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FROM STEP TO STEP ; Or, The Mysterious Letter. Frem the German of Ernst Frltze. Translated Especially for t'.ie Ixtelusexceu CHAPTER I. Onr story takes us back te tbe times, when steam bad net yet been applied as a motive and working power ; when tbe railroad of fereigu lands was looked upon witb wonder and ridicule ; when people related derisively that the Frenchman Daguerie boasted of being able te portray the human countenance with a pencil of sunbeams. About that period there lived in a large and populous city, that we shall call Non Nen nenburg, a certain grain dealer, Otte Marklin by name, who had risen from the humble condition of hostler te that of an opulent and highly lespcctcd merchant, thus affording an additieual proof that nothing under heaven is impossible te in dustry aud a determined will. Heir Otte Marklin's dwelling steed near a small chuich court, net far from the Martins, gate. It was net exactly elegant nor of very great dimensions, yet stately enough te rank among the better sort of Heii!e3,at that time by no means numerous in the geed city of Nennenburg. The front of this building faced the church, the side looked upon a short, nar row street, cut off from the premises by a bread gateway. Tlie large roomy, gran aries, barns and t..lHng that surrounded the spacious trr.niisils, afforded unmistak able evidence tint the business of Hcrr Otte Marklin was ia as prosperous a con dition as could It j wished, aud the brand new, geld-lettered sign of the lirm, dis played ever the right wiudew of the lrent informed every passer-by that the son of llerr Otte Marklin had lately been taken into partnership by his father. Frem this glittering sign of the new firm "Otte Marklin & Ce." the last glowing beams of the setting sun were flashing back, as from a mirror, when a young horseman, in furious gallop, rode through the Martinsgate, spreading con fusion aud dismay among the children that wcre at play iu the court. The rider, a fair-haired youth, plunged reck lessly forward, aud in pure wantonness rode ever a little boy, who. in his haste te escape the threatened danger, had (alien directly iu the middle of the read. With a heartless laugh, he called out te the peer little fellow, " Get up, youngster, get up, come and be paid for your pains Madame Spalding .shall give you a picce of cake." A moment after the young man reached the house with the glittering new sign and dismounted at the deer. The injured child had set up a terrible screaming, all the mothers in the neighborhood came rushing from their doers te see whether their children wcre safe. The bystanders loudly abused the rider, thicatcuing him with personal vielcucc ; but what cared young Felix Marklin for all that ; he, who rcsjicctcd nothing en earth. Throwing the reins te a stable beyf who was hurrying forward, he passed under the tkep arch of the deer which was just then thrown open from within. A stout little woman appeared at the entrance, with displeasure in her good geed natured face, and indignation Hashing from her lolling dark eyes. She placed her left hand upon her side, and stretched out the right, armed with a large kitchen knife, towards the young man. "What mischief have you been deiug again, Herr Felix ?" she said, reprovingly. " Nene, Madame Spalding," return ed Feliu with a well-contented laugh. "De yen net sec the dead child is screaming fearfully, and the wounded are running home. What busi ness have the imps te play about the street ? the thing will net always pass off se well net every rider is as skillful as I am, and net every horse as well taught as my Fex. If the little clown that rolled ever should corce here, give him a piece of cake." "Se ? just as if I were here only te make up for the harm you have done," angrily re plied Madame Spalding, who for cigtit years had played the part of housewife in the Marklin family. " Your feats of horse manship havn a purpose, you wish te play the aristocrat, the gentleman ou horse back, but your attempts will net be suc cessful, they will only remind people of your father's earlier position in life." Hcrr Felix Marklin laughed aloud. "Keep away from me with your rabid wisdom, Madame ! My soul knows nothing of such noble passions. My ' Open Sesame' is geld geld geld in abundance. Let me have money te pay for my pleasures ; let me have money enough te live luxuriously that confers respectability that raises the plebeian above the noble Is it net se. dear Madame ?" Madame turned with head proudly erect and left her station at the deer. She tin derstoed the taunt conveyed by her young master. Her own family had become bankrupt by indulging in pleasures and luxuries beyond their means, therefore she found herself obliged te serve the unculti vated upetart Marklin as housekeeper. Felix looked at her with a triumphant smile. " Has my father come home ?" he asked, going toward the counting room, "Yes," replied Madarae shortly, "he waits for you at the tea-table." Felix hastily entered the count ing room, and flew leund with noisy activity, here shutting up a large book, locking a closet there, glancing swiftly ever the place te sec that all was in proper order. Thus occupied, he chanced te notice a letter, jnst brought from the pbsteffice by the errand boy. He took it up, and tripping from the count ing room with all the airs of a fine gentle man, passed into the opposite departments in one of which the daily meals were taken. As he stepped into passage leween them, the golden light of the evening sun, falling through the still open deer of the house upon his crisp curls, formed a sort of glory about his hsad. The young fellow ap peared quite handsome in his luminous haze. The modern elegance of his dress, set off his figure te advantage, giving him that air of distinction, which it is the aim of fashion te bestow. Herr Felix Markliu was, in the full sense of the word, a feel of the period. He affected te be weary of Europe, kept his saddle-horse, strutted about the live-long day, booted spurred, and withal, was always in want of money. Although declared partner with father but a few weeks age, he had already discovered that be had in no way come nearer te the goal of his desires, and that he had essen tially overrated the advantages of his posi tion. Instead of allowing him te dispose freely of the income, his father gave him control of only certain branches of the bus iness, with judicious directions hew te earn his own share of the receipts. Net a very enviable partnership in the opinion of Felix. His yearly allowance had until new enabled him te emulate the doings of richer people, and by careful management te obtain his full share of the enjoyments of life. Bat, that being with- drawn, be was thrown upon his own re sources, and compelled te depend upon his speculative skill te obtain the larger sums that had new become necessary te him. This unfavorable change of circumstances seemed te him extremely inconvenient. and te offer but little comfort iu the fu ture. With hasty steps, Felix entered the room where his father awaited him. They greeted each ether in silence, by a nod, expressive neither of pleasure, nor affec tion. With the same quiet indifference Felix held towards his father the letter he had brought from the counting-room. Herr Otte Marklin was the perfect image of his son Felix, only that he dressed less in the fashieu, were no spurs te his beets, and instead of tne frivolous smirk of the latter, bere upon his features an expres sion of grave content. He took the letter from his son's baud, with a questioning glance, as he passed his fingers, in per plexity, through the locks of whitening hair. " ' Confidential' is written upon the en velope, "'said Felix,' "Iwconeludedfrom this that it must relate te circumstances of a private nature, and have net, there fore, opened it " "I carry en no correspondence that you may net knew and regulate,'' returned the old gentleman, curtly, giving him the letter back. "Read, and tell me what is wanted of me. 'Confidential' evidently means nothing mere than seme impudent begging application." Felix leaned back iu his chair, aud with listless slowness broke the seal, which bere the device of a mermaid. He drew the letter somewhat mere quickly from the envelope, when he noticed that it was written upen roso reso rose oolorcd paper. " Frem a lady papa !'' he cried, archly ; " written in a very line and small hand. Shall I read the letter te you?" "Nonsense ! Head it. 'What should cause a lady te write te me ? Dees she want te borrow money te pay her son's debts. These aristocratic mothers are sometimes se. foolish as te sacrifice themselves for their sons. She will find no pity with me. But, let us hear what she has written." " This appears te me te be a curious letter, papa !" cried Felix, in a tone of great astonishment, when he had rapidly glauccd ever the contents. Tell me, first of all, whether you were ever acquainted with a certain Alexandrine von llaidck-Beuhauscn, born von Erxle hen." Her Otte Marklin ceMly shook the curliug locks of his gray head, with a gest ure of denial. ' Well, this is droll ! Only listen. First, there is no address, but the letter begins : ' In yicw of death, and in spite of your contempt, I beg you te grant me your forgiveness, se that, after long years of terment, I may at last die in peace. The terrors of eternal destruction have long since aroused my conscience, but I wanted the power of making repara tion for what you have suffered through iny fault. New, the man te whom I sold my love and my life is no mere. And, as if heaven wished te point out te me the way te repair the mischief I did iu the levity of worldly pride, I had te learn this day, by the lips of a loving and innocent child, mat you are living in JNeuncnburg, mar ried, and the father of a hopeful son. I recognize a dispensation of Providence in the chance that brought me this revelation, aud conscience urges me te discharge my debt tewatd you. I cannot die, although I belong in part te the grave. Come, I entreat you ; come te the dyiug one, who from minute te minute longs most anx iously for rest, and who dares net leave this world, until she has first assured your earthly well-being. Yeu will find me still iu the same house, te which I have made you a stranger. The rustling of the lin dens aud their balmy fragrance remind me of the day when you left this house never again te cuter it ; with a curse upon your lips and an oath that betrayed your contempt for me. These, truly, arc wretched memories, but I willingly hum ble myself and entreat you, for your own and your bon's sake, te hasten te ene who is dyiug. " ' Alexandria; vex iiaidek-beknhau-mcx nee vex erxlebex).'" Upen concluding this letter, Felix gazed iu suspense upon his father's furrowed countenance Net a glimpse of sympathy answered his glance. He took the envelope with the utmost in difference, examined it en all sides, saying in a harsh, unfeeling tone, "The woman is evidently deranged; threw the letter into the waste basket. The remorse of this Lady von Haidek-Bernhausen shall net disturb my tranquillity for an instant. I shall take no step te rescue her from it, aud least of all shall I make a visit te the Residence en account of it. Threw the rose-colored billet away, and de net stare at it se earnestly, as if you wished te learn it bv heart. Away with it !" Se saying, he would have seized, and probably destroyed the letter, and thus rendered it harmless. Felix swiftly drew back his hand, and concealed the paper in his breast pocket, lie had thoughtfully re-read certain phrases of the letter, and it had appeared te him worth making the attempt te learn what the writer really meant " te make geed " what debt 'she wished te discharge," and in what manner she would assure "the earthly well-being" of his father. Since he had himself been spoken of "as a hopeful son of his father" he believed him self te have a certain claim te the letter,and therefore took possession of it. His de fiant and frivolous deportment announced the conception of a plau, which he had no intention of previously putting into words. The old gentleman, however, rendered this intention futile. " Yeu leek as if you wished te make a journey te the Residence, Felix,"' he re marked, in a mocking voice. Felix returned no answer. ."Only go," continued his father, " Only go, go in the name of heaven if you have money. Aha ! that is wanting te you, is it ? I am sorry, my boy. If you had a talent fe.- business, you would have your pockets full of money ; but it suits you better te spend than te earn it." Felix drummed rather disdainfully with his knife upon the plate stand ing before him. The lectures of his wor thy father, in regard te "partners," began te vex him. Bat the old gentleman went en without noticing his anger. "Your desire te travel te the Residence does net date from the receipt of this confused let ter, my dear son, it is a long cherished and passionate wish, and I fear that yen in vented the letter, in order, by this ma nceuvre, te gain funds for the journey. It would net be the first time that you have sought te carry out your will by similar experiments. Confess that this crazy let ter is the product of your fancy, and I will be ready and willing te bear your traveling expenses." Felix still remained silent- aud drammed louder than before. A glance from his c!eir eye, like a lightning Hash, had betrayed the passion into which this suspicion had thrown him. " Well, well, ae net pretend te be se sensitive," said his father with marked scorn. "Would it be the first time that you have employed very doubtful means te obtain possession of the money you wanted ? Yeu are a master in swindling speculations ! Take care, Felix ! you de net steal you de net cheat pe ; but you have been very near doing both. Remember the proverb. 'Give tne devil a linger, and he will seen take the whelejhaud. If you wish te go te the Residence by way of experiment, I have nothing te say against it, and am willing te allow you funds for the journey, en condition that you give me a true and faithful account of the result of your visit te the aristocratic letter-writer, whose san ity l greatly doubt." " That I premise, papa," replied Hcrr Felix, perfectly satisfied with this declar ation, since it fulfilled a long cher ished wish, and at the same time gave him en opportunity of putting te the proof the mysterious allusions of this enigmatical letter.! "Bat one thing I must stipulate. Madame Spalding is net te learn anything about the letter. - " Yeu believe she will laugh at our ciedulity? 7 Felix nodded in icply. " I am satisfied ; she needs net,in any case, knew all that passes in the house. and will, like me, find your journey te the metropolis quite a natural event." "With these last words the deer was flung open, and immediately after Madame Spalding steed in the room, followed by a servant who carried a dish of steaming carp with Polish sauce. She had evident ly heard Herr Otte Marklin's last words, for her quick eye glanced from one te the ether, and thus she also observed that b chx hail placed a rose-colored paper into his portfolio, and thrust the same quickly under his coat. The supper eegan. The two, with praiseworthy zeal, dispObed of the viands furnished by Madame Spalding's skill in cookery, but did net consider it worth the trouble te acquaint her with the plaus of Herr Felix, which, however, had been be trayed te her by the words " and will, like me, find your journey te the me tropolis quite a natural event." That aroused suspicion and anger in her breast. She at once discovered the en velope that lay beside the plate of Herr Otte. Quick as thought she fluug ever it the napkin t-he was holding in her hand in order te secure its possession. Some thing lies behind this, washer thought. Leng as she had been in the house she had never before known of a letter being read and discussed in the living rooms. Whence did this one come ? She would knew ! With an expertness that presup posed constant practice, she took up the napkin after a while, aud with it, natur ally, the envelope, which she secretly slipped into the pocket of her gown. Neither of the two gentlemen noticed this artful jugglery of the worthy woman, who, wheu the meal was finished, with some trifling excuse, left the room and hastened te her own apartment en the second fleer that the might cxamine the envelope at leisure. But, unfortunately, she discovered no thing mere of the mystery than that the address was iu the handwritiug of a lady : "His Hener Hcrr O. Marklin, Nennen burg Confidential," was the result of her study. Shaking her head she set herself te disciphcr the pest-stamp. " Aha ! " she murmured, triumphantly, with her arms akimbo, "'Aha! here is the rub!' A letter comes from the Residence, and Herr Felix suddenly finds it necessary te go there secretly. Wherefore '.' en business ? for pleasure ? Pah ! the address is writ ten iu a woman's hand. Might it perhaps be a project of marriage ! Loek out ! It would net be the most agreeable thing iu the world ferme te have a young mistress in the house. " v She suddenly broke off her soliloquy and listened. A clear, sharp voice was calling up from below. " Madame Spald ing!" cried Felix, still louder than at first. The woman drew up her brews, took the cuvelepe, thrust it into a Bible lying upon the bureau, and placed this Bible hurridly between some books that steed en a small but elegant boek-sheif ; then she opened tne deer and asked Herr Felix what he wanted. "llave you net sccu an envelope that was lying en the table near my father's plate ?'' asked Felix, iu a hasty tone. Frau Spalding was undecided for a moment site delayed her auswer while she drew a long breath. "Ne, Hcrr Felix," was then her confident reply. " But I will come directly and help in the search for the envelope, if it is of any import ance." She stepped tranquilly- down the staircase te the landing. Here she stepped, grasping the balustrade for support. A cenvnlsive trembling in her limbs hin dered her from going farther for some sec onds. Had she but followed the prompt prempt ings of conscience, and given up the en velope even new ! "What is there about the envelope that you are se eager te find it?" she asked, quickly recovering her self command, and finishing her descent, te Felix. " Nothing at all, " grumbled the young man, vexed by the useless search ; "I only wished te convince' myself again that the'address was really te Hcrr O. Marklin." "Papa has just given me the idea that there might be another Herr Marklin in Nennenburg." " O, yes ; that is se," interrupted Mad ame, smilingly, for she considered this declaration as a mere ovasiem " The ether Marklin is, however, Recorder, and has for years borne the title of Hofrath.' " " Then the letter is net directed te him. These who sent it would net have emitted his title, and I remember distinctly that the address reads, ' Hen. Herr O. Mark lin ; ' the letter is for my father." " The contents must show you that," said Frau Spalding, watching him closely. " Pah ! even the contents show noth ing nothing at all," was the young man's reply. " Dees it then re'ate te seme business matter," inquired madame, as she opened the basket in which the silver used at table was kept for safety. " Why yes ; an old debt," said Felix with a significant smite. Madame breathed mere lightly, and shook out the table-cloth, together with the napkins. "Frem what place did the letter ceme ? By whom was it written ?" But she asked in vain. Felix was convinced that she knew no thing of the envelope, and with the re mark, that, in the end, it was a matter of no consequence, he turned away from her, with the intention of going back te the sitting-room. Suddenly, he stepped. "De you knew, Madame, that I am going te the Residence te-morrow ?" he asked airupUy. "Se! in pursuance of the letter?" in quired the stout little'weman. " Why net indeed ! for the sake of pleasure in order te squander directly, what you have just earned." Felix burst out laughing. " I shall net' reach far with that." "Se much the worse if you allow your self suclMestIy amusements at your father's expense," chided Madame. "I would very much like te. knew hew you have managed te persuade your father te this outlay. He complained te me, only te-day. that business was eeing en badly. Yen should be reasonable, and net always take advantage of the tenderness of a father's heart te supply yourself with money." "Pah, pab, Madame! he who does net live as he can is a feel !" " Se ! Bat he who spends mera than he has is a knave, and has entered upon a career of felly that may plunge him into perdition," returned the woman very earnestly. " Your wisdom will very seen be come burdensome te me," exclaimed Felix, with violence. "I will show you that I am no longer a boy who listens te a woman's lecturing. Your government shall seen find an cud seen very seen, and a fearful ene truly !" Frau Spalding, in some astonishment, had retreated several steps : she had never yet seen the young man se violent. " Why you really frighten me with your wrath," she retorted, with a scornful toss of the head ; " really this new experience gives me the idea that you might succeed in in timidating me. May it net be possible that great qualities slumber in you, of whose existence I have hitherto been ig norant ? Indeed, I never believed that standing water could also threw up waves. Only go en, Hcrr Felix, surprise me with your spirit aud energy. I declare myself ready te bestow unqualified respect and esteem upon you." The stout little woman courtesicd with mocking deference, and went back towards the staircase ; her eye fell en tbe kitchen deer ; there steed the servant-maid and the house-boy, their eyes and ears wide open te the unexpected quarrel; they drewback,bewcver,with great respect and vauished instantly upon seeing themselves detected by Frau Spalding. Notwith standing their hasty retreat, they had still time enough te notice that Herr Felix had menacingly clenched bis fist, aud followed MadamcSpalding with eyes sparkling with anger, as she ascended the steps. The idea was impressed upon the minds of these two also, with lightning swiftness, that in certain cases the young gentleman might become far mere excited than ene would have supposed from his usual trilling and indifferent mien. Felix seen after left the house, but simply witb the intention of obtaining intelligence of the family that also bore the name of Marklin. The name was unusual enough te warrant the idea of common descent. His father had always decidedly repelled the idea of any relationship when he had occasionally been asked about the matter by his acquaintances, and, until new, he had never thought it worth the trouble te mention in his household the existence of another family Marklin in the town. Nennenburg was large and populous. Herr Oito Marklin lived retired and quietly aud only for his business. His seu Felix had at long intervals been ab sent from his native town, and the circle of his acquaintance was limited te com panions of his own standing who wcre net in the habit of intercourse with officials of higher or lower rank. Consequently, the fact that he might net be the only Marklin in the place remained a secret te him until the moment when the mysterious letter had excited his enriesity. When, hew ever, he had learned this, a secret fear took possession of him that the ether family Markliu might be better fitted te claim relationship with a noble lady, and he determined te make careful inquiry be- lerc taking any steps in this ileubtlul matter that might lead te important re sults. He had learned through the directory that the Hofrath Markliu lived in the op posite part of the town and in a remote aud little-known street. Felix had scarcely heard of " Walleen avenue," yet in the fading twilight of a beautiful sum mer's day he steered his course toward the quarter in whichghe supposed it te be lo cated. Te his astonishment he found a rather short but wide avenue, bordered en both sides by handsome houses, uniting two broader streets. The houses themselves were neat and rural in their exterior ; they were te all appcarance inhabited by people who wi shed te keep at a distance from the whiil of fashionable society and from the turmoil of business life in the town. Music was floating out en the air from the second story of one of the houses. A bright light shone through the mirror-like windows, that were adorned with white curtains. A glance at the number ever the deer satisfied Felix that this must be the residence of Hofrath Marklin. and his heart grew heavy with doubt. Might net the letter, that a provoking chance had thrown into his hands, have been intended for the dweller in tiiis retired street? The young man earnestly revolved this question in his thoughts, for the aiiste ci'atic quiet and seclusion that, like a for eign atmosphere, pervaded the whole place, situated as it was in the midst of a surging population, agreed perfectly well with the fanciful romance of this inex plicable letter from the Residence. Gov erned by the impression te which he yield ed, without any will of his own, he leaned against the area railing of an opposite house and listened dreamily te the music. But this seen ceased, after a quicker meas ure aud a cadence of full piano chords, ac companied by the tones of a violin, played in a brilliant, artistic style. Within the heuse all was new in motion. Lights flashed through ether apartments dark until new, loud voices were heard in the hall and the front deer was suddenly opened. A slender girlish figure appeared in the illumined space, with a little girl at each side, and the group appeared in haste te leave the house. Behind them in the same hale of light light steed a second form who belonged without dispute te these youthful beings, that still leek joyously out upon life, and have faith in a golden future. The dimples in her rosy cheeks, the bread smooth fore head, and the bright Iaughiug eyes, bore witness te her serene and cheerful disposi tion. Her voice accorded well with this inward beauty, as she called out in clear, ringing, and cordial tones " Geed night !" "Geed night!" adding, "de net be anxiou8,CIetiIde, you will net be te i late " Fraulcin Clotilde, merely replied "Geed night, Elsie" and hurried past Felix, 'who still steed upon the watch. A light mock ing smile played for a moment about his lips ; he knew this lady, he knew the two little girls she was leading by the hand. They were the daughters of the Counseller Bergland, who lived in the great mansion en the opposite side of the church court, and Fraulein Clotilde was the governess of the children. If she was daughter of Hofrath Marklin, it was beyond doubt, that the letter of the most noble lady could net have been addressed te him. He slowly turned his eyes towards the opposite deer. Elsie was still standing there, looking after her sister. Her mother had new joined her. Beth in their whole appearance, bore visibly the stamp of simple citizen rank. The elder sister, Clotilde, had always appeared te him in the same light, en the occasions when he had seen her crossing the square with her little pupils.- He could net deny te himself that she was beautiful, but for dignity of manner, for the noble simplicity of a lady of rank, Herr Felix Marklin had no appreciation. He considered only the most fashionable and striking style of dress as a character istic of wealth, and for this his' soul thirsted. He knew nothing of aabitien, eared nothing for the principles of moral ity and true honor ; he centred all the aims of life in the lively desire of being able te pass through " the world without exertion and without constraint naturally with his pockets full of mosey, and with the certain prospect of always keeping them se. He was no enthusiast ia the practise of the nobler emotions, still less did he revel in the mere vicious desires of yeath. His moderate share of common sense had preserved him from the evils that might have disturbed his personal well-being. As he was quietly observing the yeug girl who had been called " Elsie," the thought arose in his mind, for the first time, that his father's house had be come exceedingly uncomfortable aader the despotic rule of stout little Fraa Spald ing, who, by her domineering spirit, had made herself disagreeable even te his father. Te this another thought coupled itself. Since Fraulein Clotilde had accept ed the situation of governess, perhaps pretty little Elsie, there in the doorway, might also be feuud willing te fill the pest of housekeeper for the firm " Otte, Mark lin & Ce." The heart of Felix grew warm with the hope of se desirable a change. Under the influence of this omotien he moved from bis position and stepped inad vertently into the eirele of light streaming from the open deer opposite te him. A little scream betrayed that Elsie had first became aware of his presence. She at once closed the deer and extinguished the light. 1 he bense new lay dark and sembre be fore him, yet, as from a far distance, the soft and lovely tones stele out, that he had before beard drawn from a violin as by a skillful and practised hand.Felix could net determine precisely whether these tones were only an echo that lived in his soul, or whether seme one had bceu playing and singing in ene of the mere retired rooms of the building. It was a sweet, mournful melody that stele out en the air, such as a mother would sing te her siek child in order te inveke upon its languid eyes the gentle .slumber that brings health in its train. Why did these tones cause doubt te insinuate itself into the mind of the youth? Why did they link themselves with the wonderful letter ? He could net bauish this music from his thoughts for the whole of the night that followed ; it haunted him like a rcstlcsi spirit, and the contradictory feelings it excited drove him te recouueitie the little heuse en Wal Wal eeon avenue ence agaiu by daylight,, before setting out en his journey te the" Residencp. He returned disen chanted from this espial. He had twice passed by the house of Hofrath Marklin, glancing each time furtively into the open windows of the parlor. What a petty, miserable household t Everything worn out by age ! Everything prosaic ! Everything of the commonest t Herr Hof rath was either a friend of old-fashioned contentment, or he was a very peer man. The spell that fancy had thrown ever the mind of young Herr Felix in the twi light of the preceding evening was dissolved by the beams of the morning sun. With a soul at peace, he took lm place in the diligence and rode forward te meet his fate. 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BABOOOr, Attorney-at-Law.et Washington, V. O, form erly an examiner in V. 8. !& 9mSF: 2 r! his services as solicitor before tlM"' 8. and Foreign Patent Offices. Cartfnlwertc Ji Me prices. WaaaMociateetMr.JaeobStaaa-er.ol I Ancnstrr, until the latter' death. -..T.iiTf'K t ciTV OM HOLD! mueTin f The holders or Leam of the City of Lan caster et April K, 872, payable by thedty after Ave yean and within ten yean; et May 1,1X7J. payable in 1880: of May 7, 1875, payable after one year and within thirty years ; or April It, 1873, payable utter one year and within thirty years, arc hereby notified that the bends of the said city, issued at the the tinea peclaed, will be redeemed at the Mayer's Offlce with inten-t np te SATURDAY, the twenty-third day et AFK1L. 1881. Interest en the above bends after that date will cease. JKO. T. XacCOIUOLE, pr2 eed tft22 Mayer.
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