A tutorial of a writer s success. Chapter 4

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Chapter 4. Save yourself ... by a keg

A certain level of mysticism is feeling by various authors who are writing about Heinrich Schliemann. For example, in one of the anonymous texts posted on the Internet, some emphasis is given to a keg (barrel).

A barrel of chicory, as the anonymous author of the text emphasizes, saved Heinrich Schliemann from the hard and tedious work of an "apprentice" (a "pupil") in a grocery store.

Heinrich raised the keg, it was too heavy. Blood began to flow from the Heinrich throat. The Schliemann's employment in the grocery store ended there (1841).

The anonymous author of the abstract continues to "bend his line" ("to push through his mystic view"): the mystical barrel reappeared in the life of Heinrich Schliemann at the time of the shipwreck (while trying to go to Venezuela in December 1841). Heinrich (who was, already, overboard) allegedly grabbed the keg, which helped him stay afloat.

Having slightly interrupted the logic of the anonymous author of abstract, we note that after the rescued Heinrich, the sea threw out his chest [trunk, casket] with letters and some things. He was the only survivor whose belongings were "returned" by the sea. After this incident, Heinrich was nicknamed Jonah (in the Bible there is the Book of the Prophet Jonah [the Book of Jonah]).

Let's return to the above-mentioned text by anonymous author.

For the third time, an anonymous author mentions the keg (barrel), talking about the period of Heinrich Schliemann's life in St. Petersburg.

The merchant Schliemann Andrei Aristovich imported various goods to Russia, including the Dutch herring, and "gave the barrel [filled with a Dutch herring] to the merchants-friends."

Let's make an assumption that maybe these barrels of herring (and not only herring) helped him safely "swim out" of the Russian "whirlpools" with good capital and safely sail up to the Dardanelles Strait?

Developing the theme of the mystical barrel, I would like to note that in the biography of Heinrich Schliemann, the barrel “pops up” at least one more time.

Starting to fulfill a well-paid job (1844), starting to live, using the modern term, "as a human" ("humanly"), but being systemically economical, he sent two barrels of Bordeaux and a box of cigars to his father, retired pastor Ernest Schliemann, who in a number of publications appears as the person responsible for the early death (1831) of his first wife Louise, mother of Heinrich Schliemann, and the person responsible for appropriating the inheritance, bequeathed by her to her son Heinrich. It was this man, Ernest Schliemann, who, according to Heinrich himself, bought him a book "The World history for children" by G. L. Herrer [Ludwig Jerrer's ‘Illustrated History of the World’] (with a picture of the Trojan War and with a picture of the walls of Troy) as a gift, who supported Heinrich's childish intention to unearth them (the Trojan walls). He taught Heinrich Latin, and, probably, not only Latin (with whom could Heinrich in childhood discuss the Great Wall of China, semi-mythical for the Baltic inhabitants?). Who probably prayed for Heinrich more than once. Maybe these two barrels served as salvation. As salvation of the soul. "What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?". ["What good is it to a person if he gains the whole world, but hurts his soul?"] (Matthew 16:26).

In addition to two barrels (with bordeaux), Heinrich also sent a box of cigars to his father.

So the theme of mystical kegs (barrels) is transformed into a theme of a really existing boxes (drawers). (The word "bordeaux" will appear in our story).

The boxes (drawers), as a rule, were using for carring the very "blue gold" (indigo (dye)), which Heinrich Schliemann successfully traded in Russia.

Heinrich Schliemann, a round-the-world traveler, sent in 1865 two boxes (drawers) with stones from the Great Wall of China to St. Petersburg [Gavrilov A. K. P. 331].

In 1879, Heinrich Schliemann's archaeological collection was transported in fifteen boxes (drawers) to Berlin, donated to the German people (a little later, another 40 boxes were added to 15 boxes).

In the museum of the Central School of Technical Drawing of Baron A. L. Stieglitz (St. Petersburg) were exhibited "antiquities" sent in August 1882 by Heinrich Schliemann as a gift. At least 4 boxes (drawers) were used during the transportation.

In general, Heinrich Schliemann, a successful and indefatigable merchant, and indefatigable and successful traveler, left a lot of information about his travels. He performed them on ships, on other vehicles, sometimes - for a short time - on a barrels (kegs). And  a lot of information remained about the details related to transportation, travel and moving: for example, about boxes (drawers) and suitcases.