The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1833-02-05
HUNGARIAN HoRsE-DEALER.


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HUNGARIAN HORSE-DEALER.
"On the third nigh, after his departure
from Vienna, he stopped NJ gme' inn'
situated in the suburbs at small ""h'
He had never bren there bef"re' hut 'ne
house was comfortable, and tie appear
ance of the prQple about II resprct"n'e'
Having first attended io his tired horse,
he SAT down {" supper with ms h"s' an,
family. During The meal he was asAeu
whence he came, aud when he had SAID
from Viennn, all present were anxious !"
know the news. The dealer t"'d the",
all he knew. The host then inquired
what business had carried him to Vienna.
He told them he hnd been there I" sell
some of the hest horses that were eve
taken to that market When lie heard
this, the host cast a. glance M one ot the
men of the family who seemed 'o he '''s
son, which the dealer scarcely observed
then, but winch he had reason to recai'
afterwards. When supper was finished
the tarigued traveller requested I" hr
shawn To his bed. The host himself TOOK
up a light, and conducted h,m across u
little ward nj The hack If the house !" a
detached building, which contained Two
rooms, tolerably decent for an Hungarian
Hotel. In the inner Of these ro"tns was
n bed, and here the host left him to hl'n-
self As the dealer threw off his Jncket
aud looscmed the girdle round ms wa,s'
where his money was dep"sl'ea' NC
thought he might ns well see whether =
WAS safe. Accordingly he drew ""t an
old enthern purse that continued hs g"'h'
and then a iaitcred parchment pocket
book that enveloped the Austrian bank
notes, and finding that both were quite
rig!t, he laid them under tie bolster. ex-
tinguished the light, and threw h''nse'
on the bed, thanking God and the saints
that had carried him thus far homewafd
in safety. He had no misgiv,ng MS y"
the character ,f the people he had fallen
amungsi t. hinder his repose, ana the
poor dealer was very soon enjoying u
profound aud happy sleep lie mig"
have been in this state Of beatit"de IN
hour or two, when he wns disturbed ny n
noise like ,ha, Of an opening window
and by n sudden rush Of cool night air {;
on raising himself in the bed. he saw
peering through an open window which
was almost Immediately above the bed,
the head and shoulders of II man, who
was evidently attempting to make ms IN
gress into the room that way. AS the
terrified dealer luoked, the intrudIng
figure WAS Withdrawn, and he heard a
rumblng noise, and then the voices Of
several men, as he thought, close under
the window. The most dreadful appre-
tensions, the more horrible as they were
So sudden, now agitated the traveller,
who, scarcely knowing what he did, hut
utterly despairing Of preserving his life,
threw himself under the bed.--He had
scarcely done 50, when the hard breath
ing of man wns heard at the open VIM
dow, and the next moment robust frl-
low dropped into the room, and after
staggering ncros> it, CROPPED his way by
the walls To the bed. Fear had almost
deprived the horse dealer of his sePses,
hut yet he perceived that the Intruder,
whoever he migI,i lie. was drunk. There
was, however, slight comfort in this, for
he might only have swallowed wine To
make him more desperate, and the tra-
weller was convinced he had heard Tie
voices Of other men without, who might
climb into The room TO assist their brol!i-
er villain in case any resistance should
be made. His astonislment, how ever,
was great and reviving Wien he heard
the fellow throw of his jacket on the
floor, and then toss himself upon the bed
under which he lay. Terror, however,
had tnken too firm hold ofthe traveller,
to he shaken off at once-his ideas were
too coninsed.,o permit his imagining any
other motive for such midnight iniru-
sion ON an unarmed man with property
about him, save that of robbery and as
sassinati,n, aud he lay que, where hr
wns, until he heard the fellow above him
snoring with all the sonorousness Of n
drunkard. Then. indeed, he would,
have left his hiding place. aud gone io
rouse the people ofthe inn to ge' another
resting place instead Of The bed of which
he had been disp. sessed in So singular
n manner I; hut. Just as he came To this
resolu,iun, ne heard the door Of the very
roo,v he was in softly opened and ,wo
men. one uf whom was the host mud tile
other his son. appeared on its tbreshl,old.
leave the ligh, where it 10, whispered
the tos,. "or u may disturb him ard