Squatter sovereign., 1855-03-06

disguise is no doubt a schelning william +;

disguise is no doubt schelning william at
heart"
Poor Arabella was dreadfully cut down
when this notice met her eye. 1t was a
long time before she ventured into company
again, and ever after he'd mortal aver
sion to moustaches and imperials. The
Count never after made his appearance
In Philadelphia.
The young man named Marston, who
had tested with Abel Lee about the loss of
his lady love, was seated IN his room some
ten minutes after the sudden appearance
of Mr.. Jones at the place of meeting be-
tween the two lovers, when his door was
thrown open, and In bounded De Courci,
hair and all! Cloak, hat and hair were
instantly thrown aside, and smoothe,
young, laughing face revealed itself
from behind wiskers, moustaches, and
goatee.
'sWhere's the Comtess2" asked Marston,
in merry voice. ''Did she faint!'
'Dear knows. That sturdy old Ameri-
can father Of hers got me by the throat
before could say Jack Robinson, and l
was glad to make off with whole skin.
| Arabella arrived at the moment and gave
a glorious scream. Of anything further,
deponent sayeth not.
"She'I be cured of moustaches or I'm
no prophet"
81 guess she will. But the fact is, Mar
ston." and the young man looked serious,
"I'm afraid this joke has been carried too
| far"
''Not at all. The moral effect will tell
upon our silly young ladies, whose heads
are turned with foreign accent and a
hairy lip. You acted the whiskered fop to
charm. No one could have dreamed
that all was counterfeit"
$50 far as the general effect is concerned,
/ have no doubt; but I'm afraid it was
wrong to victimize Miss Arabella for the
benefit of the whole race of weak-minded
girls. The effect upon her may be more
serious than we apprehend,'
| "No l think not. The woman who
could pass by as true man as Abel Lee,
for foreign Count in disguise, hasn't
heart enough to receive deep INJURY
She will be terribly mortified, but that will
do her good"
'sIfit turn out to be no worse than that,
I shall be glad. But, must own, now
that the whole thing is over, that am not
as well satisfied with myself as thoug hit |
would be. don't know what my good
sister at the South would say, if they knew
1 had been engaged in such mad-cap af-
fair. But lay all the blame upon you.
You with your cool head, ought to have
known better than to start young hot
Drained fellow like me, just let loose from
college, upon such wild adventure. I'm
afraid that if Jones had once got me fairly
into his clutches, he would have made day
light shine through me.'
"Ha! ha! No doubt of it. But come,
don't begin to look longed-faced. We
will keep our own counesel, and no one
need be the wiser for our participation in
this matter, Wait while, and let us en-
joy the nine jays wonder that will fol-
low.''
But the young man, who was relative
of Marston, and who had come to the city
fresh from college, just in the nick of time
for the latter, felt, now that the excitement
of his wild prank was over, a great deal
more sober about the matter than he had
expected to feel. Reason and reflection
told him that he had no right to trif1e with
any one as he had trifed with Arabella
Jones. But it was too late to mend the
matter. No great harm, however, come
of it; and perhaps, good: for year subse-
quently, Abel Lee conducted his old flame
to the altar, and she makes him a loving
and faithful wife.