And, besides these smaller matters, there are other things in which I feel deficient," continued he, more earnestly; "I know that at times I make too heavy demands upon the indulgence of my friends.

I shall have to thank your house," said he, in conclusion, turning to the merchant, "if I ever acquire a knowledge of the best side of the German character." Fink spoke with a degree of feeling he rarely showed.

Sabine was happy; the sparrow was forgotten; and she cried, with irrepressible emotion, "That was nobly said, Herr von Fink." The servants then announced that supper was ready.
The merchant took his place in the middle, and Sabine smiled brightly when Fink sat down, at her side.
"I must have you opposite me, Liebold," cried the principal; "I must see your honest face before me to-day.

We have now been connected for five-and-twenty years.

Mr.Liebold joined us a few weeks after my father took me into partnership," said he, by way of explanation to the younger clerks; "and while I am indebted to you all, I am most indebted to him." He held up his glass: "I drink your good health, my old friend; and so long as our desks stand side by side, separated only by a thin partition, so long shall there exist between us, as heretofore, a full and firm confidence, without many spoken words." Liebold had stood at the beginning of this speech, and he remained standing.