THE TIMES NEW BLOOto FIELD, PA., NOVEMDEll 1C, 1881.
The Bride's Fortune.
A PLEASANT BTOHY.
AN OLD man was riding leisurely
along the highway. He was droM
wl In a rusty suit of homespun, and
wery article of his attire was of a cor
VeBpondlng kind.
Huddenly a group of mounted soldiers
vame down the road. At sight of the
pedestrian they halted, and the leader
exclaimed, roughly,
" Hullo, old man, out with your pa
Vera. You know I suppose, our empe
vor's orders are that no one In this dis
trict can travel a lengue without them."
"But I am not a traveler. I am only
visiting my estates.1'
"11a, ha 1 your estates 1 That Is good!
Oome now, show me your pass at onoe,
or I shall arrest you in the emperor's
name."
"As I did not bring It with me, jou
will have to do as you please In the mat
ter. The good emperor shall never hear
that he hus a disobedient subject In
Josef Weyer."
"You talk falr,old man, but you must
vome along. Fall lu line. Carl, keep
uu eye on the prisoner."
The judge before whom the old man
was taken being very busy, ordered the
new-comer to be put In prison until he
could attend to his case. Being of an
active turn of mind, Herr Weyer soon
made himself a general favorite by lend
ing ft belpliiK liund to everything that
was to be done.
One day he was busily engaged in
cleaning a window when an astonished
voice souuded behind him, "Do my
eyes Bee falsely, or am I right In what
I think-that it Is the good Herr Weyer
engaged In such ft remarkable busi
ness y"
"You see truly, my son. Time hangs
heavy on idle hands, bo I do the work
which comes iirst In my way. You see
I came from home without my pass,and
the soldiers arrested me."
"Th villains!" ejaculated his won
ileriug listener, "to lay hands on one
who could, I daresay, buy and sell the
whole army."
"They were not to blame. One must do
that which seems to be his duty," was
the philosophic answer.
"And I'll soon do mine; which is to
see that you are released within au hour.
I aril known here and my word will be
taken."
The young man turned to go, but
Josef laid his hand upon his arm, and
fixed his eyes earnestly on his face.
"My good friend," be said, "I would
well like to hear your name before you
start on your kindly Intentioned errand.
You seem to know me well, and it is a
rare stroke of good luck that you do ;
but I cannot recall that I have ever be
fore luid eyes upon your face allbelt it is
truly an houest and well favored counte
nance." "I am the son of one of your tenants,
and right glad I am to make some small
return to you this day for the many fa
vors you have extended to my father
who is Rudolph Kline, of the valley
farm in Szentes."
"So you come of that worthy man's
stock, do you V and your own name
is "
"It is Rudolph, nfter my father. But
if it pleases you to excuse me now.I must
at once go and make known to the au
thorities their great mistake, or I shall
be too late, and the end of this day will
still see you a prisoner, instead of on
your way to your home and family."
"Go, then, my son, and may your er
rand be successful. Meanwhile I will
endeavor to finish my work."
Thus speaking, the old man turned
again to the polishing of the window;
and in that trifling action was sounded
the key-note to one of the most eccen
tric but successful of lives.
He was Josef Weyer, the peasant
uillionaire of Szentes, Hungary a man
who had originally been a small farmer,
but by untiring industry and thrift, and
by judiolous investments in cattle and in
' in land, he had come to possess an enor
mous income, although clinging to his
primitive peasant dress and to the simple
habits of hia early life.
He was boou releaed, and upon the
fcack of his favorite horse, that had
been returned to him in good condition
was again riding along the highway on
lils homeward route.
Two or three yearsafter the occurrence
of this episode in the life of Josef Weyer
he had started out for ft visit ta some of
his tenants. '--V, . '
His way led through a narrow lane,
and as he went along his attention was
attracted by the sound of vehement sobs
and moans.
A young girl had sought the sylvan
retreat, and had evidently feared no
intrusion ; for she had thrown herself
down beside a cluster of field lillies,and,
face downward, was crying as though
her heart would break.
The old man stood a moment in doubt,
whether to speak to her or pass by and
leave her undisturbed. But the Bound
of her despairing grief touched his heart
and he felt he must do something, If It
lay in his power, to console her, and so
mild, "What's the matter, little maldV
Smiles are fitter thau tears for the
young."
Hue sprang up like a startled fawn,
aud stood confronting him with wide,
frightened eyes.
"Fear not," he Bald. "Who knows
but I urn one of the fairy folk from
yonder hilly spot, where It is said they
gather t If It be so. I can, maybe help
you in your trouble."
"Oh, if you could !" she said, with a
happy light driving away the lurking
look of mistrust from her great dark
eyes. "I'll tell you all about it, and
then you can let me know If you can do
anything."
The old man had spoken In jest not
thinking but that the girl knew him ;
but seeing the Innocent confidence with
which his words had Inspired iter, he
suffered the delusion to coutluue, and
listened at first with an intention of do
lug her good, if he could do so just out
of an impulse of compassiou ; but after
the first few words that fell from her
lips he felt an interest to help her for
another and personal reason.
"I have lost my lover," she Bald wip
ing the tears from her eyes. "His peo
pie say that I am too poor to come into
their family, and that if It were not for
his love for me Rudolph might have
married the richest farmer's daughter
hereabouts. But, alas ! I have not a
gulden to my name, and must take ser
vice to earn my living, now that my
father Is dead."
"So your faithless lover's name Is Ru
dolph, is it ?"
"Oh t do not call him that; he is as
true as steel. But I would be the first to
forbid his coming to court me, now that
his parents have forbidden it. I would
not draw down upon him the curse for
disobedience to one's father aud moth
er." "That is well said," was the approv
ing answer; "but dry your tears. I
promise you all shall yet be right. Tell
me Kudolph'B last name r1"
" It Is Kline, aud his folks live yonder
in that nicely paluted farm house with
the lilacs In front of It. See?"
"Yes, yes, I see. Now run home, lit
tle one, aud give yourself no trouble.
Look as pretty as you can, and not grow
pale with crying. Then when your
lover comes hastening along the green
lane to see you, he'll think you are like
one of the pretty posies, and he will be
glad to gather you to his heart and wear
you there all his life. But what is your
name V"
"Ilalka Ladislaus," she said shyly,
dropping a graceful little courtesy, and
turning to go away in obedience to his
command. She never once looked
back lest it should oflend the kind and
wouderful representative of the fairy
folk who had evidently a great deal of
power, or he never would have spoken
with so much authority.
The old man theu, went to the "nicely-painted
farm house," where Halka's
lover lived.
A sharp faced and sharp voiced wo
man met him at the door ; but she was
profuse in her expressions of welcome
as she invited him in.
After an interchange of civilities 'the
conversation gradually took a turn to
wards family matters, led in that direc
tion by the visitor. He listened patient
ly to the mother's loquacious praise of
her two elder sons of their thrift and
good management and other virtues, ex
pecting to hear Rudolph's name at the
last. But he was evidently the black
sheep. There were no commendations
for him. He was not once mentioned.
"And how Is it with the son you call
Rudolph V" he asked at last quietly.
"He did me a good turn once and seemed
a likely Bort of lad at that time."
"So he was until he lost his head
about Ilalka, the old professor's daugh
tera girl without enough guldens to
bury herself decently with If she
should happen to die."
"Then the lad has fallen in love with
a weakling, has he ? I thought he had
too much the look of good sense about
him to do such a foolish" thing."
"iso sucu good iucki llama's as
straight and strong as a young pine sap
ling, and is as red and white as cherries
and milk. No, no, she'll live long
enough."
"men Bne won't need burial money
yet awhile," said Josef, with a sly chuck
le at the trap Frau Kline had inadvert
ently fallen into. "Let me see Halka
Ladislaus where have I come across
that name V Ah, I know. My good
woman, your boy knows which side of
his bread is buttered 1 That little girl
is an heiress, though she doesn't know
It herself. 1 he day she's married, to
my certain knowledge, she is to have
farm and a herd of cows and oxen."
"You do not really mean it 1" was the
surprised answer. " Well, I always did
like Halka, only you see, Herr Weyer,
if a young couple marry they must have
something to live on."
"Yes, I see," was the ready answer;
"and you are & sensible woman to look
so carefully for the future. Now, good
day, and good fortune, until t see you
again; and mind, if you happen to see
little Halka, not a word about what I
have told you. It's a secret between
you and me. Now, where shall I find
your husband V
"In the far Held with the oxen. If you
like, I'll give ft blast on the horn that'll
bring him."
"No; I'll go to him. I like the smell
of the new mown hay in the meadow
which lies between."
Rudolph's mother watched Josef until
he was out of sight. Then she hastened
into the house and packed a basket of
home-made dainties against Rudolph's
coming in from his work.
What was his astonishment when his
mother said, "I've been thinking a deal
about what escaped my Hps about
you and Halka, and I'm sorry for It.
She's a poor, lone girl, and I ought not
to stand in the way of her happiness.
Take these things to her as a peace-ofTer-lug,
and say that I'll make her a good
mother In-law, if she has a fancy to
marry my boy."
Before the words were hardly out of
her Hps the astonished woman found
herself lifted from the floor and hugged
and kissed by her sou until he was out
ot breath. Theu Rudolph caught up
the basket and hastened away in the
same frantic manner, leaving his moth
er hardly knowing whether to be angry
or rejoiced at his unusual demonstratlve
ness. The consciousness that a selfish mo
tlve had been at the root of her apparent
kindness had somewhat poisoned the
pleasure which Rudolph's gratitude had
caused to stir within her heart.
As my be expected, Rudolph soon
made his peace with Halka or, rather,
made matters smooth between his moth
er and his fiancee, and It was not many
weeks before a wedding feast was pre
pared for them, and the neighbors came
from far and wide to attend the festivi
ties. The most honored guest was their
laudlord, and It gave him great amuse
ment to see the wondering look of pret
ty Halka wheu she saw him make his
nppearance.
But when a little later he produced a
deed for a nice farm made out In her
name, and added to it a gift of money
and of cattle, she went up to him and
whispered, with happy tears in her
bright eyes. "You have Indeed been
like a fairy godfather to me, but It is
the kindness of your own heart that
has done this. How cau I ever thank
you enough V
"One good turn deserves another, lit
tle Ilalka, and that stout young husband
of yours has a pair of sharp eyes that
once did me service. But mind, you
are to keep silent about what I say. A
discreet woman should know how to
hold her tongue."
"I know not how much I may merit
to be considered 'discreet,' but I will
certainly be obedient," Bald Halka, mod
estly, "and shall do Just as you say and
I shall love you all my life only next to
Rudolph, and to my dear old father,
who would have been so glad to know
that his Halka Is so happy."
"And you may be sure he does know
it," said Josef, rising hastily and going
towards his wife who Just theu made
her appearance from another room.
His heart was very tender, and Halka's
words had brought a moisture to his
eyes which he was anxious to conceal.
In after years Halka's children were
frequeut visitors at his home. He and
his wife had not been blessed with chil
dren, and thus was filled a blank in his
life which his vast wealth had not been
able to satisfy.
In time they became his heirs.
An Interesting Suit for Damages.
The Elmlra Gazette reports the follow
lug: A case has just been tried at the ad.
journed term of the Steuben Circuit Court
at Bath, that has excited widespread in
terest in the localities where the parties
reside. In 1801 there lived, and is still
living, in the southern part of the town
of Pulteney, a man and bis wife by the
name of Lounsbury, who, although
prosperous farmers, have never been
much noted for their liberality. They
procured from the superintendent of the
poor of Steuben county, about seventeen
years ago, a boy named Daniel Crocker,
then 0 years of age. For a year or two
after he came to reside with the Louns-
burys there is no particular interest in
his history. The boy grew in stature
but not lu favor with said Lounsbury
By the time he was 12 or 13 years old a
series 6f cruelties aud severe whippings,
as he now clulms, were practiced upon
him. The first of which was that he
was tied up by the thumbs in the cellar,
partly stripped of his clothing, and whip
ped until the blood ran down on his
back; next that he was hung by the
neck until he became unconscious ; next
that an axe was thrown at him, which
he partly dodged, but was cut in the leg ;
next that he was severely kicked. The
boy, now a man, also bitterly complain
ed of almost dally severe whippings up
to the time he was nineteen years of age;
that he was locked out of the house
when the family were absent, In i-old os
well as In warm weather, and he was
obliged to sleep In the wood-house ; that
Ills food and clothing were Insufficient :
no stockings, nor underclothing, nor
overcoat, aud was kept from school so
that wheu he left at the age of nineteen
he was neither able to read nor write nor
understand the multiplication table. On
the other hand, the Lounsburys sought
to Justify some charges against them on
account of the bad character of the boy
and deny others. A large number of
witnesses were sworn on both sides, oc
cupying nearly two days. The charge
of the judge was clear aud concise, after
which the Jury retired about an hour
and returned and reudered a verdict of
$1,003 for the plaintiff.
An Exciting Ride.
The Blsmark Times says : The pas
sengers on last evening's train from the
Yellowstone had an experience exceed
ingly rare. When about two miles from
Sentinel Butte.the dividing line between
Montana and Dakota, a herd of sixteen
buffalo were seen ft short distance ahead,
within easy rifle range. There were
several soldiers on board with army rifles,
and numerous small revolvers were also
pointed toward the excited bison. A
perfect volley of lead was poured Into the
herd, but to no effect. They bounded
away over the divide, and were Boon out
of sight. The passengers had no sooner
begun a discussion of what they had
Been in years gone by, than a danger sig
nal from the locomotive brought every
one to the lookout. A herd of twenty
or thirty buffalo were making directly
for the train ; and, fearing the engine
would strike them and be thrown from
the track, the air brakes were set, aud
the train nearly brought to a standstill,
while the buffalo crossed the track a few
feet ahead.' Every gun was again level
ed. Such excitement cannot be describ
ed. Bullets flew in every . direction,
some striking the ground as near as ten
feet from the train, others raising the
dust a mile distant. The train moved
on Blowly, and the volleys of lead con
tinued to pour from the guns of the ex
cited pnssengers. Finally the smoke
cleared away, and the buffalo could be
seen about a half a mile away, trotting
along as unconcerned as though they
had never seen a railroad train. The
disgusted passengers drew In their weap
ons, and spent the rest of the day argu
ing as to the probable amount of lead
that a buffalo will carry before he will
weaken.
Why Triad Stevens becamo a Teetotaler.
During the whole time of his residence
in Lancaster Mr. Stevens was an uncom
promising " teetotaler." This is the
history of his resolution to abstain :
While he was In Gettysburg he was a
member of a select circle who were accus
tomed to meet around at each other's
houses and spend the evening in playing
whist and drinking wine and choice
liquors. One evening one of the party,
a great favorite who was cashier of the
bank in Gettysburg, becoming a little
inebriate, was escorted home by two of
his friends, who, finding his latch-key,
let him lu and left him in the entry,
supposing that he could find his way
upstairs. In the morning when his wife
came down she found him lying upon
the entry floor dead. He had had an
attack of apoplexy during the night.
When Mr. StevenB heard of it be went
into his cellar with a hatchet, broke open
the heads of his wine and whiskey barrels
and would never taste anything of the
Bort afterward.
O" A couple of western boys, who had
been incited by the facility with which
the Postmaster of Boston handled the
mails to think he could handle the 'e
males just as well, addressed him the
following letter:
We are two young fellows, anxious to
get married. We were told that all we
had to do was to write the Postmaster of
Boston, and he would pick us out a cou-
fle of girls. We want a couple of good
ooking, healthy, strong girls, between
the ages of 18 and 20. We mean busi
ness, and are able to take care of them.
Ask them to send their names and
pictures to us, and then we will send
ours in return, and when we come on to
get them will pay you for your trouble.
We can assure our eastern friends the
boys out west do not usually need any
such aid, and the probabilities are that
these young chaps are not natives of the
west. The genuine native-born western
young men don't hire Postmasters or
anybody else to do their courting. They
take to it like a duck does to water.
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wheu he has the Itching Piles, and de
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day, yet he applies Swayne's Ointment,
the lutense itching is allayed at once, he
gets cured, and goes down to the lodge
without one whit of gratitude. When
asked why be looks so cheerful, .he
dodges the question by an Indifferent an
ewer. Its just like a mau though, isn't
it y 4ti4t
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