ZENAS THE LAWYER.
REV. DR. TALMAQE PAYS A HIGH
TRIBUTE TO THE BAR.
Bm Treat the Profession of Liw from
Moral and Heligioaa Standpoint
Datlea of the Christian Lawyer
Maar Temptations.
bur Washington Pnlpit.
Dr.' Ta.::'iee' termoa Sunday has a
special inn rut for lawyers, and all who
expect to be lawyers, and all who are the
friends of lawyers. Hia text is Titus iii.,
13, "Bring Zehas the lawyer."
Hie profession of the law is here intro
duced, and wirhin two days in the Capital
City 308 young men joined it, and at this
season in various parts of the land other
hundred are taking their diplomas for
that illustrious profession, and is it not
appropriate that I address such young
wen from a moral and religious stand
point, as upon them are now rolling the
responsibilities of that calling represented
in the text by Zenas the lawyer?
We all admire the heroic and rigorous
aide of Paul's nature, as when he stands
coolly deliberate on the deck of the corn
ship while the jack tars of the Mediter
ranean are cowering in the cyclone; as
when he stands undaunted amid the mar
bles of the palace before Chick necked
Nero, surrounded with his twelve cruel
lictors; as when we find him earning his
livelihood with his own needle, sewing
haircloth and preaching the gospel in the
interstices; as when we find him able to
take the thirty-nine lashes, every stroke
of which fetched the blood, yet continu
ing in his missionary work; as when we
find him, regardless of the consequences
to himself, delivering a temperame lec
ture to Felix, the government inebriate.
But sometimes we catch a glimpse of the
mild and genial side of Paul's nature. It
seems that he had a friend who was a
barrister by profession. His name was
Zenas, and be wanted to see him. Per
haps he had formed the acquaintance of
this lawyer in the court room. Perhaps
sometimes when he wanted to ask some
question in regard to Homan law he went
to this Zenas the lawyer. At any rate he
hnd a warm attachment for the man, and
he provides for his comfortable escort
and entertainment as he writes to Titus,
"Bring Zenas the lawyer."
This man of my text belonged to a pro- j
fession in which are many ardent sup
porters of Christ and the gospel, among
them Blaekstone, the great commentator
on English law, and Wilberforce, the
emancipator, and the late Benjamin F.
Butler, Attorney General of New York,
and the late Charles Chauneey, the leader
of the Philadelphia bar, and Chief Jus
tice Marshall and Tenterden and Camp
bell and Sir Thomas More, who died for
the truth on the scaffold, saying to his
aghast executioner: "Pluck up courage,
man, and do your duty. My neck is very
short Be careful, therefore, and do not
strike awry."
A Mighty Pl.
' Among the mightiest pleas ;hat ever
have been made by tongue of barrister
have been pleas, in behalf of the Bible and
Christianity, as when Daniel Webster
stood in the Supreme Court at Washing
ton pleading in the famous Girard will
case, denouncing any attempt to educate
the people without giving them at the
same time moral sentiment as "low, riD
ald and vulgar deism and infidelity"; as
when Samuel L. Southard of New Jersey,
the leader of the forum in his day, stood
on the platform at Princeton College com
mencement advocating the literary excel
lency of the Scriptures; as when Edmund
;v Burke, in the famous trial of Warren
Hastings, not only in behalf of the Eng
lish Government, but in behalf of elevated
morals, closed his speech in the midst of
the most august assemblage ever gathered
in Westminster Hall by saying: "I im
peach Warren Hastings in the name of
the House of Commons, whose national
character he has dishonored; I impeach
him in the name of the people of India,
whose rights and liberties he has sub
verted; I impeach him in the name of hu
man nature, which he has disgraced. In
the name of both sexes, and of every
rank, and of every station, and of every
situation in the world, I impeaih Warren
Hastings."
Yet, notwithstanding all the pleas which
that profession has made in behalf of
God, and the church, and the gospel, and
the rights of man, there has come down
through the generations among many peo
ple an absurd and wicked prejudice
against it. So long ago as in the time of
Oliver Cromwell it was decided that law
yers might not enter the parliament house
as members, and they were called "sous of
Zeruiah." The learned Dr. Johnson wrote
an epitaph for one of them in these words:
God works wonders now and then.
Here lies a lawyer, an honest man!
Two hundred years ago a treatise was
Issued with the title, "Doomsday Ap
proaching with Thunder and Lightning
for Lawyers." A prominent clergyman
of the last century wrote in regard to that
profession these words: "There is a so
ciety of men among us bred up from their
youth in the art of proving, according as
they are paid, by words multiplied for the
purpose that white is black and black is
white. For example, if my neighbor has
a mind to my cow, he hires a lawyer to
prove that he ought to have my cow from
me. I must hire another lawyer to de
fend my right, it being against all rules of
law that a man should speak for himself.
In pleading they do not dwell npon the
merits of the canse, but npon circumstan-
csa foreign thereto. For Instant, they do
not take the shortest method to know
wtat title my adversary has to my cow.
but wherher the cow be red or black, her
born long or short, or the like. After
that they adjourn the cause from time to
time and tn twenty years they come to an
(sane. This society likewise has a peculiar
cant or jargon of their own, in which all
their law are written, and these they
take especial care to multiply, whereby
they hare so con founded truth and false
hood Mat It will take twelve years to de
cide wfcstferr the flaid left to ma by my
ancestors tor six generations belongs to
me or to one 300 mHes off.
I say tbeae things to show you that
then baa been a prejudice going on down
a-tainat that profession from generation
to aw natation t account for H on the
fToawftkat they compel man to pay debt
. Cat KJsf do not what to par, aad that
' . City aieakm criUnale wt wan to as
, .'cyt ( ooaasqnesrss of rbeir crtoe, aad
f beg aa that la so, aad k always will b
. aa Ion than wtt be ejassss of
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i if a 2t M nay rate to anapto
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for three years, where there came real
estate lawyers, lasurance lswyers, crim
inal lawyers, marine lawyers and I have
yet to find a class of men more genial or
more straightforward. There are in tbat
occupation, as in all our occupations, men
utterly obnoxious to God and man. But
if I were on trial for my integrity or my
life, and I wanted even handed justice
administered to me, I would rather have
my case submitted to a jury of twelve
lawyers than to a jury of twelve clergy
men. The legal profession, I believe, has
less violence of prejudice than is to be
found in the sacred calling.
Temptations.
There is, however, no man who has
more temptations or graver responsibili
ties than the barrister, and he who at
tempts to discharge the duties of his posi
tion with only earthly resources is making
a very great m intake. Witness the scores
of men who have in that profession made
eternal shipwreck. Witness the men who,
with the law of the land under their arm,
have violated every statute of the eternal
God. Witness the men who have argued
placidly before earthly tribunals, who
shall shiver in dismay before the Judge
of quick and dead. Witness Lord Thur
low, announcing his loyalty to earthly
government in the sentence, "If I forget
my earthly sovereign, may God forget
me," and yet stooping to unaccountable
meanness. Witness Lord Coke, the learn
ed and the reckless. Witness Sir George
McKenzie, the execrated of all Scotch
Covenanters, so that until this day, in
Gray Friars' churchyard, Edinburgh, the
children whistle through the bars of the
tomb, crying:
Bloody Mackenzie, come if you daur,
Lift the sneck and draw the bar.
No other profession mor needs the
grace of God to deliver fhem in their
temptations, to comfort them In their
trials, to sustain them in the discharge of
their duty. While I would have yon bring
the merchant to Christ, and while 1 would
hove you bring the fanner to Christ, and
while I would have you bring the mechan
ic to Christ. I address you now in the
words of Paul to Titus. "Bring Zenas the
lawyer." By so much as his duties are
delicate and great, by so much does he
need Christian stimulus and safeguard.
We all become clients. I do not suppose
there is a man 50 years of age who has
been in active life who has not been af
flicted with a lawsuit. Your name is as
saulted, and you must have legal protec
tion. Your boundary line is invaded, and
the courts must re-establish it Your
patent is infringed upon, and you must
make the offending manufacturer pay the
penalty. Your treasures are taken, and
the thief must be apprehended. You want
to make your will, and you do not want
to follow the example of those who, for
the sake of saving $100 from an attorney,
imperil $Lr0,000, and keep the generation
following for twenty years quarreling
about the estate, until it Is all exhausted.
You are Rtruck at by an assassin, and you
must invoke for him the penitentiary. Ail
classes of persons in course of time be
come clients, and therefore they are all
interested in the morality and the Chris
tian integrity of the legal profession.
"Bring Zenas the lawyer."
Treatment of Client.
But how is an attorney to decide as to
what are the principles by which he
should conduct himself in regard to his
clients? On one extreme Lord Brougham
will appear, saying: "The innocence or
guilt of your client is nothing to you. You
are to save your client regardl-s of the
tormeut, the suffering, the destruction of
all orhers. You are to know but one man
in the world your client You are to save
him though you should bring your country
into confusion. At all hazards you must
save your client." So says Ixrrd Broug
ham. But no right minded lawyer could
adopt that sentiment. On the other ex
treme Cicero will come to you and say,
You must never plead the cause of a
bad man," forgetful of the fact that the
greatest villain on earth ought to have a
fair trial and thai an attorney cannot be
judge and advocate at the same time. It
was grand when Lord Erskine sacrificed
his attorney generalship for the sake of
defending Thomas Paine in his publica
tion of his book called "The Bights of
Man," while at the same time he, the ad
vocate, abhorred Thomas Paine's irreli
gious sentiments. Between these two op
posite theories of what is right, what shall
the attorney do? God alone can direct
him. To that chancery he must le appel
lant, and he will get an answer in an hour.
Blessed is tbat attorney between whose
office and the throne of God there is per
petual, reverential and prayerful commu
nication. That attorney will never make
an irreparable mistake.
What a scene is the office of a busy at
torney! In addition to the men who come
to you from right motive, bad men will
corne to you. They will offer you a large
fee for ccunsel in the wrong direction.
Tbey want to know from you how they
can escape from solemn marital obliga
tion. They come to you wanting to know
how they can fail advantageously for
themselves. They come to you wanting
to know how they can make the insur
ance coTipany pay for a destroyed house
which they burned down with their own
hands, or they come to you on the simple
errand of wanting to escape payment of
their honest debts.
Now, it is no easy thing to advise settle
ment, when by urging litigation you could
strike a mine of remuneration. It is not
a very easy thing to dampen the ardor of
an inflamed contestant, when you know
through a prolonged lawsuit you could
get from him whatever you asked. It is
no easy thing to attempt to discourage
flie suit for the breaking of a will in the
surrogate's court because you know the
testator was of sound mind and body
when he signed the document. It requires
no small heroism to do as I once beard an
attorney do in an office in a Western city.
I overheard the conversation when he
said, "John, you can go on with this law
suit, ami I will see you through as well
as I can, but I want to tell you before you
start rbat a lawsuit is equal to a fire."
f abhath Break last.
Another mighty temptation for the legal
profession is Sabbath breaking. The trial
has been going on for ten or fifteen days.
The evidence Is ail in. It is Saturday
night. The judge's gavel falls on the
desk, and he says, "Crier, adjourn the
court nntll 10 o'clock Monday morning."
On Monday morning the counselor Is to
turn up the case. Thousands of dollars,
yea, the reputation and life of his client
may depend upon Che success of hia plea.
How will he spend the intervening Sun
day? There la not one lawyer out of a
hundred that can withstand the tempta
tion to break the Lord's day under such
circnaaataaoaa, aad fat if badoae he hurts
hia own ml. What, mr bsaaharv yon
cannot do before 12 tfatock fctorday
aagbt or after 12 'took fends? aa-ht
Cod does mot-want yoa to do at aJL 1m
sMea that want tba twwty-fXir
liars mt sabbath net la give yea that
eiectrii-aJ and magnetic force wbicfe will
be worth more to you before the jury than
all the elaboration of your case on the
acred day. My intimate and lamented
friend, the late Judge Neilson, in his in.
teres ting reminiscences of Rufua Ghoate,
ays that during the last case tbat gen
tleman tried in New York the court ad
journed from Friday until Monday on ac
count of the illness of Mr. Cboate. But
the chronicler says that on the interven
ing Sabbath he saw Mr. Choate in tba
old brick Church Kstening to the Rer. Dr.
Gardiner Springer. I do not know wheth
er on the following day Rufus Ohoate
won his cause or lost it, but I do know
that his Sabbatic ret did not do him any
harm. Every lawyer is entitled to one
day's reat out of seven. If he surrendera
that, he robs three God, his own soul and
his client Lord Castlereaga and Sir
Thomas Romilly were the leaders of the
bar in their day. They both died suicides.
Wilberforce accounts for their aberration
of Intellect on the ground tbat tbey were
un intermittent in their work and they
never rested on Sunday. "Poor fellow!"
said Wilberforce in regard to Caede
reagh; "poor fellow, it was non-observance
of the Sabbath." Chief Justice Hale
says, "When I do not properly keep the
Lord's day, all the rest of the week is
unhappy and unsuccessful in my worldly
employment"
I quote to-day from the highest statute
book in the universe, "Remember the
Sabbath day and keep it holy." The legal
gentleman who breaks that statute may
seem for awhile to be advantaged, but in
the long run the men who observe this
law of God will have larger retainers,
vaster influence, greater professional suc
cess than those men who break the stat
ute. Observance of the law of God pays
not only spiritually and eternally, but It
pays in hard dollars or bank bills.
Another powerful temptation of the le
gal profession is to artificial stimulus. No
one except those who have addressed au
diences known about the nervous exhaus
tion that sometimes comes afterward. The
temptation to strong drink approaches the
legal profession at that very point. Then,
a trial is coming on. Through the ill ven
tilated court room the barrister's health
has been depressed for days and for
weeks. He wants to rally his energy. He
is tempted to resort to artificial stimulus.
It is either to get himself up or let him
self down that this temptation comes up
on him. The flower of the American bar,
ruined in reputation and ruined in estate,
said in his last moments: "This is the
end. I am dying on a borrowed bed, cov
ered with a borrowed sheet, in a house
built by public charity. Bury me under
that tree in tile middle of the field, that I
may not be crowded. I always have been
crowded."
The Great Fntnre.
Another powerful temptation of the le
gal profession is to allow the absorbing
duties of the profession to shut out
thoughts of the great future. You know
very well that you who have so often tried
orhers will after awhile be put on trial
yourselves. Ieath will serve on you a
writ of ejectment, and you will tie put off
these earthly premises. On that day all
the affairs of your life will be presented in
a "bill of particulars." No certiorari from
a higher court, for this is the highest
court The day when Lord Exeter was
tried for high treason; the day when the
house of commons moved for the im
peachment of Lord Lovat; the days when
Charles 1. and Queen Caroline were put
upon trial; the day when Robert Emmet
was arraigned as an insurgent ; the day
when Blennerbaset was brought into the
court room because he had tried to over
throw the Pnited States Government, and
all the other great trials of the world are
nothing compared with the great trial in
which you and I shall appear, summoned
before the Judge of quick and dead.
There will be no pleading there "the
statute of limitations," no "turning state's
evidence," trying to get off ourselves while
others suffer, no "moving for a non-suit"
The case will come on inexorably, and we
shall be tried. You, my brother, who
have so often been advocate for others,
will then need an advocate for yourself.
Have you selected him, the Lord Chancel
lor of The Universe? If any man sin, we
have an advocate Jesus Christ the
righteous. It is uncertain when your case
will be called on. "Be ye also ready."
Short Sermons.
Politics. PoHtfaw as a science la
grand, as an art it Is damnable, and we
have had too much of the latter sort
and too little of the former. Of these
great dangers there are but few words
to be sakl, that there shall lie loyalty
to the country, and obedlcmce to God,
for this 1h a religious coram ry, founded
on religion, and we want to write uiwa
our banners, "In God We Trust." Rev.
F. A. Hortou, Presbyterian, PhlhuloJ.
plria, Pa.
Training Children. The hope of our
country, socially, politically, morally
and relUUuly, lies In the txaliktaig of
the cblWrem. It Is an Important w(rp
toward the eradication of a number of
evils which have grown to siK'h niag
niture as to threaten the downfall of
our republic. The adequate training of
the children will not only cure these
evils but will brtns priceless blewiliis
to the country, swh aa we do not now
enjoy. Rev. C. IX Harris, Lutlieran,
Baltimore, Md.
Pentpcitrt. We certainly nel anoth
er Pentecost, and tlie need hi always a
prophecy of the coming of that which
would UM-et the hanging. The church
need it. We bcJiold people to-day ut
twrly forK"t.tbig the place of the Holy
Ghost iu the Government of the church,
fftfjflUtuUng man-made power and
melteAs for his power aad direction,
tooptng to all sorts of mctthods for the
purpose of rwlLn funds to carry on
the work of the Gospel and the ad
vancement of the kingdom, almottt etna
pWitely blotting out the line of deniark
atlon between the churr . ami the
world. Kv. Dr. H hap man, Presbyte
rian. Philadelphia, Pa.
Charity. I dnd tbat the most char
itable men In their judfrwant of men
are phyalchuM and lawyer. The more
practice tbey have, the more excuaea
and Justification tlney Uave for Irregv
laiTOaa to human conduct. The moat
aerere, the moat Imiilacable Jodge la
the man who has iwiver thoosltt, aerer
read, never trareied, nerw fek, wmr
atoned. He is the man was aerer baa
a doubt lie haa not working brmlaa
enough to arrive at a doubt DoufttB
are in hia way, but he haa not jour,
neyed 'far ' taMfti' to dome bp Vttft
tan.-B. W m tmdi tzZmT,
PLEASANT WORLD Or BOOKS
There arc who find their happiness in
strolling near and far,
4a if perchance their birth had been be
I nea i h some errant star,
' rhe trackless desert beckons them, they
I scale the mountain peak,
. And ever just beyond thein see, some
j gladnee coy to seek;
: For me, I sit beside my fire, and with
1 benignant looks
From dear familiar shelves they smile,
my pleasant friends, the UooK.
a. world of sweetest company, these well
beloved ones wait
For any mood, for any hour; tbey keep a
courteous state.
Serene and unperturbed amid the ruffles
of my day,
They are the bread my spirit craves, they
bless my toiling way.
A pleasant world Is theirs, wherein,
through battles wax and wane,
rbere rolls the sound of triumph, and
there dwells surcease of pain.
On pages sparkling as the dawn forever
breathes and glows
Through aged red with patriot blood,
white freedom's stainless rose.
In this fair world of calm8t skies, I meet
the martyr's palm,
There float to it dear melodies from coasts
of heavenly balm;
All comfort here, all strength, all faith,
all bloom of wisdom lives,
And be the day's need what it may, some
boon this wide world gives.
The freedom of the city where one walks
in crowds, alone,
The silence of the upland, where one
climbs anear the throne.
j The blithenees of the morning, and the
I solemn bush of night,
Are in this pleasant world of books, for
J one who reads aright.
i
Here, pure and sharp the pictured spire
i its cleaving point uplifts.
' There, swept by stormy winds of fate,
; time's sands are tossed in drifts.
And I who sit beside the fire am heir of
j time and sense,
My book to me, the angel of God's sleep
j lens providence.
I Who will, may choose to wander far over
j sea and land,
: For me the table and the lamp extend a
j friendlier hand;
' And I am blessed beyond compare while
i with heniomflnt tookn
From home's familiar shelved they smile,
my pleasant world of bonks.
Margaret E. Sangster, in Youth's Com
panion. A MODERN DEBORAH.
At the eastern extremity of the low;,
straggling street of Nngy-Xeniethy, are
the crumbling rulus of a deserted
; house.
I More than forty years ago. When the
; Hungarian people awoke and began to
: rattle their chains, there lived In this
house a young Jewish couple, Adolf
, Sonnenfeld and his wife Eglantine. Al
i though scarcely fifteen years of age
when her huslnnd took her from her
parent' watchful care, she was no
half-opened bud, but a glorious woman,
a blooming rose of Sharon. Sonnen
feld, like many a young German towns
man, was a slender, falr-balrt-d young
fellow. Ills wife, Kgla, was a lovely
! Jewess of the purest tyi Suppressed
fervor lurked behind the cold gaze of
her dark, scornful eyes, and the mo
I bile mouth could soften sweetly to the
i wanning kiss or harden with delibera
tion for command. Her husband was
merely a practical man of business, of
a sly and cunning disposition, called
good-humored by his friends be-ouse
he was too cautious to risk doing un In
jury. In spite of the differences In their
characters. Egla seemed to love her
husband even more than her father
land, and that sieaks volumes, for she
was an ardent Hungarian. She hsd
borne her husband two children, and
through her teaching they were grow
ing up with a fervent love of home and
fatherland.
I The storms of February swept over
Paris, and the feverish March days In
Vienna were followed by the Hungar
ian rising, while her character was de
veloping from day to day In strength
and energy. But when, lu October, the
revolution brought the Hungarian
army before Vienna, her zeal for the
national cause at length took tangible
form.
One morning at breakfast, having
scanned the newsjiaper, she cornmenc.
ed: "Adolf, ever' one Is taking up arms
for the fatherland, old men, boys, and
even women. Why do you hold back?"
."Are you mad?" cried Sonnenfeld,
half irritated, half-frightened; "what is
Hungarian liberty to me? I am a Jew.
Even If I wanted to go to the war tliey
would only laugh at me. I don't know
how to bold a gun."
"You can learn "
; "I sha n't think of It!" cried Sonnen
feld, cutting her abort; "we have sol
diers enough I am no hero!"
The truth came home to Egla that
her husliand was no hero, very short
ly. Hussars came Into the village, and
then all who had hitherto held back
came forward and Joined the colors.
i Konnenfeld alone was not to be seen;
he seemed to have disappeared, and
only came In sight again after the last
! horseman bad quitted Nagy-Nemethy,
Egla found out afterwards that he had
I hidden In a recess In the cellar, and
len supplied wltb food and drink by
the cook. Her first Impulae was to
; take away her children, and leave the
' husband whom ahe deaplaed for hia
cowardice. Sonnenfeld fell on hia
, kneea and begged her to atay; be rais
ed hia hands to heaven and Implored
her with teara In hia eyes not to leave
-him, and when at but the children In
terceded, ahe remained,
t Prom that day aba treated him with
llent taoaln. Tbat praved mora gall.
, fag that ope boatlllty or reawuarliea.
Hitherto kaiknd takwa m Interest
, whs Isptbvetnea mt tiM fatter,
kaavtars ttir.nsi fctaa
'tttnere cu mr. 3 tr'
tbles were all wltb the antl Magyar
party. He hated the agitators who bad
robbed him of his wife's love, and the
patriots whose heroic courage branded
bliu as a coward. He could barely hide
hi Joy when WludischgraU, with the
Imperial troops, crossed the frontier
and pushed on to Buda pest, but Egla
grew ever paler, ever quieter. When
the Hungarian capital fell aud the na
tional troops fell liack on Dehrleaen,
Sonneufeld felt sure that all was over.
He went almut rndiaut and Joyful, as
If he had won the victory or Inherited
a million.
It was not long before the First Im
jierlalist Light Cavalry showed them
selves In Nagy-Nometuy. A whole bri
gade followed and pitched camp In the
nelghliorbood. Some of the soldiers
were billeted In the village, and the
general himself took up his quarters In
Sounenfeld's house. The husband sur
passed himself In hospitality, loyalty
and attention, to the wanta of his guest
Egla, who held herself aloof, timid but
Inimical, one day saw the general kick
her husliand out of the door. She felt
as If her heart was crushed, then the
blood rushed to her face, but she en
dured In silence.
A few days later, hussars appeared
In the neighborhood, and the Imperial
ist outjsisis exchanged shots with
them. During the night the brigade be
came alarmed, for the Hungarians ap
proached on. all sides and threatened
to overwhelm them. Every one was
afoot, the Inhabitants stood In the
street doors wh!sjerlng. while cannon
and heavily armed cavalry rattled by.
Egla, who hnd dressed herself rapidly,
found that her husband had left the
house. She glided out after him, only
to find him by the garden hedge deep
In conversation with the general. Son
nenfeld bowed oliscqulously us be
spoke, and the general laughed amica
bly. The laugh seemed to Egla even
more Insulting than the kick he had
given her husband a few days buck.
She only caught detached words sud
Isolated phrases of the conversation;
but she gathered that while her hus
band wr sassurlng hliu of his devotion,
the general was complaining that he
could gain no Information even from
the poorest peasant. At sunrise an
adjutant arrived lienring a sealed let
ter for the general, on reading which
he gave the order for the Imrierlalist
troops to withdraw to the south.
The changeful scenes of the Hungar
ian winter campaign followed In quick
rotation, each day bringing contradlc.
tory reisirts. Egla was consumed with
anxiety and excitement, and she passed
sleepless nights of watching, only to
Hi nk wearied and exhausted on her !
couch as daylight approached, and
when the bright sunlight streamed In
uiKin her. she would awake with a start
as If aroused by some horrid dream.
Business was at a standstill, Sonnen
feld alone showing a restless activity.
He contracted for provisions of all
kinds for the supply of the Imperialist
troops, and after visits from suspicloiis
looklng characters, would absent him
self from home for days together,
Egla watched him with anxious heart
an dlricresslug uneasiness.
One Ix-autiful, sunshiny winter's
day, hussars, with loaded carbines,
rode Into the village. The villagers re
celved t!"-m with loud hurrahs and
cries of welcome, and the Joy was In
creased when a Honved battalion fol
lowed thein on foot. The Hungarians
baited, picketed their outposts, sent
out iitrols to all points of the com
pass, and their duty over, began to
think of the commissariat. The In
habitants of Nagy-Nemethy brought
out the best they had to eomis-tisate
the' brave fellows. If ever so little, for
the hardships of their campaign. Egla
did not like to follow the example of
the others without first obtaining her
husband's consent. She went In search
of him, but was unable to find him,
either at home or anywhere in the vil
lage. Evil forebodings took posses
sion of her mind.
Night closed in. Every one slept In
Nagy-Nemethy every one but Egla.
She sat on the bed waiting and listen
ing. She felt that she must wait and
listen for something: Something so
terrible It hardly took form In her
mind, yet It was something that had
lu hanging over her for a long time.
She sat and waited one hour two
hours till she grew drowsy from sheer
exhaustion. Suddenly she was startled.
Was It the sound of shots? what was
that confused noise? The trumpets
brayed, words of command were
heard, and the firing Increased." She
ran to the window, sud as she threw
It open a bullet whistled past him! Im
pinged upon the wall behind her. She
drew back quickly and extinguished
the light. There was fighting In the
streets of Nagy-Nemethy.
The Imperialists had advanced upon
the Honved battalion under cover of
the night, and the Hungarians bad
been overpowered. A few of ilvm
managed to escaiie with the colors, but
the rest were taken prisoners or died
the patriot's death.
Egla sat In her room like one iu a
trance; her thoughts stood still. '1 he
time passed away, but she was heed
less of It till suddenly she sii:1eI at
the sound of voices In the next room
Her buslifltid bad returned, and with
him How well she knew those
cicar, commanding tones aa ht 'listen
ed to the words of praise and the prom
ise of a great reward to her husband.
The Imperialists did not remain long,
and Ur husband went avny in their
train. Egla obtained a conveyance,
and, wrapping her children up warmly;
drove away wltb them to her father's
house. 'Having placed them In safety,
sle returned borne on the third day
and awa'ted her husband's return.
' Ob the fuorth evening after her re
turn ahe beard bar husband enter the
awuee softly, like a tmW, and like a
tblef he started wben hia wife, canal
In hand, ataooed oat of her room be
fore him.. Ptedag the) liht wjm the
and sternly, like a JuL,'e, she comiuene
ed her examination.
"Where were you?"
"I have done 8 good bit of business."
"I know It."
"I have delivered s contract for
bread and bacon to
"You have delivered up your breth
ren? You spy!" shrieked the Jewess,
naming with iudiguutlon.
"What do you mean-" Sonnenfeld
was pale as a ghost.
"I overheard your conversation wltb
the general."
"Anything further?" snd the bus
baud tried to laugh.
The lieautlful Jewess stood up and
gawd steadily Into his face, "This fur
ther. Y'ou are a traitor and deserve
to die, but I have loved you and would
not have the name that I have borne,
and the name of my children, dishon
ored liefore the world. You shall not,
therefore, swing from the gallows ss
you deserve, for I will let you kill your
self here upon the spot."
"1 believe you have lost your reason,
cried her husband.
For answer she gilded quietly into
her room and fetched a loaded pistol.
"You must die," cried Egbi, "and If you
have sunk so low that you do not un
derstand how gnat Is the enormity of
the crime you have committed, or If
your cowardice Is so great you dare
not kill yourself, then will I be your ex
ecutioner in the name of the father
land." She placed the muzzle of the pistol
against bis breast, when the wretch
fell upon bis knees, lagging and en
treating her to spare his life.
The tragic figure Btood superbly
oltove him, gazl at liim for a moment
with unutterable contempt, and then
uncocked the pistol.
"No, truly, you are not worth powder
and shot."
Rhe turned from Mm and went Into
her own room, when he feverishly
sprang to the door and fastened It lie
hlnd her.
Egla listened, and when she felt cer
tain her husband had gone to 11, she
wrapped herself in a fur clonk and
stepjied out through the long window
Into the night.
As day broke the tread of horses
sounded in front of Sounenfeld's bouse,
and a few blows from the butt end of
a musket soon broke open the door.
Hussars, with his wife at their head,
burst Into the room where be was sleep
ing.
"There Is the spy," cried she, coldly;
"he is my husliaud, but I would see
him hanged."
Sonnenfeld, whining vainly, pleaded
for pardon, ss the hustcirs lKund his
bands liehlnd him and dragged him
forth. His wife looked on in silence.
When the rope was placed round his
neck, and the end slung over the lime
tree, she swung herself Into the saddle
of a horso that the hussars hod pre
pared for her and gnllojK-d away, fol
lowed, in a few minutes, by the sol
diers. At the taking of Wsltzen a beauti
ful woman rode in front of the Honved
battalion It was the Jewess of Nagy
Nemethy. Once again was she seen In
the forefront of the fight when the
Poles of MazuchclH's regiment stormed
the green bill of Komoni nt the point
of the lwiyotiet. and there she fell rid
dled with bullets, but wrapped In the
standard of her country and staining
its colors with her blood. Translated
from the German of Sacher-Mnsoch by
Henry B. Coll I us, for the San Francisco
Argonaut.
The Logic of Good Manners.
To say "Yes, sir." and "No, ma'am,"
Is now considered bad form In what
Is known as the upper class of miclety.
It was good form oiie; it went out of
vogue among "gentle people" In En
gland bmiusc servants mid tradesmen
did Jt a great deal, and It came to sound
like the talk of servants and trades
men. The example set by social En
gland wis soon followi-d In America;
nevertheless, according to the Listener,
"Yes, sir." iukI "No, sir," may lie said to
In-long to the logic of giod manners.
The French have not dismled the
words "monsieur" and "nindame" In
similar situations liecouse servants use
them, and our abrupt "yes" and "no"
bi cm to them unmannerly and surly.
Certainly "yes" and "no" from chll
divn have an unmannerly sound, and
the substitute system of "Yes, Mr.
Blank," and "No, Aunt Mary," Is com
plicated and subject to a great miiny
difficulties such, for Instaix-e, ns those
which occur when the child Is not sure
of the name of the person he Is ad
dressing. No doulrt there Is such a
thing as being too slavish In our fol
lowing of English maimers, an1 this
may be one of the matters In which It
might have lieen well to declare our
Independence. The practice of using
"sir" and "ma'am" In ibe way desig
nated still survive among people of
unquestioned breeding In this country.
Their adherence to the older form of
courtesy can but be respe-ted, and one
may say "No, sir," without ixmltlvely
convicting one's self of tsdonglng to
the "lower classes."
Making an Artificial Hkln.
A process has been patented In Ger
many for making a substitute for the
natural skin for use in wounds. The
muacular coating of the In teat I nea of
animal la divested of mucous mem
brane and then treated In a pepsin solu
tion until the muacular ft bens are half
digested. After a second treatment
with tannin and gallic add a tissue la
produced which takes the place of tb
natural skin, and which, when laid on
the wound, la entirely absorbed during
the healing process.
Crltiotssa,
"Now, really, what do yon think of
itr
"Well. Mr. Daubley, I Do you
want 097 honest, candid opinion ?"
"I do."
. Well. I I I don't Ilka to think of IC
Harper's Baser.
