Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-11-29
"NO; bo,ir,he said malcractor should be-

"Well, then, II appeared to me TIN, ,h'
robbcr was your broihsr.in.law. MiR,nE,u
Bu, ! might be mistaken and, as | said Be
fore, fcaf''-
"lmpossihle no 1t canno, he. Mirabcar
a fco,padl No. no. You arc mistaken, my
good friend"
acknowledgements"
"I.c, rs not speak any more of this" said
Ccun, du Slillant. 1--WE will return to the
drawinr.roon, and | hope you will be as
gay as usual; II not. ! shall set you down as
midman. will ~ manage that our ab-
scnce shall not be thought any thing Of -
And the gentlemen rcenicred the drawing
rrom, one a short time before the uller.
The visitor succeeded in rcsuminr his &C.
cus,omcd manner; bu, the Count fcll into a
rloomy ryrric, In spuc Of all his efforts
lIc could no, blnish from hrs mind tn tx.
lraoriinary story he had heard It haunted
him and q, last, worm out With the musl
painful con',ciurcs, he again took his friend
aside. questioned him ailcsh. aud the result
was, that plan wss agreed upon iur solving
the mystery. It was arranged ,ha, VI. Dc
should in the course of .ic evening
mention casually. q, 1t were, ,ha, he was en-
earcd on a certain day To meet party at a
friend house To dinner, and that be purpusld
coming aftcrvarl ioilkc a bed al the chateau,
where be hoped To arrive at aboHt niue in the
evening. The announcement Was according
ly made in the course OF the conversation,
when an the guests were present good care
being taken tha, j, should be heard by Mia.
beau. who at the time was playing a game ol
chess with thc cute.
\ week passed away, 10 the course Of
which q farmer Vas stopped and robbed Of hls
rur,. and a, length the cutcaI night aui.
,cl.
Cuuu, do SuIlant VAS upon The rack ihc
whole evening and Dor, anxiety became al
mos, uuhclrab'c when ,he hour iur h,irsud Z.
Promised arrival bad passed without hIs have
.ag mode h, appearance. Ncuhcr bad Mira
b,au returned trum b.s nocturnal promenade.
Presently storm OF lightning, thunder. and
heavy rain came on iu ,hc m.d,, Of 1t the
bell a, the gate OF the courtyard rang loudly.
The couu, rushed oct ct ,hc room into the
COURTYARD. hrcd.cas oi the coulcudng clc'
mcu,s. and before ,hc rroOlu could alr'c To-
,asc L.s friends horse, tn, anxious 1ust Vas
a, h., side. lis guest was ia tie act OF do
uouuung.
Well said VI. De ---, 81 have 1len
.,oppci. l,.srsllIy he. ! recognized hln
r,urc,ly.'
Naawori va, spoken then bat as som
r. ir, rr1om lrsd IgI tHc hoes To tb- sun.ls,
VI rapid, told ibe cnlu,, that daring
,be storm. aul a. o., Was udml along. @ Inlo
who va, ha.lcuuccllci behind ,yJy large
Tree. ordered him lo throw down ul, p-rs'.
At that nomcn, a hl,h of hPh,niu. enabled
h.m to discover "a portion OF doe ru''sr srcr'
son, and ". De --- rode Al hm' but '''
ro5brr reiterated % les PAGES, and lc,clnr hs
Gun Al the hor,rmvu, cued with apowcriul
voice. which iva, impossible To mistake
Pass ON or youarJ a dead nan '' Another
HASH ct hrhiuus showed ,hc whole OF 'ho
robbers figure, b, was Mraheau, Whose
voice bad already betrayed him. The way
nrr. having uo uc.ialuon To he shot, put
suu-s ,u horse. ani spon rrlchcd the chateau.
r.. ....,, ,,-,,,.. ..l.,,.r, silence and begged
.,'t..c.,,, ,,,,,,l s,.pl,yrpg any change
I'll ,l.m.,,,, ,,t,o m camr5ny with
.s. Oh, -r..,.. b, l,p ordered hi, vale,
.....,....,,, 9, bi,, oil, s,,, Nc Nir,b-1u
..,.ll r,,r,r Haitian bour sncrwarl Mira
,..,o arrived Hr wa, we, to the skin, and
,,.,,,cJ 10 ms own rnom he told the ser.
.-o, ,o ,o,,,,p the cour, tha, ne could uo,
am, ,l., conr,ry a, the evening meal. and
i,.,r,d ths, bi, supper mirh, be- broush, 10
,,. r,,p ,rI he went 10 bed ss soon rs hr
had .npped.
Alwcnt on as usual with the party be.
tv cycru,inr that the gentleman who had
-, ,rnlc,s,n, an adventure on the road ap.
,,.,,.I ,no,, cav than usual.
wbenbi, guests had an departed. the mas.
or,he house repaired alone to his brother,
ip.law's apartment He found him fasr
,,le.p. and was obliged to shake him rather
violently before he could rouse INN.
Whats the marer' Who's thcrc'-
Wha, do you wan, With mcl' cried Mira
beau, starting AZ his bruihcr.in.law, whos'
eyes were flashing with rage aud disgust.
"w'hai do ! want want to tell you thai