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The Runic Writing Exercises the Professor

           MademoiselleGräubenwasanaccomplishedmineralogist;shecouldhavetaughtafewthingstoasavant.Shewasfondofinvestigatingabstrusescientificquestions.Whatpleasanthourswehavespentinstudy;andhowoftenIenviedtheverystoneswhichshehandledwithhercharmingfingers.

           Then,whenourleisurehourscame,weusedtogoouttogetherandturnintotheshadyavenuesbytheAlster,andwenthappilysidebysideuptotheoldwindmill,whichformssuchanimprovementtothelandscapeattheheadofthelake.Ontheroadwechattedhandinhand;Itoldheramusingtalesatwhichshelaughedheartilv.ThenwereachedthebanksoftheElbe,andafterhavingbidgood-byetotheswan,sailinggracefullyamidstthewhitewaterlilies,wereturnedtothequaybythesteamer.

           ThatisjustwhereIwasinmydream,whenmyunclewithavehementthumponthetabledraggedmebacktotherealitiesoflife.

           "Come,"saidhe,"theveryfirstideawhichwouldcomeintoanyone’sheadtoconfusethelettersofasentencewouldbetowritethewordsverticallyinsteadofhorizontally."

           "Indeed!"saidI.

           "Nowwemustseewhatwouldbetheeffectofthat,Axel;putdownuponthispaperanysentenceyoulike,onlyinsteadofarrangingthelettersintheusualway,oneaftertheother,placetheminsuccessioninverticalcolumns,soastogroupthemtogetherinfiveorsixverticallines."

           Icaughthismeaning,andimmediatelyproducedthefollowingliterarywonder:

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