MARK TWAIN

Students send 2 to Berlin and 2 come here from Berlin
to light. '

This morning Man 17, 8 couples fought—2 spectators
fainted. One student had a piece of his scalp taken. The
others' faces so gashed up and floor all covered with
blood. They only wear protecting spectacles.

Mr. PFafT had a 6-inch piece of sword that had been
broken in the fight. It was two edged and wonderfully
whetted up and sharp.

They fight twice a week—in a Wirtschaft up a little
road, opposite hotel on the other side of river.

Told 2 German gentlemen the way to the Wolfsbrunen,
in elaborate German—one put up his hands and solemnly
said, "Gott im Himmel."

Dreamed all bad foreigners went to German heaven,
couldn't speak the language, and wished they'd gone to
the other place,

To make a German sentence complete and beautiful
you have only to add: "Wollcn habcn sollen warden,"
after you have got through with what you wanted to say.

May 24, theater, Mannheim* King Lear—performance
began at 6 sharp. Never understood a word—by and by
a terrific and perfectly natural peal of thunder and vivid
lightning. G. said. 'Thank heaven it thunders in English
anyway." Afterwards, at home, said, "Sat three hours—
never understood a word but the thunder and lightning."

May 25. Not a star tonight—consequently the display
of lights is particularly plentiful and vivid—strong reflec-
tions in water from the lights on both bridges.

And the Balmhof! What to liken it to!

But nothing in the world so overpowcringly beautiful
as a tree in an ice-storm, in sun and gentle wind. It is
worth crossing three oceans to see,

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