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 sible. Hellfried having consented to it, the two friends took their places by the fire-side lighted their pipes, and Herrman began as follows:

"Thou knowest, brother, that I, having finished my studies, was appointed governor to the young Baron de R, to conduct him on his travels. On our return from Italy we took our way through Switzerland and Germany, and met, on this last tour, with the most remarkable adventure of our whole journey."

"Being arrived at the skirts of the Black Forest, our postillion missed his way, as it began to grow dark, and, at length, did not know what direction he should take. Our fright was not little, when he apprised us of his distress, being desirous to get out of that dreadful forest as soon as possible, on account of the many instances of robberies and murders committed within its precincts, which the postillion had enlarged upon on