The weekly Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1872-190?, 1873-05-17
ANECDOTES.

CouioO VI us JouIucy lie arrived at w arSdW
Being furnished with letter of introduc
ton, he repaired to the house of one of tn
chief citizens there, and was most courteous
ly received. He stayed at Warsaw for
week, and his host spared no pains to max,
the visit agreeable, and showed him every
thing at all worth seeing in the town. In
deed, the visitor was quite overwhelmed b,
an amount of kindness rarely shown to AMI
but friend of long standing.
At length the pleasant visit drew to it.
close, and after breakfast the guest express
ed his wish to see some poor parts of the
town, of which he had heard. But" sale
he,"I have with me small box of great
value that do not like to risk in such
places. If it were my own I should not be
SO particular, but 1T was intrusted to me by
friend, who requested me to deliver it to 8
person 10 another town !; it contains diamonds
and other valuables. Would you do me the
great favor of taking charge of it for the
day." The host, with his usual urbanity
willingly agreed to this proposal, and the
merchant departed with light heart on his
tour of inspection to, l forget the name. but
let Us say, the Seven Dials," or the Five
Points of Warsaw
Next morning, after breakfast, he cordial
ly thanked his kind entertainers for their
Jealous hospitality, and added that, as he
was about to depart, he would now resume
bis charge of the box, which had never be-
fore quilted his presence since he had re-
celved it from its owner. The host and
hostess stared at him in wellacted amaze
ment.
what box?" asked the host. Il re-
member no box-do you, my dear 2" turn
ing to his wife. ~
" No." she said, have no recollection of
any box whatever" "a.
What was it like" inquired the host
perhaps you left it in your room"
But on the merchant persisting that it
was with the host himself it had been left,
on turning to his hostess and trying to
make her recollect the circumstances, both
latter appealing to each other several times,
and fortitying each other in their denial
became cold and distant, and began limiting
that something must have happened to the
merchant, to induce him to persist in so
strange Ge'rsol AS the host touched
his forehead with significant glance, the
poor man remembered that he was in a
strange city; the ground seemed to be slip
ping from under his feet danger to himself
doomed in the distance, and he fastened from
the house in alarm. Straight to the police
he went and stated his case. The officer
listened inperturbably to the whole story,
and then said: -
You gave up this valuable box to an &C
quaintance of a weeks standing without any
witness or written Acknowledgement
He had been SO very kind a man in his
position
Bah ! you man of business but you
have no proof that the box belongs to your"
None whatever-except the key. 1t is
locked, and have the key-here it is, and
he produced small key from his inner peck
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The official remained lost IN thought for
some time, and then said {:
"Well, | will do the only thing | can for
you. The Archduke Constantine, the
Governor OF Poland, is stern harsh man,
but he is known for his rigorous justice, and
if he believes your story, he will do his best
for you. will take you to him ut once"
No time was lost, and the merchant soon
found himself in the archduke's presence,
and was desired to relate his story. When
it was concluded the archduke, after few
moments reflection, rang bell. An official
appeared
Send for NJ" naming the treacher-
GUS host.
1t was quickly done, and the archduke,
without preamble or question, said to the
guilty man:
Sit down at that writing table and write
as shall dictate to you"
The man took his seat and took up the
pen; the archduke began debating.
My dear wife-all is found out"
NO. said the man, springing from his
seat, 81 won't write that"
Then You are guilty" was the prompt
answer.
Puzzled and foiled, he resumed his seat
and wrote as he was desired.
My dear wife-all is found out. Send
the box by the bearer"
Then he signed it with his name, by the
archduke's order, and messenger was dis
patched with it. The messenger found the
lady at her toilet when she read the mis-
sive she turned ashy pale, trembling violent
". Then leaning forward, she drew the box
from the recess in her toilet table, and hand
ed it to the bearer, who, swiftly returning,
placed it in the hands of the archduke. He
Immediately handed it to the merchant, de-
string him to unlock it that being done, he
asked whether the diamonds we've all there.
Yes, the box had not been opened they
were exactly as the merchant had left them.
Again the archduke rang the bell, and to
the attendant who entered he said, designa-
ting the guilty man y
Take him to Siberia he is not to go to
his home again." ..-.. .....-.
ASEcporE OF CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL.
Chief Justice Marshall acknowledged in
1912, with many thanks, the privilege of
taking out books from the library, which
Congress had then granted to the justices of
the Supreme Court, and which he priced
very highly. He liked to wait upon himself
rather than to be served by the librarian !;
and one day, in taking law-book from the
upper shelf of an alcove, he pulled down a
dozen ponderous tones, one of which struck
him on the forehead with such force that he
fell PROSTATE. An assistant librarian, who
fastened to the old gentlemans assistance,
found him slightly stunned by the fall; but
he soon recovered, and declined to be aided
to his feet, saying, with merry twinkle in
his eye, "Tve laid down the law out of the
books many time in my long life, but this
is the first time they have laid me down.
am completely foored!" And he remained
seated upon the floor, surrounded by the
books which he had pulled down, until he
had found what he sought. and made a note
hereof."-Hupers Magazine.