The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-05-03
NUMBER Ii.

EleaAar receipt in full, signed with his own
name, witnessed by Thellus, Ch,srias, and
Longinus, and sealed with the siguet of Ger
manicus Cesar.
sneering and malignant expression in the
jews face struck Paulus, and the Jew saw
that he saw it..
| "You can't remove this now" said the Jew.
| composing his features with nervous rapidity
mo-" said Paulus; "and we have had
fatigue enough for one night. There are
couches and cushions in this ROOM we must
trouble you to turn it into a sleeping apart
ment for the next four hours and to leave us
the key"
| In ten minutes the numerous attend ants had
made all the arrangements requisite for this
purpose. and Eleazar, taking up lamp to
retire, said, in II tone of sentimentality, in
| tended for sentiment:
"This is n memorable chamber, hopored
sirs Here Julius Caesar, time aud again, held
wild orgies in his boyhood. Here Catiline and
he, and numerous cornwall band, of whom
Cesar was tho youngest, played many q
strange prank"
"Whatw cried Paulus, in amazement
Caesar frequent this quarter of Rome! Cesar
live in the Suburraw
"Certainly," quoth Tbellus, yawnng.
)
This was his very house in those days."
pursued the jew. my father who was one
of the many thousands of my nation brought
hither as hostages from Jerusalem by Pompey
the Great, often told me that he had seen
Julius Caesar more than once in the room we
are now standing in. Pompey, of course, had
selected the wealthiest families to carry away,
and my father lent money over and over again
to julius Caesar"
"Was your father" asked Charias, with o
sneer, ever paid Was he paid, pray you,
by the choregus of that cornwall crewP
"Eot till after the battle of Pharsalia," an
swered Eleazar, "w when indeed he had long
ceased to look for the money 1t was, how
ever, then paid, valiant sir, and the interest of
it was paid also"
"Ah~ returned Cbserias, "the hem of the
garment was wider than the garment, wager.'
The Jew here moved toward the door.
Before you go, good Eleazar," said Paulus,
g give us another interesting piece of informa-
ton l am taking this treasure from your
house, am 1 not 2"
While Cassius Charias poured out four por-
tions of the wine, Paulus shrugged his eye
browp, Thellus bis shoulders, and Longinus
the decurion looked upon the operation with
an impassive countenance. When they had
each drunk their respective measures, Cassius
Cbsrias turned up his sagum, and barred his
right arm.
This is the ARM" said he, (which, last
year, cleared road for me, with the short
Roman sword through thousands of opposing
mutneers. Come, Lopginus-try arms!p
And he planted his elbow on the table, and
seized in his right hand the readily offered left
'Y's, most honored sir; it looks very likeit
Il; Y 4 II
its destination I"
{" say thatf Never"
your scrivener's grandchild has told me
hat she heard you say that it was not those
who took the money from here who would take
It to its destination"
Eleazar's active mind was not quite quick
IN ough for this abrupt emergency and he
certainly locked more than usually ugly
be fore he replied. But recovering himself he
,aid:
My scriyener's little graudchid is SO bright
hat she catches broken lights upon the num-
Deress Points of Il Whimsical, my lad faced
'ud diamond-like intelligence. What stated
vas, that those who took the money frsm this
louse would be only the messengers of those
Who were to take it to it's destination"
And with this pretty bit of semi oriental
hetoIic, he bowed and left them.
curious quarter of an hour ensued, when
he four emissaries found themselves at last
Ilone.
Said PAulus, 81 want some aleep; let rs
AXE our several touches, and prepare for to-
morrow"
"This Jew has provided u.s." observed
Jb@rias, with really good wine. Before we
leeP, one cyathus roundp