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WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1846
Gentle Words
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A young Rose in the Summer time
Is beautiful to me,
And glorious the many stars
That glimmer on the Sea ;
But Gentle Words and aing hearts
And hands to clasp my own, .
Are better than the brightest flowers
Or stars that ever shone
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The Sun may warm-the Gram of life,
The Dew the drooping Flower:
And es. grow bright that welch the light
Ili Aotunin's opening hour—
Hu wortk that breathe of tenderness,
And %,a , know are true,
Are v. trifler than the Sum tier time
Anil brighter than the Dew
it I. not inurh the ‘Worldcan give,
Koh all its ktilillf art,
1”.1 G.dd or Gents are not the things
To .atisfy the Heart!
13al. 071! If 010, a lio elu•Ter ..round
The char and the hearth
Ifnr gentle wqrds and losing smiles
ttrau'i!i,l I.E irth !
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united to the daughter nl the seem
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to fr ivi• the hed.rd.- her aiTi•il parent, it
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iiiiprarni•ahle, lie, with as good
pf,.,1`.1e., saw his danoltli•T sel out
, k' her jnarnev to f)resilen,
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n , rurred to interrupt ilie joutney of
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tr lrippitie,s of in.'s.-
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tr. ''.- - f ertiir4r. 11,r r,ol)rt through Coe
cow; ry to at Iw it the was to trav,-I.
In of tin n. 1 ,13;011,1 nho of as well
1-11.;;;,1,1 vii I-, and hod frt quent
• I, a co , trier on the It than frontier. M ,z
-z • 0. a., .011. iii;tl wts called, was an It.; tto
"aril,, and ' , ..t lly undertook a couttiti , ,lon
n twit promised Iwo 3 Itch harvest of booty.—
Ils tiogain with the treacherous De M (mat.
that if he made away with the life of Nlad
ame 141110ork WllllO 011 the journey. and before
sll eroultreotointiineate with her husband. he was
to be at liberty to carry olTall her baggage.which
enutained valuable articles to a large amount
Ttre Italian only stipulated that his wife, dress
',l in mile attire, and it lad on whom he could
depend, should accompany lion. Every thing
being settled, the morning. of departure arrived.
Adelaide had not seen heetravelling emeparet
eau% lid - they arrived with the carrage.rito which
sta. W ; l9 handed by Mazzoolo, with all the de
s truce that her beauty and elegant attire might
'"ar4lly ebinmand. She wore a black velvet
and Ch ant illy veil, crimson Filk pelisse
11'31131Ni -wilt rich furs, a boa of Russian sa
ble ; told over all, a loose velvet pelisse. lined
With tor. Mazzaolo and his wife thought
that this argued well for the contents of her
trunks.
Tilt length of the jotirney, the dangers of the
twad. and the goodness or badness of the inns
they should have - to rest at, formed the subject of
Ike conversation for the first hour ortwo. The
`cage was very long, and it was eleven o'clock
THE ,BRADrORD -- REPORTER:
before they reached their firstrelay of horses by
which time-the young traveller had decided that
she had great reasons to be satisfied With her com
panions. The Italian was polite and entertain.
ing ; he had travelled a great deal, and was full of
anecdote ; and being naturally lively and garrul
ous, the design he entertained of taking away
the life of his charge did not prevent his making
himself agreeable to her in the meantime. %Vali
this well-seared conscience, he neither felt ner
vous nor saturnine at the prospect of what was
before him—why should he indeed ?—for the
only part of the prospect he fixed his eye upon
was the gain ; the little operation by means of
which it was acquired, he did not think very se
riously of ; besides, he did not intend to perform
it himself. .
%% hen they stopped to Change horses, a lad of
about seventeen years of age, named Karl, neph
ew of Mazzuolo's wife, came to the carriage door:
he seemed to have been *ailing for them.—
azzuolo spoke to him aside for some minutes.
and when they started again. the youth mounted
in front of the carriage. The Italian said he
was a lad he had engaged to look after the lug
gage. and be useful on the journey. He was,
in fact, one who was lured to do any piece of
work, good or had. lie possessed no moral
strength. could he easily led by the will of his
employers ;in short was a very us& ful atty. Ile
had a broad, fair, stolid, German fare ; and from
_:asap-e she had of Mtn. Adelaide thought
slit. bad :widow seen a more unprepossessing
person. hits home had hren a rude and
un!iNiy one, ; his in inner were coarse and un
po:t-ticd, and lus dress shabby.
Tim first day's journey passed agreeably
cuoto , i. IN hen they arrter.: at their night's
stalion. Al• , z_ztiolo having itantled out the holies,
bide them go tlif stairS and order Emmet', while
he and Karl hooked to the putting tip of the ear
riage. Agostimi. or Tina, its her linibmid emu
monly eflied her insisted %cry much on a
room lot Adelaide ahjoining her own. alleorlit, as
her reason that they %%ere answerable for her safe
ty. .1 !le bride thanked her for her caution. but
:Mtled laughingly, that she did not think sit! ha l
much to lear. It was S ine time before the two
men joined them ; and then they sat down to
slipper, the lad Earl acting as waiter. As tie
sm.oot helond his aunt's chair, and clartlyoppo,
CiLt• Adel ode, he appeared much affected by her
loratity ; but of this, of -otirSe, the lady took no
When supper was over, being fatigued,
she reared to her room ; and then the party that
remained closed the door, and bidding Karl sit
down and eat his supper, they held a council on
her lte.
M.tzztiolo opened the confere n e e ment i on .
itry, that he had already warn the lad a tutu of
!inn if lie thought he was equal to the underta
;sine. Karl sat(' lie (lid not know ; whereupon
they I , nroura,i/eil him with promises of a hand
some -hare of the booty. telung lulu also that
they would stand by him, and help tun if neces•
sary. But the question was, how was the thing
to be dote, and wl , ete Whether on the road
by day. or in the night, where they stopped lP
In either ease there were difficulties; many parts
of the road they had is pass were extremely
lonely. and tit for the purpose, but then how
were they to get rid of the postillion Anil as
they had a fresh otte at every stage, there was
no tune to win him to their purpose. Then. at
the inns, the obstacles were al-o considerable, es
peciallv as the houses were generally sinall.—
Tum suagested that whenever the bride dropped
I,lllt of the panty, she had only to resume her
female attire, and the people oould never miss
her. •• Karl can take my phwe in the earriage,•'
•- and I Madame Louisoo s. Thus we
shall appear to be as many as we were and there
odi h e n o direrepancy with the passport.” hue
loot was approved ; but anti tin hour's discus
sion, they Mond it impossible to conclude n e on
:my plan ; the exeritw.n of their project must be
left to chance and opportunity—ail they had to
do was, to be piepareit to se.ze upon the tirscdrit
I thititg progri s 4 of this conversation, Kati
m •th• lel :loon whatever. lie listened in
silt twe ; not with Out auctthoti. but without the
jiii•tin. even .iltliottgli, in the ilitretent plans that
were pri th osed he lie.ir.t himself al u s
,ted ihf• :1 the agent In tale. murder. ‘‘ hen
the omowtl hr“ . ”.e his,. the partivs retired to bed.
their pre-ent station hetit , too near Dresden lor
their 'impose. Next day they resumed their
ionthet ; And as moir way tiiroti t di a gloomy
Direst, ithtloag but the presence of the postillion
-axed voting iitide's Ide. pasS•ed
al a p..st hon.,. where there were so teat' nouns,
Ih 0 to ,leep in the sante apartment
wish liie d.ooditer 01 the °win r : so here was
;;,,1111.,, , to ir done curler. 'nit! ItalianS
o. „ low nnpant•niat these dtlrien!lies, and MaZ•
Zuni() propoSvd a change in their tarths. llu
the I re% lons tile weather being tern
cold, Nl,idame Louison had ordered .1 the to her
would doubtless do the same on
the ensitini , night ;and al. they had to do was.to
aid the store with charcoal, and her death would
ft , low in the most natural way in the world.—
They were to pies the night at Nuteniburg; and.
as soon as they arrived. Karl was sent out to
Fortin- the charcoal : put. niter remaining away
a low -, time, he came hark, mg the shops
were all shut. and he could not get any : and as
the inn at Nuremberg was not a fit place for
another kind of attack, Adelaide was respited for
another four-and-twenty hours.
On the billowing day, in order to avoid such
another eon:ramps; the charcoal was becured
in the morning whilst hey werechang,ng horses.
and placed in a sack under the seat of the car
, riage. ) •
It happened on this day that the road was ve
ry hilly, and as the horses slowly dragged the
I c. triage up the ascents, Madame Lonison pro.
posed walking to warm themselves. They all de
scended ; but Tina, being stout, and heavy on
her feet, was soon tired, and got in again ; whilst
Mazzoolo, with a wiew to his design against
Adel-ode, fell into conversation with the driver
about the ditTerent stations they would have to
stop at. lle wanted to extract all the infor
mation he could, whilst Madame Lonison and
Karl. who were very cold, walked on fast as they
could.
" You look quite chilled, Karl." said she:
let tis see who will be the top of the first—a
race will warm us."
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The youth strode on without saying any
thing ; but as she was the more active, she got
before him ; and when she readied the top,
she turned round, and playfully clapping her
hands, said • Kail, I've beaten you! ' Karl
said he had an illness lately, and was not so
strong as he used to be ; he had gone into the
water when he was very warm, and had nearly
died of the consequences. This led her to
observe how thinly lie was clad ; and when
the carriage overtook them, she proposed that,
as there were plenty of room. he should go in
side; to which the others, as they did not want
him to fall ill upon their hands, consented.—
ith the glasses up, and the lure that the party
were wraps in, the inside of the carriage was
very different. to the out; and Karl's nose and
cheeks, which had before been blue, resumed
their original hues.
It was late when they - reached their night
station, and whilst the ladies went up stairs to ;
look at their rooms, Karl received his orders,';
which were, that he should till the stove with
charcoal, and set fire to it, whilst the others
were at table. The lad answered composedly
that he would. •• Arid when you have done
it." said Mazzoni°, •• give me a wink, and I
will step out and see that all is right before she
goes to her room."
Karl obeyed his directions to a tittle, and
when all was ready, he gave the signal, and
Mazzo°lo. making a pretext, quitted the table.
Ile found the arrangements quite satisfactory,
and having taken care to see that the window
was well closed, he returned to the supper
room. He was no sooner gone than the boy
took the charcoal from the stove and threw it
into the street; and when Adelaide come to
undress, there was no fire. Cold as it was,
however, she had no alternative but to go lied
without one• fur there was not a bell in the
apartment; and Mazzoni°, who had lighted
her to the door, had locked her in. under pre-
knee of caring for her safety. Karl, having
watched this proceeding, accompanied hint
back to the supper-table, where they discussett
the plans for the following day. Whether
would it he better to start in the morning with
out inquiring for her at all, and leave tne peo
ple of the house to find tier dead, when they
were far on the road, or whether make the dis
covery themselves ? . Karl ventured to advo
cate the first plan, but Tina decided for the
second. It would he easy to say that the lad
had Put charcoal in the stove, not being aware
()lite ttreets, and there would he an end of the
matter. if they left her behind, it would be
avowing the murder. 'nits settled, they went
to bed.
What to do, Karl did riot know. Ile was
naturallyia stupid sort of lad, and what little
sense nature had given him, had been nearly
heat nut of him by harsh treatment. lie had
had a miserable life of it. and had never found
him ell so (Minim - table as he was now with his
aunt and husband. They were kind to him,
heesause they wanted to make use of him. He
dot not want to offend them, nor to leave them
for if he did, he roust return home again, which
he dreaded above all things. Yet there was
something in him that recoiled against killing
the latiy. Grossly ignorant as EPit-as. scarce
ly knowing right from wrong. it was not mor
ality or religion that deterred him front the
crone ; he had a very imperfect idea of the
amount of the wirkedness he would be com
mitting in taking away the life of a fellow
creature. Obedience was the only virtue he
had been taught ; and what those •in authority
over loin had ordered loin to tlo, he would have
done without notch question. To kill this
beauteous Ira veltng companton, who had shown
!urn such kindness, was, however, repugnant
bt feelings hr. could not exi , lain even to hint
sell. y e had sufficient grasp of intellect to
know how how he was to elude the faithful
performance itf the task. The only thing he
runic] think of in ihe meanwhile was to take
the eharroal out of the stove• and he did it ;
alter who h he went to sleep, and felt the results
to he developed by the 1110111111 ,, .
Ile had desired to rise early : and
when he quitted his room he found Mazznolo
and hi. wit,. already stirring. They bade him
man below and semi I up breakfast. and to be
careful that it was brought by the people of the
house. This w as done: and when the waiter
nail the host were present. I ma took the op
portunity of knocking at Madame Louison's
and bidding her rise. To the great
amazement of the two Indians, she answered
with alacrity that she was nearly dressed, and
should be with them immediately. They
stared at each other ; but presently she opened
the door. anal appeared As fresh as ever ob
serving. however. that she had been very eold,
for that the lire had mate out below she went
to bed. This accounted for the whole thug
and Karl escaped all blame.
During the ensuing day nothing reina4 . able
occurred ; frrdi charcoal ryas provideo ; but
at night it wtia fottod there ‘i ere no stoves in
the hedelcitnhers ; 3,11 as the houses On the
road they were traveling; were poor and ill
furnished. all the good inns having. been Ihis
mantled by the troops. the same thing happen.
ed in several snereQsive stations.
..,This delay began to render the affair critical,
for they ‘verealaily drawing near Augsburg.
where M. Louison was to Meet his wife; and
Mazzoolo resolved to cOuclude the business hi.
a coup de main. He had learned from the
postillion that the little post-house wh u •h was
to form the next night's lodgme was admirably
f tied for the deed of mischief " . It lay at the
foot .1 a precipire, in a gorge of the 1110W1I31119:
the district was lonely and the people rude• not
likely to be very much disturbed. even if they
did suspect the lady hail come unfairly to her
end. It was not, however, probable that the
charcoal would he of any use on this occasion ;
tlr place was too poor to he well furnished
with stoves; so Karl was instructed in what
he should do. When she is asleep." said
Mazzuolo, •• you must give her a blow on the
head that will be sufficient to stun her. Then
we will complete the job; and as we shall rise
early in the morning with Tina in female attire.
they will never miss her."- Karl, as usual, made
no objection; and when they arrived at night
at the inn, which fully answered - the descrip-
tion given, and was lonely as the worst assas
sin could desire, the two men sallied forth to
seek a convenient place for disposing of the
body. Neither had they much difficulty in
finding what they wanted: there was not only
a mountain wirent hard by. but there was also
a deep mysterious hole in a neighboring field.
that looked very much as if the body of the
young traveler would not be the first that haG
iounda grave there.
Every circumstance seemed to favor the en
terprise; and all arrangements made, the two
men returned to the house. Karl •thought it
was PI - over with him now. He was too timid
to oppose Nlazzuolo, and he had nobody to
consult. Tina had found a weapon apt for the
purpose, which she had already secured ; and
when they sat down to supper. considering the
completeness of the preparation, nobody would
have thought Adelaide's life worth six hour's
purchase. However, she was not destined to
die that night. Just as they had finished their
supper, the sound of wheels was heard : then
there was a great noise and bustle below ; and
Karl being sent down to inquire what was the
matter, was informed that a large party of
travelers had arrived ; and as there was a
scarcity of apartments, it was hoped the lady
and gentleman would accommodate the stran
gers by; allowing them- to share theirs. Con
sent was inevitable ; so, like the sultan's wife in
the Arabian t. le, the victim was allowed to
live another day.
Now." said Mazzuolo, we have only
two nights more before we reach Augsburg,
so there must be no shilly-shallying about the
matter. If there is a stove in the room to
night. we may try that ; though, if the house
be in a pretty safe situation. I should prefer
more decisive measures, The charcoal has
failed once already."
" That was from bad management." said
Tina; " we could be secure against such an
accident on another occasion. At the same
time, if the situation be favorable, I should pre
fer a coop de main."
When they arrived at their night's station,
the absence of a stove decided the 'question.—
It was merely a post-house ; a place where
horses were furnished ; the accommodation
was poor. and the people disposed to pay little
attention to them. Close by ran a river, which
obviated all difficulty as to the disposal of the
body.
The thing must be. done to•night." said
Nlazzuolo, and liarl said nothing to the con
trary. He also feared that it must; for he did
not see how he could avoid it. His aunt said
everything necessary to inspire him with cour
age and determination, and made many promi
sea of future benefits ; whilst Mazzuolo neither
doubted his courage nor his resolution. and
spoke of the thing as so entirely within the
range of ordinary proceedings, that the boy,
stupid and ignorant, and accustomed, from the
state of the country, to hear of bloodshed and
murders little less atrocious committed by the
soldiery, and neither punished nor severely
condemned• felt ashamed of his own pusillani
mity ; for such his instinctive pity appeared to
himself.
•• But as he stood opposite Madame Louison
at supper. with his eyes, as usual. fixed upon
her face, his heart involuntarily quailed when
he thought that within a few hours he was to
raise his hand against that beautiful head ; yet
he still felt within himself no courage to refuse
nor any fertility of expedient to elude the di
lemma. "
When supper was over, Tina desired Karl
to bring up two or three pails of warm water
and several cloths. " for," said she, " it will do
us all good to bathe our feet, whereupon Ade
laide requested one might be carried to her
room, which was done by Karl. He was now
alone with her, and it was almost the first time
he hail been so, except when they ran up the
hill together. s:nee the day they met. When
he had set down the pail by her bedside, he
stood looking at her with a strange expression
of countenance. We knew that the water he
had fetched up was designed for the purpose of
washing away the blood that he was about to
spill, and he longed to tell her so, and set her
on her guard ; but he was afraid. He looked
at her, looked at the water, and looked at the
bed.
Well. Karl." she said, laughing, " good
night. W hen we part the day after to-morrow,
I shan't forget your services I assure you."—
The lad's eves still wandered from her to the
venter and the bed, but he said nothing: nor
stirred till site repeated her " gond night," and
and then he quitted the room in silence.
• Poor stupid creature !" thought Adelaide ;
••he has seareelv as much intelligence as the
horses that draw us."
Now we must havA no bungling to-night,
Karl." said Alazzuolo ; we will keep quiet
till two o•rlork, and then, when everybody is
asleep. we'll to business."
Rut what is a to be done with ?" inquired
Tina.
•• There's something in the carriage under
the peat; I broneht it away the night we slept
xt linireuth." replied Mazzoni° ; •• I'll step
and fetch it ;" and he left the room.; but pre
sently returned• saving that there were people
about the carrire. and lie was alraid they
ini2ht wonder what he was going to do with
no suspicious-lonking an instrument. •• Karl
can fetch it when they are pone to bed."
•• As it was yet only midnight, Tina propos
ed that they should all lie down and take a
little rest; and the suggestion being agreed to.
she and her husband stretched themselves on
their bed, while Karl made the floor his couch,
and, favored be his unexciteable temperament,
was soon asleep, in_spiie of what was before
him.
11, was past two o'clock when lie felt him
self shaken by the shoulder. " Come, be stir
rine." said Mazzuolo ; "we must about it
without delay—the house has been quiet for
some lime."
Karl was a heavy sleeper. and as be sat rub
bing his eyes he could not at first remember
what he was awakened for, nor how he came
to he upon the floor. " Come," said Mazzuo
lo. " come, she's fast asleep ; I have just been
tO her room to look at her. You must step
down now to the carriage and bring up the axe
I left under the peat."
Knrl.began to recollect himself, and, awk
wardly rising from his hard couch, shaking
and stretching himself like a dog, lie prepared
to obey. indifferent to everything at the mo
ment hut the annoyance of being disturbed id
slumbers. •• If you should meet anybody,"
said Mazzuolo, say that your mistress is ill,
and that you are going to fetch the medicine
chest."
" Nobody has yet arrived," said the master
of the post-house in answer to his inquiries;
" but doubtless the signal was given by the
avant courier, who has rode on to the next sta
tion; and the carriage will be here presently.
We must be ready with the horses."
As the travellers, however, did not arrive,
but continued to he expected. the postmaster
and the postillions remained up to watch ler
them ; and when four o'clock came. Karl was
bidden to go bed, as nothing could be attempt
ed under such circumstances.
.• Now," said Mazzuolo, on the . tollowlng
day, • we sleep to-night at Meitingen, which
is our last station. I know the place; it is
too busy a house for a coup de main ; we must
try the charcoal again ; but this time we must
be sure of our game."
Karl hoped there might he no stoves in the
bed-chamber; but it was well-furnished house,
and there were. Adelaide said how glad she
should be to have a fire again, she had suffered
so much by the want of one, and desired Karl
to light hers early. It appeared, however, that
the 'servant of the house had already done it.
Mazzuolo said, ...So ,much the better: The
stove will get well heated, and when you pdt
in the charcoal, there will be-no danger of us
By the time he got below .the motion and
the cool air had aroused the lad, and, with his
recollection, revived his repugnance to the
work before him ; but be saw no means of
avoiding it, and with an unwilling step he pro
ceeded to the yard where the carriage stood,
and having lound the axe, he was returning
with it, when lie observed hanging against the
wall a large horn or trumpet. Now, lie had
seen such a thing at several of the post-houses
on the road, and he remembered to have heard
one sounded on the night they slept in the
mountains, when the travellers arrived late,
and prevented the projected assassination. In
stinctively, and without pausing to vflect how
he -should excuse himself—for if he had, he
coultNhave done it—he placed the instrument
to his niAisih, anti lustily blew it; and then,
terrified at his temerity, and its probable con
sequences, rushed into the house, and up
the stairs again to his toaster.
•• The traveller's horn !" said Matizzoolo
frantically. The lad was too frightened to
speak, hut stood still. pale and trembling.—
•• Wait," continued the Italian ; perhaps it
may onFv he for horses• and they may go on
again. I hear the people stirring."
Feet were indeed heard upon the stairs, and
presently a lantern gleamed beneath the wind
ow. •• I hear no carriage," observed Mazzuo
lo. And for some time they sat listening; but
there being no appearance of any travellers,he
said he would go below and see how matters
e•ood.
burning." And ' Tina suggested that that
should not be done till just before Adelaide
went to bed, lest she should perceive the effects
of the vapor whilst she was undressing. The
young traveller had never, on hec., journey,
been in such high spirits as tonight. Well
she might; it had been so prosp* - usly per
formed, and to-morrow she was ibeeet her
husband. She prattled and laugheAduring
supper with a light heart; expressed her grab
node to the Italians for the escort, and said
that if Monsieur Louison could be of any use
to them. she knew how happy he would be
to acknowledge their kindness to her. Re
ally," she said, travelling at such a period,
with so many valuables, and such a large sum
of money as I have with ine", was a bold under
taking !"
Mazzuolo, during the first part of herspeech
was beginning to weigh the advantages of the
commissionary's favor against the dangers and
difficulties which had far-exceeded his expec
tanous, and dangers which were of course aug
mented by the proximity to tugi.hurg—but the
latter part of it decided the question ; the mon
ey & valuables preponderated in the scale, and
the good opinion of the commissary kickee
the beam.
Partly from the exaltation of her spirits. and
partly because the day's journey had been a
short one—fur the stoppage at 51eittingen was
quite unnecessary. they were within four hours
of Augsburg. and might very well have reach
ed it—Adelaide was less fatigued and less wil
ling to go bed than usual. She sat late; and
it was past twelve when. having asked for her
candle, Karl received the signal to go and pre
pare the stove. Mazzuelo followed him out.
to see that the work was %%ell done and the
charcoal ignited be lore she went to her room.
When air was ready, her candle was put into
her hand. and Nlazzuolo having condUcted her
to the door, took the pre...awing' of turning the
key, which he afterwards put in his pocket.—
Sue rallied him on the strictness of his guar
dianship; but the alleged gravely that the house
..as a busy one. and ahe might perchance be
disturbed if her door were nut secured.
They listened till she was in bed, and then
Mazznolo said that they could not do better
than go to bed too ; "for," said he. " the ear
lier we tiro off in the morning the better.
There will the fewer people up, and the less
chance of her being missed."
When Karl reached his room. he sat down
on the siOn of his bed and reflected. He had
- Aneroid that the last thing Mazzuolo had done
betiire leaving, Adelaide's chamber, was to Fee
that the window was well closed. *. If I could
open it thought he, •• to-morrow we shall he
at Augsburg and then I should not he told any
more to keep her. I wish I could. They'll
go away in the morning before she is awake,
and so I should never be found out: . With
this idea in his head. went down stairs, and
letting himself out, he crept round to theend
of the house where her window was.
She slept on the first flour,and the difficulty
was bow to reach ; but this wes soon over
come. In the stable-yard stood some high
steps, used fur the convenience of passengers,
when theY mounted the wagons and diligeo
cies. These he carried to the spot, and hav
ing reached the window, he was about to break
some of the panes. since, as it was fastened on
the inside, he could not open it, when it occur
red to him that the noise might wake Ler, and
cause an alarm that would betray him: The
windoir, however, was in the lattice fashion,
and he saw that, by a little contrivance, he
could lift it oft the hinges. He did so,-and
drew aside the curtain ; there lay the intended
victim in a sound sleep ; so sound,-that Kra
thought he might safely step in widtent
tubing her. There she lay in her bejtt
He could not tell why, but, as he s -and
looked at her, he felt that he must save her at
all risks. The air be had let in might not be
enough, so he would take the charcoal from
the stove and throw it out of the window ; but
what if site awoke with the noise and scream
ed ? Ile hesitated a moment ; hut he remem
bered that there would be a safer plan than
leaving the window open, as that might be ob
served (rum below, and he might thus be be
trayed. So, as quietly as possible, he emptied
the stove,and having sufficiently aired the room,
be hung on the window again, and retired.
During the whole of these operations Ade
laide had remained quite still, and appeared to
be sound asleep. But was she ? No. The
opening of the window had awakened her :
surprise and terror had at first kept her silent
—a surprise and terror that were by no means
diminished by discovering who the intruder
was. Although she had always spoken kind
ly to Karl, and even endeavored, by the ameni
ty of her manner, to soften his rude nature, she
had from the first moment disliked him ex
ceedingly, and left his countenance most re
pulsive; so that when she saw him entering
her room through the window, she did not
that he had come for some very bad purpose,
probably to rob her, although the booty he was
likely to get was small, since her trunk with
all tier valuable property, was nightly placed
under Mazzuolo's care for safety. Still, the
little money she carried in her purse, together
with her rings and watch, would be„a„great
deal to a poor creature ; and expecting jo see
him possess hitneelf of these, site thoight it
more prudent to be still, and feign sleep; than
to disturb him, But when shesaw all he came
for was to take the tire out of the stove, she
was beyond measure puzzled to conceal his
motive. Could it be a jest? But what a
strange jest ! however, he did nothing else
lie touched neither her money nor her watch.
though both were lying on the table, but went
away as empty , lian - ded as he came.
The amazement and alarm that so extraordi
nary a visit necessarily inspired, drove sleep
from her eyes, and it was not till the day dawn
ed that she!so fat recovered her composure and
sense of safety, as to close them to slumber.—
Then, however, fatigue got the better of her
watchfulness and she gradually sunk intwa sound
sleep.
In the meantime Karl, whose unexciteable
temperament insuied him his night's rest even
under the:most aggravated circumstances, was
in a happy state of oblivion of the whole affair,
when he felt himself shaken by the shoulder,
and heard his uncle say. Come, come, rise,
and make haste ! The sun is up. and we must
get the horses out and be otr."
Karl was as anxious to be off as anybody : the
better for hint ; for if Adelaide should awake
before they started, he, on the one hand, dread
ed that he might incur his uncle's suspicions,
and of the other ; some new plot might be form
ed wit rh it would be impossible for him to
evade ; so, between the exertions of one and the
other the horses were out, the bill paid, and the
earr , age at the door, very soon after the sun had
shown her broad disc above the horizon. Tina,
in female attire and a veil, was handed down,
stairs by I%lnm-do ; the waiter stood on • the
steps a:3l bowed, for the landlord was not up ;
they all thtee stepped into the earria. ; the pos
tillion cracked his whip and away they drove,
rejoicing.
In the meantime, Monsieur Louison had be
come very uneasy about his wife. Ile had re
reived no intelligence since shyquitted Dres
den. for although she had in fact written more
than once. Mazza' , lo had not forwarded the
letters. Day , alter day he had waited in im
patient expectation : till at length. unable to
bear the suspense any longer, he resolved to
start on the road she was to (-eine, in the hope .
of alee!ing her.' When he reached the gate'
called the Gozzieger, his carriage Was stopped
by a twilit] eontainno , two men and a woman.
I t w a s loaded wi t h horgage ; and thinking that
!his might be the.party he expected. he jumped
down, and put his head into the window of the
berlin, to ascertain if his wife was there. She
was not; so, with a bow and an apology. he
proceeded on his way. At NI eningen lie stop
ped to change horses ; and the tirst question
that was asked lain was, if he had seen a hea
vily laden herlin, conatuww , two men and a
woman. Ott answering in the affirrintive, he
was told 9iat they had gone off will the pro
perty of. ( lady. whom the,: had left, behind,
and who was then in the inn : and m a mo
ment more the young husband pressed his bride
to his heart. Bilt.eager to 'base the thieves,
they wasted no trine in embraces ; but started
instantly in pursuit of client. On reaching the
Same vale where the bestir, had been seen, the
officers described in what direction the party
had driven : and the party being immediately
on the alert, the criminals wire discovered and
arrested just as they were on the point of start
ing far Vienna.
The ample confession of,Karl disclosed the
tlu• Irdi i s, and made known how
narrowly the tommis , ary had escaped the loss
of his for voile', bride ; whilst as he told his
rode and simple tale, without claiming any merit,
or appearing to he conscious of any. Adelaide
learned that m this repulsive stupid clown ehe
had three times owed her life.
The Italians werecondemn( d to the galleys ;
whilst Monsieur T e nnison and his wife discharg
ed their debt of gratitude to Karl. by educating
him ; lie Monge was drier n into exile.
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