Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1873-03-27
SWIFT JUSTICE.
A mcrcl.n. iefi s, fe,er.bnr. a,..-


A merchant left St. Pcsersburp IA ,r.~e
across Eurare In the e,ur-s n his ;.,ur
ney he arrived Mt wsr.s~. B.inr fur
ui.hed with letter OF introduction. /,
repaired 10 the house Of one Of tj,e rk;.
citizens there. aud was mos, courseousl,
rcccived lie STAYED at Warsaw for !
week. and his ho.t spared no Mains "a
make the visit agreeable. and showed him
everything worth seeing In the t.vw.-
Indeed. the visitor was quite overwh.lmesi
by mn amount Of Kindness rarely shown d
any but friend Of long standing. FL
Al length the pleasant whit drew eo II
close. and after bre.kf.ss The guest sspepa.
| sed bis uish - see some roor ,.rts - ite
4 tsvu. % which b bad heard sB6S; ~
be. i have eth me small bog Of -ersss
value that do not like to risk in saeh
plsces. If it were my own. should nnl
be 90 particular. bat il vas inirustedl "a
me BY friend. Who requested mo ode
liver it to person in asother town. II
contains diamonds aud other valuables.- -
Would you do the the great favor OF ia
Sihg charge OF u Tor the DAY Ihe host,
with MS usual uroanity. willingly agreed
10 th's pr"posai. ana the merchant de-
PaHed WIN Iishs heaft on ms tour OF m
spection. forgot tue name. but let Us
say IN the Seven Uials, or Five Poinfs
OF warsaw. a-.H. .es.
NeA' morning: aHer breakfast. ne cor
u'ai'y "a"sea MS Eind entertainers Tor
'"e'' Ie'ious "osp'iahty' sna added that.
as "e was ABOUT 10 aepart: ne "oniu now
resume MS chargc OF the oox. winch had
never ociorc qaitteu JUS presence since he
had received u from its owner. he host
aud hostess Stared ut him IN wcli-actcd
amazement. .
What hox ! asked the host Il remem-
bcr no box-do you, my dear !! turning
to I's wife.
NO. she said. 4 have no recollection
of any hox whatever
w hat was II like! inquired the host;
perhaps YOU lett 1t IN your room.
l'u, on the merchant rcrsis,ing that i,
WAS with the hist himself it had been lef,
"n turning to his hostess. and trying To-
make her ree"lec, the circumstances. both
(ai,cr NJ Jrcalng To each 'nh.r >eve, al
times. and rorrf,in. each other in their
lrni,' } became c,ld a,..I distant. and l..
pau hiu,iug that something must have
happened To- the merchant. To inIuc. him
To- prr,i., in sn strange n drIu>;on A.
the hn,, touched his fnrcl,rsl W th n .i,.
niiicanr glance. the pn.r man remembered
that he was in strange city: the yrounl
seemed TO lie Shining .rnm under hi, fee:
danger in himself ioomcd in the distance.
and he hastcnvd frn,u the hnus- i'm alarm
Straight to the police hr went aud stated
his case The officiaI listened imper,urb.
ably to the whole story. aud then asked
You gave NJ this valuable bnx to al,
acquaintance Of a weeks standing with.
nut any witness or any written acknowl-
cdsn,cn,g'
lie had been SO very kind; man in
his po>itinn-'
bah you n man of business! bu,
you have no proof tl,a, the box Lelpu.s to
ycuy'
None wha.cver--cxccpt the key. I,
is locked. and have the kcy-hcrc il is.
aud he produced small key from his in
ncr. pocket.
The official remai'ed lost in though. for
some time, and then said
Well, l will do the only thing I can
for you. The ArchLuke Constantine
the Governor of Poland. is a stern harsh
u'an. but he is known for his rigorous jus
tice. apd if he believes your story. he will
do his best for you. / will take you to
him a. once
No time was lost, and The merchant soon
found himself in the archluke's presence
and was desired 20 relate his story. When
it was concluded the archdukc. after a few
moments reflection, rang a bell, An of.
fetal appeared.
Semi for NJ naming the trcael.
crous host.
Ii was quickly done. and the archduke
wiihout preamble or question sail 10 the
guilty man: '''
.Si, down at that writing-.aLle. and
write as I shall dictate N von
The man took hi, sea, and took nm the
Den: the arcbdukc began debating =
NV dear vife-,lI is found on,
.Na, san, ,bsm,n sn,;n,;n. frn,, III
seat. i won, write tha,' -