The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-04-05
Morning Star and Catholic Messenger
WV oRIEANs. sUNDAY, APRIL 5. 1s74

When the emperor came out, observing thai
the youth desired to speak with him, he stopped
saying:
"what wish you, Heroa Agrippap
emperor, have told you that this man il
not my uncle"
"And I,"said Augustus, have now settled
the question. He is not"
"This officer behind mo (Pilate is his name)
has been very oblging to US ever since our ar.
rival. wish, my sovereign, you would SEND
I'm to Judea as procurator."
"He is too Young" repliedAugustus; " but
/ will put bis name in my tablets. Perhaps
under my successor, he may obtain the office"
at want favor cried the child Caius.
"What is it, orator'" asked Augustus.
(Caligula displayed as child precocious
volatility of speech, which procured him the
epithet by which he was now addressed.)
"That man, that black Jew-who pretended
to be my friends uncle-won't you put him to
deathp
-" Erierni stunt sti moreS," replied Augustus,
quoting Cicero 'that would be quite foreign
proceeding. The anger that sheds unnecessary
blood belongs to the levity Of the Asiatics, or
the turbulence of barbarians.p
Meanwhile Paulus and Tbellus, who had
uuANOlUaUiy VI CohNeA-
sation, emerged now once moro into the street,
and Theiius guided Pauius to the stables of
Tiberius Caesar, where they found Lygdus
expecting the visit. He led them into long
range Of buildings. and showed them, standing
in o stall which had door to itself, SO con-
frived as to avoid the necessity of letting any
other horses when coming or going, pass him
without some intervening protection, the
famous Sejan steed. The walls were tapestried
with leafy vine-boughs, and the stable seemed
very cool, clean, and well kept.
The stature of the ominous horse, MS We have
had occasion already to mention, was unusu-
ally large; but the fiImness Of his form took
away the idea of unwieldiness, aud gave
guarantee of both power and speed. However,
any person who had studied horses, and was
learned in their points, (which to great ex
tent merely means learned in their apatomy,)
would at glance have condemned this ones
head. 1t was, indeed, not lacking in physical
elegance although not lean enough; the Fore
head was very broad, but the eye was not
sufficiently prominent nor mild in expression,
and it shot forth restless light; the muzzle
and the ears, moreover, were coarse; the
bones, from the eye down, wero too concave,
and the nostril appeared to be too thick.
Something untrustw orthy, and almost wicked,
characterized the expression of the head alto
gefher. The jaws were wide, and the neck was
extraordinarily deep. The shoulders were not
30 fat or so thin rs the Romans liked them to
be; the girth round the heart was vast; the
chest broad and full; the body barrel-shapcd
The limbs were long, (Which, says Captain
Nolan, "is weakness, not powcr;'O but then
the bones were everywhere we'll covered with
muscle, the hind-legs being remarkably
straight in tho drop; in short, they promised
an immense stride when the animal should be
urged to his fastest gallon.
"Now,' said Paulus, after attentively ex-
aiming these and great many other points,
which it would be too technical for us to
detail, II see he is not muzzled, but tied by
the head, and perceive q curious arrange
ment-that platform behind his mauger, and
raised somewhat higher than it. The object is
to feed him thence, and approach him there, I
supposed Moreover, observe you have pull
legs in the roof and broad bands dependant
from them Z; do you then lift him off his legs
when you groom him 7"
Lygdus assented. Paulus, after looking at
tentively at the animals hoofs, and forming
an idea of the state of his feet, inquired,
Is he savage to all alike, or can you, for
instance, approach himf'
As Sir, always take my precautions" an
swered the slave.
Paulns went round, and stood some ten min,
ntea in front of the horse on the raised plat.
form behind the mAnger, then shook doubl<
handful of corn down before him and watcbe ed
him eat il. Satisfied at len 9Th with this aoru
tiny, he now made arrangements for Philip tc
remain constantly in the stable, even sleeping
there at night, and quitting it only to accom-
pany the horse when taken out for exercise
and he made it clearly understood that Philip
should superiutend tho feeding and grooming
Of the animal till he should he led forth for
Psulus to ride him at the appointed time. We
! have said nothing to explain why the youth
did not Eide him muzzled, as often and as long
rs possible, during the two days which were
still left for preparation; the fact being
. that he proposed even now to do so !;
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