Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-12-24
From Chambers JournsL
LOVE IN THE CLOUDS.

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So: p So shouted the honest Master
- the sacrisian Of the cathedral Of
x;;.ppa. as he stood in the public room of
IL. Adam and Eve inn, and looked
sI,.r the angry, retreating figure Of Mas
,sr ottkar, the head mason.
As he spoke, an honest young garden
ssr pamed Gabriel. entered, and for mo-
usn. the youths handsome face flushed
hirb. as he thought the sacristan's words
we're directed at him. For it was the
old story. Gabriel and Annie had play-l
al together and loved each other before
sskey knew the meaning of the word love;
snd when, few months before, they had
snnd it out, and Gabriel proposed tOE
~ake Annie his wife, her father reject
ID him with scorn. The young garden
Lad little to offer besides an honest
ksArt and a pair of Industrious hands,
ukile Master Ottkar, the mason, had
LII houses and money. To him then,
rely against her will, was the pretty
Annie promised; and poor Gabriel kept
6ray from the sacristau's pleasant cot
lage, manfully endeavored to root out
ia love while exrerminating the weeds
ii his garden. But somehow it happen
a that, although the docks and thistles
aishered and died, that other pertina-
c;pus plant, clinging and twining like the
ia convolyulous grew and fourished.
rnrtured, perchance, by an occasional
sistant glimpse of sweet Annie's pale
kkeek and dropping form.
So matters stood, when one day, as
sabriel was passing through crowded
ssreet, neighbor hailed him:
Good news, ny boy! glorious news
Our Leopold has been chosen emperor at
Frankfort. Long livethe House of Aus
tria! He is to make MS t-iumphal entry
here in a day or two. Come with me tc
tsss : Adam and Eve" and we viii drink
his health, and hear all about it."
Jn spite of his detection, Gabriel would
have been no true son of Vienna if he
bad refused this invitation; and waving
his cap in sympathy with his comrade''
Enthusiasm, he hastened with him to th'
m.
We have already seen how the unex
pected appearance and more unexpected
sords Of Master joss met him on his en-
rance. In the hight of his indignation
he sacristan did not observe Gabriel an
continued in the same way:
a declare, I'd give this moment fu
and free permission to WOO and win m
Daughter TO any honest young fellow VII
would wave the banner in my steady
and think her well rid of that coward
mason
From time imuemorial, it had been th
custom in Vienna, whenever the emperc
made triumphal entry, for the sacrista
Of the cathedral to stand on the very P
nacle of the highest tower, and wave
banner while the procession passed.
But Master joss was old, stiff and rhel
matte, and such an exploit would hay
been quite as much out OF his line
dancing on a tight-rope. Il was ther
fore needful for him to provide subsi
tuts and it never occurred to him tn
his intended son-in-IaB, who profess
such devotion to his interests, and who
1aily occupation obliged him to clin
dizzy nights, and stand On slender SCI
folding, could possibly object to take
place
What, then, was his chagrin and ind
natioa when, on broaching the matt
that afternoon to Master Ottkar, he "
met By a fiat and not over courteous !
fusaIl The old man made a hazty retor
words ran high, and the parting volle
Ieveled at the retreating mason, We ha
already reported
Would you, dear Master JOSS, wor
you indeed, do so? Then, with the h
Of Providence, III wave the banner
you as long as yol please from the top
ST. Stevens tower
You, GabrielF' said the old m
locking at him as kindly as he was "
to do in former days Ny poor b
yoa never could do It; you, gardeE
who never had any practice in eiir
ing
All, now you want to draw back Fl
your word ? exclaimed the youth, r
deniug. Ny head is steady euoul
and if my heart Is heavy, why, 1t :
you who made It 50. Never mind, b
teF Joss OaIy promise me, on the "
Of an honest man, that you'll no: Ia
feFe any more with Annie's free che
and yoa nay depend On seeing the