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sentimental old cook reading the " Sorrows of Werter," and 

 skinning eels. I liave some impression of the meaning of 

 " Evigkeit," from the connection in which it is used. What 

 is the true translation? 



Joe. I admired the effusion so much at the time it ap- 

 peared, that I read it once to a German friend, who fully 

 appreciated it, and laughing, explained the word you refer 

 to, by saying, " de schtar of de spirit's light," and de lager, 

 all went away together into de everlasting, de futurity. — But 

 what is Walter doing ! 



Nes. Just what Benjamin West did when he caught the 

 man stealing his father's pears — ^taking the rogue's picture. 



The Thief that stole our Dinner. 



