The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1862-10-15
Honesty. the Best Policy,
STORY OF THE NORTH OF GER
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A STORY OF THE NORTH OF GER
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Before the castle of Gruningen upon
the Bode, one clear Summer evening, the
bishop Henry of Halberstadt. was seated
with a foreign prelate who had been his
guest fof a month"; Is Thepossetsdrink stood
before them in two might ehagonsa They
had been discoursiHg from TEN o'clock in
The morning, whenfhey sat dewnto dinner,
about huge wine.tan which bishop on
the Rh ne had Sjiust got eenstrdcted, and
were agreed in the opinion that If became
every ecclesiastical prince, ,swho would con-
Fer becoming Preaaorx onfihs court. to
possess asimilar tans The affair was quite
Settled by both of them 81 execution; and
aheir conversation began now to be inter
Ernpted by yawpssortod daaseeon in monosyl-
Il ehantssl Slsge2 q 8 sloOd foftane would have
Et, that ffiiSe Tire 5 pherd Conrad passed by,'
driving hisii~SaiE washed feek across the
castle yard where Bishop Henry. used to
seS,sT rou Nv lAt ierd bssy bfs5op Good a1ehiss
tConrad, but where is Harm?" Conrad
twhisse ed, and a beautifpldarge ram bou,r
ded up first to the shepherd and then to
the bishop, who earessed the animal and
tied him With some crumbs. wMs Tie had
| kept for him. The bishop exchanged "A
| few words with the shepherd. and inquired
! if his wedding day was at hand. Conrad
shrugged his shoulders and passed ON, ia!
\ Bishop Henry snow gex5oilea the beauE
jtifuI ram, which he declared he would not
part with for anything in the world, and
then he turned has .eulogium on the good
fConrad, who,h said, was honestly himself.
/ The Foreign bishop laugheds aloud, for
ltrayeFi la distant countries, and a frequent
stay in foreign counrts, had filled him with
universal distrust of-men. Hesaverred
'lthat it was impossible to find thorough
lly llSnest servant and least of.al at the
1 court of bishop They were all, hefsaia
Icambincd to cheat their masters, and al
moe muo1t OF less rogues. .4r4fh s'9iB
/ Bishop Henry eagerly disputed this as
seftienS and extolled the 'yiftues of that
fgood people over whom he swayed thescro
|lzier. and aboyes all, his ,sheperd Conrad
Il who. lie said, had never told a lie, or de
soeiyed any personin his whole lifetime
EaNeyergtofd a 1ie!s Never deceived hi
Emasteria repeated the stranger bishop IN
tone of irony sfNo!" answered Bishol
Henirry., s.he never has, and never will W
/ aSever!s' re-echoed the foreign eeelesiatic
tAWhst will7yeuiibetsazz Fzasaa sysi4S9ass
; After several. propositions, the two bish
oyss agreedaon these conditions; hEst, tha
esstake,should be anfimmense tun, capa
he efsoataiping one, hundred and MT titt
d barrels. o. wine, and, secondly, that Conrat
: without being made aware of the wage
should be putto the trialwithin threeday
4 The two dignitaries then parted for IL
night. right glad to have found somethin
il to amuse them for two Or three days
The. se faseeiggn bishop. before he went
j bed ;Shcid. as his custom was a copsgltatlt s
: Fx ithlhis confident, Peter, who was nomina
Ely his servant, and occasionally has ,fos
i but in fact possessed truer claim to t
i title If shis priyys eopnseloss than NAL
/. hers.enjoyfng j i e higher titles and place
a. Peterhad always shrewd adyice, to give
n every emergency, whether temporaf
Id spiritual. He was accustomed to hear,
| isee. and event sometimes to think for !
Is fnifsster without any one, knowing lit ID
lind dohe'so on this occasion bathelseetn
I ffttle disposed to talk This evening. Efer
world rogue, which had escaped MS m
Eeer, during the con versation Just nsff4t
81 had put him IN bad huhor, and II J
rs ouly by tbSssf fqrphe ofEanew scarlet c
e lin. ther eyaat- Of the wager being won, t
lhis gpssseI got nm TO open his lips, al
J lsome. satirioal ysmarks on the. enorm'
!, iol cost of a Hin e-taaA which ashsnla cont
: : one hundred and fly barrels--fit to,
Ba- haust than half lftherevenue ola bi
opric-he g undertook to find out how a t
might be setfor the new phoenix OF b
esty, Conrad. sq f go r >
!, Peter commenced his operations I
the rising sun and before dinner hour
able to report to his master that Con
i.os was inlove withthe ifsirElizibeth, and
ii,ns she would not listen to his proposals u
he should possess little cottage OF
own, both. being yegy poor. The ac
.. Peter had already spoken to Elizab
3 and found her quite, ready to assist IN
! enterprise; he therefore only require
\ :, lhanuluf f9I SiioteltiS sttscI Pio.oo - A
y i mastorsto gain the bet. The bishop {
him as much1as he wished, and sat d
to dinner with good hopes of the W
ftuh 7c.t'sr s''o-.n 'set2 e -
s Il Meanwhile Peter had taken his.
back to the fair Elizabeth; he showed
,. heslainingscoinsw which almost covered
Athttle table, and a bargainisquioklyst st
will between them; Peter agreeing topure
IT'S Oh " for her q eottagc,i If she bought him
,sv,s he wanted. 49, J. - : s't.s,2 ~ :.
TssE The following morning, Elizabeth,
after sunrise, went. toecut grass Alta ]
r which she knew Conrad must pass wit
fock g Assoon assthe1atter perceive
= at adstapce, q he few, Saccompanie'
NV. Harm, to meet her, sat down beside
''' and repeated slia his former. vows
TO- & pretestatioris Of love. g But Elizabet
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