Спрут: Калифорнийская история
Chapter V
ItinkIuse’umvhenIgedthomeinderbusiness.IwasmakervonvagonsinCarlsruhe,undInef’rgedthomeagain.Vhenderwarhefgodtover,IgobecktoUlmundgedtmarriet,unddenIgedtdemnsickvonderarmie.VhenIgedtderrelease,Iclairoudt,youbedt.IcometoEmerica.First,NewYor-ruk;denMilwaukee;denSbringfieldt-Illinoy;denGalifornie,undheirIstay.”
“AndtheFatherland?Everwanttogoback?”
“Wail,Itellyoudoseting,Meest’rEnnixter.Alle-ways,ItinkalotoafShairmany,undderKaiser,undnef’rIforgedtGravelotte.Budt,say,Itellyoudoseting.Vhairderwifeis,undderkinder—derleedlegirlHilda—DEREISDERVATERLAND.Eh?Emerica,dat’smygountrynow,unddere,”hepointedbehindhimtothehouseunderthemammothoaktreeontheLowerRoad,“dat’smyhome.Dat’sgootenoughVaterlandforme.”
Annixtergatheredupthereins,abouttogoon.
“SoyoulikeAmerica,doyou,Bismarck?”hesaid.“Whodoyouvotefor?”
“Emerica?Idoandknow,”returnedtheother,insistently.“Dat’smyhomeyonder.Dat’smyVaterland.AllevonweShairmensyoostlikedot.Shairmany,dot’shelloafsomefineplaice,sure.BudtderVaterlandissvhairderhomeundderwifeundkinderiss.Eh?Yes?Voad?Ach,no.Me,Inef’rvoad.Idoandbodderderhaidmitdoseting.Imaigderwheatgrow,undgedderbraidfurderwifeundHilda,dot’sall.Dot’sme;dot’sBismarck.”
“Good-bye,”commentedAnnixter,movingoff.
Hooven,thewasherreplaced,turnedtohisworkagain,startingupthehorses.Theseederadvanced,whirring.
