Rolf drew the uncle aside, and asked if he might venture to send a charade to Karlsruhe, now and then; to which Uncle Titus kindly replied that he should receive any such with pleasure, and answer them with punctuality.
Sly little Hunne, when he overheard these remarks, declared at once, "I will also send mine;" for he did not doubt that his would be equally acceptable to Uncle Titus, if not more so.

He thought also that the quiet people of Karlsruhe would never be able to guess such charades as he would make, and his heart was filled with pride.

Dora and Paula wandered arm in arm into the garden, singing gaily, "No farther losses to deplore In friendship live for evermore." APPENDIX.
The Charades in this story, involving play upon the German words and syllables, are of course nearly all untranslatable; the translator has therefore substituted English ones; as follows: PAGE _Welcome_ for "Heimkehr" 80 _Music_ " "Katzenmusik" 104 _Milton_ " "Vogelweide" 105 _Palfrey_ " "Milch Strasse" 107 _Plato_ " "Aristotle" 227 _Caesar_ " "Heliogabal" 228 _Bonaparte_ " "Wallenstein" 230 _Matterhorn_ " "Finsteraarhorn" 230 _Gladstone_ " "Semiramis" 231 ***END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK UNCLE TITUS AND HIS VISIT TO THE COUNTRY*** ******* This file should be named 14710.txt or 14710.zip ******* This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/1/4/7/1/14710 Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed.
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