Around the clock in Europe; a travel-sequence . ter who will shoulder my grips intothe smoker; and the conductor will blow a horn, and thestation bell will ring, and the engineer will blow a whistle,— in their rare Italian manner, — and the wheels willbegin to squeak and groan, and I shall be off for that is why a cigar lacks its usual solace on mybalcony to-night; the last I am to smoke in Good Nightto this fascinating city. The subdued hum of cheery,happy revelry, mingled with music and song, drifts upfrom the bright squares and animated streets. Theminutes multiply as I dwell over
Around the clock in Europe; a travel-sequence . ter who will shoulder my grips intothe smoker; and the conductor will blow a horn, and thestation bell will ring, and the engineer will blow a whistle,— in their rare Italian manner, — and the wheels willbegin to squeak and groan, and I shall be off for that is why a cigar lacks its usual solace on mybalcony to-night; the last I am to smoke in Good Nightto this fascinating city. The subdued hum of cheery,happy revelry, mingled with music and song, drifts upfrom the bright squares and animated streets. Theminutes multiply as I dwell over the varying phases ofold Vesuvius, or gaze long and lingeringly over the star-lit Bay and all the romantic playground of these grown-up children. One cannot bring himself to say a definitefarewell to this beautiful Region of Revisitors. With ayearning hope of returning some other day, he moder-ates it to a heartfelt Good Night and a tentative till wemeet again: — A rivederci, Napoli! Benedicite e buon riposo! HEIDELBERG 9 TO 10 HEIDELBERG 9 TO 10 There stands an ancient castleOn yonder mountain , fenced with door and tarried steed and knight. But gone are door and all is hushed and still;Oer ruined wall and rafterI clamber as I will. Goethes Castle on the Mountain. When the sun has gone down behind the Blue AlsatianMountains and the last stain of color has faded from theskies of the Rhenish plain, when clock tower has an-swered clock tower and evening bell responded to even-ing bell from the mountain streams and mill wheels ofthe Odenwald to the busy squares of Mannheim, thenthe quiet and gentle valley of the Neckar takes on apeculiar peace and glory that is exquisite and marvel-ous, and Heidelberg and its lordly ruins seem set in averitable fairy-ring of delicate charm and beauty. Sotranquil and lovely is this region in the early eveningthat even the latest comer soon feels a comforting senseof having turned aside f
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