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About The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 2, 1898)
THE AMERIOAN, THE WANDERING JEW. ft ?! M ft riiAnicu i.xix. It i HPirif In grt lm V i i()i I rfli nUl lug llif a.lvrMur of Father il'Aijttigny, lin try tf iitrr wa.le t r p iii iiitrrint ijm MoriA Jtt at the nmnietilof Jatits l!eiittiviit' 1alh. We hat unlit Hint tlir tmt ahtunl mitt alarming rrjuirn were lirruUHitg hi I'nrli; nt Only ilhl enjh Nik of mi!Mn given ia the sicV tr thrown Info tha jmLHc fountain, hut it was lso il that wretches: hl lceu iirjrlpt in the art, of putting arsenic into the, mt w hich are us ually krt nil reaily on tha rminter of wina hojin, (io)lnlh win on hi way to rejoin Morok, after ileli ering h rtir(nmi to Father il'Aigrigny, ho was wailing in t house on (he Flare tic FArchevprhe. llr fiilrrr! a witic-h p in ihu Hue le ht Cntamtre, to get some refreshment, at, l having 'Irutik two glasses of wine, lie prowileil to pay for them. Whilst the woman of tliu house was looking for chance, (lo)inth. meihanieiilly ami very innocently, rested hit hand on the mouth of one of tho pots that happened to he within hit reach. The tall stature of tit Im man and hi repulsive and savage rouutciianco hail already alarmed the good woman whose fours and prejudices had pro viously hoeu roused hy the public rumors on the subject of poisoning; but when she saw (iolialh place his hand over the mouth of one of her pots he cried out in dismay: "Oh I my gracious 1 hat are you throwing into the not?" At these words, spoken in a hud voice, and with the ac cent of terror, two or three of the drinkers at one of the tables rose precipitately, and ran to the tou titer, while one of them rashly exclaimed; "It is a poisoner I" Goliath, not aware of the reports circulated In Iht neighborhood, did not at first understand of What he was accused, Rascal 1" cried one of the men, with so much violence that several of the passers-by stopped to listen; "you shall tell us what you threw lu the iwtr "Hal did he throw anything Into the wine- pot 7" said one of the passers-by, 'It is, perhaps, a poisoner," said another. 'He ought to be taken up," said a third. "Yes, yes," cried those in the house honest people, perbsps, but under the influence of the general panic; "he must be taken up, for he has Veen throwing poison into the wine-pots." Tho first accuser, seeing his fears shared and almost justified, thought he was acting like a good and courageous citizen in taking (Iolialh by the collar and saying to him; "Come and explain yourself at the guard house, villain f" The giant, already provoked at Insults of which ue jia not perceive the real meaning, was exas perated at this sudden attack, and knocked his adversary down and began to hammer him with bis fists. During this collision, several bottles nd two or three paoei of glass were broken with much noise, whilst the woman of the house, more anl more frightened, cried out with all her might; "Help a poisoner I Help I murder J" After struggling for some minutes with seven or eight persons, knocked down two of his most OS f ' . a , m ... ... furious assailants, disengaged himself from the oineri, drew near the counter, and, taking vie wous spring, rushed head foremost, like a bull about to butt, upon the crowd that blocked the floor; then, forcing a passage, by the help of his normoui shoulders and athletic arms, he made tils way into the street, and ran with all speed wwaru ihi square or Nolre-Dame, A hundred Toicei exclaimed: "gtop stop the poisoner ?" A threatening crowd advanced toward Ooliath. Ihe first who approached Mm was Ciboule, The tug, healed and out of breath, instead of rushlnc upon him, paused, stooped down, and taking off one or tne large wooden shoes that she wore, burled it at the giants head with so much force nd with to true an aim that it struck him right In the eye, which hung half out f its socket. Ooliath preeied his hands to his face and uttered a cry of excruciating pain. "I've made him squint," said Ciboule, with a burst of laughter, Ooliath, maddened by the pain, instead of waning Tor the attack rushed headlong upon the nearest. Such a itruggle was too unequal to last long; but despair redoubled the Colossus's trength, and the combat was for a moment ter rible, The unfortunate man did not fall at once. For some seconds, almost buried amid a swarm of furious assailants, one saw now his mighty evrra rise and fall like a sledgehammer, beating upon sculls and faces, and now his enormous bead, livid and bloody, drawn back by some of the combatants banging to bis tangled hair. Go liath was overpowered and thrown down, just af ter the qoarryman succeeded in reaching bfin. A Im( jherr in triumph ,mnnied this fall, for, under nub irtuinetatuts, t "(to under it (. ifie " Instantly a thiuud breath h s and angry iVr trjeated the try of "I'ealh li the Unr I Thfft legn me if lhe scenes nf insi( re and toiltue, WiMthy f raitntbU, horiihU l If !U, and the iit"te Ittrreilihle, (11 they hpen lnl alwnys in the pirneiue, aid nfleii ith the aid, of hiltrt and hiittiane penple, wh, Minded by fU iiilnii and stupid prejudices, aUw themselves to be M into all suits tf barbarity, under the idea if prrfurtning an act of inexorNhh justice. As it freiiueiitly happens, the sight fj the blood which flowed In torrents from (MUth's w ounds in filmed to madnens the rage of his as snilanU. A hundred finis struck at the Unhappy man; he was stamped under foot; his face ami chest were beaten In. There was one moment of frightful terror. With his face nil bruised and covered with mud, his garments in rags, his chest bore, red, gaping with woundsOolinth, availing himself of a moment's weariness on the part of his anKiis. sins, who believed him already finished, succeed ed, by one of those convulsive- storts frequent in the hint agony, in raising himself to his feet for a few seconds; then, blind with wounds and Iohi of blood, striking about his arms in the air as if to parry blows ti nt were no longer struck, he mut tered tlipue words, which camo from his mouth, accompanied by a crimson torrent: "Mercy I I am no poisoner. Mercy ?" This sort of resur rection produced so great an effect on the crowd, that for an instant they fell back affrighted. The clamor coased, and a small space was left around tho victim. Some hearts began even to feel pity; when the quarryman, seeing Goliath blind ed with blood, groping before him with his hands, exclaimed in ferocious allusion to a well-known game: "Now for blind nian'a buff," Then, with a violent kick, he again threw down the victim, whose head struck twice heavily on the pavement. Just as the giant fell, a voice from amongst the crowd exclaimed; "It ia Ooliath I slop I he is in nocent." It was Father d'Aigrigny, who, yielding to a generous impulse, was making violent effort) to reach the foremost rank of the actora in this scene, and who cried out, as he came nearer, pale, indignant, menacing: "Von are cowards and murderers I This man is innocent, I know him. You shall answer for his life." These vehement words were received with loud murmurs. 'You know that poisoner," cried the quarry man, seizing the Jesuit by tho collar; "then per haps you are a poisoner loo," "Wretch," exclaimed Father d'Aigrigny, en delivering to shake himself loose from the grasp, "do you dare to lay hand upon me ?" "Yes, I dare do anything," answered the quar ryman. "Jle knows him; he's a poisoner like the th er," cried the crowd, pressing round the two ad versaries; whilst Goliatb, who had fractured his skull by the fall uttered a long death rattle, At a sudden movement of Father d'Aigrigny, who disengaged himself from the quarryman, a large glass phial of o peculiar form, very thick, and Ailed with greenish liquor, fell from his pocket, and rolled close to the dying Goliath. At light of this phial, many voices exclaimed to gether; "It is poison I Only seel He had poison upon him." The clamor redoubled at this accusation and they pressed so close to Abbe d'Aigrigny, that he exclaimed; "Do not touch me I do not approach mel" , "If he is a poisoner," said a voice, "no more mercy for him than for the other." "I a poisoner?" said the abbe, struck with horror, a Ciboule had darted upon the phial; the quar rjmty seized it from her, uncorked it, and pre senting it to Father d'Aigrigny, laid to him; "Now tell us I what Is that?" "It is not poison," cried Father d'Aigrigny, "Then drink it I" returned the quarryman. "Yes, yes f let him drink it 1" cried the mob. "Never," answered Father d'Aigrigny, in ex treme alarm. And ne drew bock as he spoke. pushing away the phial with his hand, "Do you see? It ia poison. He dares not drink it," they exclaimed, Hemmed in on every side, Father d'Aigrigny stumbled against the body of Goliath, "My friends," cried the jesuit, who, without being a poisoner, found himself exposed to a ter rible alternative, for his phial contained aromatic salts of extraordinary strength, designed for a preservative against the cholera, and as danger ous to swallow as any poison, "my good friends you are in error. I conjure you, in the name of heaven" 'If that is not poison, drink it I"-interrupted the quarryman, as he again offered the bottle to the jc.suit. "If he does tu4 drink It, death ti the pc4iM(M f the f r "Yi -.(. i,i h ( hilttt death ! him t Tnhsj pr en I" fried Taiher d Aicrigiij. whilt In hair M.o . end Willi terf'i J "d.i J oil liuill t urdf lne?H S hut it il all thie, that ou and Jf mate have k I'ed, )uit wretch ?" "Hut it is nt true and' "Drink thru I" rel ated the Jnfletlbla quarry, twin; I )"it fr the last time " To drink that would be death," died Father d'Ahiriny. "On I only har the wretch I" rried the mob, in if tfimrr i.t it mi : i i at rtijurrr.ii i - - - - ha tfcfd ? ' lie bat Htrtjr.l .lmrirr "He ni l, 'hi drift Ut would death." Hut littm trt me! rried the abbe, btpir j his detuU toother ; "thi hil ft rirt.ii fries interrupted Father TAtlf igny, 'H'iln.ule, make n iul lf that one!" (tied the quarryman, putnlng tMtaib with his f tf . t will begin in this Kite I" and he seised Fathsr d'Aigrigny by Ihe throat, 1 he terrible rry whit h hsd startled Morok was tilled by Father d'Aiciiny at the quarryman laid bis formidable hand Utm him. To be t'ontinued. ALL THK CWtW GREW PAT. -r4t)Mt ( Ik trnmptrnf t IM timwi Hark f l. Tks tlrrman hark T.lon, wtit h se rlted ai thU wn Humlay trum Koy. Knelfliiil, limiiht a rather n"rullr earii. Il mnaiateil f I.S'Ml eki t china elay. but In aillltlnn Ibrre wr on board .mo ranki or arsenic. Thl part of Ihe raraii hint a rmrkltl f fpi t on lh nw. 1 h fact that ai nenljj a aa tr)'ehnltia li'tp Iht foiml lion uf atlpiM tiiiktie when lakrn lnl Ihe huniHti ytnn in mlnitle lutrlli la well known, and both drug hava hpconie fivorltii tunlra fr coiubIim cents. On board the Zlon lh mn alept nar th laruo array of barrels' eonlalnlnj? I ha drug. They wra atof ed In Iho hold, near thn forecast l and ia it In 1 1 y cxiioHcd to the rays of tha sua, which streamod In through tt.i open hatch. Whwn only about a week out from port oris of the crew mo ir t lo tied to lila nicsamaies that a peculiar and Indescribable odor wag coming from tha casks containing tha drug. It was not long aftur their attention had been called to It that they noticed tha mnia thing, and, strange to say, noticed It all tha mora forcibly a week later. Bcveral of the German tars be came aware of tha fart that they were filling out tbelr clothes to a much i greater extent than when tbey ahipped. I Man nl h.ri a Aavm w.ttl liv hwama I abnormally stout, In vast contrast to the former slim appearance which many of them presented before the land waa left, One man gained, It Is said, twenty-fire pounds. Others were affected to a less extent. Hut the ag gregate weight put on by tha entire crew was little less than 400 pounds. Several of tha sailors are known here, and they are said to be scarcely rec ognizable when contrasted with the old days. The entire sudden taking on of avoirdupois l attributed to vapor, which, generated by the action of 'be sua on the casks, was Inhaled by he seamen as they sbpt, and sc'ed In precisely tha same manner as a tonlo la a prescription, Capt, Ilammes, who slept eft In the vossol, entirely removed from the arsenic, does not show any effect of the Inhalation,-J'blladelpUla Times, ot the OjiHa t Ha.; a mam l e-4 , and various nj'Hs f Italian - i y. The (lama pftflra, rmwurf. falM him at the laM ammenl, and the host refii't-d to ell down to dlntur oti nnl Ina that the ronipany roiichitd ff tlilrtprn pereona. Me made tluii fmltful attrmpis to Mxure another (tint, and at tat. In depalr, he an noiimod that he intended to follow the custom of the Arab, who always wait upon their gupsts. and et ihelr own dinners by themselves afterward. The mal proved a great aiicceea. (Irtlltif rnlntrra (rnm tha r.mermia. 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