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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!"
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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-