Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-11-02
Iife in Anasif[.
The Emperor and his Daughter.

The Emperor and his Dahshttr.
A few years since, there was i
the city of st. Petersburg, a youn
girl, SO beautiful and SO lovely, tha
the greatest prince Of Europe, ha
be met her, even in PEASANTS hut
might well have turned his back up
on priucesses to offer his hand an'
crown.
But far from having first seen th'
light in a PEASANTS hut, she was borl
in the shadow of the proudest throne
on earth. 1t was Marie Nicoloevna
the adored daughter of the Emperor
of Russia.
As her father saw her blooming
like the May flower, and sought fol
by all the heirs Of royalty, he cast
his eye upon the fairest, the richest
and the most powerful of them, and
with the-smile of father and a king,
said to her:
MY child, you are now of ap age
to marry, and ! have chosen for you
the prince who will make you queen,
and the man who will render you hap
py.'
The man who will make me hap
py, stammered the blushing prln
With a sigh which was the only OBJ
lection to which her heart ga We ut
terance.. Speak, father, she s. id, as
she saw frown gathering on the brow
of the Car, Speak, and your majes-
ty shall be obeyed.'
'Obeyed!' exclaimed the En- mperor,
trembling for the first time in his
life. is it only then as an act OF obe-
dience that you will receive a hus-
band from my hands? p
The young girl was silent, and con-
cealed a tear.
is your faith already plighted?'
She was silent still.
Explain yourself, Marie, COM
mandyou.
At this word, which sways sixty
millions of human beings, the prin-
cess fell at the feet Of the Czar.
Yes, father, if must tell you, my
heart is no longer my own; IT is be-
slowed upon a young man who knows
It not. and who shall never know it,
If such be vour wish. He hhs seen
me but two or three times at a dis
tance.1 and we will never speak to
each other. if your majesty forbid it!}
The Emperor was silent IN his
turn. He grew pale, Three times
he made the circuit Of thelsa loon. =
He durst not ask the name OF the
young man. He who wou id have
braved, for a caprice, the monarehs
of the world, at the head of their ar
mies-he, omnipotence, fea ared this
unknown youth, who disputed with
him the possession Of his dearest
treasure.
is it a king?' he dema AIDED at
last. +.
No, father Ia' iisr
sThe heir Of q king, at leas'E
No, father -
"A Grand Duke?' 8 >
No father -. !.
"A son of a'.reigning fam lly?'"
No, father !. - 20.
AT each step in the descending
scale, the Car stopped 70 take
breath. '''-' !" -
"A strangetes' :. e, 'a'sai r saslas
Yes. father = h5n f'4'e
The Emperor fell back inta an
armed chair, aud hid his iaee IN IN his
hands, like Agamemnon at "a the !, sactl- s;'''s
fice Of Iphigenia. aos 81 IL, ..,
is he in Russia? he resumed l lnf' win VIII
effort.
Yes, father.
AT st Petersburg?
Yes, father. @ J,
And the voice Of the young g''i
grew faint. j
Where shall see him! SAID tne
Gar, rising with a. q threatseInlps 1fe tseIn as
peet. 4,irl5 .se9
.To-mcrrow, at the reyieeF, , :, 90
How shall | recognize slIl hlmi : re- ! E
peated the Gar, with a stamp q ms
foot. I1il 8, -.
!. BY his green plume and his 0'a'A
s'eea' 'gi ,.o,l Go. my daughter, and
pray God to have pity on ;'a. : : l,,%p. r.;at-
The princess withdrew wi Y ,r ,s,n' was
ing condition. and the emperor M ""s
soon lost in thought. .I-6..l., il
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