132 CHARLES ANTHONY GOESSMANN 



only as an assistant. Perhaps you can do something 

 for him 



In best friendship, 



Your 



WOHLEB. 



GOTTINGEN, 23 A T or. 1875. 

 DEAR GOSSMANN, 



You may ascribe it to my conscientiousness in keep- 

 ing promises, if I take the liberty of troubling you with 

 the request of another. You remember well Frau 

 Kornrumpf, your former attendant, whom you have 

 once before aided with money. For years she has been 

 calling on me from time to time, inquiring whether I 

 have received a new contribution for her. Finally I 

 had to promise to write you, calling your attention to 

 her poverty. I always delayed writing, fearing it 

 would be fruitless to request you for further aid. 

 Whatever I could give her was only a little, since I am 

 contributing a sufficient amount towards the support of 

 the poor. Yesterday she came again, telling me of the 

 distress she and her husband were in, and asked if 

 nothing yet had come for her. From all she (and also 

 recently her husband) told me, and what seemed to 

 me truthful, they must be in great need at present. 

 They do not live here any longer, but at Eldagsen, 

 where the husband is a railway workman. I have 

 now kept my promise, and heartily wish that I may be 

 successful and you will once more send a small con- 

 tribution to these poor people. Should you be dis- 

 posed to do so, you may send the money to me. 



