, 1874-01-18
LOUIS KOSSUTH.

Tho nuleearfan Dictator Now a Poor
Preacher--A Sa't but Interesting IN"
texvfeW.
DR.. Max Sci taeainger has paid visit to Louis
EoRsut}, whic.t ia thus described ia the Frank-
fort Gazette: ,...., -nu-
now and then in The CouyTiere d To'7no
IS Lessons in iernan. English, aud hunga-
rian, given, at mo 'efa.e Ia1eg' ,sl' ny r.,.n
l., H .gsuTu, 165 btrada NuoVa-
rY,a advart;aer ID none other than the opce
celebrated Dictator " Hungary. He is no" al
most utterly forgot en-, even IN Hungary he
has grown very DID, o. "a Is now M SO pool pooI LA % he
Th;s1 1wonid seem very h utniiating for him. and
yet he is proud of his po' e17y'
He sarH: -.
..Threo years ago. my friends nt home, in
Hungary, offered me pres4snt OF 5o, 600 flofins.
raiocted the offer. and ne re,r have regretted it,
even when Twas hungry, a nd mad no money to
/ Ind occnsion the other ny TO call upon him.
I WAS no stranger to Kos. nth Twenty years
valuable Information for n book, :, - Hungary
in 1849." found him in y ~ amau room IN
the fourth story Of diagy olt building: He sat
aloue in an easy. clair poIlng over an old vol
une. When entered he did ot 1ecogn1ze M nc.
I recognized him, and was 81 rocked. What 8
change these twenty years had produced in his
once handsome and Interesting face! His halr
was entirely white his cheelzH IS N and hollow.
and his eyes utterly d1mmed. Hls form, once
erect and proud, was now panf1 ny oent. Ho
almost groaned as he raised Aitos XII u oto "e
welcome.
lie vas deeply moved when / il formed him
who wac. Ills face Frightened xas be warmly
c}asped nY band.
know YOU now. Everybody forgets ae; no one
calls upon ne ; no one cares any mo r. for me-
Why SHOULD remember those who 'once were
INV frlendss Z"
To this / objected. I asked him how he
couId be forgotten when his friends IN Hun
gary waited him to return to his native coun-
ta'rs. tsir ~
Koseuth smiled very bitterly.
"Oh, yes" he sale, ''return to Hungary dis
honored, With an oath Of allegiance to th Hans~
burgs who murdered my frent's and kiusmen,
md who set price upon my head. ] am neither
T. Deak nor an Andraesy."
/ asked him how he got along.
s.Wel.," he said, sadly. " were my good chill
dren and my poor wife alive yet, would be hap
py, even IN my old age and poverty. But tshey
are all dead, and am very lonesome. That Is
whatrcnders my exile here, where people aro 80
kind to me, so distressing. It would be no bet
ter in Hungary. have no kinsfoik anywhere
but in the Now World"
t'Wby, then. not so to America again, where
your name is still revoted p T yentured to say.
" Oh" he replied. II hare often been soEely
tempted to 20 back to the United States, but
there are two obstacles in the way In the first
place. it won1l cost more money than I have to
snare ; and, next. am almost sure that, IL ny
present enfeebled condition, would be unable
to bear tho sea voyage"
All this Was very melancholy, and l haseened
to change the subject Of our conversation.
shovel him the proof~sheets OF the chaptor
on Andrassy in my new work on Austria. he
put on his spectacles, and, holding the paner IN
! his trembling hand, read carefully what had
written.
Meanwhile had time to look around IN the
room. Against the rear wall stood narrow,
plain bed. On the walls hnog portraits OF MAJ
zn,i Di3io. hlsz, and, strangely enough, OF
Louis Napoleon, On the bookshelf by my sdo
! / noticed Victor Hugos ':Annee Terrible" King
lakes ..Cr11nea," and zen or twelve weli-,sorn
srammars On table, close to the bed, lay
| Loaf OF bread and plate Of dried meat.
To my dismay I found that my glancinB
around the room had attracted koasuths u al
tentiou.
t.Yes," he said, with 3 s1ai1e, ''you see for
yourself now THAT I am very ponr; anu Jet,
| when left Hungary in 1919 WAS charged by
! an tho mean organs OF the Hapshurgs with haV-
| lug enriched myseH at my countrT's expense.
[ Do rou know what my whole income was last
[ yaar3 Within fraction OF 500 lire" Lens
! than $500.
! I shook my head sorrowfnlly. He told me
what lie thought about the chapter on Atidsassy,
| gayo me plenty of valuable and interesting IN
| formation on the subject, aud then dismissed
me. saying that it time for one Of his pupils
! to make his appearance