The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-24
MAURUS JOKAI

Boy" cried he to the musician. take
/ this log by one end. With II we will lift
| the door from its hinges"
II am ready for IL.
The gypsy was a little fellow, but every
/ lrch OF him was like iron. Manassell took
/ hold of one end Of the beam and the
/ gypsy OF the other. 1t thus became a
/ Roman battering ram.
! The Seeker Stone did not resound
/ more from the cannon roar than did the
/ iron door from the blows with the beam.
\ Miraculous that they were not heard
above. But those above who did hear
the noise; they had something else to
1 hear. A Wild. confused. indescribable
1 noise ragged through the streets of SCENT
| gyorgy, Of which the men in the cellar
4 heard nothing.
| little man ran with the beam against
the iron door. It yielded.
| The iron door Is open now. The door
| Of the cellar entrance could be pushed
/ Here. sir, hold on, hold on cried the
gypsy, clinging to Manasseh's hand.
What do you want now?
Wait until go into the yard and look
around. will steal a stray gun for
Il have no time to walt, said Manas-
| sch, pushing him away. Il do not need
stolen gun run He who cones rst to
!. which will then belong to me, end thei,'
/ proprietor to hell Then | VIII rush
| wherever I see men, and crush them.
Even through hell will force my way 20
/ my wife,"
| With this he, all alone, hurled the pom
! derous beam with such force against the
cellar door that one wing Of the same
| Immediately broke open. He then rushed
| up the ssirs. with his hands uplifted, and
| the ten fingers curved like the claws of
an eagle. ready to ct into the victim.
This was Manasseh Adorjan no more
Be silent, voice Of human love- despair.
Cnatfad ran ~ har n tssf4
| Christian patience! Fly. you angels
which surrour man and watch over
| him. The most ferocious of wild animals
| has escaped from its cage--a man who
has heard his wife's cry for help! He is
human being no more: no more the
image Of God, but only man. the
image of the lion.
Whoever loves his life, let him fee be-
But even at this moment the fury of
Manasseh Gained before a mightier force.
A glance was sum ci4nt to explain what
had taken place. An invading army of
Honveds had routed the forces Of Dur
banu, 5nd Incidentally saved Toroczko.
| In the street, fugitives were running by
shouting and pushing one another down
The eight cannon Numbered continually
| from the summit of the Seeker Stone;
sky rockets, sending brilliant streams In
| all directions, fell In wide arch into
/ the valley. admOnishing the fugitives who
| ned to Gyertyamos. Kapolna and Bedillo
| burning village offered no refuge.
Manaseh started out into the chaos like
one bewildered, or Ike a somnambulist.
Before him were smoke and flames;
through the street the wind drove the
| sparks. which were heaped together like
| fiery cloud; round about resounded the
cracking of burning logs, and all this
sounded as when, at the end Of a final
DRAMATIC scene. great actor Is applaud
ed by thousands Of people.
The stormy events Of this fateful day:
these changes contrasting with and an
nulling one another: these wild passions
surprise which had overtaken him; In
short, all the incredible things which.
notwithstanding, were realities, weighed
so heavily upon Manassehs soul that ne
felt stunned.
His arms were still stiff from the exer-
ton of that extraordinary strength which
had enabled him to break the doors of
his prison; mis- brain still glowed with
had prepared himself for murderous
| deeds; that terrible picture by means
| OF which his blood had been infamed.
still stood before his Imagination: and
which came as a thank-offering for his
miraculous salvation, and his broad,
strong breast trembled invountarily.
The mansion was burning. All church,
es were In flames; now and then bell
resounded as the beams of the burning
steeple fell upon it. And what made the
catastrophe still more appalling was the
fact that no human voice was heard No
gled with this fiendish music. The eie-
ment Of destruction reigned supreme; the
Inhabitants had all fed
Well sir, said the musician, 'let us
leave this bed of destruction. You go
into the deserted church and look for
Diurbann's horse; l will go into the field
and look for Diurbanu himself The
peasant who passed an hour ago said he
had both legs broken by cannon ball.
Here are two pistols and The simitar.
Well, don't you want them? Then give
them to me-" 1917
The gypsy was happy to have all these
weapons remain in his possession; he
he had brought up from the cellar,
stuck the murderous weapons into 1t,
and covered them with his cloak
But let us hasten, for they might
come back" -,
Manasseh dismissed the musician and
went quietly into the deserted church.
1t is situated at some distance from
the mansion. 1t is a meaningless editice;
1t Is not ruin, but consists of four
naked walls, upon which there had never
been roof, and which had never been
plastered 1t was designed for a church,
the erection OF which had been interrupt
ed. When Manasseh stepped between the
four bare walls, his first thought was
that in this church no human voice had
ever beer lifted up to God
III TINS sacred SOllIuue ne was inspired
With awe which he could not Danish. II
was the rebuke of his regained soul, be-
cause he had for one moment doubted
the Justice of God. He felt the imme-
date nearness of the spirit which had
once spoken from thOrnbdSh, who eff
fects His miracles through the human
heart and h imam theuhgts, and who had
manifested himself at the very moment
when He had been doubled.
He leaned against the wall and wept
This was his Offering of thanksgiving.
The little gypsy had quick understand
ing AMI keen sight. He calculated cor
rectly that Diurbanu, with his broken
foot, would not drag himself over the
burning fields. and that he could have
chosen no othe.. path but the ditch which
was overgTown with tall grass. and by
means of which the meadows were irri-
gated. Here then, he noticed, with his
falcon eyes, man gliding with great
difficulty on his knees. and who with one
hand used his sheathed sword as a
crutch, while with the other he cleared
his path Of stones and reeds.
When this man noticed that somebody
was following him on the bank of the
ditch he lay down at full length so as
to hide himself in the weeds
But the gypsy had seen him. When he
came near the crippled man. he began to
thrum on the strings of his violin.
"Diurbanu! Now you may tell me your
favorite melody. l will play 1t for you,
and you may dance"
When the fugitive recognized the per-
son approaching him, he raised his head