Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-02-22
Appeal. will await the sentence of that, and

| Appeal. will await the sentence of that, and
then we will acts
But the sentence of the Court of Appeal was
| In Hemold's favor. The duke received il
JCyfuliy. He directed the President of the
PrIvy Council to be Immediately called, and
SAID, 'sLeinau, innocence conquers ~
"Because they found out in the Court of
Appeal, noble prince, how angry you were at
the pettifogging and abuse of law in the Su
preme Court. Had you only been able to con
ceal your real thoughts a little longer, who
knows whether Helmold would not have been
found guilty by the Court of Appeal also 20
said the baron.
s'I will cashier these subservient Judges -
cried the duke, ssand form new court at the
head of it shall be the just and independent
Ferlach. l will dismiss the Secretary Wan
del from his office, and the honest Helmold
shall take his place.
s'But to raise the intelligent and upright
man to his true place. continued the duke,
s.is simply duty which l owe to the state.
We eve him, besides, some other compensa-
ton, for we have made him and his domestic
peace, the victims OF an experiment. | have
learned much by this experiment, much
have learned that we princes are much to be
commiserated, that we situated, that we
can neither know ourselves, or the people a.
bout us, that by precipitate thoughtless de-
cision, by mere wink of the eye, we may do
more mischief than with the best intentions
and soundest wisdom we are ever able to do
good, and that scarcely one in twenty of our
subjects is great enough to love truth and
right above everything. For all this, / owe
thanks to Helmold. thank him that. by his
means, l have learned to prize you, Leinau,
more than ever. How shall we repay him ?''
CONSEQUENCES.
1t was like a thunderbolt to many, and par
ticularly to the supreme Court, and to Herr
al yytta 1r,f fhn foil Il fla
sentence of the Court of Appeal and the deci-
sion OF the duke were made known, and when
it was known. too, how the President of the
Privy Council himself, b. the command of the
duke. had acquainted the imprisoned Helmold
of his acquittal, liberation and elevation to Of
fee and comfort, and had then taken him home
to his house as in triumph, and how the State
Secretary, Won Helmod, dined a few days af-
ter at the table of the duke, and was treated
there with great distinction, and received, as
a present, a small but pleasant estate in the
vicinity of the residence.
The former friends of the Helmold family
now crowded again to the house, a little while
before so forsaken. One regretted that he was
absent just at the time of the trial a second
that he had been sick ; third, that he had
been overwhelmed with business; and the
fourth, that he was poor. Now again appear
ed all Emma's admirers and aderers. Cards
came raining in, inviting the Helmold's to-
Mrs. Helmold, not without some bitterness,
would have sent all back. ssNo, dear wife,"
said ner husband, edo not be recluse because
people are weak l will love men, former
ly, but trust them less. To be happy in this
world. one must deceive himself little, be-
lieving people to be better than they are, and
treating them in business affairs as if they
were worse than perhaps they really are. 1t
is much greater misery to be all ones life
in fear of an earthquake, than it is to perish in
an earthquake. 1t is better to he deceived a
dozen times than to be continually suspecting
deceit. We will serve all for love, but will
not look for love in return.
THE JUDGMENT OF THE WORLD.
At the residence, as well as throughout the
whole country, every one praised the justice
of Duke Louis, and his eagernesS to indemnify
the good Helmold for the in jury he had recei-
we'd. No one. in fact, bat baron Leinau, real
ly knew the real state of the case, and all that
the duke did, was done less from generosity
than from a sense of obligation, in order to
atone for proceeding which really bordered
on cruelty. For without his look, without the
expressions he had designedly let fall, Hell
mold would never have been arragned as
criminal.-But so goes the world. They praise
the acts of the great and applaud them to the
skies, but know nothing Of their motives.
When spring came, baron Leinau visited the
Helmold family on their new estate. One
Emma leaned upon his bosom, and confessed
to him return of the love which he had long
before sworn to her. The happy ones! The
blessings of the parents followed. The duke
took upon himself the outfit of his friend.
When now the president of the Privy Coun-
Gil rode through the streets with his charming
wife, people shook their heads and said -
ssAye, aye well, she is beautiful, that can
not be denied. Hem-hem! We see how it
was Our duke loved the baron, the baron To-
we'd Miss Helmold, and so the Registrar was to
be cleared at all events, the Supreme Court a.
polished, poor Secretary Wandel dismissed,
and Helmold heaped with offices, titles, estates,
and all appurtenances. One can see through
il all with half an eye. If every one had just
such a son-in-law Our duke is an excellent
man, but weak-very weak He does not see
what is under his nose. But we see it all
plainly enough, although at a distance-but
the good duke is deceived. 1t is often so with
great folkS.''
In the residence, and in the whole country,
every one now blamed the dukes weakness,
hort-sightedness, and severity towards those
who, on account of the Helmold affair, had
fallen into disgrace. They now blamed him
with as much iDjusticc as they had applauded
him before. Baron Lefnau heard all, and
communicated it to the duke.
ssI see,' said Duke Louis, smiling, ssit is
equally hard for prince to know those about
him, and for the people to know the prince.
1t is almost impossible. How many msun-
derstandings, political blunders, errors and
troubles princes spring from these sources!'
THE END.
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