The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-04-19

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siness at present is to receive the reventes
of his principality.'
ipality!-fudge.- few barren
acres with hali-a-dozen mud-hoyels on !,
suppose. Il won'tdo, Horace-it wofft
do. Adelaide deserves something be!+er
ttlan mouthful Of moonshine. What the
deuce did you bring him here for? don't
think could treat him with common CT
Witty, if 1t were not for your sake Then
for my sake, dear uncle, treat him civilly,
and give you my word you shall not
repent your Kindness
Every day saw the Count paying his
devoirs to the lovely Adelaide, and always
framing some very winning excuse for his
visit. boquet of rare exotics, or an ex.
quIslte print, a scarce book, ora beautiful
specimen OF foreign mechanism, were
sure to be his apology. Could any girl
OF seventeen be insensible to such gallant
woolng, especially when proff'ered by
rich young nobleman, who wore such
splendid whiskers, and whose mous.ache
and imperial were the envy of all the as
pirants after ladies' smiles! Adelaide soon
began to discover, that, when the Count
was present, time flew on eagles wings;
and when, after spending the morning in
hef company, he ventufed TO make one of
the gay circle usually assembled in the
drLwng-roOm at evening, she was con-
scious OF degree Of pleasure for which
she was unwilling to account His init
macy with her cousin Horace afforded him
the opportunity of being her companion
abroad as well as at home, and in the gay
evening party, the morning promenade, or
the afternoon ride, the handsome Count
was ever her attendant.
A feeling OF gratiied vanity probably
aided the natural goodness of Adelaides
temper, and enabled her to endure, with
exemplary equanimity, the railleries OF
her young friends; but she was not 50 tram
gull when her father began seriously to re-
monstrate against this imprudent intimacy
~ ou have had all your whims gratiied,
Adelaide said he; NOW You musf indulge
one OF mlne. Adopt as many foreign fash
ions as yoa please, but rem em5er that YOU
never with my consent, marry any other
than an American. My fortune has been
made by my own induslry-my name was
transmHted to me unsallad By m father.
who earned his patent OF nobility when he
signed the Declafation of Independence
and no empty tided foreigner shall ever
reap he tfuIts OF my toll, or teach my
daughter to be ashamed of her republican
father
Tne earnestness of these admonitions
from parent who had never before spoken
except IN the words OF unbounded tender
ness, first led Adelaide to look into the
depths OF her own heart. She was almos
terrified at her own researches, when she
found that she had allowed the image o!
the Count TO occupy It's most hidden re-
cessas. Bitterly dad she repent her folly.
i wish he were an American sighed
she; and yet ii he were, he would nos be
n1ii SO easing. iiow dego,eI his man
ners are-how much feeling there is in all
he says and does.
Poor Adelaide! she was like the fascin-
ated birl-she dreaded his power, yet she
could not withdraw herself from lis infu-
ence. She could not conceal from herself
the fact that the manners OF the Count too
were greatly changed From the courlly
gallant, he had gradually become the inn
passioned loser. lie treasured her every
look and word, and she keen!y felt, that,
in exposing her own peace OF mind, she
had also rlsked the loss OF his.
This state of things could not exist with
out an explanation. Six months had
scarcely passed since Adelaide first beheld
the noble stranger, and already her young
cheek had LOST its glow, and her step It's
buoyant lightness. She was Sitting aiGge
one morning, brooding over her melancho-
ly forebodings, when the door opened, and
the OBJECT OF her thoughts entered. Seat
ing himself beside her, he commenced
conversation fall of those graceful nothings
which women always love to hear; but
Count intently watched the play of her
eloquent features, and then, as if he divi-
ned the tlmult of her feelings, suddenly
changed the topic to one of deeper interest.
He spoke of himself-of his various ad-
ventures-of his personal feelings-and,
finally, of his approaching departure for
Europe. Adelaide's cheek grew paler as
he spoke, but she suppressed The cry which
rose to her lips. The Count gazed ear
nesdy upon her; then seizing her hand and
clasping it closely between his own, he
poured forth the most passionate express
ions Of affection. Half fainting with the
excess of her emotions, Adelaide sat mo-
tionless as a statue, until aroused by the
Counts entreaties for reply. With bit
ter self-reproach she attempted to answer
him. Faulteringly but frankly, she stated
her fathers objections to her union with a
foreigner, and blamed herself for having