Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-25

-, 80 tfAss oAt L. strong and brave,
700 she has her own herd. her nnrfion
yet 81. Our people In I'D mohninins
uv M IKE u.s. but They could not do
VI l, icrcse. She Is worth more than
al their dogsr
JUMP 'i' ''s'r uoss'
m, Yes, sir; for she has killed many bcen.
~ sls GOAT IS from the pelt Of one, sir.
She can do that, too. sir.o nakiin- iii
head toward the artists portfolio THE
popa lpresD Of Krwan. our winter Mi.
'"ge, taught her that, sir. long aeo /"
=, AMI Where Is 1etcse now r. asked
he5r Paulus with deep interest.
On you VIII see her before we reach
ava. Every fourth day she knows / AM
y, mn IRON Cracow, and she comes 10
the Intras craE and WIVES me Welcome
back II Is many miles from DC road
NY you will see where she nlwaye stands
We are not happy, sir, this way. BY and
foreign land"
m, They We're Just entering the town Of
,lhurdosin, aud while Iura was busy with
" taIt9rs dulles there, Herr Paulus
street N'ssp' ''N
!, The only sign Of life was found in the
httiee de@chments of mounted Austrian
soldleiy, charging here and there in their
brutal quests for Struggling exiled Jews.
70 nerd aud drive them on. These NM
lorlLel tyrants are eyerywhere They ac.
Von'pahs every coach. They billet them
selves at inns. They enter the home NJ
WIZ: and by their goddess presence in
Haiicia snlly every sanctuary and pollute
every shrine. They swarm among ail
'idsses, ~ every possible guise and form
/ o. SOY, comprising more than one-twen.
Teeth Of Austrian Poland's entire ponuln.
tun, until IN GAlicia the very air d, snid
to listen. Herr Paulus Tor lie fret
| time. found himself hating the soldiery
OF his own great emperor,
lie WIS standing before bakers win.
| dow interested in an odd form of cal
lclan bread fashioned in imitation of lie
/ crown or lhorns, In general use during Inc
iehteh period, Wuen he noticed a most dol
orous object trembling beside MIN. II
was russian Polish dew. ragged. vast
/ ed, wan and very, very old. Herr paulus
had seen longing, hunger and hopelessness
/ on many faces before, but never upv-
| thing 50 pathetic and terrible as In this
one blahcAed and quivcring countepnnrp.
Az lhls moment 4 beyy of soldiers
| cianked by. Some turned. glanced al
the venerable hglre and cursed. One
said with an oath:
He viii draw the loayes the win.
dow through, with that noscw
IF the loaf (crown Of thnrnsl was his
! pnnnch therein, II should cut with blood
| his carcass throuehm snecrcd another.
| "Ach! shouted tho brayost Of them
| al|, as he charged his horse 10 the old
/ mans side in seeming frenzy Of rage.
/ while the artist feared he would strike
him down. But he did not. He simply
| spat IN his face, calling him Jew
| dog. Earth rotl' nnd names far
! henstlier still. Then the valiant solliers
/ turned ana went merrly away.
! In fear Of HE life, the jew dared not
| remove the iroth toulness from his face.
/ Herr Paulus had done Il for him. his
! own face liyld with Indignation and rage.
before the soldiey had reached the
market place
This poor stranded old human. He
brew Leopold, had been Jewish tencher
for more than half century IN Russian
| Snndomir; had been knouted out of his
home 10y GOssacss, his feeble wife and
two others, u daughter and her babe,
ecourgcd with him across the Austrian
frontier TO Crac0w. The helpless Old wife
had persisted from fright and fatigue.
The half-cra2ed old man had been sep,
arated from the other exies In the hord-
ing and driving southwark, aud now
stood here palsicd from age and cruclties,
dnzed as u country babe lost 10 the hurt
and thunderings Of great city.
Herr Paulus led him into the bake
shop for food and thcn into a wine-shop.
where he pressed litte wine upon him
while longing Tor the first and only time
10 gll bis life 20 be a Rothsuhill. with a
Rothschild's power 10 compel even eW-
pcrors 10 sue for mercy, until mercy was
shown his race aud kind
But Jum was calling and he must co.
Leaning over The piteous wreck with
aheeIy parting words, he endcnyored
to place n trile Of coin within his hands
Old Leopold pushed it away. but grnsped
his skirts su2pllcatingly, CRYING out.
NO, no; ] have no need of that
and then as II sure a blow would fol-
low, but he must still know; "Are-arJ
you Chrisuany
YES, yes-Ach, Gottl but mover Tx,
these again. Soon shall ! hate the word
forever This with n wild sweep Of his
clenchcd fist in the direction Of the dc
parting soldiery.
Then may we meet IA happiness where
the one God knows no sect nor racer
came quiverngly from the old man't
CHASTITY lips.
amen and amen"
This was their meeting and their part
ing for the time
Jura was waiting end they BOWED
along the stone highway ut n lively pace
Turning from a shadowy detle Tito Ii,
open plain Just before Arva is gained
from the north, Jura halted his horse
and with Joyous Now you shall 90,
where Teresa Is standing!" eprang from
the cart, pulled from the Whortleberry
copse beside the road a long, 1.-THE pole
and. after tying TO it white handker
chief, stood upon the cart-seat with III,
artist beside HIM Shading his hand
for a moment ns he looked with almost
savage intensity at a little outjutting
patch Of rock like CLINT ~ puco ngainsl
| the far and purply -emprail Aeiglls, he
exclaimed;
eThere-thero! Sect"
Herr paulus SAW something Like the
white wing Of q polsing bird against the
upper mountain side.
"Wait! Now you viii see II dir
thrice" Then the lad repeated solomnly
Tie Father: the Son; the Holy SPIRIT
right then to tho left, and then 10 the
right again.
Jura had removed his cap. and the art
iyt insilncliyely uncovered his lead Now
Jura's signal dipned thrice. like that upon
the heights. This was followed Herr
Paulus noticed. by both signals falling
outward and toward each other. and he
heard Jura breathe soft Amen"
lie touching little signal and prayer
was meant, the artist drew from the
lad al they resumed their Journey, as q
blessing bF sister and brother upon eaci
other. and that cach might know qhai
iii was well. and. though apart. Tel
prayers npd hearts were one.
Then Herr panlus told Jura IN simple
words Of bis wish 70 come among ths
Iatras folk. and Jpra PROMISED 70 guide
Inn a part Of the way along the heights
the neat morning
,But bow will they know that ] should
be welcomed; that an your friend Z
askod the artist, anxicpsly. II care 10 ~