The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1857-08-06


ing in his head, consequently he drew
his chair nearer and broke the silence.
Where do you come from, sir, If
may presume to ask?" he inquired will
a glance at bis companion.
'From Vienna" sighed the stranger
looking into the bottom of his glass.
"And what news from that city,"
Nothing good"
"Nothing good! What bad then?'
4 "War is feared"
Feared! What audacity! How dar,
they fear?"
Il do not fear, sir, at thirty leagues dis
tance: but once heard from the cellar how
they were bombarding the streets, ane
found nothing agreeable in it,
Master Janos found increased reason
for suspicion; he resolved to make th,
man drink, expecting by this means te
come upon the traces of some dangerous
plot.
At the second pitcher, his head sanl
slowly back, and his tongue moved will
difficulty.-"Now for it" thought Master
Janos, filing his glass.
"Eljen! liberty!" he exclaimed. wait
ing for the nailsmith to strike glasses
The latter was not long in responding te
the invitation, and Echoed the word
''Ejen!" as well as his thickening tongue
permitted.
"Now it is your turn to give toast, >
said the vice jailor eyeing his victim.
Indeed / am not used to give toasts
sir; I only drink them"
"Come, be social: drink to anybody
ycu consider the greatest man in the
world"
Ga the whole world?" replied the
nailsmith rejecting that the world wa:
very large, and that he knew but very
little abont it,
eyes in the whole world" pursued
Master Janos, confidently.
The nailsmith hesitated, scratched hi.
nose. scratched his ears, scratched hi!
whole head, and finally cried out: ''Suc
cess to Master Slimak!' The vice jailol
shuddered at this public demonstration
What could Master Slimak be but some
low plodding fellow? Without any fur
ther ado, he seized the nailsmith by the
callar, and, escorting him 10 the towr
hall, dragged him into narrow ominou.
looking chamber, before stout, red faced
gentleman.
"This man is suspicious character ,
he exclaimed. "In the first place he ha.
the audacity to fear war; in the nex
he sat from seven till half past nine-twe
whole hours and half-without opening
his lips; and finally he was impious
enough to give public toast to certain
Master Slimak. who is quite as suspicious
character as himself"
"Who is this Master Slimak?" asked
the red faced gentleman.
Nobody indeed" "said the trembling
Vicnese, s'but my former master, an hon
est nailsmith, whom served four years,
and would be serving still, had his wife
not abused and beaten me.''
"Inpossible! calculated the fat red
faced person. sit is not customary to
give public toasts to such people,
"But don't know what tho customs
are here"
eff you wished to give toast, why
did you not drink to constitutional liberty,
to the Upper and Lower Danube armies,
Or to freedom of the press
"Ah. sir, l could not learn all that in a
month";
sBut in three months dare say you
will be able to !earnit well enough. Mas
ter Janos take that man into CUSTODY
Master Janos again seized the delin-
quent by the collar and escorted him to
the place appropriated to such malefac.
tors, where he had ample fine to consider
why he was thus put there.
The three months passed slowly enough
to the nailsmith. 1t was now the mid,
die Of March. Master Janos released his
prisoner; and the honest man determined
to prove the reform in his sentiments, and
thereby rise in Master Janos' opinion.
"Success to liberty and the Hungarian
arms!" cried he. Master Jonas stumbled
against the wall in speechless horror; and
as he recovered his equilibrium, he seized
the astonished nailsmith, who when he
had rcgained his terrified senses, found
himself again In the narrow, ominous
looking chamber. but now, instead of the
red faced gentleman. he stood before q
lean black one, who, when he understood
the charge against the prisoner, without
permitting any explanation. condemned
him to three months imprisonment, in
forming him that henceforth, unless ht
wished to fare worse, he must exclaim
/ aSuccocc IN tho immortal arnniac thx