Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-04-09


thicker than your own and are his fOge
nails like eagles claws %
"That is true ~ cried the group of cLil
dren, laughing heartily. ''That is exactly
the way you described the Hussites to u
when you were calling the burghers ioge
ther to practice soldering"
"The brats have longer memory thar
have grumbled Stein, angrily to him
self. H. then said aloud: aHe woull
have been stupid fellow If he had ventu
red into Naumburg in his full Huss,t
costume. You shall see directly tha; | All
right. Halo, there, comrade, If you
are true man, curse the arch-heretic Iiuss
who has done SO much mischief with LIS
pernicious doctrines.'
On hearing this proposition, the s;rang
eE's SCARED visage became clouGed. He
drew his bushy eyebrows together, AMI
muttered something, bu. be made no aud
ible reply.
"There you have it, said Stein, ,trium-
Thantly to the children. "If that heather
had strength enough, be would cleave my
head with his sword, or run me through
the body. He ought to be knocked on
the head like savage dog, instead Of be-
ing supplied with food and water"
/ The children who had given their break
fas;s to the Hussite, now looked at each
other in dismay. The clock striking nine,
happily put an end to their embarrassment,
and sent most Of them of in haste to
school. What had taken place at the wa
ter-trouch gave n"ea7iOu fer d. io-S ~.d
general discussion, which was not siienced
even By the entrance of Wolf upon the
scene.
"What an extraordinary noise ~ he said,
s,ernly. "What are you all shouting
about? Silence silence"
"Your son committed grievous sin,
said one of the lingering boys; aud his
words were echoed By others.
"a grievous sin p inquired Wolf,
greatly shocked; ~ am very sorry to
hear it, especially Of Martin, whom l hav.
always though, very good boy. What
have he and the rest done wropg?'
"He has given drink to sick HUSTLE"
said his accuser, "who was lying in the
market-place and the piece of bread be
had for bis breakfast besides. And Ben
laHagI9h hssfag4aIfJ5 J4sSs saye i hm bpa ana Ger
many of the other cLiiissH gave Kim
something"
"Did the sun shine upon the Hussite:"
asked Wolf, turning to the accusing boy.
"Yes," he answered, Straight in his
face"
"But the water, continuedW oil, (which
Martin gave him, did not 60 into his
mouth, suppose ; or if it did, burnt his
throat ike FIRE ?"
"Oh no." answered Gregor, "he swal-
lowed it greedily, and drank all Erwins
capful And then he patted himself on
the breast, as sign that it was good"
Remember, my children, our Savior
commanded US TO love cur enemies, 10 bless
them that curse Us, to do good to them
that despitefully use US and prosecute Us,
that we may be the children Of our father
which is in Heaven. Martin and the
others have done quite right to succor the
stranger at the fountain, without waiting
to learn what his faith was. 1t was thus
that the compassionate Samaritan acted,
whom our Savior brought before Us f0r cur
imitation"
These were delightful words Of consola-
ton to the accused children. Now that
their consciences were quieted they rejoiced
that they had done what they had and
what, instead Of being pronounced great
sin, was declared to be kind and charit-
able action. Wolf did not content him
self with words of approval He consid-
cred it his duty TO promote the good work
which the children had begun.
By this time number of angry women
were standing aloof with empty buckets,
and bitterly complaining that on account
Of the Hussite, who certainly was seized
with the black death, they could not come
to the water, and were losing their pre-
cious time. Men who passed near the
fountain threw black looks at the sick SOL
dier, and muttered threats against him
for Stein had been indefatigable in pro-
claiming him to be barbarous Hussite.
Master Wolf soon convinced himself
that the stranger could neither talk with
him nor stand upright He appeared to
be quite insensible, and in high fever.
After moments consideration, the weaver
turned to his son and said erwin, run
across to Master Rutland, the joiner, and
beg him, in my name, to come with his
hand, barrow, aud help me to carry this
poor man to our house
Whilst Erwin obeyed his fathers d.
rections, murmur arose amongst the men
and roman who uerp standiny lv ale