Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-01-19

ei was nOt none Dy DTln. lie aCnlefeu |
his title through great exploit, which, if
the aforesaid judcious reader will only have
a little patience, we will detail in good time,
greatly to his satisfaction.
! Cor hfsNsss lian. whose real name was
knim Trau, had reached the age Of thirteen. !
or perhaps fourteen, in which time he had |
completed his education, and become al |
most as great rogue as his father when an
incident happened that gave a decided turn
to his fate. A dispute took place in the /
little tavern which ended in a hroi, tie re-
suit Of wi. Oh was the death of one of the
combatants, and the manning Of two or
three others. The house was in the sub
urbs of the city, tie time midnight, aud tie
family had always been on the best terms
with those watchful children Of the night who
ought to he deifed as the guardians of cities,
and placed side by side IN the Pantheon with
Somnus, Morpheus and the DOING de.ties
II was of consequence favorable period for
decamping. and as Signor Trau had not
sufficient effects even TO bribe a Dalmatian
. Justice. he adopted the sudden resolution to
beat retreat. which he did with the siruo-
"a, the future lion, and purse containing
, the sum total of all his honest earnings
Justice does not travel in steamboats, or rail-
road cars in Dalmatia. and the fugitves
succeeded in reaching the little Island Of
= Brazza, lying of the coast at no great dis
e lance, whence, no, conceiving himself alto
G qeihcr safe, Signor Trau took the earliest
!: opportunity Of embarking for Venice, which
f he reached in safety.
, Here young Knim, who was quite prom
+ ising genius, by the quickness Of his parts,
c and facility in acquiring every thing bnt
= good habits improved apace. He, in a
= great measure, got rid Of his jargon Of mix
/ ed Italian, German, and Molachan, and ac-
IS qured habit Of speaking pure Venetian.
Il lie became quite familiar with the names of
= Titan. Paul Veronese, and other great mas
= tiers of the Venetian schools whose fame
: has descended even TO the vulgar, and
l. might have passed for a counoisseur in very
e respectable company. He also accomplish
Il ed himself in music, having inherited from
r, nature a fine taste for that charming art
T. whose influence while il soitens the man.
e ners, at the same time awakens the imagina-
h ton, and disposes the feelings 10 indoleni
T. contemplation, or dangerous indulgence
He learned to touch the guitar with exquIs
tie skill, and, having a voice OF great com
in pass aud sweetness, lured more than one
III Venetian maiden into the coils of the ser
IT pent But the purse of Slgnor Irau beins
n, too often drawn upon without being replen
e, ished, al length became so nearly exhausted
~ that the future lion of the new world wa
e under the disagreeable necessity of attaching
he himself TO gondola, where he soon became
distinguished for his music, his skill at ih'
a. oar, and the infinite discretion with whlcl
de he conducted those midnight mysteries 70
ST which that city is so distinguished, at leas
f. in romances. He became great iayorit
NJ with the amorous signors and acquired b
Nv this frequent association a habit and capaci
er ty Of so closely initiating that indehnable, g
ed don't know what" which is so often boasie
H. to be inimitable that proved of infinite SCI
IS. vice to him in his subsequent career.
NJ. was great pity Knim was a predestine
rs. rogue, both in spirit and IN grain, for oiheI
off wise his favorable prospects might hav
,as made him honest. But his bump Of acquu
es itneness, which was enormously developed
= decided his fate he became a thief in SPIT
no of himself, and sometimes, 1t is said. actua
nj ly rose in his sleep TO pick his own poke
ale Alter following this agreeable course
a life some eight or ten years, he one nIgl
,ad had the good fortune to be engaged by ii
he young Count Macmillan SchinshlInger,
an wealthy maghar of Hungary, who visitt
es- Venice ia the course of bis travels, and a
in cordlng to invariable custom, fell deeply
did love with Signora, with black eyes al
of long eyelashes. knlm on this occasion
delighted the count with his music, i
:, sprightlness, and the dexterty with whi'
in he accomplished his missions, that he mat
ace such oyertures as induced him TO aband'
in his gondoa and attach himself TO the m
,,b- char as musician, confidential valet, and ia,
,Os of all trades.
cry In this capacity he accompanied his mi
de- ter in an extensive tour through lta
om- Switzerland, Spain, and England, whose
but spectiye languages he acquired with his Us
As, al facility, and in which he made himself
lni- useful, as well as agreeable, that the Cou
;, it became greatly attached to lin. He e
ask ployed Knim in all his affairs, open as "
as secret; entrusted him with the rece
itch custody and disbursement OF his money a
tic. was cheated with such discreet moderate
for tina, he never INDUCED the slightest sus
city cion that his accomplished factotum was /
Iich a paragon of honesty. The course of I
I'd Counts wanderings at length led him to I
dri- East He visited Egypt, Syria, and CT
'age stantinope, passing through Asia Minor
and SMYRNA, whence it was his purpose to e
error bark for Venice, on his way to Paris, wh'
That he intended 10 remain considerable III
half Here, however, fate and Knim oyertu
lfor. him lie was suddenly and severely
the tackled by fever whose progress was
the rapid, that in twenty-iour hours he Tell II
orla- a raging delirium. Previous to this, how
and er, he had transacted some business relai
5r of to bills of exchange with an old AmerI'