The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-26
A Forgotten Celebrity.


The following advertisement appears
every now and then in the CoTtere di
ToriHo
Lessons in German, EnglIsh, and Hun.
garlAn given. At moderate rltos, By
L. kosIuTH, l64 strHdA NuoVA-n
The advertiser is none other than the
once celebrated dictator Of Hungary.
He is now almost utterly forgotten, even
in Hungary; he has grown very old,
and is now so poor that he will gladly
give you a. lesson for single franc.
This would seem very humiliRting for
him, and yet he Is proud OF his poverty.
he says, "Three years ago my
friends at home, in Hungary, offered
me present Of fifty thousand forms.
l rejected the offer, and never have re.
gretted it, even when / was hungry,
and had no money TO pay for q fire.
Ihad occasion, the other day, to call
upon him. I was no stranger TO Kos.
suth. Twenty years ago he had given
me, in London, great deal OF valuable
information for my book, " Hungary in
1SIe." / found him in very small
room on the fourth floor OF d dingy old
building. He sat alone in an easy.chair,
porting over an old volume. When I
entered he did not recognize me. I
recognized him, md was shocked.
What change these twenty years had
produced in his once handsome and in.
terestng face his hair was entirely
white, his cheeks wan and hollow, and
his eyes utterly dimmed. His form,
once erect and proud, was now painfully
bent, BE almost groaned as he raised
himself TO bid meEeleome. vr,1,.....
| BE was deeply moved when I IN
formed him who / was. His face
frightened as he warmly clasped my
hand. -
.oh, yes, yes, /" he said in German,
81 know you now. Everybody forgets
me no one calls upon me; no one
cares any more for me Why should
remember those who were once my
friends p
To this / objected. I asked him how
he could be forgotten when his friends
in Hungary wanted him toireturn to his
native country, and take again IN active
part In its affairs.
he smiled very bitterly.
'tOh, yes, = he said, lnreturn to Hun.
gary dishonored, with an oath Of allie
glance to the Hnpsburgs who murdered
my friends and kinsmen, and who set 0
price upon my head. am neither O
Deak nor IN Andrassy."
I asked him how he got along q
"Well," he said, sadly, "were my
good children and my poor wife alive
yet, would be happy, even in my old
age aud poverty. But they are all dead,
and I am very lonesome | That Is what
renders my exile here, where people are
SO kind to me, so distressing. Itwould
be no better in Hungary. I have no
hnsfolk anywhere but in the New
Worldr t,fA KAY -AA1 y
"Why, then, not go to America
again, where your name Is stillreyereda"
/ ventured to say.
Oh, 2 he replied" Ihayeo often been
sorely tempted TO go back TO the United
States, but there are two obstacles in
the way: In the first place, it would
cost moro money than 1 have TO spare ;
and next, I am almost sure that, in my
present enfeebled condition, / would be
unable to bear the sea-voyage."
All this was very melancholy, and /
hastened 10 change the subject Of our
conversation. u
I showed him the proof.sheets Of the
chapter on Andrassy in my new work on
Austria. He put on his spoctaoles,
and, holding the paper in his trembling
hand, road carefully what / had written.
Meanwhile I had time to look around
in the room. Against the rear wall
stood q narrow, plain bed. On the
walls hung portraits OF Mazzini, Bixio,
.Kisz, and, strangely enough, Of Louis
Napoleon. On the bookshelf by my
side I noticed Victor Hugo's AIMEE
Terrible, Kinglake's "Crimea,n and
ten or twelve well.worn grammArs. On
table, close to the bed, lay o loat-of
bread and plate Of dried meat.
To my dismay, ] found that my
glAncing round the room had attracted
Kossuth's attention. ~
.s'" Yes, he said, with q smile, lyon
see for yourself now that I am very
poor !. and yet, whom left Hungary in
ls49, twas charged by all the mean
organs Of. the Hapsburgs with having
enriched myself Of my country's e1-
pense. Do you know what my income
was last year2 Within fraction Of
eight hundred lire" Ness than two
hundred dollArs.)
: I shook my head sorrowfully. BE
told me what he thought Of the chapter
on Andrassy, gave ma plenty Of valu.
able and interesting information on the
subject, and then dismissed me, saying
that 1t was time for one OF his pupils 70
make his appearance.-MaT ISehIeSs.
ingerJ 8 "A GElIlLL
A Golden Dream,