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THE ENGLISHMAN 169. THE JODLER 170. ANOTHER VOCALIST 171. THE FELSENTHOR 172. A VIEW FROM THE STATION 173. LOST IN THE MIST 174. THE RIGI-KULM HOTEL 175. WHAT AWAKENED US 176. A SUMMIT SUNRISE 177. TAIL PIECE CONTENTS: CHAPTER XXII The Black Forest--A Grandee and his Family--The Wealthy Nabob--A New Standard of Wealth--Skeleton for a New Novel--Trying Situation--The Common Council--Choosing a New Member Studying Natural History--The Ant a Fraud--Eccentricities of the Ant--His Deceit and Ignorance--A German Dish--Boiled Oranges CHAPTER XXIII Off for a Day's Tramp--Tramping and Talking--Story Telling--Dentistry in Camp--Nicodemus Dodge--Seeking a Situation--A Butt for Jokes--Jimmy Finn's Skeleton--Descending a Farm--Unexpected Notoriety CHAPTER XXIV Sunday on the Continent--A Day of Rest--An Incident at Church--An Object of Sympathy--Royalty at Church--Public Grounds Concert--Power and Grades of Music--Hiring a Courier CHAPTER XXV Lucerne--Beauty of its Lake--The Wild Chamois--A Great Error Exposed--Methods of Hunting the Chamois--Beauties of Lucerne--The Alpenstock--Marking Alpenstocks--Guessing at Nationalities--An American Party--An Unexpected Acquaintance--Getting Mixed Up--Following Blind Trails--A Happy Half--hour--Defeat and Revenge CHAPTER XXVI Commerce of Lucerne--Benefits of Martyrdom--A Bit of History--The Home of Cuckoo Clocks--A Satisfactory Revenge--The Alan Who Put Up at Gadsby's--A Forgotten Story--Wanted to be Postmaster--A Tennessean at Washington--He Concluded to Stay A While--Application of the Story CHAPTER XXVII The Glacier Garden--Excursion on the Lake--Life on the Mountains--A Specimen Tourist--"Where're you From?"--An Advertising Dodge--A Righteous Verdict--The Guide-book Student--I Believe that's All CHAPTER XXVIII The Rigi-Kulm--Its Ascent--Stripping for Business--A Mountain Lad--An English Tourist--Railroad up the Mountain--Villages and Mountain--The Jodlers--About Ice Water--The Felsenthor--Too Late--Lost in the Fog--The Rigi-Kulm Hotel--The Alpine Horn--Sunrise at Night CHAPTER XXII [The Black Forest and Its Treasures] From Baden-Baden we made the customary trip into the Black Forest. We were on foot most of the time. One cannot describe those noble woods, nor the feeling with which they inspire him. A feature of the feeling, however, is a deep sense of contentment; another feature of it is a
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