Three Vassar girls in Switzerland . and is here veryswift and strong. It is crossed by two long and curious bridges. Oneof them, the Kappelbrlicke, is covered, and the interior is hung withseventy strange old pictures celebrating the acts of St. , as we have explained, Lajos was generally Margaretsescort, it happened that he accompanied Mrs. Newton and Alice ontheir visit to this bridge. It was a dark day, and they soon tiredof peering into the shadows and trying to make out the subjects ofthe paintings, and they turned to watch the shipping. The Swiss seem particularly fond of
Three Vassar girls in Switzerland . and is here veryswift and strong. It is crossed by two long and curious bridges. Oneof them, the Kappelbrlicke, is covered, and the interior is hung withseventy strange old pictures celebrating the acts of St. , as we have explained, Lajos was generally Margaretsescort, it happened that he accompanied Mrs. Newton and Alice ontheir visit to this bridge. It was a dark day, and they soon tiredof peering into the shadows and trying to make out the subjects ofthe paintings, and they turned to watch the shipping. The Swiss seem particularly fond of representations of death,Alice said. 102 THREE VASSAR GIRLS IN SWITZERLAND. They have death before them more familiarly than the inhabitantsof the plain, Lajos replied; perhaps that is the reason that they donot seem to fear it, and are ready, when occasion calls, to becomeheroes like Arnold Von Winkelried, who For victory shaped an open space,By gathering with a wide embraceInto his single heart, a sheafOf fatal Austrian There is one thing whichI do not quite understand,said Alice. You are anAustrian, and yet you are constantly admiring the enemies ofAustria—Napoleon, Arnold Von Winkelried, Venice, all have yoursympathy. It is just so with the countess. She is always praisingliberty, — Americas struggle for independence, the war in Bulgaria LUCERNE. • 103 against the Turks, and the French Revolution; and yet it seems tome that Austria is one of the most despotic of despotisms. She is; Russia is a republic in comparison. To understand ourposition, I must remind you that my aunt and I are only Austriansin so far that our country belongs to Austria. We are Hungarians,and my aunts family were all patriots. Although they belonged tothe aristocratic class, they held advanced ideas in regard to aunts brothers were students at the University of Vienna, at thetime of the French Revolution. They were in the deputation of twothousand professors and students who
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