The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-05-22
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Marquis ds = l. lies ~as sent AfhHaNsauaf'
from Spa,n Ia TIN lIagae. II his youth
:. he had bero r..linalariy intimate wnh TIE
Count de Mnura1e, grsndee OF Sps'n,
ant. ane nf tie riesasi nohlss ef The conn-
try. Sanr4. fur altrr Tire Marquis arrival
at the n saup. bp received u l,.fer from
thr Cuum, entraliug him, IN the nsnle
of their for ~ friendship, n trndsf him
tl,. creatpst l,r,s.sId- SRI, les. Y,s kenw,
paid he my dear Marquis, The mo lfca-
zion I r,dt that the name Of M5ncade was
likely rs expire WITT me. Al length. II
plessrd heaven ~ hrar nv prayers, and In
grafr sne a son; Il. gave early pro #ise of
dispositions wvrily of III, birth, bat he1
some tine since .Irrtnrd an nuirri INIT. aud
di-graceful attachment 10 lie mnst celeb q
Red actress of the company af Toledo. !
shut my eyes In tins imrudence on the
part " YOUNG man whose conduct mad
till then, caused me- unrnlngled satisfaction
But, having learnt that he was se blinded
by passion, RS To int-nd 10 marry this girl,
and that lie even hound himself ny a writ
ten promise 10 that effect. solicited the
King In have her placed III confinement
My son having got Information OF the Steps
] bad tsken, defeated my intentions, by
escaping with the object of his passion.-
For more than SIX months, l have "alnly
ends,vored To- discover where he has con-
cested himself, but have now snne YEA
SOP ,n think, he is nj the Hague The
Count earnestly cooiofed the Marquis 10
make the most rigid search, IN order TO
disceVvf his sons retreat, and 10 endea,or
~ prevail upon HIM to return To his home.
at is an act of Justice, continued he, to
provide for The gal, If yle cuns.uts TO give
up tite wrlaeuirpomlse of marrage which
she has eceiy-d aid leave ii to your dis
ereiion to do What is right for her, ~ we'll
20 determine the Sum necessary IN bring
nv son 10 Madrid, IN manner suitable to
his condition. 4 know not continued
h., whether Won ara father if y'n are,
you ~ill be able To sympatitlse III my anXl-
ety.
Tive Count stI',ioincd to thsictter an ex-
az description of.hrs snn, and the Young
woman nv whom h. was accompanied. -
On tht receipt of this letter, the Marquis
lost not momeut in sending IN all the inns
in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and the Hague,
but IN yain--h. could find no trace oi
them. Ar began to despair Of success,
vhrn the idea struck blm, that q young
lrr"h page of hts, remarkable for his
qpickness aud intelligence might be- en-
plnysd Nth al, antagr. NJ promised to
ren ard him handsomely, It h. succeeded
III fnding the young woman, who Az the
cause "f - much ansriy, aud gave INN
the description of her prison. The ptgr
visited all the pubic places for many day.
without success; at leagth. one evening AZ
The pla ~ saw youug man and woman
10 box. who at,ractedts attention. When
he saw that they perceived he was iookng
VI them aud withdrew 10 lhs back Of The
box 10 syojd his observation, hr flt conf
dent that they were the objects of his
search. He did not rake his eyes from the
box, and watched every muysnent "a it.
The instant the performance ended he
was IN the passage leading iroo, the boxes
III the door, and he remarked that the
young man, who doubtless observed the
dress he wore, tried to conceal himself as
he passed him, by putting his handkerchief
before his face. He followed him, at
distance, To theinn called the Vic0mte d.
Tprenne, which he saw him aud the NO.
man enter, aud being now certain of sue
cess, he ran In inform the Ambassador.
The Marquis DE St. Cities Immediately
repaired to th" inn, wrapped IN cloak,
aud followed by his page and two servants.
lie desired the landlord to show him Ia
the room ola young man and woman, who
had lodged for some time in his house.-.-
The landlord for some time refused to do
80, unless the Marquis would give their
name. TIE page told HIM L. take notice
that he was speaking to the Spanish AM
~, Ia.
ing Ia see the persons in question. The inn-
Keeper said, they wished not Ia BIZ known,
and that they had absolutely forbidden him
~ admit any body into their apartment,
svho did not ask for them by name, bur
that since the Ambassador bad desired IT,
he would show him their room. lie then
conducted them up to a dirty miserable
garnet He knocked at the door, and
waited for some time; he then knocked
again pretty loudly, upen which, the door
was half opened. Al the sight of the Am
hassador aud hrs suite, the person who u
psned II Immediately closed it again, ex
claiming that they bad made mislake -
The Ambassador pushed hard against hln,
forced hi. way in, made Z sign 10 his PEG.
pie to Wait outside, and remained in the
ronm. He saw before him very hand
some young man, whose appearance per-
fectly correspondrd with the description,
and young woman, Of great beauty, aud
remarkable fne person, whose counle.
nance, form, colour of the hair, SC. were
also precisely those described Ivy the Couut
de Moncade. The young man spoke first,
He complained of the violence used IN
breaking into the apartment; of stranger
Ewing III a free country. ard under the
protcrton Of its laws. The Ambassador
stepped forward to embrace him. and said
1t IS useless 10 feien, my, my dear Count ;
and DO not come here 10 give pain to you
or to this lady. whose appearance inter-