Morning herald., 1839-12-23

his arts he couaselled me to seek your society TO
exert nv slight accomplishments to attract yo~r mo-
tico and finally thus 10 enable him to obtain nteIit.
gence Of all your intentions imagine in what pain
this hourly involved But his threats were ter
rible, and knew his vengeance. And now, farewell
and once again implore you to forgive me"
Mile Diavoli forgive you, traitress y exclaimed
furious voice from behind the thcket, and Instant
ly man with mask and domino rushed forward
and aimed the blow Of dagger at her BOSOM
Whether IL struck not Lazy Caroline had no means
of Knowing for she found herself the next moment,
in the hands of three four maskers, whose hetce
gestures and rough Caabrese voices showed her tnat
she had fallen nlo the power OF banditti STILL startled
she was, the snrit of her country did not desert
her; she boldly asked bv what authority shc was
thus nsuted and with the dagger at her throat con-
tnued cry for help But she was carried on through
the garden and approached the fence, beyond which
she saw carriage wa,ting 10 this she was borne
along, and already entering the door, when she
heard the report of pistol, and 'et the ruman VINO
carried her stasQer He plucked pistol from ms
belt aud returned the fire. but his hold relaxed; ne
t0tered few PAGES, and was fun on the ground .
The bandtl felt that the enterprise had failed,
and fired only 10 cover their escape. rev SHOTS
from the thickets and into the thickets ended the
skirmsh and Lady Caroline found that for her cham
pionshp she had to thank her jiltrd friend, the
Count Vivaldi. All was now gratulatiou. note
put into his hand the ball had told him that the at
tempt was be made and, te his astOnishment that
it was to be made by GTadinski.
We must hasten to the close. In few weeks
Naples WAS enraptared by the news that the hand .
alarmed at the idea Of livin alone any lon gcr bound
in gratitude the gallant count and determined 10
enjoy life, love, nd NAPLES together, was on the
point of giving her wcl-endowed hand to the Guards
man. She kept her word and ever alurats lestino
done by the FEAST the fire works aud the las
citation. All deli hts were there but one. here
no La Diamant That enchantress had wholly
disappeared She IN fact had never been seen since
the night of the court ball. All Naples wept, but
tears bring back nothing
Two yeais afterwards, as the count. and countess,
now calmly matrimonial, and with a beautiful boy
in his mothers arms, passing through Lay bach
their return from tour on the Continent to their
casteated mansion among the Derbyshire hills, the
traces Of their carriage broke, and as those dilcu
ties require peculiar lime among Italian workmen,
the count, with fine summer evening on his hands,
went out to take promenade on the ramparts Ihe
cduntenance of of the coHvicts laboring on the
works struck him as one which he had seen before.
He looked again, and the man, instead of hanging
down his head, burst into load langh. 81 suppose,
count said he, "you did not calculate on meeting
an od friend here: But here am; Gradinski, IN
prOpriG persona"
.hsw is all this possible :" exclaimed the aston
ishcd court.
Nothing easier, either to happen or to tell. But
cigar and bottle Of wine, for they stint abomin
ably in the common necessarIes OF gentleman In
this villanous place" The request was acceded to
and the man in chains proceeded.
1When met you at Naples, was in chase OF that
superb Englishwoman; whom, suppose, you have
never seen again. had carried on the trade of The
ngnWay IOr SOME ears On the gIauu scare nave
no ces lments, you see, with friend. But, in
pursuit Of her. fixed on Naples as my head d-quar-
ters for the English season, we call it. There
my banditt did good deal Of very effective busi-
ness. The punder OF the opera audience, helped by
the storm which you remember was piece, half Of
skill, the other half of luck. The capture Of the
young hunters for duels was another piece of the
same kind; my original intention actually having
been only TO plunder you Of remarkably heavy
purse and diamond watch which | had seen your
person; and both which appeared to me much too
efeminate for hero Of the Quad. The young fools
threw themselves in my way and, you know, Fortune
is the brave man mistress"
8. But what brought you here, at last?"
"My having had the infinite absurdity to fall in
love. | really felt passion fer the Englishwoman
and ridiculous enough to let another woman into
the secret. or course betray ed, fell into my
trap, received a bullet in the affair was caught
by the gendarmes, was brought here without cere.
mony, and was deserted by every body-but one "
He turned away his head for moment, then burst
into wild laugh a, ,ain. "But to be sure that one
was my wife, and you know that fidelity toute
epreure was her duty. So, il you are married, you
have at least-a drudge But the bell rings, and
must bid you farewell"
He turned again. "Apropos. Do you not think
that made capital che Waller Of the Guard of his
majesty Of all the Russias! Ha ha, ha Au reroir"