Sights and sensations in France, Germany, and Switzerland; or, Experiences of an American journalist in Europe .. . told him over and over in his vernacular that thiswas for his share of the mule, but his Teutonic friendcould not or would not understand. A happy ideasuddenly struck Warer, who, seizing his pencil,sketched in a moment a large mule, which he exhib-ited to the German, and then with his knife cut it intwo equal parts, giving one to each. It was plain asday, and the Teuton instantly comprehended that thecharge was for his half of the animal, which Warerhad so graphically pictured an
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Sights and sensations in France, Germany, and Switzerland; or, Experiences of an American journalist in Europe .. . told him over and over in his vernacular that thiswas for his share of the mule, but his Teutonic friendcould not or would not understand. A happy ideasuddenly struck Warer, who, seizing his pencil, sketched in a moment a large mule, which he exhib-ited to the German, and then with his knife cut it intwo equal parts, giving one to each. It was plain asday, and the Teuton instantly comprehended that thecharge was for his half of the animal, which Warerhad so graphically pictured and divided. All that night we were frequently awakened bythe thunders of the avalanches pouring down thesides of the Jungfrau. In the morning we took anearly start, and descended into the picturesque littlevalley and village of Lauterbrunnen, so shut in amongthe mountains that in July the sun does not rise tillseven, and in winter not before noon. We visitedthe Staubach, a fall of no great volume, but an un-broken one of 925 feet, and then taking the broad car-riage-road which leads along the banks of the Lut-. JUffaFRAU ^GLACER^V SKETCH OF OUR TRAMP. A TRAMP IN THE BERNESE OBERLAND. 115 schine, reached the beautifully situated stragglingtown of Interlaken a little after noon on the tenthday from that on which we climbed the hill aboveHorgen. Here our foot-tramp was to end. We had beenten days on the route, and during that time had seenthe best part of the Bernese Oberland. Our expensesfrom Zurich to Interlaken were seventy-eight francseach, or a little less than eight francs a day, and thepedestrian may easily travel anywhere in Switzer-land for this. We remained at Interlaken that after-noon, , and the next morning Warer and I parted. Iwas to go back to Paris and to work, and he to makehisway on foot in part, and in diligence in part, overthe great St. Gothard into Italy. His last letter tome is from Venice, where he is still sitting modestlyand hopefully, pencil in hand, at th