Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-07-20
MISC ELLAN Y.
The Old House In Juden Strasse.
The Reward of Integrity.

The Reward OF integrity.
In one Of the most distinguished quarters
Of frankiort-on.the Maine wa. the street
called Juden S,rasse. or Jews street. Al
though In the very hear, OF the city. II was
quie, and retired, and represented but a
small number of the busy residents Of Frank
fort.
In ono Of the houses dwelt jew whose
love Of gam was under the full domination
Of his honesty and integrity. These were
jewel, which Le prircd far above gold aud
precious stone.
The wife Of Ben IIeber Rothschild was n
6, companion for such a man. Stately s
an Eastern princes. and beautiful as only
her own race can be. Sarah Roth.child was
as sood as she wa. beautiful.
Their house was nca, and beautifully or
dsrcd. Although the furniture was OF .
simple form, 1, was mad, OF rare old wood
that would now bring it' weight in gold.
One closet wa. devoted n set. OF differently
patterned Dresden china-the heirloom. Of
familie. who had been impoverished, and
who were glad TO let them l,e IN the Jsw's
closet while they lived upon the money
they brought.
Although the outer closet wa. thus fear.
Iessly exposed, few would have imagined
that behind its seemingly secure back there
was an inner one that contained princely
inhsr!apecs in gold and diamonds. Tbi.
was the trust-elOset, 30 constructed that
the clo-s,, inspection would not reveal IL.
existence and in It were hidicn-no, tho
treasure. which eitravaganec had pawne1,
and for which tho jew wa. receiving profits
bu, simply those which had been in,ru,ted
TO hi. intcsrity TO keep.
one night when the family wsro about,
20 retire TO rest. faint knock VA. heard At
,hc door. and was answered by the master
Of the house. The visitor wa. German
who, for some political or personal reason,
wa. forced to dee from Frankfort. lie had
beard Of tho purity and uprishtne.s Of the
man with whom he he had come to deal,
and be wished to place all he had IN the
world under hi, charge, Il he would accep,
the trust.
"Iwi.h only," .aid the prince. 4" to ro.
tain enough for my expenses to foreign
land"
Tho jew promised, aud asked when he
would bring bic treasures, 50 tina, he might
Be- able, oarPoin, private meeting 10 ar
range their business.
IL have them here, answered the prince
drawing hom beneath hls vest a wide gr.
de. On examination il was found TO pres,
apart with secret sprins', and in reccs'e-,
which were deeply lined with soft wool.
~, found collection Of the mos, preciou.
and dau!ins stones.
Now" ,Aid the prince. " I would iain
see whero my treasure Is TO lie, that. in
case anything should happen to you aud
your wife. Nigh, know where to seek il"
That i, "a rrccaution of only common
prudence" answered the Jow. " You
shall yourself behold it put in a place Of
safety from which il will not bs removed
until your rcturn, savo by Circumstance. in
which even the sacrifice Of nv life be de-
manded."
The shutters were closed 10 prevent all
pryins cye-. The jew and hi, wife reno.
we'd the china from one sids Of the closet,
and then cir,fally slipping aside panel,
which wa. - beautifully fitted in that no
one isnoran, Of the secret could have detect
ed IL, the girilc WI. lowered int a recepia-
Gle beneath the shelf 10 a moment all was
replaced. The prince bowed bis thanks.
shook hands with his new friend, and was
soon on the road, ayins from pnr'uit
Month. p,sscd away into years. and the
jew worked early aud late. The beautiful
SaTah watched the cradle Of her children
with mother. tender affection. Her am.
bition for her .ons was not that they should
become great. but good men; bot she hop
ed they would become a little more success
iul in life than their plOdiIuG, labOriOu'
father.
Then came the terrible French invasion
and those revolutions which convul,ed all
Germany. Frankfort, Hamburg, Bremen,
felt the shock, and the poor Jews hunted,
pillageI of their wealth, denounced and per-
secuted, were scarcely able to escape with
life; while the horrible cry Of " Down with
the Jews" prevailed over all other sounds,
aud deaiened the ears Of the poor Hebrews
themselves.
In this time OF alarm and confusion, Sa-
rah Roth.child kept brave woman's heart
within her bosom. She did not blenGh
from sorrow, bu, grew moro beautiful and
stately than ever. A mother and wife, she
lost sight Oi herself IN her love Tor the deat
objects Other affection. The house WIS
ransacksd and pillaged-eyery,hing Of val
ne was taken by the lawless French .oldi.ry
who scornlully reviled her husband Tor keep
ing such a magnificent woman in 80 poor a
cage.
The persecution did not cease here. EV.
cry jew who put his head ou, Of doors. was
required to take of bis hat to the Chris
tian. and IL he omitted this act OF humil.
iauon. no was stoned and abused. And
the proud sririt Of Sarah ehaied to see her
husband. and the brave beautiful boys, who
dared rebel against the multitude. receive
In.uls and threa,enings from even the chill.
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