Show Next ext Case Please Plase and I I Peasant Hears Hears' His Son Is D De VIENNA Feb The 6 The The Arbeiter of ot Vienna a newspaper devoted devoted devoted de de- de- de voted to the interests of the working workingmen men of Austria prints the following pathetic incident showing how the war var ar affects every phase of or life lite of the people peo peo- The scene says the tho Arbeiter Zei Zel- Zel tung is in a little village in Bohemia Wenzel Venzel has received some legal paper Neither he nor nor his wife can read so his neighbors read it for him telling that It is a summons summons sum sum- mons to appear in the district c court urt on the at 9 o'clock In Jn the morning Perhaps it it- itis is about my inn son said and they may want to tell me some some news of him You know we have not heard from him In four months At 6 o'clock clo c on n tn the morning of the dressed in his black Sunday clothes starts to walk wall to the district court for the road i is long and dreary and it it requires at least two hours to get there When he reaches the court building he is o ordered dered to o sit on a a bench enSe in inthe the C cOr corridor idor until n l he Is chilled There are mah mahy others ther waiting leaned After Atter a weary wait t of two hours he is called in You are Herr Wenzel Wensel Yes your honor Very well on order of the court of this district I 1 am me ine directed to examine exam exam- tance you regarding a matter matter of Of Inh ri- ri I Yes your honor Your son Franz old who was with 19 years vears the landstrum Infantry infantry infantry in- in fantry regiment No f fell ii lIk like n a hero in battle in east Galicia only Was was he ne your son Yes your honor Well after his death the were found on his person fOllowing A Assets A Assets Cash money Kroel Kronen 1437 1437 Five kepecs worth seven belles helles eues 35 IK A nickel watch A memorandum book 18 2 An old pocketbook of no value Amount of assets iTT B. B B. None Liabilities 1730 7 3 None C. C Actual C.-Actual Actual v value lue of effects effect it v j 1730 That 1 is what he you understand actually left t- t Do Do iJO Yes your honor A Ai A. A your son eon left leU no will or testa- testa i ment meat the law will have to tak Cof c cof of the matter Yes your honor I It is t to be ex lege in accor accord with the law Jaw Do you understand Yes your honor Therefore you and your wi only claim one-half one of the value effects IB Yes your honor fl So I will declare you rou and you rou routhe the only heirs Of course the thos tho's gates' gates court will eventually whole matter over over to the district honor Yes your Then you and your wife w. w wil w notice again for tor c. There now we are through will you please sign this paper I signs by making crosses 1 So now you can go Next goes to the door but door tates when he reaches the door Is s s there anything else you you youl asks the official J thinking Pardon but I am son son son-is is h he dead My dear friend I 1 thought th understood non datu I there Has if if he were wo woi no reason for court action Geland Gel GoH and console yourself with the t ti that your only beloved son sac his life Ufe on the altar of the Fath and died like Uke a hero The next please 3 I Wenzel Venzel sadly walks the two hour stretch to his h hc the village I That afternoon he and hl hIi quietly attend to their work o oth th the evening when they both sit s sat at their frugal meal do they gi gito gh to their emotions and both w we terly y- y The next case please |