gave him this title, whereupon the children recognized “wine- 
head” as Bacchus. 
As Bacchus was approaching within the distance of the 
two youths we have just spoken of, Moss, the shoemaker, on 
being attracted by the external noise made by the crowd of 
boys accompanying the drunken Bacchus, came out of his 
shop, and, seeing the comical sidewalk procession, laughed to 
his heart’s content. Contrariwise, that Bacchus could not 
walk straight, that he was walking from one side of the side- 
walk to the other, and having a chicken tied to a string, hold- 
ing one end of the string with his left hand, while having a 
walking-stick in his right, his hat being half way on his head, 
and his facial expression being the appearance of a drunken 
man, he had attracted the attention of the passers-by. 
_ That he never would pass the shop of Moss without stop- 
ping, he stopped just as soon as he arrived there. Here he 
stood in the middle of the sidewalk, spoke to his chicken, 
made funny gesticulations, uttered comical expressions, and 
turned his walking-stick in the air. On the other hand, while 
he was going through his performance, and the crowd in- 
creased, boys and girls, in order to have some fun, danced 
around him, played savage music on tin cans, and called him 
laughable names. 
“Move on, Bacchus, move on! You have impeded the 
passage of this sidewalk long enough!” 
“Do not how! at me, Moss!” 
“Well, move on, then!” 
“T will not; furthermore, I will beat you with my walking- 
stick, and make my chicken jump on you!” 
“I will throw some water on both you and your chicken 
if you do not move!” : 
“Throw your water; then I will have you sent to jail!” 
Just then a policeman entered the crowd, which caused 
everybody to be very quiet, with the exception of Bacchus, 
for he told the policeman, and in drunken exclamations, that 
Moss had insulted him, that he had delivered accusations 
avainst him. But the law paid no attention to the false words 
of Bacchus, for he knew him better than anybody. Hence, 
the law said: : 
“Bacchus, I have been knowing you for a long time; I 
have been letting you get by the law. But, that I_ have been 
receiving so many complaints for the last week, I am com- 
pelled to imprison you.” ; 
Bacchus did not say a word; the entire crowd looked on 
silently, whereupon Bacchus was immediately taken to prison, 
where, after the imprisonment of one week, when the jailer 
went into his cell one morning, Bacchus was found dead, his 
chicken being perched on his head, for he had requested that 
his chicken may be kept in his cell. 
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