I wonder what the poor old fellow is doing here, with that one hand of his ?" "Not amassing a very 'handsome pittance,' I guess, as Artemus Ward would say," said Fulkerson, getting back some of his lightness.

"There are lots of two-handed fellows in New York that are not doing much better, I guess.

Maybe he gets some writing on the German papers." "I hope so.

He's one of the most accomplished men! He used to be a splendid musician--pianist--and knows eight or ten languages." "Well, it's astonishing," said Fulkerson, "how much lumber those Germans can carry around in their heads all their lives, and never work it up into anything.

It's a pity they couldn't do the acquiring, and let out the use of their learning to a few bright Americans.