Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1829-09-22

Charles, believing that he should find among
them his lberator, addressed to each one in
turn, his thanks but all denied the charge,
alleging, with some confusion, their motives
in not assisting him.
The next day Charles went to the treas
urer of the commonwealth and requsted an
explanation, and from him he learned that
he owed his life to the hereditary enemy of
his race. Charles, struck with the generosi-
ty of this preceding, resolved to equal the
magnanimity of Salembini. He employed
intreaties, and afterwards exercised his au-
thority, ere he could obtain the concurrence
of his sister, and when Angelica consented
to sacrifice, for the qualification of her broth
er, that which was to her most precious, she
gave notice at the same time that she should
afterwards think of her own glory, and ex-
pressed determination never to survive her
dishonour. Two hours after sunset the
brother and sister proceeded to the house Of
Salembini. Charles requested private in
terview with the chevalier, and having been
admitted with his sister he thus addressed
him =" 1t is to you, my lord, that owe the
unfortunate remnant of my existence It is
to you that my sister is indebted for her
brother and her honour. If fortune had not
prosecuted US with so much rigour we
should both of us have the means of acquit-
ting, at least in part, the obligations that you
have laid US under; but there remains to US
only our bodies and our souls. You have
saved them and they are yours. We leave
them to your pity and generosity" Having
thus spoken, he abruptly retired, leaving his
sister with Salembini. The latter on the
point of speaking to her was struck with the
mortal paleness and despair which her
countenance exhibited, and instantly with
drew. He then sent for the neighbouring
ladies, and requested them to go and keep
company with the noble young lady whom
they would find in his house. But when
they uttered the apartment and saw Angeli-
ca M ontanini, their establishment was ex-
IRENE. Her modesty and reserve forbade
any suspicious injurious to her character
yet the animosity of the two families rem
dered her appearance in this house inexpli-
cable. Anselmo had, in the mean time,
collected meeting of his trends and rela-
tons, and when he had collected a number
around him he invited Angelica and the la
dies who were with her to join them, and
without farther explanation he proceeded to
the house of Montanini with all this cortege,
attended by an equal number of torchbear-
ers. Yon requested to speak with me
without witness es," "said he to Charles,
"but desire you to hear my reply in pres
ence of this honorable company. 1t is a
long time that | have admired the beauty
and virtue of your sister Angelica, and am
sensible that no person merits more than
she does to be the object of noble affec-
ton. / have nevertheless kept this senti-
ment secret in my breast, and no person
has discovered it before you. The misfor-
tunes that befell you, and the service that
rendered you, gave you an opportunity of
divining my feelings. You could not indure
the idea ofleaving courtesy unrecompensed
and you have given your sister and yourself
into my hands; you have left to my disposal
your life and honour. / accept these pre-
cious gifts, but it would be unworthy of me
to hold them by an unlawful title. If yon
consent, then, take in presence of this hon.
durable assembly Angelica Montanin for my
welded wife; and her brother Charles for
my brother, and desire that from this time
my fortune may be in common between u.s.
The wedding was then celebrated in man.
ner suitable to the rank of the parties. The
reconciliation of Salembini with Montanini
attracted the attention of the government
they recalled the sentence that they had
passed upon him, returned the fine that had
been paid, and acknowledged the injustice
to which he had nearly been victim. He
was also reinstated in all the honours be-
longing to his family.
FOR THE LANCASTER GAZETTE.
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