Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1879-05-29
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AN UNCOMMON SPECTaE


The ancient castle Of WcinSt 'ir. .r ?,
upper Rhine, was, as cycryb ...g
inhabited in the autumn of Is by %
powerful Baron Kalbsbratcn, be-, ,n,a
lis Old Twenty Flasks, soubrYu.t "a
rived trom his reputcd daily cty.n t
the product of the vineyard. ~. Ia.
had many other admirable qua anes. l
was 4 genial, whole-soulrd, puU'..-...
ed gentleman, and robbed, ari.t.
burned, pilagrd, and drove NJ .. .t.
sides Of the Wcinstrin his ncic .
tie, wives, and sisters, with a l.i.. .
hommie that won for him the ..'..
esteem of his contemporaries,
One evening the good Baron -.' .,u
in the great hall Of Wcmstein p G.
ticuIarly happy mood. IIchad E..'
us WAS his habit, and twenty ....
ties stood before him in ro. ....
table, like train of delightful r.u.
Of the past. But the Baron haI .4..
reason to he satisfied with him 'u...
world. The consciousness Il r
that day become II low ren #. .uI#
countcnancc with Il tender gap ..r,u.
wine can not impart.
"What ho! without! Hi! s -,,.'
he presently shouted IN tone .t .uM
the twenty bottles ring as if .., v.
musical glasses, while score .N.. "
his ancestors armor hanging angni
walls gave ont in ACCOMPANYING. IT,.
metallic bass. The Sencscha ra. ,rn,'
ily at his side.
"Scnesccal, " said Old Twerrv rua
''you gave me to understand IT, nn rt
r0n,ss was doing fnely?"
81 am told replied the Sarn-.'u.
that her ladyship is doing %, wc0
could be expected "
The Baron muscd in silence w % N,
ment, abscntly regarding the empty bo.
ties, you gave me to undc HuJ' b
continued, that there were
Four said the Senescha, g.aye'y
"a am ercdibly informed tina here no,
four, all boys. >"
That, exclaimed the Bas9n, w..h
glow Of honest pride, bringing % Drawn,
fist down upon the table-"Thpt, u .ua,.
days, when the abominable doctrines
Malthus are gaining ground AMONG o
upper classes, is what call c-rDrruH.
crcditahlc, by st. Christoper, .. 30.
it," His eyes rested again OF r aru
bottles. 81 think, Seneschal,
after a brief pause, that III ..
cumstances we may venture
Nothing could be more %
proper" rcioined the Senesct rll
fetch another flask forthwith, u %. .t
best. What says your Exec na.y 90 ,ht
vintage of l30T, the year of tur metg'
But" hesitated the Baron. toying
with his mustachc, 81 unders l.i youat,
say that there were four { n fow
boys?"
"Tme, my lord, " replied the Seneschal
catching the idea with the readiness of a
well traircd domestic; 81 will fetch foul
more TASKS"
As the excellent retainer deposited foul
fresh bottles upon the table within the ra.
dius of the Baron's reach, he casually re.
marked:
"A plous old man, a traveller, is in the
castle yard, my lord, seeking shelter and
a supper. He comes from beyond the Alps,
and fares toward Cologne"
81 presume" sand the Baron, with an
air of Indifference, "tnat he has been duly
searched for plunder."
'He passed this morning." replied the
retainer, through the domain of your
well-bom cousin, Count Conrad of Schwin.
kenicls. Your lordship will readily un.
derstand that he has nothing now save a
few beggarly Swiss coins of copper"
"My worthy cousin Conrad" exclaimed
the Baron, aftectionately. at is the one
great misfortune of my life that live to
the leeward of Schwinkenfels. But you
relieved the pious man of his copper?"
MY lord, said the Seneschal, with an
apolcgetic smile, sit was not worth the
taking"
"Now, by my SOUL" roared the Baron,
you exasperate me. Coin and not worth
the taking! Perhaps not for its intrinsic
value, but you should have cleaned him
out as q matter of principle, you fooll"
The Seaeschal hung his head and NUT
tered an explanation. At the same time
he opOned the twenty-frst bottle.
Never" continued the Baron, less vio-
lently but still severely, "if you value my
esteem and your own paltry skin, suffer
yourself to be swerved hairs breadth
from principle by the apparent insignif-
cance of the boot. A conscientious atten-
tion to details is one of the fundamental
elements Of prosperous career-in fact,
underies all political economy"
The withdrawal of the cork from the
twenty-second bottle emphasized this SEN
timent.
However," the Bnron went on, some
what Modified, "this is not a day on
which | can consistently make a fuss over
a trihe, Four, and all boysp This is a
glorious day for Weinstein. Open the
two remaining tasks, senesehal, and show