Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1853-04-14
TIE RED RIBATQ.
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While the marriage contract was be
ing signed al Mays residence. Conrad
arrived 81 the mansion of the B.son Won
il. OF him, Us the arrival of the
count, he ex pecteL TO learn tho latteFS
fate.
Though servant lie announced him
self tn the baron.
You ma, cone IN, was the reply.
With beating heart, Conrad opened
the high folding doors OF "a pavilion.
whirl, was shaded By lofty chrstnuts. and
entered cool ami roomy apnrtmrnt.-
Blt n had -arcely thrown glance IA
~ it when he gave d shrek of joy: young
Cunt Rudolph sat with the baron upon
-,fl mats entrance seemed TO
hive interrupted conf iemtiai CONVEX
sition between .hs two men.
Conrad. C,usad!' exclaitn~d the count.
ths pr-sefyer of his lie. y '"S 0''O" a.
B,rou,' saii C,nral. j am no; now
under the necessity of requesting an nu-
G.ence of yon my erfand concerns the
count, about whose fate ! was in i5no-
rance.
Say. chillren and speak whit is ne :
cessary-buSine>s calls Tie 10 my stcfeta-
r.. who has been waiting cor M al, day
IL vain-s,sy AMI ease your hearts.
With these woris the OILS. min left the
apartment. after lie had pleasantly given
his hani to the. young count.
Oh deac count exclaimed Conrad; Il
cannot Express my JOY in words -naay |
trust mf eyes, Ynu-.t your rival :
s,..d' anil uone &c you wounded -
.Who knows whether | would have
been yet alive replied the count. smi-
ljn-iy, If the baron had appeared al the
ruins few minutes later
The barou?' cried Conrad. with sur
prise.
No o,her The bandits. whom ! un-
fortunately could not recognize. are dan
gerous villains. After they had robbed
M, they ;iied to hi! me too. defend
eA myself with all my might, but the
ro55,rs threw me upon the ground. and
woald certainly have accomplished their
object. had ~; :he baron. with drawn
sword. stepped between us as my drliv-
errr'
Long live the baron! cried Conrad.
And nos imagine my surprise, con
tnu-i the count, .as he smlingly gave
IA. his hand. aud said III pleasant tone
OF voice. young blusterer! WHY Ia we you
concealed your love from ne? Emma.
who loves you with all her heart. had
more conf ience III m. Instead of fight
lug here, please accompany me 10 the
castle. AMI pscify the bride. who is ia
great trouble on your account.
Thank Cod Long live the barcni'
i was about falling al his feet. but he
stretched out his arms. and pressed me
to his bosom. Now. dear Conrad, 1 a m
the happieSt Of all men,
Il believe iti replied the young man.
But while you were in the castle of
your beautiful bride. | tafried at the
cfossways. as we had agreed. amid rain
thunder and lightning. waited all
night. When morning Cd me; ran through
the ruins and the fores, in despair-l i'll
aulred at your castle. but could nowhere
md trace of you. At last | concluded
10 ask your opponent about the result of
the duel. and thank God. it turned out
better than we either had reason 10 ex-
pect. But now must hasten to pacify
my poor Mary. who was very angry with
me last evening. bccaus. would give her
no satisfactory answer abou, my CONVEX
sation with the mysterious stranger in
the forest. l suppose I can now. dear
count all led Conrad with smile. 'un-
der the sal Of silence, confde the secret
to my bride. to clear myself from all pos
si5lr suspicion?'
oh no. dear Coarad.' exclaimed the
count. goed.humoredly. not you; it be-