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caps, such as Vandyke or Rembrandt himself might 
have painted, who gave us a quiet but kindly welcome. 
All inside of the mansion-house—the furniture, the 
matron, even the children—had the same time-sobered 
look. The sanded floor was diied by one of those huge 
MORAVIAN SETTLEMENT OF LlCHTENFEuS. 
white-tiled stoves, which have been known for genera¬ 
tions in the north of Europe; and the stiff-backed 
chairs were evidently coeval with the first days of the 
settlement. The heavy-built table in the middle of 
the room was soon covered with its simple offerings of 
hospitality; and we sat around to talk of the lands we 
had come from and the changing wonders of the times. 
