The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-05-01
AHgTE JUSTICE

a merchant left st. Petersburg 10
travel across Europe. %In the course OF
lis journey he arrived III Warsaw. Be
ing furnished with letter Of introduce
ton, he repaired to- the house OF one OF
the chief citizens there. and was most
c9ur1eousY received. lie stald at war
saw for week, and his host spared no
pains u make the visit agreeable, and
showed him everything worth seeing IN
Tie town Indeed the visitor was quite
arerwhelmsd by an amount OF kindness
rarely shown to any one but friend Of
long standing.
1T length the pleasant visit drew to It's
close and after breakfast the guest ex-
pressed MS wish 10 see some poor parts
If the town. Of which he heard But,
said he. Il have with me a smli box OF
rreat v.lue thatJ 10 moi Ike to risk IN
such places. II i were mg 9Wn ! should
not be So particular: but It was intrusted
t1 nae bg friend. who requested me TO
deliver it to 81 person iu another town
- contains diamonds and other val
uablae. Would YOU DO me fhe great IA
v0r Of taking charge OF 1t for the day
The host. with his usual urbanity, will
iaglv agreed TO the proposal, and the
merchant departed with light heart on
bis tour Of specti0n-I forget the name,
bat let us saw I'm the s'>even Dials, or
Five Points Of Warsaw.
Next morning after breakfast he cor
daily thanked bis kind entertainers for
their ze5Ious hospitality, and added that
as he was about to depart, he would
now resume his charge OF the box, which
had sever before quilted his person
NEE he had received it from its owner
The host and hostess stared at him In
well acted amaZement. what box
ked the host. 50 ] remember no box,
10 y0u. nav dearI' turning to his wife.
NO" She said. Il have no recollection
of auv box whate-er." What was ii
ike asked the host: perhaps YOU left
jr I'm your room But on the merchant
insisting that it was with The host him
self il had been LETT, on his turning to
his hostess and irving to make her recoi-
lcct the circumstance, both after appeal
ing 20 each other in their denial), became
cold and distant, and began limiting that
something must have happened 10 the
merchant, to induce him to persist
u So strange q delasion. Is the host
touched his torch cad with a significant
Glance the poor man remembered he was
in a strange city. the ground seemed TO
be slipping from under his feet: danger
70 himself doomed up in the distance,
and he fastened from the house in alarm.
Straight to the police ne went and stated
his case. The official li.tened impertur-
badly to the whole story, aRd then
asked:
ssYou rave up this valuable box to an
acquaintance of a weeks standing. with !
out any witness or any written ac-
acknowledgements"
Gle had been % very kind man in |
bis positlon-"
.SRabr Won q man Of business, But
have you no proof that the box belongs
to your
..Nooa whatavar excont the key It |
+. locked and | have the kew: here it
is and he produced a small kew from
an inner pocket
The official remained lost in thought
for some time. and then said 'sWeIi, [ /
VIII do the only thing can do for you.
The Archduke Constantine (the Gov
ernor Of Poland) is a stern, harsh man,
but he IS known for his rigorous justice,
and If ne believes your story he will do /
hz best Tor you VIII take You to him
at once. ... ...-. .-..
No time was lost. and the merchant
soon found himself III the archduke's
presence. and was desired to relate his
story. When it was concluded, the
arehduke, after few moments reflection
rang q bell An official appeared. Send
for lI-. naming the treacherous host.
/ was quickly lone. and the archduke,
without preamble or question, said TO the
guilty man. ''~it down at that writing
fable and write aS I shall dictate to YOU"
The man took his seat and took up the
pen: the archduke began debating:
.s3Tv dear wifa. An ! fonpd out,
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