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A MODERN DEBORAH.
Translated from the German by H. 0 Collins
At the eastern extremity of the long,
straggling street of Nagy-NCunet-hy, are
are crumbling ruins of a deserted
house.~ ‘ p
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
S'onnenfeld and his wife Eglantine.
Although scarcely fifteen years of age
when her husband first took her from
her parents’ watchful care, she was no
half-opened bud, but a glorious wo-
man, a blooming rose of Sharon. Son-
nenfeld,,like.n‘1any a young German
townsman, was a slender, fair-haired
y'oung fellow. , His young Wife, Egla,
was a lovely J ewess of the purest type.
Sn pressed fervor lurked behind the
cod gaze of her dark, scornful eyes,
and the mobile miouth could soften
sweetly'to the warming kiss er harden
with deliberation for command. Her
husband was merely a practical man
of business, of a sly. and cunning dis-
position, called good-natured by his
friends because he was too cautious to
risk doing an injury.
In spite of the differences in their
characters, Egla seemed to love her
husband even more than her father-
land, and that speaks volumes, for she
was an ardent Hungarian. She had
borne her husband two children, and
through her teaching they we1e grow-
ing up with a fervent love of home and
fatherland.
One morning at breakfast, having
scanned the newspaper, she com-
menced:
“Adolf, every one is taking up arms
for the fatherland, old men, boys and
even women. Why do you hold back ‘1’”
“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 they would only laugh at me. I
don’t know how to hold a gun.”
“You can learn—
“I shan’t think of it!” cried Sonncn-
feld, cutting her short; “we have sol-
diers enough—I am no hero’.”
The truth came home to Egla that
her husband was no hero, very short-
ly. Hussars came into the viliage,and
then all Who had hitherto held back
came forward and joined the colors.
Sonnenfeld alone was not to be seen;
he seemed to have diisappea1'td,a11d
only came in sight again after the last
horseman had quitted Nagy—Némethy.
E‘gla found out afterwards that he had
been hidden in a recess in the cellar,
and supplied with food and drink by
the cook.
From that day she treated him with
silent disdain. That proved more gall-
ing5 than open hostilities or reproaches.
Hitherto he had taken no interest
whatever in the struggles of the fath-
erland, but now he began to interest
himself more and more. But his sym-
pathies were all with the an .1i-Magyar
party. He hated the agitz1 tors who
had robbed him of his wife s love, and
the patriots whose heroic courage had
branded him as a coward. He could
barely hide his joy when IVindischr
gratz, with the imperial troops,
crossed the frontier and pushed on to
BudIa-Pesth, but Egla grew ever paler,
ever quieter. When the Hungarian
capital fell and the national troops fell
back on Debriezin, Sonnenfeld felt sure
that all was over. He went about ra-
diant and joyful, as if he had won the
victory or inherited a. million. '
It was not long before the First Im-
perial Light Cavalry showed tl 1em-
selves in Nagy— —Némethy. A w hole b11—
gade followed andpitched camp in the
neighborhood. Some of the soldiers
were billeted in the village, and the
general himself took up his quarters
in Sonnenfeld’s house. The husband
surpassed himself in hospitality, loy-
alty and attention to the wants of his
guest. Egla,’ who held herself aloof,
timid but inimical, one day saw the
general kick her husband out of the
door. She felt as if her heart was
crushed, their the blood rushed to her
face, but she endured to silence.
A few days later, hussars appeared
in the neighborhood, and the Imperial-
ist outposts exchanged shots with
them. During the night the brigade
became alarmed, for the Hungarians
approached on all sides and threatened
,to overwhelm them. Every one was
afoot, the inhabitants stood in the
street doors whispering, while” cannon
and heavily armed cavalry rattled by.
Egla, who had 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 obsequiously as he
spoke, and the general laughed amica-
bly. That laugh seemed to Egla even
more insulting that the kick he had
given her husband a. few days-back.
She only caught detached words and
isolated phrases of the conversation;
‘but she gathered that while her hus-
band was assuring him of his devo-
tion, thg general was complai ning that
he could gain no information even
from the poorest peasant At sunrise
an adjutanrt arrived bearing a sealed
letter for the general, on reading which
he gave the order for the 1111 per-ialist
troops to withdraw to the south.
Bu'siness was at a standstill. Son-
nenfeld alone showed a restless activ-
ity. He contracted for provisions of
all kinds for the supply of the Impe-
rialist troops, and after visits from sus
picious-looking characters would ab-
sent himself from home for days to-
gether. Egla watched him with anx-
ious heart and increasing uneasiness
One beautiful, sunshiny winter‘s
day, hussars, with loaded carbines,
rode into, the village! The villagers
received them with loud hurrahs and
cries of welcome, and the joy was in-
creased when a Honved battalion fol-
lowed the-m on foot. ’The Hungarians
halted, picketed ‘their outposts, sent
Tunnvnnrn
"‘.~| .e- -
what was that confused noise?
out patrols to. all points of the com-
11:199.:111d their duty ove1zbega1‘1' to
tl1'::1‘: of the commissariat. The inhab-
i:..111s of Nagy- -Némethy brbught out
rho best they had to compensate the
Prove fellOws, if ever so little, for the
Emirdships of their campaign. Egla
gli d not like to follow the example of"
11111 othe1s without first obtaining her
husband' s consent. She went in search
.11: him. but was unable to find him,
either at home or anywhere in the vil-
lage. Evil forebodings took possession
of her mind. ,
Night closed in.‘ Every one slept in
Nagy-Nemethy—every one but Egla.
She sat on her bed waiting and listen-
ing. She felt that she must listen and
wait for something! Something so
te11ible it hardly took form in her
mind, yet it was something that had
been 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 star-
tled. Was it the sound of shots?—
The
trumpets brayed, werds of command
were heard, and the firing increased.
She ran to the window, and as she
threw it open a bullet whistlcd past
and impinged upon the wall behind
her. She drew back quickly and ex-
tinguished the light. There was fight-
‘ing in the streets of Nagy-Némethy..
_'l‘-he'Imperia1ists had advanced upon
the Houved battalion under cover of
the night, and the Hungarians had
been overpowered. A few of then.
managed to escape with the colors,
but the rest were taken prisoners or
died the patriot’s death.
Egla sat in her room like one in a
trance; her thoughts stood still. The
time passed away, but she was heed-
less of it, till suddenly she started at
the sound of voices in the next room.
Her husband had returned, and with
him— How well she knew those
clear, commanding tones as she lis-
tened to the words of praise and the
promise of a great reward—to her hus-
band.
The Imperialists did not remain long,
and her husband went away in their
train. Egla obtained a conveyance,
and, wrapping her children up warm-
ly, drove away with them to her fa—
ther’s house; Having placed them in
safety, she returned home on the third
day, and awaiting her husband’s re-
turn.
011 the fourth evening after her re-
turn she heard her husband enter the
house softly. like a thief, and like a
thief he started when his wife, candle
in hand, stepped out of her room be-
fore him. Placing the light upon the
table, she seat-ed herself, anda coldly
and sternly, like a judge, she com-
menced her examination.
“Where were you?”
“I have done a geod bit of business.”
“I know it. "
“I have delivered a contra ct for
bread and bacon to—-——”
“You1have delivered up your breth-
ren? You spy!” shrieked the Jewess,
flaming with in dignation.
“What do you mean?”
was pale as a ghost.
“I overheard your conversation with
the general.”
“Anything further?”
band tried to laugh.
The beautiful Jewess stood up and
gazed steadily in his face. “This fur-
ther. You 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 before the world. You shall not,
therefore, swing from the gallows as
you deserve, for I will let you kill your-
self here upon the spot.”
“I believe you have lost your rea-
son,” cried her husband.
For answer she glided quietly into
her room and fetched a“ loaded pistol.
“You must die,” cried Egla. “and if
you have sunk so low that you do not
understand how great is the enormity
of the crime you have committed, or
if your cowardice he so great you dare
not kill yourself, then I will be your
executioner in the name of the father-
land.”
She placed the muzzle of the pistol
Sonnenfeld
and the hus-
against his breast, when the wret-ch
fell upon his knees, begging and en-
treating her to spare his life.
The tragic figure stood superbly
above him, gazed at him for a mo-
ment with‘unn‘ te1able contempt, and
then uncooked the pistol.
“No, truly. you are notworth pow-
der, and, shot.”
She turned from, him and went into
her own room, when he feverishly
sprang to the door and fastened it be-
hind her.
Egla listened, and when she felt cer-
tain her husband had gone to bed, she
wrapped herself in'a fur cloak and
stepped out through the long window
into the night.
As day broke the tread of horses
sounded in front of Sonnenfeld’s house,
and 1a 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 he was
sleeping.
“There is the spy,” cried she, coldly;
“he is my husband, but I would see
him banged. ” '
Sonnenfeld, whining vainly, pleaded
for pardon, as the hussars bound his
hands behind him and dragged him
forth. His wife looked on silence.
When the rope Was placed round his
neck, and the end slung over the lime-
tr'ee, she swung herself into the saddle
of a horse that the hussars had pre—
pa1ed for her, and galloped away, fol-
lowed, in a few minutes, by the sol-
diers.
At the taking of Waitzen a beautiful
woman rode in heat of the Honved
battalion—it was the Jewess of Nagy-
Némethy. Once again she was seen in
the forefront of the fight when the
Poles of Mazuchelli ’s regiment stormed
the green hill of Kornorn at the point
if the bayonet, and there she fen rid-
the eclors with her blood—'Argcnsx-L
corkscrew an d measure
City Journ oh 7
FEATHERED FRIEND.
some ERRONEOUS IDEASIREGARDING
THE_,OSTRICH CORRECTED.
One ESE Equ‘l to Eighteen of 1m 0rdi~
nary Fowl’s—Forty Minutes Required
to Boll :Hard—Food Tossed in a Saul;
in the Neck Before i_t_ is swallowed. .
Theostrich has been observed wit“. ::-
terest from very early times; it 111.;
frequently been the subject of remark
by African-travelers; and it has bei
domesticated andfarmed in the Cape
Colony for some thirty yea1s. Yet i‘.
is remarkable how little is knouzz
about it in scientific circles, and how
many misconceptions still prevail as
to its nature and habits. ,7
This article is founded on personal
observations made during nine years
of uninterrupted ostrich farming in the
Karroo of the Cape Colony, and dur-
ing travels about the country general
ly. '
The ostrich hen lays every day. and
the eg gweighs about three pounds; i1
is a tasty and nutritious food how-
ever prepared, very rich and excellent
fer making pastry and cakes. The
empty shell of a fairly large one ex-
actly held ' the contents of eighteen
fowls’ eggs. It tak as about forty min
utes to boil an ostrich egg har.~d The
period of incubation is about six
weeks.
The old idea that an ostrich can only
leap over a very low fence, o1 acmss
but the narrowest sluit (gully), is in-
correct. The birds will, when startled
(never deliberately), sometimes go over
a six-strand wire fence nearly five feet
high, putting one foot on one of the
middle wires, and striding over with
the other.
Considerable misconception prevails
as to the manner in which the ostrich
runs. When a bird really settles itself
to run it holds its head lower than
usual, and a little forward, with a deep
loop in the neck. The neck vibrates
sinuously, but the head remains
steady, thus enabling the bird, even at
top speed, to look around with unshak-
en glance in any direction. The wings
lie along the sides about on a level
with or a little higher than the back,
and are held loosely just free of the
plunging “thigh.” There is no at-
tempt to hold them extended, 01' to de
rive any assistance from them as or-
gans of flight. '
Even as a chick the ostrich is a pow-
erful swimmer. I have known several
birds to swim some distance down the
Great Fish River when it was running
fairly strong.
The ostrich feeds in a peculiar man-
ner. It tosses the food into a sack in
the upper part of the neck, and then
swallows it. I have seen a bird toss
fully a quart of mealies (Indian corn)
into this~sack before swallowing; and
it is no common thing to see two
“swallbws” traveling down the neck at
the same time with a clear interval be-
tween them;
of large and loose' food, e. g., grain)
slide back into the sack after being
swallowed. if‘the bird lowers its head
to continue feeding before the food
has traveled some considerable dis
tauce down the neck. The food travels
slowly and performs a complete circuit
of the neck before reaching the crop.
Crushed bones are greedily eaten; if
too' large a piece should stick in the
neck, it is a simple matter to cut it
out and sew the wound up again.
As the breeding season approaches
a cock and hen will pair, and, having
selected asite congenial to their in-
clinations. proceed to make a nest.
The nest is simply a hollow depres-
sion, more or less deep according to
the nature of the soil. It is made by
the pair together. The cock goes down
on his br,east scraping or kicking the
sand out backward with his feet, cut-
ting the earth with his long and pow-
e1ful nails. The hen stands by, often
fluttering and clicking her wings, and
helps by picking up the sand with her
beak and dropping it irregularly near
the edge of the growing depression.
When satisfied with their work (and
they are easily satisfiwed often too
easily) the hen begins to lay an egg in
the nest eve1v day. During the laying
period the nest is often unattended,
and is not slept on at night A nest
in which only one hen is laying con-
tains on the average about fifteen eggs;
but she often begins to sit before she
has laid her full complement.
times she will lay four or five afterbe
ginning to sit, though not often so
many. The hen generally begins the
sitting; she will occasionally sit for
one or two days and nights before the
cock takes his turn. W'hen sitting as-'
sumes its regular course, the hen sits
from 8 01' 9 a. m. to about 4 p. m., and
the cock from 4 p. In. to about 8 or 9
a. m. The bird whose turn it is to be,
on the nest keeps its seat until the oth-
er arrives to relieve it, when they at
once change places. ,
The color of each is admirably
adapted to the time spent on the nest,
and furnishes interesting examples of
pl'Ot-eCtiI’e coloration. It is scarcely
possible to conceive a more efieftive
disguise than the sober brownish gray
of the her. for day sitting, and the
black of the cock for night—S. C. C.
Schreiner, in Zoologist.
As It Looked to Him.
People who have seen cottOnwood
warp when it came from the saw can
appreciate a story Gene II’ar'e tells
about the first sawmill erected at Fort
Scott. After the first day’s sawing
the owner of the mill came down from
town, w-'he1c he had been celebrating
the “.1pm ing " with the boys. He looked
over the crooked boards scattered
about the yard for a moment, and then
inquired with drunken gravity:
“Boysh (hi ), has that lumber been
mea'sured yet. "’
"It has not, ” replied the feieman
1
lied with bullets, but v, 111mm,: in the 0f he mill
standard of her country and staining.
“Well, when it gets still, take a (h: cl
i.t ’-’-—I{ans as
or to see one of them (it
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Would Imbibe.
Years ago, when it was more the
fashion in Kansas than at present.
United States Discrict Attorney Bill
Perry gave a stag party to his gentle-
men friends at Fort Scott. He had pro
cured a bountiful/supply of cold beer
for the delectation- of his guests, but
hid it away in an. upper room as a post-
prandial surprise. When the proper
time arriVed for the revelation of his
surprise, he said to the assembled
company:
stairs, but before we start I want to
know whether you intend to drink like
gentlemen or like hogs.”
“011, we’ll drink like gentlemen. Lead
011. Billy,” chorused a dozen voices in
reply.
“That settles it,” responded the jovial
host. as a smile rippled over all three
of his double chins. “I’ll have to send
for more beer. A hog always knows
when hes got enough.”—Kansas City
Journal.
The Bishop Aahamed’td’ Die.
The Christian Register says that
when a certain bishop was about to
make a visitation of his diocese his
wife said to him: “Now, Bishop, you
know you musn’t eat any mince pie;
for you know it never agrees with
v'fou “No, I won ’,t” said the Bishop,
and for a while he withstood the
temptation in various quarters. But,
at last, he succum bed to an especially
choice piece, and it was so good that
he ate another. That night he.was
taken violently ill, and the physician
who was summoned was greatly sur-
prised to find how extremely nervous
his patient was over his condition.
‘IVhy, Bishop, surely, you are not
afraid to die?” “Oh, 110,” said the
Bishop, “I am not afraid to die, but I
am very much ashamed .to die.”
T
Things Wot—lien Say.
"I’Vhat very engaging manners he
.1as.”
“Yes; more engaging than marrying,
.hey say.”—Pick-Me-Up.
Polite Visitor—Why, the baby looks
ust like its father.
Young father (aside to servant)—
1ouse? I do not wish to live any
anger —-T1d-B1ts - I“
“Boys, 1 have a lot of cold beer up-l
,Iary, is th'ere any laudanum in the'
MT AND ‘HU’MOR.
Husband (off for a jou-rney)—-Do you
often think of me when I am gone? ,
Wife-i—Indeed I do. It takes me a
week to get the smell of smoke out of
the house.
“Frisbie is the laziest man I ever
knew.”
“What makes you think so?"
“He actually seems to be glad that
he’s getting baldheaded, so that he
won’t have to comb his hair any more.”
——Cleveland Leader.
Cobble-I’ve go); one of the finest
suburban 1:homes you ever saw—solid
comfort, old man.
Stone—That so?
buying a suburban place myself.
Cobble—Buy mine—Brooklyn Life.
French Waiter (In London restau‘
rant, to Ya‘bsley, who has been trying
to make himself undertood in bill-of-
fare Fromm—“If zee gentleman vill
stalk zee language vot he vas born in,
I vill very mooch better understood.”
——Tld-Bits.
Tourist (who has just given Pat a
drink from his flask)-—T-hat’s a drop of
good whiskey—eh, Pat?
Pat—Faith, ye may well say that,
sorr. Shure, it wint down my t'roat
loike a torchlight procesmonI—Eix-
change.
An Uprising in His Midst.
"Speaking of Cuban uprisings and in
surrections, " said Wallace. “I shall
never forget one that occurred twenty
years ago.”
“Were you present?” asked Ferry.
. “Very much so. It happened about
five minutes after I had. lighted one of
my father's big, black Havana cigars.”
——Cincinnati Enquirer. ‘
An Applied Axiom.
“My erring brother,” said the Salva-
tion Army worker, “do you not know
that it is just as greats. sin to steal a
pin as to steal a. dollar?"
“Guess you got it about right,” said
Billy the Dil. “After‘this I ain ’t goin’
to steal nothin’ that ain’t worth .noth-
in’.”—Cincinn1ati Enquirer.
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