The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-11-25

/ had succeeded. Her dreams shove
:, sufficiently to us, who watched he
couch, that terror for the future min
4 'gled with the sense Of degradation 70
the past. Nature asserted her rights
4 But the more she shrank from tn
4 suffering, the more did she proclaim
4 how severe it had been, and conse
4 quently how noble the :selfconquest
! Yet, as her weakness increased, SO di,
4 herterrgr'; until I besought her tt
t flake comfort, assuring her; that, ii
teasetsny attempt should be made t.
:faorce her out again to public expos
ure, I would kill the man who cam,
/ to'execute the order, that we woult
4alldie together; and there would b'
ifsEcommon end to her injuries and -he1
1flfeats.a She was treasured by wha
44ztold her of my belief that no future
sttempt would be made upon her
1ehs slept more TRANQUILITY but he1
f1ever increased; and slowly she slep1
sway into the everlasting sleep which
1'knowsi Of no Tomorrow. ~, =
T. s"Here came a crisis in my fate
Should stay and attempt to protect
1'my sisters? But alas what power
had I to do SO amongst our enemies
Rachael end I-consulted; and many
a scheme we planned. Even whilst
We consulted; and the very night at
ter my mother had been committed t.
the Jewish burying-ground, came al
officer, bearing an order for me to re
pair to Vienna. Some officer in the
French army, having watched the
transaction respecting my parent
was filled with shame and grief. HI
wrote statement of the whole to ar
Austrian officer of rank, my frther'<
friend, who obtained from the empe
ror an order, claiming me as apage .
his own, and an officer in the house
hold service. O, heavens! what 6
neglect that It did not include my sis
Etels However, the next best thing
,was that I should use my influence at
the imperial court to get them pass
ed, to Vienna. This I did, to-, the
utmost. of my power. But sebe1
months elapsed before I saw the EN-
peror. If my applications ever me-
his eye he might readily suppose that
your city. my friend, was as safe {
place as another for my sisters. MOI
did I myself know all its dangers.
At length, with the emperor's leave
Of absence, I returned. And wha
did l find? Eight months had passed
and the faithful Rachael had died
The poor sisters, c]inging together
but now utterly bereft Of friends
knew not which way to turn. In this
abandonment they fell into the isidiou:
hands of the rufian jailer. Ny cid
est sister, Berenice, the state]iest and
.noblest Of beauties, had attracted this
ruffian's admiration while she was il
with her mother. And when I re
turned to your. city, armed with tht
imperial passports for all, l found thai
Berenice had died in the villain''
custody; nor could Iobtain anything
beyond . legal certificate. Of her
death; And, finally the b'oomias
laughing Marianne, she aso h.tl
died, and Of affection Tor vass Lass
5 her sister. Il You, my friend, had oe:a
absent upon your travels during tbs
eala spi sr history | have recited
y Xo y had had seen gee neither my father nor
ny! mgy. mother not But you came in b time
IN take under your professions from
the abhored wretch, the jailer, my lit
tie broken-hearted Marianne. And
when sometimes you fancied that you
had seen me under other circumstan:
ees, in her it was, dear friend, and. in
h er features that you saw mine. r.,
-"Now was the world desert to me-
I cared little, in the way of love
which way I turned. But in the way
Of hatred Feared everything. ]
transferred myself to the Russian
service, with the view of gaining
some appointment: on the Polish
frontier, which might put it in my
power to execute my VOW of destroy
ing all the magistrates of your city
War, however, ragged, and carried me
| into Il other regions. It ceased, and
there was little prospect that another
generation would see It relighted f.,
the disturber Of peace was q prisoner
forever, and all nations were exhaust
ed. Now, then, it became necessary
that Ishould adopt some new mod.
for executing .naysxengeance; and The
more 80, because annually some were
dying Of tho1e whom it was' my mission
to'punish.s Avoice assembled to me
day and hight, from the graves ofmy
father and mother calling for ven
geance before il should be too late.
took my measures thus. Many ] CIV
we're present at Waterloo. Fron
amongst these, all irritated agains
Napoleon for the expectations he hat
raised, only 70 disappoint, BY hi
great assembly Of Jews at Paris, l Sc e
lected eight, whom I knew Familiarity
81 men hard ened BY military expert