Western High School - Concept Yearbook (Auburn, MI)

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of the outside. The fountains are no longer running. The king was copying a palace in Paris a nd he was very successful. He built as much of this palace as he had money for and then had to stop, so it will never be completed. He made his people poor by this work. Though incomplete, it is altogether splen- did. He had two other palaces, both of which were equally grand. The scenery around the palaces and the view on the other islands is charming. I must close this letter. Tomorrow -morning at eight we leave for Stutgart. More about that later. Stay well and happy. I will have much to tell you when we come back. This morning we are going to see Munchen more closely. With all love, I remain yours, MATHILDA SCHROEDER. of .3 .3 ' as Scouhng CHAPTER I. 66 OME Paul! You take that direction, and I will take this, for you are getting tired and can run but a very short distance more, I can escape, and will entice the red skins to follow me by firing oif my gun, I will be back for you later, remember our signals! K, This conversation took place in the forests, on the border of 'Ohio and Kentucky, between two noted Indian fighters of the war of 1812. James Carrol, or long Jim, as he was known by many comrades, was a tall, wiry, active man of about twenty-six yearsg fit for long runs, and exciting tramps in the wilderness. He was giving these directions to a lad of eighteen, well built, and of a calm nature, who knew much of Indian Warfare, and was known by the name of Paul Hendricks. They were sent on a scouting expedition, by the commander of the Am- erican forces on the Ohio river, to find out if the Indians were on the war path. It was in the middle of the afternoon when they cautiously stepped into the deep forest, in the disguise of Shawnee Warriors. The country was rolling, with shallow valleys, and creeks, and the early fall sun made a pretty scene, when it managed to find an opening, through the thick foliage. Long Jim, who was leading the way through the forest, suddenly stopped, picked up an eagle feather, and examined it carefully, it did not excite the curiosity of Paul who thought it fell from some flying eagleg and Jim was on the point of explaining the way he thought it came where it was, when sudden- ly, he shoved Paul behind a tree, to conceal them both from the sight of a lurk- ing Indian. But too late, they were seen and the savage gave a war whoop. Jim fired his rifle at the savage, and, with Paul beside him, fled in a direc- tion of safety. Stopping now and then, they listened, and heard footsteps on both sides and behind. They kept up their fight for half an hour, when Jim, glancing at Paul, noticed that he was losing strength, and gave him the direcr tion of his best plan of escape, narrated in the first paragraph. CHAPTER II. HE sun had begun to disappear in the Western horizon, when Jim and Paul parted: and the shadows of evening were rapidly falling, and seemed grateful to Paul, who had turned to his right, and was creeping through the bushes in a southerly direction. He had just taken refuge in some bushes, and was peering out, when he caught sight of an Indian standing still, listening, at the same moment he heard the report of a rifie and knew that Jim was carrying out his plan, and at the same instant the Indian started in the direction of the report. Through the night Paul sat and listened to different noises in the forest,

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restaurant, called Hofbrau for supper last night. It was a very large hall and tables filled it entirely. Flowering plants decorated the tables.- For the first time I saw a blue hydrangea. I think mother will know what that is. Before each place was a lare boquet to be worn by us. Mine was red-dark red roses and red carnations with green fern. 'The hall was all paneled in dark oak. On the one side was a large stove of dark tile-Kachelofen. I think there was a smaller one on the other side. On the ceiling were various verses. I remem- ber one as follows: Es haben in diesem Saale vielegegessen, die nie daran gedacht sich beruhmt zu nennen, Im Auslande sind sie eher beruhmt gedacht Worden als zu I-Iause. Ceilings and all is of dark oak. Two large chandeliers lighted the hall. These were in two large circles. First of all we were attracted by the waitresses -we never before have had Women waitresses. They dressed in the Bayerisch costume-colored skirts, a black waist, without sleeves, and a white waist under that fthe black one is called a Mieder.J Around their shoulders was a silk scarf embroidered in some color. Around their necks they wore wide necklaces. The Mieder was decorated with silver chains and coins. They wore little caps on the back of their heads. We had good food-veal roast, potato, salad, lettuce, and of course, beer in jugs tSteinSJ holding a whole quart. We could have lemonade, too. During the supper there was music, singing, and an address of welcome spoken by a young woman. After a While, we went to the hotel, for we were not able to wait until it was over with. The Germans don't mind drawing out their evening concerts until long after midnight, I imagine. This morning CWednesday, July 241, we met at 9:30 in the old Rathaus. This is another interesting building. The floor is of course made of oak and there is no plaster on the walls or ceilings. The ceilings are studded with large brass nails. Here again were two large circular chandeliers. We listened to a speech of welcome by the Oberburgermeister and then .followed a long speech by a man who is famous for his books on schools. For a dessert we had cheese and rye bread. This is very often our dessert. We have coffee only for breakfast. After the dinner, by the way, it is here called Fruhstuck, we went shop- ping. This is such a joy and pleasure. There are so many good and nice things that we can hardly tear ourselves away. Tonight we go to the Rat- skeller for supper. I'll tell you more about that later. U There is one thing, however, that I must not forget. We were told today that a high and unusual honor was to be shown us on the 31st of July. We will be in Cassel then and the Kaiserin will receive us at that time in her palace at Wilhelmshohe. We humble teachers are certainly highly honored. Friday, July 26. Yesterday we had a glorious day. At 8:20 we took the train for Prien, about two hours' ride from Munchen, and transferred to an electric train and then to a boat for a ride on the Chiemsee. On the train, We had a glorious view of the country. For the first time in my life I saw a mountain, the Bayerische Alpen. It was somewhat foggy on the way ou so the mountains were not clear. When we left Prien for Munchen, they were a little clearer, but later on a very heavy thunderstorm came up. We are told that these storms come up very quickly in the mountains. Chiemsee is a beautiful green- watered lake. It is eleven miles long and seven miles broad, and contains three islands, the large Herren-Insel, the Frauen-Insel, the Kraut-Insel. We visited only the Herren-Insel. When we got off the boat we went up a steep walk and passed das Alte Schloss. This used to be the palace of Konig Ludwig II. von Bayern, usually called the insane king. His only Wish in life was to build palaces for his own use, not that anyone else might ever get any good out of them. 'This old palace we did not get to see except from the outside. Here, to my surprise, I saw apple trees trained to climb up against the wall- like grape vines. There were also peach trees trained in the same way. From this old palace we had a walk of twenty minutes along a shady wood-path to the new palace. I have bought pictures of this so you can see for yourselves how very magnificent this is. I have never imagined that anything could be so grand. You see, the king was insane on the subject of palaces, later on all subjects, I think. He drowned himself in 1888, I believe. I have sent a view

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which came in the sound of footsteps, chirps of night birds, and now and then the croak of a frogg but these calls Paul knew were made by the Indians. In the morning he arose and crept to a small stream and having quenched his thirst, proceeded up the flat to a wide stretch of bushes, in hopes of finding at least some overripe or dried berries, to eat with the venison with which he was supplied. After his hasty meal he lay on his back, looking up at the blue sky across whichbirds flitted as free as one could wish to be. The warm morning sun- beams, creeping through the neighboring tree tops, filled him with such a feeling of emotion that he thought he should like getting up and take a run, when another thought came to him, and he wondered, how it was with his faithful companion, who had taken the risk to see that he escaped the clutches of the red skins. The thought of Jim's being captured, did not enter his mind for he had been with him on similar occasions and Jim had seen to itvthat they both es- caped. Would Jim come back for him? He remembered his saying so, and for that he would have to remain in the vicinity. He peered over the bushes to judge how far he was from the place of his parting with Jim, when he caught sight of a party of Indians returning from the east and he knew from their expressions and signs, that they were puzzled over something. He remained in his hiding place till afternoon, and was thinking over plans, when he heard a rustle in the bushes, about a hundred yards behind, he listened, and the noise came nearer. CHAPTER III. Q AUL'S flrst impulse was to lie still until he caught sight of his foe, and then leave the rest to the luck of his rifle. But then other Indians might be near, and the report would bring them down upon him. it did not take him long to decideg turning to his left, he crept slowly among the bushes doing his best to make no noise. He listened, but could make out no sound of pursuit now. Could he have been mistaken by the alarm. He was determined to find out: taking a circling course among the bushes, he came to the place of start- ing, and by carefully looking, found the trail of some human being following his tracks. He took another direction and crept quietly for sometime till he reached a thick clump of bushes in which was an old oaken logg taking refuge behind this, he got his rifle in readiness and waited for his foe to approach. He waited for a long time, and no one came in sight, probably his plan had thrown off pursuit, however, he kept low. But he was mistaken for his eye caught the sight of a dark object in the bushes, looking towards his place of concealment. They had both seen each other, and with their rifles in front of each other, they kept dodging about, each waiting for a good opening. At last Paul saw his chance: taking quick aim he flredg it was a sickening report that followed the recoil: for he knew that he had missed. He was puzzled at his foe's not rushing on him. He began to think fast what he should do, when an idea came to him that Jim might be the one causing the troubleg clearing his throat he gave a faint hoot of an owl. He was answered by two similar calls. He felt that his sus- picions were correct: but he was careful. He repeated it by three calls and got one in return. This was also correetg he waited for no more, but got up and walked toward his late pursuer and was soon lying beside his old com- panlon. Jim, I knew you would come back for me, but how did you escape with such odds against you? Well, Paul, there is not much to tell. I just showed refuge in the bushes. When morning came, I looked up your trail, but I could not make out whether it was yours or some Indians. But here we are together again, and by morning will be back in camp: so turn in and take a short snooze for we will start back when evening comes. CHARLES McROWE, '14.