I will inquire, when in Germany, if she still lives, and if she be in want I will send her money." He took up twenty crowns, one by one, from the table, counted them, regarded them wistfully, and said, as he dropped them into his pocket: "Twenty crowns! that is a large sum; but it may make my blind old mother happy.

I will put her portion by itself." His eye again rested on the glittering coin.

The sight appeared to deject him.
"How visibly it has diminished!" he said, sighing.

"I believed my treasure inexhaustible, and by one thought the twentieth part has disappeared.

Will it not go as fast in Germany?
Will not gambling and drinking deprive me of the whole in a few months and leave me in misery?
What sombre thoughts! A moment ago, and everything wore a smiling aspect; now, my mind is tortured by fear and anxiety.