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After dining at the little village of Reichelsdorf, in the valley below where the merry landlord charged my friend two kreutzers less than myself because he was not so tall we visited the castle of Schönberg, and joined the Bergstrasse again. We walked the rest of the way here.
So as she paused, out of breath, he exclaimed, in a contemptuous tone: "There is no use in making such a noise, good woman; I see plainly that I was a fool to suppose the owner of this beggarly house was worth five hundred guilders. Five kreutzers would be much nearer the mark!"
Then he had the inspiration to propose that they should all three sit together, and it appeared that such a group was within the scope of the silhouettist's art; he posed them in his little bower, and while he was mounting the picture they took turns, at five kreutzers each, in listening to American tunes played by his Edison phonograph. Mrs.
The doctor asked him a few questions, and then gave him two or three kreutzers, which he accepted with many thanks. "Those are very respectable beggars," said Paul, as the man left the diligence. "They are not beggars, but handwerksburschen." "What are they?" "Travelling journeymen.
Thirsty and weary, we overtook a timber waggon when within eight miles of the capital, and made a bargain with the driver to carry us forward to our destination for six kreutzers, about one penny, each; and upon the unhewn timber of the springless log-waggon we rode into Munich.
It was searched for everywhere, but could not be found. Well, after a long examination of all the clerks, it turned out that the gold had been melted by accident with the copper for the kreutzers. You understand me, sir? I have been pouring my soul into two or three generations of fools, but, thank goodness, I have at last found a worthy recipient for my knowledge.
I will give you six kreutzers if you sing in tune, and a flogging if you grate upon my ears." He arose and put his album under his arm. "And my portrait?" exclaimed the young girl, whose cheek was still burning from the kiss she had just received.
At each relay he summoned him to the door of the carriage and, looking him fixedly in the eye, dropped kreutzers into his hands one by one, and when he saw the postilion smile he withdrew the last kreutzer, knowing that he had been amply paid!
A certificate that the papers are in order is prepared, and the receipts for the fees are handed over. A hundred kreutzers to the inspector, two fifties to the customs officers, and fifty to the health-officer. Not a kreutzer is wanting. These receipts are delivered to the owner of the cargo, who has never left his cabin the whole time he is at supper. He also must countersign the receipts.
"No, no," said Stoller, detecting his gesture. "Your money a'n't good." He put twenty or thirty kreutzers into the hand of the man, who regarded them with a disappointment none the less cruel because it was so patient. In France, he would have been insolent; in Italy, he would have frankly said it was too little; here, he merely looked at the money and whispered a sad "Danke."
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