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I attempted to drag myself, as far as my chain would permit, along the walk, and throwing myself upon the turf, I rested there until the expiration of my hour. The guards would then sit down near me, and begin to converse with each other. One of them, a Bohemian, named Kral, had, though very poor, received some sort of an education, which he had himself improved by reflection.
Tawno is one of these." "Is that fine fellow poor?" "One of the poorest, brother. Handsome as he is, he has not a horse of his own to ride on. Perhaps we may put it down to his wife, who cannot move about, being a cripple, as you saw." "And you are what is called a Gypsy King?" "Ay, ay; a Rommany Kral." "Are there other kings?" "Those who call themselves so; but the true Pharaoh is Petulengro."
"If I asked it not, attribute it to my poor head; it would be a great consolation to me." Kral reported my words to the superintendent, and the chaplain of the prisons came to me. I made my confession, received the communion, and took the holy oil. The priest's name was Sturm, and I was satisfied with him.
In 1825 Schiller was pronounced past his service from infirmity and old age; though put in guard over some other prisoners, not thought to require equal vigilance and care. It was a trying thing to part from him, and he felt it as well as we. Kral, a man not inferior to him in good disposition, was at first his successor.
We found that they were too heavy to drag over the ice whole, so we cut off the blubber and some meat, and left the kral for the benefit of the bears. The horns would, under other circumstances, have been valuable; but we could not afford to burden ourselves with more than what was absolutely necessary.
Upon the morning of his death he also said, as he pressed a crucifix, which Kral brought him, to his lips; "Thou, Lord, who wert Divine, hadst also a horror of death, and didst say, IF IT BE POSSIBLE, LET THIS CUP PASS FREE ME, oh, pardon if I too say it; but I will repeat also with Thee, Nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou willest it!" After the death of Oroboni, I was again taken ill.
"#Kral, Carlos A. V."# Born in a country town in southern Michigan, Dec. 29, 1890, of Czech-Yankee descent. Has lived continuously since three years of age in one of the large cities of the Great Lakes. Graduated from a public high school, but was educated chiefly by thought and private study. Landscape with Trees, and Colored Twilight with Music.
The exertion I made to receive the sacrament exhausted my remaining strength; but it was of use, as I fell into a deep sleep, which continued several I hours. On awaking I felt somewhat refreshed, and observing Schiller and Kral near me, I took them by the hand, and thanked them for their care. Schiller fixed his eyes on me.
Perhaps we may put it down to his wife, who cannot move about, being a cripple, as you saw.’ ‘And you are what is called a Gypsy King?’ ‘Ay, ay; a Rommany Kral.’ ‘Are there other kings?’ ‘Those who call themselves so; but the true Pharaoh is Petulengro.’ ‘Did Pharaoh make horse-shoes?’ ‘The first who ever did, brother.’ ‘Pharaoh lived in Egypt.’ ‘So did we once, brother.’ ‘And you left it?’
Whenever I showed the least return of reason, Kral was accustomed to say, "There! have faith in God; God alone is good." "Pray for me," I stammered out, when a lucid interval first appeared; "pray for me not to live, but that he will accept my misfortunes and my death as an expiation." He suggested that I should take the sacrament.
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