Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-03-19

MaSttr y dnOS lOunu sun BItdteI iSdSOH
for suspicion. He resolved to make him
drink, and he would probably come on
the traces Of some dangerous plot.
How much does a nailsmith's stom-
ache require AT the second pitcher
his head sank slowly back, and his
tongue moved with great difficulty.
"Now for it |" thought Master Janos,
filling his glass. Ellen liberty !" he
exclaimed, waiting for the nailsmith TO
strike glasses.
The latter was not long in responding
to the invitation, and echoed the +" El-
jen!' as far as his thickening tongue
permitted.
"Now it is your turn to give toast, !"
said the vice-jailOr, slyly eyeiug his VIC
tim.
Indeed 1 am not used to give tOasts,
sir. only drink them"
4" Come, don't play the egotist, but
dIink to whoever you consider The great
est man in the world
4" In The whole world % replied the
nailsmith, rejecting that the world was
very large, and that he knew very little
about it.
"Yes, in the whole world-the whole
round earth !'' pursued Master Janos,
confidently.
The nailsmith hesitated, scratched his
nose, scratched his ear, scratched his
whole head, and finally, cried out, "Suc'
cess 10 Master Slimak !''
The vice -jailor shuddered at this pub
lie demonstration. It was quite clear
that this Mr.. Slimak was some gunpow-
der-sworn commander-in-chief- - there
was no doubt of it, and, without any
further ado, he seized the nailsmith BY
the collar, and JriUi mana, escorted him
to the town hall, where he dragged him
into narrow, ominouslooking cham Der,
before stout, red-faced gentleman.
"This man is a suspicious character, y
he exclaimed. "In the first place he has
the audacity to fear war in the next
place, he sat from seven o'clock until
half-past nine, two whole hours and a
half, without opening his lips; and,
finally, he was impious enough to give
public toast to certain Master Slimak,
who is probably quite as suspicious a
character as himself"
"Who is this Master Slimak ~ asked
the stout, red-faced gentleman, sternly.
Nobody, indeed replied the trem-
bling Yiennese, 'but my former master,
an honest nailsmiIh, whom 1 served four
years, and would be serving him still, had
his wife not beaten me-"
Impossible - calculated the red
faced gentlemen. alt is not customary
to give public toasts to such persona
ges."
"But don't know what the custom is
here"
elf you wished TO give toast, why
did you not drink to constitutional lib
erty, to the upper and lower Danube
armies, or to the freedom of the press,
or such toasts !''
"Hyay, sir could not learn all that
in a month ~
"But in three months 1 dare say you
will be able to learn it well enough
Master Janos, take that man into Gus
tody."
The humane master Janos again seized
the delinquent by the collar, and escorted
him to the place appropriated to such
malefactors, where he had time to con-
slider why he was put there.
The three monthspassed slowly enough
to the nailsmith. 1t was now near the
middle OF March.
Master Janos punctually released his
prisoner, and the honest man, in order
10 prove the reform in his sentiments, and
thereby rise in Master Janos' opinion,
greeted him with, "Success to liberty,
and the Hungarian arms l''
Master Janos stumbled against the
wall in speechless horror, and as soon as
he had regained his equilibrium, he
seized the astonished nailsmith, who,
when he had recovered his terrified
senses, found himself again in the narrow,
ominous chamber; but now, instead Of the
stout, red-faced gentleman, he stood be-
fore lean black gentleman, who, when,
he understood the charge against the
prisoner, without permitting any expla-
nation, condemned him to three months
Imprisonment, informing him that hence.
forth, unless he wished to fare worse, he
would exclaim, "Success to the imperial
armies, the great constitution and the one
and powerful Austria ~
And the nailsmith, having made three
steps beyond his prison door. was brought
back to renew his captivity, and ponder
over his strange fate.
The three months had again passed
over. 1t was some time in June.
The humane Master Janos did not
tail to release his captive. The poor