," said the guard, "and swore that an engine which stood near by
was his. He said it was one he had made to go to the moon in, and that it
had been stolen from him. We sent for more help to arrest him, and he
fled."

"Well," I replied, with a shudder, "I wish he had approached me in the
same way; but he was more cautious at Dantzic."

At Schwartz we found an engineer to run the engine to Bromberg; and having
taken out the western mail for the next northern mail to carry along, we
saw that Kroller would be properly attended to, and then started on.

21. The rest of the trip we ran in safety, though I could see the
passengers were not wholly at ease, and would not be until they were
entirely clear of the railway. Martin Kroller remained insensible from the
effects of the blow nearly two weeks; and when he recovered from that, he
was sound again; his insanity was all gone. I saw him about three weeks
afterward, but he had no recollection of me. He remembered nothing of the
past year, not even his mad freak on my engine. But I remembered it, and I
remember it still; and the people need never fear that I shall be imposed
upon again by a crazy engineer.

DEFINITIONS.--2. Com'pe-tent, fit, qualified. 4. Junc'ture, point of time,
crisis. Re-mon'strate, to present strong reasons against any course of
proceedings. 7. Apt'ness, fitness, suitableness. 8. Com-posed', calm. 11.
Ap-pre-hend', to entertain suspicion or fear of. 14. Ten'der, a car
attached to a locomotive to supply it with fuel and water. 18. Pre-ci'sion
(pro. pre-sizh'un), accuracy, exactness.

NOTE.--This incident is said to have taken place on the railway following
the valley of the Vistula. River, in Prussia, from Dantzic to Bromberg.
The cities mentioned are all in Prussia, excepting Stockholm, which is the
capital of Sweden.

LXX. THE HERITAGE.

James Russell Lowell (b. 1819, d.1891) was born in Cambridge, Mass., and
was graduated from Harvard College. He entered the profession of law; but,
in 1843, turned aside to publish "The Pioneer, a Literary and Critical
Magazine." In 1855 he was appointed professor of Belles-lettres in Harvard
College. From 1877 to 1885 he was U.S. Minister, first to Spain,
afterwards to Great Britain. Lowell's powers as a writer were very
versatile, and his poems range from the most dreamy and imaginative to the
most trenchant and witty. Among his most noted poetical works are "The
Biglow Papers," "A Fable for Critics," "T