Smyrna times., 1901-07-24
MARRIAGE AT
THE SCAFFOlD
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oror 100 wears was under the power oI |
.ho English. there once lived a bache-
~ 1osse Dullart, who had come there
,ocarry on business. He was a native of
poilloul-en- -Flandre, well qualified to Sc
.rro for the London merchants the wool
~ which the Flemish weavers make
.hoir various materials and to derive
an honest profit from each. Naturally,
bocause of his commercial subtlety and
because of the pleasant and comforta-
be life which came to him in conse-
ouOnce. our man became exposed to the
ioaIouses and i'll will of the other
tradesmen. English for the most part.
He did not know it, since the hypO-
critics allowed nothing to become evil
dent but. on the contrary, made every
pndeayor to present an agreeable eX-
terror to him, so as not to compromise
IN the least the slight advantages which
accrued to them through his kindliness.
Nevertheless they decided to ruin him
and TO that end contrived a device so
black and so wicked that Sir Satan
himself in his demOniacal mind could
not have imagined a better. In pursu-
ance Of the scheme one of them secret
" concealed in the house of Josse Dull
lart leather bag containing a sum of
l00livres sterling in gold crowns. Hav-
Ing done this, he went to the criminal
magistrate with two comrades as wit
nesSes to accuse his colleague of hav-
ing robbed him.
At that remote period there had not
yet appeared under the canopy of heav-
en- any of the impudent sharpers, slug
CARDS and swindlers who in the course
Of time have shamelessly said and writ
ten that ownership means theft, and
the money earned by some is so much
lost by others, with the sole intent that
they may pI1 everything into confu-
sion and be able easily to slip into their
purses that which is anOCher's.
The world has indeed heard of much
folly and seen many iniquities, but not
that and human justice, which had nev-
G known Of any jesting upon the mat
ter, would have hung their like high
and in short order, dealing with them
precisely as she would with veritablC
robbers.
Who was amazed at seeing the pO
hceman Of the provostship invade his
home, ransack his Golfers and chests
produce from them a sack of gold OF
which he knew nothing and a lega
clerk take down disquieting notes G.
the affair in his illegible scrawl? /
was the i'll fated Dullart.
The poor fellow strove with thein =
vain, vOwing to God his innocence. b;:
words could not prevail against deeA-
NOW, he could not explain how til
sack, the evidence of his crime. h;;'
come into his possession, whence it +,
lowed that the innocent man was cc.
demned to the halter as if he had bee
q guilty.
Ihe affair, however, let loose in =.
uproar all the devils Of Calais. Thin
n Oh ia great merchant, with a houS
Oh Gis own, convicted of common lai
4 Ceny, like vulgar rascal!
IN the end the populace. while
4 was not privy to the plot laid by ha'
n uO1eh arrant rogues. was nevertheless
not mlStrustful. 1t rather inclined
n ,d'Or OF the pitiable citizen of Ballet
oS' This without taking into consi'
eIauOh the peasants on the Outskirr
u tue town, who were French. not ha'
ing been expelled from their firesiC
u j! the conquerOrs, as had been IL
n p0or commoners of the city, and wi
n Id'ed all the English within their bO
ders.
30 1t may be said that the thror
"nlch swarmed about the streets al
uVsSways on the day when Dulla
"ss 10 De taken to the gibbet entertai
~ more compassion for him than de-
.On above all, if you take into a
Ount The fact that he was young, go'
livery respect and of a prepossessil
appearance.
om the Jail to the gallows Jos
a'Aeu with bowed head by the si
WhO CnJOlntu nlIl W
.OEe mat he was about to pass into
Se''er world. He did not glance at
hsle person, so great was the shaI
.elt on account of the filthy mischi
n, "nlch he was accused. 1t was on
=, "uea he had ascended the first roun
st. sne fatal ladder, having the co
MS neck, that below the soldit
S'upeu around the base of the GLIB
III az perceived the crowd and recogniz
~1os s them a fair young woman 4
"a n III happier days he had conce
lender and violent passion.
Va, Tue sight Of her he experienced
so'a o more poignant sorrow at leaving
tro,a and 50 painfully an exister
noL winch he had expected to der
raI,l, aTn delicate felicltles. And then,
i"su l. by sudden reminiscence a
D bs = natural instinct for preseryati
a, san to cry out with all his mig
0sSe' LOyse. by God the Fatl