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He ensafes second time which wa. the richest,
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That evcningth Count aindoined u, and
danced first with one and f6en sncthsr, Sc.
slowing hisattention4 20 equally this s naiuter.
eSteds spectator mighthaye thought It wss S =,
tursl tanner tobe osssquions. We seain met
and dissuasd .his conrersaion; fhis tins sthsssx.
preston was chapged4sDcsrsR MisssHhaesss
IthoughI may seem equally attentive ioaifosSus
companions, its yon alone that flove-you alone
are beautiful to me-, How absurd it appeared,
when Ircpeated these words, 10 sind thar with the
exception Of The name. they we're precisely fhe
same that he had addressed to each me, proving
eonelusively that If be had not borrowed them.
from some ramance, bis own stock of ideas must
have been AZ limited as his assurance was un-
bounded. Poor Mary seemed distressed, looking
as If she thought we were all In league against
her; but finally confessed that appearances were.
much against him.
Poor girl! now began to see tina. she was to
be a victim to his pride and vanity her heart was
easily touched, and pure in thought and motive
she could not suspect or understand dn
|Pheity in oilers
The next night the Countraiher surprised me by
masking = direct offer Of his hand. was surpris
ed because I thought his object was 10 gsiL pos
session Of our hearts and then leave u, and boast
of his eonquests elsewhere. Report represented
him as wealthy, and I could not believe he was
merely iupursuit Of b Itold him that a. bis
offer was very unexpected, he should have my an
swer on the ensuing evening. / then FASTENED to
give the cue to the others, IN ease tbe same prop
osifion was made to them. It tnrned out IS I sur
missed, and they all deferred their answer till the
next night.
II was little astonishing that he did not suspect
anything; but his head was too full Of his own plans
to bestow a thought ON ours.
Afer talking over our plans on the morrow, we
concluded If Ne could find some means of Jpre-
venting him from fulfilling his promise 10 meet us
in the evening, We could accomplish on. dessxnnnf
martifyi1s kin and .he@ him NE understood bis
Vaccinations, but how 10 compass Il, we could NOT
imagine. We were coming it over, when An
MES eye suddenly frightened, and she siid, ssid
you ever notice that the Count has but one pair Of
CATERS, or At least that he wears the same pair on
every occas:on2 Now. If We could manage to get
them away, it would effectually prevent him from
fulfilling his engagements tonight
HGood!" said I, tbut that Is the question: to abb
stractthem without bis knowledge, wouldbe rath.
.er . difficult mstteT:''
"CirkP' said Isabel, 81 fear you have lost all
sense Of dignity, I hope you will take some more
way Of avenging yourselves"
tWhy you don't suppose ! mean to sbscond
with then. myselt,' said Annie, laughing; 81
wouldn't touch the nasty things for the world,
Come, can't you give US a hint, Bsbygn
Let us send for George. / replied spehsps he
can help US ont of our difficulty" George was
soon summoned, and as they elected me spokes-
man, ! displayed q gold piece. which ! told him
should be his, ifhe would assist US, obey all our
Instructions, and observe the .~strictest secrssys
do any ting in de world for de young ladies', :"
said George g%rinning from ear to sar.
We'll we want you first 10 find out whether
Mr.. Delaurains has any. other gaitersth thoss
he wears every day.
sNo Miss; / know he got no oder pair, Gauss
Pomp cleans the de tips Of 'em ehry night b..
fore dance& ebry morning before feekfast,& u
notice deg AWAY. got da. same little darn at one
side. 1 says to Pomp las, night, i link your
'massa might ford toget nodet pair OF shoes fcon-
|siderin' he's soFich-G Go long, darkey, says he
don't you know the gemmin's economical, and
promise me fifty cents il I clean 'em ebry day
for a week"
SWELL; now, lseorgs, do you think you could
mansee to get one of them lost SO that he cannot
come to the dance thi. ayenipgp".
yes, Miss, guess ! could, I know zackly Che
spot whar Pomp sets 'em ebry night. ! owes
dat fsllsr . grndge, any how, and don't mind
getting him into a serape specially as de ladies
is 50 generous"
Very well, GeorgeS ifyons can keep him in
his room this evening you sHall have The reward
Now you can 90, and remember NOT to sag one
word about it,
I'll do sfuss rate Mis- he replied and
disappeared,
The ensuing scsnel gathered from George
himself. No sooner had Pomp Deposited The
precious treasure before The Codnt1 doer than
George, shielded from observation By the dark.
Insss, slipped enc sf Them into bis p0ekst and
started off towards the woods lhss savraundst Abe
Springs; what he did with Il We did .noldiscoy-
Ter. but he certainly came back minus the CATER
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