Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-22

''Lead him forth! Let him be crucifedP'
cried the rabbis together. "We will hear
him no longer"
Then Lazarus led his son away from them,
| and left them talking together and shaking
their heads:and waggiDg their filthy boards.
| And in the vision the scene changed. The
chamber with its Pickering lamp and black
| table and all the men who were In 1t grew
| dim and faded away, and in its place there
| was dim inner court, between high houses
| upon which only the windows of the house
| OF Lazarus opened. There, upon the ground
stood g lantern of horn, and the soft yellow
| light of IL fell upon two pieces of wood,
! nailed one upon the other, to form small
croSs-small, indeed. but yet tall enough and
broad enough to bear the slight burden of
the boys fraiI body. And beside it stood
Lazarus and Levi, the Short-handed, the
strong rabbis, holding Simon Abeles between
them. On the ground lay pieces Of cord,
ready, wherewith to bind him to the cross,
for they held it unlawful to shed his blood
It was soon done. The two men took up
the cross and set it, with the body hanging
thereon, against the wall of the narrow
court, over against the house of Lazarus.
Thou mayest still repent-during this
night" said the father, holding up the horn
lantern and looking into his sons tortured
face.
'Ay-there is yet time" said Levi, bru-
tally. "He will not die so soon."
Lord, into Thy hands l commend my
spirit" said the weak voice once more.
Then Lazarus raised his hand and struck
him once more on the mouth, as he had done
on that first night when he had seized him
near the church. But Levi, the Short
handed, as though in wrath at seeing all his
torments fail, dealt him one heavy blow just
where the ear Joins the neck, and it was over
at last A radiant smile of peace fIckered
over the pale face, the eyelids quivered and
closed, the head fell forward upon the breast
and the martyrdom of Simon Abeles was
consummated-
Into the dark courts came the rabbis, one
by one, from the inner chamber, and each as
he came took up the horn lantern and held
il to the dead face ard smiled and spoke a
few low words in the Hebrew tongue, and
then went out into the street, until only
Lazarus and Levi were left alone with the
dead BODY. Then they debated what they
should do, and for time they went into the
house and refreshed themselves with food
and wine, and eomforted each other, we'll
knowing that they had done an evil deed.
And they came back when it was late and
wrapped the body in the coarse cloth and
carried it out stealthily and buried it in the
Hebrew cemetery, and departed again to
their own houses.
"And there he lay" said Unorns, "the
bov of your race who was faithful to death.
Have you suffered7 Have you for one short
hour known the meaning of such great
words as you dared to speak TO me? Do
you know now what it means to be martyr,
10 suffer for what you believe, to perish in
your suferings? You are standing on the
very spot where he lay, you have felt in
some small degree part of what he must
have felt. You live. Be warned. If you
again anger me your life shall not be spared
you."
The visitors had all vanished. Again the
wilderness Of grsvestones and lean, crooked
trees appeared, wild and desolate as before.
The Wanderer reused himself and saw Unor-
na standing beside Israel Kafka's prostrats
body. As though suddenly released from
spell, ne sprang forward and knelt down,
trying to revive the unconscious man by
rubbing his hands aud chatting his temples.
Note.-The deeds here described were done
in Prague on the 2lst day OF February, In the
year 1894 Lazarus and his accomplice, Levi
Kurtzhandel, or Brevimanus. or the Short.
handed" were betrayed by their own people.