Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-07-02

i, when several knocks on the garden gate
IYerU heard.
There is no one to open it, grandpa, said
ite little girl ihterrupting her reading
lou must go then,' said the baron.
., Inc baron's gate was not far enough from
the piazza to prevent the old man from hearing
the following dialogue, which took place be-
tween the granddaughter and lady-a stran-
ger:
Does not young lady, a teacher Of the pi-
ano, live here p said tho latter.
No, madam replied Juletta.
II must be here, certainly, my dear / had
the exact direction to this house given me.
She may be b0arder whom you do not know,
my little one
'ln the whole house there is no one but
my grandpa, who is blnd,' answered Julietta,
IN the impatient tone Of little girl who liked
not her word to he doubted, 'Adela, my oldest
sister, and Marianne, the cook, aud her hus-
Dand, the gardener, and my little sister Mary,
and the dog, and l and no enc else. But
sometimes young lady comes here who teach
es the piano, and perhaps she is the one you
want to see.'
Il wish to see Miss Adela st. Andres, who
teaches the piano in the family Of
- pncyer tell tibs TmaAnmg's said julietta, i'm
7 feE entity interruptng her; 'my sister Adela is
not a teacher of the piano. Don't you think
| ought to know p
Does the Baron St. Andres live here Z
asked young man, stopping also ut the hall
| open gate.
I Yes, sir
r. Then, certainly, the young lady for whom
I you are inquring, lives here, madam, he said
10 the lady who was questioning Julietta, 'and
/ doubtless, the Baron s. Andres, whom seek,
is her grandfather And to the intense sur
prise, and even anger of Julietta, who still in
sisted that her sister was not teacher OF mu-
| Sic. the young man made his way to the piazza,
approached the blind grandfather, and, after
having assured himself that he was speaking
to tho Baron st. Andres, said ,-sBaron! have
the pleasure Of announcing to You that your
pension is restored
Sir, sir; YOU must certainly have taken me
for some one elsc.' the Baron answered, his
surprise almost us great as that OF Jullelta,
: for my pension has never been taken from
mellow then can you say, it is restored ~
The young man resumed, and it was evident
tnat lie was also greatly aStonshcd:-
Are you not the Baron st. Andres, who
served in the reign Of Louis XIV. and Louis
XVI, in the Vendcan wars; who has lost five
sons in the wars of the Empire 2
Yes, sir the Barren answered.
'lOnr rgrlnd-daugltcr--the young lady--Adela
st. Andres does she not give lessons on the
pia no in the house of the Minister of war-in
fact to my sisters p
Explain yourself, sir explain yonrselff
the old man exclaimed. Ny pension lost =
Adela Three times day Oh! ! entreat
you, eXpain'
sit is II very simple natter the young man
said 'but how can you be ignorant of all thisi
II is fact, ] have two sisters, and about a
year ago, when they were seeking teacher OF
Music, your granddaughter, the young lady
Adca, offered her services; she was recom-
mended by the Countess de Bricourt, whose
daughters she was also teaching. After some
months was past, knowing that | was in the
war-oice, and that am the minister's nephew,
she told me that your pension had been dis
continued for two years, and that nc cause had
been assigned for it, and, she added, 'Neither
blind old man, nor young girl like me, can
take the necessary steps to learn the reason.
Make yonr mind easy upon that point,' SAID
| to her, 81 will take charge of the NATTER l
have fulfilled my promise, and now have the
l,rsure srt' -7,,Hl. tsnf- OF ti.~ rlsosine
intelligence that orders have been given, no
only for the restoration of your pension, bu
also for the payment of all arrears
sOh Adela, noble and worthy girl eX
claimed the old man, raising his sightless eye
to heaven son, my daughter so uniustly aC
cused- you have concealed all this from me-
all-even the labor which your tilial love in
duced you to undertake. Oh, where is shcl-
why does she not come? Go, go, and see
her.
Juletta went out, as il for that purpose, am
the Baron gradually overcoming his emotion
related to the young man and to the strang,
lady ali that had passed that morning-his
fears and his anxieties for his grand. daughter
The praises and the blessings which the OLE
man layished upon tho absent Adela, met full
sympathy from at least one of his hearers.
sOh Baron my dear sir 2 the young maj
said You do not know mo yet; am stran-
ger to you, but will give yon ample Satlsidc,
ton concerning my family; L have long loved
your grand daughter; she does not reject me
give her to me, implOrG you, for my Wife,
) At this moment cry OF joy from Julietta
announced the return of Adela. When the
latter saw the two persons VINO We're staholh@
near her grandfather, she blnshed deeply, ana
, ~hcstated in her approach; but the old man
called her to him, and iondly embracing her
said, Everything is discovered, You darling
Won little rogue and here is one who claims
the right to be your husband, and to separate
you from me-
He who claims that right the still blush
? inc Girl answered. with n strange mingling o
timidity and iirmness, must also take npol
him thc charge of an old man, and two littlt
ones, for whose welfare and happiness an
! responsible in the eyes of God
sAll, all, whom you love, shall he most dear
ly welcome, dearest lady.
\ Adelu educated her two sisters, and saw
them happily married-as happily as herself
and could not wish happier lot. The blin'
4 old Baron lived to an extreme old age, and a
length died in her arms, bequeathing her hi
! last fond blessing.