The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-03-05
Tzech Tlchanan.
AN OLD POLISH LOVE STORY, TRANSLATED
PROM THE GERMAN OF sACuER- MAsOCH
BY GAY Way.

II was on the day Of the Carnival
when fun, and even pretty rough fun,
was INDUCED in, that drunken officer
Of the kings army staggered through
the Jewish quarter Of Cracow. 1t was
with difficulty he kept his feet; and oc-
casionaliy, as he went along singing in
an unsteady voice or loudly cursing the
Hebrews, he would enter merchants
stall and phil its trembling occupant ont
into the street and strike him with the
fiat OF his heavy sword. His hatred for
the Jews, which had been inaugmatcd
and augmented by service under lIct-
man Bogdan Ehmielnitzk, in the
Ukraine and in Galioia, where thousands
OF that unfortunate race had been mer-
cilessly hutchcred, turned, however, to
brutal liking for their wives AID their
daughters when they appeared. To
these he displayed his gallantry by pull
ing away the irontlets OF such ny came
within his reach, or by tearing the
silk caitan that enyeloped some pretty
form. He would catch II trembling
Jewess roughly by the arm and pollute
with his brandy laden lips the sweet,
red, pleading mouth innocontly turned
up to him, and before he would leave
the frightened creature go would slap
her tender face with hs big, rough hands
and cry: "You are pale Rebecca, but
will paint your pretty cheeks"
The Jews feared this brute, not for
himself, but for the troops he could call
10 him in moments time, and for tho
harm he could do through them.
He staggered here and there, and at
last came to tho house Of the merchant
prince, Jonas. Here the door was sud
denly closed upon him and locked; but
Luna, the pretty daughter Of Jonas, was
unfortunate enough to show her face,
Just beginning to bear the beauty of
young womauhood, aud the man had III
Btantly formed an idea. In moment
he was Mt the window, where he hnj
seen for mn Instant thu frightened face.
Luna, trembling with fear, hid herself
behind some bales Of merchandise
Without moments hesitation the be-
sotted Poie broke in the window, and,
crawling through the sash and tramp
ling under foot the PROSTATE form Of the
merchant, caught Luna 10y her long,
black, silkcn hair, and dragged her,
half-fainting, toward the well.
"Tll christen you," shrieked the
drunken brute "and then, by the mr.
rows of holy Sebastian, you'll DO my
wifeW
away away from his violence T.
cried the Jews in tho streets and from
their windows.
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aud woa about Ia throw bor into fine
deem free1;no wafer when with n
startling CIV youn1 man Of twenty
dashed ont If the crowd mud rushing
toward Tho ia;nting Girl clnsncd her
about the waist and tore her from tho
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