Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-10-03

the lady musngly passed backward and for-
ward one of her slender fingers, and, on Ia
Bile near, lay sheet of black edged paper,
crossed by small silver pen and scrawled over
irregularly with devices and disconnected
words, the work evidently Of mt oil the n'oS'
absolute and lstless idleness.
The door opened, and servant IN f'ourhihs
livery stood before the lady. ,,,.,,
81 have thought over your request, Wii'ell,,
she said; 81 had become accustomec 10 your
services, and regret to lose you; Dut snoui9 re.
gret to stand in the way of your interest gu
have my permission" e,r,
Wilhelm expressed his thanks with an eHort
that showed he had not obeyed the can OF NAM
mon without regret, and requested leave 10 IN
troduce the person who had proposed as MS
successor.
'Of what country is beg
sTyrolese, your eXcelency 90,
sAnd why does he leave the gentleman Win
whom he came to Venna?
IN est amoureux dune Viennaise madame,
answered the ex valet, resorting TO french 10
EXPRESS what he considered a delicate clrcum-
stance. =,
sPauvre enf,ntn said the princess with
sigh that partook as much of envy as OF pity;
let him come in"
And the Count Anatole as the sweet accents
reached his ear, stepped over the threshold, ana
in the coarse but gay dress OF the Tyroi, s'ooo
had bathed in the forest, whose lips he had al
most pried into for BREATH whose snowy hands
he had chafed and kissed when the senses had
deserted their celestial organs-thc anger OF MS
perpetual dream, the lady of his wild and I'M
comfortable, but respectful and honorable love.
The princess looked carelessIy up as he ap-
preached, but her eyes seemed arrested IN pass
ing over his features. it was but momentary.-
She resumed her occupation of winding her Ia
Enn in q smoke
lamp, and with half sigh, as II she had repei-
led a pleasing thought she leaned back In inc
siken fauteuil, and asked the new conner his
name.
! sAnato!e your exceency.'
The voice again seemed to stir something IN
her memory. She passed her hand over her
ewes and was for a moment lost in thought.
| 'sAnatole,' she said, (oh, how the sound OF his
own name, murmured in that voice OF music,
thrilled thro' the fiery veins of the disguised
Iover) Anatole, | receive you into my service.
Wilhelm will inform you of your duties, and
| have fancy for the dress of the Fyrol-you
may wear it instead of my livery, il you WILL
| And with one stolen and warm gaze from I'M
der his dropping eyelids, and heart and lips on
/ fire, as he thanked her for her condescension'
the new retainer took his leave.
Month after month passed Onto Count Ana
tole in a bewidering dream OF ever.deepeninS
! happiness. 1t was upon soft and amorouS
morning of April that dashing equipage STOOD
at the door of the proud palace OF Lelchstens-
fells The arms of Esterhazy bazed on the
pannels, and the insouciantes chasseurs leaned
against the marble columns of the portlco, walt
| ing for their master, and specializing on the gal
ety likely to issue from the suit he was prosecu-
ting within How could prince of Esterhazy
be supposed to sue in vain!
The disguised footman had shown the gay
and handsome nobeman to his mistress's pre-
har nOn a
we'll arranged fower-pots shutting the window
to open it again, changing the folds of the cur
tans not at all for the better, and looking $40
| len and fierce look at the unconscious visitor,
he could find no longer an apology for remain
ing in the ROOM He shut the door after INN
in tempest of jealousy.
did your excellency ringF said he, opening
the door again. after few minutes OF intolera-
BILE torture.
The prince was on his knees at her feet.
mo, Anatole; but you may bring me glass
Of water
AS he entered with the silver tray trembling
in his hand, the prince was rising TO go. HIS
face expressed delight, hope, triumph--every
thing that could madden the soul of the irritated
lover. After waiting on his rival to his carriage,
he returned to his mistress, and receiving the
GLASS upon the tray was about leaving the room
! in silence, when the princess called to him.
In all this lapse of time it is not to be suppos-
ed that Count Anatole played merely his foot
mans part. His respectful and elegant demea-
nor, the proprety of his language, and that
deep devotedness of manner which wins wo-
man more than all things else, soon gained up
on the confidence of the princess; and before a
week was past she found that she was happier
when he stood behind her chair, and gave him,
with some selcdenial those frequent permits
sions of absence from the palace which she sup
posed he asked to prosecute the amour dlsclos-
ed to her on his introduction to her service. AS
time flew on, she attributed his earnestness and
occasional warmth of manner to gratitude; and,
without reasoning much on her own feelings,
gave herself up to the indulgence of degree
of interest in him which would have alarmed a
woman more skilled in the knowledge of the
heart Married from convent however, to
an old man who had secluded her from the
world, the voice of the passionate count in the
! forest of Friul: was the first sound Of love that
, had ever entered her ears. She knew not why
it was that the tones Of her new footman, and
now and then a look of his eyes, as he leaned
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