Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1848-09-21

deemed pleasure. She was too much excited
for sleep, aud when she appeared at her father
breakfast-iable, Ga duty she never neg elected !
il was with such a pale cheek and heavy eve
that he was seriously alarmed.
These late hours will kill you, nv child
said he, as he kissed her forehead : | shal
return at noon, and if find you still so langud
] shall send for Dr.
SO saying, he stepped into his carriage and
drove 10 his countlng-room, where, immersed
~ business, he quite forgot Adelaide's cheek
until the dinner hour summoned him from his
dlngy httlc office 10 his stately mansion. As
he entered the door, he recollected Adelaide 8
exhausted look.
Poor child murmured he, wonder how
she ISL
low musical laugh struck on his ear as
the servant threw open the drawing room, and
the sight of her radiant countenance, looking
more brilliant than ever as she sat between cous-
IN Horace and the Count soon quoted his tears.
M Walsingham, in nmon with most
Americans of the oden time, had great pre-
udce against foreigners. = Ii they are real
lords, he used to say, they don't want my
daughter and if they are not real lords, my
daughter don't want them His notions Of
the Teutonic character were founded upon the
wouDdcrtul stories which his mother used to
tell him about the liessaas, and vague ideas
al r,lfhlns and cbdeaters were associated in
his mind with everything German. The cold
wess with which he saluted the noble Count,
formed striking contrast To the cordial warmth
with which he grasped the hand ofhis nephew
Glad 10 see you, Horace-couldn speak
word t0 you last night, you were 80 sur
rounded with pretty girls. BY the way, boy
drawing HIM aside who is that hairy-faced
fellow a
That is Count Pfeiffenhammer, uncle
Count Pipehammer Well, the Germans
have certainly an odd fancy IN names. Pray,
what is his busincssl =
Business . said Horace, laughing why,
his chief business at present is 10 receive the
revenues of his principally
Principality fudge "a few barren acres
with half dozen mud novels on it, suppose.
Ii won't do, Horace-it won't do Adelaide
deserves something better than a mouthful Of
lnoonshine. What the deuce did you bring
him here for don't think Icould treat him
with common civill,y if it were not for your
sake.
Then, for nv sake. dear uncle, treat him
civy, and give YOU my word you shall not
repent your kindness.
Every day saw the count paying his devoirs
some very winning excuse for his visit. A bo-
puet of fare exOics, or any equlslte print,
scarce book, o beautiful specimen of foreign
mechanism were sure to be his apology.
Could any girl of seventeen be insensible to
such gallant wooine, especially when proflered
by a rici young nobeman, who were such
splendid whskers, and whose mOustache and
imperial were the envy Of all the aspirants af-
Ter ladies' smiles. Adelaide soon began to
discover that, waen the Count was present
time few on eahles wings and when, after
spending the morning in her company; he
ycniured To make one OF the gay circle usually
assembled IN her drawIng-room AT evening, she
was conscious of degree ofpleasure for which
she was unwilling to account. His intimacy
with her cousin Horace Afforded him the op-
portunity of being her companion abroad as well
ss at home and IN the gay evening party, the ,
morning promenade. of the afternoon ride, the
handsome Count was ever her attendant.
4 feeling of grallfed vanity probably aided !
the natural goodness of Adelaide $ temper and
enabled her to endure with exemplary equa-
piinity the rallleries Of her young friends but
she WAS not 80 tranquil when her father began
seriously to demonstrate against this llnprudent
intimacy.
You have had all your whims gratfed,
n
one of mine. Adopt as many foreign fashions
40 you please, but remember that you never,
with my concent, marry any other than an
American. Ny fortune has oeen made by my
own industry-my name was transmitted to me
unsuIIied by my father, who earned his patent
Of nobility when he signed the Declaration Of
Independence, and empty-titled foreigner
shall ever reap the fruits of my toll, or teach
my daughter To be- ashamed Of her republican
farther
The earncs,ness of these admonitions from
parent who had never before spoken except
in the words of unbounded tenderness, FIST led II
Adelaide to look into the depths of her heart
She was almost terrified at her own researches
when she found tlla, she had allowed the image
Of the Cou To occupy lis most hidden recess
es. Bitterly did sh1 repent her folly
wish he were m American, sighed she ::
and yet, If he were, he would not be half so
pleasing. How devoted his manners are-how
much feeling there is in all he SAYS and does =
Poor Adelaide she was like the fascinated
blrd she drnadcd ~ mower, vet she could not "
Withdraw herself from Iis influence She could
not conceal trom herself 'hc fact that lh. man
,rrs 0f lhe Count, too. were greatly changed
,,,, Ia ,..s rorrle vgilaot ne had gradually be
r,me the mpassionrd lover. " treasured hef
every look and word, and she kecniy felt
ihYt 'p exposing her own peace Of mind she
had also uskcd lnc loss yt his.
This state of things could not long exist
without an explanation. Six months had scarce
passed since Adelaide first beheld the noble
stranger, and already her young cheek had
lost It's glow and her step its buoyant lghlness.
She was sitting alone one prnlng, brooding
over her melancholy hrebodings, when the
door opened, and the object Of her thoughts
entered. Seating hInseIfbeslde her, he com
menced a conversation full of those graceful
po,hings which women always love to hear,
but Adelaide was in no mood for gayeiy. The
Count lntently watched the play Of her eloquent
features, and then, as il he OWNED the tumult
or her feelings, suddenly changed the topic to
one of deeper interest. He spoke Of himself
of his various adventures--of his personal
feelings, and, finally, of his approaching de-
par,urc for Europe. Adelaldes cheek grew
paer as he spoke, but she suppressed the cry
which rose to her lips. The Count gazed ear
ncstly upon her, then seizng her hand and
clasping II closely betweer his own, he poured
forth the most passionate expressions Of afec-
iion. Half faintlng with the excess Of her emo