"Donner und Blitz." Page [273].
CHAPTER XV.
THE WALDO'S PASSENGER.
"Donner und blitz!" exclaimed Herr Schlager, when he realized that the wet and sandy bag on the counter before him contained money, for he was too familiar with the chink of gold to mistake the sound. "Was haben sie, hier, Leopold?"
"Money, gold, specie, coin, geld," replied the boatman, hardly less excited than his Teutonic uncle.
"So mooch golt! Der bag is wet mit der sand, and covered mit salt water! Himmel! where so much money haf you found, Leopold?"
"Put it in the safe, uncle, and we will talk about it afterwards," added the young man. "I haven't opened this bag, and I don't want it opened."