have her near him, for he hung on his life, and did not wish to leave it till he tired thereof. Meanwhile his fear began to intrude it into the looks with which he observed the king's daughter, and also in the words that he addressed to her. And as she saw him going about, so sombre and suspicious, her love failed little by little, and she could no longer stand his glance, and fled. And, fleeing, she came to the water castle that stands back of the ten water walls, on the stream. And all these—castles and walls and the surroundings—stand out of water, and nobody can cross the threshold lest he fall headlong into the waves. And as the king's daughter stood before the walls, she looked around, and she saw that the prince, with his people, was pursuing her, and there was no way to escape him. So she stood and turned her face again to the water, and closed her eyes, and heard back of her the roar of the great waters, and rather, she thought, any existence or any death than to turn back to that misery. So she raised her arms to her neck, and threw her head back, and leaped into the flood. But the flood bore her on, and the walls were open, and she glided swiftly through the ten gates into the castle. The king, though, saw her diving into the water, and anger seized him, and he called to his archers to shoot at her, and his archers pulled their bows and the arrows whirred, and did not reach her. But as she stood at the entrance to the castle, she turned around, and her eyes opened, and she looked on the prince. Then came the last ten arrows and pierced through her heart, and she fell on the threshold. But the waves carried her into the castle and laid her to bed. The prince and his people, nevertheless, set out to pursue her, and sank in the flood.
"But now I wish to go there and heal the king's daughter, for the time is at hand, and I hear the command from all sides. But you, children, I give it to-day, as a wedding gift, the strength of my hands, and this—that you may be as I."
Then joy arose anew, and they celebrated their feast in high happiness.
The end of the story is of the seventh beggar, but we have not become worthy to hear its end.
DE PINTO, THE NOTED JURIST, DEAD
A. A. de Pinto, the Vice-President of the High Court of Justice and one of the most prominent Jews in Holland, passed away at The Hague on December 24. A. A. de Pinto was born on October 27, 1828. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1852. Though he remained at The Hague to practice law, he continued his studies of scientific jurisprudence. He soon became one of the foremost jurists of Holland. In 1861 de Pinto, as secretary of the commission appointed for the purpose of elaborating the Criminal Law Code for the Netherland colonies in India, attracted the attention of the Government, which soon offered him the portfolio of Justice. But de Pinto declined it. In 1870 he distinguished himself by the remarkable treatise he introduced before the Parliament concerning the abolition of capital punishment. He presented his case in so masterly a manner that the Parliament immediately voted favorably upon it, and on September 17, 1870, the new law went into effect. In 1876 he was appointed Councilor to the High Court. In 1877 he was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Science. De Pinto was an ardent lover of the arts, and was the founder of the Society of Art and Science in Holland. He contributed considerably to the literature of jurisprudence, and was for many years editor-in-chief of the leading Dutch law journal, Weekblat van het Recht. In 1903 de Pinto was promoted to the high office of Vice-President of the High Court of Justice. De Pinto was president of the committee of Jewish religious, philanthropic and educational institutions. He showed his great admiration for the Zionist movement when, as president of the Reception Committee, he welcomed the Eighth Zionist Congress in an enthusiastic and intensely Jewish address.
The Bezalel Organization of New York
A meeting of the New York Bezalel was held last Saturday night, January 18, in 231 East Broadway. The following members have lately joined the organization: E. W. Lewin-Epstein, N. Taylor Phillips, Dr. D. Blaustein, Dr. Ch. Wortsmann, A. Lubarsky, B. Isaacs, Joseph Barondess and Abraham Goldberg. The meetings are held every Saturday night.