to consent to the surrender. 11/6-7. tmfltgte em, from einnnlligen, agree. 1. 7. ben nacbjten (Tag. See note to jeben 5lbenb, p. 4, 1. 9. The time of an action may be expressed either by the ace. without a preposition, or by the dative with an or in, as, im 3ab,re, p. 4, 1. 24. ftd? bas (Efyor offnete, lit., as the gate opened (itself). \. 8. uge, procession. 30gen . . . cms, from ailS'jteb/n, march out. jebe, each one, refers to the natural gender of SBeib, not to its gram- matical gender. I. Q. bent =her. See note to bte, p. I, 1. 15. an ber SpitjC, at the head. II. 10-11. bes Kontgs eute. The poss. gen. may either precede or follow (usually the latter) the noun upon which it depends, as in English. Seute often means, as here, troops, army, retainers. I. u. tb.rer Dtele, many of them, threr, of them, is the "genitive of the whole" or "partitive genitive" depending on tiiele. Notice the use of the dat. in a partitive sense with Bon, jebe Don tf)nen, 1. 5, when not all are in- cluded. II. H-I2. bas n?are . . . getPCfen, subj. of indirect statement after fpracfyen. 1. 14. Itomgltcfy is here uninflected. The termination of the adjective is occasionally omitted colloquially and in poetry, especially in the neut. nom. and ace. 3ugefagt, pledged. 1. 15. bte IPetnsberger, the inhabitants of Weinsberg. Names rf the inhabitants of countries and cities are generally formed in German by the addition of er to the name of the place, $bllt, Cologne, Joiner, an inhabi- tant of Cologne. These are really proper adjectives (orig. a gen. pi.) used substantively. ELEMENTARY PROSE. 245 11. Tcr Jvurfjs nub ber Karl Joseph Simrock (1802-76), the author, was a poet, and a devoted student and collector of mediaeval and popular German literature. He was distinguished especially for the fidelity and merit of his translations. Pro- fessor in the University of Bonn (1850-76). 1. 18. mettt ^crr jab,tt, Mr. Cock, an address of effusive respect. tpeld^e fd^one, what () beautiful. 1. 20. batnit, in order that. Conjunctions denoting a purpose, ba mil bajj and um bafj, are followed by the subjunctive. 1. 22. fdplofj, pret. of fcfjHefjert, dose. ftng an, pret. of anfangen. Ollf bas lautcftC, as loud as he could, superlative of the adv. 1. 24. trug, pret. of tragen, to bear. 1. 25. bem ^ud?fc ttad?, after the fox; natf) is here a part of the verb nadyiatffen. fifteen, pret. of jdjreten, cry. 1. 28. ben Clircn, yours ; the possess, adj. used substantively. Page 6. line i. Kejj, pret. of laffen. 1. 3. flog, pret. of piegen,//. 1. 7. fjdttcft bu ntd?t gerebet, fo tjatteft bu. The subj. mood is used in both the condition and the conclusion, when the condition is unrealized or is contrary to fact. 12. Tii* I'uirciicn uont y .Diaitite int IJDtonbe. Popular stories explaining the origin of the spots on the moon are cur- rent in all the Germanic languages. Chaucer speaks of "a chorle (churl) painted full even, bearing a bush of thorns on his bake (back), which for his theft might climbe no ner (nearer) the heven." In Ritson's Ancient Songs and Ballads there is also a song upon the man in the moon bearing a burden. See also Shakespeare's Tempest, Act II, Scene 2. In the Testament of Cresseid by Robert Henryson, once attributed to Chaucer, he speaks of Lady Cynthia : " And on hir breist ane churl paintit ful evin, Beirand (bearing) ane bunch of thornis on his bak, Quhilk (which) for his thift (theft) micht (might) clim (climb) na nar (nearer) the hevin." Skeat's Chaucer, Vol. VIII, p. 335. 1. 9. oor altcn geitett, in the olden times, many years ago. ctttmal', once upon a time; when the accent is on the first syllable, etn'mal it means once. liebctl, blessed, fiefa is used in many fixed expressions as 246 NOTES. here; cf. ber lifbe ott, 1. 16, and especially in expressions of time, as, Me liebe lange 9?ad)t. 1. 10. ban!), pret. of binben. 1. n. ftccfte etncn Stocf rjtncin. The cane or rod was put into the bundle in order to carry it. fyorf te bie IPelle (Ulf/ lifted the bundle of fagots to his back. 1. 12. begecjnete/ see note to p. i, 1. 13. fetner, here, noble. 1. 14. bltcb ftcfyett, lit., remained standing, i.e., stopped; blifb is the pret. of bleiben. The infinitive without $u is used with bloibcn, finbt'li, ha* ben, liegen and flefyen, where the pres. part, is, in most cases, admissible. 1. 15. auf eld?es = tuaS, relates to the whole preceding clause. 3temltd? libel, rather untimely or amiss. empfanb, pret. of empfinben, to feel. ELEMENTARY PROSE. 247 1. 4. jc toeiter, according as or the further. \. 6. toeber il?eg nod? Steg. These alliterative or riming couplets, the two memfiers of whicli ar_- practically synonymous, are very common in German. Cf. ,,CU1$ itltb of," and " kith and kin " in English. 1. 6. bes HeitetlS miibe, weary of riding. Any infinitive may constitute a verbal neuter noun, but its use is naturally confined to the sing. ftieg id? ab, I dismounted, from ab'fteigen. 1. 7. cine 2lrt t>on, *0>v 0/C 1. 8. ur Sid?erb l eit,/0/' security. nafym, pret. of uefymen. 1. 9. Utltcr ben Zlrm, ace. of direction; see also note to p. I, 1. 15. 1. 10. fd?lief . . . em, pret. of eiu'jdjlafeH. bie 21ugeu mir, when reference is made to parts of the body, a dat. of the pers. pron. dependent on the verb is often used instead of the poss. adj. agreeing with the noun. 1. 16. tpnrbc id? gettmfyr, from fielcaljr ttierbnt, perceive. Cf. aware in English, also beware, "to look out," "be on one's guard"; geiBClljr takes an obj. in the ace., often a sentence, as here. I. 18. one id? bran tear, how it all was. The use of nam'Iid?, that is to say, to explain, to introduce an illustration of, or reason for a preceding statement, is very common in German. II. 18-19. bic rtad?t u'ber, over night, during the night ; fiber, an adverb, has here the force of a preposition, when placed after expressions of time. I. 19. 3iigcfd?nett, covered with snow. II. 19-20. fyatte fid? . . . umgcfetjt, had changed. I. 20. nad? unb nad?, gradually. II. 20-21. fo w\t,just as. 1. 25. ofyne mid? ... 311 bcfinnen, without meditating long. See note tO p. 3, 11. 21-22. 1. 26. fd?of5, pret. of fdjiefjen. 1. 27. auf biefe 2Irt, an adverbial expression, in this manner. Page 8. line 2. Sitte, [the} custom. The article is often omitted with nouns denoting material, also with abstract nouns when the mean- ing is general or unlimited, and does not apply to a single or individual object. Cf. 93rot badfll, bake bread; ebitlb Ijabeil, have patience^ cf. urtter djnee, p. 7, 1. 5. bcs Winters, adv. gen. Cf. note to p. i, 1. i. 1. 4. futjr, pret. of fabreit. fuh.r auf Si. Petersburg los, proceeded rapidly toward, etc. 1. 6. bes gefrajgigften, of the most voracious. 1. 7. 5d?Htten is a sleigh, sledge or sled. nad?gelaufeit Fam, came running after. The perfect participle is used with verbs of motion in an 248 NOTES, adverbial sense, as er fommt gegongen (= er fommt, tnbem er gegangen ift, while walking) gelaufen, gefahren, geritten : he comes walking, run- ning, driving, riding. 11. 7-8. rjoltc ein, overtook. 1. 10. gefcfyab,, pret. of gefcfyeben, happen. 1. xx. nid?t im minbeften, not in the least. 1. 12. mctne IPenigfett, my humble self. fonbern, but, is always used after a preceding negative. 1- 13. rt ab, pret. of ab'reifjen. cerfd?lang, pret. of Derfdjlingen. 1. 14. ror Sdprerfett, Dor often expresses, as here, the cause or occasion, from, because of. 1. 15- U?te, as, since. 1. 16. barxmgefommen roar, had escaped. I. 17. erfyob, pret. of erheben. II. 17-18. nafym roatjr, pret. of nmbrnebmen, perceive. 1. 18. iibcr Ultb iibcr, quite, entirely. 1. 19. fyineingefreffen, eat, freffen is used when speaking of animals, effen, when speaking of men. 1. 20. fo, when. 1. 21. itjm . . . auf bas ^ell, dative of possession. Cf. note to p. i, 1. 15. fold? cm, fold) and lueld) when preceding the indef. art, areuninfl. 1. 22. tljm, him, the dat. of the indirect object, or " object of influence " after the verb. 1. 24. ftefye 1 lo ! behold! 1. 25. fyorte . . . auf, ceased. 1. 26. langten . . . an, arrived. 1. 27. gecjeit, contrary to. bctberfctttgcn, mutual. From this time on the student will be considered capable of rinding all irregular verbs for himself in the vocabulary. 14. $>ie funftlid)e Drgct. Richard von Volkmann (1830-1889), Professor of Surgery in the Uni- versity of Halle, wrote, while accompanying the German army in France (1870-71), a series of charming stories, which he sent to his children at home. These were afterwards published under the pseudonym Richard Leander, with the title Tr'dumereien an franzosischen Kaminen (Rever- ies by French Firesides), from which this story is taken. Page 9. line x. Dor langen, langcn ^afyren, many, many years <** ELEMENTARY PROSE. 249 t 3. immer tmebcr, ever and again. 1. 7. bcfdb, cr ftd?, surveyed, noted carefully. 1. n. einen Straufj in ber f^anb. The accusative of a noun is used with a limiting phrase absolutely, that is, without any governing word, to express a characterizing action, where " with " or " having " is understood; trans, with or having a bouquet in his hand. 1. 12. Dollcr, an old inflected form of the masc. sing. nom. of the adj., which has now become fixed, and is used appositively after nouns of any gender, as here. It originally governed the gen., but is often now followed by an uninflected form of the noun, as etn as cr laufen Formic, as fast as he could, tnaS (neut. ace.) is here used adverbially, as is the longer form ettt)a. 250 NOTES. 1. 14. tjtntcr . . . fyer, along behind. An adverb of direction (Ijer) is often thus used after a preposition. 1. 15. ITtettge is used as here before an uninflected noun where the gen. was formerly required, as, eilie 3Jfeuge flbeS. 1. 16. guten. After a personal pronoun, the adjective has the weak form in the plural, and the strong in the nom. and ace., and often in the dat. sing. 1. 19. beifetjen, bury ; lit., place besides, sc. ben aitberen Soten = nebeit bie anberen Xoten. 1. 20. gebcucjten Bauptes, adv. gen. of manner, -with bowed head. I. 22. fcfyludpjen unb uctncn. See note to 1. 10. II. 23-24. roirb toobj aud? . . . fettt, that is probably also one. 1. 24. tebjCtten, note the pi. form, a survival of the older usage of employing abstract nouns in the pi. 1. 24. bte dote, the dead woman. 1. 27. nod?, as yet. Page 11. lines 4-5. perflang, died away. 1. 6. tnne awrben, became aware. 15. Tic ^renter Stabtmuftfatttett. This and the two following selections are from Grimm's Kinder- und Hausmarchen, a favorite collection of German fairy tales. The two eminent scholars Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859) Grimm were associated throughout their lives in their studies and in the most affectionate personal relations. Their contributions to Germanic philology were of the most varied character and embrace language and literature as well as mythology, legal institutions, lexicography and legends. One of their most charming works was the collection of German popular and fairy tales, gathered from the mouths of the people, and pub- lished under the title Kinder- und Hausmarchen. The first edition was published in 1812; a second volume appeared in 1815, and a second edi- tion, enlarged, in 1819, and a subsequent volume with notes in 1822. Since then many editions have been issued, and the stories have been translated into most of the languages of Europe. They have thus become the universal delight of children, and of others who study them with a sense of their profounder significance. The stories were collected in Hesse, and in the county of Hanau in the region of the Main and Kinzig rivers. Later, many Low German stories from the districts about Paderborn, Miinster and elsewhere were added. ELEMENTARY PROSE. 2$ I I. 13. 311 (Hnbe gtngen, failed. II. 14-15 f. ttjn ailS bem flitter 311 fd?affen, to get rid of feeding him. 1. 16. mad?te ftd?, &*iw> himself. 1. 17. ja, without doubt. 1. 19. liegen, notice the omission of gu after finben (1. 18). Cf. note to p. 10, 1. 10. 1. 20. miibe gelailfen, run until he was weary. Many intransitive verbs may be thus used in a factitive sense, denoting a change wrought in the object through the action of the verb, made himself weary by running. mas (adv. ace.), colloq. for tnariim. parfan', a name for a large dog. It comes from the imp. of att'padfen, lay hold of, seize. Cf. p. IO, 1. 10. 1. 23. fort, sc. gehn, an adverb often stands for an omitted verb of motion. fyat . . . toollen totfd?lagen. The regular order would be, fyat . . . rotfd)taa.en rootten. 1. 24. HetftaitS genotnmen, taken French leave. I. 25. n>eit bu was ? PU tell you what. Page 12. line i. 's 3ufrieben ; $ufrieben now governs the ace.; it was formerly used with the gen.; -8 (for e) is here a relic of the lost gen. neut. of the pers. pron. II. 3-4. bret (Cage HegentPCtter, a condensed, proverbial expression, like a three days' 1 storm. 1. 4. in bte (Querc, amiss. 1. 6. roentl's Ctncm an ben Kragen gefjt, when one's neck is in danger. The missing cases of the indef. man are supplied by etn ; cf. etltent, 1. 16. 1. 7. 3U 3at(rcn fomme, am getting on in years. 1. 9. fptnne, purr. 1. 10. ^rail, mistress. nod), betimes. 1. II. tft guter Hat teuer, good advice is dear, i.e. hard to get. 1. 17. burd? ITtarF unb 23ett1, lit., through marrow and bone, i.e. through and through. 1. 19. uTiferer Iteben ^rauen (Tag ; grauentag, or Sag unferer Heben f^rait is one of the festivals of the Virgin Mary, the most important of which in the calendar were the Birth of Mary (Sept. 8), the Annunciation (March 25), Visitation (July 2), Candlemas (Feb. 2), Assumption (Aug. IS)- 1. 23. ba, in consequence. 1. 25. or)l fein/ are enjoying themselves. 1. 21. roas = etroaS. 1. 22. toarcn, the optative subjunctive. The omission of the conclusion frequently gives to the conditional an optative sense. ratfd?lagten, counseled, from 9fatfd)lag, counsel, conference. Most verbs derived from compound nouns (whose first component is a noun) are treated as simple verbs, and take the prefix ge- in the past participle. Such are branbfdja^en, Ijanbbaben, roctteifern, etc. I. 24. mufjte, was to. II. 27-28 f . ber "Katje, the dative of possession, in place of the possess. gen. Page 14. line 2. bet, here causal, at, on account of. 11. 2-3. furjren ... in bie fyoty, jumped up. I. 6. narjmen . . . fiirlieb, satisfied themselves. was, the neuter rel- ative is used after an indefinite or general antecedent, such as Dtel, much, tlicfjtS, or, as in this case, ba8 (bent). II. 11-12. bet bie . . . 2Ifd?e, bei with the ace. denoting direction, is now obsolete. It was frequent' in the earlier language (Luther), espec- ially in the Midland. 1. 17. ins Sorfsfyorn jagen laffcn, driven into a dilemma; trans, frigh- tened out of our wits. 1. 22. baran, to them, sc. an bie Stugen. 1. 30 f . n>as cr f onnte, see note to p. 10, 1. 10 f. 16. tier 2frme unb bcr Wcirfjc. Page 16. line 12. 311 ib,m cin, into his house. \. 14. fiirlieb nerjmen, here, take things as they are. Note the sub- junctives of indirect statement, mbdjte and gotten, 1. 14. 1. 16. berroeil = wabrenb. 1. 19. fd?led?te, in its original sense, plain, simple. 1. 24. fid? belongs to both verbs, legen and ausrufyen. 1. 29. ben beiben 2Uten, dat., in an ablative sense after netjmen, take from. ELEMENTARY PROSE. 253 Page 17. line i. ft dp, dat. pl.for themselves. See note to p. i, I. 16. 1. 6. feines JDeges, adv. gen. I. 19. roller (Eag, broad daylight. II. 21-22. geftartben batte: certain intr. verbs denoting rest or position take fjaben as the aux. of the perf. tenses, as, Hegen, ftfcen, fteben, ruhen, fdjlafen, etc., as well as all modal auxiliaries. 1. 26. f ragte . . . aits, asked all about it. Page 18. lines 8-9. geroafyren laffen, have granted; laffen is often thus used in a causative sense, have done. 1. 20. sc. er before fotlte. Page 19 line i. macfyte . . . ITtannerdpen, reared, said of an animal when it stands on its hind feet, or performs like a man. 1. 4. unb lag das Pferb = intb ba ^Pferb lag, inversion usually affects only the first of two coordinate sentences. I. II. marb's tb,m . . . 311 OTllt, he became so.warm and cross. \. 13. roar trftn . . . tltcfyt etngefaflen, had not occurred to him. II. 24-25. mas es fcinc ^rau jetjtgut fya'tte, what a good time his wife was having. I. 25. btc = fte ; notice the demon, for the rel. pron., a frequent use in simple speech and in children's stories. II. 25-26. Ite^C ftd?'s root^I fcfymecFen, was taking things comfortably. \. 28. fyerunter, sc. fommen. Page 20. line 2. Da ... erft red?t fyeift, then for the first time he became in a genuine passion. 1. 8. <5teb bid? 3ufrieben, Be content. \. 10. fdpalt. The verbs fjeifjen, nennen, fa^elten, fd)tmpfen, taufen, lebren and the causative laffen may take two accusatives, one of the person and one of the thing, or indicating a change wrought by the action of the verb. 1. 13. d)lii|'jei, turned the key; fa ba = ba jafj. 13. ftd?, dat. of poss. 14. bcm 2JugenbItaaren for the sing. 1. 24. tpollte, was about. 1. 28. bacon = won bemfe(6en. Page 23. line 4. als fatten. Every condition involves a conclusion expressed or implied ; here the conclusion is suggested by al8, as they would do if, etc. ELEMENTARY PROSE. 2$$ 1. 6. (Eobcs, gen. after fterben, where the ace. is now used. I. 9. CS follte, etc., that a castle was said to stand. II. 17-18. mod?te . . . tpolltc, lit. might dissuade kirn as he would, i.e. however much the good old man sought to dissuade him. 1. 19- b.tnaus, sc. gefjen. 1. 25. auf and an, 1. 27, notice the difference in the meaning of these two prepositions, upon and at (beside). Page 24. line i. Hegen unb fcfylafen, infinitives dependent on fal) without gu ; see l)angen, 11. 5, 15, also note upon the omission of jll, p. 10, 1. 10. I. 3. etrter, more definite than man, which might have been used here. II. 6-7. cs . . . laffen, help it. 11. 13-14. 30gen . . . \\ZWOtfdrew out from beneath. 1. 18. rupftc . . . fcrtig, used factitively, finished plucking, lit., made ready by plucking, 18. Hans Christian Andersen, one pf the greatest of modern story-tellers, was born in the picturesque city of Odense on khe Danish island of Fiinen, April 2, 1805. He was of humble birth, his father being a cobbler. His simple, beautiful character won friends in Copenhagen whither he went to seek his support. He was educated by royal bounty at the Latin school of Schlagelse. His novel, the Improvisator, won great favor and assured his reputation. He caught the spirit of the folk stories and loved to personify dumb objects and material things, investing them with all the romance or pathos of real beings. In his stories his weird fancy embodied that which was quaint and mysterious, and invented situations full of surprises and un- expected situations. His longer novels are romantic in character. It was as a story-teller that he won a fame almost universal. His extemporaneous tales to children, told with great vivacity and graphic power, became, when written, the basis of his reputation. He died on Aug. 4, 1875. There have been at least twenty translations of his stories into German as well as numerous translations into English, Spanish, French and Italian. The Tinder Box was published in the first collection of Andersen's stories in 1835. It shows his skill in giving artistic form and sentiment to the crude material of a popular story. All his stories have an individuality which secured for them immediate recognition and stamped them upon the popular imagination. 1. 22. Fam . . . etttmarfcfytert, came marching. Cf. note to p. 8, 1. 7. 1, 24. an bcr Seite = an feinet @eite. Cf. note to p. i, 1. 15. 256 NOTES. I. 25. follte es, etc., used impersonally, but now the journey was to his home. II. 26-27. bie, her ; tfyr (dat.) in a possessive sense. Page 25. line i. tjaji, notice the transposed order, which is occa- sionally used in an exclamatory sentence; cf. p. 40, 11. 3, 18. 1. ii. was foil id?, sc. tfyun. 1. 12. Du muftt tDtffcn, cf. the English, "You must know." 1. 13. fo beftnbeft, pres. for fut. = when you will be. 1. 16. barin = in ben h,iiren. 1. 17. mtttcn (adv.) cmf, in the center of. 1. 18. cin paar, used as an indecl. num. or with the noun 3lugen in apposition. 1. 19. barum = urn fte, that is, um bie Slugen. 1. 23. lauter, pure, nothing but. 1. 27. ttimm bir Don bem (Selbe, notice the partitive dative following the verb, take to thyself of the money. Page 26. line 2. rid?tiger, etc., that is a proper dog,oi that's a dog for you. 1. 6. bcnfcn, imagine. 1. 7. toillft bu rootjl aud? fjaben, you probably desire too. I. 17. gefagt, sc. batte. II. 22-23. rote nur immer, as or as in any degree. 1. 28. bu fotmteft fonft, trans., or you might. 1. 29. tiel is declined after the def. art. Page 27. line 2. ZTein, an expression of astonishment. 1. 6. griff an, pulled at. 1. 10. (Sott ben>ab.re, an expression of astonishment, Heaven preserve us. 1. ii. einc ITlenge, here (Sdb is used in apposition with ITtengc, in place of the former gen. gaH3 is uninflected before names of places, even in the dat. as mit ganj (Snglanb. Note that Andersen resided in Copen- hagen. 1. 14. einmaf,/0r once, at last. 1. 1 6. ftatt is used both as a prep, and a conj. in place of anftatt. 1. 22. rein, completely. 1. 25. bis obcnan, to the top. (Selb, uninflected gen. after poll. Page 28. line 5. gcrabett IDcges, adv. gen. of manner, straighhvay. 1. 18. fte 311 feb.cn befommen,^a sight of her / the expression is used as the object of befommen, or jefjeit with }U may represent a passive use of the verb, for seeing = to be seen. Cf. note to p. 21, 1. 9. 1. 22. getpeisfagt, used impers., the real subject being the following clause. ELEMENTARY PROSE. 2$? 1. 27. in ben (Eag fjineinleben, live without a thought of the morrow. Page 29. line 5. iibrig, pred. adj. 1. 6. btcfyt, close. 1. xi. Ctn td?t, here, a candle. 1. 21. babitrd? = burd) ba[elbe, y it. mas . . . mtr, whatever. Page 30. lines 1-2. bjelten grofje Stiicfc auf itjn, idiom., thought a great deal of him. 1. ii. gar 311 gertt, extremely. Page 31. line i. n>as er nur immer fonnte. Cf. note to p. 10, 1. 10. 1. 8. ge3Ctd?net roar, the verb jein is used in forming the pass, when the participle has the force of an adjective, denoting the state or condition into which the subject has entered. 1. 13. ^riil} Ittorgens, early in the morning. 1. 18. Hcbcs JTta'nnd^en, dim. of affection, my dear little husband. 1. 25. Seiben3CUg, in appos. with Stiirf, orig. an uninflected gen. Page 32. line 3. Ijeimfiiljren = in fein an fiifjren, a word long used in the sense of marry, conduct a bride to her new home. 13. juft nidpt, not exactly. ba^U, more than this, besides. . 18. auf ben Beinen, in motion, astir. 24. es tmrb bod? ttid^ts baraiis, nothing will happen until, etc. ?age 33. line 9. (Eabaf, cf. p. 31, 1. 25. 21. 3^? tot II ntd?t, I forbid, or I will not permit it. 30. fonnte tfyr gar rootyl gefallen, might well please her. 19. $a3 aSaffcr bc SBcrgcffcna. Rudolf Baumbach, whose pseudonym is Paul Bach, was born in Kranich- feld on the Ilm in the dukedom of Saxe-Meiningen, in 1840. He studied natural science in various universities and finally received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Heidelberg. He has been a private teacher, mainly in Austria, but now resides in Meiningen. He is a writer of stories full of delicate sentiment, of graceful humor and charming suggestiveness, which appeal to the interest and the imagination of all classes. Page 34. line 6. ba3U, as an^accompaniment, at the same time. I. 7. feincr Kletbung nad? ; nacf), according to, may precede or follow the noun governed; gegeitiiber, opposite, has also at times the postposition. II. 7-8. mtt feinem r>erfd?ruttenen >aar, the badge of serfdom. 11. 12-13. fytdt . . . tnttc, stopped, intermitted. 1. ao. gefySrig in Jltcm ertjaltcn, lit. had kept him panting, i.e. hard at work. 1. 25. bcs H?eibtterfs, gen. after bddjte. Many words denoting a 258 NOTES. mental state or action formerly governed the gen., where now they are used with the ace. or a prep.; such are adjten, befinnen, benfen (an), er* innern, freuen, geniefeen, etc. Page 35. line 7. oertminbertes <5eftd?t, look of amazement. I. 8. grauen (Seaxntb, gray was formerly worn in mourning. II. 18-19. bas ^cberfptcl auf ber ^auft, ace. absolute. Cf. note to p. 9,1. ii. 11. 19-20. fafj . . . bretn, looked at the same time, looked besides. 1. 21. Stiicf, ace. of space. Page 36. line 6. tjotjcr, where in any form an -e follows bod), the final -d) is changed to -h. benn = bann or al8. - 1. 19. btC Sonnc Hd?t, the bright sun ; Ud)t, appos. adj. bright. 1. 27. Ifiinne = ifbe, an archaic word preserved in popular poetry, and revived in higher literature. These riddles, with alternate question and answer, are very characteristic of folk- and primitive poetry. Page 37. line 9. Sd?Ioffer in bte . . . uft, air-castles. 1. 12. 7trfd?(jen>etb, am (Stebel, a pair of antlers over the door or on the gable is still a customary decoration of a forester's house in Germany. 1. 13. 311 eb.en, in fief. Bannforftcr, a keeper of a preserve. 1. 19. ^aftnad^t, properly the eve of Ash Wednesday, but often used to denote an indefinite number of days preceding Lent, which are observed in Catholic countries with great festivities. 1. 25. IHar(e), tidings, poetic and archaic for 9iad)rid)t, a word re- vived in this sense at the close of the last century. 1. 26. ^terbeglorfenton, the tone of a passing-bell. \. 28. bd3U, at the same time, that is, as he walked. Page 38. line r. genwnbene, passive part, with adj. force. 1. 5- Fam gentten, came riding, past part, with adv. force. Cf. note to p. 8, 1. 7- 1. 9. fctner, gen. of the pers. pron. depending on err. fafj = fefete ftd), with ace. of direction. Page 39. line n. bas oergeffen mad?t, sc. etnen, which causes one to forget. 1. 12. 311 Dtenften, cf. note to p. 10, 1. 24. 1. 15. fiirroitjig, for the later Borroifctg. gab ftd? ... 311 erfennen, introduced himself as. fabjenbett Sdjiiler. In the middle ages many students wandered from university to university, begging their way and leading a rollicking life, without any definite purpose of study. These students were often called SSagailten, rovers, and their songs bear the name, ,,5BogontetH)Oefte", see 1. 24, below. ELEMENTARY PROSE. 2 59 1. 19. (Drt linb Stelle = on the spot. The coupling of words of kindred signification for completeness of statement is very common in English and German. Cf. "house and home," "kith and kin," "pardon and absolve," " absolution and remission," etc. 1. 20. 3ur blaiiett (Eraube, at the Sign of the Blue Grape. Cf. note on p. 2, 1. 2. 1. 22. poraitsgefetjt, assuming that ; the part, so used expresses a pre- liminary condition, upon which something depends. Page 40. lines- CD n>er oenjeffen fotntte, could anyone forget ? For word-order, cf. 1. 18 and note to p. 25, 1. i. 1. 9. The reputation of the raven for wisdom dates from the oldest Ger- manic mythology, according to which two ravens sat upon Odin's shoulders Huginn and Muninn, thought and memory one of which revealed to him all the past, and the other the future. 1. 14. tt>ie id? . . . nacfyfefyctt rot II, and -when I was about to see yester- day ; roas bie liebcn dfyterd^en madden, how the nice little fellows are. 1. 17. roo, here, wherever. gel]' Utlb fteb.', am, a rimed phrase. Cf. note to p. 7, 1. 6. 1. 18. roer . . . tmiftte, [f wonder] who may know. \. ig. The 2Bolbfr.au was, in popular lore, the repository of secret wisdom. 1. 24. bafjetm, S.G. for the N.G. gu >aufe ; beim is here an old dat. 1. 25. b<33U, cf. p. 34, 1. 6, note. Page 41. line 2. umfonft tft nur ber Cob, death alone is to be had for nothing^ a proverbial expression. 1. 15. tljn tjuttgerte, impers. he was hungry. 1. 17. IDeibsperfort, colloq. a woman. 1. 30. Shlttbe, e\.c.,for a league around. Page 42. line 3. (Tags 3uoor = am Dovigen Sage. 1. 19. alsbalb = fogteid). I. 20. tjcrum, at an end. II. 28-29. ging . . . t>on flatten, went on. Page 43. line 6. Sd?etben, JTteibert. Both words have the same meaning, and are a constant refrain in the old folk-songs: ,,@djetben Uttb aJJeibeu ttjiit tteh." Cf. note to p. 7, 1. 8. 1. 10. (Eannettbaum. In Germany, as also in Norway and Sweden, it is customary to celebrate the completion of a new house by putting a young fir or birch-tree on the highest point of the roof, and by holding a festival in which the workmen participate. Ibsen's drama Builder Solness, is based upon this fact. 1. 13. ben Kater auf ber Scfyutter, see note to p. 9, 1. 11. $ater, ace. abs. Witches and weird women had a cat as a companion, with which mysterious and uncanny power was associated in the popular belief. 260 NOTES. 1. 20. geleert fyajl, perf, for fut. perf., to express greater certainty. Page 44. line 6. (Sea'ft, a coll. noun, branches. 1. 13. beim Jllten, ie $araroane ( The Caravan) . A com- pany of merchants, returning from Mecca, while away the time after dinner by each relating some story of his life and adventures. 1. 20. 311 Bagbab, of or at Bagdad. 1. 26. man fab, bent Kaltfen an, one perceived in the Caliph. Many verbs govern the dative through the force of the preposition with which they are compounded. 5lnfehen with the ace. means regard. The most common of such prefixes are an, auf, au8, bet, ein, ent, entgegen, ntifj, nacf), unter, er, ttnbev, ju, and compounds with tor. Page 45. line 3. alle (Eaa,e = jeben Xag, every day. 1. 13. langc, gente, advs. The adverb was originally formed from the adjective by the addition of -e, as here, or -ltd). I. 19. retdpbcfdplacjene, richly mounted. II. 22-23. fd?on . . . ttolltc, was already on the point ; JDoUen, frequent- ly means on the point of, or to be about to do. Page 46. line i. anfangcn, here simply do. 1. 2. a>enn . . . and?, even if. 1. 9. giige, characters. \. ii. gcletjrt, part, with the force of an adj., like the Eng. "learned." 1. 15. auf bie ^ujjfoblen. The bastinado is a punishment still in vogue in Egypt and the Orient. 1. 21. ber bu. The verb agreeing with a relative pronoun is usually in the third person ; if, however, the personal pronoun is repeated after the relative, the verb agrees with it 1. 23. ITtuta'bor, fut. pass, of the Lat. verb MUTARE, change, lit. / shall be changed. jebcs/ any. ELEMENTARY PROSE. 26 1 Page 47. line 3. gut einfaufen, purchasing to advantage or at a bargain. Jt)ic frcue id? mid?, bis id?, how I rejoice in looking forward to the time when I shall be, etc. 1. ig. gefdpefyen fyabe, subj. of indirect discourse like erregthaben, below. Page 48. line i. molten, let us, subj. as imp. 1. 5. nid?t ielleid?t, subj. to soften the positiveness of an assertion, and I may perhaps know. 1. 15. einanber = ftd) einanber, recip. pron. 1. 22. CS ift mir jebe red?t, any condition is acceptable to me. 262 NOTES. 1. 29. fcfyott, concessive, however that may be, even in that case. Page 55. line 6. Das Ijeifjt bie Kafce tm Sad faufen. That means, rushing into it blindfold. Page 57. line 7. fd?nupfen, take a pinch. POETRY. 1. 3rl)iimlbcnlicb. Julius Carl Reinhold Sturm (1816-1896), a pastor and teacher in the Principality of Reuss, has written many works of devotion as well as grace- ful and musical verses. Page 58. line 5. Haft unb Hub,, alliterative couplets, both members of which have practically the same meaning, are very common in German. 1. 9. Kunbc, tidings, a poetical synonym for 9focf)nd)t. 1. xi. fd?n>attb, the pret. is used instead of the perf. more frequently in German than in English. 1. 12. gcfommcn, sc. ifl. In dependent clauses, the transposed auxiliary of the compound tenses is often omitted when it can easily be supplied from the context. This is especially frequent in poetry. 1. 14. n>et, sc. id). 2. $u bift tote cine Shtme. Heinrich Heine (1799-1856) was born in Diisseldorf on the Rhine, but spent almost his entire life in France. As a contributor to the press, the freedom of his criticisms of political and social questions brought upon him government censure, which led to his taking up his residence in Paris. He there witnessed many of the stirring events associated with the reigns of Charles X., Louis Philippe and Napoleon III. He contributed to the German press brilliant, graphic, ironical and humorous discussions of men and events, literature, music and art in the French capital. He is one of the most gifted and popular of German song writers. His style is light, often careless, but of wonderful grace and tenderness, at times of pathos and mocking bitterness. He was a thorough Romanticist. Few Germans POETRY. 263 have written such clear and simple prose, and few have exercised a wider European influence. This poem was said to have been addressed to a poor Jewish girl whom Heine met in Berlin. It was published in 1825. It has been often set to music, among others by Rubinstein and Henschel. - Page 59. line n. mir tft, I feel. 3. $a 3cf)lofj am 2Heere. Ludwig Uhland (1787-1862), poet, scholar and statesman, is one of the favorite singers of Germany. He was active in the struggle for constitu- tional government in the earlier contests of his country (Wurtemberg) be- tween 1815 and 1819, 1833 and 1837, an & ' a ^ er m tne larger movement for German unity in 1848. Uhland's genuineness and manliness in his verse, as well as the simplicity and nobility of his personal character, have won the affection of his nation. Longfellow's translation of this poem has made it as familiar to English as to German readers. It is in the form of a dialogue. Two travelers meet and question one another concerning the castle. One has seen it in the glow of the evening light and in the brightness of hope, the other, when enveloped in mist, suggesting woe. The subtle suggestiveness of this poem, appealing to the imagination of the reader, is one source of its perpetual charm. It has been translated by W. E. Aytoun, H. W. Longfellow, Sir Theodore Martin and W. C Sandars. It has been set to music by Kreutzer and Raff. 1. 15. tnod^te, would fain. 1. 18. briibcr b,er, along above it. Page 60. line 3. fallen ; the sing, form, afle, is used below, 1. 7, without difference of meaning. 1. 4- Satten, fig. the harp. 1. 8. ftrafyletlb tm, etc., radiant with. 1. 10. (Semab,!, here n-uter, referring to the queen, i.e. consort. This usage is archaic and poetical. 4. $ie fiorelci. The Lorelei rock is on the right bank of the Rhine near St. Goar. The story of the Lorelei was not originally a popular legend but was invented by Clemens Brentano, and published in the second volume of his romance } Godwi (1802), called Violettens Lied, beginning, ,,3u 33ad)arad) am 9ibetne." 264 NOTES. Heine published his poem in 1824. The term Lorelei was written Lore Lay in Brentano's poem, and Lore-Ley in Heine's. It has been set to music by L. Fischer, J. Mathieux and F. Silcher. Page 61. line 2. Dabei, at the same time. 1. 6. crcjrcift CS, an impersonal construction, where we should use the passive. 1. 9. PCrfcfyltngen, pres. used with the force of the future, as frequently. Cf. note to p. 25,1. 13. 5. $te traurtge efdjidjte uom buntmen .\Siinc-tiicit. Richard Lowenstein (1819-1891) was a journalist, who, with Kalisch, founded (1848) the Berlin Kladderadaisch, a comic paper which, then as now, satirized public men and measures, and often incurred government censure, involving punitive measures against the editor. Lowenstein wrote also delightful poems for children, which he published in the Kindergarten (1846) from which this poem is taken, which has an instructive lesson in spite of its gayety. It depicts the failure of a lad of magnificent hopes who was deterred from any real effort by imaginary difficulties. 1. 24. jacjt tfjn fort, dismisses him, sends him flying. JTletfter, a craftsman in Germany, who has served the preliminary periods of appren- ticeship and as a journeyman, and can conduct an independent business. 1. 25. bettfe bran, think of this, viz.: When, in English, a preposition would precede and govern a subordinate sentence, the compound adverb is used in German, embodying the proper preposition and the demonstrative element: in this case, bar -}- an = an ba8, and the clause following is in apposition with ba(r). See note p. 9, 1. 14, and p. 62, 1. 14. 1. 26. n>as aus btr nod? roerben Farm I what else you may become. Page 62. line 5. Johnny has now become Jack, that is he is a trifle older and has a bit more dignity. 6. $te flinber. This poem is addressed to Heine's sister Charlotte, later Frau vom Emb- den, who was eleven months older than her brother. 1. 1 8. Derftecften, notice the omission of the connective unb. 1. 19. tDte bte )Stjne, ttite in comparison means like ; aid introduces a noun in apposition, denoting the same person or character; 1'iavia @tuart nrirb al8 ^ottigin fterben, Maria Stuart will die as a queen, that is, she is a queen and as one she will die. POETRY. 265 20. Famett, inversion to express a condition. 21. KtFcrtfi, CockaJoodle doo. . 26. macfytett etn POntefymes ?aus, kept a fine establishment. *8ge 63. line 2. oftcrs, 0/&, with no comparative sense. . 8. dltett Kd^C, a slang name for an old woman. . 12. (jemefen, sc. tuare. Cf. note to p. 58, L 12. The same construc- tion is continued in the following stanza. 1. 20. (Ereu'/ notice the rime with bet. 7. 1>ret ^Soore unb Gincr. Friedrich Riickert (1788-1866) was an Orientalist, and poet of a great vigor, and an almost unsurpassed master of poetic forms. He translated numerous poems from the Indian, Persian, Hebrew, and even the Chinese language, and wrote many in the style and metre of the East. He was a professor in Erlangen and in Berlin. 1. 24. barauf, in reply. Page 64. line 2. mad?' bit's 311 etcjen, make this your possession, i.e. lay tfiis fact to heart. 1.7. 3tDete, archaic, inflected form of jWet. The numerals were formerly inflected. 8. We iut id) cm $o0lettt luiir'. German literature is full of exquisite folk-songs, many of which have been preserved for centuries in the popular memory. The date and author- ship of these poems are alike uncertain. They sprang from the heart of the people and mirror the naive and simple life which produced them. They express the poetry of natural feeling, and describe the scenes, passions and ideals of the homely life of the untutored and unlearned. They abound in tender sentiment, which may contain both humor and pathos. Occasionally they are spirited in character and describe martial and warlike scenes. It is the characteristic of all popular poetry to personify natural objects, to give even a profound meaning to familiar incidents, the return of the seasons, the life of the flowers and trees, and the coming of the birds These poems are graphic in description, and hurried and often irregular in movement. Many of the greatest poets have caught the spirit of the folk-songs, among whom Goethe, Uhland and Heine are to be numbered This poem is often sung to a folk-melody. ist stanza, 1. 13. allfyter, a quaint and strengthened form of bier. 2d stanza, 1. 9. (jletd? = obglfid). 266 NOTES. 1. 10. bod? is adversative and occurs frequently, as here, after a con- ditional sentence. 1. 12. erroacfyett tb.ll', / (do) awake. The verb tfylin in popular speech and in folk-songs is often used as an auxiliary verb as in English. 1. 15. ba, relative adverb of time, when. }er3e, an archaic form for the modern erj, preserved in the folk-songs and revived by classical writers. 1. 17. ba, here a declarative, or possibly, a causal conj., that or since. 1. 18. gcfd>cn!t, sc. hast. Cf. p. 58, 1. 12. 9. (viit Jvirt)tciiliniitH ftefjt cinfam. This poem was published in 1823. It has been set to music by numer- ous composers, Heubner, Hiller, Jensen, Ritter, Roesel, Rubinstein, von Woyrsch and others. The poem expresses the pain of hopeless separation. 1. 21. ttjn fd?ldfert, impers., it slumbers. 10. ?u frtioitco JviirtimiiiiiitfjcH. This poem was published in 1824. It therefore belongs, like so many of Heine's favorite poems, to his earlier period. It has been repeatedly set to music. The musical renderings best known are those by Schubert, Meyerbeer and Hesse ; others are by Eckert, Fink and Rockstro. Page 65. linen. Dertrauft expresses the reason why she should be free from fear = for you entrust yourself. 11. $er SBirttn Xodjterlein. This poem belongs to Uhland's earlier period (Dec. 24, 1809). It has been often translated, among others, by Barber, Brooks, Butler, Dexter and Martin. It has been set to music by Loewe, but is more often sung to a popular folk-melody. 1. 17. H'oM, lends a bit of chance to the verb, it happened, it came to pass. It occurs frequently in the folk-songs, where its meaning hardly ad- mits of positive translation. 1. 18. Set Ctltcr ,rail IPtrttn, at the house of a landlady, i.e. at an inn. The preposition bci, as here, denotes at the house of. 1. 19. Ste. The third person is here used in familiar address instead of the second. gut Bier unb IDein. In prose we should expect flitteS 3Mer Itttb guten SSein. When an adjective relates to two nouns of differ- ent genders, it must be repeated and made to agree with each. POETRY. 267 1. 21. ift. Note the use of two singular subjects with a singular verb. Page 66. line 3. ber erftc, bcrl a repetition of the subject in the popular style. 1. 5. JTtaib, poetical for 2ftabd)en. 1. 6. 3d? n?iirbe, regularly [o] roiirbe id). 1. 8. ba3U, at the sight. 1. 10. geltebt, cf. note to p. 6, 11. 21-23. . 1. II. b.ub, poetical and archaic for hob. 1. 12. an = ailf. 1. 13. bid?. The object is made emphatic by being placed first. 12. $er gate $amerab. This poem, like the preceding, is in the genuine spirit of the Volkslied. It was written in September, 1809, and has been translated by Sanders and Skeat. It has been set to music by Kreutzer, but is more usually sung to a popular melody. 1. 16. nit, dialectic for nid)t. 1. 19. in gleicfoem Sd?rttt unb (Eritt, with equal pace. Cf. note to p. 7, 1. 6. 1. 21. (Bilt's mtr? Is it meant for me ? 1. 24. als roar's, etc., inversion to express a condition, while the conclu- sion is intimated by af. As though he were apart of myself. Page 67. line i. rotU, sc. er. The subject is often omitted in popu- lar style. 1. 2. bertpetl = tufibrenb. 1. 3. Fann, sc. id). 13. 2>te renabtere. Napoleon crossed the Niemen on June 24, 1812, with four hundred and fifty thousand men, to invade Russia. He reached VVilna on his return after the destruction of Moscow, on December 3, with fifteen thousand soldiers. He gathered an army of nearly half a million troops with incredible rapidity in the spring of 1813, and entered Germany in April, in order to renew the war. After various successes, in which his military genius shone preeminent against superior forces, he was defeated by the Allies in the battle of Leip- zig, October 16-19, !8i3. He abdicated in favor of his son on April i, 1814, and was sent a prisoner to the island of Elba. He was a captive from May 4, 1814, to February 26, 1815, when he returned to France and recov- ered his throne for a brief period, his reign ending after the battle of Waterloo, June 18. His abdication followed on June 22. 268 NOTES. The poem expresses Heine's enthusiastic admiration for the Emperor Napoleon as well as the devotion of the French soldiers to him. The date of this poem is given in the French edition of Heine's Works as 1816, though it may be two or three years later (1819). It was published in 1822. 1. 7. gefangen, sc. roorben. 1. 10. HTSr', cf. note to p. 37, L 25. 1. ii. After gegangen sc. fei. 1. 15. ob = luegen. Kunbe, cf. note to p. 58, 1. 9. 1. 18. Das teb ift aus, all is over. Page 68. line 5. (Efyrettfreuj, Cross of the Legion of Honor. 1. 13. rcttet roobj, may ride. 14. $>er (Solbot. This poem was translated by Chamisso, to whom it is often ascribed, from Hans Christian Andersen. The situation is simple yet tragic. A soldier has been sentenced to be shot, and his best friend belongs to the file which is detailed for his exe- cution. The bullets of all the other soldiers miss him, but that of his friend strikes him in the heart. 1. 17. Kiic-rf)cit nuf ber etoe. Variants in the edition of 1789 : Title, JpdbenroSlein ; 1. 17, omits @ ; 1. 19, SSar fo jitng unb morgertfdjbn ; 1. 20, ?ief er jdjru'll e nal) ju fefin ; 1. 21, @ab/ mit iridert greuben ; 1. 24, omits 35er ; Page 71, 1. 6, Unb for 2)ocf) ; 1. 7, ' for >a 5 1. 9, aff ibr bocf) fein SBef) unb 2ld) ; 1. 10, 2Kujjt' e eben leiben. Published first in Herder's Von deutscher Art und Kunst (1773), and in his Volkslieder Bd. II. 151 (1779), and is there ascribed to oral tradition. Goethe included it with slight changes in his Schriften Bd. VIII. 105-106, who possibly communicated the earlier form to Herder. A poem in the unique collection of Paul von der Aelst, 1602 (Uhland's Volkslieder) has the same refrain and similai motives. See also Herder's poem "Die Bliite." 1. 17. Knab' = 3iingling, as often m i .IK -poetry. 1. 18. Hosletlt. In the folk-poems the article is often omitted, es- pecially when the object is personified. jeiben, an inflected form of the dat. sing. Cf. note to p. 6, 1. 15. 17. $u3 Seifdjett. This poem belongs to Goethe's earlier period, having been written in 1 773- 74. The music of Mozart. Reichardt. Kunzen and Steffan is best known* 270 NOTES. Page 71. line 13. gebiicft in fid?, bending low. 1. 15. b.er3i(j, graceful, charming, a word often employed in this sense in South Germany, and by Goethe. 1. 19. bic IDiefc fyer, along the meadow. 1. 24. matt, until faint. 1. 26. Dtertelftiirtbcfyen, trans., one fleeting hour. Page 72. line 2. in acfyt . . . natjm, heeded. 1. 5. fterb' id?, inversion to express a condition. 18. 2BoI)W)ttn. Matthias Claudius (1740-1815), a scholar arid editor, of unsettled life, of simple and noble nature, wrote many poems, some brief and full of sen- tentious wisdom, others devout, patriotic, and humorous. 1. 8. rein, freely. _ _ . ., 19. $>te ettne. 1. 12. mal = einmat. fcin, clever. 1. 18. ^att Dom Denfett mad?te, made a business of thinking. $ait, pronounced as in French, a word in vogue in the eighteenth century in Germany. 1. 19. barob = bariiber. Knall unb ^afl, an idiomatic expression meaning at once. The $naU is the report of the gun, with which the fall (gall) of the object is almost simultaneous. Cf. note to p. 7, L 8. 1. 21. ebett ntd?t OOnttoten/ is not precisely necessary. \. 22. 3um er finger. This ballad was written possibly as early as 1775 or 1776. It was pub- lished first in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre (1795). It has been set to music by Reichardt, Kreutzer, Schubert and Loewe. Slight verbal differ- ences are found in the two forms of this poem, viz., in that contained in the romance, and in Goethe's Gedichte. I. 22. ftauncnb, in gazing. 1 23. briirft' . . ., here, closed. 1.25. fdpautCrt . . . brcin, looked on. The verb belongs also to bit @d)5nen. Page 74. line 2-3. [ic fjolen, had brought ; la ff en is used here, as often, in a causative sense. Cf. 1. 16 below, also p. 18, 1. 9. L 9. nod?, besides; that is, in addition to his other decorations. II. 12 and 14. tDotjnet, lofynet, long archaic forms; see also p. 60, 11. 2i and 23. POETRY. 271 1. 16. 23ed?er IPettts, poetical for 23ecf)er SSein. SBeinS is an old par- titive gen. 1. 18. arjm Sarg." 1. 22. bas altc Hctdj, the Holy Roman or German Empire, existing from 800-1806 A. D. NOTES. 23. $te Pettier toon SBtnSperg. For a prose account of this incident see page 4 of this Reader. Adelbert von Chamisso (1781-1838) was born in the castle of Boncourt in Champagne. He fled with his family at the breaking out of the French Revolution (1790), and found refuge in Berlin. He studied natural science and accompanied a scientific expedition around the world. His love for the land of his birth remained in his new home. He wrote Peter Schlehmihls ivundersame Geschichte (1814), the story of a man who had lost his shadow, also some touching poems upon his early home, the best known of which is Das Schloss Boncourt. Page 77. line z. lag, had encamped, pret. in the sense of the plu- perfect. 1. 3. Dcr 2DeIfc, the Guelf. The House of Guelf supported the pope in opposition to the emperor. Hence this name became a party cry in the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The opposing faction, the Ghibellines, derived their name from Waiblingen, a city in Wiirtemberg. The first Salian emperor, Konrad II. (1024-1039) included this name among his titles, as Lord of Waiblingen. Hence it passed to the Hohen- staufen, and became the watchword of the supporters of the emperor. 1. 7. Ztegert, warrior, hero, a different word from 2)egen, sword, though often regarded as the same. 1. 8. offttet, inversion to express a concession, although. 1. 9. fomnien for gcFommcn. The ge was not originally essential to the past participle, and is still omitted in certain colloq. uses, and with the modal auxiliaries when the infinitive of another verb is dependent upon them. 12. fanft. See note to p. 5, L 14. 13. jebc has the natural, not the grammatical gender of SSeib. . z6. Itletnurtcj, will. 19. bebrangte, hard beset. 20. fd/roanh, stagger. 23. U?id?t, orig. an insignificant person, here man. 24. bebeutfdtn, that is, interpreting the agreement. 24. $>er Sannenbaum. This is a version, by A. Zarnack, of a folk-song which, under various forms, has been known and sung in Germany for four hundred years. The poet Uhland has rewritten one form of the poem. Mr. H. W. Longfellow's POETRY. 273 translation, The Hemlock Tree, is well known. The poem is usually sung to the music of the old student song "Lauriger Horatius," or to ,,(Sott griif}' bid), 33rilber trailbinger." See the editor's edition of Uhland's Poems, p. 83, also Erk und Bohme's Deutscher Liederhort, Bd. I, pp. 546-548. 25. .sScimlirljc i.'iclu\ The first, second and fifth stanzas represent an early and widely dissem- inated folk-song, known throughout Germany. These stanzas constituted apparently a part of a shepherd's song. See Erk und Bohme's Deutscher Liederhort, Bd. II, pp. 325-327. The text of Heimliche Liebe varies; the third, fourth, and sixth stanzas are an addition to the original form. Page 79. line 2. ntemanb nid?t. The double negative is common in folk-songs and occurs even in classical poetry. 1. 4. tfjun ftefyen. Cf. note to p. 64, L 12. 1. 6. )er3C. Cf. note to p. 64, 1. 15. 26. SiebeStreite. This poem is contained in Biisching and Von der Hagen's Sammlung deut- scher Volkslieder (1807), but is omitted from Erk und Bohme's collection. 1. 14. fetn'n anbern nicfyt Iteber fctn. Cf. note to p. 79, 1. 2. 1. 18. teberl, a South-German diminutive form, darling. jiatjn, archaic for fteb/en. 1. 19. Kein ^euer unb (Slut brennt ntcfyt fo b,et; double negative as above, 1. 14. In prose we should have feill geuer llltb feitlC lut. Page 80. line 2. ang be8 GtterSberg, ben 12. gebruar (17)76. The Etters- berg lies to the northwest of Weimar. Ettersburg is a picturesque castle of the Grand Duke of Weimar which is closely associated with the life of the Weimar poets. This poem has been a great favorite with composers, and has been set to music by Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Hiller, Teller, Loewe and others. % 1. 19. Dcr bu. In prose, we should have, !Du, ber bu. Cf. note to p. 46, 1. 21. 1. 23. bes (Eretbens miibe; XreibenS, restless longing. The construc- tion of miibe with the gen. is now preserved only in poetry. 1. 24. JPas foil, to what purpose. Gilt (vHctdjcS. Written in pencil in the night of the 6th and 7th of September, 1780, on the wall of the hunter's lodge on the Gickelhahn, a mountain nearllmenau. Thirty-three years later Goethe renewed the writing and appended the date, "Ren. 29. August, 1813." He spent his last birthday (August 28, 1831) in Ilmenau, and ascended the Gickelhahn. He read with touching emotion the verses written so long before, and repeated ,,3a, tt>avte niir, balbe rufyeft bit aud)," and turned and descended the mountain. The poem has been set to music more than sixty-six times, the best known composers being Schubert, Kuhlau, Hiller, Rubinstein, Liszt, Radecke, Raff, Tomaschek and Zelter. Page 84. line 7. balbe, archaic form of adv. 32. $tc 993o|fcrrofe. Emanuel von Geibel (1815-1884) belongs to the group of North German poets. He was born in Liibeck, and studied in Bonn and Berlin. Later, he served as a private tutor in the family of the Russian embassador in Athens, where he found many of the subjects of his earlier poems. He held for a POETRY. 277 time an honorary professorship in the University of Munich (1852-68), and was ennobled by the King of Bavaria. He is a poet of rare manliness, of delicate imagination and of great beauty of poetic form. 1. 14. 2JH/ uninflected. Cf. note to p. 69, 1. 19. 33. 3n bcr Wadjt. Few poems of Platen illustrate more perfectly the delicate quality of his verse, and his consummate skill in producing a musical effect than In der Nacht. It bore the title " Romanze. 1 820," in the first edition of his works. It has been translated by Mr. Longfellow. Page 85. line 2. fiirber, an archaic form, onwards, 1. 9. uafym id) ... in acfyt, -watched. The use of the gen. is archaic and poetic: (ftcf)) in ttd)t Itehmen, means to be on one's guard. 1. 12. 3uriicfe, archaic and poetic for guriitf. 1. 14. UTelobifcfyer IPanbel, referring to the Pythagorean doctrine of the music of the spheres. 34. SRoftlofc fiiefee. This poem was written at Ilmenau, a favorite resort of Goethe, in the Thuringian Forest, May 6, 1776. Many of Goethe's earlier poems were associated with this charming place. See Ein Gleiches, p. 84. This poem commemorates the poet's love for the Frau von Stein, as his letters to her of May 4th and 6th, 1776, from Ilmenau show. Dr. Max Friedlander states in the Goethe Jahrbuch, Bd. XVII (1896), that this poem has been set to music by more than sixty composers, the best-known musical renderings being by Schubert, Schumann, Franz and Raff. Page 86. line i. The snow often lingers on the mountains of Thuringia in May. Two days before this poem was written, Goethe wrote to the Duke Carl August, ,,>ier tft fd)on ben ganjeu Sftorgeu cfjnee." 1. 3- 3 m Uatnpf i the mists of the valley. 1. 4. Hebelbiifte, here, the clouds. Goethe wrote originally 2BoIfen= nebdbiifte. 1. ii. 2Jtle bas ZTeujen = )a ganje 9?eigen. 1. 12. }er3en, probably dat. sing. 1. 14. Scfyaffet, works, exercises its influence. 1. 16. IDdlbcrroarts for SBal&tuartS. The use of the plural is unusual. 1. 19. Goethe often speaks of the joy and pain inseparable from love. 2/8 NOTES. 36. ric ii'nlifnlirt iinrt) ficulnnr. Heine himself tells the story which is the basis of this poem. "The material of this poem is not original with me. It originated through recol- lections of my home on the Rhine. When I was a little boy, and received my first training in the Franciscan cloister at Dusseldorf, where I learned for the first time to spell and to sit still, I often sat next to another boy, who used to tell me how his mother once took him to Kevlaar, and offered up there for him a waxen foot, and how, in this manner, his own injured foot was healed. I met this boy again in the upper class of the Gymnasium, and as we happened to sit together in the philosophical lectures of Rector Schallmayer, he reminded me laughingly of that miracle-story; but he added somewhat earnestly, that he should now offer to the Virgin a waxen heart. I heard afterward that he was suffering then from an unhappy love- affair, and shortly afterward I lost him both from my sight and from my mind. In the year 1819, when I was studying in Bonn, and was walking one day in the neighborhood of Godesberg on the Rhine, I heard in the distance the well-known Kevlaar songs, of which the most excellent one had the prolonged refrain, "Praise be unto thee, Mary!", and as the pro- cession came more near, I noticed among the pilgrims my school comrade and his old mother. His mother led him, and he looked very pale and ill." Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar is one of Heine's most simple and touch- ing poems. Page 87. line 12. ?er3e. Cf. note to p. 64, 1. 15. Heine adopted with great felicity many forms peculiar to the folk-song. Page 88. lines 3-4. brtngen . . . bar, o/er. Page 89. line 2. Kollen = Koln. The expansion or the contrac- tion of a form is very common in the folk-songs. Cf. note to p. 78, 1. 13. 1. 4. Cologne was the centre of an archiepiscopal diocese, and famous for the number of its churches and religious establishments. 1. 16. gtfctpritttRfJ&feg: Cf. note to p. 38, 1. 5- 37. tic ^iirtit am Miciii. Max Schneckenburger, the author of the famous Wacht am JRhein, was born in Thalheim in Wiirtemberg in 1819. He became an iron founder in Burgdorf in Switzerland, where he died in 1849. A volume of his poems was published after his death by Karl Gerok (1870). This poem, which was written in 1840, first came into notice and en- joyed its great popularity during the period of the Franco- Prussian War (1870-1871). POETRY. 279 Page 90. line 10. JDocjenprall, that is, like the reverberation of waves on a storm-beaten shore. 1. 15. jurft 65; impers., a thrill passes through. 1. 16. aller/ gen. pi. depending on SlltgeH. 1. 17. fromm, in the sense of the Latin pius, loyal, true. 1. 24. bleibft, shall or /wj/ remain. Page 91. line 3. ob = obflletd). 1. 4. JDdfcfyer. The Rhine shall not become the possession of a foreign power. 2Belfd)er, Kelt, is a term usually applied to foreign nations of Ro- mance origin, but is also applied to the Kelts of Wales by the Saxon con- querors of England. 38. Tcittfrlilmtb itbcr ac. August Heinrich von Hoffmann (1798-1874), known as Hoffmann von Fallersleben, was born in Fallersleben in Hanover. He was librarian (1823-1838), and Professor of the German language and literature (1830- 1842) in the University of Breslau. He lost his position by reason of his political opinions, especially on account of his spirited poems in behalf of German liberty. As a poet he showed delicacy, vigor as well as simplicity and naturalness. He composed the music of many of his poems. As a scholar his publications of mediaeval German manuscripts, and his editions of single works are of great merit. Deutschla nd iiber alles has become a genuine national hymn. I. 23. Sdwt} tlttb drutje, offense and defense. Cf. note top. 7, L 6. II. 25-26. Belt, used here by metonomy for the Baltic Sea. The poet gives the boundaries of the entire German-speaking people, rather than of Germany proper. 39. $cutfdje I'lutuiitulinimiic. This national hymn is sung to the same tune as " God save the Queen " and "America." Heinrich Harries (1762-1802) was a Danish pastor in Schleswig. A collection of his poems published after his death contains a hymn written for his Danish countrymen to sing upon the King's birthday. It began eil bir, bent Uebeiibcn Ajevrfdjcr beS 3Sater(anb! eil, Shriftian, bir! The hymn had been previously published in a Flensburg weekly paper, Jan. 27, 1790. The poem was abridged from eight stanzas to five, and otherwise changed and adapted to Prussian use by Dr. Balthasar Gerhard 2 SO NOTES. of Hamburg, in 1793. An enlarged version by "Dr. d. R.," appeared in Berlin in 1801. Page 92. line 19. Hetftgc, warrior, a w.ord now obsolete except in poetry, meaning strictly a mounted soldier. 40. (Sin* fcftc 33urg tft unfer ott. Martin Luther (1483-1546), the miner's son of Eisleben, is perhaps the most striking personality in German history. He became a Bachelor of Arts of the university of Erfurt in 1502, Master in 1505, and an Augustin- ian monk the same year. In 1508 he became a professor in the university of Wittenberg. His translation of the New Testament was published in 1522, and of the whole Bible in 1534. His theses which introduced him to the field of religious controversy, were posted on the door of the Castle Church on the eve of All Saints, October 31, 1517. He appeared before Charles V. to defend his doctrines at the Diet of Worms in January, 1521. The divisions in the religious world led to the Diet of Augsburg, which the Emperor held in 1530. Luther remained at the Castle of Coburg, during the sessions, where he wrote this hymn. This poem has been trans- lated by Thomas Carlyle, Dr. F. H. Hedge and others. It is the battle- hymn of the Reformation and has been sung on almost every field of com- bat in Germany since that time. It is, in part, a free paraphase of the first verses of Psalm xlvi, " God is our refuge and strength," etc. Note in general throughout the poem the elision of the final -c of in- flection, which is characteristic of a popular style. Page 93. line 16. IPctjr linb IPaffctt. Notice the alliteration which was once the characteristic of all Germanic poetry, and is still one of the most effective ornaments of English and German verse. 1. 18. fjat betroffcn = betroffen hat. Page 94. line i. te habert 8 (gen. of pron.) not, and in similar expressions. 282 NOTES. 1. II. DorfSngcr, precentors. 1. 19. an^tcfycttb, attractive. Note how often a German word corre- sponds in formation with an equivalent term derived from the Latin. 1. 28. 3um rotmfd?en Kaifer, cf. gum dju^bernt, in the next line, and also the note to p. 97, 1. 7. Page 99. line 2. The cathedral of St. Peter in Rome stands on the site of the circus of Nero, where the apostle is said to have suffered martyr- dom. The first church of this name is said to have been erected- by Con- stantine the Great, at the request of Pope Sylvester I. It was within this church that Charles the Great was crowned. The present cathedral was begun by direction of Pope Julius II. from designs by the great Lombard architect Bramante in 1506. The dome and much of the interior is due to Michael Angelo. The new church was dedicated on November 18, 1626, by Pope Urban VIII., on the thirteen hundredth anniversary of the consecration of the original edifice. 1. 7. ber abenblanbifd?=romifd?e Katfertttel, the title of Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire of the West, in distinction from the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire, having its seat in Constantinople (Byzan- tium). The Eastern Empire was dissolved by the capture of Constan- tinople by the Turks in 1453. 1. 13. cb3citen. Cf. note to p. 80, 1. 2. 1. 23. The vault in which the great Emperor was placed was opened by his successor Otto III. about 1000. The Emperor was canonized by Pope Pascal in 1165, and his remains are now contained in a shrine in the sacristy of the cathedral of Aachen, which he founded. 2. $>er crftc ^reusjug. Page 100. line 3. Cfyrtftt. This word, as also 3eflt, retains the forms of the Latin declension, doubtless through the conservative influence of the Latin ritual in the church. I. ii. Das Btlb, image, here, crucifix. Page 101. line 3. }ab' unb (But, an old legal phrase used for completeness. The two nouns are treated as a unity, that is, as a single neuter noun, >ab' assuming the gender of lit. II. 3-4. Kird^en linb Klofter, the two forms of religious establishments in the Middle Ages. 1. 6. }of. The farm-buildings on the Continent form a continuous whole, being grouped around an inner rectangular court, which is entered by a large gate. au8 unb of is an old phrase referring to this group of buildings, and then to the entire estate. Cf. note to p. 58, 1. 5. HISTORICAL SELECTIONS. 283 11. ii-i2. in guter >ucfyt. The armies which had responded to the call from the other countries had been composed, in part, of a miscel- laneous multitude, with neither arms, money or discipline, who were often very destitute. 1. 17. geltcfytet, thinned. The verb means originally to makf light, and is applied to a clearing in a forest, by which the light penetrates more easily. 1. 20. gen JTUttag, toward noon, when the sun is on the meridian, hence to the south. 1. 23. cor ^reubcn. Cf. note to p. 80, 1. 2. 1. 26. bliftenben (Sefcfyoffe, gleaming missiles. Page 102. line 14. erforen, from an obsolete verb erfiefen, to choose. The pret. and the past part, alone are now current, and these only in impassioned or poetic style. 1. 15. Godfrey ruled Jerusalem with great vigor and justice, defending it successfully against the attempts of the Saracens to recover it, but only for a single year. He was buried in the Holy Sepulchre (noo). 3. $er brttte .tercu.v>!i unb $riebridj 83nrbarofifl3 Xob. Friedrich I. (1123-1190), surnamed Barbarossa, Redbeard, was one of the most powerful of the Hohenstaufen dynasty. It was his fate during his whole life to struggle against both foreign aggression and the revolts of tributary princes, but he maintained himself successfully to the last. His participation in the Third Crusade, and his tragic death in a distant land, lent to his memory a mythical splendor in the eyes of the people; numerous legends arose in regard to him, one of which is related in Ruckert's Barbarossa. See p. 75 of this Reader. 1. 23. Saladin succeeded El 'Adid, the last of the Fatimee Caliphs of Egypt, in 1169. He soon after established his power in Syria by a series of brilliant victories, extending it to the East over the greater part of Mesopotamia. From 1178 to the conclusion of peace with Richard Cceur de Lion (1192) he was engaged in almost constant warfare with the Cru- saders. He was a chivalric and generous foe, a ruler of great vigor and wisdom. He died in 1193. Sir Walter Scott gives an attractive picture of him in the Talisman, and Lessing represents him in his famous drama of Natiian the Wise. Page 104. lines 2-3. fetjte cbcn iibcr, was just crossing. . 1. 17. bcr Befferen, sc. ?eute. 1. 20. Henry the Lion, (1129-95), Duke of Bavaria and of Saxony, the most powerful of Friedrich's vassals, is a striking figure in mediaeval his- 284 NOTES. tory. He sought every occasion during the Emperor's absence from his realm to revolt against him. Only the great personal power of the Emperor maintained the ascendency. all is usually um'nflected before the definite article. 11. 21-22. OUS . . . BefttjUngett, from his possessions, which extended from the Mediterranean to tfie Baltic. 11. 25-26. trug . . . 3Ur Scfyau, exhibited. 11. 27-28. 3Ctd?ttcte ftd? . . . ailS, was remarkable for. 1. 29. fptdten in bas rotltdpc, were tinged -with red. Page 105. line 8. tjeuttgett Cages, weak form of adv. gen. Kyftfyciufer, an isolated mountain in the southern part of the Harz. The ruins of the old castle of the Hohenstaufen still stand on its summit. 1. 12. bcr fjmlid?feit, gen. after gebenfenb. 4. SBittjclm Tell unb bcr 3riiuici;,crlwnt>. The romantic story of Wilhelm Tell, and the deliverance of the Forest Cantons from the sovereignty of the House of Hapsburg is so closely inter- woven with the real history of the foundation of the Swiss Confederation that the one account is not complete without the other. Schiller's popular drama Wilhelm Tell has invested every spot associated with these legend- ary events with interest, and has made the story as much a part of German as of Swiss literature. 1. 20. Adolf of Nassau incurred the enmity of the princes of his realm by his arbitrary exercise of power, and was deposed by the Electors, who chose Albrecht as German King. Adolf fell in battle at Gollheim between Worms and Speyer. 1. 21. getoatjlt. The German crown was electoral, not hereditary, al- though the influence of a powerful emperor often secured the election of his son as German King in his own lifetime, thus establishing the latter's succession to the imperial throne. The power of election was vested by the Golden Bull of Charles IV. (1356), in an electoral college consisting of four lay and three clerical princes, who bore the title of Kurfiirsten. 1. 23. tDOr befanttt. The subject of tuar befantlt is the impersonal e8 understood, with which the clauses introduced by bdfj and fine are in apposition, or these may be regarded as the actual subject. baratlf ' ausgeb.e, was bent upon. Page 106. line 3. The earliest defensive league between the Forest Cantons was made between the cantons of Luzem, Schwyz and Unter- walden in 1246. The canton of Uri had been made immediately depen- HISTORICAL SELECTIONS. 285 dent upon the Empire by Henry VI. in 1231. The Emperor Frederick II. granted a charter to Schwyz at Faenza in 1240, to which certain rights were added by Rudolf of Hapsburg in 1273. The formal compact for mutual assistance and a perpetual alliance of the three Cantons was signed August I, 1291. This is the Magna Charta of Swiss independence. ?ab' unb <5ut. Cf. note to p. 101, 1. 3. alle unb jebe, each and all, that is, singly and united. 1. 8. ben ^crmann (Seller. The definite article is sometimes prefixed to a proper name, when it refers to a well-known person, or when the case might otherwise be ambiguous. The name of Gessler is not found in the list of imperial governors of the Forest Cantons, nor is that of Beringer of Landenberg. I. 10. Hetd7soocjte, sc. fletb,an batten. II. 14-15. Stol3 Itnb E>erad?tung. Notice the omission of the article, Cf. note to p. 8, 1. 2. 1. 22. ob, archaic = iiber. Page 107. line i. Demiit unb ^od?mut. Notice the use of an abstract for a concrete noun. 1. 12. gcbad7ten, called to mind. 1. 13. gcflagt, sc. haben. 1. 17. ailf ba, in order that, an antiquated expression. 1. 21. wes Stnnes, of -what mind. 2Be8 is archaic for IDeffen. 1. 28. Hiitlt, from the obs. verb roben, to root up, clear. The form roba or robe is very frequent in Thuringia, and occurs in the Harz, as the last component of proper names of places, as ^nebrtcbroba, 2Bentigerobe,etc. 1. 29. jegltd?er = ein jeber. Page 108. line 2. JTtatte, a poet, word, but popularly used in Ale- mania, meadow, especially a meadow in the Alps. 1. 18. roarb ntd?t roob.1, was ill at ease. \. 26. Schiller does not represent Tell as joining in the oath on the Riitli. 1. 27. alsbalb, archaic for jobdtb. Page 109. line 14. ^ofynnnnb, a south-wind peculiar to Switz- erland and southern Bavaria, which always presages storm. 1. 22. Sdptming unb Sprung. Cf. note to p. 7, L 6. 1. 27. entfUeben, sc. joll. 1. 30. JTleinujen. Adjectives used substantively, denoting family, friends and property are written with a capital. Page 110. line i. um . . . rotllcn. The two parts of the preposi- tion govern the word included between them. 1. 9. uttfd?ulbtbruern parfen, take the bull by die horns, means, as in English, proceed directly, without shift or evasion. This is Luther's meaning here. 1. 18. Kurfiirft ^rtcbrid?. The Elector Frederick of Saxony (1463- 1525), to whom the imperial crown was offered after the death of the Em- peror Maximilian (1519), was Luther's powerful friend and patron. 1. 19. Spaldttn, confidential adviser of the Elector Frederick, and a HISTORICAL SELECTIONS. 287 devoted friend of Luther. It was he who secured for Luther the patronage of the powerful Elector. Georg Burkhard (1482-1545) adopted the name "Spalatinus," like 'many of the scholars of the Renascence, from Spalt the place of his birth near Nuremberg. He was a Humanist of eminence and a writer upon history and theology. His advice was of great weight with Luther upon whom he exercised in several critical periods great influence. 1. 22. braildpe, subj. of indirect statement depending upon a verb of saying implied in the preceding sentence. 1. 25. The Emperor Sigismund had given a safe-conduct to John Huss, a Bohemian reformer, in order that he might come to Constance and de- fend himself there against the charges of heresy which had been preferred against him. Notwithstanding this, Huss was seized, condemned to death, and burned at the stake (1415). This act was fresh in men's memories when Luther was called to Worms, and, on his return, his friends, fearing that in spite of his safe-conduct he might share the fate of Huss, caused him to be carried to the castle of the Wartburg near Eisenach, where he remained from May 4, 1521, to May 3, 1522, engaged in translating the New Testament into German. 6. 9lflircrf)t van SaKenftctn. The Thirty Years War (1618-48) originated in the unsettled political rela- tions of the various German States which followed the Reformation. Many princes had become Protestant; there were great ecclesiastical states the sub- jects of which had, in part, adopted the new form of faith. Vast and rich possessions which had belonged to the church were situated within the juris- diction of Protestant rulers. The freedom of faith as well as the tenure of property were everywhere involved. The contest began in Bohemia in which the succession to the throne was contested. All the states of Germany and the sovereigns of other countries who possessed claims to territory in Germany, Christian IV. of Denmark and Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden joined in the conflict. The Netherlands, which were carry-ing on a war for independence against Spain, had constituted a part of the Empire and were affected by the relation of Spain to the Imperial House of Hapsburg. France was jealous of the Empire and supported Gustavus Adolphus. The two leading rulers on the Catholic side were the Emperor Ferdinand II. (1619-1637) and Maximilian I. (1609-51), Duke of Bavaria, who was at the head of the League of Catholic princes, which had been formed to oppose the Protestant Union (1608). Christian of Anhalt was the active 288 NOTES head of the latter, and the leader of the Calvinists or Reformed party. The Elector, George William of Brandenburg, opposed the early plans of Gustavus, while John George, the Elector of Saxony, was at the head of the Lutheran party. The latter was vacillating, and preferred peace with the side which most favored his own interests. Wallenstein was the great general of the Imperial forces, Tilly of the League. The first twelve years (1618-30) were years of Imperial success, then followed Protestant vic- tories and the conquest of a large part of Central and Southern Germany by Gustavus Adolphus (1630-32). The remaining years of the war served to exhaust the combatants on both sides without leading to decisive results. Gustavus' generals were men of great ability. Torstenson was possibly equal in military genius to the king. Few conflicts have been so disas- trous. The population of Germany is estimated to have been reduced from thirty to ten millions. Cities and villages were sacked and burned, great districts of country laid waste and industries and commerce destroyed. The war ended with the Peace of Westphalia (1648). Schiller's drama of Wallenstein has made the personality of the great chief notable in German literature. Page 114. line 7. Kenttttliffe, an idiomatic use of the pi. where we should use the sing. 1. 28. ^reunb unb ^etnb (dat.), used collectively. Page 115. 1. 16. unb ttdrc CS ; in such constructions Itltb repeats the preceding affirmation, and [/ must have it} even if, etc. Stralfunb. A popular festival in Stralsund held on July 24th of every year still com- memorates the withdrawal of Wallenstein (1628). 1. 21. (Sliicfftabt, Wallenstein was forced to abandon the siege in Jan- uary, 1629. JTtagbeblirg. Magdeburg resisted successfully all assaults for six months in 1629, and the siege was raised. Page 117. lines, rrtagbeburg, the great Protestant stronghold of the north, fell on May 20, 1631. Tilly's wild hordes of Slavs and Walloons pillaged and massacred with unchecked ferocity. Gustavus Adolphus could not come to the aid of the city owing to the unfriendly and equivocal atti- tude of the Electors of Brandenburg and Saxony. The city was set on fire, and but few of the inhabitants escaped. 1. 7. Prag was captured by the Saxons, November 15, 1631. 1. 10. Wallenstein resumed command of the Imperial army in December, 1631. 1. 28. btc ZTad?t = bie 9?ad)t bwdj, ace. of duration of time. 1. 29. morgenben is an adj. from the adv. tnorgen, formed by the addi- tion of b. AUF DER EISENBAHN. 289 Page 118. line 5. For Luther's hymn see pp. 93-94. 1. 8. 3^f u / * ne Latin vocative case. See note to p. 101, 1. 5. I. 10. Strafie = ?anbfirajje. II. 13-14. fetjett . . . iibcr. Cf. note to p. 104, 1L 2-3. 1. 14. rDaHenfieinfd?en, sc. Xruppen. 1. 18. ^liigel, dat. after the noun fjiffe, the "object of influence." 1. 30. geroorfen = in bie fflufyt geroorfen or gefdjfagen. Page 119. line i. pappenrietmer. The Count of Pappenheim was regarded as the most brilliant of Wallenstein's generals, and, at times, he exercised an independent command. He was ordered to capture Halle, and then march to Cologne in order to defend the Rhenish bishoprics. The policy of dividing his army in the presence of Gustavus was fatal to Wallenstein. Pappenheim captured Halle, but was recalled when Wal- lenstein realized the swift approach of the King. Pappenheim hastened to his relief with eight regiments of cavalry, leaving his infantry to follow. He joined in the attack against the right wing of Gustavus, but fell mortally wounded in the same hour in which the King was slain. COMPLETE PROSE SELECTIONS. 1. Stuf bcr ivifciilmlnt. The author, Friedrich Gerstacker (1816-72), possessed from boy- hood an ardent desire for travel and adventure. In early manhood he visited America and joined in the wild life of the West. He became in turn a hunter, cook, sailor, and hotel manager. After an absence of about six years he returned to Germany and began to publish descriptions of his travels. He made three other trips to America, the first of which was ex- tended to the Sandwich and Society Islands and Australia (1849-52); in the second he visited South America (1860-61). In 1868 he accom- panied the Duke Ernst of Saxe-Coburg to Egypt. His last visit to North America was made in 1867-68. The record of his wanderings is con- tained in books of travel, novels, and stories. Gerstacker has an admirable gift as a narrator; his descriptions are vivid and instructive, and his humor often irresistible. 290 NOTES. Page 121. line i. This selection is from Unter Paltnen und Buchcn (1865-67). 1. 2. Most of the places mentioned are situated on the railway which traverses the border of the picturesque Thuringian Forest. 1. 3- Coupe. The German, like the English, railway carriages are divided by transverse partitions into separate compartments. A compartment usually has seats for eight. There are windows in the doors and on either side of them. The "doors are locked by the conductor or guard, who opens and closes them at the different stations. The conductor passes along a foot- rail which extends along the side of the carriage, and collects the tickets through the window. 1. 18. (Segeniiber. Note the use of the prep, as a noun; and cf. the French vis-a-vis, of which it is an imitation. 1. 19. tot Q^&lvo'wQVn, passed by in silence. 1. 20. Hefj er ftd? 6'ffnen, sc. bte Ihure. Page 123. line 4. ^rait profefforin. A married woman in Germany receives by courtesy the title of her husband. 1. 9. abpftff, -whistled for departure. 1. 15. Hegen, without gu. Cf. note to p. 10, L 9. 1. 16. ntcbt libel llft, no small desire. 1. 26. njollte, sc. gehen. Page 124. line 8. The castle of the Wartburg is one of the most perfect types of a mediaeval castle which is preserved in Germany. It has been refitted and restored to its primitive condition by the generosity of the Grand Duke Karl Alexander of Saxe-Weimar. It is associated with memories of Saint Elizabeth, the Minnesingers, and of Luther, who here translated the New Testament into German. See p. 113. I. ii. The German form of the English proverb, "Man proposes and God disposes." II. 26-27. an bcm ^amtlienglteb, that is, in the sister who was to meet them. Page 125. line 6. in (Sebanfen, when absorbed in thought. 11. 22-23. auf bcm patron fyeninter, down the platform. Page 126. line 2. roas, the relative ttJOS refers to an indefinite ante- cedent, not a person or thing, a sentence, a neuter pronoun, or a superla- tive form, as here. 1. n. tmmcr, in any case. Page 127. line 2. jlttgftltcf/es, notice that the adjective with nid)t and f troaS is treated as a noun in apposition, and is therefore written with a capital. IMMENSEE. 291 11. 10-11. befann ftd? . . . cities Befferen, thought better of it. Page 128. line 5. tnit ben Sadden, that is, with the articles left behind. 1. 6. fyalb brei, half past two, lit., one-half [hour] toward three; so be- low, 1. 7, brct Dtertel auf brct llfyr, a quarter before three o'clock, lit., three quarters toward three o'clock. 1. n. bas (jtttcjC, that might do, potential subj. Page 129. line 14. Biirften, inf. as noun. 1. 1 6. mod?te cr fid? . . . ITTufye, however much special effort, etc. Page 130. line 15. (Etnpfetjlc mid? 3^? ncn ergebenft, / salute you most respectfully, that is, / bid you adieu. Page 131. line i. fa cr = batte er fuf) gefefct. 1. 10. an ben, t etc., along the, etc. 1. 13. tjerausgeben, sc. ba elb, that is, give me my change. 1. 20. bid?t Doraus, just at hand. 1.22. (Symttafiaften. The German gymnasia are classical schools which prepare for the universities. There are also Realgymnasia where special attention is devoted to mathematics, natural sciences and modern languages. 1. 24. ftbeIe,/0/4', an academic term. 1. 26. mofyl ober libel, by fair means or foul. Page 132. line 15. unb connects ri with ftotjntc (1. 13). 1. 17. gefagt roar. Cf. note to p. 8, 1. 31. 1. 19. 2Ib 1 Depart ! Page 133. line 22. Fann nid?t Ijiniiber, he cannot cross to it. \. 24. Senfung, descending grade. Page 134. line i. erft abettbs fpa't, not until late in the evening. 1. 13. ein gut IDort geben/ make a generous promise. For the form gut, see note to p. 5, 1. 14. 2. ftmmenfee. Theodor Storm (1817-88) was born in the Duchy of Schleswig and was for some time an advocate in his native city of Husum. Having been deprived of his advocate's license on account of his sympathy with Ger- many, he entered the Prussian civil service. After Schleswig was annexed to Prussia (1864), he received again a government appointment in his native country which he held until his death (1888). Storm is very popu- lar as a writer in Germany. He has a charming gift of description, and paints the scenes of common life with grace and skill. His sentiment is tender and not without passion. A pensive note of melancholy and loss NOTES. often pervades his works. Immensee is the most popular of his short stories. Page 135. line x. Spdtfyerbfinacfymtttage, an afternoon in late autumn. 11. 6-7. in tt>eld?e . . . gerettet, a bold figure; trans., in which his lost youth seemed to have been preserved. \. 16. (Sucf fcnftcr, a small window in a street door in Germany, through which inquiries may be answered. I. 22. pefel, more correctly ^tfel, a large hall or open room, in North Germany, often used only in summer. Page 136. line 2. Kcpofttorten, pi. of Stepofttoriuni. Latin nouns ending in -ium form the pi. in -ten. II. 3-4. 23ilber pott JTlenfd?en unb (Segenben, portraits and land- scapes. . 6. fcfyroerfalltger, massive. g. n?ic, colloq. = inbem. 13. cr = ber (gtreif. . 15. gefprod?ert, sc. batte. . 20. Hefj tfyr b.iibfd7 ; laffetl with an adverb and the dat. is not infre- quent in the sense of become. Page 137. line 5. ftd?, dat. of interest. 1. 16. Htngelcfyen = ben r.ingf6rmigen@amen (1. 4). I. 18. iirfen is to have the right or permission (with a negative, a prohibition) from one in authority. @otlcn denotes moral obligation, should, thai -which is to be; in the present tense it implies a permanent duty, in the preterit a duty not yet performed, English, " ought." 35u follft beilien Hater unb beine 2Jhttter ehrctt, "Thou shall honor thy father and thy mother"; but id) foEte nad) 9Zero 9)orf geljen, " I ought to go to New York." 1. 28. Der Fleinen, dat. with nafye. Page 139. line 3. ib.r = con threm alfe. The use of the possess, dat. is frequent throughout the story. Cf. ihm (1. 21), em jungen 2)id)ter (1. 22), etc. I. 9. tfym, 1. 10. tfyr. Notice the dative, the " object of influence " after the adjectives (till and fyefttg. Such use is especially common when jit precedes, as in this case. II. lo-n. liefjen . . . ron etnanber, did not separate. Page 140. line 6. immer ntdpt, a frequent union of these two words, never. 1. 12. ifjrer Jttutter, dat. after oorlefen. 1. 15. fid? nid?t in ben (Sebanfen ftnben, could not realize. 1. 17. mcrbc, 1. 18. roollc, 1. 19. tniiffe, depend upon fagte. 1. 21. allein, here, but. Cf. note to p. 4, 1. 2. Page 141. lines, blirdptpan'bcrt, insep. traversed. If the stress of meaning rested upon the burd), the part. bur(f)'gettmnbert would have been used. 1. 13. {]Crum, cf. note to p. IO, 1. 14. jungen. Notice the weak pi. following a plural pron. Cf. 2Bir 9Uten, 1. 23, cf. note to p. 10, 1. 16. 1. 17. amm nur faum u'bcr, was scarcely visible over, just hovered above. 294 NOTES. 1. 30. ifyr, upon her head. Page 143. line 2. Hefe, here, permitted. 1. 10. n>ir mollen. Cf. note, p. 48, 1. i. 1. 28. babtnuttter, do, -when. 1. 25. Der (Erid?. The definite article is used before a proper name to indicate a person well known, or when the case would be ambiguous. i. 26. itjm, to or for him. 1. 29. roiirbc. The fut. subj., toerbe, might be used here. Page 150. line 12. bjnaus, sc. ju fommen; trans, escape. 1. 31. ben, over which, ace. of space passed over. Page 151. line 16. ^rcunblidjfcit, gen. after ungeroobnt. 1. 18. (eild?tete ib.tr, held the light for her. 1. 26. 311, in connection with. Page 152. line x. (Dftern, notice the pL form (dat.), lit., "in tht Easter days," used as a noun, and regarded as sing. The gender is usually masc. though neut. and fern, forms occur. 1. 6. in feme, cf. note to p. 147, 1. 7. 1. 8. als trete, as [it would seem] if. Notice the tense, which is the same as though the quotation bad been made directly, evS tvttt etiuaS grembeS, etc. 1. 9. bageroefen, sc. tear. IMMENSEE. 295 1. 10. Jt?enn, whenever; a(8 is more common when the verb in a sub- ordinate sentence indicates past time. 1. 20. Kraut, used collectively. Page 153. line 3. After pflegen supply ju thun. 1. 12. StC fyabcn fid? and? nod? ; trans, but you too have not yet. 1. 17. Fletnes is unnecessary, but is used as often in English, "a little bit," etc. Page 154. line 3. Staubfaben ge3ab.lt, that is to classify the plants according to the system of Linnaeus, the famous Swedish botanist. 1. 6. nebertan, here = tm ^fbenjtmmer (1. 2). 1. 25. in ber, emphatic, in this. Page 155. line n. fjabe, for the tense, cf. note to p. 152, 1. 8. 1. 18. auf Si. Garten, sc. Church. 1. 19. barunt, on that account. 1. 28. geroefen, sc. jeieft. Page 156. line 13. fd?Uttette mtt. Certain verhs used trans, in Eng. are used intrans. in German. Cf. also flatfdjte in tie >dnbe. I. 27. fctn Ctgenes (Seftd^t, character of its own. Page 157. line 12. als ernxirte, notice the tense in indirect quota- tions, which, in this form with ol8, resembles an incomplete hypothetical period. II. 13-14. tmmcr ntdpt etntreten roollte, -would not occur. 1. 16. gefyt's fyter rcdpt = ift biefeg ber redjte SBeg. 1. 19. jat's benn, colloq. = 3fi e benn. 1. 20. KctttC fyalbe Pfetf Cobaf, before a pipe is half smoked. obaf, dial, for abaf. 1. 21. tjabcn's = haben @ie, an unusual contraction, found only in rude speech. 1. 26. fyinroeg, cf. note to p. 10, 1. 14. Page 158. line 5. baraus fjernor, forth from their midst. 1. 14. igfeit nid?t, not to (ace.) all eternity. 1. 19. tDorben for geiDorben, possible only in colloq. use. 1. 21. eit, bic, that is, it is due only to the time, during which. Page 162. line 10. IPO er bcrcn fjabfyaft toerben fonntc, wher- ever he could collect them, 1. 17. Don efyebctn, of the past, of early days. 1. 24. 2Jbenb, the west. 1. 30. ergab cr fid? barein, submitted. Page 163. lines 13-14. nur urn . . . nid?t etroa, in order not by any means. \. 20. ailf is used in the sense of " up," " upon," and also in going from a limited space to one that is more open (ace.), as auf bie 3agb, to the hunt ; Ollf ba anb, to the country; ailf belt SDfarft (-pla&), and, correspondingly, with the dative in a locative sense. Page 164. line i. Sd?naberb,upferl, a South German and Swiss designation for snatches of song of from two to four lines, often humorous or mocking in tone, usually improvised and adapted to some person or occasion, and sung while dancing. The word meant originally verses sung in the harvest festival (from fdjnetben, reap). 1. 3. anflingen, strike up. 1. 6. Dingern. The plural of this word in -cr is often used in a depre- ciative or contemptuous signification. 1. 10. ITlariengarn or 2Jtanenfabeil, gossamer. A fine film floating in the air in the late summer, deriving its name from the legend that the Virgin, as she ascended, left parts of her robe floating behind her. 1. 14. 3d? ftanb auf fiob.cn Bergen or 3d) fianb auf hohem 33erge, is the first line of a Volkslied found in various forms and called Das Lied vom jungen Graf en, Die Nonne, Graf unJ A'onne, Die Nonne und der Konigssohn, or Die Nonne und der Ritter. Cf . Erk und Bohme's Deutscher Liederhort, Bd. I, pp. 313-323, Des Knaben IVunderhorn (1876), Bd. I, pp. 103-104. The poem is widely sung and is found in the Nether- lands as early as in the fifteenth century. Goethe wrote down a version which he discovered in Elsass. It is the story of a maiden who entered a convent because her noble lover could not wed one so poor and lowly. Page 165. line 3. Sterfe, N. G. = gtirfe, young emu, heifer, 1. 14. Pen anbern id? netftnen follt' = 3)afj id), etc. 1. 17. ts = erj. 1. 20. (Eljren, cf. note to p. 10, 1. 24. ftiinbe. arch. = fianbe. J. 22. fang' id? an, simply do. MULLER ALS SUNDENBOCK. 297 Page 166. line 23. ftieg. The preposition associated with ftetgen determines its meaning, whether it be to ascend or descend. Cf. flieg . . . oiif, p. 169, 11. 13-14, ftieg . . . htnab, p. 171, L 26. 11. 25-26. roar . . . CS tt)eg, he suddenly lost his footing. Page 167. line 26. ift aber nicfyts baraus geroorben, but -without result or / was unsuccessful. I. 27. 2)as r>erfteb,t umber cinmal Fein IHenfd?, that again no one can at all understand. II. 27-28. IPas tailfenb, deuce! zounds! From the frequent use of taufenb with nouns to indicate a vast number, or to intensify the meaning, it came to be used in exclamations, possibly, in this case, for an old gen. pi. Page 168. line 12. roollen our, here, simply shall -we. Page 169. line 28. trot . . . bas Hab, turned the -wheel -with his foot. 1. 29. eirtgefcfyirrte fjuttb. Dogs are often harnessed to draw small carts in certain parts of Germany. Page 170. line 9. bas empfangene JJlmofen, etc. Cf. note to p. 9, 1. n. Page 171. line 10. cr tfyat t>or ftd? felbjl, he made himself believe. Page 172. line 6. liige ntd?t, do not deceive me. 1. 17. (Berjoft, the group of buildings constituting a part of the manor house. por tfym auf ftieg, there rose before him ; ouf modifies 0t. 1. 24. (SetDCiffer, here, wave. PLAYS. Wiillcr a( @iinbenbo(f. The author, Roderick Benedix (1811-1873), held for many years the office of Regisseur in various theatres. He was a prolific writer of bright comedies, abounding in surprises and humorous situations. Some of the best known are : Das bemooste Haupt, Dr. IVespe, Die Hochzeilsreise, Die Eifersuchtigen, Das Lugen, Das Gefdngnis, Der Vetter, etc. The present drama is taken from a collection of Benedix' shorter plays, entitled, Hau}.- theater. Benedix published, besides, several works upon the dramatic art, German rhythm, the craze for Shakespeare, etc. 298 MOTES. The scene of the play is in Leipzig during fair time. Gottlieb Muller, a prosperous manufacturer of tin ware from Berlin, is in the city on business. He has arranged at the same time for an interview with a young widow, who has been recommended by his cousin as an eligible match. Page 174. line 2. n>o = in be m. 1. 4. id? mufjte. The inverted order would be more natural in German, miifjte id). 1. 6. Per proprjet gilt nicbts, etc. The form of the proverb varies slightly: (Sin prophet gilt ntrgenb mentger, benn in feinem SSaterlanbe unb baljeim bei ben etuen, Mark vi, 4. See also Mat. xiii, 57; John iv, 44. Page 175. line 3. Itegen geblieben, cf. note to p. 6, 1. 14. 1. 4. Sd?6n' Danf. Such expressions as @d)onen >anf, beften 2)anf, grojjen anf, trielen 2>anf, etc. are used elliptically, with the governing verb understood = id) gebe Sbnett, etc. 1. 6. Sd?Ieilftngen, the capital of the former county of Henneberg, near the Schleuse, is used here as the representative of what is provincial. 1. 10. 5t, the verb stands first for emphasis. 1. 12. After fpat sc. ju geben. 1. 18. (Efyu'rtnger. See note to p. 5, 1. 15. I. 19. gen. See note to p. i, 1. 17. II. 8-10. joollen, consent. The repetition gives a quaint formal char- acter to the letter. 1. ii. Bittc = 3d) bitte @ie. 1. 12. gcborenc, by birth. A lady in Germany retains her original family name, using it upon her card and in signatures. 1. 16. gefyt CS tntmer ail, it will answer at all events. 1. 19. nobel. Miiller uses certain current terms, which constitute a stylish slang. 1. 23. roic ITtaj im IPallenftein. Muller cites loosely on several occa- sions popular quotations, caught sometimes from the stage, which he mis- applies. The above quotation he ascribes to Max, the youthful hero in Schiller's drama of Wallenstein. Cf. p. 177, 1. 7. 1. 26. fctn/ trans, one's. ift bodp nidjts, amounts to nothing, ends in nothing. 1. 27. fcb,abe, cf. note to p. 49, 1. 16. Page 177. line i. bie for ba, cf. note to p. 5, 1. 8. 1. 2. IDetfj id? bod? jetjt, now I know at last, etc. 1. 3- IDorC, Had it not been for. 1. 5. ncbcnbet, incidentally. MULLER ALS SUNDENBOCK. 299 1. 10. a favorite actor in Weimar in the time of Goethe (1804-16). He wrote several plays. The Kammerdiener is the story of a footman who by virtue of his court experience, pretended to be a nobleman, and, under various assumed titles, made love to wealthy ladies. He was discovered when, in a double guise, he paid his addresses at the same time to a rich Jewess, Madame Hirsch, and to her niece. He was, however, later successful, and won the hand of a wealthy widow, the Frau von Donner. 1. 20. ^iir mid? Farm id? ftetjen, I can answer for myself. 1. 21. H?er Fomtte and?, is there any one who could. 1. 29. S. D. auf bctt H&fttt,/rVtttfJ against his back, holds behind him. Page 181. line 4. benFen, imagine, divine. 1. 6. Don roegen, On account of. 13. 8-9. bem grunen (Elefanten, the name of the inn. I. 14. ut befteQr Ijcit. 1. 24. alle btc. The definite article is more commonly omitted after a tie in the pi. = alle >ute. 1. 25. The first bte is a rel. pron., the second a demons. id? miifjte, cf. note to p. 174, 1. 4. bet Hotbjcfytlben, of the Rothschilds, the famous bankers of Frankfurt and of the leading cities of Europe. Page 188. lines 4-5. Staatsannwlt orne, gucfytfjaus. He enumerates the various judicial officers who would intervene, and the punishment which would result from his offense. I. 24. ITtemetroegen, I have no objections. Page 190. line i. Das, all these. II. 3-4. farm es bod?, toirb es aud?, mufe C5 fogar, notice the increasing strength of his affirmation. 1. 4. gcben, cf. note to p. 112, 1. i. 1. 10. 8Ied?iniitler, Tinplate-Muller. 1. 15. mid, demand. \. 27. bafj id? id) bin, that I am myself. 1. 28. unb btcfcs mettt 3^?/ and this id) or ego of mine. Page 191. line 4. fufyren, cite, adduce. 1. n. bcr pfyotograpfy miite, unless the photographer. 1. 18. poIt3CtrPtbrtg fya'^Itcfy, so ugly as to incur the suspicion of the police. 1. 19. Obrigfett is used in a coll. sense, authorities, pon brtgfeiis U>egen. Notice the mas. gen -8, attached to CbriflfeU. Page 192. line 2. 2lllcrbtngs, to be sure (you were innocent). 1. 19. btc {ftagc. For the question see the end of the preceding scenes, p. 179,1. 22, p. 184,1. 12. Page 193. line 22. mand?e, sc. )ame. 1. 24. Don 3 uan or ^ on Giovanni, the typical libertine, based on a Spanish legend of the fourteenth century of Don Juan Tenorio of Seville. The incident has been dramatized by Moliere (1665), Thomas Corneille in Le Festin de Pierre (1673), A. Dumas (1863). It is the subject of a comedy by the Italian dramatist Goldoni (1765). It was the theme of a musical ballet by Gluck (1765) and of Mozart's famous opera, Don Gio- vanni (1787); of Byron's Don Juan, and of dramas by Grabbe, Lenau and others. Page 194. line 14. 3*? bin rooljl nidpt red?t, lam possibly mistaken. Page 195. line 23. Fefyre = irf) bin jitrudgefehrt. Page 196. line 5. bcr IPal^r^ctt, dat. after nafye. 302 NOTES. 1. 18. Hebe = Jit or jlir SRebf, ftcrfcn. tehen takes here a kind of ace. (possibly an original gen.). Cf. a similar use of ftffyen with iUiann. 1. 21. bas roa're, that (I should hope) is settled. Cf. note to p. 226. 1. 1 8. Page 197. line 6. Sic maren, subj. of surprise or dissent. 1. 9. Sd?metd?le . . . fyoffe. Notice the omission of the subject i(f). 1. 10. iias Sie an einem Hamen fya'ncjen, why you so cling to a name; tt)a8 = trjarum. 1. 27. einanber = ftd) etnanber. Page 207. line i. bas liefje, potential subj. (viitcr nuif; licirntcit. The author, Alexander Viktor Wilhelmi, whose real name was Zech- meister, was born in Ofen, in 1817, and died in Meran in 1877. He was an actor and playwright, who is now known mainly by several minor com- edies, Einer muss heiraten, Er hat recht, Der lelzte Trumpf and Mil den Wolfen muss man heulen. Einer muss heiraten is a dramatization of a popular fiction in the lives of the Brothers Grimm. See p. 250. 3 orn ' s a synonymn of rimm. Page 208. line i. Hicfytio., Just as I anticipated. 1. 3. mer!ten, potent, subj. = itnb ftc roiirben md)t ntcrlen. 1. 6. als ob itjr . . . tjattet. For the subj. see note to p. 23, 1. 4. Page 209. line 8. roare, potential subj. to soften the positiveness of an assertion. 1. 12. Itrfprungs, gen. of characteristic or pred. gen. 1. 15. unfereins, notice the use of the neut. in a general sense, or when persons of different genders are included. 1. 23. (Eintenftfdpe, cuttlefishes, scribblers. The cuttlefish secretes a EINER MUSS HEIRATEN. 303 dark fluid or ink which it emits to darken the water when pursued, and which forms the basis of the brown color, sepia, used by artists. 1. 27. folltc mtr aud? nod? fefylett, Catch me doing that or / have not got as far as that yet. Page 210. line 2. ^ufrjebens, a colloq. use, for ^lufheben. 1. 4. cittern/ dat. of possess., here used to supply the defective declen- sion of man. 1. 14. Stiirf roerf ift bes IHenfd^en 2Diffen, a biblical quotation : ,,S)enn unfer SBiffen tjt tiicfroerf unb unjer SBdejagen ift tiicfroerf." i Cor. xiii, 9, For we know in part and we prophesy in part. Cf. Goethe's iphigenie, 11. 688-89. llnb roa mtr tfjun tft, toie e3 ttjnen roar, Soil anuf)' unb eitel tflefmerf. 1. 16. tpie relates to folcfjer. 1. 17. licbcn, cf. note to p. 6, 1. 9. 1. 18. Die, demon., such people. 1. 20. follen belongs with both the preceding verbs batten (1. 19) and feben. ^reube bacon fjaben, may reap the benefit of it. 1. 24. profdne, common, everyday. 1. 30. IDarum id? lebe? = @ie fragen roarum, etc. I. 31. ZTun fet|' mtr einerl Look a-here now! or Just see {the fellow'} ! Page 211. line i. jierjt nid?t or jieht bet mir nid)t, does not hold, will not go down with me. II. 3-4. Das tft . . . DorcjeFommen, That never occurred to me! I never heard the like of that ! 1. 10. cud), cf. note to p. 139, 1. 9. 1. 16. bleiben bet ber Stange or an ber batten, stick to the point. The use of tange in this sense may be derived from ^flblieitftange, colors, banner = stick to one's flag, or from SBagenftttltge = whiffle-tree, remain in the traces. \. 20. mitfj mit betnen guten er[ren,/<^/ &>dd? = roelcf) etn. 1. Q. alfo (Slitcf 3U, therefore success to you. 11 ii. bet bcm, that is, SBilhelm. Page 218. linen. mu baran, sc. geben. tptr roollcn betbe ntd^t, both of us do not desire to. 1. 30. gctjt leer aus, escapes free. Page 219. line i. ben, that is, ben roetfeen. 1. 2. bas glaube id?, / should say so. ba Fonnte jeber f ommen ; the language is quite loose, in that case any one might venture it. 1. 9. barauf foil es mtr md?t anfommen, I will not insist upon it. I. 19. a,C3ogen, part, for imp. Cf. note to p. I, 1. 17. Page 220. line 4. md^ts ba 1 Not this time. II. lo-n. 3d? b' n & cs Cobes, I am a dead man ; 2obe8, pred. gen. 11. 15-16. franf unb fret, a fixed alliterative formula. 1. 22. ir alfo, a kind of potential subj. often called the " confirmatory subjunctive," in which the affinration takes this form. Cf. note to p. 196. 1. 21. 1. 26. Du trtttft tjtn, indie, for imp. Page 227. line 6. 3. 23. = gum 33eifpiel,/mtfdj, adj. West-Ro- Slbcitbfdjcin, m. -, -e, evening glow, evening-sky. [glow of evening. 9(bcnbf rfjimmrr, m. -, , evening-red, Stbenbfonnenbuft, M. -3, -"e, evening vapor, twilight haze. 3(bcitbfi)iutcii|rticiit, m. -, -e, evening sunlight, sunset light. 2(benbfHUe,/. stillness of evening. 9l6enbtt)0lfe,/. w. evening cloud. Mbrnb^ug, m. -, -"e, evening train. '.Hbnttrucr, . -, , adventure, en- terprise. [^". aventure.] aber, con/, but, however, moreover ; adv. again. 3tbcrgl(iubc(H), m. -n, -n, supersti- tion, [abet over, over faith]. abcrmali?, adv. again. abfalircn, fufjr , -gefaljrcn, intr. f., set out, depart. Mbfafjrt,/. -w. departure. abfuUcn, pel , -flefallen, intr. f., fall off; revolt. obfcrttgcn, sep. tr. dispatch, dismiss, rebuff. [fly off. abfUeflcn, flog , -defloflen, intr. f., abgcbcn, gab , -gcgeben, tr. deliver, give up ; be good for, make ; reft. occupy oneself with (mit). abgefyen, gtng , -gcgangcn, intr. f., go off, depart, deviate (from) ; auf = unb , go up and down ; tr. wear out; pace off, measure. 2lbgcfanbte(r), m. infl. as adj. envoy, ambassador, representative. Slbgcfd)ieftc(r), see abfcfjitfen. obgcftfimntft, adj. insipid, flat ; absurd. abgcftorbcn, part. adj. dead, extinct, from abfterben. Slbgott, m. -<, ^cr, idol. Stbnrunb, m. -Z, M e, chasm, precipice; whirlpool, oblinltcn, {jtelt , -gefjalten, tr. hold off, avert, prevent, detain ; hold, at- tend. ftbfyang, m. -, "c, slope, declivity, abfjangcn, tjing , -gcfjangen, intr. \). (toon), depend on. abf)o(cn, sep. tr. go and get, fetch; call for (a person). (tbfiutcit, sep. tr. plan, plot, abfclircti, sep. tr. turn aside, avert ; refl. turn away, obloffcn, liejj , -gelaffen, intr. ., leave off, desist. Slblauf, m. -t%, u e, expiration, end ; result. ablcgcn, sep. tr. take off, lay aside; remove one's wraps. 3io VOCABULARY. ablicfcrn, sep. tr. deliver, contribute, abmnrficn, sep. tr. conclude, settle, nbitclimcu, naljm , -flenommen, tr. take off or away ; intr. diminish, de- crease, [(a tune or air). abpfcifcn, pfifj , -gepfiffcn, tr. whistle rtbpflurfcn, sep. tr. pluck, gather, obrotcn, sep. tr. and tntr. (dat.) net , -geratcn, dissuade from (Don), advise against. Slbrcbc,/. w. agreement, stipulation, aibrcife, /. -w. departure. [out. nbrctfcn, sep. intr. \. or ., depart, set nbrctfjnt, rife , -gerifjen, tr. tear off, pull. down. abridging, /. w. training, adjustment, obrufcn, rtef , -gerufcn, tr. call away, recall. [detestable, ob(rf)rnlitf), adj. horrible, abominable, obfd)iefcnh.ctt, /. -. absence, nb.vrlim, 309 , -flejogen, tr. draw or take off, divert, distract; intr. f., withdraw. 8lbjU(J, m. -, *e, departure. Stcccnt', m. -(e), -e, accent, stress, nrt), interj. oh I ah I alas! Sl^ffl, / w. shoulder, [fr. ^]t, axle.] arf)t, num. eight. 9lc^t,/. u>. heed, care, attention; ban, prescription ; ftd) in nefjmen, take care, be on one's guard. Sldltcl, . -, ; a^tel, adj. eighth (part). nrfitcn, tr. esteem, respect; fur, deem, consider, take for; intr. {)., ouf, heed, pay attention to. ndtt'ncbcn, gab , -gegeben, intr. b,., pay attention, watch ; attend to ( auf). nrf|tinib;,iiuiii;,in, num. twenty-eight. aif)t,^rf)itt, -er, -e, -e, num. eighteenth. 21d)tung,/. esteem, regard. ridden, intr. 1) , groan, moan. Hifer, i. -a, a, field. VOCABULARY. 9lbel, m. -3, nobility, distinction of birth. 2lbler, m. -3, , eagle, [abet = ebcl 4- .] 9lbref'fe, /. TV. address. [F.] >/(fli)V'tcii, n. -3, Egypt. 2((jt)t>'ier, m. -3, , Egyptian. flliitcn, tr, have a presentiment of, fore- bode; anticipate; suspect; impers. (dat.) have a presentiment. a(|nltd), adj. similar, like; fefjen, (with dat.) resemble. 2(()itung, /. TV. presentiment, notion. 3(ft, m. -e, -e, act (anb(e), fr. >anb, = side, kind.] allcrlci, adj. (indecl.) of every kind, divers, [fr. aller 2ei, sort.] nUcrttebft, adj. charming, delightful. aUerorten, adv. everywhere. [Old w. gen.pl] allflcmcin, adj. universal, general. allf)icr, adv. here (emphatic). oUmiit^'ttfl, adj. almighty. nUmafj'Hd), adj. gradual; adv. by de- grees, [cog. gemcufc.] Ml'mofen, n. -3, , alms. 9Kpe,/. w. (usually plural), Alps. flip n art), w. -, village on the bay of the same name, south of Lake Lu- cerne, in the Canton of Unterwalden. al r conj. in subordinate sentences re- ferring to past time, when, as, since ; followed by the inverted order, as if ; after a comp., adj. preceded by ju or anber in clauses denoting a result, than ; after a negative, but, save ; with nouns in appos., in pred. as, as being (in the capacity of) ; ob, menu, as if, as though, [atfo.] aldbalb, adv. immediately, instantly. at'fo, conj. accordingly, then, hence. al|i>', adv. thus, so. . flit (fitter, filteft), adj. old. Mltoc' and 2U'tnr, m. -4, ^fi're, altar. [L. altus, elevated^ 2ttter, . -, , age. iiltlirt), adj. elderly. n(t'mobifrf), adj. old-fashioned. autfttmme, /. w. alto voice ; terbedte (subdued alto), contralto voice. am = an bent. ftmcrifa, n. -3, America. '.Hmicitv, n. chief city of the department of the Somme in northern France. Slmtmniw, m. -3, "er or -leute, mag- istrate, steward, warden. an, prep, (with dat. or ace.) at, by, beside ; on ; to, used as sep. prefix. oitDtrtcii, bot , -Qeboten, tr. offer. nitbltrfcu, sep. tr. look on, glance at. anbrcnncn, brannte , -gebrannt, tr. light; intr. \., take fire. 312 VOCABULARY. n, adj. devout, reverent, [next. nnbcr, adj. other ; different ; second ; (tnbermal, adv. another time. dnbmt, tr. (also reft.) alter, change. anber, adv. otherwise, differently. anbcrdtDO, adv. elsewhere. Slncrbicttn, n. 3, offer. oncricnncn,criannte , -erlannt, tr. recognize ; acknowledge. ftncrfcnnung, /. TV. recognition, ac- knowledgment. 91 it f nng, m. -(e), *e, beginning; on an, from the outset. anfangcn, ftng , -gefangen, tr. be- gin ; do. anfang(id), adv. at the beginning, at first. MitfangSburfjfttibc, m. TV. initial letter. onfnficn, sef.tr. seize, grasp. anfragcn, fragte , -gefragt, intr. h., ask, inquire, of (bet) ; for (nod)). anfitdrcn, sep. tr. lead; cite; dupe. aitgcbcn, gab , -gegeben, tr. allege, state, indicate, suggest. angrfycn, ging , -gegangen, intr. go on ; begin ; be practicable, feasible ; answer, do ; tr. approach, solicit, concern. angctiorcn, intr. 1)., (dot.) belong to. Mtiflclcgcnljcit, /. TV. affair, concern, business. angclcgcntlid), adj. urgent, pressing, zealous. ongclcfjnt, fart. adj. ajar, [anlebnen.] angenefjm, adj. agreeable, pleasant, [genebm/r. nebmen, acceptable.] angrfcfycn, part. adj. respected, im- portant, distinguished, [anfeben.] 9lngcfttf)t, n. -, -er, face, countenance. ungeftammt, [part.] adj. hereditary. [fr. obs. anftammen.] 2tngcftcUte(r), m. infl. as adj. official ; employee. angeiuurjelt, fart. adj. rooted to the spot, paralyzed. mtfltobcn, sep. tr. stare or glare at. mtgrctfen, griff , -gegrtffen, tr. take hold of ; affect. angrinfcn, sep. tr. grin at. 'Jlitflft, /. a g, anxiety, distress, fear. [re/, to enfle.] angftigcn, tr. trouble, worry. iingftliif), adj. anxious, timid, anguifen, sep. tr. look at, peep at. anfaltcn, hidt , -gefjatten, tr. check, stop ; rein in ; intr. stop. anl)aurf)cii, sep. tr. breathe upon, anfjcbcn, hob or ljub , -ge^oben, tr. or intr. lift up ; begin, anfjrimrln, sep. tr. remind of home, nitliurcn, sep. tr. listen to ; perceive by listening (with dot. of pers. and ace. of thing). antlagcn, sep. tr. (with gen.) accuse, blame, attflcibcn, sep. tr. dress, clothe ; refl. dress (oneself). anfltngen, flang , -flellungen, intr. b., chime in, accord, nnflovfcit, sep. intr. b., ace. -with an, and dot. with bet, knock (at), tap. nntnitpirn, sep. tr. unite, tie ; begin. anfommcn, fam , -gefommen, intr. f ., arrive ; e fommt tnit nitbt barauf an, it does not matter to me ; auf, depend upon ; turn or hinge upon ; matter, be of importance, aiiirbmmling, m. -%, -e, new-comer, visitor. anfiinbcn, sep. tr. announce, proclaim. Mnfunft, /. coming, arrival. [anfom= men.] anlangcn, sep. intr. \., arrive; tr. con- cern, anlcgcn, sep. tr. place against ; point, aim (a gun) ; devise, build. Slnlcitjc, /. w . loan. Slnltegen, . -78, , request, demand ; ein fcorbrtngen, make a request. VOCABULARY. 313 91ttmut, /. grace. oiimutig, adj. attractive, graceful. Sin ito I) me,/, w. acceptance, adoption; assumption. anitf fimen, nafjm , -genomtnen, tr.ac- cept, assume ; refl. (-with gen.) take charge of, interest in. [tion, order. Slnorbnung, /. w. arrangement, direc- i, sef.tr. lay hold of, seize. , m. -, shock, reflection. Sln'rebe,/. w. address, form of address. onrcbcn, sef. tr. speak to, address. anriif)ren, sep. tr. touch ; affect ; stir. unfaufdn, tr. fan; (colloq) intoxicate slightly ; fart, ongejaujelt, tipsy. anfrt)nncn, sef. tr. look at, observe. Shifting, m. -(e), *e, stroke; esti- mate, plan ; plot, device ; in britu gen, take into account. ort, /. w. answer. anttoorten, tr. (dat. of person, also with auf and ace.) answer, respond to. antnanbeln, sep. tr. come upon, come over ; seize, befalL anit)c()cn, tr. blow upon or against. unmcfcnb, adj. present ; bte 9tnroe[en= ben, the company. (, /. number. , . -, , sign, mark. , jog , -gejogen, tr. draw on, put on ; intr. \., approach, begin (service), enter (upon an office). attjiefyenb, part. adj. attractive, inter- esting. Sitting, m. -4, ^e, attire, dress, clothes ; approach. an.viiiScii, sep. tr. kindle, light. Slpfcl, m. -%, "-, apple. \Hliul6a, n. -%, city on the Ilm in Saxe-Weimar. SHHittti', m. -, appetite. [F.] Stprif ofcnbaum, m. -, a t, apricot-tree. arabifd), adj. Arabic, Arabian. ftrbctt, /. iv. work, labor. ar'beiten, intr. or tr. I)., work, study. 3trbeiter, m. -$, , laborer. 'Mrlicitcbcutcl, m. j, , work-bag. 314 VOCABULARY. arbriti'ficifj, adj. heated by work. 'J(rbcitt. explanation; en- lightenment, illumination. VOCABULARY. 315 (Utffftnfcn, sep. tr. unlatch, nuffitiipfcn, sep. tr. unbutton, auflcbcii, sep. intr. f., revive, return to life. 9luftbfitiifl, /. w. solution ; breaking up, dissolution, nufmnrtjen, sep. tr. open; reft, rise; set out, begin a journey, aitfmnumt, sep. tr. build up or erect (a wall). nufmcrffnm, adj. attentive. Mufmertfamfcit, /. w. attention, con- sideration. aufncfimen, nabm , -genommen, tr. take up or in ; receive ; shelter, oufopfern, sep. tr. sacrifice, offer, anfpaftcn, sep. intr. b., attend, watch. oufpffanjcn, sep. tr. set up, place, nufrnffcit, sep. tr. snatch up, collect; refl. rise quickly ; collect oneself, aufraumctt, sep. tr. put in order, clear up (a room). aufreiftcn, rife ,-geriffen, tr. tear open. Slufrcgung, /. -w. commotion, excite- ment, agitation. aufroUcn, sep. tr. roll up; unroll nitfriiUcln, sep. tr. shake up, arouse. aufS = auf ba. nuffrfiniicit, sep. intr. look up . auffcijlagcn, jd)(ug , -gejcblagen, tr. throw up or open, raise ; open, cast up (the eyes). nufirf)licjjcit, ftbloj} , -gefdjloffen, tr. unlock, disclose. rtutfrtinciSnt, sep. tr. cut open; intr. swagger, brag, exaggerate, auffrfjrcibcn, fdjrieb , -gejtbrteben, tr. write down, note, auffrfjrcicn, fcbrie , -gefdjrieen, intr. cry out. ouffcfjcn, fal) , -gefeben, intr. b., look up. auffeften, sep. tr. put on ; set up ; build, nmiprinnrn, jprang / -flefprungen, intr. \., spring up; burst open. ouffterfen, sep. tr. stick or set up. aufftefien, ftanb , -ueflanben, intr. )"., stand up, rise. aiifftcigcit, ftteg , -gcfliegen, intr. \., ascend, rise. aufftcUcn, sep. tr. set up, raise, erect. auffiofcen, ftteg , -fleftofeen, tr. push or kick open. auffurfjcn, sep. tr. seek (out), search for. Sluftrag, m. -ei, a t, errand, order, commission. ouftrct&cn, trieb , -flctricbcn, tr. raise, levy. nuftrctcn, trat , -getreten, intr. f., step forth ; appear. 3tuftritt, m. -, -e, appearance, scene (of a play). (tufnmrfjcn, sep. intr. f., wake up. 9(uftt>anb, m. -(e), expense ; sumptu- ousness, pomp. auf marten, intr. b., wait upon, attend. aufiucrfcn, marf , -gemorten, tr. cast up, raise; refl. put oneself forward as; set up for (with al or ju) ; as- sume (an office). aufroicgcn, roog , -fleroogen, tr. out- weigh, counterbalance. Slufjeidjnung, /. w. note, memoran- dum. cn, jog , -gejogen, tr. draw or pull up. ftufjug, m. -<, % procession, act (of a play). *.Hupc, n. -%, -en, eye. [moment. Slugcnblirf, m. -, -e, glance of the eye ; nugcnbttcflirf), adj. momentary, imme- diate ; adv. instantly. 2lugcnfd)cin, m. -3, view ; in nebs men, take a view of. 9(ugenfd)ntcrj, m. -(e)3, -en, pain in the eye. SluflcnUicf), . -(e)3, pain in the eyes. 'Jiugletn, . -3, , dim. little eye. ftit'guft, m. -3, August. VOCABULARY. au, prep, with dot. out, from, out of; because of ; adv. out, forth ; over, done ; used as sep. prefix. aiic-befkrii, sep. tr. mend, repair. Hud&Ubung,/. education, culture. auS&ittcn, bat , -flebeten, tr. beg or ask for, request ; insist upon, aut-boliren, sep. tr. bore, drill, audbrcitcn, sep. tr. spread out, extend, auybrcnnen, brannte , -gebrannt, tr. or intr. burn out, cease to burn. auSbeljncn, sep. tr. extend, stretch. HuSbrurf, m. -(c), "e, expression, phrase. ttUi-briirfcii, sep. tr. express, niu'cinnnbcr, adv. apart, cutscinanbergefien, sep. intr. \., separ- ate, disperse, auscinonbcrttyun, scf. tr. tfyat , -ge* tt)an, undo ; reft, separate, auseinanbcrtretcit, trat , -getreten, sep. intr. \., separate, ausjfafjrcn, fufjr , -gefaljren, intr. f., drive out. 9tuC'flurf)t, /. -ae, escape, evasion, ou^frogen, fragte , -gefragt, tr. question, examine, sound {a person). ouSfufyrlidj, adj. extensive, detailed. ainc(t, /. outer world. auger, prep, -with dot. outside of, be- sides, except; fief), beside one- self. VOCABULARY. 317 8nfier, adj. outer, external; ba Sujjcre, exterior, appearance. nuftcrbcm, adv. apart from that, be- sides, moreover. aufterfjalb,/^/. w#// gen. outside of. aitftcrn, /r. utter, express. aujtcrurbCHtlirf), <(;'. extraordinary, remarkable ; adv. exceedingly. oufjcrft, adv. very, extremely. aiu-fchcn, sep. expose; postpone; refl. subject oneself. KuSftajt,/. w. outlook, prospect, view. '.Hitofvrnriic, /. w . pronunciation. au$f|)rr(f)cn, fpracf) , -gefprodjen, tr. speak out, finish ; utter, express ; pronounce, declare. 5Husftnttiutfi,/. W. dowry. oitvftcrficii, ftad) , -geftodien, *r. pierce, put out (the eyes). [alight. uudftrtocn, ftteg , -gefttegen, intr. \., uwSftcrbcn, sep. intr. \. ftarb , -$& ftorben, die out, become extinct. ait-vftoficit, jitefj , -geftofjen, tr. drive out. aut'firerfcn, sep. tr. stretch out. auyftrcucit, sep. tr. scatter, sow; dis- seminate; disperse. autffiirficn, sep. tr. seek out, select, choose. au^tapcjtmn, sep. tr. hang with tap- estry, to paper. audtrtnlen, Iran! , -getrunfen, tr. drink up, drain. J, /. w. choice. fl, m. -e, -e, way (out), es- cape. autvenbtg, adj. outward, by heart. aun)ifdjcn, sep. tr. wipe (out). aitd5cidjnen, sep. tr. distinguish. augjiefycn, 309 , -gejngcn, tr. draw out, pull of ; undress; intr. \., with- draw, march out. MjcnBerg, m.-%, or Wjeuflul), a moun- tain rising perpendicularly from the east shore of Lake Lucerne, In the Canton of Uri. i'nd), m. -c, ^e, brook. Snrfcnftrcid), m. -3, -t, blow or tap on the cheek. 93ob, n. -, -^r, bath. ^agbab, n. -, Bagdad, city on the Tigris in Turkey,seat of the Caliphs (762-1258). Saf)ttbcamtc(r), m. infl. as adj. rail- way official. f , m. -e, -"e, railway station. g, m. -e. ^e, railway train. 6olb, rt^/y. soon ; balb . ba(b, now . . . now. fallen, m. -, , beam, perch. 9anb, . -c, -, band, bond ; nt. pi. "(, volume ; a er, ribbon, string, boiigif), adj. (banger, bangft, also banger, bangft), anxious, afraid. [from bc-ange (= enge).] 9anf,/. a e, bench. SBanf(c)rott', m. -(e), -, insolvency, bankruptcy. [Ital. bancorotto.] SaufrolHc rcr, m. -, , bankrupt. JBumtfiirftcr, m. -, , forester of the reservation. Conner, or Sane'r, 3ob,ann, (1596- 1641), an able Swedish General in the Thirty Years' War. SBor, m. w. bear, ^nrbaroffn, m. -%, Barbarossa, Ital. form of Rotbart, Red Beard, applied to the Emperor Frederick the First, pp. 102-105. SBurbicr', m. -, , barber. SBurcnbcrg, m. -3, Cutter am , near Wolfenbiittel, scene of Tilly's victory over Christian IV, Aug. 26, 1626. VOCABULARY. 2tart, m. -e, **, beard. iflartpu^er, m. ~, , barber. SJnftci',/. w. bastions. [O. F. bastie.] Sew, m. -eS, -e, dwelling, building, structure (//. usually Stouten); cultivation. [mate. $nuanfd)lag, m. -, a e, builder's esti- bitiirn, tr. build ; cultivate (land). ittaucr, /. - 0r -n, -n, peasant, farmer. SBnucr, m. or w. -, , cage, bower. ^nurriiuolf, n. -, peasantry. !Buum, m. -e, "e, tree. $)(iumrt)cn, n. -, , small tree. SBaunteiftcr, m. -, , builder, archi- tect. Cmimf rf)attcn, m. 3, , shade of a tree. Suumftnfc, /. w. ; -ftofen, m. -, , trunk of a tree. Staumftamm, m. -(e), a e, tree-trunk. 'i'niiniituiiuif , m. -, a e. tree-stump. !flnumH)ur,',cl, /. w. root of a tree. 33al)crn, n. -, Bavaria. bat)(c)rtfd), a^'. Bavarian. &e- f insep. prefix. It gives to /r. and t/r. verbs an intensive sense ; changes intr. verbs to tr. by virtue of the prefix. SBcamte(r), m. -n, -n, (civil) officer, official. \j>art. bcamtete.] bcitrbcitcn, tr. elaborate ; treat ; thrash. Skouffidjtigung,/. w. inspection, con- be ben, intr. I), tremble. [trol. SBcdjer, m. -, , goblet, beaker. [M. L. bicarium.] bebanrcn, -w. refl. thank; decline. bebaucrn, tr. regret; pity. Ucaerfeit, tr. cover. bebcnfcn, bebadjte, bebat^t, &., con- sider ; provide for ; refl. deliberate. !8e&ent$ett,/. TV. time for reflection. bebeutcn, tr. mean, signify ; portend. bcbeutenb, fart. adj. significant, im- portant ; considerable. bcbcutfom, adj. significant. bcbtabe'men, tr. adorn with a diadem, crown. bcbirncn, tr. serve, wait upon. ^ebiente(r), m. infl. as adj. servant. iPcbiiinuiin,/. u>. condition, stipulation, terms. bebniiifieii, tr. press, oppress; distress. bcbrriitflt, part. adj. pressed, crowded ; distressed. bebitrirn, beburfte, beburft, intr. $., (with gen.) or tr. need, require. ScbiirfniS, . -(ff)e, -(fy)c, need, want. bccilen, refl. hasten. bcfnffen, tr. grasp; contain; refl. con- cern or occupy oneself with. SkfebJ, m. -, -e, command. bcfriilcu, befall, bcfof)len, tr. and intr. (dat.) commend; command, order; summon. bcfeftiflen, tr. establish ; fortify. bcfcftigt, part. adj. fortified. bcfiitben, befanb, befunben, refl. find oneself, be ; fic^ roohl , be well. gkfinbcn, n. -, state of health. bcftnblttf), adj. to be found ; situated. befolgen, tr. follow, obey, comply with. befrcien, tr. liberate, deliver. SBefretunn,/. -w. liberation. befriebtflcit, tr. satisfy; gratify. iBcfricbigung,/. w. contentment, satis- faction ; reward. bcfitrditcn, tr. fear. bcgctien, bcgab, begebcn, refl. betake oneself; happen. bcgegncn, intr. \ (dat.) also tr. meet. begcfycn, beging, begangcn, tr. per- form ; celebrate ; commit (a folly, crime). begctjrcn, tr. desire, demand. brgciftcrn, tr. inspire, animate. bcgeiftert,/ar/. adj. inspired, enthusi- astic. bcflicrifi, adj. desirous, eager; cove- tous ; curious. VOCABULARY. begimmt, begann, begonnen, /;-. begin. bi'fllcitni, tr. accompany. Scglcttcr, m. -, , companion. JBcgletteritt,/. w. (female) companion. begrabcn, begrub, begraben, tr. bury. bcgrcttjen, tr. bound, border. begmfcn, begriff, begriffcn, tr. grasp ; understand, comprehend. SBegriff , w. -e, -e, notion ; conception ; im -e fetn, be on the point of, about (to do something.) begritfjen, tr. greet, [rufj.] begiinfrtgett, tr. favor, [unft.] bcf|(tflcn, intr. I), (dat.), please, satisfy ; imp. (dat.) like. bdiiuilirli, adj. comfortable. befiultcn, bel)telt, bel)a(ten, tr. keep, retain. bcftnrrcit, intr. {)., j^ w/V/z bet, in, and auf, . garrison. bcfcfiiiftiflcii, tr. employ, occupy ; refl. be occupied, engaged ; mit, busy oneself with. ,/. v. employment, occu- pation, pursuit. befdjctbcit, adj. modest, discreet. [Old form of part, from v. befdjeiben.] bcfrticnfrii, tr. bestow upon, present one with (mit). '-Brfdimutfl, /. w. giving; distribution (of Christmas gifts) ; etne fd)6ne , a pretty business. bcfdjirmcn, tr. protect. bcfrtilrtflcn, befrf)lug,bef<&laflen,/r. shoe (a horse'). bcfrtilicfjfii, beirfflofc, befeftloffen, tr. conclude, finish; decide, determine upon. 8efd|luft f m. -(ff)e, ^(ffje, end, con-" elusion ; decree, canon. bcfrtiriinft, part. adj. narrow, limited, small. [bc)(ftran{en.] bcfdircibcn, bcf^rteb, beftftrieben, tr. describe. S3cfd)ulbiflunn,/. TV. accusation, charge. btfdjiifecn, tr. protect, defend. bcfd)crlid), adj. burdensome, trouble- some, inconvenient ; einem fallen, inconvenience, be a burden to one. bcfrf)Wid)ttgcn, tr. allay, appease. bcfd)tporen, beWroor, bcf^moren, tr. confirm by oath ; conjure. bcfcclcn, tr. inspire, animate, [spect. bcfclicit, befa^, befefjen, tr. look at, in- bcfcftcn, tr. set ; adorn; occupy, garri- son ; fill (an office) ; engage. bcficflcn, tr. conquer. bcfiiiiicii, befann, befonnen, refl. con- sider, reflect ; recollect, bethink one- self ; anber , reconsider, change one's mind; jtdj ctneS SBeffcrn , think better of. Skftft, m. -e, -e, possession. bcfihf". beiafe, befeffen, tr. possess, efi$ung,/. u: possession. [have. bcfonber, attrib. adj. special, particu- lar ; peculiar ; separate ; singular, strange. VOCABULARY. 321 befonberd, adv. especially; in particu- lar. beforgcn, tr. care for, attend to, exe- cute ; forward (letters) ; prepare, pro- cure. beforgltd), adj. apprehensive, solici- tous. beforgt,/arA adj. (urn, fur, or roegen), anxious, solicitous (for). beffer (compar. of gut), adj. and adv. better. [Cf. comp. adv. bafj in fiir= bafe]. beft (superl. ^. #<#. dust-covered ; from beftauben, intr. become dusty. bcftcrfcn, tr. stick around; garnish, adorn. bcftdicit, bcfianb, beftanben, intr. h,., persist in (auf) ; au, consist of ; tr. withstand, endure ; pass exami- nation. beftcUtn, tr. arrange, order, appoint. beftimmcn, tr. destine; appoint, fix, determine, identify. befttntmt, part. adj. definite, fixed, de- termined. beftodjcit, part. adj. bribed ; from be= ftedjen. bcftrnfcn, tr. punish. bcftrcuen, tr. bestrew, besprinkle. Srfurf), m. -e, -e, visit; company, visitors. bcfurtjcii, tr. visit, call. betaubcn, //-. deafen, stun. be ten, intr. t)., pray. brirnrtitcu, tr. look upon, survey ; con- sider. Sktrodjtung, /. TV. observation, reflec- tion. betreffen, betraf, betroffen, tr. befall; concern. bctrcten, betrat, betreten, tr. tread upon ; enter upon (a career, stage). betreten, part. adj. disconcerted, con- fused. betroffen, part. adj. struck; puzzled, disconcerted ; from betreffcn. Setriiger, m. -, , deceiver. ett, n. -e, -en, bed. 8ettetnb, n. -e, -er, beggar child, betteln, intr. lj. (um), beg. Settelftnb, m. -3, "e, beggar's staff. Settler, m. -3, , beggar, mendicant SJetKertn,/. u>. beggar woman. ettttwftf>e,/. bed-linen. bcttgcn, tr. or reft, bend, bow (to, dat., before, Dor) ; submit. 33cutd, m. -3, , purse, bettor, conj. before, bnuarticii, tr. watch, guard, bciunlircn, tr. keep, preserve; guard, protect; ott beroafjre ! God forbid (avert). bewcgen, tr. or reft, move, stir. 93en>egung, /. -w. motion, movement; emotion ; commotion. belocgungiUod, adj. motionless. Sefreid, m. -(j)e, -ers.), pay for (a thing) ; also -with dat. of pers. and ace. of thing. SBejabJung,/. payment, be^aubernb, part. adj. charming, fas- cinating, [terize. bejeirfincn, tr. mark, indicate, charac- bejeidjnenb ,/-A adj. significant. 9ejief)ung,/. u<. relation, respect. SHbelroort, . -, -e, scriptural word. [93ibe(, Gr., L. biblia.] ibliotl)ef',/.w. library. [Gr.] biegen, bog, Qebogcn, tr. and intr. \). t bend. 322 VOCABULARY. Ctene,/. w. bee. SHer, n -el, -e, beer. Sterfeibel, /. -, , beer mug (N.G.) glass. [Seibet, Z,. situla, measure^ bteten, bot, geboten, /r. offer, bid. SHgamic', /. bigamy. [Gr.] Cilb, .-e, -er, form, image ; picture, painting, portrait, representation, scene. bifbcn, tr. form, shape ; cultivate, train. SHlbung, /. it', training, education, culture. [ticket. [F.] Billet' (pr. bil-yet), n. -e3, -3, or -te, biUigen, tr. approve of, assent to. biUigcrroctff, adv. (gen.) in justice, fairly ; reasonably (of p rice). binbrn, banb, gebunben, tr. bind, tie, fasten. $inbfaben, m. -S, *, thread, string. tr!e, /. w. birch (tree). gHrfenftantm, m. -I, i-e, trunk of a birch (tree). biS, prep, (of time and place) with ace. till, until ; to, as far as ; (of quan- tity), about, nearly ; conj. till, until. Often combined with other preposi- tions as bi on, auf, 3U, etc., also with bafj. 33tftt)of, m. I, *e, bishop. [Gr. epis- biHf)crig r adj. previous. -kopos.] SBtftrflcn, n. -I, , morsel, bit ; mouth- ful; bijjd)fn, m//. indecl. and pencil. SJltrf, z. -, -e, look, glance; glimpse. bltrfcn, intr. {)., look, glance. 33(inbl)ctt, /. blindness. blinjeln, /n/r. b,., blink. 5Bti(f.] S3Ii^, ;. -, -e, lightning, flash, [/r. blitjen, intr. flash, sparkle. bloft, adj. naked, bare; mere; adv. barely ; only ; merely. S3tof?e,/. nakedness. blii()cn, intr. {)., bloom, flourish. bliifyenb, fart. adj. flourishing. S3Iumc,/. w. flower. iSlumcubcct, n. -el, -e, flower-bed. Slumcnftocf, m. -4, "t, plant; flower support. Slut, n. -(e)3, blood ; family ; temper. iBIute,/. TV. blow, blossom. blutcn, //r. I)., bleed. bluttn, adj. bloody. Sorf , m. -e, -"e, billy goat, buck. 9o(fdf)orn, . -el, ^r, goat's horn, buck's horn. SJoben, m. -I, a , bottom; ground; earth, soil ; floor, garret. 9o0en, m. -S, , bow, arch ; sheet (of VOCABULARY. 323 SBogenfcfine,/. w. bowstring. Sogcnftrang, m. (e), u e, bow-string. 33bf)mcn, n. 3, Bohemia. boliiitifrt), adj. Bohemian. Somtic, /. -w. bomb. [P.] Sorb, >. -e, -e, border, board; fiber , overboard. Sorn, m. -, -t poet, for Srunncn. SBiirfe,/. TT. purse. [A/.Z,. bursa.] /. bad, wicked; angry. ^'. wicked, mischievous. ctt, /. w. malice ; wickedness. biit-lirf), adj. malicious. 33ot-. rtJ /' ^.), city in Belgian Luxemburg, with castle of Godfrey of B., p. 102. Srunb, nt.-e$, -"e, fire; conflagration. brnnbntbiirgifrfj, adj. of Brandenburg, a Prussian province in North Ger- many ; used substantively, n. district of Brandenburg. Sranbftfjabmtg, /. TV. assessment {lev- ied on a conquered town) ; extor- tion, [obs. SBranbjdjcfo, indemnity against fire.] 93ratapfe(, m. -$, *-, baked apple. Srotcn, m. -, , roast, roast meat. $ratfdje, /. w. viol. %rauri), m. -$, "*, custom. brautfjcn, tr. use ; need. bi.itui, adj. brown. bniititrn, tr. brown ; bronze, tan. brnuitgcflctft, part. adj. flecked with brown, [flerfen.] braufrn, intr. I)., roar, bluster. broufcnb,/ar/. adj. blustering, impet- uous ; rushing. raut,/. *e, betrothed, bride. rauigcwonb, . -, ^et (or -e), bri- dal gown. Srautigam, m.-$, -e, betrothed (man), bridegroom, [gen. of SJraut, and (jam, man, E. groom.] Srautpaar, n. -, . -e, *er, book. [3Bud), albung,/. w. beech forest. 2Mirflcrfram, m. -e, "e, bookish rub- bish. ^itrticritijraitf , m. -e, "e, book-case. iPiitfjcriourm, m. , "er, book-worm. S3ud)ftni(c), w. w. chaffinch. Siidjfe, /. w. musket ; rifle. 33u$ftabe, w.-n, -n, letter, character. 23ud)tt>ei,vngruljc, /. buckwheat flour. iBurf el, m. -%, , hump ; stoop. burfcn, refl. bow, stoop. SJJurfltng, m. -, -e, bow. Sulgoricn, . -3, Bulgaria. 33unb, . -(e), -e, bunch, pack; m. pi, -"e, band, tie ; league, alliance, confederation. SSiinbcl, n. (m.) -, , bundle, bunt, adj. colored, gay. S3urbc,/. w, burden, load, [bfiten.] Burg, /. w. castle, citadel. Stttrgetn, n. -, hamlet on the Schachen in Uri, the birthplace of Wilhelm TelL Siirger, m. -, , citizen, burger. Surgcrmciftcr, m. -8, , burgomaster. Surggrabcn, m. -%, , castle-moat. 9urjurse; stipend.] biirften, tr. brush. [Sorfte, bristle.] Sufdj, m. -e, "e, bush ; thicket, copse. 9ufcn, m. -5, , bosom, breast, heart. Stage, /. w. fine, penalty. Sutler, /. butter. \L. butyrum.] Sutttrf emmet, /. w. buttered roll. ceremontell, adj. ceremonial. [P.} champagne cork, [f.] Gftorot'ter, m. -4, -e, character. [Gr.] (f fiora'be (t^ = sh), /. w. charade. rfjarmant' (t^ = sh), adj. charming. [F.] (f)C'rub, m. -&, -e, or -im, cherub. Gfjor, m. -, -e, or "e, chorus, choir. (b,rtft, m. w. Christian. (? l)rtftenJ)ett, /. Christendom. Kljrtftentum, n. -, Christianity. (Tftrtftfinb, m. -e, Christ-child, infant Christ. gtirififinblein, . -4, Christadj, n. -e, *er, roof. [Cf. E. thatch.] baburrt)', adv. through or by it ; there- for, in return ; by that means. boflc'cjcn, adv. on the contrary. ba'flducfcn, part, from ba fetn. baticim', adv. at home. buffer', adv. hence, therefore, for that reason; along, away; sep. prefix, meaning along. bnficr'fommcti, fam , -flefommen, intr. \., come along. bofjcr'f^rcngcn, intr. \ , gallop away. buffin', adv. thither, there, thereto, that way, away; gone, over, past; along on ; used as sep. prefix. ba'fyinaus, adv. out there. bafitncin', adv. in there. baf)in'faf)ren, fuhr , -flefaljren, intr. go or drive along. butjin'fltcgen, (loo - -fteffooen, intr. f., fly or hasten away, fly thither. bafytn'gcfycn, fling , -gegangen, intr. 1 f., go thither, walk along. bnliin'ftrctfnt, tr. stretch out. baf)in'ter, adv. behind that, behind. btt'^inunter, adv. down there. ba'malig, adj. of that time, then. ba'mals, adv. at that time, then, [mat is added pleonastically in such combinations; cf. bamaB, aber* Xante,/, w. lady. [F.] [matt.] bamit', adv. therewith, with that, by that ; bamit gut, there's an end of it. bamit', conj. that, in order that. bdmmrrig, adj. twilight ; dim, cloudy ; fig. dreamy. [dawn. bamntctn, tntr. !)., become twilight; Xammcrung, /. iv. twilight, gloaming. Xamvf , m. -c3, "e, vapor, steam ; mist. bampfcn, intr. $., steam, fume; tr. emit dense smoke. Xampfwoltc, /. TV. cloud of smoke. banad)', adv. after it or that, thereaf- ter ; accordingly. [sides. bane'ben, adv. by the side, near; be- Xd'ncmarf, n. -., Denmark. Xonf, m. -, thanks. banfbar, adj. thankful, grateful. Xanfbarfeit,/ gratitude. banfcn, /////. f). (dat. o/?erso),than\i', also= uerbanfen, owe. batut, adv. then ; in that case. batmen, adv. toon , thence. bar = ba, used in compounds. [Cf. baran, barauS.] baran', adv. thereon, thereat ; in it. ic that ; to it. baran'gcfjcn, ging , -gegangen, intr. f., go about ; begin work; colloq. fali to. baraitf , adv. thereupon, thereon ; to or in it or that, to it; to that; there- after, afterwards. bnrauf 'Icgctt, sep. tr. lay thereon, lay down. barn no', adv. therefrom, out of or from that, thence ; by reason of it. bor'bieten, bot , -ueboten, tr. offer. 326 VOCABULARY. barrin' or brctn, adv. therein ; in ad- dition to ; fid) ftnbrn, adapt one- self to, submit. borctn' (usually bretn-)mifd)tn, sep. refl. interpose, interfere,meddle with. bi a;rcin'fci)cn jafy , -gefeljen, intr. I)., look, appear. [into. barein'fdjaucn, sep. tr. look into, gaze borf, see biirfen. barin', adv. therein, in it or that. burrtn'ncn and brinncn, adv. therein, barnadj' = banad). [within. barob', adv. = on that account. burftcttcn, sep. tr. display ; expose ; represent. bnritbcn, adv. over there, opposite. barii'bcr, adv. over it or that ; on ac- count of that, at that ; beyond that, more, above ; during, in the mean- time. bnriint', adv. around it or that ; con- cerning that ; for that reason there- fore, [among them. barun'ter, adv. under it or that ; bo5, n. def. art. the ; demons, pron. that ; rel. pron. which, that. ba'fciu, intr. j., War, -gewejen, be there, be present, exist. la'fein, n. -5, presence ; existence. bafclbft', adv. there, in that place. bafj, conj. that, in order that ; mdE)t biifi, not that, lest. bnefclbc see berjelbe. bo'ftcfyen, ftanb , -geftanben, intr. I)., stand there ; stand forth. baucrn, intr. [)., last, continue. baucrnb,/ar/. adj. lasting, permanent. baucrn, tr. impers. grieve ; e$ bauert mid), I am sorry for it. button', adv. thereof, therefrom; of that or it ; from that or it. batton'jagcn, sep. tr. drive off or away : intr. \. drive or gallop away. button 'tommen, fam , -gefommen, iMtr. j., come away ; get off, escape. bojn', adv. thereto, to it or that ; for it or that ; besides, moreover ; in connection with. bajtttifdj'cn, adv. between or among. t>n ( s>uijrt) cmrctcn, trat , -gctreten, intr. \., step between, intervene. $crfc,/. -w. cover ; ceiling. Xcefd, m. -3, , cover, lid. bctfcn, tr. cover, hide ; lay (a table). $cgen, m. -, , sword. [F. dague, dagger.] bcfjncn, tr. extend, stretch, prolong; refl. extend, protract. beitt, -cr, -e, -&>,pers.pron. thy, thine. 2)eforation',/. v>. decoration; scenery (in a t/ieater). [F.] Xc'mut,/. humility. bctnittig, adj. humble. bcmutigrn, tr. humble humiliate. bcnfcn, bad^te, gebadjt, intr. f|., think ; with gen. or an and ace. think of, call to mind, remember ; with auf and ace. consider, contemplate ; tr. think ; refl . dot. or ace. imagine. bcnn, conj. for, then, than ; adv. then. bennod), adv. but, yet, notwithstanding. Eette'fdje,/. w. dispatch, telegram. [F.] bet, bic, ba, def. art. the; demons, pron. the, this ; rel. pron. who, which, that. bcrglci'djcn, indecl. adj. such, the like, the like of which, \_orig. gen. pi.] ber'jcnigc, btc'jcntge, bas'jcnige, de- mons, pron. the or that one. berlei, indecl. adj. such, of that kind, that sort. [gen. ber lei, " sort."] bcrfclbc, biefclbe, baSjelbe, adj. the same ; demons, pron. the same ; he she, it. bcrttJCtl(f), adv. meanwhile; conj. while, [adv. gen. of time.~\ bcrjctt, adv. at that time, at present. [gen. of time. ,] bcsljolb, adv. therefore, on this ac- count. [be + Ijalb, gen. of cauu.}. VOCABULARY, 327 befto, adv. so much, so much the more ; je mehr . . . befto . . . (with camp.). [fr. gen. be + instrum. diu = more by this.] besiocgcn, adv. on that account, there- fore. [be+roeflen]. beudjten, beucftte, gebeurf)t, tr., or intr. (with dot.); impers. seem, appear, beittcn, intr. I)., point out, interpret, bcutlirf), adj. clear, distinct. $cutfdj, n. indecl. or ba 3)eutjdje, German (language), beutfrf), adj. German; used substan- tirely, (a) German, decl. as adj. 3eutfdjlanb, n. -3, Germany. btrf)t, adj. tight, dense, thick; adv. with prep, close to, close by. bidjt&claubt, part. adj. densely leaved, with thick foliage, [belauben]. birfjtcit, tr. compose; intr. (auf) med- itate on, devise. Sifter, m. -3, , poet, btrf, adj. thick, stout, fat. bit, see ber. [hall ; L.G. family room. $tclc,/. ii'. plank; flooring; entrance bicnru, intr. i)., (dat.), serve. Xicncr, m. -3, , servant. Dtenft, m. -e, -c, service; einem ju en jein, be at one's service. Stcnfrug, m. -(c), -e, Tuesday, [day of Ziu or Tyr.] Xicitftmtibrfjcn, n. -$, , maid-servant. bic-cr, -e, -e or bie, demons, pron, this, the latter; from ber and the particle -fe to which the term, has been added, bicsmal, adv. for the moment, for the present, this time. [ace. of noun.] 2>tctenborf or Dlcubteteiiborf, n. -, a village between Erfurt and Gotha. Xiing, . -e, -e, thing, matter, affair, bttigcn, bang, gebungcn, also w. tr. hire; intr. w. bargain (about, um). bisJfutic'rett, tr. discuss. [F. discuter]. birelt, adj. direct. [L.] , tr. dispute, argue. [F.] bodj, con/, but, yet, however, neverthe- less ; adv. surely, indeed, I suppose ; after negative questions, yes, but I do ; with imp. do, pray. Xoftor, m. -3, -o'rcn, doctor. X>oldj, m. -(e), -e, dagger, poniard. [SI.} onau, /. Danube. Xonncr, m. -, thunder. XouncrfjnU, m. -, thunder peal. bonnern, intr. i)., thunder. Xonncrctafl, m. -, -e, Thursday. [Donar's (Thor's) day.] Xonncrwcttcr, n. thunder storm; used as interj. [thunder !] bopjiclt, adj. double, twice. [F. double.] 2>orf, n. -, "er, village. 2>drfd)en, n. -, , hamlet. Xom, m. -{e), -e, and -en (or *er), thorn, thorn bush. Xornen^erfc,/. w. thorn hedge. 0rngcftriiW(e), . -e, brier thicket Xornrb'sdjcn, w. -, brier rose. bort, adv. there, yonder. bortfycr, adv. from there. bortt)in, adv. thither. bortftcfycnb, part. adj. standing there, [ftefien.] Xofe, /. iv. box ; snuff box. bran, see &aran. Xrang, m. -(e), pressure, impulse; throng. bra'ngen, tr. press, throng, crowd ; reft. force one's way ; intr. press, crowd ; urge, hurry. bruuf, see barauf . braujicn, adv. without, outside, out of doors, [bar, aufcen,/r. au3.] brclicn, tr. turn, twist; reft, turn, re- volve. brct, num. three. brcirrlct, indecl. adj. of three kinds. [from let, obs. " sort "]. brttfat^, adj. threefold. brciljunbert, adj. three hundred. 328 VOCABULARY. Xrrittang, m. -, *c, harmonic triad, chord. [ace. pi. used adv.] brttmol(e), adv. three times, thrice, brctn, see b(a)rcin. brcifjifl, num. thirty. Xrcijufler, m. -3, , man of thirty years, or in the thirties. [thirties. Xrctjjigcrin, / w. woman in the brct'fiiflial)nfl, adj. of thirty years, thirty years old. brciunbbrciftig, num. thirty-three. brrt,',cfm, num. thirteen, brcijc&nt-cr, -t, -c, num. adj. thir- brin, see barin. [teenth. bringcn, brang, gebrungen, intr. f., rush (in), penetrate, force a way (in) ; tr. urge, force ; in, urge upon. brtngcnb,/rtr/. adj. pressing, urgent, brinncn, adv. within, [borinnen.] britt -tr, -t, -e, num. adj. third, brittcnd, adv. thirdly, brofyrn, intr. I), (dat), threaten. Xrotyung,/. w. threat. broUifl, adj. droll, funny. Xrofdjte,/. w. drosky, hackney carriage. [Russian.] XroficI, /. -w. thrush, briibcn, adv. over there, beyond. britbcr, see barubcr. brucfcn, tr. print. [$rucf.] britrfcn, tr. press, oppress. [^r.'.cf.] brum, see barum. bruntrn, adv. therfe below, down there. bruntcr, see barunter. bu, //. i&r, pers. pron. thou. Xuft, m. -(e)e, "(.', vapor ; fragrance. buftcn, intr. ^., exhale, be fragrant. bulbcn, tr. bear, endure, suffer. bumm [bummer or bummer, blimm(e))t or bumm(c)ft] adj. stupid, foolish. Xummtopf, m. -e, fl e, blockhead. bunfrl, adj. dark. Xuntcl, n. -5, darkness. bunfflblou, adj. dark blue. Xuutfll)cit,/. darkness. bunfetn, intr. I)., darken, grow dark. biinfcn, intr. (dat.) w. seem, appear; tr. impers. e-3 bunft m\6), or mid) biinft, methinks, it seems to me; reft, fancy oneself. biinn, adj. thin, slender. burrt) , prep, with ace. through ; used as sef. or insep. prefix. burtfjouS', adv. throughout, thoroughly, quite ; at any rate, absolutely, posi- tively. burrfj'bringcn, sef. intr. brcntfl , -fle brungen, get through, penetrate; pervade ; prevail ; insep. intr. burd)= brin'oen, -brang', -brun'gcn, pene- trate, permeate. burdjbrin'gcnb,/tfrA adj. penetrating. burdjctnan'bcr, adv. confusedly, pell- mell. burt^flic'gcn, burdjflog', burdjflo'gen, insep. tr. fly through; run over, read hastily. bitrtfj'jiifirrn, sef. tr. carry through, carry into effect. burrtrnclicn, sep. intr. f. gtnfl , -fle* gangen, go through, penetrate; run away ; pass {of laws) ; tr. wear out ; go through (peruse books) ; go over (accounts). burrfv'fomntcii, lam , -flelommen, intr.\., come through; recover; suc- ceed, [through. buraVmiiftf rn, sep. tr. examine, search burdmof'fcii, insep. tr. wet through, drench, soak. burrfj'fclKn, sep. intr. fa^ , -flefeben, look through ; tr. look over, examine, peruse, revise. burrt)'firt)tig, adj. transparent. burdjftrct'fcn (alsoburdj'ftreifen). insep. tr. roam through, go over, ramble through. burrfi'tbncn, tr. sep. also insef. sound through ; insep. resound. bur(f)Wan'bctn, insef. tr. walk through. VOCABULARY. 329 burcfittKm'bcrn, insep. tr. wander through, traverse. burrf)luct'cf|Cit, tr. insef. (also.!*/.), soak through, drench. bunfjju'rfcn, insef. tr. flash or thrill through. bfirfcn, burfte, gebitrft, intr. f). (modal auxiliary), have permission, be al- lowed, may ; venture. bftrr(e), adj. dry, parched. iirrc,/. drought. Durft, m. -el, thirst. bitftcr, adj. gloomy, dusky, sad. Xuhcnb, n. -*, -e, dozen. [P. dou- zaine. butfcnbtocttc, adv. by the dozen gbb(e), / w. ebb, low tide. eben, tf<^. even, smooth; adv. just, even, precisely ; for that very reason ; just now ; -with pronouns ebcn bet* felbe, eben biefer, that very one. /wft;. likewise. [eben(en) tbcnfo, a. just so; ebenfo . . . rote, just as. 6bro, m. -, a river in northeastern Spain, flowing into the Mediterra- nean. edjt, adj. genuine, real, true. rfc, /. iv. corner, [cf. E. edge.] ebel, c..lj. noble, generous; precious. @btt(r), m. infl, as adj. noble, noble- man ; //. nobility. (fbcltnnbc, m. TV. page. (bclftcin, m. -e, -e, precious stone, jewel. Gbcffa, n. a city in northern Mesopo- tamia, on the Euphrates. (?gcr, n. a city of northern Bohemia, in the city hall of which Wallenstein was murdered, Feb. 25, 1634 (/. 118). e!)e, conj. before,. ere; adv. formerly, sooner, rather. (?ljc,/. w. marriage. etycbcnt, adv. before, formerly [fr. adv. 6 and dot. of comp. bem.] c, m. w. husband. r, m. husband ; lord. cfjcmolicj, adj. former. efyemuld, adv. formerly, [fr. & miles, adv. gen. of time]. (fjcpte , -gebradjt, bring in ; yield, profit ; nrieber , make up (time). cinbrrmfrn, tr. and intr. apply the brakes ; slow up. [33rem|e, brake.] etnbammcn, tr. restrain, [atnm, bar- rier.] einbringen, brang , -flebrungen, intr. ]., enter by force, penetrate. cinbriitflltrf), adj. penetrating ; urgent ; forcible. (Stnbrurf, rn.-eZ, *t, impression. einbritifen, sep. tr. press in, impress ; crush. einfad), adj. single, simple. einfallen, fiel , -gefatlen, intr. {., fall in; interrupt; with dat.ofper- son t come to mind, occur ; chime in. einformig, adj. uniform, monotonous. einfuliren, sep. tr. lead in, introduce. etnf)anbeln, sep. tr. purchase, obtain by barter. einge^en, ging , -gegangen, intr. \., go in ; arrive ; cease ; accede to. (auf ace .) ; tr. conclude, contract. einljer'fafjren, tufjr , -gefafyren, intr. \. or \)., drive along. [along. einb,cr'marfd)ieren, sep. intr. }., march einljolcn, sep. tr. go and get ; fetch ; obtain ; overtake ; make up (lost time.) [-mtte, E. hull.] einliitUen, sep. tr. wrap up, envelop. eintg, -cr, -e, -e3, indef. pron. some, several, any ; adj. united. Cftntflfctt, /. unity, concord. einfaufen, sep. tr. purchase, [an inn.) cintcljrcn, sep. intr. (., stop, put up (at etnferfern, sep. tr. imprison. eintlemmen, sep. tr. pinch in, squeeze. einlaben, tub , -gelaben, tr. invite. etnlaffen, Heft , -getafjen, tr let in ; admit ; reft, with mtt, deal with, en- gage in. cinmul, adv. once, one time ; auf , all at once, suddenly; nod) , once more. ctnmal', adv. once upon a time, for- merly; fut. some day, some time; just ; nid)t , not even. einmutig, adj. with one mind, unani- mous. (ginnaijnte, / w. proceeds, receipts; in- come ; capture. etnnefimen, nafjm , -flcnommen, tr. take in ; occupy, take possession of, capture. etnraumen, sef. tr. furnish (a room) ; give up (to), concede ; yield. einrid|ten, sep. tr. arrange. (tnridjtung,/. w. arrangement, regula- tion; establishment. tinS, n. see ein. etnfom, adj. lonely; solitary; alone. einfdjenfen, sep. tr. pour in ; fill up. VOCABULARY. 33* einfd}tmn, sep. tr. put in harness. ciitfrfjlntcn, fdjlief , -flefd)(afen, intr. \., fall asleep. einfdjlogen, jcfjdtg , -gefd)(agen, *r. strike, wrap up; intr. h., clasp hands; j., succeed, turn out. tiuf (t)rumpf en, intr. '}., shrink in, shriv- el, contract. cinfclicii, jat) , -gefeben, sep. tr. per- ceive ; intr. look into. etnfcfien, sep. tr. put in; pledge, stake; ffitnfid)t,/. insight. [appoint. (fiuficblcr, m. -3, , hermit. \pbs. sedel, seat^\ Cfinfieblerin,/. w. hermitess. einftngen, Jang , gefungen, tr. sing to sleep. einft, adv. once ; some day, some time. cinftetfcit, sep. tr. put in; put in one's pocket. etnftcigen, flicg , -gefHegen, intr. \., step in, enter (a train) ; cinftctgcn, all on board. [cide. einftintnten, sep. intr. b., join in ; coin- eintanjcn, sep. tr. dance to sleep. ein'tbnig, adj. uniform, monotonous. eiii'tr. sep. tr. rock to sleep. eintpiUigrn, sep. intr. b., consent, agree to (in). (Ftnrotlltgitng,/. w. consent. (5tniol)itcr, m. -, , inhabitant. rinrourjefn, sep. intr. \., take root, be- come rooted. etnjefn, adj. single, isolated, individ- ual ; adv. singly, in detail. eittjicfjen, jog , -gejogen, tr. draw in ; collect ; confiscate ; intr. }., enter. einjtg, adj. only, single. (Sitijug, m. -e%, *e, entry, entrance. t)cn, tr. raise, elevate; advance, increase. erb,olen, refl. rest, recover. (frliolungsreifc, /. -w. pleasure trip. erinnern, tr. remind ; an, remind of; refl. (gen. or an with ace.) re- member. ^ t'rica, or ri'ea,/. heath, Erica. (frinncrung, /. TV. remembrance, mem- ory. erfennen, erfannte, crlannt, tr. per- ceive, recognize, acknowledge ; admit as, credit for (fur); ju geben, make known, suggest ; refl. represent one- self. erfiefen, erfor, erfoten, tr. choose, elect. crflrircn, tr. explain, declare, rflorung,/. w. explanation. erfltttcrn, tr. climb up, ascend. crfrnnfcn, intr. \., fall ill. erfunbigen, w. refl. inquire, ask for (nadj). [flunbe.] erf ihiftclii , w. tr. feign, affect, [flunfh] erlaubcn, tr. permit ; (dot. of fers.) refl. take the liberty. (f rlnJibnif, / -fen, tr. exhaust, wear out. erfd|rerfett(crjrf)ricfi't, erj^rictt), crjd)raf, crjdjroctcn, intr. \., be frightened; w. tr. frighten, startle. erf^rcrflitf), adj. dreadful, terrible; as adv. often greatly. crftl)rorfcn, part. adj. terrified. erfeftncit, tr. long for. VOCABULARY. 335 erfetjen, tr. supply (the place), replace ; make up (for) ; indemnify. erfinnen, erfann, erfonnen, tr. devise, contrive. erfVufjen, tr. espy, spy out. erft, adv. first, previously ; before an adv. only; not till; = notf), still; = bod), would that, if only ; all the more. (Superl. o/"el)e.) erft, -er, -, -, adj. first, chief. erftnn, a^'. nd)cn, intr. f., awake, be roused. criunrfifen (rf) like f), erroudjS, ernmd); fen, intr. grow up ; spring, proceed from (au). [roadtfen, E. wax.] (SrWagung,/. w. consideration. eru)(il)lcn, tr. choose, [roafyl.] erhinrtcn, tr. await ; expect. (frtuitrtuitfl, /. w. waiting, expecta- tion. enurifcn, erlDteS, ertoiefen, tr. prove, demonstrate ; render, bestow ; refl. show oneself. eweitcrn, tr. extend, expand. ertocrben, erroarb, erroorben, tr. ac- quire, win. erwibern, inse}. tr. return; reply; requite. , tr. relate, tell. [3afcl.] un, /. w. narration, account, tale. erjettgcn, tr. beget, produce. erjtdicn, erjcfl, erjogen, tr. bring up, educate, train. er.yirncn, tr. make angry, irritate; refl. grow angry at (uber). e, n. pers. pron. it ; expletive to intro- duce a sentence, there. Offel, m. -, , ass, donkey. effen, ofj, gegeffen, tr. eat. [food. @ffen, n. -, eating; meal; dinner, @tfdj (Ital. Adige),/. a river of north- ern Italy rising in the Tyrol, and flowing into the Adriatic Sea. ettoo, adv. somewhere; sometime; about, nearly ; possibly ; -with pron. = ever, roa ettna, whatever. ti\o&$,pron. (indecl.) some, something; indef. pron. any, a little, somewhat. euer, pers. pron. gen. of t^r, of you ; pass, pron., your. @it(c,/. w. owl uro'pfl, n. -, Europe. Gruangc'Hcnbud), n. -, a et, book of the Gospels. [Gr., G.] eniig, adj. eternal; perpetual. (ruiiflfcit, /. TV. eternity. [forever. etoiglic^, adj. eternal, continual; adv. (vrciuiicl, w . _g ; t example. [L. exemplum.] jemplnr', n. -(e)8, -e, specimen; copy (of a book). [L.] jfurfion', /. w. excursion. [L.] ctrafciu, adj. very fine. 336 VOCABULARY. l, /. -w. torch, forfcln, intr. h., flicker; waver, .hesi- tate. gfufjne,/. -w. flag, standard, falircn, fuljr, gefafyren, intr. \. or I)., drive ; go, proceed, fare ; in bie 51)6 , start up. [cf. E. fare.] falircnb, part. adj. wandering, vagrant. Iviidi mnim, m. -8, tt t\ or -leitte, ferry- man. $af)rp(an, m. -e, u e, time table, railway guide. t^afyrt, /. TV. journey. gfafirjcug, n. -e, -e, ship, boat. gfait, n. -%, -4, fact, deed. [F.] Gralte, m. u: falcon. ftalfner, m. -I, , falconer. 8-olf itcrct, /. falconry. [in any case. gfafl, m. -, "e, fall ; case ; auf jeben , fallen, fiel, gefallen, Intr. f., fall; de- cline ; -laffen, drop. fallen, tr. make fall, felL falfd), adj. false. [L. falsus.] ftalfrfidcit, /. falsity, duplicity; false- hood. falten, tr. fold. {Jailer, m. -3, , butterfly. ftamilir, /. '. family. [L. familia.] gramilicnglteb, n. -e, -er, member of a family. ftamilicnleben, n. -, family life. famtlicntticife, adv. in families, with their families. [room. Ofamilienjtmmer, n. -, , sitting fangen, fing, gejangen, tr. catch, cap- {Jfartc,/. -w. color. [ture. far ben, tr. color, dye. farbig, adj. colored. tJarnfraut, n. -t, "er, fern. 5afj, n. -(ffjel, "Hff)er, barrel, cask. [<:/. E. vat.] faffen, ^r. seize, catch, grasp, hold ; re- solve upon, form (apian or opinion) : reft, compose oneself. Saffung,/. composure, faft, adv. almost. [fasting, graften (or ftoftOr / sing., also pi. {jfaftnatfjt,/. w. Shrove Tuesday, night before Lent, fatal', vexatious, miserable, annoying, odious. [F., L.} faul, adj. lazy. JVaitldcit, / laziness, ftouft, /. *e, fist. ftrebruar', m. -, February. [L.] fcrfitcn, foiftt, oefo^ten, *'/n ^., fight. Sfeber, /. w. feather; pen. [cf. E. feather.] Sfeberlefen, n. -, hesitation, ^cbrrfiurl, n. -, -e, falconer's lure; bird to incite a falcon, ftebermilb, n. -(e), coll. wild fowl, feathered game. 3ree , /. w. fairy, fcgcn, /r. sweep. fel)(cn, /fr. miss; /r. lj., fail, make a mistake; be lacking or wanting; impers. be wanting; ma feblt ? what is the matter? Ofefyler, m. -, , fault, mistake, fcierltcl), a^'. festive, solemn, [cf. iJfericn.] feiern, ^r. celebrate, fein, adj. fine, delicate; pretty, nice; elegant, refined ; artful ; quick, smart. [Rom.} gkinb, m. -e, -e, enemy, foe, adver- sary, opponent ; bcr b5(e , the foul fiend, devil, evil one ; fdnb, pred. adj. hostile, \prig. part, used subs. hate], fetnblilt), adj. hostile. {\feinbfelifjfeit, /. hostility. fa Ib, n. -e3, -r, field. ,Tfelbfru.-,-, field-stone, boulder. ftdb,',itfl, m. -e, *e, campaign. QfcU, M. -e, -e, skin, hide, pelt. 3ff 16, w. w. rock. ftfelfen, z. -, , rock. gfelfcnrtff , m. -, -e, rocky reef. ftelfenwanb,/. ^e, wall of rock. felfig, adj. rocky. fjfelitylatte,/. w. ledge of rock. {Jenftcr, n. -, , window. [L. fenes- tra.] $enftcrlcin, n. -, , little window. 3renftcrfcf)Ct&e,/. -w. window pane. gferbtnanb Il t m.-S (1578-1637), Arch- duke of Styria, King of Bohemia (1617), of Hungary (1618), German Emperor (1619). p. 114. gfcrtcn, //. holidays. [L. feria, holi- day.} Sfcricnjctt, /. TV. holidays, vacation. fern, adj. far, remote. Qferne,/. w. distance. 3femfttf)t, /. distant view, prospect. fertig, adj. ready; done, finished; rupfen, finish picking; roerben, manage, get along ; dispose of (mit). Jfertigteit, /. skill, facility ; readiness, fluency. Seffel,/. a. fetter. feft, adj. fast, firm, steady ; fixed, forti- fied. {Jfcft, n. -e, -, festival, feast. [L. festum.] Jveftnnjng, m. -, a t, holiday attire. 3reftftctb, m. -, -r, festival garment. iVcftfudirn, m. -, , festal cake, Christmas cake. $eftgcfan|j, .-, "e, festal song. feftUdi, adj. festal. feftftcllcn, sep. tr. fix, establish, arrange ; stipulate. gffftungdtunncl, m. -, tunnel un- der a fortification. fett, adj. fat. 3fc. Finn, Finlander. finfter, adj. dark, gloomy ; sad, stern, gfiftfj, m. -e, -e, fish, gfift^crmab^en, n. -, , fishermaid. flod), adj. flat, open ; shallow. JHodjS, m. -e, flax, flncfcrn, intr. ., flicker. Slammc, /. w. flame. [L. flamma.] ftantntcnb, part. adj. flaming. ^ Iniibcrcr, m. -t, , an inhabitant of Flanders, a Fleming. Pattern, intr. b., flutter, wave, fly. Jylnuyrorf, m. -e$, *e, thick, fleecy coat. 3ffc(f , m. -e, -t (or -en), place, spot, ftlerfen, m. -, , spot, stain; village. fJcrfi-ulo-:-, adj. spotless. f(c^cnt(t(f|, adj. beseeching. ), n. --3, flesh, meat. ft- -e, diligence, industry, ffciiufl, adj. diligent, industrious, gfliege, /. w. fly. fliegen, flofl, flcflogen, intr. \. fly. ftiel)en, flob, fleflohen, intr. f. flee; tr. flee from. fttejjen, po^, geflofjen, intr. \. flow. 338 VOCABULARY. flimmrrn, intr. Ij., glitter, glisten, Pint, adj. quick, hasty. [sparkle. fttnttn, intr. I)., sparkle. glinte,/. u>. musket, firelock. 8flnd)t, /. w. flight. fliirtitig, adj. fleeting, fugitive, passing. Slug, -, /. woman's hand. ftrriulctn, n. -, , young lady; Miss. fret, adj. free ; open. ftrrim-mnmt, m. -3, "er, -leute, wooer, suitor. ftrcitycit,/. w. freedom, liberty. frcilid), adv. to be sure, of course, cer- tainly, indeed. fjrcimitt, m. -(c)3, frankness, candor. ftrriftiiiibc, /. iv. leisure hour. fret ID ill ill, adj. voluntary ; free. frcmb, adj. strange, foreign, alien; un- usual, unaccustomed; belonging to another, \prig.part. loving.] 3frcmbc(r), m. itifl. as adj. stranger. 3frcmbenblatt, n . -, ji^ t list of arri- vals, register of strangers. {Jrcmbltng, m. -e, -e, stranger. freffcn, fraB, Qefreffen, tr. or intr. h., eat ( said of animals). 3frcubc, /. w. joy, happiness, pleasure t$rcubcnfcucr, n. -, , bonfire. 3rrcubcngcfcf>rci, n. -, shout of joy. freubefrraf)lcnb,/ar* > . adj. beaming or diffusing joy. frciibtfl, adj. joyous, glad, happy. frcucn, tr. please, make happy ; reft, (gen., or fiber and ace.), rejoice at, be glad. JJfreunb, ;. -c, -, friend. frcimblirf), adj. friendly, cheerful, pleasing. ftrciutblirt)fcit, /. w. kindness. ^rciiiibc-ticrn, eorg Don, m. -I, a noted knight of the sixteenth century. Sfrcunbf^oft, /. w. friendship. 3friebe(n), m. -n, -n, peace. friebe6rtttflcnb r /ar/. adj. peace-bring- ing. Sfriebfanb, n. -, former capital of the Dukedom of F., possessed by Wat lenstein, in northern Bohemia. ftrtebensifeft, n- _eg, festival of peace. 3*teb(e)rtd) I. or Barbarossa, (1123- 1190) of the illustrious dynasty of the Hohenstaufen. Duke of Swabia (1147), German King and Emperor (1152). 5rtebrtd)ftrafje, /. Frederick street. friebltdj, adj. peacable. frieren, fror, gcfrorcn, intr. f.,be cold, freeze ; tr. imp. be cold, chilled. ^frtcfc, m. w. Frisian, an inhabitant of Friesland in the Netherlands. frtfd), adj. fresh, new ; light, bright, gay ; lively, brisk, cool. Sfrifeur', w. -4, -e, hair-dresser. [P.] frof), adj. happy, glad, joyous. friif)ltd), merry, joyous. \Cf. E. frolic.] fromm, adj. honest, worthy; pious, devout. ftrofrf), m. -, *e, frog. ^rufrtifrtici'frlciii, n. -, , leg of a frog. ftrbttftcbt, .-, a station near Gotha, a favorite point for entering the Thuringian Forest. 3?rud)t, /. a e, fruit, crop. friif), adj. early, in the morning; frfi- J)cr, earlier, former. f ritlicr, adv. before, formerly. , m. -, -e, spring. ,/. u>. presentment of spring. riUiluigsiitattimtttag, m. -, -, after- noon in spring. . w. spring sun. iiif, n . -, ^e, breakfast. friififtttrfen, intr. I)., breakfast. c,/. -w. breakfast hour, t, m. -(e)8, "e, early train, morning train. 3fud)d, m. -8, jl t l fox. Jyugung,/. w. decree, dispensation. 340 VOCABULARY. fttfylcn, tr. feel, perceive; reft, feel one- self. fiitjrcit, tr. carry, bear; lead; guide; bring ; carry on, conduct, manage. Ofuftrcr, m . -, , guide. &iU)rung,/. leadership. SfiiHf,/. fulness, abundance, plenty. ftillen, tr. fill; cover. Jyitub, m. -e, -e, finding, that which is found ; discovery, invention. ftitnbamcnt', n. -(e), -e, foundation, basis. [.] fttnf, WMW. five. fiinft, -er, -, -ei, on/, num. fifth. f iiit f nit buicr,yg, >. forty-five. fttnfunb^wmnjig, num. twenty-five. f interim, num. fifteen. fiinfjcffnte, adj. fifteenth. fiiitf.vg, num. fifty. Jyiinf rf)Cit, n. -, , little spark. ftuttfc(n), m. -n, -n, spark. funfdn, intr. I)., sparkle, glitter. \\mlt\n1), fart, adj. sparkling. f iir, prep, -with ace. for, instead of, as, in return for ; fid), aside, by one- self; utib , for ever and ever, ever and anon; toa , what sort or kind of. 3furd)t, /. fear, fright. in rrti tb nr, adj. terrible. furc^tcn, tr. fear; refl. (toor) be afraid. furrf)tcrlirf), adj. frightful, fearful. fiirbcr, arch. adv. further. furlicO, adv. nefymen, be content with, put up with. ftitrft, m. TV. prince, ruler. f nrftltrti, adj. princely. fiirlmljig, adj. inquisitive, impertinent. Sfuft, in. -e3, "c, foot ; 511 , on foot. , m. -8, ", floor, e,/. -w. footlength. ,/. w. sole of the foot, t,/. iv. tip of the foot. gutter, n. -, , fodder, feed. ftuttcrol, n . -, -e, case. fitttern, tr. feed. &abt, f. w. gift ; talent, endowment. gtiljimi, intr. b., yawn. Olalrjnt, m. -, , gallow. [F.] , intr.]., gallop; scamper. , m. -%, >>t, walk, gait; motion, progress; course; way; avenue; corridor, passage. Gtangtoeg, m. -e, -e, footpath, pas- sage, platform. aitS,/. *e, goose. gait}, adj. whole, entire ; adv. entirely, quite, very; unb flat, entirely, ab- solutely. onjf (), n. infl. as adj. whole ; adv. int ganjen, on the whole, in general. flongltrf), adj. complete. gar, adv. very, quite, altogether; gar }U, extremely ; -with neg. at all. gorfttg, adj. repulsive, horrid; ugly, dirty. artcn, m. -, *, garden. Wartcnmaiicr, /. w. garden wall. orten^fortt, /. w. garden gate. [$forte, L. porta, E. port.] Wnrtcnfnnl, ttt.-e, ^e, garden room; room in a summer house. (ttartrnftul)t, m. -, Jt e, garden chair. ortcntf)iir(e), /. w. garden door. (lnrti-Httft1|, m. -e, -, garden table. dffc,/. w. street, lane. @aft, m. -, -"e, guest. Q5oft()of, m. -<3, *e, inn, hotel (Sattt , m. TV. spouse, husband. Cynttin,/. w. spouse, wife. |je-, insep. prefix in nouns -with collec- tive force; -with verbs, denoting a VOCABULARY. 341 momentary act or conclusion of an act ; a coming into a state of being expressed by the primitive. Sign of the past participle. cingfttgm. ] gctingftigt, part. adj. distressed, [fr. 65coft(c), . -(c), coll. branches. fjcbrircit, gebar, geboren, tr. bear, give birth to. (ikbciube, n. -, , building. gcbcit, gab, gegeben, fr. give; impers. e gtebt, there is, there are. cbct', .-e, -e, prayer, [bitten.] (jcOictcit, flcbot, geboten, ^r. (dat. of fers.) command, rule, control. ebicrcr, m. -3, , ruler, master. gcbtlbct,/Y. adj. educated, refined. cbirgc, n. -, , mountain range, mountain. [bciren.] gcbor ( c,)tt, part. adj. born, ne'e, [ge; cbot, .-(e), -e, offer, command. gcbruiHfycn, tr. use, employ. flflinutiit, part. adj. browned, sun- burnt, [brennen.] cburt, /. w. birth. cbiifdj, w. -e, -e, thicket, bushes. cbarf)tni3, . -(ff)e, -(ff)e, memory, [/r. /ar/. geba mental gift; talent. gctftig, adj. spiritual, mental. gciftltrt), adj. spiritual, ecclesiastical, clerical; used substantively, (Setft- lid)e(r), clergyman. etftU^ttit, /. w. clergy. gciftrcitfi, adj. clever, witty. ctj, m. -e, avarice, stinginess. flttjtfl, aetge benn, not to mention, still less. gcirt)iotuB(c), adj. swift, prompt. Wcfrfiioiiibinfeit, /. swiftness, rapidity. [)d)nnnb(e), swift.] @cirf)ttor(e)nt(r), m. infl. as adj. juryman. [j(fcn>6ven.] cfcll(c), m. w. companion, fellow, journeyman. [Scml, hall.] gcfcllcn, tr. associate, join; refl. join (ju). efeUfd)aft,/. w. company. efelj, n. -, -e, law. [fefeen.] flcfceloS, adj. lawless, without laws. fjcfc^t, part. adj. steady, composed, grave; flejefete 3a^re, years of dis- cretion. [jefeett.] QJffii^t, n. -(e)g, -er, sight; face, feature; ju betommen, get sight of; //. -e, vision, phantom, [jc^cn.] Wcrtfttrticn, n. -i, , little face. Wefidjteforbe,/. w. complexion. (4>efmbtl, n. -, , vagabonds, rabble. flcfponnt, part. adj. stretched , eager, intent. [jpannen.J (HcfptHft, .-e, -er, apparition, ghost. \pbs. jpanen, illure.] Wcfprnrt), n. -e$, -f, conversation, speech, [fprc^en.] tglcr, Hermann, m. -, of Bruneck, reputed governor of the Three Forest Cantons under the Emperor Albert (1304-08). Gkftalt, /. w. shape, form, [old part. o/jletlen.] Wcftiiubuiii, n. -(ff)e3, -(ff)e, confes- sion, acknowledgment, [flcfteljen.] grftatten, tr. (dat. of person) grant, allow. [Statt, opportunity.] gcftclicn, geftanb, geftanben, tr. confess, acknowledge, gcftcrn, adv. yesterday. geftirft,/a^. adj. embroidered, [fjttf en.] cfttrn', n. -(e),-e, constellation, star. @cftrdu(^, n. -e, -e, bush, shrub, thicket. efiritf(e), n. -e, knitting, tangle, eftriip^e), n. -(e), -e, bushes, under- growth, gcfuub (comp. geji'mber or gefunber), adj. sound, healthy, cfunbftctt, /. health. Ottrabe, n. -3, trotting. [Irabcn.] ctrfinf, n. -{e), -e, drink; potion. [trinfen.] [trauen.] gctraucn, refl. (ace.) dare, venture, gctrcu, adj. faithful, gctroft, adj. confident, courageous. \pld form of 'part '.] Wctummcl, n. -, bustle , turmoil, clash (of arms) : confused struggle. [tummeln.] gcwnljr, adj. aware ; merben, catch sight of, perceive. \cf. ma^r.] gcnialirrn, tr. perceive, see. flctudhrcn, tr. yield; grant, allow; luiion, let do as one will. t, /. w. power, force, violence. VOCABULARY. 345 cttoltf)err, ttt. u<. despot. gcioaltig, adj. powerful; immense; violent ; great ; adv. with might ; strongly. grwnltfnm, adj. forcible, violent. cwanb, n. -e3, *er (or -e), garment, dress, [roenben.] cWiiffcr, n. -, , coll. body of water, waters, wave. fjffiaffer.] clucfjr, n. -, -e, weapon, arms, gun. [rodjren.] ettrinn', m. -e, -e, gain, profit. gcHuitiicn, geroann, geroonnen, tr. win, earn, gain. gciuij?, adj. certain, sure; adv. as- suredly, [old fart, 0/roiffen.] ettnffcn, n. -, --, conscience. Cttnfth.eit,/. assurance; proof. emitter, . -, , storm, [ffietter.] gctuogcit, fart. adj. favorable, well disposed, [rodgen.] gouiiltiicii, tr. accustom (an, ace.); reft, accustom oneself, get used (to). [cf. E. wont.] ett>ol)n'f)cit, / w. custom, habit. gciuol(ulirf), adj. usual, common, ordi- nary. gcti>i)f)itt, fart. adj. accustomed, wont- ed, [getofibnen.] cwiilbc, n. -, , vault, arched hall. [roSlben, arch.] ctt)iJlf(c), . -el, -e, mass of clouds, clouds. rjBolfe.] gciuimbcit, part. adj. winding. [tt)in= ben.] gejirtcltj/ar/. adj. circular, [jirfefn.] icbcl, m. -, , gable. Wtcbcllinit!?, n. -e, u n, house with a gable. (9icbrlftiibif)cii, n. -I, , gable room, attic room. gicfecn, gofe, gegoffen, tr. pour, shed, gtltig, adj. valid; current, in force. [also written gultig, fr. gelten.] i^frl, m. -, , top, summit, ridge, peak. tttcrfcnfrer, . -, , lattice window. Wlnceltniibftljul), m. -&, -t, kid glove. [P.] [luster. (attj, m. -, brightness, splendor, glan.yu, intr. {)., glitter, shine. glnii.-jCiiD, part. adj. bright, sparkling, brilliant, splendid. lanjltbcr, . -, , patent leather. 6Ma3, n. -e%, ^er, glass. Infer, m. -, , glazier. glott, adj. smooth, polished. glaubrn, intr. (also tr.) \). (dat. of person), believe, trust ; think ; on (ace.), believe in or on. [ge-lauben.] glimctt, tr. smooth, polish. latjt, / w. baldness; bald head. [glott.] laubc(n), m. -n, , belief, faith. glctrf), adj. like, equal, similar, same; f ommen (dat.), equal, be equal to ; adv. alike, equally; (= fog(etcf)), at once, immediately, at first ; con/. = obgleirf), though, although. [ge-Ietrf).] g(cid)bletbenb, part. adj. constant, uniform. [be like. glcidjen, gticf), gegticfjen, intr. t). (dat.), glctrfifnlls, adv. likewise, also, too. glctrt)>uol)l, adv. however, nevertheless. gletten, g(itt, geglttten, intr. f., glide, slip ; tr. slide. Iteb, n. -ei, -er, limb; member. \o&s. lidan, walk.] @Iobu, m. , pi. (iHoben, globe. [.] lorfc,/. w. bell. (utfcnton, m. -, e, sound of a bell. lognu, n. -3, a city in Silesia on the Oder. glorrctcf), adj. glorious. [L. gloria.] Wlitrf, it. -co, fortune, luck, success, happiness; auf gut , at random; ju, success (to you), [(je-liirf(c). ] gliicfltd), adj. happy, successful. Uirfftabt, . -, a city of Holstein on the Elbe. 346 VOCABULARY. , intr. ft., glow. gltU)cnb,/ar/. adj. glowing, fiery. (Slut,/, w. glow, heat, flame. nobt,/. w. favor, grace, mercy. fliiribtg, adj. gracious, merciful. olb, n. -e, gold. [with gold. g01bburd)tt>irit, part. adj. interwoven golbcn, adj. golden, of gold. QOlbfnrbcn, adj. gold-colored. olbftnf(C), m. u<. goldfinch. golbgrftitft, part. adj. gold embroid- 'ered. [gold. golbfllanjcnb,/ar.'. aaj. glittering with (ijolbftiirf, n. -c, -e, goldpiece. fioitiicn, tr. grant ; nid)t , grudge. (*5otlia, n. -, one of the capitals of the Dukedom of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. gottfdj, adj. Gothic. [(Siote.] oft, m. -e, -"er, god, God. otte^magb, /.,//. ^e, divine maid. ottfricb, m. -3, Godfrey, Geoffrey. gottlid), adj. divine. ofecnpriefter, m. -, , heathen priest. tab, n. -c, a er, grave, tomb ; ba &.et= tige ,the Holy Sepulchre, [graben.] OJrabcn, . -o, ", ditch, trench, moat. tab, m. -(e)3, -o, degree ; im hocfpftm -, in the highest degree, exceedingly. raf, m. u>. count. [castle. Wrafcnfdjloff, n. -(jf)cS, *(i?)er, count's ranatftiitf, n. -c, -c, splinter (of a grenade} ; fragment. [Z-.granatum.] ro, n. -e, -"cr, grass, pasture. grasgriin, adj. grass-green. flrdijlidi, adj. horrible, terrible; hid- eous. [M.H.G. graz, mad, furious.] gratis, adj. gratis, free of charge. [Z,.] grutt, adj. gray ;fig. aged, venerable. graucn, intr. t)., turn gray; dawn. graurn, impers. (dot., or dat. -with Dor) dread, shudder (at). \cf. E. grue- some.] graufum, adj. terrible, cruel raufamtctt,/. -w. cruelty, barbarity. rauf tftimntf t, m . -9, , white or gray horse. gruufcn, impers. (dat.} shudder at(Dor). groufig, adj. awful, dreadful, grnuitii'tifrfi, adj. grave, solemn. grcifcn, griff, gegriffen, tr. lay hold of, seize, grasp ; feel ; reach into (in, ace.). \cf. E. grip.] grcid, adj. gray, aged, hoary. @ret r m. -eS, -t, old man, veteran. [great-] renobier', m. -, -e, grenadier. [F.] 0*rcnjc r /. a', boundary. [5/.] grcnjcnlo^, adj. unbounded. rcucl, m. -%, , horror, atrocity, [grauen, dread.] greulid), adj. horrible, shocking. rici^c, m. w. Greek. ricd)rn(anb, n. Greece. grtcdjtfrf), adj. Greek. riff, m. -(e), -t, grip; handle [flreifcn.J rimtn, m. -(e), rage, fury, wrath. grob,grober, grobcft, adj. coarse, rude. rofdjcn, tn. -, , groschen, one- tenth of a mark, two and one-half cents. [L. grossus, thick (coin).] grog (grofjer, grSfjt), adj. great, large, tall. rb'jjc,/. w. greatness; size; height. rofjmuttcr,/. "-, grandmother. grdfjtctttcild, adv. for the most part. roftoatcr, m. -3, ", grandfather. rogttcjicr', m. -%. -e, grand vizier. ruft, /. n z, vault, tomb, [graben or griin, adj. green. G. krypta.] ruttb, m. -co, "c, ground, bottom, val- ley, deep ; reason ; ju , destruction. grunbcn, tr. found, establish, ground. runbpfctlcr, m. -, , foundation column, main support. griincn, intr. l). t become green, be ver- dant, put forth leaves ; prosper. ruppt,/. w. group. [F.] grtigcn, greet, salute; bless. [@ru&.] VOCABULARY. 347 e, /. flour, meal, [rtefj, E. grit.] gitrfcii, *'w/r. f., peep. (*>utffcnfter, . -8, , window for peeping. [cents. Wulbcn, m. -3, , florin, about forty gitlbcn, adj. old form for golben. gitl tig, adj., see fliltig. ftrtel, w*. -3, , girdle. [@urt.] giirtcn, tr. and rcfl. gird ; make ready. iiftati 2lbolf, w. -, Gustavus (11), Adolphus (i 594-1632), son of Charles IX, King of Sweden from 1611 ; fell at Liltzen, Nov. 16, 1632. pp. 116- 119. flMt (compar. beffer, superl. beft), adj. good, kind ; marf)en, make amends for ; adv. well. (*)ut, w. -t>, -"er, goods, fortune, prop- erty; estate. @iitc,/. kindness. (iJutcrjug, . -e, *e, goods train, freight train. jjiitig, adj. kind, good. flutmiitig, adj. good-natured, kind. Oiutmuttgfcit, /. good nature, kind- ness. (iUjtnnaftaft', m. TV. student in a gymna- sium. [G.] 4?aar, n. -, -e, hair. .$aarl>iirftc, /. w. hair brush. Vinartuitrf)!.', m.-tZ, M e, growth of hair, head of hair. ^>o6(c), /. possession, property ; Jpab' itnb ut, all one's possessions (used as a ncut. noun). tyofccn, I)atte, fle^abt, tr. have; hold, retain ; Hcb , to love, like. I)ol>I|rtft, adj. having possession, own- ing ; toerben (gen.), acquire pos- session of. .frabC'burg, . Hapsburg, castle in Aar- gau ; imperial family of Austria. 4?ug, >n. -e, -e, hedge. ^ngcl, m. -5, hail; aHc , thunder I zounds ! Ijagcr, adj. thin, lean. fialm, m. -e, " (u>. in comp. nouns), cock. .fial)iu-itl)nlfcii, m. -%, , roost ^>af)ncngcftf(rct, w.-, crowing of cocks. $ctt,/. w. crochet work. Ijalfc, adj. half; mit -er Stimme, in an undertone. Ijallicr, prep, with preceding gen. on account of, for the sake of, in behalf of. [albe, side, part.] f|n(Dgctrocfitct, part. adj. half-dried. 4?albfrci3, m. -, -c, semi-circle. Ijnlbftiinbtg, adj. lasting a half hour, every half hour. l)n(bticrgcficn, adj. half forgotten. f)albucrftanblt(^, adj. half intelligible, half perceptible. $alftc,/. w. half. r, /. -, , halter. , f. TV. hall, vestibule, porch, t, intr. I)., sound. m. -c, ^e, throat, neck. , n. -el, ^r, necklace, c, /. w. tie, cravat. ), n. -, a er, cravat. olt, w. -, -e, halt, stop ; hold, sup- port ; madjen, stop, fyalt ! inierj. hold ! wait ! Ijaltcn, hictt, oefjaden, tr. hold, keep, maintain ; consider ; fur (ace.), take for, regard as ; intr. stop, halt ; refl. restrain oneself. [tude. .Emitting, f. u>. bearing, carriage, atti- .(inmmrr, m. -, ", hammer. IiiimmiTii, tr. hammer. ^anb, /. a e, hand ; or lr , for the present, just now. .Sii&tt)cn, .-:>, , dimin. little hand 348 VOCABULARY. f , m. -8, *, trade ; affair. h,nnbcln r intr. I)., act, behave; trade, buy or sell; impers. e fjanbelt fid) um (ace.), the question is. 4jattbfung,/. w. action ; business, trade, commerce. [bag. $ant>tnfd)e,/. w. hand-bag, travelling- .tiriliflillfl, m. -(C), -, linnet. liatiQcn, biiui, gcfjangen, zw/r. f).,hang, be suspended ; /r. (= Ijangen) hang, bniigcn, tr. hang, suspend, cling (to, an), -frnmioucr, . -3, city and province (until 1866, a kingdom) of North Germany. [(^o&ann), Jack, -en. an$ (4?an$rf|en) r dimin. of 3of)anne3 $arfe,/. w. harp. [instruments. -Ortrmoiticmufif, /. iv. music of wind Barren, intr. I)., wait; wait for (ouf w ith ace.). [ baron, close to it. Ijart, adj. hard, stiff; adv. close; b,nrtf)crjtg, adj. hard-hearted, fjnrtnnrftg, adj. stiff-necked, obstinate, persistent. -frnfclbufrf), m. -es, *e, hazel bush. afclmau3, /. a c, dormouse, [ard. $afenfufj, m. -e^, a c, hare foot ; cow- ^>ag, . -(jj)e, hatred, spite (against, fjaffcn, /r. hate. [9 e 9^n.) lldfilirt), a^'. ugly ; bad. ^o(jUd)tctt r /. u; ugliness. aft, /. haste, ^afttg, adj. hasty. $d)en, . -4, , little cap or hood. $aube,/. w. cap. fraud), . -c, -e, breath, breeze. Iiaitcn, ^ieb, ge(>auen,/r.hew;cut; strike. &aufr(n), m. -n, -n, heap, pile; troop ; band (audb,a(tcrin, /. w. house-keeper. ^aufiercr, m. -, , peddler. e,/. w. house cat. m. -(c), -, servant, boots; hostler. (inuofitcrfitlirf), adj. domestic, menial. ^nu^tl)ur(t), /. w. house door, street door. Vnii'.-uiiiirtu', f. w, house washing; house linen. ^nu^rocfcn, n. -, household; domestic concerns. 4?aut,/. *e, skin, hide. Ijeftcn, {job, getjoben, /r. heave, lift; raise. -V>cbinifl, /. w. elevation, promotion, advancement ; removal (of difficul- ties') ; accent, stress. $erfc, /. w. hedge. ^e'bn ! interj. ho there ! holloa I ^>ecr, n. -, -e. host; army. -ticcrcvinnrtjt, /. "c, military forces; troops. ^>ecrfub,rtr, m. -, , commander, general. frcergcro't, n. -%, -e, military equip- ment, train of an army. $eft, n. -e, -t, writing book, note- book ; part (of a volume or serial). fieften, tr. attach, fasten; auf, fix to or upon. fycftig, adj. violent, passionate. Ijcgcn, tr. cherish; entertain. VOCABULARY. 349 fjei, interj. ha ! huzza I $etbe,/. w. heath; auj ber>eiben, old w. dat. fern. .^cibclberg, . _ f university town in Baden on the Neckar. licibfbciundjfcit, part. adj. overgrown with heather, heath- covered. .frctbefraut, . -es, "er, heath, heather. l)ctbiujrf), adj. pagan, heathen. tyetl, adj. whole, sound. >etl, n. -el, health, welfare; interj. hail! SeUanb, m . -(e)i, -e, Saviour. fieilcn, tr. heal, cure. tytiltg, a<#'. holy, sacred; -ei Cant), Holy Land. eUige(r) (decl. as adj.), saint. flcUigcn, tr. hallow, consecrate. .Ciciliflcitbtlb, n. -e, -r, image, statue of a saint. 4?eiligtunt, . -(e), *er, sanctuary. l)cint, dY/. home, homeward, used as a separable prefix. ctmat, /. iv. home, native land. 4?c ima tlanb , . -(0)3, native land, home. Ijeim'fuljren, sep. tr. conduct home. fyfimifd), adj. homelike; native; reft. mad)i'it, feel at home, make com- fortable, [j., come home. f)dmf ummcn, fam , -gefommen, intr. Jieimlirt), adj. comfortable, cosy; myste- rious, secret. fjetmtrcibcH, trieb , -getrieben, tr. drive home. [vous. ttcimtiirfifrti, adj. malicious, mischie- llciniiDnrti;, adv. homeward. ^cimtticg r m -, -, way home. .j?ctmwe(), n. -(e), homesickness. .Ociiirid), m. -, Henry. tjetitj, m. -en, dim. of ^einrid), Hal, Harry. .^cirot, /. u>. marriage. Iictrntcii, tr. marry; intr. get married. Ijctfcr, adj. hoarse. [E. hoarse.] l)ijjr adj. hot, heated; violent. b,eif;en r Ijiefe, geb,eipen, tr. bid, com- mand ; intr. be called or named ; mean, signify, be ; ba t)eifjt, that is Better, adj. bright, cheerful, [to say. $eiterfeit, /. merriment, gayety. ftclS, m. w. hero. 4>db.nblut, . - e ^ ( blood of heroes. ttclbeitlieb, n. -e, -er, heroic song. .iclbeiiflcift, m . -e^ ( -r, heroic spirit. ^clbcnmut, m. -(e), heroism. l)clbcnmutig, adj. heroic. frclbentfyot, /. w. heroic deed. Ijelftn, balf, geholfen, intr. h. (dat.), help ; refl. care or shift for oneself. f)ett, adj. clear, bright ; loud. ^>eU(e)bortie / r, m. -(e)l, -e, halber- dier. [Swabia.j feller, m. -%, , farthing. [Jpall in .>clm, m. -(e), -, helmet. ^cmbt^en, n. -3, , little shirt. $enne,/. w. hen. fyer, adv. here, hither, this way, towards the speaker or scene; along; ago; often follows a noun governed by a preposition indicating the direction of a movement, p. 10, 1. 14 ; used as a separable prefix. tyerub', adv. and sep. accented prefix, down here, down from, down. hcrnbblirfcit, intr. I)., look down. b,crabgd)tn, fling , -flegangen, intr. \., go or come down, descend. dcrnbtommcn, fam , -gefommen, intr. come down, decline; be re- duced. ijcnibiiiiirii, Hefe , -gelaffen, tr. let down ; refl. descend ; stoop, conde- scend. fjcrabrcgncn, sep. intr. h., rain down. fjcrabricfclnb, part. adj. dropping, rippling, drizzling. Ijern&rufen, rief , -^erufen, tr. and intr. h., call down. licrnii jrfjicficn, jdjcfe , -ge|"ii)offen, intr. \., and tr. shoot down. 350 VOCABULARY. ticrnbfinfrn, fonl , -flefunfen, intr. \., sink down, tjcrnn', adv. and sep. prefix, signifies approach ; hither, near ; on ; up to. dcranfommcn, fam ,-g.efommen, intr. f., come on, approach. [advance. t)tranritifcn, sep. intr. \., draw near, ticrnuid)lcid)cit, jdjlid) , -^eidjlid^-n, sep. int. \. or refl. steal up, glide near, focrniifprtitgcn, jprang , -gefprungen, intr. \. or b., spring forward, bcrnittrctcn, trat , -getreten, intr. fy., step near, approach. l)erauf', adv. and sep. prefix, up, up- ward, toward the speaker or point in question. Ijcraufflingcn, Hang , -geflungen, intr. {)., sound up, resound, (irrauffommni, !am , -gefommen, intr. \., come up. hcrauflangcit, sep. intr. b.., reach up. beraufftcigen, flieg , -geftiegen, Mr. f., climb up, ascend. &crnuf,ycb,cn, jog , -gejogen, tr. and intr. draw up; go up. focrous', adv. and sep. prefix, out of, out ; from, forth. l)crau*briitgcn, brachte , -gebradjt, tr. bring out. tyerausfaUen, fiel , -gefaflen, intr. \., fall from, herutu-gcbcn, gab , -gegeben, tr. give out ; return change ; publish. f)crauyfld)cn, ging , -gegangen, intr. f., go out. f)rraii5fjclfcn, half , -geb.olfen, tr. help out, get out. f)craiKsfommcn, (am , -gefommen, intr. f., come out, appear; become known, ficrniu'lnficn, Uefe , -gelajfen, tr. let out, suffer to go out., fjrraudnrfymcn, nabm , -genommen, tr. take out ; refl. presume, dare. Ijcrauf-lmbcn, tr. dress up, adorn. f>erou$fcf|tc&rn ( i^ofe , -flef^offen, tr. shoot out ; intr. h., rush out. l>crau$f$let!ljen, Wii) , -gefdjltdjen, intr. \., creep forth, steal out. tyeraudftafficren, tr. dress, fit out. [ftafficrcn, fr. Span.; cf. Stojf and F. 6toffe.] IjeraudftcUrn, sep. tr. place out; refl. be shown or proved. l)eroufto|en, fliefj , -ge|loen, tr. push out ; utter. Iicrniu-totnbrn, roanb , -getuunben, refl. extricate oneself. fctraitSstcfien, jog , -gfjogcn, tr. and intr. f., draw out, draw. Qerbei', adv. and sep. prefix, hither, this way, forward, up, on. tyerbet'ctlen, sep. intr. \. or b,., hasten towards or along. l)crlictl)ofcn, sep. tr. fetch, ^crbcirufcn, ricf , -getufen, tr. call hither, call up. l)crbcifrf)lcirf)ctt, ]i)[ii) , -gef(ftli(b,en, intr. f., steal or glide forward, fjcrbctftitrmcn, intr. 1)., rush or dash by. {jerbciwiitifdjcn, sep. tr. wish for. $erberge, /. TV. shelter, quarters ; inn ; entertainment. [eer bergcn, shelter for an army, E. harbor.] [vest.] $crbft, m. -t%, -t, autumn. [E. har- Ijcrbriiiflcn, bradjte , -flebradjt, tr. bring hither; establish by custom or law; part, bergebradjt, customary, traditional. trt>, ;. -e, -e, hearth. $erbe,/. TV. herd, flock, ^erbcnglorfe,/. TV. bell of the herd. 4?r rbftucr, n. -3, , fire on the hearth, fyerrin', adv. and sep. prefix, in hither, into, in; berein I come in J fyminbrcdjcn, bradj , -gcbrotbeii/ intr. ., break in, draws near, fjminbringcn, brang , -gebrungen, intr. ]., press in, penetrate. tjcrrinfnUcit, pel , -gefttilen, intr. \., fall in, enter. VOCABULARY. 351 fjercinfommcn, fam , -gefomnten, intr. ]., come in, enter. f)miitfct)cincit, fdjien , -gefdjtenen, intr. b., shine into. f)crcinfcl)t(fcn, sep tr. send in. fycrcintrctni, trat , -getreten, intr. \., enter, step in. tyerfnU'cn, pel , -gefallen, intr. f., fall towards ; ubet (ace.), fall upon, attack. Iierfltcflcn, flog , -geflogen, intr. f., fly near, come flying. J)crfld)cit, fling , -gegangen, intr. ]., walk along. .fjcrtitfl, m. -, -e, herring. crmcltn', . and m., -, -e, ermine. [dim. from ^arm(e), weasel] Ijcnmrf)', adv. afterwards. crol&, m. -%, -e, herald. &err, m. -n, -en, master, employer ; lord, Lord ; gentleman, Mr., Sir. .>crrcnf)nu*, n. -e, ^cr, lord's house, manor house ; House of Lords. $errin, /. w. lady, mistress, l)crr(irf), adj. splendid, magnificent, glorious. ^crrlirf)f cit, /. w . glory, splendor, mag- nificence, ^errfdjaft, f. w. lordship, dominion, sovereignty ; meine , master or mistress ; //. gentlemen. !>crrfcl)cn, intr. h., rule, govern; pre- vail, exist. ^terrft^cr, m. -, , ruler, monarch. fycrftclten, sep. tr. place here ; produce, manufacture ; restore, re-establish. l)crit't)cr, adv. and sep. prefix, across, to this side, over; toward the speaker or, the point in question. JjcriibcrfrtjaUcn, w. intr. I)., echo or sound across, fyerunt', adv. and sep. prefix, around, about. ^erumbrt^fn, sep. tr. turn around; reft, turn oneself. l)crumgcficn, fling , -flegangen, intr. f., go about, walk around. Ijcrumjogm, sep. tr. or intr. ., hunt about ; chase, rush ; gallop around. IjerunUaufen, lief , -getaufen, intr. f., run about; ramble, stroll. f)crumfjmtincn, fprang , -gefprun= gen, intr. f ., leap around, jumpabout. (jerumtaitjcn./^/. intr. h., dance about. t)crumtroucf)icrcn tr. carve (around), fjcrumnicrfcit, roarf , -geroorfen, throw about ; turn. Remitter, adv. and sep. pref. down from, downward, down, fjcrimtcrglchnt, glttt , -geglitten, intr. f., slide down. ^cruntcrl)oitgcn or -^oitflen, ^ing , -gebangen, intr. h., hang down, be suspended, fjeritntcrficbcit, hob , -^e^oben, tr. lift down. l)cruittcr()clfcit, balf , -geljotfen, tr. help down. fyerunterfoinmcn, fam , -gefommen, intr. \., come down, (jeruntcrlaficn, [ie^ , -gelajfcn, tr. let down. fjeruntcrftcigen, ftieg , -gefliegen, intr. t). or ]., come down, descend, tyertior', adv. and sep. prefix, forth, forward, out of. tyerttorbrcdjcn, brad) , -gebrodjen, intr. ]., break out, come forth, ap- pear, fyeroorgcfycn, gmg , -gegangen, intr. \., go forth, leave; transpire, result, follow, fycruorragrn, sep. intr. project, tower up, be prominent. (icruontcigcH, (lieg , -gefliegen, intr. f ., climb out or forth. l)cruortrctcn, trat , -fletreten, intr. f., step forth, appear; be prominent. l)cruor,vd)cn, jog , -gejogen, tr. draw forth, pull out. 352 VOCABULARY. tt. -en, -ti, heart; am near the heart; Son , heartily, cordially; etn faffen, take heart. $trjcf)cn, -3, , little heart; darling. Ijcrjf igtn, sep. tr. show, exhibit. Ijcritn, tr. embrace, caress. fjcrjcnsgut, adj. kind-hearted. ()crjl)aft, a<^'. courageous, resolute. '. charming, sweet. ^'. hearty; flem, with all one's heart. $er5og, w. -, -< or "e, duke. Ijcrjoglid), <#. ducal cRc, m. u\ a Hessian ; effen, w. -, a grand-duchy in western Germany. tyeuer, riiigcn, Sprang , -gefprurts gen, intr. j., leap forth or away. l)(nau*trftcn, trat , -getreten, intr. j., step out, walk out. flinniunuadjfcn, twta>3 , -gewaa^fen, intr. )., grow out. l;iiiau-.-.iuanScrit, intr. f. and I)., wan- der forth or away. , roarf , -geroorfen, tr. cast out ; expel ; refl. project over. lltnauSstcfjcn, jog , -gejogen, intr. \., go or march out. I)tnfcrftcUcn, tr. appoint (a meeting), summon (to a given place). fjinbltrfcii, sep. intr. b., look toward, look away. fjtnbcnfcn, bad)te , -gebadjt, intr. $., direct one's thoughts, think of, fyinburdj', adv. and sep. prefix, through, throughout; jroijdjen . . . hinburdj, through the midst. i)inburcf)bliftcn, sep. intr. ^., gleam through, shine through, tyinburtfjlnffcn, 1kg , -gctaffen, tr. let through, admit. [Hindustan, (jiitbufta'tttfrfj, adj. Hindustani, of (jittcin', adv. and sep. prefix, in, into. l)tnetiibttt)tcn, sep. tr. b., add to in composition ; interweave, tyineinfreffcn, fra , -gefreffen, intr. ., eat into. I)iitcinnc()cit, ging , -gcgangen, intr. f ., go in, enter, join, btneingretfen, griff , -gegrtffen, intr. b., reach in. binetnleben, sep. intr. b., in ben Sag , live for the day, take things as they come. btnciidcgcn, sep. tr. lay or place within, binriitfdjnurn, sep. intr. b., look in. btncinfibtcben, jdjob , -gefdjoben, tr. push or shove in. ()inciiifrt)rctl)cn, fdjricb , -gefdjrieben, tr. write in ; interpolate, bincinfrhen, fab , -gcfeljcn, intr. b., look in ; mil , look on with. bincinfrhen, sep. tr. set or put in. l)tnctiiftcrfcit, sep. tr. stick or put in. bincinftcigcn, fticg , -gejliegen, intr. \., step in, enter. btnctnftitrjen, sep. intr. f., rush or plunge in ; tr. and refl. cast in. btuciiitljun, that , -getban, tr. put in. btnctntrctcn, trat , -^etreten, intr. f ., step in, enter. binrin^nmnnrn, /;-. press or force in. binfaUcn, pel , -gefatlen, intr. f., fall down, btnfttcfjcn, flo , -^efloffen, intr. f., flow along or away, binfiibtcn, sep. intr. b., feel along; grope ; ftd) , feel one's way along. 354 VOCABULARY. , adv. on the contrary, on the other hand. b,ingrl|rn, ging , -flegangen, */r. f., go thither, go away ; go along, btngcrtffcit, part. adj. carried away ; transported, enraptured, [htnretgen.] biitflrujjni, sep. tr. or intr. greet, di- rect a greeting. Ijtitfluefcn, intr. h., look or glance at or thither. b,tnb,alten, faielt , -gefyalten, tr. hold out ; put off, delay, keep in suspense. hjitflappcn, tr. clap or clatter away. Ijinfommcit, (am , -gefommen, intr. ]., come or go to; arrive at. lltiilnufcn, lief , -gdaufen, intr. f., run thither, run away ; pass. Ijinlcgcit, sep. tr. to lay away or aside ; put down. Ijiitncn, adv. hence ; toon , from hence. tyinbaffen, sep. intr. I)., fit, suit. Ijtnqualmcn, sep. intr. t)., smoke away. b,infct)nt, faf) , -gejeljen, intr. 1)., look (there), glance ; or jtd) , look before one. Jjinfcfecn, sep. tr. set or put down. (Mitfiiircn, janf , -flcjunfen intr. f., sink down, drop. Ijiitfprcrfjcit, jprad) ,-geft)rodE)cn, tr.or intr. h., speak lightly or at random. Ijintcr, prep, tvith dot. in a locative sense, behind, or ace. indicating mo- tion, after ; used also as adv. and as sep. prefix. .tnutcrfufi, m. -, "c, hind foot. 4?tntcrgrunb,.-(e)3, a e, background. .$in tcr ((and , n. -e, -'er, rear of a house ; rear house. l)tiitcrt)tr, adv. along after ; afterwards, tyintcrlaffcn, lie , -gelaffcn, tr. leave behind, leave (an inheritance). .fctntcrlaffuitu,/. leaving behind. $intcrtcil, m. -$, -*.. rear part; stern. $tntcrtfjur(f),/. u: back door, tiiittrricu, trat , getrcten, intr. \., step (thither or towards a place). (jiitit'licr, adv. and sep. prefix, over. across, ^tnubcrgcljen, ging , -gegangen, intr. \ ., go over, lltuulicrlaufcjt, Iie| , -fldaufen, intr. f., run over, run across. lliiiiitirrrctrtKit, sep. intr. ^., reach across (to) ; tr. offer, present, lliniitirrrubrrn, sep. intr. I)., row across, lititulirrfclirit, |ol) , -gefefcen/ intr - ^-> glance over or across. l)iniibcrtrmmcn, fam , -fldommen, intr. \., come down. t)tnuntcr,yct)cn, jog , -gejogen, tr. draw or pull down. IjtnWCfl', adv. and sep. prefix, away, off, forth. l|hiuifnil>riitflcn, jprang , -gefprun* gen, intr. \). or f., spring or leap away. fjiiinirgftiirmcn, intr. b., dash away. Ijhuucnbcit, roanbte , -gcroanbt, refl. turn (towards). b,iniit^tn, jofl , -geaogen, tr. draw towards, attract. fyinju', adv. and sep. prefix, to, to- wards ; in addition, fyin^ufugen, sep. tr. add, join. .$irfd)gett)rif), n. -{e), -e, antlers. VOCABULARY. 355 fiirtcnfnfpitr, m. -, Caspar, the herd- boy. tyifpa'iitfd), adj. Spanish. $tod)ntut, m. -{e)3, arrogance, insolence. l)brf)ftciu% . at the most, at the highest. .[iort),',cit, /. w. wedding. $ort),sdt!5aitgclcgcnl)cit, /. w. wedding event, ^of, m. -e, a e > court ; yard ; farm, estate ; madjcn, pay court. ofbame,/. -w. lady of honor, tyoffcn, tr. hope; intr. auf (ace.), hope for. Ijoffrntlid), adv. it is to be hoped, I trust. fcoffnung,/. w. hope, boftnuiigsrcitf), adj. full of hope. lloffnungsuoU, adj. hopeful, sanguine. Ijiiflttf), adj. courteous, civil, polite. $>ofraum, m. -e, a e, yard, court. fofftnat, m. -, household (of a prince) ; retinue, court dress. 4?ilje, /. height ; summit; hill; in bte , up, upwards ; in bte f afjren, start up ; in bte fyeben, raise, lift ol)ett,/. w. highness. [up. ' I|ol)I f adj. hollow ; gef)en, run high (of waves). $61|Ie t /. u>. hollow, cave. b,i)t)ntfd), adj. scornful, mocking. fyolb, adj. lovely, kind, sweet, gracious; f etlt (dot. of pers.), favor, be fond of. t, tr. fetch, (go and), get, obtain. r, m. -3, , Hollander. t)ol'la ! tnterj. halloo ! fiolftrtn, .-i, a former dukedom, now part of the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein. [forest. $olj, n. -e, "cr, wood, fuel ; woods, $o(jat, /. "e, wood-axe, fybljfrn, adj. wooden. {oljfdUcr, m. -$, , wood-cutter. .C>i)(,^inucr, m. - , , wood-cutter. $oljfcule,/. w. club, ^oljung,/. iv. cutting of wood; forest. $onig, m. -, honey. .t>opfciigartcn, m. -, , hop-garden. l)ordjcn, intr. fj., listen, hearken. f)orbar, adj. audible, ^oren, tr. hear; auf (ace.), heed, listen to, obey. $orn, n. -e$, ^r, horn. l)u, interj. ugh ! implying terror, dread, tyub, archaic for Ijob, pret. o/tybtn. ), adj. pretty, nice, \prig. b,ofijd).] f , m. -e, -, hoof. , m. -, ^e, beat of hoofs, fciifte, /. -w. hip. $ub,n, . -(e), c cr, fowl. $itf)ticrt)au, n. -, er, poultry-house. Vmlincrfi(iiu-rf)ctt, n. -, dimin. little poultry-house. [weed. .&>il)nerf4ttiorm t w. -(e), *e, chick- ,/. grace, favor; affection. c, /. w. covering ; in unb QruU'/ in abundance, in plenty, liutlcn, w. tr. cover, envelop, wrap (in), .(lulfcnborn, m. -,-en, or "er, holly. 4;>unb, m. -<:-, -c, dog. Iiunbrrt, num. hundred, liuubcrtjdlirig, adj. lasting a hundred years ; hundred years old. t)unbcrttauftnb, num. adj. hundred thousand. 356 VOCABULARY. fiunbrrtwrifr, adv. by the hundred. fnutflrr, m. -3. hunger. pungent, imfcrs. with ace. of person, hunger, be hungry. Iiuitflrifl, adj. hungry. l)ufd)cn, intr. I)., glide (noiselessly). $nt, m. -c, "e, hat. Ijtttcn, tr. watch, guard, fritter, m. -, , guard, keeper. 4?utfdjat$tcl,/. if. hat-box, ftiittc, /. w. hut, cottage. 1$, pers. pron. I. 3$, w. -, -3. ego, self. iljr, poss.pron. her, their, [gen. of fte.] 3l>r f pass. pron. your. 3fonium, . -:-, Iconium, now Konia, in the center of Asia Minor, capital of ancient Lycaonia. 3Uufion', /. iv. illusion. [F.] 3tnntrnfce, / Immensee, a lake and estate giving the title to the story, p. 135. There is a picturesque hamlet on Lake Zug at the foot of the Rigi, of this name. im = in bent. immcr, adv. ever, always, constantly, still ; however, nevertheless, anyhow ; with imp. emphatic, do, in any event ; lends indefiniteness to relative pro- nouns and adverts = -ever, in " whoever," " wherever " ; entlotiQ, straight along; md)t, never; roicber, again and again. immcrbar, adv. always, [ie = je, mer nid)t.] immrrfort, adv. evermore, continually. in, prep, -with dot., temp, or locat., in ; ace. into, to. tubriinftifllirf), adj. ardent, fervent. [93tun|i/r. brennen ] inbent', adv. meanwhile; conj. while, at the same time, [in bent.] inbed, inbeffen, adv. meanwhile, how- ever ; conj. while, \prep. innen and be.] 3nbten, n. -, India. 3nbtt>tbuum, .-. //. 3nbiibuen, in dividual. [L.] 3nfanttrtft', m. w. infantry soldier. W 3nf)fl(t, m. -, e, content, purport. tnnt, adv. and sep. prefix, within, in the midst. iunrdabcn, Ijattc , -fleljabt, tr. pos- sess ; occupy (an office). innrfialtrn, hielt , -gcljalten, tr. hold back ; detain ; bic 3eit , keep one's appointment ; intr. ., stop, discon- tinue, tnncwcrbcn, murbe , -fleiuorben (gen. or ace.), perceive. inner, adj. inner, interior. 3nnerc(3), n. decl. as adj. interior; im 3nnern, within, tnntg, adj. intimate; cordial, hearty. inS = in ba. 3nfcls5bcrn, m. -8, mountain in Thu- ringia (916 m high), near Friedrichs- roda. nu-flcftimt, adv. altogether, in a body, tnftruieren, tr. instruct. [F. instruire.] 3nftrumcnt', .-,-, instrument. [L.\ 3ntclligcn,v, /. intelligence. [F.] 3ntercffe, . -3, -n, interest. [/... //. I interefftcrcn, tr. interest. [F. inteVes tntocnbig, adj. interior, inward, ser.] tn)tutid)cn, adv. in the meantime, [fr. en ^ in, and jiuiidjen, dat. pi. of obs. adj. jtmjd), " two-fold."] irbiftf), adj. earthly. [Grbe.] irgenb, adv. (before frons.) any, some; VOCABULARY. 357 tin, some one, any one ; roo, anywhere, some ; somewhere, irrcn, intr. f)., err, go astrey. 3rrtum, m. -, ir er, error, mistake. 3fflflf II. (Angelus), m. Isaac, Roman Emperor of the East, 1185-95 and 1203-4. 3fegrtm, m. -9, Isengrim, the name of the wolf in the Latin animal-epic of Isengrimus of the 1 2th century, per- petuated in impart, in the legends of Reinike Fuchs. 3talten, n. -%, Italy. jn . adv. yes ; surely, indeed, you know ; of course, to be sure ; bod), to be sure ; tuofyl, yes indeed. 3096, /. iv. chase, hunt. 3nflbfnll(c), m. w. hunting falcon. 3iifl?flcrrit, . -, hunting implements. 3n8bf)Uttb, m. -e8, -e, hound, jnijcit, tr. {)., hunt; chase, drive; intr. f., race, rush, gallop. 3<>flcr, m. -, , huntsman. 3(iflcrf)(Jiu% n. -e8, *er, hunter's house, lodge. [hunter. 3agerfttab(t), m. w. hunter boy, young ^iiflcrltcb, n. -8, ^er, hunter's song. jal), adj. steep, abrupt. 3nfH"f n. -e, -e, year. 3o^re0frift,/. iv. space of a year, whole year. 3nl|rl|iin'bcrt, n. -8, -e, century. 3nl)rtau'iciib, .-, -e, thousand years, millennium. 3. lad, boy, fellow. 3>ingf ran, /. tv. virgin, maid. 3unggrfeU(c), m. w. bachelor. 3ung(ing, m. -%, -t, youth. 3uni, m. -, June. [Z,. Junius.] 3unfcr, m. -8, , squire, young noble- man, [iunc = jung, herre, #err.] junfrrlioit, adj. like a cavalier or squire. 3ut(nnb, . -5, Jutland, a peninsula north of Schleswig-Holstein, belong- ing to Denmark. 3uwclier' f m. -4, -e, jeweler, 35* VOCABULARY. fluff et, m. -, -3, coffee. Maf'iccmnftfitnf, /. w. apparatus for making coffee ; coffee-pot, .ftofig, m. -, -, cage, fo^l, adj. bare, barren, bald; empty, dull. \cf. . callow.] Saint, w. -3, *e, skiff, boat, ftaijer, m. -, , emperor. [Csesar.] faifcrlirt), adj. imperial. Staifcrfdjmutf, m. -e-3, imperial orna- ments. Satfcrtttd, ;. -, , imperial title. &alif(e), m. w. calif, ftalifin,/. w. wife of the calif, ftulmiirfc, m. TV. Calmuck. fait (falter, foltefl), adj. cold. Jlomcroti', m. w. comrade. [P., L. see Rammer.] ftamcra&'frf)oft, /. good fellowship, friendship, ft a milt 'ft mi-, m. -e3, -e, mantelpiece. [L. caminus, Sim, border.] ftumm, m. -e, ^c, comb, fiimmrn, tr. comb, ttammrr, /. w. chamber, room. [L. camara.] Jlontmcrbtcnrr, m. -, , valet. [P. valet de chambre.] .ftammcrljcrr, m. w. chamberlain. Uammrrlciit, . -, , small room, bedroom, ftampf, m. -e, *t, combat, struggle, fight. fiimpicn, tr. or infr. fight. ftamvfe^Iuft, /. "e, joy in battk, desire for combat. JianoC, m. -, *e, hymn, chant. m. -$, , teacher, church father. fttrdjettton, m. -9, a e, sacred music; hymn, chant. $irdjentterfamm(ung,/. -w. synod. ftirrf|f)of, m. -e, "e, churchyard. ftir(f)frf)WcUe, /. iv. threshold of a church. JUrtfjturm, m. -, ^e, church tower. Kifte, /. w . chest, box. filofter,/. iv. fathom. e,/. w. lament, complaint. b, n. -e, -er, dirge, lament. f(agcn, tr. or intr. I)., mourn, complain- tilngetou, w. -, -"e, plaintive tone, fliigltd), a^'. lamentable, pitiable, .ftlang, m. -c, ^e, sound, peal. .fetf(e), adv. crosswise. Jtrcu^uo, m. -(e), "t, crusade, friedjcn, frodj, gef rotten, intr. \)., creep. Sir ten, "t. -3, -. companion. [O.F.] f , /. knowledge, tunftig, adj. future, later, [fommen.] fluitft, /. "e, art, craft, skill, [fonnen.] fiiitftlitf), adj. artificial; ingenious; cunning. ftunftftiief , n. -, *e, clever feat, trick, ftupfcr, n. -, copper. [Z.. cuprum.] upfcrgclb, .-{e),-er, copper (coin). tupfern, adj. of copper, copper. $rH>ferfd)l0f| r n. -e, ^r, castle of copper. Jlurfiirft, m. w. electoral prince, elector. [Helen, choose ; guff- first, prince.] furiercn, tr. cure. lurj (furjer, furjeji), adj. short, brief^. adv. in short, in a word. [L. curtus.] fiufc, m. -(jf;3. ^ff)e, kiss, tuff en, tr. kiss. Mfjitac^t, w. -4. a village at the head of the northern arm of Lake Lucerne. Sutfdje,/ w. coach. [Httng.] ,tlutfrf)cr, . -S, , driver, coachman. Uutte, /. w. cowl ft^fftldufer, . or tfufftjaufergebttge, a mountain near Frankenhausen, north- east of Erfurt. VOCABULARY. obt, /. w. refreshment. Idrticln, intr. I)., smile, [ladjett.] ad)c(n, w. -3, smile, smiling. lad)cn, //r. I)., laugh. I'arfjcn, . -, , laugh, laughing Idrt)crlirt), a<^'. laughable, ridiculous. lurficrcn, tr. lacquer, varnish. [Orten. Sad, resin.] nbcn, m. -5, ", shop, stall, booth, laben (labft, Ifibt, labeft, label), lub, gelaben, tr. load, take on board ; auf fid) , assume, incur; charge (a gun). labcn, lub, gelaben (also w.) tr. invite, summon. age, /. iu. situation, condition, i'aqcr, n. -, , couch, bed ; camp. 1'agcrftott, /. ^e, couch, resting-place ; military encampment, i'amm, n. -(e), -"er, lamb. ampe,/. w. lamp. [T 7 . lampe.] anb, M. -, -"er (/ -e), land ; country ; auf bem -e, in the country, i'anbcnbcrg. Beringer of , Governor of Unterwalden (1034-8), resided in the castle of Sarnen. lnitbcc-flilrf)tig r adj. fugitive, fianbe^frtiftett,/. . national indepen- dence, freedom of a country. fiuttbeSmarf,/. -w. boundary. Sianbgrof , m. w. landgrave, ffinblitf), adj. rural anbmann, m. -(e)3, a er or -teute, countryman, rustic. anbpurtie', /. w. excursion, picnic. anbfd)aft, /. -w. landscape. JJanbftrnfcc,/. -w. highway. 1'anbwcn, m. -, -e, land route. lang (longer, longfi), adj. long, tall, fang(e), adv. temp, long, long time; adv. of degree, far, far from ; auf fo , for so long a time ; eine 3eit , for some time. gangbctn, . -, -e, longlegs. (angen, intr. t)., reach (nadj or in, ace.). i!angfuft(cr, w. -, , longlegs. langfam, adj. slow, tedious, langft, adv. superl. long ago, long be- fore, long since, langtoadenb, part. adj. long flowing ; [roallen, wave.] (ungmetlig, adj. tedious, fionjr,/ w. lance, fiorifari, n. -. (used as inter/.), fiddlesticks. SJtirm, m. -. charge, burden, load. Inftcrlinfl, adj. vicious, wicked, latri'nifdj, adj. Latin. S-'nub, n. -(e), -e or n tt, foliage ; coll. leaves. aubc,y. vi. arbor, bower, i'nubgang, m. -, "e, walk with trees; leafy walk. aubgcbrdnge, . -, , abundant foliage. I'an&ncniblbc, n. -, , leafy arch, canopy. au6tpanb,/. *t, leafy wall, laurrnb, part. adj. lurking, watching. [lauern.] auf, m. -(e), "e, course, (aufcn, lief, gelaufen, intr. f). or f., run. laufrticn, intr. {)., listen, taut, adj. loud. autc, /. w. lute. [F. luth.] tauten, /n/r. h., sound, impers. e Iau= tet, it runs, the purport is, it is said. Id u ten, intr. I)., ring. VOCABULARY. 363 tauter, adj. clear, pure ; indecl. mere, only, nothing but. leben, intr. \),, live, exist; toon, support oneself from. fiebcn, n. -, life; am , alive. lebenb,/a>-/. adj. living, existing. Uben'big, adj. living, live; lively, ani- mated, [freckle. SJcbcrflcrfcn, m. -3, , liver-spot, S.'cbcuiol)l', n. -, -, farewell. Icb 't)aft, a^'. lively, animated ; vivid, forcible. [in one's lifetime. fiebjctteit,/.//. lifetime; ju or bei , lerfen, tr. lick, lap. Sierferbiffen, w. -, , dainty morsel. fieber, . -, , leather. Icbig, adj. empty, clean; vain; un- married. leer, adj. empty. leer cit, tr. empty, drain. Icgcn, tr. lay, put ; reft, lie down, sub- side, abata. Seljen (Cehn), .-, , fief, trust. letjncn, tr. lean; reft, recline (against, an or gegen). 8eh,nftuh,l, m. -, *e, armchair. cf)rt, /. zt;. instruction, advice; doc- Icljrcn, /r. teach. [trine, theory. i'eljrcr, . -3 f f teacher, [teachable. lelirtjnit, a<^'. didactic, instructive ; Icfjrrcirf), a^'. instructive. Seib, m. -eS, -er, body; originally, life ; Ccib unb Ceben, life ; Dom I'ctbe, at a distance ; ju Ceibe geb,en or auf ben rucfen, attack. fieibe^fraft,/.//. *e, strength of body ; au 2eibetraften, with all one's might, for dear life. Ictbljnf'tiij, adj. embodied, living; real. iicibltindjc,/. w. bodyguard, geic^c, /. u: corpse. [M.H.G. llch, body.] l!ctrticii,^u(i, m. -e, "e, funeral proces- sion. ei$nam, m. -(e), -, dead body, corpse, [der. llch, body, hame, gar- ment.] tctdjt, ay. light, easy, slight ; adv. lightly, easily, readily. leidjtfufttfl, fl. minute. [M. L. mi- nustus, small part, coin.] tniftfjcn, tr. mix, shuffle (cards); refl. in r mingle in, interfere ; fid) baretn or brein , interpose, meddle with. "lift-, prefix, usually insep. It gives the idea of negation, failure, evil, perversion. The prefix is usually unaccented in verbs, save -where special stress rests upon it, as mifj= fccrjkfyen; in substantives derived from verbs, and in certain partici- ples as mi&'geftattet (misshapen), // receives the accent. tnifien, tr. miss; do without; lose. miiilinn'bclit, insep. tr. ill-treat, abuse. sniftltn'gen, mtBlang, miijlungen, intr. \., and impers. (dot.) be unsuccess- ful, fail in ; turn out badly. nttfitrnu'tfct), adj. distrustful, suspi- 368 VOCABULARY. SWift, m. -, -, dung. aiJtft'Dcrftanbni*, . -. mosque. [P. and Arab.} SKotte,/. w. moth. [E. moth.] ntiibe, adj. tired, weary, exhausted ; orig. with gen., now with ace. ajJutjc, /. w. pains ; toil ; trouble ; jidj (dat.) geben, take pains. ), m. -e, -"e, mill-stream, e, /. w. mill 9Jliif)l(en)rob, w. -, ^er, miU-wheeL SOJitUtr, /. -, , miller. 3)lund)c, , -, Munich. SWunb, w. -(e)S, -e, 'e r *er, mouth. 3Rfinb(f)cn, w. -, , t, f. "e, night. '.iiiirtitntlr . /. w. night-owl. 92ad)tl)immr(, m. -, sky at night. art)ttflnll, /. w. nightingale. [fr. nachti, old gen. sing: and obs. galan, sing.] SWartjtifrf), m. -e, -t, dessert. nad)tt", adv. by night, in the night [adv. gen. with -$, like tag.] VOCABULARY. 37' 9?otf)tfit)mcttcrliitfl, nt. -, -, night- butterfly. Wnrtittnu, m. -, night-dew. nnrf)U)cifcn, roie , -Qerotefen, tr. demonstrate, prove. y;nrfv,ur|(cr, m . -, , straggler. 'Ji'nrfm, m. -, , neck. narft, adj. nacked, bare. l, /. -w . needle. l, m. -, tt , nail. nal)(t), (ndfjer, nacfjft), <#'. near, nigh ; an, near or close to. yial)t, f. nearness, neighborhood ; in foer , near, close at hand. !taf)cn, refl. approach. ndt)en, tr. or intr. sew. 9Jaf)ere(3), n. details, particulars. 9?df)crci, /. sewing. Wtilicrfommcn, n. -, approach. nafymt, refl. come nearer, draw near, approach. 9Jal)ti|"cf), w. -e, e, sewing-table. 92ame(tt), m. -n, -n, name; -3, . by the name of, named. namcn(o, a<#. nameless. Wnmnu-ucttcr, m. -, , namesake. namcntlirf), adj. namely, especially, particularly. itriiitlirt), adj. same ; a. negelken, nel- ken, clove.] ncnncn, nannte, genannt, tr. name, call. SJtfr, n. -. niece, nirtittfl, adj. vain, transitory. nirt)t, indef. pron. (used subst. nom. and ace.) nought, nothing, \orig. gen. of niht, nothing.] itirfcn, intr. I)., nod. nie, adv. never, niebcr, adj. low ; adv. low, down ; used as sep. accented prefix. nicbcrbciiflcn, sep. tr. bow, stoop down. mcbrrfnUrn, pel , -gefatlen, intr. \., fall down, nieberfyangrn, hing , -gefyangen, intr. hang down, droop. iticbcrfrimpfcit, sep. tr. overcome, sub- due, [(or refl.). ntcbcrfmcftt, sep. intr. \., kneel down *Wicber(ge,/. w. defeat. nteberlaffen, liejj , -gdaffcn, tr. let down ; refl. sit down ; alight (of birds) ; establish oneself, ntebcrlcgcit, sep. tr. lay down, put down ; give up, resign ; refl. lie down. . and Gr.] $f)nntafic', /. w. fancy, imagination. ', m. w. photographer. [ G.] f)ic',/. 7i>. photograph. pf)otograpf)ic'rcn, />. photograph. JlQtyfifa'lifi!), <#. physical. piefcn, /r. peck. grinus.] $ilgcr, m. -3, , pilgrim. [L. pere- ^ilgcrtofi^e,/. w. pilgrim's wallet. pilgrim = ^ttger, m. -4, -e, pilgrim. ^ifel or $efel, m. -5, , ante-room ; living-room ; summer-room. fStyitt or pippin, in. -, called the " Short," son of Charles Martel, ajid father of Charles the Great, King of the Franks (751-768). $ifto(e, /. .-. pistole, a gold coin of Spain = 1 6 sh. sterl. or three dol- lars and ninety cents. [f-~\ $fagc, /. w. torment; trouble, vexa- tion, annoyance. $Ian, m. -e, -e, plain ; (fig.} battle- field ; green, common ; //. "e, plan. [F. plan, plain, level.] $iand)en, n. -3, , little plan, scheme. t, adj. flat, low ; plain. [E. flat.] $ forte,/, w. plate; ledge. fMol?, w. -l, "e, place, room, seat ; open space, square ; nefjmen, sit down, be seated ; madjen, make room for, clear the way. [F. place.] plo^Htf), atij. sudden. [$to^, blow, slap.] plump, adj. clumsy, awkward. plumps, interj. plump! bumpl $(iinbcrung,y. w. plundering, ravage. fplunbcrn, ^lunber orig. clothes.] porticn, intr. h., knock (against, auf, ace.}; beat, throb. poc'tifrt), a^'. poetic, poetical. $01i)ri'amt, n. -(e), *er, police-sta- tion. [poli^ei/r./''. police a. posture, position. [Z,.] $oftagcn, m. -, , stage01} ! interj. odds ! zounds ! the deuce I with noun, confound . \In curses, a corruption of & oil.] pofctailfcnb, interj. zounds! the deuce! $ratf)t, f. splendor, pomp. prd(l)lifl, aa/. splendid, magnificent, sumptuous. i. prince, son of a sovereign. ^rin^ef/fin,/. w. princess. $rifc, f. ,. pi nc h (of snu/). [F. prendre.] Vriuntmana, m. -{e), ^r, or -leute, private man or individual. Vrobc, /. ' proof, test ; rehearsal. [M- L. proba.] probierca, tr. prove, try. profaa', adj. profane, secular. [Z. profanus.) $rofef'for, tn. -8, -o'ren, professor. [L.-] ^Jrofcffo'rtit,/. w. wife of a professor. VrofefforUaar, n. -t%, -e, professorial couple. \Gr.~\ ^ropfjct', m. w. prophet. [L. and propf)e,scica, tr. prophesy. \M.L. and , /. w. prophecy, pre- diction. prof a 'if d), adj. prosaic. [L. prosai- cus.] SJrotcftnnt', m. w. Protestant. fcrotefhia'ttftf), adj. Protestant. [Z,. fart, protestans, F. protestant.] l 4?riHiirtiit'Iurli, m. -e3, a e, provision- basket. [$rotoiant/r. Ital. and F.] $robiant'mctftcr, m. -9, , master of supplies, commissary, steward. t', n. -(e), -, per cent. [Z..] /. w. procession. [F. and Z,.] (iritfcn, tr. try, test, examine. [L. probare.] ^falmobir'ren, n. -, psalm, chanting. $ult, n. or m. -(e), -e, desk. [L. pulpitum.] , n. -9, , powder. [L. pulver.] m. -, -e, point, spot. [L. punctum.] Utiaftlicf), adj. punctual. ^itppdicn, n. -&, , doll, baby, pup- pet, [dim. o/5|}uppc, L. pupa.] pur, adj. pure. [Z,. purus.] pahca, tr. adorn, dress up, put in or- der ; polish. . w. milliner. qaiilea, tr. torment, torture. [Dual, cf. E. quail, quell.] Quaint, m. -(e)i, vapor, smoke. \cf. E. qualm.] qunlmcn, intr. [)., smoke, steam. duartier', . -, -e, quarter. [F.] CUiclI, m. -e, -en; also Cactlc, /. w. spring, source. qarllca, quofl, gequoHen, *^r. f., spring, gush. quer, a^'. diagonal, crosswise. Caere, /. w. diagonal ; einem in bie fommen, cross one, thwart one's purpose, run counter, qutrlcn, intr. h., whirl. fHaob, /. river rising in Styria, and flowing northerly into the Little Danube. Stabe, m. -w. raven. SHad)r,/. revenge, vengeance. rdrfjcn, tr avenge, revenge; refl. take vengeance on one (on, dat.) for (roegen). [F.. wreak.] 9Jab, . -, ''er, wheel. ragen, intr. !)., project, tower. iHnlimeit, m. -8, , frame. [border. {Hanb, m. -(), B er, edge, brink, rim, VOCABULARY. 377 SHonfe,/. w. vine, tendril, shoot, ronfcit, intr. h,., and refl. twine, twist {cog. ringen.] !Hni>l>cnf)citflft, m.-e&, -t, black stallion. Oiaptud, m. , (Jit of) madness or rage ; einen t)aben, be out of one's head, be crack-brained. [Z,.] rar, adj. rare, scarce. [F. rare. L. rams.] rofd), adj. quick, swift ; impetuous, rash. \cf. E. rash.] fflafenfiurf, n. -e$, -e, piece of turf, grass plot, rafteren, tr. shave ; fid) laffen, to get shaved. [F. raser.] rnffcln, intr. fy., rattle. JRufi, /. w. rest, repose. rafiloS, a<#. restless. JHat, w*. -(e), supply, expedient ; //. *e, council, member of council, coun- cillor, advisor; //. 9?atjcf)lage, (Kat; (djlii ijc), deliberation, counsel, advice ; decree ; SRat jdjafjen, devise means, rolen, riet, geraten, tr. or intr. (dat.) advise; guess, ratfam, adj. advisable, roifdjlafltn, ratirf)lagte, geratfd)lagt, intr. I)., deliberate, consult (upon, fiber). [JRatfdjlag.] SRotfel, n. -, , riddle, problem, ratfdljaft, adj. problematic ; obscure. JHatisfcUcr, m. basement of town hall, public wine-room. Watte,/, -w. rat. !Kuu6, m. -(c), robbery, pillage. Otoufier, m. -, , robber, thief. 9iau6erljau, n.-e^^cr, robber's house, rriubcrifrt), . heron's feather. Weim, w. -. rescuer, deliverer. 91etrung,/. TV. rescue, deliverance. 91 e lie,/, regret ; repentance; remorse. Mdetn, m. -3, Rhine. rii^tcn, tr. direct ; arrange ; judge. 9Jio^tcr, m. -, , judge. 5Hirf)tcrftuf)l, m. -, -"e, judgment-seat ; tribunal. rtrt)tiii, adj. right, correct ; regular, genuine ; interj. certainly, of course. iHtrtitplnft, m. -e, a e, place of exe- cution. JHitfytung,/. w. direction. rtcc^cit, ro(^, gerot^cn, intr. $., smell, nad), smell of. 9)tege(, . -^, , bar, bolt. rtefefn, intr. I), or f., drop, ripple. Stigorofum, n . -3, (rigorous) exam- ination; especially examination for a doctorate. [Z..] Wingct, m. -4, , ringlet. 9iinge(i^en, . -3, , little ring, ringlet, curl. ringen, rang, gerungen, tr. struggle, wrestle, contend for (um). ringfbrmig, adj. ring-shaped, round. rtngt', adv. (gen.) in a circle, around ; -um, Ijerum, round about. rinnen, rann, geronnen, intr. \., run, flow. Witter, m. -3, , knight, [retten.] 9Jorf , m. -e, *e, coat. Wotffragcn, m. -, "en, coat collar. VOCABULARY. 379 SRofjett, f. w. crudeness ; fig. brutal- ity, barbarity. iHolirftorf, m. -3, "e, walking-stick, cane. SHoIlc, /. TV. roll ; list ; r61e, character. [L. rotula.] roUen, tr, or intr. \., roll Worn, m. -3, Rome. romantifrt), adj. romantic, \orig. a work in a Romance language, tale of chivalry^ ;)i om 11 1 it-.-. 21itguftulu, m. the last Caesar of Rome, dethroned by Odoa- cer (476). rb'mtfif), adj. Roman. Wo^rtjen, n. -3, , dim. little rose. SHofe,/. w. rose. [.] 9iofcnf)o(j, w. -e, rosewood. SHofcnfrons, . -e, ^c, garland of roses ; rosary. rofig, adj. rosy. !)iiu-lciii, . -, , . scene, stage. [L. scena.] fdjabtg, adj. shabby. [Sdjabe, scraper.] 2rt)nrt)t, /. -e, a e, shaft; gorge, chasm. [. shaft.] f^abc, a^'. (w^rf pred.); e i|l , it is a pity. [. Sc^ade(n). . scathe.] fdjabcn, ;'/r. ^. (/a/.), hurt, harm. ftt)nbcnfrbli, a<^'. malicious, mischie- vous. djiifer, m. -, , shepherd. [S(fcaf.] (^aferin, /. w. shepherdess, fdjaffrn, j(^ui, gejd)affen, tr. create, make; weak, tr. or intr. fy., work; bring about ; provide, procure, get. t^off tier, m. -3, , guard, conductor. Srfjnfsf opf , w. -t$, u e, sheep's head ; blockhead. fdjdlcn, tr. shell, pare, peel. [Settle.] frt)nlfl)aft, adj. arch, roguish. 3d)dU, /. -(), -e, or u e, sound, fdjallcn, jt^oll, gefdjollen, or-w. intr. $., sound, resound, echo, fdjaltrn, intr. \)., rule, command ; act arbitrairily, do as one likes, djam, /. modesty, shame, fdjdmcn, reft, be or feel ashamed (at, fiber; on account of, roegen). fdjamrot, adj. blushing with shame; madjen, make blush. Srfiuttbe,/. shame, fdjdnben, tr. disgrace, dishonor; violate. VOCABULARY. 381 fdjtinbltcf), adj. shameful, disgraceful, base. @d)anje,/. TV. bulwark, intrenchment. Sdjar,/. w. troop, division, frfjarcn, reft, collect, assemble, fdjorf (f.-(c), -c, shield, escutcheon ; . -(e)3, -er, signboard, doorplate. St^ilbcrung, /. w. depiction, descrip- tion, picture, [jdjilberu, 2d)ilb.] @djilbh>ail)(e), /. w. sentinel, guard. Schilling, m. -3, -c, shilling. \cf. fdjedcn, resound.] djimmcr, tn. -, , glimmer, glitter. fd)immrrn, intr. h., glitter, shine, gleam. Srtjinfcn, m. -, , ham. Scfjirmuogt, m. -e, -"e, protector, patron, guardian. 382 VOCABULARY. t, /. w. battle, [id)(agen.] d)lad)tfclb, n. -e, -er, battlefield. Sdiladjtorbiumg,/. w. order or line of battle, battle-array. 3rt)lnf, w. -e, sleep. @d)lafd)cn, . -, , nap. fd)Kfcn, fdjticf, fletdjlafen, */r. jj., sleep. d)lafcn3jctt,/. w. bed-time. fdjlafmt, impers. (ace.) be sleepy, drowsy. fctjlaff, adj. slack, loose; weak, re- laxed ; indolent. @d)lafgcmnd), . -(e), "er, bed-room, bed-chamber. djlofloftgicit,/. sleeplessness. Srtilnfrotf , nt. -, "e, dressing-gown. djtofftottc,/. T.V. sleeping-place. Srtlfnu, nt. -e, "e, stroke, blow, shock ; kick ; song (of birds), warble ; sort, kind ; paralytic schock. frfidtflcit, fd)lug, flefdjtaflcn, tr. strike ; beat ; defeat, rout (an enemy) ; fid) burd), win one's way. frf)lilitf, adj. slender, slim, thin. frt)lcrt)t, adj. plain, simple ; bad, wicked ; poor, wretched. fd)led)tcrbingS, adv. by all means, pos- itively, utterly, [gen. pi. jd)Ierf)ter fdjletdjcn, fdilid), gejdjlidjen, intr. \., steal, creep, sneak. Spicier, m. -, , veil. frtjteifcn, fdjliff, flejd)liffen, tr. grind, whet. Sdjlciibrion, m. -, -e, beaten path, old custom; snail's pace. [id)Ienbern.] fd)(cppcn, tr. drag, trail. tf)lc!tt)ig, n. -, Schleswig, city near the Baltic, also the northern district of the Prussian Province of Schles- wig- Hols tein. fd)(cubcrn, tr. hurl, cast; intr. fdjleunig, adv. hasty, hurried. @d)tcufingrr, m. -8, , native of Schleusingen, a small town on the Schleuse in Thuringia, east of Mei- ningen. [singen. tfjlcufwgcrin,/. w. native of Schleu- f rt)lirt)t , adj. plain, simple ; homely. frt)Hcf)cn, jdjlofc, geidjloffcn, tr. close, shut, lock ; conclude, end ; infer. f (l)lintm, adj. bad, evil. 3rt)liltcu, m. -, , sled, sledge, sleigh. Sdjlojj, w.-(jf)c, ^(iDcr, castle, manor; lock, clasp (of bracelets). [ jd)Hcjjeii. J SdjloRbad), n. -(c)S, "er, castle roof. fcrl, . -, , humorous song in the Alps sung responsively. 3d)iiallrnfri}ul), m. -el, -e, shoe with buckle. fd)namn, intr. $., rattle, whirr, scrape, grate, give a rasping tone ; grumble, scold. fd) unit lie it, intr. {)., sniff, snort, pant. frfjnaufen, intr. h,., pant. rfjnec, m. -, snow. frfnteettJCtfj, <#. snow-white. fdjnctbcn, fdjnitt, gcfd)nitten, tr. or intr. cut, carve, engrave. rfjnetber, m. -, tailor. rf)ttcibcrgefeH(e), m. w. tailor's ap- prentice, journeyman. frt)itcictt, intr. or impers. snow. fdpirll, a^'. quick, swift ; violent. fdjitcUcu, intr. I), or \., spring, fly back ; tr. let fly, jerk ; cheat ; refl. rebound. 2d|iirllif(fcit , /. swiftness. d)itcUjug, m. -e, ^C, express train. fdimcflclu, refl. dress up, deck out. frtjnuVfen, tr. or */r. snuff, inhale vigorously. fdjniircn, tr. fasten with a string, tie, lace. fd)iturrcn, intr. I)., hum, purr. fdjon, adv. already ; even ; indeed, no doubt, I think. fdjiiit, adj. beautiful, fine; pleasant, delightful, [re/. fd)auett.] Srf)imf)Ctt,/. w. beauty. d)i)rnftciit, m. -(e), -e, chimney. Srf)og, m. -(6)e, *(&), lap ; /.. bos- om; skirt (of a coat.) Sdjranf, m. -, u e, case, press, cab- inet. djrerf, m. -, terror, fright. Idjrcrfcn, fd)raf, ge|d)rocfen, intr. f., be startled, frightened ; -weak, tr. fright- en, alarm. djrerfcn, m. -, , see Sdjrecf. ScfjrcrfEn^tunbe,/. w. terrible news. fd)rcrf(id), a^'. frightful, dreadful, terrible. Sdjrci, w. -(e), -e, cry. fdjrctfacit, fd)tteb, gefdjrteben, tr. write. [Z,. scribere.] djrcibtafet, /. w. tablet, slate, note- book. [Said/r. Z. tabula.] frfjrcicn, jdjrie, aefd)rieen, /'Vr. cry, cry out, scream, shriek. d)rctn, w. -, -e, chest, casket ; cof- fin. [L. scrinium, case.] fdjmtctt, fdjritt, flefdjritten, intr. f., stride, stalk. d)dft, /. tf. writing; book, publica- tion, [jdjreiben.] frtjrif tlirf), adj. written ; -t ?lrbeiten, manuscript works, exercises. fdjriU, adj. shrill. djrttt, m. -'. shy, bashful, timid. d)iid)tcrn&eU r /. shyness. d)Uf|, w. -, -, shoe. Sdjulb,/. w. debt; guilt; fault, crime; fd)u(b fcin, be at fault or to blame (for, an). fdjulbtg, adj. indebted ; due ; guilty, to blame, [with ace. of amount.'] djule,/. w. school. [L. schola.] d)iilcr, m. -, , scholar; pupil. d)iilcriit, /. iv. pupil. Sdinlfnmcrob', m. TV. school-comrade, classmate. 6d)uUcl)rcr, m. -, , school-teacher. 3d)ulmctfrcr, m. -9, , school-master. rf)uH)rttfunfl,/.w. school-examination. d)itlftubc, /. w. school-room. VOCABULARY. 2rt)iiUcr , /. u: shoulder. frtiurcn, tr, stir, poke. Srttiir^c, /. w. apron, [pbs. adj. scurz, E. short.] Sdnirvc U , n. -8, -e, leather apron. Sdjuj?, >. -(ff)e, "(ff)e, shot, charge. Sd)iiflcl,/. ?f. bowl. Srtjufter, m. -8, , cobbler. 3d)uftcrjuiiflt, m. w. cobbler's lad or apprentice. fdiuitrln, tr. shake, Joss, stir. frf)iittcii, tr. shed; (auf or fiber), pour out ; impute ; yield. arm, m. -, "e, throng, troop. fd)n>tirmcrtfd) r adj. visionary; enthusi- astic, fdjroarj (ft^roarjer, j^marjeft), adj. black, dark. , adj. dark brown, j, adj. blackish. frt)>unlfcit, 7c. intr. 1)., chat, gossip, talk. fd)iorbcii, intr. ()., be suspended, hover, fdjiwcbcnb./ar^.rt^'.poised, suspended. Sd)ttcbr, m. -w. Swede. Stfjwcbcn, M. -3, Sweden. Srtjrocbcnfittn, . -s, Swedes' stone. Srf)tt)cfclf)iJl5tt)cn, . -s, lucifer match. 6d)tt>eif, >. -c, -c, tail, train. fdliocifcn, intr. {). and\., sweep; rove, stray, range. , ft^roicg, gefc^roieoen, intr. ., be silent, hush ; cease speaking. Scfiiuctflrit, n. -, silence. fritiuctflciib, part. adj. silent. 2rtiiiiri',rrbiin&, m. -e, Swiss League (Helvetic Confederation). Srtjiocllr, /. w. sill, threshold. f rt)iii cute it, tr. wave, swing, flourish. f(t)U>cr, a^'. heavy ; strong ; grievous, severe ; difficult, hard. fdjmcrfdUig, adj. heavy, clumsy, mas- rin', n. -8, Capital of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. 2rf)U)crt, n. -, -er, sword. Srtimcrtflcf lirr, n. -e, clash of swords. fctjWf rtflciuoliut, adj. accustomed to tr skilled with the sword. cftcrltd), adj. sisterly. tegereltcrn, //. parents-in-law. Srfimicritifcit, f. u>. difficulty. frtituimmrn, fd)roamm, fleidjroommen, intr. ^. or \ ., swim, float, drift ; Jig. hover. frfinmibcit, fc^manb, gcfc^munben, intr. \., disappear, vanish. frt)iuiiinru, jdjroang, flcf^mungen, tr. or intr. \)., swing, wave, brandish. frtjiutrrrn, intr. I)., whiz, whirr, buzz. frfiroorcn, f^roor or jc^rour, gcf^iuoren, tr. or intr. I)., swear, vow, take oath. f rt)luii I, adj. close, sultry. d)Hiinifl, m. -c, a e, swing, elevation. buoyancy ; play (of the imagination), fdliuitr or (tftroor, see fc^roBren. r, m. -(e)3, "e, oath. , n. one of the three original cantons of Switzerland, also a town on the river Musta, at the foot of the \td)4, num. six. [Mythen. |crt|'.--iiii)iinllt(l), adj. of six months. , adj. drawn by six horses. VOCABULARY. 385 fedjft -er, -, -, num. sixth. fctfj.vfl, w. sixty. ee, /. it: sea ; m. -3, -n, lake. Geelc,/. if. soul. 6eeli$berg, . -3, a village on the Sonnenberg, above Treib, on the west side of Lake Lucerne, in Uri. Sceiccfl, m. -e, -e, sea-road ; maritime route. cgen, *. -3, , benediction, blessing. [L. signum.) fegnen, tr. bless. feljen, faf), Qejehen, intr. 1)., see, look; with auf, look on, regard ; au, discover in ; in, look into ; nadj or ju, look to, see to, attend ; imp. with dat. look like, resemble. fefinen, reft, long, yearn. fdinlirf), adj. longing, anxious, ardent. cr, n. -, silver. Silbcrflclb, n. -, -er, silver money. filbcrljcU, adj. bright as silver. Sitbcrmunje,/.w. silver coin. [TOiinje fr. L. moneta, money.] filbmt, adj. (of) silver; silvery, fiitflcn, funfl, Qcfuttflen, tr. sing, chant; warble, chirp, fmfcn, fanf, gefunfen, intr. \., sink, drop, decline. Sinn, m. -e, -e (//. sometimes w.), sense, perception ; mind, thought ; disposition ; character ; temper ; taste, appreciation. Sittf , /. w. custom, practice ; //. man- ners, morals, fittfam, adj. modest ; decent. Situation, /. w. situation. [F., L.] Bit;, m. -e, -,.seat, chair. ft^en, fajj, flefeffen, intr. h., sit, be sitting ; sit down ; fit, suit. Stftjicn, n. -, , cushion. SfalVlorfc, /. -w. scalp- lock. [.] Sflddc, tn. 7t'. slave. Sfnt, m. -(e), a German game with cards. fo, adv. so, thus; in that case, then; etn, such a. focbcn, adv. just now, just then. fogar, adv. even. fobaib, ((';//. as soon, as soon as. fofllcirt), adv. immediately. ob,lc,/. w. sole. olnj, m. -e, ^e, son. Sblinlcin, n. -, , little son. folc^ -er, -, -, pron. and adj. (in- decl. before etn) such, same. [s6 and l!h, body, = so constituted.] Solbat', m. w. soldier, [orig. merce- nary, F., L. solidus, a coin.] fulib', adj. solid, substantial, genuine. [*] follctt, tr. and mod. aux. (denoting moral obligation), shall, ought ; be obliged ; be said to ; mean ; be in- tended or destined to. Summer, m. -, , summer. SummmUmtS, m. -%, -e, summer evening. Sommcntnrtjt, /. n e, summer night. Sontmcrfproft, m. st. -(ff)e, -(|f)e; w. -en, -en, also/. u>. Sproffc (usually in pi.), freckles. Somuitrjeit,/. w. summer-time. foubcrbor, adj. peculiar, strange. 1 oiibcrborcrioc tfr , adv. (gen.) strangely, for a wonder. fonbcrn, conj. but (used after a nega- tive), [prep, jonber.] SOIIHC, /. w. sun. SonncnbnU, m. -, "c, sun-ball. [Son; it en, w. gen. mas. or f. VOCABULARY. 387 fumtntl>cfrf)tcncn, adj. sun-lit. foiuicnljeifii, adj. heated by the sun. Sonnenfrfjctn, m. -9, sunlight. Sonncnfrraf)!, m. -(e), -en, ^sunbeam. Stuiiicnnntmiiinfl, m. -3, *e, sunset. fun it in, a^'. sunny, sunshiny. Sunning, m. -(e), -e, Sunday. Sunntiifloflrib, n. -eel, -ev, Sunday dress. [morning. Sonntagdtnorgcn, w. -, , Sunday f unit, adv. formerly ; otherwise, else ; besides. [care, concern. Surge,/. w. disquiet, anxiety, sorrow; forgcn, intr. f)., care, take care, be anxious. altc, fold.] furnfiilttfl, adj. careful, [-fatttg, fr, furflUu", ^'. careless, unconcerned. fnrgfom, ^'. careful. fototel, adj. as much, so much. fottnc, adv. as well as, as soon as. fptiOen, intr. fy., spy, search, look (closely) or watch for (nad)). panten, n. -, Spain. fpannen, /r. span, stretch, strain; at- tach, harness. fpnrlirf), adj. scanty, plain, frugaL f parf nm , adj. sparing, economical ; parsimonious. pafj, m. -e9, M e, joke; sport; au cr tin or jum , in fun. [Ital. spasso.] fpfit, adj. late. Spiitlicrbftttnrtjmtttag, w. -9, -e, after- noon late in autumn. Spnti, z. w. sparrow, [fet name fr. pcrltug.] m. -, -"e, walk (/or pleasure), promenade. fpfljtcrcn, intr. \. or $., walk, go for pleasure. [Ital. spaziare.] ^ajtcrritt, m. -e, -e, ride (on horse- back). |H'rt)t, m. -9, -e, woodpecker. fatten, jpie, gefpie'en, intr. $., spit. Strife,/, w. food, viand. [M. L. spesa, cost ; cf. spendere.] Sperling, m. -9, -e, sparrow. fperrcn, /r. bar, close ; shut in, lock up ; sprawl. Spiegel, m. -, , mirror, looking- glass. [L. speculum.] Spiegetiulb, n. -3, -er, reflection. fptcflclflnr, adj. clear as a mirror. Spiel, n. -(e), -e, play; game; play- ing (of instruments), performance, military music. fpiclcn, tr. and intr. play; gamble; in 9 9iotC , have a tinge of red. Spiclmnnn, m. -, er or -leute, musi- cian, minstrel. Spinbel,/. w. spindle, distaff. fpiitnen, fpann, gefponnen, tr. spin, plot ; purr. SpmnengcWede, n. -, , spider's web, cobweb. Sptnnfrau, /. iv, spinning woman. Spinnrab, n. -c, "er, spinning-wheel. fpi^, adj. pointed, [comp. E. spit.] pi^C,/. w. point, tip ; top ; head (of an army) ; pi. lace. fpltttern, intr. f)., be shattered, splinter. Sporn, m. -(e)9, -e or -en, (usually of a pair) poren, spur. [M.H.G. Spor(e), w. m. Sporen is the old pl.~\ Spottgelb, n. -e9, -er, trifling sum. Spruce,/, w. speech, language. prac^ucruxutbtfdjaft, /. iv. kinship of language, linguistic relationship. fprcrt)cit , jprat^, flefpro^cn, intr. or tr. speak, talk. fpnngen, jprang, gefprungen, intr. \. or I)., spring, jump, leap ; gush forth, have its source. Sprttfabrif, /. w . distillery. Spritd), m. -e, M e, sentence, decree, proverb. Sprung, m. -e9, "e, spring, bound. Spur,/. '. track, scent ; clue. fpiireit, tr. trace, perceive, notice. Stnot, m. -e9, -en, state; pomp; finery. 388 VOCABULARY. = tniUt--itituinlt, m. -8, "e, public pros- ecutor. tab, m --. I)., spring from (Don). tanb, w. -(e)3, "e, stand, state ; pro- ' fession ; ju - bringen, bring about, accomplish ; tm ftanbe, able. tonge,/. w. pole ; bei bcr bletben, stick to the point. ftarf (flarler, ftarfeft), adj. strong, vigorous, robust, stout ; extreme. tarfe,/. strength. [fresh. ftarfen, tr. strengthen, invigorate; re- ftarr, adj. rigid, staring, fixed. Station',/, w. station. [/".] tatioiuVgrbriubc, w. -, , station. 6tatt,_/". ( pi. preserved in compounds), stead, place ; ju flatten fommen, come off ; transpire ; prosper, [flat* ten, fr. M.H.G. state, opportunity.] ftatt, prep, -with gen. instead of. [also used for anftatt -with inf.] Starte,/. TV. place, stead, room. ftattfinbcn, fanb , -gefunben, intr. {)., take place. flnttlirt), adj. stately, dignified. taub, m. -<, dust.