The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-02-03

Gould you love The humble eilizen as
well - the noble Ca8ntl'
A slight pressnre IL The liIle baud
which lay in has. and . flining smile on
the iremulous Up. was sufficient reply.
Then hear me. Adelaide said her
laEer; 81 viii return % my enunHy-I
viii restore my honors 10 him that be-
slowed them. and then may hope 70 me-
rit-.'
Wy utter contempt cried Adelaide.
yehemenIly. What, resign your coun.
Iry--fmfeis the name Of your fathers
desert Jour inheritance Of duties! No.
Count PleIfenhammer. if q love Of free.
dom led you 10 become a citizen of our
happy land, none would 20 gladly well
come you as Adelaide Wslsinghsm. bu,
never would ] receive the sacrifice 40 q
tribute 10 IransiloTy passion
A iransitory passion. Adelaidel'
Could expect stability Of feeling in
him who can so easily abandon his ma
i've land and forget the claims Of his
countryl You have taught me better
lesson, Count. No American ~ould
have shown such weakness OF character
as have witnessed IN him who | fondly
believed 10 be all that he professed
Would We had never mel.' added she,
bursting inI0 tears. +s Zig .~*...H
Adelaide said The Count. you love
me-those precious tears assure me thai
you love me. Be mine, sweet one; your
father will not be insxorable--he adores
you ..
And therefore said she. you would
have me make him wrelched for life
Because he looks upon me with idolairy
yon would have me desecrsie the image
he has worshipped. Count Pleiffenbam'
mer. we must part You do not under
stand my nalure-I have been deceivet
in youp
You havel you have been deceived
my own sweet cousinl' cried the Count
as be covered her hand with psssional,
kisses. You have rejected Count PleiE
fenhammer; will you also refuse he hanC
Of Your mad cap cousin Charles Wins
| family, whose hstle wife you were sever
years ago!'
Adelaide started from her seat in vii,
surprise. What means all this! Charlie
Winstantly! the Count The sudden re
vulsion of feeling oyerpowered her. an,
cousin Horace entered the room just il
time TO see her sink fainting IN Charlie
Winsianlly's arms. i
Now The anger Of the lady, when sh,
recovered and learned the trick whicl
had been practiced upon her--lhe merri
ment of cousin Hnrsce-lhe satisfaction
Of the father. and the final reconciliation
Of all differences. may they not be ia
better imagined than described!
A few weeks after, splendid part,
was again assembled in MIR. Wslsing
hams drawing rooms; bu, Adelaide wa
no longer the lite Of the party. Attire,
in bridal array, and decked with the ricl
Jewels which once spsrkled on the persoI
Of lte false Count, she sat in blushinl
beauty beside her cousin Charles. VIII,
now that he had shaver off his mousta
ches, aud reduced his whlskers, locke,
like what he really was, true Ameri
can.
But why. Charles. did you WOO me i
such oullandish guise!' Whispered sh
smiling.
Because you vowed to marry non
but an ouilandish wooer. Plain Charlie
Wins,an,ly would never have been al
lowed The opportunity Of winning th
heart which Count Pleitfenhsmmer s,
closely besieged.'
'Ay. ay, Charles said the happy "a
Their. if American women would onl
vslde man for the weight Of his brain
rather than The ligh,ness Of his heels, an
the strength Of his principles rather tina
the elegance Of his manners. we shout
have less foreign foppery and more
homely virtue in our country