ow circumstanced. Now I must wait
till he finds it out for himself; perhaps that will never happen. I
don't blame the Uncle, he had already picked out a husband for Rosalie.
When I introduced Captain Dournay to him, he said:--

"Dournay--Dournay?" but nothing more. He must have had to do with one
of the family, some time or other.

The Uncle is very reserved; but great as his reticence is the openness
of every one in Dr. Fritz's house. Ah, dear brother and sister, now I
know what Herr Weidmann's home must have been when he was young, only
Herr Weidmann has more sons, and here there are daughters. And what
splendid creatures they are! And such a wife! I can only say, when she
looks at you with her great eyes you are satisfied.

Oh, what glorious people we Germans are! Wherever we are transplanted,
here in the air of freedom especially, we shoot up, and show, for the
first time, what we really are.

I stood by when Roland and Lilian met; they must have some secret sign
of recognition, for their first word was "Pebble." Yes, in love affairs
some secret understanding is always formed. They merely held each other
by the hand, and then went out together. Children live here in great
independence.

Things go on beautifully at Dr. Fritz's, only nobody has any time.

I now understand the American saying, 'Time is money.' There is an
extraordinary restlessness everywhere.

Here is war--war! Most people think it will soon be over, but Dr. Fritz
says that the obstinacy of the Southern States is great, and that they
are the better armed.

What is to become of me? you ask. Dr. Fritz thinks it strange that I
still wish, in earnest, to become a teacher of negroes, especially as I
do not yet speak the language with ease. He gives me hope, however, of
being able to carry out my plan, by-and-by. And my thoughts go even
further. A Normal School must be founded for negro youths; I shall keep
this in view. Meantime I am giving music lessons here, and it seems so
strange, when I come out of a house where we have been practising, to
hear in the street the noisy roll of the drum.

Adams is in despair; the President will not yet permit any blacks to
enlist. Adams has been told to work on the fortifications, but this he
will not do.

Young Fassbender will have nothing to do with the bird-trade which
Claus wanted to draw him into with his brother; he has undertaken to
furnish supplies for the army. I hope he will behave honorably, for,