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CATALINA;
Jljntrn Scollard, in Time* democrat.
'Catalina? 1 '— I ‘‘Catalina!"
fhui a plaintive ring This i» all it salth.
Thrills in the song the hidden mock-birds sing, | The lichened *
MACON. GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 5. 1891.
Weekly, *1.00 w Year.
Fad<le6t at eve when ancient mosses gray
I Not in her dei
r> eloquent of death.
]n sea-blown breezes away;
But ah. she he ars not, she
Who sleeps beneatn the sombre cypress tree,
■From earthly travail free,
Catalina.
Hut'neath Floridian skle*,--
Khe who was more fair
Than any rose It was h«r wont to wear
Iu her night-dusky hair,
Catalina.
••Catalina!"
Thus the boiiRha bewaff,
HMle southern suns, the year long, rise and
fail,—
A mournful chant that her once Bentlent ear
Would sorely grieve to hear.
For her magnolias throw
“Catalina,—
Albeit naught to me.
Save that thy grave beside the southern aea
qm< kern* regret, and stirs the sonree of song.
And makeK and memories throng,—
i a<e thei>e upon thy bier,
I'ndtcked. uumourned for many a morn-bright
Aromas aweet Iroin their unbosomed snow,
But ah! she doss not know,
Catalina. •
A song (lower and a tear,
CatAlina.
The Prince of Morocco.
Some forty minutes before reaching j in youth. It in true that they tookdiffer-
Vcnico the express from Trieste and j tun forma of commerce,” the priest added
Udine passea the village of Maroco— as j with a short cough, "but let that ilea
any doubting traveler may verify by con- , atn k i’ the wall. They had been frionds;
suiting hifl old, well-thumbed copy of tho , and tis a noble osiate; a virtuous aud
official Indicatore della Ferrovie nor j noble lady.”
FAIta Italia. Hut few trains atop at that **l bate women,” said the Prince,
insignificant platform. Thestation master “1 am Sold,” replied the ecclesiastic
spends long, leisurely days between hi* j smoothly, “that the lady is verv fair.”
leans, his lasstdled nmi/.t and the flaunt- For all answer the voting m:m (snapped
in* hollyhocks of his garden, undisturbed , his lingers, and at the signal every dog thieves and
for hours at a time by any summons ; in the mom opened its even or lifted 1
from a busier world. Nowand then anjlie.nl. and one noble old hound n
old peasant woman rnttlos past with her » slow ly from its place among the rushes | nloiie,"
i " c ?r u " o,ii * rwisu - *-• •«-“ •" [, “■» i«n.- h.d«... ,n..tiy; „„ t h , ur„„ n j. n,,
somewhat_ faltering touch of ai Hie two *tr:ingeraexchange 1 a quick • down to him (ateppini* witli a great and smelled at thorn when- the
what anxious glance, “1 kn<>w I shiver into the chip, new air, out of that *‘I hr.uijht t*,*'m for her,” h*
him often. | melancholy, stuffy little box of a | an awful choke 1 voire. '••Fo
il all the young man’s assur-> damned jilt! The girl who i.
fither. Take me oBelmn
n key,'
very white hand,£and every now and : and
then throwing a glance of mingled deli- j Salauoi, that i«, 1 liav
anee and appeal over his shoulder at the A worthy yenthunan, indeed.” said Lo-
preoccupied face of his frieud. I ren/.o hastily, "and no -worn enemy to ! ance iad dropped nwar from him; and
At last, and as Jezebel s attacks grewgood living. In m» plae- ha would hava | he laughed and itau.mured and grew Ha
more pressing, “Ah, Lorenzo, good , long since a»k*d leave to break bread red it the faci and would not speak hin
Lorenzo, call away the dogs! The great with our good host; av, and to pledge vou I errand, but tried to talk of other things,
ugly beast would, surely bite me!’ the | in a glass of vour own wine mv lord " J like « girl
page cried out in a voice half i^tween | the nimb^witied Venetian added “Good Father Fahrizio, come up with
smoothly. | me to th* hous*-. 1 will show you ‘Oms*
\ et as they all drew in their chairs to ' thing when we get there,” he eutreaied.
supper he was perhaps the fir%| to be And then lie looked *ip at the young ap-
aware that never once bid the prince re- I pie 'r**e he was carrying and shook it, so
move his fixed eves from then study of that many of the blossoms fell upon the
pretty Jessica’s mocking down-cast face, | dewy g ass; and he looked down at them I ah
1 aloud. “I plucked it up l»\ 1 hh
i, , , ■ , » | —--—- —» ....... ip. njc’ii. iu | -— • ——- with a single strain. It l t h
eli, boy, but what yon carry . Only hU .y.« followed her without cob- look.i .o wiiic©," he s.m, -‘and | c
mi.lor your cloak that they would j j a tlon. Once, when > cold I.N.t dew
worry, 'the young man added carek-Mly. ' the wide chlmnev made the i-irl ihiv,
‘ A * >>• “>• monkey. I told you how an ,| , lra , r in h , r lllHor , Luieud, Iv
it would bn tl you brought that monkey , ,hin hoy', doublet, then the l-rinca w:
with you, .we.th.ark What! cheer up, on hii f».t without n word, lie left tho i «»• » cloudy
pretty Jessica! Never cry at a word, i table and walked over to sn old pro « ! swollen; you ’ coi
Sh. gave away the ring olf her finger i which etood between tho window., nnd otf, under th.
f»>r the shivering little beast only a we. k j stood thero for a moment or two ruin- . came they w.-re making it sound like i ]j t tle dark curh th
ngoaK.enoa. By my /nilhl I would | m.ging Bmon g tho aheln. while the | iin K i. g
i til'
toda-. Oh! 1 have Ipi
1 have l**irn»d «hat a woi
leach met Has she money,
one—the one with the %»■
Money? Trend? Jewels? Doe-
one love gold, too? ils. ha!
her how to spend it. Four-sn
at a witting, in Genoa—at a «•»
rue to Belmont. 1 'ell vou. hi
eho would not have mo, ip
til® Eood prion rnutlrrcd in hi. ! m.
; ’*' ar< i* and aln.i-.t at tho same moment
| tho door opened and M* -»r Halanio
dropped, his gla i upon the labio before
him, and sat etaringnt the incomer with him wh
all his eyes, while his lower jaw hung moot.’ ,
I loosely,
I “Bleared St. Anthony of Padua!” tl
\ enetian spluttered, “I thought the ms
i ... j, i8 romQ th#if lWQ yo||r8 (
ril the old man and draw a
At IahI, os the dawn was
ho rou»cd himself, and ho
j nodding Jew and inquired of
crying and laughter; a voice which made
thu priest start again and cross him
self aud look more closely.
“Hullo! what pretty puppet have wi
here? 1 he poor dogs won’t hurt! vou
boy. Down. Jess!” eaid the Prince,
smiling. “What, puppies, must 1 take , On the other hand it was certain ho minis ' and 1
•’—nip again to the pack of you. It is | no smallest attempt to speak to her. j it*
lid, “and j God's blood! wha
»o sweet, growing out there be- thnt is broken? It it vours. Fait,
side tho brook in tho darknoss. I could brir.u'” Tho pr-ostV hear '* NV i
r ( ‘rou -...pt. K ood fall.®.;, „ ,®, Poi ,1,. „„ r.m.miwrc. it. Mrlock., ea
Altar pddulghi Ih® ralu wai ow, Imt U 1 0 riU! Tliat wllfch®ury 11 ,.i,ln, m.- and alter judgu,, ot s in. u for Anionm. r®l„nj«*r
'kht. The brook® or® holly Joek-prls.t! Ab. von »ha 1 h®,.r my good Antonio, my hoorat Anlmilu! I H® ran to th
'Id henr thorn running, U". rwonr to hrr!-Jilti jl! >. all uf them! I Oh, that I hid . mlo K0J d enough tu out Tl;
trees. Before the light, —Yellow lock or bla> V curly hair -soft, keep his name rompnny?” rnorn
| litile dark curb that will fwUt around a “.Shylock the Jew! bhylock tho own | birds
• t? more? Why—Shylo. k
>• r ; not so much as one poor ducat left, thst’i
•w cloar. And his hair is gone white, am
-ti | there's a hole m his host' and another ir
,Uu j his paherdice. What, old -bylock, whai
ii . | nev.s on the Rialto? C*in'«t thou fro t
"•nice, man? Why, how
hut news among the merchants.
“Shylock—the Jew Hbvlock?” -id the
prie«t, and sark b, k in lit* chair.
“When I saw thee last thv coat had
the fower rents in it. It wssai the Dukf’a
1 | court, if lliou reii.rii.U r, .• it, - ,, h ,
• Jessica lies buried? ’ *At Bol-
1 the .lew, ami then my bey
tiigucu again and prosied money in ins
hand and hade him go out of the bouse
in God’c. name, Methought afior inat
the load on his heart sueme i lighter, for
ho stood by tho open window for a onp
time looking up at ttic paling stars. A.id
oncohosjokc. Ttpeems,’ l»o eaid, ‘an
emptier wurid, an emptier world With no
htllu Jemic.i iu it’.’ And even as I would
have answered him, for his mood waa
Snylock? . gentle, ho clappeohand to heart and fell,
‘ as you bcc hun, as both his brothers Ml
before him. And I know that my lad
“But th
give such another turquoise to tho
who would rid mo of the ape,’* called
out the elder traveler, and turned to liiti
host with a frank, good-huun-red laugh.
“She7” says the l’rinca with a stare.
“S ie—he—little Jessica—my torch-
milk cans, or her load of fresh-cut grass,
goading her donkay up the poplar-hor- ,
dored road. Tiiere is scarce any other traf
fic, Indeed, there ia nothing to distinguish
Maroco, at first sight, from a hundred
other such lealy hutulets scattered about
that green and level country. If the ;
tiie lloor and thrust a cool, damp none
into his mustor’a outstretched hand.
“Good old dog! Besides - you taught
me to hate’em yourself,” said the l’rince.
The priest folded bis lingers togulher
softly in-ide bis long, hanging slenvos.
taught many things.
place leave auv impression at all upon mny thing* Ic oar raw vouth. Thera
the traveler’s mind (already alert ami a- j came a ycung .ignor here once from
tune for Vunioe,) il can only | Venice who vowed she has locks
be an impression of greenness like sunshine—like a golden fleece, 1
nnd long continuance; a jailing have heard that he not the only one
glimpse of humble, ancient houses; to find it s<\ Many Jasous come
bearer.
“The times are troubled. If you aro
making for Venice there are many dis
banded soldiers, broken men. common
hat not, to !>c mot with
along the road. Vour -si'iter does wisoly
such a dress while you travel
’ 1 the priest leaning hack
. "A d you carry those flowers to that ! the he »v*ms fall
ho f.iuod h e*thjti woman?’ ®aiil tho priooU Lo to hot o. o Prloool ril ®w. .r my I ‘•Who: ’cillej o«t th. Prince, Uopkig
, as « red Ah. cried the young mao, drawing \ mother tvns a ^ lle en! 8h# ehall hoar to his feet with an oath. I • wc*
e of rich m i long, long breath of the buoyant royal blood rapingin me!-Jilu?-0!». I'll Thou tho old man advanced a 8 tn., bios
__ i . momuii; air. And lie threw up ins ban l, , rant th« merchant's danqhtor down in i nearer to the tal
search of hi
“I know her name is Portia; you told
mo that yourself. She lives at Belmont.
I never kn*»w any man called Jason. 1
had u bitch puppy once called Medea, but
brown roofs, unimportant and enduring
as the village fortuues which they shel
ter. And yet, all this show of peaco,
here, too, thero have been change'll,
Maroco hath had Ioann*. Thu old fields
lie out under the sky much in the oi l
way; but tho train puffing past clanks
and jolts heavily across the very turn in
the brook where the Princea white ox«n
trooped to drink in the cool of the evou*
ing. The strip of turf on which the sta-
tmn.hntiM ia built waa long tlia Prince'h
favorite bowling-green; yet there is not a j since it had pleased the taints to send
fragment of boundary wall, not a vestige him throe lusty sons, and to hia old rival
of carvod stone left to ahow where atood j hut this one frail daughter, it should go
the finest mansions of the place aud
for I hesitate to attribute undue import
ance to the local tradition winch gives
the name of Prince Ferdinand's castle to
a half-ruinod farmhouse (a low gray
building of rough atone) etandiug on \
slight greasy eminence above the road.
that the fresco still dimly glorifying the
liable front fa piece of work in very
tolerable preservation when one consid
ers its age, and clearly identified by
in&ny generation! of villag* priests an
the Dancing Daughter of HeroJiaa) ie, in
fact, nothing e.se than the hkeneee uf a
young Jewess whom the prince had met
felicitous visit to Belmont.
1 quote the legend for what it la worth.
It is always in in rating, in a way, as an
example of the fashion In which »oine
turn or mischance in a Man's life will
•trike the publio fancy, to stick there
like a burr long aft* r ail that the man
himself held for important in his ex
perience lies hurled with him, as for
gotten aa the place of his grave. And for
the antiquary the tele ha« the additional
merit of preserving the old titluof Prince
of Marsco, or Prince of Morocco, im the
name was diversely spelled; a dignity
which had its origin solely in tno pop
ular imagination.
For (as the latest historical research has
now proved to us beyoud all cavil), despite
the lordly appellation by winch he was
universally addressed, and by which,
with the reader’s jiermiavion and for the
take of greater clearness, we will con
tinue to designate him, l'rioco Ferdi
nand of Morocco waa but the only surviv
ing son of a bold and aucceesful trader; a
man himself of mean birth, whose very
rrat.ie wo-alih wa* amassed in a
teriMof deiperate mercantile ventures,
chiafly along the tea coaat of Bohemia.
Many of these exploits o-m only have es
caped the name of piracy by reason of
their extreme remoteiu-Ms; yet the results
were golden. The youngest of the three
brothers, with no mother known to him
by name, the Prince had boen left at
home to grow up umong the farm dogs
nod horses, with very little more oere or
more prospect in life than they. Had it
not been for the example, the exhorta
tion, the partial authority of Father
Itbrlalo, hia confessor. It is d mbtful,
ir.Jted, if th>) young Prince could eveu
i" hnloally have avowed himself a
J hruiian. It was the priest then who
1 ik d to all such matters, whe punc
tually collected tithe, who examined
with practised eye tho xccjunts of the
iaiendaut, and, being in truth the only
clerk among them, kept up such desul
tory communications with the advenlu-
■ J t!.*; Bohemian coast as the time
»nd the men be*had to deal with ren
dered possible. It was finally the good
priest himself who brought to the lad
i • news «,f his inheritance.
Arrived at man’s e-state, and master of
th«lirs?st fortune in too country side,
the young prince answered to his master's
call like a child, like one of his own
There was indeed something curi-
caaly childish about him atill; ignorant,
•** s **‘* T e, proud, vindictive, affectionate,
inquire,J se careful handling and
peevish girl
pride
his chair, with a quiet smile. “1 hava
cousin, a worthy merchant, one Messor
Sulanio—
He pressed his finger tips together and
kept his eyes on the lire,
“To Venice? Oh, «e aro not going
hack to Venice.” cried out the pretty
page in vast alarm, clasping his white
Imnds aud springing to hi* feet with a
hound. The great mutYling horseman’s
cloak fell in a henp to the floor; the
monkey clung, chattering nnd scolding,
to his mistress’ gaudy doublet, l/oronzo!
if there be faith iu man, you are not
taking me back to Venice? I am a
Christian! 1 am no Juwtis now! Y< u
will not send me back?” she cried broath-
and panting, and spring to the
Princo g side, hooking, impluriDg, iulo
the young man's startled face.
"Now sit down, sitdown. good Jessica.
:iw here’s a coil! Faith! If I had
meant to pass her olf us my torch-beare
for long l should have had to toacli my
longue io keep truer measure. L do not
know how it u.” said Lorenzo, turning to
the priest^ “hut having spent my sub
stance it would seem 1 am an unthrift
htill in words.”
"It is a common failing,*' observed
thor Fahrizio benignly.
“You will not let them send me back !**
sobbed pretty Jenaica.
1 let any one touch you?—not for
twenty thousand brothers!” said the
prince.
B .id, »„U m . h MU„ ; .V IWta. C.pX'h^.nTTo^Ur'”* UP * nd
: h *-. Tw., hi. thought day and p,t nc . K.rdio.od, too. had rixti to hi.
feet. “Iion'tcry. pretty ladv,” he said,
and fiuahed red all over hia race. “What!
do you think I am afraid of that tail
fellow’s bare bodkin? f«t him keep hia
he died iu the distemper.
Prince, yawning heavily.
“Her naino in Portia—sunny-locked
young Portia. You yourself were but a
child, playing about this very loom we
ait in, the day your father heard the
hard hut one of his tino boys should hi
the handling of the nuney aud the girL
1 have heard him repeal the oath 100
tiiues after dinner, gcml man ! And if
any one of you had chanced to please
him. What! backed the young borse
that all my knaves are shy of? How
bully boy, thou sbalt gro*r up, so thou
shall, and
■■■
night, he was always at iu When men
told him of the three caskets and the old
man's device against foriuae-huntera—
Three cnskeU? «ay« he. Ay. and nay
three sons to set *a>*i&s cm, it would
have gone held,” said the priest, "but he
had bid the fingering of tho Belmont
moneys and ne had lived.”
“And suppueo that I and mj two
brothers real their aouli—had oach gone
in turn and chosen the wrong ca«kot?
What then? And all for the sake of
making sport for a yellow haired
madam. Am l not her equal in birth,
in breeding, in fortune? Shall I bo
afraid of my o*.vn deserving? ’Twero
damnation to think so basely, matter
priest, and so I tell you.” llo tlung one
hand up in tho air, scowling darkly.
“And then there is an oath to be sworn
as well,” he said In a different voice.
“AyT' said the priest, "a solemn oath.”
“Not that I should mind the oath, I
am no marryer; not l!” said the Prince.
“God save us from the women, say I.”
Then in an instant the expretsion of
hU face altered to a look of keencat at-
tcution. “Who cornea here?” I hear
horses on tho lower road. Who cornea
late?” be asked, turning around in l
chair.
“Nay,” said Don Fabrizio, “it is the
rain spitting aguinot the window. But,
concerning that same oath——”
“I tell vou 1 hear voices,” says the
Prin
“True, if you fail in this matter of the
KUtvtiing you are bound never to speak
to other lady in the way of marriage. But
what then? If it jump with your humor
not to wed, bat to leave your fortune
swell the cotTera of our Holy Mother
Church, why then indeed, my aon, I— 1 *
“Look at the dogs!” cried the Prince.
“Are there manque* in the town, good
father? I have not heard old Jezebel
give tongue so clearly since last hsar-
t ailing at Easter. Down, old girl! Quiet,
good liog-s 1 tell you! ’
With two strides he crossed the room
and tlung the door wide open upon the
black and dripping night. A gn*t of
wind and rain rushed in on the initunt, J clung Hi
fin** se«*d- | the itan I with the letter in it, aud his I fi n ,. f n „Vi'
ung m »n j dull eyes shone out like living jewel* from
pacing on ; hisdark miprewdve face,
“I lh -ught you hated women?” the
other continued bitterly.
It was u weak thing so nay, but he wna
a breken .n l beaten man, and he knew
it. And it is head ach’^l for lack of sleep,
nnd a*l hit person looked old and hag
gard and disappointed ho crawled up
tho hill toward the manor house, and
every cow and then turn' d his head aud
young conqueror
i ladv.
ot her up n -at in their plac
him behind his back. Bres
around again, nnd in his h
silk scarf or handkerchief.
Ensterti stuff shot with
broidertd nlong the ed^e w
pearls. “It in cold.” the
said, nnd dropjted the silk
Jessica’s knee and wont L
heat at the head of tho hoard.
But the giil cried out at the hi
the fabric, and pn**«d it I
through her fingers, nnd then
over at Lorenzo and Hung tho h\V
down upon tho table. "It >
a princess to wear, for fho Duk
not foi a tioor girl only jn*t .T*h
she protested, pouting. Then she gazed j Hl< il
at it a -ain and he^ fingers twitched. “It ' stalking on at his side,
is cold!” [ “1 thought I hated them, too.” the lad
"My mother brought it nwav with h«r i •«*<! •imply, “at.d »ho c.imo. And what
from the court of the I) v of Algiers, j vIm* i* there ? Why, nil night lon^ I have
Site waa a Barbary slave from the conn- | been playing the watchman for her sake
try nearest to the' sun, when my father 1 walked in th© wet, dark fields, and the
saw her *nd stoic her. And she stole "tars came out, and the moon, ami all
that,” iho Prince sail! sirnnlv. ! night long uiy heHrt lias boeu living in
“A black slave, my lord? Oh!*’ savs ' her breast,”
the Jew's daughter.toamng her curly head, i Then he looked down at bis hand. “I
And then, within live minutes, alte had I cannot read il," he *aiJ, “but 1 know she
twisted the sumptuous tritle about her , has not *een sleeping this nighl. For
shoulders, and sat ther lingering Iter | when 1 wandered hark to the hou*.e, be-,
wino-gln-n and lookin ' d *wn, conscioui | f° r * the first dawn, this paper waa lying
nnd eti.iling. The red silk hr dote about ! thrust <der my door, on the threshed
her whi'e throat; the llatning Eastern tuy Chamber- If she plscad ii there
hues burned like flamo tin ter her im!e. ' herself ” he looked up into the priest's
smooth, Oriental chesk. Brine-* F*-rdi- ! white face, and hi* voice broke off into a
nand never moved his eyes aw*y from 1 IJh»d» itsrticulate murmur. "But 1 cn*t
her faiv. j not mad *t, I am no clerk, not 1. Why
“Do you like jewels—gold?” he asked (, l«l yon uever teach rn* to read
abruptly.
And then Shylock’a heiress lift© 1 up
i lt**art like
rill twUt srouu'l
•s—Oh. I will tnik** father to that wouian-lhing Jet
e believes inc! I’ll moaned the pr ‘
T'll t.w>"tr me ! ‘•WlinV ml!
morning a r bl<
t! *• y U, -.c I, i
poplar-tiordti
siesl to earn hia dinner. _
whole army of brothers with swords shall
not carry you one inch toward Y**mr«
while I am hers, and you say ‘No’ to the
going. Look ai that arm ! Look at that
fist ! Touch it; r«el it; don’t be afraid.
I aiu the atroiigrst man tu ail tho country,
i think, very likely, 1 am the strongest
man in all the world,” tho youug giant
said, simply. “If he were uot your own
brother, just to show you, I could I
the backs of half a dozen like him,’
said, and laughed.
Jessica's long-fringed eyes were quite
her wonderful long eyes and saw Lorenzo
sitting opposite, vory black nnd ►Cm,
and the mild faced priest watching her.
“Gol I? Oh, I remember an evening or.ee
in Genoa with a friend—we spent four
score ducats one night at a anting. He
swore-ono that was thfe-lt whs not
the tnonev tliat rave the nceaaion iu
richest price. But I have heard mv father
preach that young men stoal wtaiden’a
aoula with many vow« of laith,” she
said softly, “with many vows of faith
and ne’er a true one."
for gold. I am glad,”
The
r da
freeh April dawn,
id Th.*
, good Father Fahrizio ?” asked the
Princo.
Thfj were entering under the great
gateway of the courtyard a* he spok**,
and Already th* first Vaya of the rDin,-
•mi were turning to pink all the little
floating tUvcy clouds ovsrhs *>l.
“Give me the letter,” said his pale
com nan ion.
He broke the ml delil*erately Mbs
other stanrilagAaeide him and watching
hia face like itImX and nil of an instaa.
the whole attitude and ex press ion of the
man ©sBdiOsMM. , “Tula ie not
from me Mfnihsn woman.” he
^ , r brief!r.n ii mn
Brine, and th. blood wm in M. tt>.|',> »; 'wfcorstog Mi otntf gluwwl
i in.tnni. on vi..
nlavhousc Prlnc? ngnin^t
her playhouse virtues, she el.all he ir
me brag of the bat I lei I have fought for
her; ny! and ho** I haveerns e.ltheljyr-
canian (lesrrts, tho vat.t> wilds of ArsLI*;
how I would onUsfaro the a*ern«t eves
that lo-*k, out-brave the dnringes*. heart
on earth, and pluck young sucking cabi
from the ahe-bpar, or mock the lion roar
ing—nil for one smile of love from prettv,
prettv Portin. “lie threw up his arms.
"Have out mv horses! I tell vou. priest,
a woo in 1 -' ?” he cried boisterously.
And then, nil of n moment, something
seemed to melt and break within him. IIo
threw liimsolf down on
horse-block, his feet
broken fiower*. “Oh, I am grieved.” h
said, in e. soft voice like a weak wornnn'a
The dog Je/.oltcl thrust her shaggy bend
up against hia cheek, and he lei her lick
th*- salt tears from hia face unbonded.
! 1 carry a grieved heart,” said the
Prince.
How hie Highness of Morocco went to
Belmont, hi* wooing of fair I’orti i, the
test of the golden casket, and the di«**.
trou* ending of that suit, are too well
known to stand In need of further men
tion. Bv his own request. Fa'her Fah.
ri/io did not accompany his o’ 1 pupil
on Gnt hooll*sa erraud. Whether a! the
lie would fain l ave diamiadod the youug
man from bis peril om *dventnre. or B.
with the cheap ami compact wia loni of
middle a *•’, tho priest comforted buna if
by the refieoiion th f pi*t pa*-i>«n h • |
passion anil /old a metier of ccr^ainlr—
it nul I I* impose tide n< w lo de> ide.
After Prince F* rdimnd’s return the i v. o
men ner< r allude I a/ai» n the . id uut-
stances which had *n a(i<>m*lv urg' d n*i
ing up the cam of lh** vi!I »gs '-hurch to
▼oiinger hands. rliiu v >ed the hill an 1
found ft pb-ce for • imeelf in hU -d I u
pH's silent nnd gloomv honor. In thr* -
years this had »»•••• t» e <> «lv rkn<«wled • <1
ch'»» * in th*lr wav of livHs *.
Bu» ihosa whotH ifttaratit it was ♦ * ©l>-
wm Mm had (Nr •of»»w«l %b*r»wge *1-
in i:
... — d first ho looked map undi
•11 about the room and th* wall* of tho I there vrai
room like a trapped btast; anil then ho Flaming,
looked into oach one of their faces. Ills I
eyes, set deep under whilo ibaRry brown,
burned in their rcd-riinmsd sockets,
burned with the fir« of a blank, an eter
nal accusation. Ilia clothing hung
about his mva^ro frame in poor rags unit
fragments, and hia countouancu wan I jet
plnwod, ©it were, with passion, and th«
rigid with an awful atony grief. g»i
“I wna that rich Jew, Miylock,” be ! Iu«
eaid, “and once I had a daughtor." ! iar
“She is dead—Jessica is ttcad,” cried t I’o
. out the Princo in a strango voi- c. And ' coi
the then he droppod down ngain in Lis sf.i-. : Si:
trampling the { Ho tilled his glass, the boulo clinked, the ! I*'i
Bpilied between his clauisy Ir
si him!” said fat Satanic*.
■,u d COUHin? Ill (iou's
lot overtake aud find tho
; window and leaned far
A wave of limpid
his heated face. The
ill to/othor m the
t-5 of th© garden. Tim
. road wound aw av, white
tl.o low horizon. All this
ovol country, dotted with
it trees, lay like an open
eyes. \ml. far or near,
i ;u o of Shylo. k. — t .r.orga
tc nbh an’* Magaz.ne,
ami 'fain in Rian.
• k 11. IiikI a docidrd oh-
f Iu.-* servants cultivating
Fredern k sent lor I »r*-«-a*-
don n a: iln* writ in g desk
hiiu the f«,llowii.g lotur,
hade him sit
id diolaled tc
i he paced up
bling ling
"Thank you, good Signor Falsnio,’
the old man went on. “I have known
those of your raco who had shorter i
ories for old favors and men oiigr:
Believo roe, I thank you in my heart for j
your gentle, Christianrourtsoy.”
“Faith, thou art a Christian thyself, would ank you to engsgu a room m ti.o
old villain, or ihe Duke was the mnr> ' Brandoidmrir auhurh, not fnr from this
deceived. Bid me □ it think tho mutter I place. YVe *>hall thus he sbUi to *ee each
needs fresh looking into, at thy peril, other more conveniently than id the
Jowl Tl.ou art «■< good a (. hristian !•* town. True till death, your affectionate
•^r a priest mad* by driving out seven Droesen." With a trembling nand, and
Hebrew dovil-i with a wash of holy tho perspiration beading on hit manly
Hsreet. tho king begrudges i
- j every hour mat I spond in your agri
compuny. To Hhorten ri,y aha* n
ituro, and to prevent llteir la i
•J and on vied by v no old growici
-r«ii**t
the voting
out the Bi
lug. the clear,
before Path*-
ceeded in putting out of ins in
moinory of the smile, the glan
tone, with which th«*»e hist w.*r
been spoken. All i.igir loug, in h
and twisted upon hia h. d, tho pt .*wi hid j before the door. i ^, nnlv ro rH jf s^,.k>>>g
been racked and mocked by a new f«»r | writes this To His Unknown body. And if the priest rehuk
*1 the priest, and his vo.ee I (he waste of sitostiince whi**
I negli/encea pormitled, tie *
r-ply at all,
tedious city fo*>l! And i to think aha J i^ n n f n tv iturn rvti
! asking me for somsthlog!' called ! BT , a . a „ rrpr
» pe«vi,hly, and Hung h-ui- j lU tsIdnin « rrt out of t
» • r ^« lh« horeel.lock j j n _. the .Jure Iron
oft, guil- I times:
dry now, She looked fr<
the other and watched their I
hold her broath with a kind of
ty pleasure. “Sir, ’ began tho Venetian I hia dUappointment he Ik
onco more. Hia voice turned to dust in
his throat. Twice he had to pmuo aud
moisten h‘.a dry lips with hia tongue.
“You gave us hospitality,” cried Lorenzo.
“Now Heaven grant me patience! You
have made us welcome.—Hell and fury!
Sir, if you loot*** not my—tuy—that lady’s
which would never let him i*st. “IV* Ho*t,” said the priest, and his
havo brought him uy all tho-te years. 1 quavered with some siippre*a.»d emoii'
r my o > n son. I "lo n»r Unknown Host. As *her
fora girl clad I might b«» loo great a kindle-
r — a girl snd 1 kindled did we star longer,
o»er I pray your merciful Indulgent
houiaml 1 an 1 thua t hurlisbly dspart, tak.ug will
lienee of I mo my young wife, for whose ditguis-i
he watched
and to lose ull for a girl—for a
like a strolling player —a g
m * monkey 1” ho groans
the Impotent v
itH l>oth lialt
t.l nk. *lo
• k out
i for the
asked tho Prince, and
“What then
laughed.
It wanted onlv another half minute
and the two would hare t»eeu at each oth-
throat like dogs But while they hee-
Jrew deep choking
hesitatod,
broatha, and glared at on* another with
fixed eyes, of n sudden Jessica gave a low
liquid cry and ran in between them.
"But, good Lorenzo—Fie, tie, my lord!
■O strong and you would frighten a wo
man!-But, Ix>r*nzo!—inJee.l, indeed,"
said the girl, pouting her lips, “it was
the monkey who begau it all.—1*11 never
ask you to buy me another pet, Lorenzo. ”
stood there imiling,
apart with her
fingers. “It was
all the monkey, my poor little monkey,
and your had angry dogs,” she repeated,
aud drooped her long eyelashes over her
lark flowing eyes. And the monkey
>, gibbering and acoldin,
and
pressing them
white childish
altering the ashes on tho hearth-stone | her delicate shoulder*, the changeful fin*-
aud whipping the smouldering red 1 light shone mi l daucaJ on eierr t*g U nd
embers into tlame which went blazing glistening buckle of her urstly'faatastic
and crackling up the hug* square • tires*.
chimney. “Now whoever you be. come All this while the priest had never
in out of the night In llol’s name." moved a hnger or a muscle. II-sat with
cried the Prince heartily. As he stepped • his knees to the fire ami stared at the
bsck to let two dark heavilr-cloaked ;>ointe of his own shoos; Imt uow fie
humoring at tnomeota
He had no friends,
cbjneas made ao efforts to associate with j and then their way,
jGuiu of the place, though ne citing i reptance of Frinc
pans by him into the shelter of the
llrelit room some sudden fancy struck
him. “And l pray you not to judge the
quality of cur welcome by tho yelping
of our country.bred curs,” he added with
it new nnd marked courtesy of demeanor,
which the taller of the two Grangers in-
etantly acknowledged with the finest air
in tho world; explaining how he and hii
youug companion had lost their guide
id bow
lifted up his ouiet voice without turn
ing. "ily daughter,” quoth Father
Fahrizio, “that was very well spoken;
Christian or Jewess, you have spoken the
right word. For what is uiau who for
gets himself imt surly dog or evil aps
alive for mischief? Truly, mv old eyei
have looked upon many in s*-rsble faff
of virtu
i pror
r be
fore tonight did I witness warmer wel
come turn more quickly to cold steel.
>-'—*•*'*» mo iii.t, iuvu^h !*• * ic|uaut« vi »imvo ref-iioanu s eager j Never before fiave 1 heard host invult
Yith almost more than a child’s faith to hospitality with an eats of manner and guest across this old table, which is even
!*•■*# who had brought him up. He au apparent habit of tho t*««t soc.ety n *w spread for the kindly meal they are
-*rer. even fora day, Imagined him- which sadly emi.arras-ed his young host. | to sbnro in common. And never.” » *id
* eif tl 0 .* 0 *®’ Huch *t 2.1 years of age. Tho 1 rim * indeed seemed entirely to j the priest, raising his voice, “never until
Prince Fsrdidaud of Morocco. For | have lost his head over till* sudden so this day, did I. or did any man, tr.m-n
! out of the limit of hospitality hotwe«n the four
w ills of this ol«l house.”
The Princo hung his bead. “I was
wrong,” lie nai.i huskily.
J* watching him.
_ f her ’sister,’ 1 can J
•gaiusb tii« wall nearenl hia l*sd. To ‘ |d«*>l naught but fie.-essily an 1 the pr->
have watched, waited, plottn r, succeeded j den »• winch Fortune teemed to enjoin.”
—and all for this S Tho thing w.m mtol- | Then foil iwed minute after inmule of
erable. Had he not foreaeon evervthing ? * de.id silence.
But no inuu could fore**«e tl^\ It wit 1 “He MgiH hunielf The Fate-convtrained
witchcraft—plain, damuatde w itchcraft, | and grateful Ix>renzo," said the priest* But
And in the dark corner* of hit run-n he • bn voice shook now with a new fevhug,
loomed to hear something mote, he >nd h** di I not daie Eft his **r*s lo where
could see the withered, inysle, lolls far • ■ the j oung man **at tnotionUss, uud lot I
of the ape, »e- the beast grinning it him i>>* hunus bang aud stared at the rising
in shadowy derision acm-» n« mutresv’s , cm.
shoulder, and his blood ran cold about Io the new golden light all the bini.
Retro, Salhuna*! g**t tiiee in the country-side were singing. An>l
‘ one uf tlie <*lahlo helpors came out
iloor hard by, and cro*s<*d the yard
*o alter ins h‘>r«e«. Odd of tlte dogs
after mm, but theotii*-r only followed
hia heart.
behind me, Satan! Hedzcbuh
evil plaything for tho old Jew's daughter! [ of
To have brought him up all the^n years to
aud to lose him for such as this! Tbe rai
finest youth, the richest toriuuo, and, oh, foi
the ilsarost lad !'* tbs old prisst sighed an
heavily. kn
For twenty year* tl*e chil lies* man tin
bad been hardening his heart against thU ■ *i
chlW of hia ad option. For tweuly years throat, aud
ho had strengthened and tested day by i Up* twitch*
day his powor
YY’uhout oue
had sentenced
to a youth without
ions, and eitaMUhed his
litious u|*oii the w*;.t-* of that affecti
ate lonely heart. Bur twenty
without a break, he ha l kept hi
uompau-
inlo a wild laugh nnd n wilder je<«i
A bant the devil looking after him while
th* Church looked after her own. which
mtde the frlgh»en*»d servants cross them
■elves again while they listened.
Brt it was «•<served, to**, hy (lies** same
universal ol*#ervers, that Father Fahrizio
waxe l more pa'ient: piore apologetically
conciliating, rnoro tender to tlie*e humni i
dny by day. Tho old man's at'llud**
toward tils late pupil had grown almost
pitiful in its humility. He Indulged him
oow a* if in a de»t**rnte effort to make
up for nil that was irrevocable: and. I
mg discovsied that news of Venice
alin'Mt the onlv thing which had
power of breaking through thw young
man’s hea*v reserve, the priest h*
allowed a month to pass without preMiug
for a visit from hia old cousin and
respondent, th* Venetian merchant
fialanlo. Thin latter worthy wn a si
well-fed gentleman, with a blue cheek
where his tx-ard wasrlip|*ed close, and
inquiring twinkling eyei He dearly
loved the pleasures uf the table, and th
promite of a merrv night spent ore
Brines Ferdinand’s ohl w me could brln;
him to th* country w.th much of ih<
ot the innocence, of a Romm.
and then cam* back
•1 lai 1 It ia groat pew on hie m oilers
«•, and pushed iff* nose into tho youug
in • face. And tlisn the pritit felt
oeihtQg rise has u hard luiup in his
heart turned sick and hia
. . nd he c it hi not bear the
the growing l>or. j more sight of tho dumb anguish that w»*
though; ot uity iio j I ringing bun the very gohien victory lie i a. eeo.
had prayed for through all the scheming • pigeon,
years. And »le,> by sien lie crept near-r Late
to tiie horse-block until the skirt of his | wu* • v
1 *ng black gown brushed against the I dow **
d"g», and he lai I hia baud timidly upon | th; Ida
hii pupil's shouBer. “Ferdiuand/’ he sw#*tly wiih ih# aroma of
•aid: “KerdinanJ, ruy son.” j of ozceilant ol*j
T ne 1‘nnce aueiued a« arctlj to hear ; opened, as tc# !hr<
him at first. “What do you want?” h*- j the old carved tab
asked, nu I looked up with dull eyes, I and then sipping
"My kimnuo Salanio. worthv | c k >qu#try w.tfi v*l©
■iilanio, wrote t<> me of a young Jowt-aiiof tl*e Prince's ■
h her lover from J oouu> cui*nt whict
h of h-r father *- 1 upon It** mind. * »
And the
“Aj, thou Imdtt i
good 1 -or* n*n! Am
b*KK‘ , K« o f H'lai.ghi
h, I was of the
She
»•<! .shylock. “believe “Finuhoii ?” intjuirod tho kin^
•nt ChriMi.iu.” | “Ye*," said lirowsen.
"Then fold up the letter am! seal it."
T'histione, Frederick dictated the cor
ct uddres« of the youug lady, nent lor .
urier, ami gavo mm the hotter for tic
very. ’1 ho remedy had its desired etfoc
me, but alter ward Dreetan wn
Imj guilty of grave mistlem* ' i
, and sever* meastires had to i>e .
And how fares
ir pretty slight
The little witch!
th® night .1.0
ho slip, 11 id a frivnd know j livery
who mado tho wings she llcw for a
is iDnined fot it,” oaid Hhy
'an’t you lot the talking I»e? The
is half starved. Givi* him auppsr,
givo luiu wine.* There's nothing msndaa
heart like wins,” »ays tbs Brtncv.
“Ay, subpev, sa(>p*rt Hit down, old
gossip, ®M etow ns how a starved Jew
Christian can feed on th* fl«eh of hap-
tiaed hogs. No offense, your It •verencc,’*
gi^at laugh. "And Ixirenlo, join m>o
lAjrenzo, livvo thru, i.oiiuy oiijiuvii
•Ay."
t still, I warrant you?
I heaul an mm h. I heard
much,” snd the Yenctiio approvi 1 ),;!
as I folded I.M fat dimpled h .iids ov
hu little, ti l pauuch. “ \ii •” ho g.iv*
long coinfortablo »u’h. “Loren/o w
heir to iii** wilo, and I reim niher t
judgment rightly. A bravo ju l;:nu*;
an exi'elletil ju*K.«•, a Vrrv Dunivi
the ju )gm*nt-«h, oi l wolf ?”
The Jew locked up from his plate wii
an-iwering. iiisupperlip
. k, hi
nd i
ret \rh
tumbled.
“I/Tonzo (laimmi; pirt juris lict
effth; the noble Diik<> laL
ck i
>rlf
his /till . ,
Christian, and ao cut off from tiie help of
your tribal dovila; your louses by Au-
lonio; the ro*ti of the suit—ha, Ii a!
Well, ’ti» no won ler if you irry what's
l«tt you on your hack. And Jeuicu,”
his voice took a kindlier tone, ,, ur*tty
Jonaica gone too, Ja child-birth, i *ar.
rant you. Poor ht'.lc, mlactcovuus,
imiling Jeaaicn.
“Let tiie man alone, will you? God’s
blood air! do I keep an ordiuary that you
may bait my gue«H tin ler my cyst and
at my very table? Let tho oli mm be, I
•ay!” roared the Prince,
Tho bOtU® had gone around «o uiany
times before thii that >.d uiio only an
swered his host's rc:u iiuti mce with a
laxy, g K^-i humors l chuckle, “No of-
feme—J*!wi—lev .!* —pretty girl,'
Id not deliver film into th* hami* oi
justice, but decided to reduce him to Hi*
ranks. An officer conveyed the
genre to Dresses in hi* lodging* at the .
palace. Draeven started at the news, but. * i.
■neming to recover, hinsilf, bnh*ggntb«
perinteeion In go nnd (lob Id*1 king injaj
of Me bedroom. A minute Intar tbnvv
im— rSjwit gS • pfSteL P»i«iiiii .7^ r
bl ,wn out vhln bralun Wbtnlhnk^
C*» thi* i.inBtM.u" ’*• MM. wm-
think the fellow capable of such deier-
m ination."— Der Bur.
a vKHi .nAD kin*;.
I mm tti** idumoiw Mail.
King otto of Bavaria ha* of lat*
shown tome lucid iaturvais, and there is
actually a ho|*e of at least a partial res
toration of the unfortunate monarch’s
Msutoa.
Two.Sundays ago, after a day passed
in alternate q»*lu of p«tehng potatoes
and ■landing on his head, the de-
moutrd monari h was carried ia
an t-fthaiutrd condition to his bed.
! He awoke at an early hour on the follow-
I ing muiniufc und Legaa to wr*q» sileutly
I »,u'. bitterly. An attendant approached
m% majesty and u-ked, an usual by *ign«,
| if he wero in pain, and to fii« »uipr.»e
| received a coherent reply from th# kiag
that bo was n t »ull«rmg Iroia toddy
trouble, hut that hu tears were caused
ny his uuhappy condition.
Ho then a*kod fur bi* mother
and permitted himtelf to he irue^d
out giving
converted fu
gently with
•dded vaguely, snd in the very act of Klr l *'? 1 Bl/ . n " ‘
hair spilling .n J half an.tig am.tlip, ■..! | »'“1 !*■«
bumpvrof wlne.he *top;e 1 ihort, lurched J
ne April evening, when supper 1 heavily forward, an 1 «•, iffi i* td re- ! u * n
, the cloth drawn and the win- posing pcaotfnUy arao .g thu emptiod I J ,!l1
wide o|wo, so thit o«lor* frnia ! glas«ee, fell into a profound and noisy J orou
iiw.htt* iu the garden tninglsd j sleep.
w i <» h\a laid v fie 1 i
t months the young i
e»al emergency,
t
rtr «Iy clapped eyes upon hi* guardian I ihe room a dozen times in a* m»nr
*uhout being greets J with some short I i;te«, calling for grooms to take the
pithy exposition or honuly upon the strangers’ horses, for lights, for more
Uvantage* of a rich marriage; and on tires, for supper, with all th* cordiality
®°® dull afternoon in April th# indsfati- that \outh and curiosity and the thy, ex-
£ priest seeuied fohave toiled up the j aggeriited friendhnv-ut horn of a lonely
h .l from the village through the wi.d life could suggr«t. The prie„t, too, had
**ath*r with no other purpose than to | hidden the traveler* a grave welcome:
1 -Tipreea tiffs Ie*oon upon hi* late pupil's but w bile ti e elder and leader of the pair
tiled more fully. was elaicrately apologizing for tiie g«*rs into hi*
"And consider, my aon,” Father Pab ! abruptuesa of tlieir entran », hia Rev- that Lorenzo
r.r < reprats*! with ^oft |>erkist*ncy, ”my | srea*‘u'a watchful rye had remained am no frieud
-°< d Ud, do hut consider that in doiog i fix#*l with a certain cold persiatsru y
M 1 tdd you you are but carrying out th* upon tiie younger stinger. Tins was a
tlpre-aed withes, nut to ssy the com-I slightly built lad of ferbap* 17, who
f«ds, uf my lat«t patron, your excellent I kept his cloak aljout him and wore a fan-
->cr, and may the holy Hi Nichole* of I taatic velvet cap pulled low down on his
1 1* ntino have hi* erring w-ul in ri*e»r» I «*er Li« black curia. It must I*
••anus! There was not, I may aay, a j owned that he hor* the pricei a scruUuy
caarrr pro.ect to hia mind. T!># lady's ' but indifferent*/ well, twiatiug fcimeelf
“ liM *Qd your own were eleeewt friends 1 abvut wa his stool where he rat fo-fote tn*
He ww Jetaica’a
and the blood leaped t .......
darkened all hie swarthy visage. “There,
bear no malice, min. There's my hand
on’t," bs said, with evident effort: and
j would have taken the other's glov**d Hi*.
! irera into his owq great brown palm, but
drew back muttering, "I
to saucy priest*. Tnerv ha*
Wn over much alrsadr tonight of this
giving halide,' tlio Venetian declared,
scowling in hia l«ard.
“I liave a couain,” observed Father
Idea voice, “one worthy
Fabri/io in
Messer Melanie, an -aocllent gentleman,
and much about th* Duka's person. Q«
ofteo favors hi* poor country kinsman
l * ‘ ^ would
with news of Venice, such as
th.ng
larkn
alia laid bt*r It
id lo ked up
ga/e fixed ou tbe old buccaneer's i
acquired fortune. To acquire it in tur
to govern it, to handh ull theso m >n-
had become a neceosity io Fatli<
Fabrizio’s life. It wa* ids tixe*i id*-*, n
persuasion. When th*- old man die l I
b-id th inked Hod. Tiie two elder v>i
ha l been hur.e l out of life in ..n inatan
and the priest hal fel. that heaven waa trea*t
working on hi- side. T lie proj— t of j fntli*-i
marrying Ferdinand to the he:ices of - ffau
Iieluiont, with all its chanc-'s of defeat, j An oi
sad l ehiud that tiefeat tiie protecting “ A
oath agairiSM other wonieu—thii pun hud i iu ym
com* to the man of God like a direct Mince
inspiration front six>ve. He had ttiougli hnrdl
of it, dreamed of it, uorkolfor it. Autj’heet
now, in a nirht. behold! tho long laior- . WUao
ioui arherning of all b>« life lay there .inn;
broken, futile, <i«|ei
chilJrcu to scoff at.
gol 1? I am glad’ A
the old man cried out
And withal bia heuri u< bed lor the bey. I And
Tlioie two white han-L that alrea-ly had • ten devil* i, .,J •
their childish fingers « l<**e shut u|**>n .id : caaevrin^ b.’oo ! to
that money, would they shut lea« ti/hi The l*rm< • a,>raug i
upon a looiisli lad's tru«un ; heart? | Inie wai blarwraed
"bool! oh, fool, foul, fool”' th* old .nn ' hia lestuira grew
MgtiH.i drearily, and turned and iwh.«i
upon hi* tied ia tne dsra tU^’ht.
•*>0 when the duwu t-r..ks. the clear
April dnwa, ha had n d yst closed hi* hot
eyei m sleep, but lay there Heavily
thinking, when • voice moved him.
caiimg fit* name beneath the ntrred and
sbiittere*! wtndow.
It waa lb# Brine# with hie dog«: end j wall of th-
»cr***# one shoulder he '“vrred a younr ) and at that
fruit tree plucked up by ths rdfct, cov
ered with thick pal* bto«*orne and as big
in the stem ana mvn's wrist. But Iu bis
oioor Load he held a foldzi bit of papvr.
“Com* down and apeak to too, good fa*
tb*r!” ho cried, snd Mt v.noo rang joy-
oua and loud in iho *UU oaoruiag.
‘ huge
Ire I
.gor
i hold
Is^ox*— UlUll
ato mv face—
all know it—:
fr..
-J.!
kuotUd theiuaelve.'
cords. Twice h# *.j
j if to sp. uk. and t w
! and quiverrd th<n i
1 Then, iu ano h*T n
* speec
w < ulJ f.tin L
I "A Jew a
| matlrr for hi
tiffing up hii
U>i* Hia WI V
| “UjaW.t
have .a l en<
'« 1 d.ylock tetor* tio*
e, J Tru-, ’l W»r in the ■
Mr no-lie fluke had I I
hung bi
id I*
T into had no m«*nir
las ho tl.m dron!.(t:
might have besattov<
I ng hours r .
he knew, wh*u he w
rude and trembling hi
which, even to his hal
{stemed to bxb
j aud sudden *leath.
J to his feet, bo tv
a change ia the ii;
' morning sky shining
j yond the open windv
g to t!;o gn d s
it ant,«
breakfast
i» of insanity. He
rinsnt or two intsllU
of fun physician-* and
alao&eu iulo stupor aud
slur;'. When hu aw *ke again his mad-
ne*» wav with him and he sprang truro
tiis couch and began to walk on all fours,
growling like a dog.
Hu two subsequent days, tho k:ng has
lional couiprehenslon
are consulting in re-
uutira alteration in their treat-
of tho n-ysl madman, ilypuot-
id ol-ctri-’ity, it is stated, will he
it into prui.iin- nt u*e.
b) • lien.
sparrow «
.nd i
awn
a 1 uff verta of queer
r.r**," snd Mr. Fred
nighan. -Ala.) cor-
I'vo g .t a common
uui* uuvtmng 1 ever
i that imined wild
aoim> time ago all
v : l •
dir
?d go.
Fath
I poring strangely, and
hl« ma»tar's stiflf extended fiCB* ! Here i
I hand clutched at th* tern
velret doublet, lh*Oth*r w
wi.dlv with loo*#, sprat
smile as free froa
•mile of a child,
. gloomy face.
citches and kills an
•y dav of her life,
au amount ot skill
mintr not often displayed even by
Ihe first s[>arrow 1 saw her kill
l >,ir.d-v a week a^o, but 1 didn't
n to tho way she did it so I
i her.
two after I saw her operate,
bow ahe does I*. When the
ii ;.rc fed she pitches in nnd mu
want.-*, then picks out tltfeen or
gram* of cracked corn and will
iw any of the other chicken*
day
: the »|>.irrow
As a
tho youog naau
•j til* yard Mr-. He
id a
.tool bait
i av oqo hope
saunters up to
> lljw
hiUi'a sp lectk
Urt mt, b • glih' e rest-
ag fruit-tre* h<- hal
leva©! up ag.l *t the
i>- u-i-:#r her wind.w
I of*I
hin. anJ be fed u.
flowery branches, tw
< -B '
>ught
: hi* h<
tiie pr.ei*.
Ttier# ws-i w r •
notice «.f disordered tsb'.e i
impatient ' stinct of giving *<<
with a gotxl-nature i wink »
But the youag man t> ok
the touii'iiuient twyond
■tar*. "L#l those wY-> do
tirade ; compiBv leave it. No off. ..•# to )<u. ; would have i. *
the innocent [ Mtati-r \ en*tien,” he set 1 au- ' goUet; but D i.
iug them and with an oath hade the servant cot keep hand away,
tearing them into rptmtera, he mapped ! the -lew beggar waitinyat tbe do«ir. ! "Thenigl.t ■
tbi tblck, eUstic, ju.cy young trunk* “Now tlut holv eainU, and more *s~ | same tone)*-!
against his kaee as if it had teeo a walk- j peciaily the excellent Hu Fabric*-, my ex- | Jew slept on hi
inn slick of dry wool, and hiriei tbe | sited patron, send that the png ao brute • there where
stripped tad dishonored blossom* m 1 do mot bring ma another mouthing * every now aud
i a cru ie i
drti.riil a
kt-rnel ^eta into her bill.
)«v gridually K'vla bolder,
necr ti*e hen. Her attea-
£.y rivctel on ths cracked
if it m necessary
juiiJence in the sparrow,
■ La< w on it, but not for
tly valor gets the better
lion, and tho »parr-)W hop#
*. Tlivn bis doom i* sealed.
* Mia Hen get* within a vure striking
, distance, her head drop* down and the
• l wo * r tl.re? u:ore j veks and the h#n,
cackling like »he l»a i la:*l a half *R>z«n
*■„— walks off and iroeti to *craU *»»ng
w .h the other chicken* *• *f nothing
happened. I think I’ll apply to
*—and I Secretary Kusk for a prszutsm bounty,
he would tnm hia * wouldn’t you.*”
i ut my buy
HI