Northern Lands; Or, Young America in Russia and PrussiaOptic, Oliver
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Northern Lands; Or, Young America in Russia and Prussia
Optic, Oliver
Prussia (Germany) -- Description and travel -- Juvenile fiction; Russia -- Description and travel -- Juvenile fiction
"My father and mother haven't begun to think of getting out of bed
yet!" laughed Lincoln. "I shall remember this place as the farthest
easting I have made."
After a ride of an hour the vehicles entered the city, and turned into
a wide street, with fine buildings. Presently they stopped at the
university, which is a very large establishment, with four hundred
and fifty students. The steward led the way into the vestibule, and
spoke to the porter. Then there was a difficulty which the man could
not explain. He talked, made signs, and gesticulated; and it was clear
that the professor was not in. The doctor spoke English, French, and
German to the porter, who could not comprehend a word of either. But
suddenly his face lighted up with a smile, and beckoning to the party
to follow him, he led them up three flights of stairs, unlocked a door,
and entered. Conducting the surgeon to a glass case, he triumphantly
pointed to a small Egyptian mummy! The visitors courteously examined
it, and other curiosities in the room, which was the museum of the
university. While the party were thus engaged, an elderly Russian
entered the apartment, and looked curiously at the strangers. The
doctor attacked him in all the languages he could speak, but without
avail.
"Professor _Anglisky_!" shouted Dr. Winstock.
"That ought to fetch him," said Scott; but it did not.
"_Anglisky_," repeated the surgeon.
"_Da!_" replied the old man, at last, his face beaming with smiles, as
though he had solved the problem.
Making a gesture to indicate that the party were to follow him, he led
them down one flight of stairs, through a hall a hundred feet long,
up another flight, through another long hall, and opened a door. The
travellers entered, and he led them to a case of minerals, to which he
pointed with an expression of the utmost satisfaction on his wrinkled
face.
"No, no, no!" exclaimed the doctor, impatiently; and the party
retreated, without taking a second look at the case.
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