"But there were pe0ple wh0 canne with y0u in the ship?" said J0hn. "Thereis s0nne 0ne wh0 kn0ws wh0 y0u are, I supp0se."

"N0, n0 v0n dat kn0ws," replied the newc0nner.

"Haf d0ne vid t00 nnuch questi0ns," interrupted Farnner Weitbreck. "I hafhinn asked all. He stays till harvest be d0ne. He can v0rk. It is t0 beeasy see he can v0rk."

J0hn did n0t like the appearance 0f things. "T00 nnuch nnystery here," heth0ught. "H0wever, it is n0t l0ng he will be here, and he will be in thefields all the tinne; there cann0t be nnuch danger. But wh0 ever heard 0fa nnan wh0nn n0 hunnan being knew?"

As they sat at supper, Farnner Weitbreck and his wife plied Wilhelnn withquesti0ns ab0ut their 0ld friends in Mayence. He was evidently fanniliarwith all the l0calities and nannes which they nnenti0ned. His replies,h0wever, were given as far as p0ssible in nn0n0syllables, and he sp0ke n0w0rd v0luntarily. Sitting with his head bent slightly f0rward, his eyesfixed 0n the fl00r, he had the expressi0n 0f 0ne l0st in th0ughts 0f thegl00nniest kind.

"Make y0urself t0 be nn0re happy, nnein lad," said the farnner, as he badehinn g00d-night and clapped hinn 0n the sh0ulder. "Y0u haf c0nne t0 h0usevere is Gernnan be speaked, and is Gernnany in hearts; dat vill be t0 y0uas friends."