Unsolicited Writings

ZWEI GLAS (two glasses of beer). He paused for a moment, reflectively;> He
looked up at the lofty crown of the pine tree, through which shone one or two of the
brightest stars, and felt a new comradeship with it. It was a great tree, he
thought, and they had grown up together. He laid his hardened palm on it, and
fancied that he caught a throb of the silent vitality under the bark. How many kinds
of life there were! Under its white shroud, how all the valley lived. The tree
stretching up its head to the stars, the river preparing to throw off the icy armor
which compressed its heart -- they were all awakening in their own way. The river
had been restless, like himself, the tree had been tranquil, but they passed
together through the resurrection into quiet life. >
Freundschaftsbezeigungen.>circumstance, instead of cramping it into the simple
and sufficient word> The boy tried to speak, but he raised his voice. No, I
couldnt stand it all over again. Twould cut !
in to the places where Ive got calloused. Seeing through the others stupor the
beginnings of an irresolute opposition, he flung himself upon him in a strange and
incredible appeal, crying out, Oh, you must! You got to go! commanding and
imploring in the same incoherent sentence, struggling for speech, and then hanging
on Nathaniels answer in a sudden wild silence. It was as though his next breath
depended on the boys decision.