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As far as is known, the only guests at the Castle were the Count Ulik von Kessner, High Chamberlain of Boravia, who is believed to have been present on business of State, and Captain Alexis Vollmar, of the 55th Caucasus Regiment, at present attached to the Imperial Headquarter Staff at St Petersburg.
The Change of Circumstances A very wealthy and worthy merchant, named Vollmar, lived in a large commercial city. Here he carried on a prosperous business which had descended to him from his father. By clever management, industry and honesty, he succeeded in enlarging it; and thereby increased his wealth. Up to the present time, Mr.
Vollmar, God moved your heart to help a poor, strange, blind man. He helped to open my eyes, so that I could behold this picture, and to disclose to you your buried riches. Thus has He rewarded you for your kindness to me." Mr. Vollmar had listened attentively to the old man's story, and said: "You need not thank me. I did only what was my duty.
He related all that he had heard the old man say. "My dear husband," said Mrs. Vollmar, "let us take them into our house. Though we are getting poorer each day, I am sure that what we do for them will not hurt us; for, it is written: 'Be merciful and you shall obtain mercy." "True," said Mr. Vollmar, "and you certainly have a bigger heart than I have.
"That Egyptian's drug has worked well," whispered Von Kessner. Vollmar nodded, and whispered back: "I wish I had a handful of it. But it is time. He will be ready for us now." Even as he spoke the locked door opened, as it were of its own accord, and Phadrig stood in the room dressed in the livery of the Prince's coachman.
Then from under the bed he pulled out a bundle of grey skins which he spread on the floor beside the bed. It was a sleeping bag such as hunters use in winter on the snow-swept plains and forests of Northern Europe. Vollmar turned the head-flap back. Then they lifted the body of the Prince from the bed, slid it into the sack, and buttoned the flap down over the face.
Let us not only give them food and shelter, but let us call in an eminent eye doctor and have him examine this man's eyes." Just then the old man rose to depart with the boy, but Mrs. Vollmar hastened toward them, and said that they could remain with them for a while. Thanking them for this exceeding kindness, the strangers entered the house, and soon the old man began to talk about himself.
And Bebel said publicly that nowhere was the socialist party more numerous or better organized than in the districts where the minor state of siege had been proclaimed. The year 1886 was a sensational one. Nine of the socialists, including Bebel, Dietz, Auer, Von Vollmar, Frohme all deputies were charged with taking part in a secret and illegal organization.
Did your father receive a big fortune?" "My father," continued Mr. Vollmar, "returned to this city and this house a poor man. He married a woman as poor as himself, but with industry they at last became rich." "Do you know," continued the old man, "you look just like your grandfather? He, too, was about the same age as you are now, and I feel, as I talk to you, as if he were here.
I remember this little round spot that I filled with putty and covered with cement." By means of a long crow-bar, an opening was at last made, and one stone after another fell to the floor. "Victory!" shouted the old man. "Here are the chests, untouched. I know my work. The treasure is still here." Mr. Vollmar then called his son and a helper to his assistance, and the chests were soon opened.
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