Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-07-22

san1 eycsIsine ssore In Venice. BIZ ogying
lew s,sd selling snr al be- c0Hld ~, saasnS
his own rr<sstng By gas Stove hzEins Do
ra.1xfag dage and never spending eek
hs hal accumulated numeTytas siiieAfs.
which IL wasn't asrr~r CO lensIslg On sssi'
ls.eras. Yrosisled the borrower had 20 sSszi-
srirntjusas scrupies sgainss pay1ng - PEI
cent. gn0nfh Or such > nf2tsef, ItT 'iae ass-
c0farnrstAfson
! snsorse, Was merchant Of NenieE Ha0
hal sr~culaiei q good deal Ana 1wnfss
canal boats He had bo-oin frlena
narae,s BsssasEo wbo wss IN loye sIfA >
glch widow. PORTS. fsfs having lived = last
fife he hsant The ready cash WHEREBY "
s4sraYrfs with his more wealthy rtrass-
His father. tired n putting np fcr hFsn,
refused him arr more m0ney. sret@ tiae
ant ri.fat siuggarl - said the stern Irafeni
He lid d. went 10 Antonio and tS-ssssi.-sIi
him II, ante f,r him. S0s Antonio, 10
anticipation a tie grsssia0pErrss had IN
vrs!ei All be bad in wiaeai. aEiti - stssil ~
~. ssSafs that we're laden with II should
srrige he sxuecfed 10 sell ~ 3 great aa-
vanre and b. fixed. Bur being anxious
,has his friend should have a stake ne
ayrs,.s IN borrow sone dsscats Tor him u
BIZ credit would permit
The npxf day he met Shyiock ON The
Riasfo (Which differ from the dsfO heard
At concert saloons, nol hsving - msicn
rye with III and lie asksd a loan ~ 300
fneafsy sbylDck bore no lore 70 Antonio,
| nor 10 any ~ his tribe, On account 81 the
se0ru they had heaped upon him and his
rafs He dissembled. however, upon tiis
occasion. pretending he hadn't the money
~ l,lga,--sould have 10 see his brotheT.iTi-
iaw. He at length agreed 10 provide the
1900 d,Icais for three months, iacefionsiy
s;lnt,IaiIng that Antonio should sign a
| land III was such joke9 agreeing ~ for
scif 4 pound of flesh (fhe jew could hardly
| tell Il for iaughingl, 10 be cut Oh wherever
he s,he Jew decided, provided the MONEY
was NOT paid when due 50 heilup me
| pracjonsr' Antonio, fully believing In
the success Of his wheat speculation, and
having heard that his boats were on the
way. accepted the conditions and signed
the bond.
gassanIo took the ducats and proceeded
b lay siege 10 the heart land purse Of The
rich Young widow. He was most assidu.
| Gus in hh attentions. He brought her
chewing gum, peppermint drops, etc,
whenever he came, took her out buggy
riding, and escorted her to the gardens
SUNDAY nights. In the swirl delirium OF
love the days and dueats sped swiftly
away.
Bassanio became The accepted suitor of
portia, Notwithstanding his rivals were
0pulent, one owning stock In grasshop-
per csterminatOr and the other being u
street.car conductor on line that had not
vel introduced the patent bellstamp, aud
was improving his opportunities In the
midst Of his fluctuations he received a let.
Ter from Antonio, informing him that all
his boats had been lost during fearful
gale on the Miami Canal, and he reduced
10 beggary, although he was not one that
would beg.ary time He had forfeited his
bond 10 the Jew, and was only waiting to
know what portion Of his body shyiock
would prefer 10 have his pound OF steak
from. He urged Bassanio 10 try and be
present at the funeral, which would be
held at the house. Bassanio took the
first train for Venice, filed with rcmorse
The temper of Shylock had not been inn
proved any by his daughter Jessic4 run
ming away with negro minstrel named
Lorenzo, particularly as they carried away
stocking full Of ducats, jewels and
southern Railroad bonds. He caused the
| arrest of Antonio, positively refusing TO
receive anything but the pound OF flesh
| that had been forfeited. The case was
| brought before a Venetian Justice Of the
Peace for adjudication. Bassanio had
made lucky hit at bunko the night be.
| fore, and offered to pay Shylock 6OOO
ducats, instead Of 5000, ii he would
retire from the meat business and
lot Antonio go. The jew was obdurate |;
nothing but pound OF Antonio's
flesh, and an outside piece at that, would
satisfy him. He produced a buicher-knife
| In court, and began to whef II on the stove
| hearth, and 30 show he meant business
| The Squire had sent 10 Padua for n
| learned doctor Of laws land the laws need.
cd doctoring pretty badly If they allowed
| "A man 10 take 10 out Of debtor In that
| wayl 10 determine the case, which was one
! Of considerable interest, especially 70 An
| tonic. The learned doctor pleaded Illness,
and sent another doctor more learned than
himself, and better doctored, whom he
recommended. This latter, on his arrival,
was admitted to the court, and on &C.
count Of his exceedingly youthful appear.
ance was derided by a lot of shysters
from the Police Court, who filled the best
! seats
The case was plain one. The bond
was produced in court and told It's own
story. Antonio confessed 30 II, and IL was
evident that he was liable TO leave that
courtroom lighter by pound, The
learned doctor told Shylock that he must
| be mcrciful. but Shylock said he didn't
! have To. Then the doctor reminded him
that the quality Of mercy was not strained,
| no strainer having been invented at that
time for anything but new milk. He said
that Antonio must pay the forfeit IL the
| Jew refused mercy--no power In Venice
could alter the decree Shylock cried out
In the very ecstacy of Joy; A Daniel
come to judgmentl-yea, very Daniel!"
on account OF the striking resemblance
between the learned doctor and Daniel
Rice.
The doctor told Antonio he must bare
his breast Shylock brandishcd his knife
iiendishly, eager to carve. He even had
pair of scales in the pocket OF his linen
duster to weigh The flesh with, SO perfect
were his arrangements for making the al.
fair success. He acknowledged that he
had neglected 10 have n surgeon ready 10
stop the bleeding, because 1t wasn't SO
nominated In the bond"
Antonio had lost all his money. and
having seen enough to realize that life
n