Scuotcir to politics, literature, Agriculture, S(uxut, itloralitg, au& e-ueral intelligent. VOL 13. STROUDSBUKG, MONK OE COUNTY, PA. MARCH 3, 5859, NO. 10. Published by Theodore 'Scliocb. TERMS.To dollars per iihmim in advance Two dollars and a quarter, half yearly and il" not paid be fore the end of the year. Two dollars and a half. No papers discontinued Until all arrearages aic paid, except hi the option of the Editor. rCAdvertisements of one smiare ften linesl or If. .one or three insertions, J.I 00. Each additional inser iori, 25 cents. Longer ones in proportion. RETIREMENT OF JOSHUA R. GID DINGS FROM CONGRESS. Millard Fillmore, Francis Grander, Rob- JOB PKIIVTIiVG. llavins a general assortment or large, plain and or namentu! Type, we arc prepared to execute every de scription of , : -SPASMS' mEmT8Mn Cauls, Circulars, Hill Heads. Notes, filank Receipts, justices. Legal and olher ttlanks Pamphlets, ..'prin ted with neatnois and despatch, on roasoiiahle tenns nt thu ofUcc. The Geese Crop in Ohio. Immense quantities of gee-e havo re cently anived-in New York from Ohio. crt C. Wintrop, and John McKccn, all Dmv,,.v.., m . honor to him I G ddmgs resigned his REMINISCENCES OF THIS VETEAN S REP- .. . j rt i i i seat, returned to Ohio, and was ecnt back RESENTATIVE CAREER. , ' , ..' by a splendid majority. Corresjiondcnce oj thn N. Y. Tribune. I la the seventeen years that have passed w i n u n ionn j since this event transpired, the people of Washington, Feb. 21,-1850. jthoNorlh have taught the Hou.e of Rep- Great changes will take place in the resentatives some salutuary lessons con nest House of RecresCIltives. Some cornim the discussion of Slavery within members of the present Congress will re- its walls. Mr. John Minor Botts if old- 1 tire wholly from public life at the clo.se cr and wiser now than he was then. And of this session. Others may re-appear Mr. Giddings has sat in the Hall till, so upon the scene. A few who led in the far from resolutions and debate on the memorable conflicts of the last session Slavery question being ruled out of order, , have been culled to other theaters of ac- it has become almost disorderly and int- tion, whtle two or three have irone to their possible for members to talk or act upon final repose. Ot these a few had been nnvfrnnrr else! "Tt dnin nnt mnue fhnnoh!" WW AWWWWMMVW WW WMVW-bkM A Fight. glisten to the voice of tho storm. "I had Some persons got into a fight at Goulds- hoped 'twould snow no more for tho pres borougb, on Friday, the llthinst., and ent. The snow is deep euough now. an irishman was severely hurt. Officers And how it blows l" were in pursuit of the offenders, on Sa$! ''Never mind," syoke tho dame in a urday, but did not arrest them. ' -I trustful!, eay tone, "it must stortn when The fight commenced in an insult of- it listeth, and we can only thank God that fered to an Irish girl named Elisa Mack-' we have Hhclter,and pray for those who esy, which her friends resented. The girl came to Wilkes-Barrq and made com plaint before Esquire Barnes, who issued warrants for the arrest of Qbarles Miller, Fred. Nagle, Nelson Stevens, audPWilliatn LaFrants- have. none.' "Amen !" responded Rurie, fervently. ! The meal was at length eaten, and tho ( table set back, and shortly afterwards Paul retired to his bed. vRurio drew his chair close nrv t o the They are driren across tho country in long u Congress, and here and there one said Galileo. ha played a conspicuous nart in the af A. fairs.. e may instance Giddings, Ste phens, Quitman, Campbell, Orr, Cling uian, Harris, and Letcher. At the head of the list stands the ven erable member from Ohio. Mr. Giddings is a historic character. He has sat twen- On the death of Adams, his Anti-Sla- jVery mantle fell upon the shoulders of biddings, hi is course during the contest over the Compromise measures of 1850, and in all the phases of the Kansas con troversy, from its initiation in the repeal of the Missouri compact down to the team readv for return, the black driver tv Duke of Tula") he was thinking. Ru- ty years m the House; tie is the conneo- crowning infamy of the Lecompton swin- I not being able to find himself in the dark, rio's father, aud the father of Rosalind, ting link between tho large body of able die, would have met the approbation of (from some cause, explained perhaps by , had been comrades iu arms in their youth, aud faithful representatives who now bear tho great man whose fame in coming gen- ! stopping at taverns on the wav the two and their children had been playmates. up the snail b Republican standard, and the I erations will rest less upon the statesman- I l 1 . a l . . - " UUU WHO arou.-ea ana maintained Shin he disn nverf dun nor the nnnn.dav gntions with the view of po ting drove-until they reach thcErie Railroad, where they are put on board the cars. About SOU can be transported in one double-decked ear. The feathers are relied upon to pay the expense of transporta tion, as well as the small sum at which they are Fold in Ohio, leaving the amouut abtniued for the enreasse? as ho much clear profit. Thus far the calculation has pret ty nearlj held good. The average price paid for them alive in Ohio is about '-15 eta. The ririneinnl nurcli nsnr 5n Vmr York are the Jews, who never buy dead the fc&nic principles when he entered the of his powers, in high administrative po" poultry that has been killed by the Gen- hall. sitions, than upon the skill, courage and tiles. ! 'J he leading members at that time were eloquence with which he defended in his The agricultural editor of the New Uihoid and hivaus of Maine, Adams, ' declining years, on the floor of Congress, lork lribune has been making inve-ti- usuiug and ijawrence ot Massachusetts, the cause of Liberty and Humanity. Truman Smith of Connecticut, Bernard,: The stalwart "form of Giddings, unbent Fillmore, Graugcr and Grinnell of New- with the weight of years, his towering a orK, oergcaui oi i enn?y I vania, Jjotts, head crowned With flowing white locks, is Uromgoole, boggin, Hopkins, iiuutor, j a marked object as he calmly sits in and Wise of Virginia, Stauly of North House amid the surging sea of young Carolina, Pickens, Hhett, and YVaddy around him. Though he bo an interesting Thoinpsouol SouthCarolina, King of Geor spectacle to beholders, and though it be a gia, Bell, and A. Y. Brown of Tennes- treat to hear him, on questions of order, see, ijewisoi Alabama, A. br.Urown, and give from memory, or, it may be, from lliomp'on of Mis&isuppi, and lorn. Cor- his owu personal observation, the rulings wiu ot Utiio. Ut these only lUr Hopkins! of previous Congresses; or to see him si is iu me preseut uouse, ano ue nas been ; lence some upstart negro propagandist a member but a portion of the interven-1 with a crushing fact, or impale him on a ing time. Messrs. Hunter, Bell, aud A., '.-harp retort, or roast him with irony as G. Brown are in tho Senate. Mr. Clif-j he implores his Republican colleagues not And since the population has frd is on the Supreme Bench; Messrs. A. , to interrupt by cries of order his "young V. iSrown, and Jacob lbomphon are imfnend from the South, ' who is cursing the Cabinet. Of the then members of: like a very drab in vindication of tho Di the. Senate, Mr. Crittenden ouly is now 'vine origin of Slavery. But your inter in that body. Mr. Buchanan was then 'est iu the aged man culminates as you go alio a Senator. with him to the old Hall, and he poiuts j. hus our inenu uas ouinvea near! y a i out the localities where thriliinc events ionstaoie Jaonn tooK a mule team witn.ure piacc, ana leaning against the jam bobsleds, and a black driver, and start-joowed his head in absorbing thought, ed on Saturday afternoon for Gouldabo-' This had become a habit with him of late, rough. Miller bad made himself scarce.' His mother having observed these fits of Nagle stepped across the Lehigh into abstraction, became uneasy and pressed Monroe couuty. Stevens and LaFrantsJ Ruric to tell her what it was oyer which were arrested. Some scamp struck Robn he was so constantly and so moodily at young Fred. Nagle's and almost knoek- brooding. Being thus urged, Ruric con ed him down, but the fellow escaped in : fessed that it was of Rosalind Yaldai (the the dark. While the orphan daughter of a nobleman, aud now constable was getting his the ward ot 01ga,tho powerful and haugh- upon the "iioo-e o?ietion," and gives the result in the following paragraph : "A resident in the Buckeye State, which has lately made "uch an out-pouring of gce-e, gives a reason why they can oe procured there at price- that will pay the drov cr w ho brings them a profit to eastward. In the early settlement of the country, the increase of flocks to excels was kept dowu by i-tbo varmiuts." It was al.-o in early tiuie, not an unusual thing for those who k pt geese to eat now aud then one, more from necessity than choice. .Now, "wuo ever euts a goose in Ohio V increa-cd. and the de-truetive animals decreased, the geet-e have gone on multi plying to such an extent that in some pla ces there are large flocks, the ownership of which is as uncertain as that of "woods hogs" u.-cd to be when that Ioug-uo.-ed breed were in the ascendant. These flocks roam at large, living in anybody's corn field in the Winter, ud'ne-ting upou isl auds and out of-the-way places iu Sum mer. They are consideied a nuisance by many farmers, and one was so much an- novd rv the iiocss ot geese in ins own field and cattle-feeding lot- that h parcel of ravenous old sows on pur have them run down and eat up the geese We have heard poultry dealers in this city complaining bitterly about the poor quality of the Ohio goo.-e stock that they were uot well fatted: that they were of small size, and general!? that their a rVeararjce was of the scallawag older Perhaps they will cease to woudcr at this, when they learn that they are never fat ted, but run wild in Summer, aud snatch such feed iu Winter as they can amid the terrors of men, boys, cl'ibs, sticks, dogs and "ravenous old sows;'" and that they are "killed to get rid of them," and then picked the feathers being regarded in Ohio as the ouly valuable portion. .".!.. i : r 1 . T . !!. , .- n wauie geutiauuu 01 jjuuiic men. il wouiu j transpired m limes gone uy. Here is be a lesson for those who now "fret their i where Adams stood when ho offered the brief hour" in the marble pile on the hill j famous petition for dissolving the Union, yonder to run their eyes over the journals There spoke Kentucky Marshall when he of the two Houses and scan the li.-ts of j denounced him as guilty of high treason, members for the last twenty years, and ' Here sat the fiery McDuflie, and yonder see how large o proportion have utterly the classic Everett. Standingon this aisle, inimitable Bpecch, militia-muster to ebought perished from bucsan recollection, leaving, Corwin delivered the i lrpose to not the slightest trace of their greatness ' describing a Michigan or their littleness behind. tho life, and killing Brigadier-General gress Uneof Mr. biddings first acts in Con-iCrarv stone dead. Bv the side of that. i i - - - was to vote, with all the Whigs, for pillar stood Wcb&tcr when he pronounced Robert M. T. Hunter for Speaker. Botts.'the immortal oration that fulrained over Goggin Bnd Wise voting with Giddings Greece, aud roused the drooping spirits ip. lor Hunter! bogging now runs lor bov- of her people in the struggle for indepen crnor of Virginia. Hunter and Wise op-idence. On this spot the chair of Adam pose him, aud so would Giddings if he rested for many years, and it was ould. iotts supports him. A Distinction and a Difference. A Magistrate in Southwark, Philadel phia, wai greatly puzzled a short time time since with the following item in a bill, on which he was about issuing a summon : To stealing one axe 37 cents. 'How is this, sir, said 'old frizzlewig,' with indignation flashing in his counten ance, 'd'ye charge a man three levys for could. JLotts supports him. And yet Giddings and Botts dwell in the same po litical hemisphere, while Hunter and Gid dings are wide as the poles asunder. The complications which the negro has infused into American politics are more mazy than the wildcat measures of Strauss. Mr Giddings entered Congress in the midst of the contest about the Right of Pettion. He followed the lead of Adams rested for many that the great patriot fell. We roust give one scene in Hall more in detail. We write ami here the Old from re collection. In 1846, the Iudian Appro priation bill was under consideration in Committee of the Whole. Mr Giddings ! attacked an item which proposed to pay the State of Georgia for certain runaway slaves who had found shelter among the Creek Iudians. Mr. Black of Gcorcia replied in a grossly foul personal assault in his championship of this right. He upon Giddings. Amid much excitement, shared with him in the perils of the fight,1 Giddings standing in the side-aisle at tho and the glories of thi triumph. He bore1, left of the Chair, was responding with a distinguished part in tho subsequent' great severiety to this attack. Black arm conflicts over the Annexation of Texa-,'ed with a pi-tol and heavy sword-cane, tho Oregon Joint-Occupation, and the j and followed by three or four Southern Wilmot Proviso. Members (oneof whom is now distinguish- Tbe country recollects the agitation . ed Senator), crossed the hall, and coming which sprung from the enfranchisement within striking distance of Giddings, said, 'I do that, sir,' said the pl iintiff, sub- of the negroes of the brig Creole, by the "Repeat those words and I'll "knock you prisoners ran off. When starting it was iut wnen tne eider icvei was slain in discovered that the box of the sled, the battle, Ruric was yet a boy, and the wid log chain whioh fastened it on, the whip ow and her son remained poor and ob and Buffalo robe bad all been stolen, and scure; while Yaldai, more fortunate, had officer and driver had to ride home on the risen to a high rank, and dying, left Ro- bare bobs. What a graceless set of scamps officer saiitid a title and a fortune. The young people, however, had not Robn cot amongst. Thev seemed to forgotten each other. Ruric loved Rosa- have no reverence for the maiesty of the lind with all the fervo'r of his being, and commonwealth as represented in her offi- he felt assured tnat Rosalind returned his cers. it was bad enough tor prisoners to run away, but to steal part of the sled was outrageous. Mr. Rohu says in another half hour he believes mules and harness would have gone, and perhaps the driver who was already in possession of bad spirits. One man was badly hurt iu tho fight. Wilkes-Barre Record. sa lterns for Housekeepers. Save all your pieces of bread for pud dings; dry, or they will mould. Examine your pickles, sweetmeats and everything put away. Buy small quantities of cheese at a time; get some farmer to put down your butter in the fall. A hot shovel held over varnished fur niture will take out white spots. A bit. of glue, dissolved in skim and water will restore rusty old crape. Ribbons of any kind should be wash ed in cold soap sud3, and not rinsed. If your flat irons are rough, rub them well with fine salt and it will make them smooth. Oat straw is best for filling beds; should be changed once a year. If you are buying carnet for durabili ty, choose small figures. Scotch snuff put on the holes where crickets come out will destroy them. Wood ashes and common salt, wet with water, will stop the cracks of a stove, and prevent the smoke from escaping. Green should be ihe prevailing color of bed hangings and window drapery, A gallou of strong lye put in a barrel of hard .water will make it as soft as rain water. ttealiug his axe!' reasonable it is at British authorities in Bermuda, when! down! He repeated tho words, and driven into one of its ports hy stress of ' WPt on with his speech. At that mo weather, while voyaging from Virginia te'rae'lt M Dawson of Louisiana, rushed to New Orleans, with a cargo of slaves. In! the spot, cocked his pistol, and shouted, March, 1842, Mr. Giddings offered, in the ' "I'll shoot him I byG d, I'll shoot him!" missivcly aud very that.' 'Reasonable! you villain, don't you know it will take you to the State prison!' 'Bless my soul!' exclaimed tho alarm ed. suiter, 'I never heard of such a thing. House, nine resolutions toucuiug this case. The peril of Giddings was imminent Do you call that jest!" and affirming that all attempts to regain Quick as thought, Mr. Causine of Marry- 'No, I call it earnest; and so you'll possession of, or to re-enslave these ue-'l30! "'8 hand on his pistol leaped into find it unless yon give Mr. Robinson his groos, were unauthorized by the Cousti- tbe itlc between Black and Giddings, to oxe again itittantly.' 1 tution and laws of the United States, and defend the latter; Kenneth Rayner of Why I was done with it, and guv it to incompatible with our national houor. North Carolina, also armed, took a posi- bim two weeks ago!' On reading the resolutions, a wild storm tion at the left hand of Giddings; Charles 'It is well for you he did not prosecute you.' 'Prosecute me! My dear sir, it s 1 paper. Mr. Botts drafted, aud endeav- mont, now in the benate, stood mimedi- ored to offer a resolution ("with a wordy. ately behind him, to prevent an assault preamble) declaring that "this House hold from that quarter. And there, aurroun- the conduct of the said member Gid- hy Causine and Rayner of the South, dings unwarranted and unwarrantable, and Hudson and Foot of the North, with I and' deserving the severo condemnation Black, Dawson and other armed and in most barefaced rascal j of the people of this couutry, and of this censed men in front, stood Giddings, his ith. ' Steal a man's axe j body iu particular." The State of Vir-.hcad towering above the crowd, delivcr- the call for ,ng his speech with great vigor and entiro me! My dear sir, it's I who ought to have sued him two weeks before, he was werry prowokiug. wheu I axed him for the money, and wanted to tub me off with a quarter and fip.' 'Put him out,' said the iu-tiee to a con stable, 'he s tho that ever I met with nnil xrr i ti t ? tn Vlo TTI fn I ifl" The constable was more of a business aaan than his worship he begged leave to inspect the accouut, and then cautious ly hinted that his bouor had mistaken the ceso. It was steeling the axe, that is, putting steel on the edge of it, that the charge was made. 'Ob, ay, sure enough,' said the 'squire; 'see what it is to want education Never make out another bill, Mr. Bellows with out a dictionary at your elbow. It may get you into prison before you know it.' broke out, raging midst of which he paper. Mr. Botts THE GUNUAKER OF MOSCOW. A Tale of the Empire under Peter the Great. CHAPTER I. The time at which we open our story is mid-winter, anu towarus tue close oi the seventeenth century. Russia is the scene. In the suburbs of Moscow, and very near the river Moskwa, stood an humble cot, which betrayed a neatness of arrange ment and show of taste that more than made up for itssmaliuess of size. Back of the cot was an artisuu's shop, and oth er out-buildings. This shop was devoted to tho manufacture of fire-arms, mostly. Some swords, aud other edged weapons, were made here upon special application. The master of this tenement was tho hero of our tale, JRurio Nevel. We find him standing by bis forge, watching the white smoke as it curled up towards the throat of the chimney. He was a young man, not over thrce-and-twenty, and po aessed a framo of more than ordinary symmetry and muscular development. He was uot large not above a medium love. As be aud his mother sat debating the matter on that stormy night, a loud knock upon tho outer door startled them. "Is there any one here!" tho gunma ker asked, as he opened the door, bowing his head and shielding his eyes from the driving snow with one hand. "Yes,' returned a voice from the Sty gian darkness. "In God's name let me in, or I shall perish." "Then follow quickly," said Ruric. "Here give me your hand. There now come.:J The youth found the thickly-gloved hand gloved with the softest fur and having led the invisible applicant into the hall he closed the door, aud then led the way to the kitchen. Without speaking, Ruric turned and gazed upon the new comer. The stranger, iclio was equally man Kit. ric teas, was a monk aud hab- of St. Michael. He was of medium bight, and possessed a rotundity of person which was comical to behold. At length, after warming himself by the fire, the guest asked if ho could be accommodated with some sleeping-place, and being answered in the affirmative, Ruric showed him to a chamber and then retired himself. The next morning, after breakfast the I Monk went with Rune to his shop, and examined with much interest the various weapons therein. Rurio questioned hihi closely as to whether he bad ever met him before, but the Monk replied evasive ly, and after saying that iu case the gun maker should ever, in any great emergen cy, need a friend, that he might apply to him, bo took bis leave. Towards the middle of the afternoon, just as Kurio had finished tempering from the bosom of his marten doublet, and having opened it he handed it tow ards tho guumakcr. But Ruric took it not. He drew back and gazed the visit or sternly iu the face. f,Sir Count," he said, calmly and firm ly, "you have plainly stated your propo sition, and I will as plainly answer. I cannot jgn the paper." "Ha I" gasped Damoooff, in quick pas sion, "uo you retuse?" "Most flatly." . i "But you will sign it !"' hissed. , Damon off, turning pale with rage. VHere, itja sign ! It you vpuJd li.e sign-!" . t! a "Perhaps he cannot write," suggested Urzen contemptuou.-Iy. "Then he may make his mark," rejoin? ed the Count, in the same contemptuous tone. "It might not require much more urg ing to induce me to make my mark in a manner not at all agreeeablo to yon, sir," the youth retorted, with his teeth now set, aud the dark veins upon his brow starting more plainly out. "Do you seek a quar rel with me ! "Seek I I seek what I will have. Will you sign !" "Once more No 1" "Then, by heavens, you shall know what it is to thwart such as me 1 How's that!" As these words passed from the Count's lipa in a low, hissing whisper, he aimed a blow with hi- G.-t at Rurio's head. The gunuiaker had not dreamed of such a das tardly act, and he was not prepared for it. Yet he dodged it, and an the Count drew back Rurio dealt bim a blow upon the brow that felled bim to the floor like a dead ox. "Beware, Stephen Urzen!" he whisper ed to the Counts companion, as that indi vidual made a movement as thoueh he would come forward. "I am not myself now, and you are safest where you are." The man thus addressed viewed tho gunmakera few moments, and he seemed to conclude that he had better avoid a personal encounter. Conrad Damonoff slowly rose to his feet, and gazed into his antagonist's faco a few moments in silence. His own face was deathly pale, and his whole frame quivered. "Ruric Nevil," ho said, in a hissing, maddened tone, "you will hear from me. I can overlook your plebiau stock." And with thi- he turned away. "Paul," said the guumaker, turning to his boy, after the men had gone, "not a word of this to my mother. Be sure." On the following morning, as Ruric was preparing for breakfast, he saw Olga, tho Duke, pass by, and strike off into the Borodiuo road. Now, thought he, is tho tiae to call on Rosalind ; aud as soon as he had eaten his breakfast he prepared for the vist. He dressed well aud no man in Moscow had a nobler look when the dust of toil was removed from his brow and garb. He took a horse and sledge, and start ed off for the Kremlin, within which tho duke resided. In one of the sumptuously furnished a partmcn's of the palace of the Duke of Tula sat Rosalind Yaldai. She was a beautiful girl; molded in perfect form, with the full flush of health and vigor, and possessing a face of peculiar sweet ness and intelligence. She was only some parts of a gun-look, tho back j nineteen years or age, nnu sue uau oeen door of his shop was opened and two men ' ten years an orphan. There was nothing entered. They wero young men, and j of the aristocrat in her look nothing good-looking. The gunmakcr recognized proud, nothing haughty ; but geutleuess them as the Count Conrad Damonoff and ' and love were the true elements of her g nearly all day, in the Hudson of Massachusetts planted himself size but a single glance at the swelling i withdrew the obnoxious 1 on his right; while Solomon Foot of Ycr- chest, the broad shoulders, aud the sinewy "'The ugliest trades,'' said Jer- rold, "have their moments of pleasure. Now if 1 were a grove digger, or even a hangman, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment." piuia having been passed iu resolution. Mr. Botts could not offer it. self-possession, and never, from the begin and he handed it to John B. Wellcr of nioR to tUo cloEe of tu0 nelco, losing the port his mother. Ohio for that purpose. The tempest, tnreao oi mo suojeci, except wnen, as which had lulled on the withdrawal of Blank approached him, he hurled at him the paper, now burst forth afresh on this the defiance, "Come on ! THE People of resolutiou of censure. It raved with un - Ohio don't send Cowards here 1" governable fury for two days. Though! It is understood that Mr. Giddings will tho previous question was pending, the spend hi remaining days in preparing a Speaker, Mr. White of Kentucky, a lib- work that shall depict the scones that eral-miuded man, ruled that Giddings have passed before his eye, and in so could be heard in bis defense as a matter many of which he has borne a leading of "privilege." The House, insane with part, during his "Twenty Years in tho passion, overruled tho Speaker. Giddings House of Representatives." He cannot Mood dumb before his accusers. After a render a higher service to the country, struggle, the resolutiou was adopted - nor make a more valuable contribution to 125 Yeas to 69 Nays. Among the Nays the great cause. Let us hope that ho are the names of John Quincy Adams, will not take for his model the heavy vol Caleb Cusbing, William Pitt Fcsscjodeo, umes of Mr. Benton cd a eimilor theme. his friend Stephen Urzen. "I think I speak with Rurio Novel," said the Count moving forward. "You do, "returned Rurio.not at all sur prised by the visit, since people of all classes were in the habit of calling at bis place to order arms. "You aro acquainted with tho Lady Rosalind Yaldai 7" bo said. "I am," answered Ruric, now begin ing to wonder. "Well, sir," resumed Damonoff, with much haughtiness, "perhaps my business can be quickly and satisfactorily settled It is my desire to make the Lady Rosa lind my wife." Burio Nevel started at these words, and he clasped his hands to hido their tremiilousncss. But he was not long de bating upon an answer. "And why have you come to me with 'this information, sir I' ho asked. I . . , . . il . T ridges of the bare arms, told at once that I "Huno mevel, you shall not say mai i ho was master of great physical power. "d not make myself fully understood, and His father had been killed in tho thenjuenco I will explain." The Count spoke late war with the Turks, aud the son lea- as speaks a man who feels that he is ving his mother with a sufficiency of sus-1 doing a very condescending thing, and in tenance, went to Spain soon after the be-! the same tone he proceeded : "The Lady reavement. There he found work in the ' Rosalind is of noble parentage and very most notod armories; and now well vera- J wealthy. My own station and wealth are fch hers. I love her. and must t'li in iiii i.i iiui;. in: iiiiu i i i ii i in 1 1 1 , wmm"' - have her tor my wuo. l native city to follow his calling, aud sup have been to see the noblo Duke, her guardian, and ho V - V. t, 1J.,1 Tr(T QbieCtS not to UIV SUIt. XUl uo unoimeu a bright, intelligent lad, some fifteen years that thero was one impediment, and of age, who had bound himself to the that was her love for you. lie knows gunmaker for tho purpose of learning the , full wcll-ns I know, and all must know Jrt 1 r j that she could never become your wife; Claudia Novel, Rurio's mother, was a but yet he is anxious not to interfere too noble looking woman, and the light of much against her inclinations. Se a m- her still handsome countenance was nev- pie denial from you to the effect that you or brighter than when gazing upon her can never claim her hand is all that is boy. She had a thankful, loving heart, necessary: I have a paper here al drawn and a prayerful, hopeful soul. up, and all that I require is Minply your "It is snowing again, faster than ever," signature. Here-it is only n pi. in, sun- remarked- Paul, as he took his soat at the P vowai on yuu. y .-,w mw . ' ... .,. , hnnflA nor thoughts or seeiiing me nanu oi supper table, in company with the others. nopo uor iuuu6 v b 'Ah,": returned Rario, renting bis knife the lady in marriage, a few moments while he bent, bia ear to As ibe Count spoke he drew a papsr soul. "How now, Zenobiel" asked Rosalind, as her waiting-maid entered. "There is a gentleman bdow- who would see you," the pirl replied. "Then tell him Icanuot see bim," said Rosalind, trembling. "But it is Ruric Novel, my mistrena." "Rurio!" exclaimed the fair maiden, starting up, while the rich blood mount ed to her brow aud temples. "0, I am glad be has come. My prayers are sure ly answered Lead bim hither, Zeno bic." Tho girl departed, and ere long after wards Ruric cutered tho apartment. . He walked quickly to where Rosalind bad a risen to her feet, aud taking ouo of her hands in both of his own he pressed it, to lips. . It was with difficulty he spoke. But the emotions of his soul became calm at length, and then he received Rosalitd's promise that she uvuld never permit her hand to be disposed of to another by the Duke of Tula. Ruric iuformed her of the visit of Count Damonoff to his shop, its purpose and the result. Rosalind was astonished and alarmed. Still, he could not believe that the Duko meant to be stow her hand upou Damonoff. Tho Duko owed him money, she said and might perhaps bo playingUhhc Couni. Rurio started as a newnlpouiash ed upon him. Had the Duke ent Da monoff upou that mission on purpose to get him into a quarrel. "Aye," thought tho youth to himself, "The Duke knows that I havo taught the sword-play, and he kuows that thn Count would be no match for me. So ho thinks in this subt le manner to make me an instrument. for ridding bim of a plaguo." But the youth was careful not to lot Rosaliud know of this. He thought she would bo unhappy if she kuew that a duel was likely to oome off between himself and the Count". ' After some minutes of comparative si lence, Rurio took leave of Rosalind,, and wBs-eooo io tba open cooit. Here he ep-
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