sh of traffic was a continual subject of wonder to the country boys. In the windows of the large stores they saw so many things that were new t

ds, pearls and other precious gems?" he asked when the

have our neighbors. Oh, how beautiful they are!

n thousa

anz. "Why, that would buy a hou

ns and other royal people we

If you are surprised at the price of the earrings, I am sure that you

ry store that was robbed a few weeks ago?" asked Fr

e many jewelry stores h

remembrance of his own loss,

ck upon it!" completed Franz. "You s

nothing to be ashamed of that he was deceived by the smooth-tongued stranger. I will tell you what happened to a baker, a middle-aged man, who has lived in Frankfort all his life. He was sittin

o appeared to be going up, but was in reality coming down

ll, consisting of bed, pillows and bed clothin

doing there?' c

wn-broker's shop?'

. You go to the corner and turn

ank

et. When night came and the family went to retire there was no bed or be

d to hear that he was not the

took keen interest

med. "A whole regiment of them!

e than you see there in order

th us, too; there is one man in our village who pays o

t look at this small store we are passing. I happen to know tha

r each pair of shoes, he would have to sell eig

do know that he has been there for a lo

s store!" exclaimed Paul, "sing

you. That is a phonograph. No

or it to sing so correctly?" and the triplets listened with delight. They would have lingered m

the poet Goethe?" he as

hey all excl

o we will go directly to it. The old house has been restored and is just as i

exactly the number of years, then their old fri

ing,' but when my father read it aloud to us last winte

them. They looked from the windows from which he had gazed at the fields beyond, and did not wonder that every intelligent stranger who ca

like to go next?"

of watching the cool, rippling water making its way to the Rhine and from thence to the sea. So to the b

Frankfort got its nam

never

hile the Saxons were strong, but if he and his army could cross the Main, all would be safe. A heavy fog rested upon the river and they could not find the safe fording. The French ran up and down the shore, hoping to see someone who could tell them the location of the ford, but found no one. The enemy was advancing rapidly upon them and they had about given up in despair, when th

s, who gazed at the spot where Charlemagne had

in Frankfort?

id much to improve the city and neighborhood. He formed great hunting troops to destroy the wild animals which infest

they took keen interest in all that concerned i

ns," remarked Fritz, "more

one such vessel could carry thirty thousand hundredweight, how many horses would it take to draw that burden

nd quickly answered, "Twelve hundred horses,

ch cheaper it is to have

reaching from the shore out

on these warm evenings it is very agreeable to have this refr

it cost?"

ht c

I have no money. Oh, my

take the bath i

for Franz a

or all

cle Braun can give me the eight cents, which

urself!" exclaimed Paul. "It was not mone

d his face had turned very red, and he could no

t the different expressions upon t

with somebody if every penny was stolen from me. Now in such a predicament, I think we should help eac

!" cried Fritz, flushing warm

take the money that Uncle Braun offers you as a gift, than to

tance of the nickels, but added that it would take too much

ity where were some elegant dwellings, one of wh

child live th

nselm Rothschild living now in Frankfort; n

elm always ric

but by his honesty and strict integrity he became the founder of a banking house known over the world, and his f

as born in Frankfo

as born in Frankfort in the yea

ars older than Goet

ferent lines, and were contemporaries;

marked Franz. "I would rather be a forester and live in the woods. My

h Fritz. "If Mayer Rothschild wished to live in the w

anz lives there to protect and care for our forests. Each man should do his d

long ago has disappeared; but the old tower remains a monument of the past. Do you notice that ivy has climbed to its very top? There was an old saying that when ivy reaches t

enough to stand fo

nkelsee, who was once impriso

s about him," said

best to entrap him and make him their prisoner, but for a long time he eluded them. At length his time came, and he who had lived the wild, fre

now saw nothing, heard nothing but the creaking of the weather-vane on the top of the tower, which tormente

the thrush sing and the owl hoot!' he would say to himself in the darkness of hi

'you must feel it a great relief to be safely in here, as would a bear that

only had my good rifle in my hand and was upon the ground, I would sho

agine that you could shoot to the

it would be a joy to me to have rev

mned you would believe you a boaster, or out of your mind

if I lose my life upon the gallows, the

e and the burgomaster would laugh at him should he give them Winkelsee's message. Yet he feared that if the imprisone

most cases, part were in favor of giving him the chance for his life, and the other part bel

that if he failed, it would then be time enough to have him executed, so they decided that as

sent to tell him

nce for my life on condition that I have my own rifle and one of my comra

sts should be granted, and hoped

ow you can leave me to myself, and to-morrow I will leave

the affair so lightly. If you fail, yo

ough the city and the next day at twelve a gre

hand. He pressed it to his breast as if it were a long lost friend, examined it caref

and Hans took aim at the

a bullet hole in the weather-vane, plainly visible to the spectators. Hans loaded the rifle, took aim, a

voice in the crowd. 'No mortal being co

'and could shoot a hole through the m

t hole in the vase, until the whole nine were there

Oh, he was a wonderful marksman. I wonder

of the weather-vane could make the nine holes

ory. The burgomaster and councilmen were glad to have the chance to spare the life of the stalwart and exper

en held a consultation and one of t

of your skill as a marksman that we offer the place to you. You can then live in the city of Frankfort and have all t

pt this offer with gratitude, b

would feel if enclosed by the walls of a city as a chaffinch would feel in the craw of a hawk. No matter if your city walls enclose a larger place,

y did not realize that it was past their supper h

st so that the price does not exceed ten pennies for each. That will buy enough to stay

or us and leave a little ove

de for Pixy. He,

e restaurant, and each chose ten cents' worth of cake, which they pronounc

kind aunt some of the cake which yo

nz. "Paul and I will buy twenty cents' worth and F

o remind him of his

self that it took gold-pieces like mine to build them. When I saw the tower and heard the story of Winkelsee, I thought that I would no

would be someone's loss; perhaps it would be the only piece tha

to find one, but my gold-p

e time grieving about what can

ts us. I knew three young men in college who were very fond of the pleasures of the table. What they had to eat, what they wished to eat, and where they

y Uncle Braun, the other boys each added ten, and quite a large piece of the rich cake was ordered, wrapped in white paper, paid fo

the long steps. When they opened the door of the cheerful supper room, all was so homelike and comfortable,

tcher of fresh water and all go to your room and wash faces and hands

to the kitchen he slipped it back of the stove until th

ungry?" as

will think that we are Odenwald wolves and all we came to see her for is what we get to ea

upper room Fritz said,

Fan

nging up. "Do you put on the table

ritz, but Franz got a plate from the cupboard, and when Fritz attempted to

ou have done!"

have done,"

rth like snowballs in winter, and th

a great display of

d it," sa

t was

t must be that little man on the clock face who stepped down to break a plate. Or per

y Pixy," exclaimed Fritz, "I will

choed Franz, "and I am sorr

ed Fritz, "and I

has no money. Never mind, my boy, you need not pay for the plate.

ot empty," and he told of the n

n every way. Now pick up the pieces of plate, and put them upo

he middle of the table. It was a great surprise to her and she was gratified that they remembered her while they were out, and sa

rfully, "you boys used your money to prepare a surprise for me

herself, but she said she would enjoy her part mor

what they had seen. Fritz contributed his share of it by telling of his wish that he could find a gold-piece

to hear that cry?" grumb

g upon the ruin

you are wrong about Hannibal; it was Sc

"it was Marius who wept upon the ruins

mans. Whether he wept or not over the ruins of Carthage I cannot say; but I do know that you boys are tired and sleepy and the sooner you get to bed