St. Mary's beacon., 1858-11-04
SELECTED MISCELLANY.
I.ova in the Clouds.

An. tnlS Is the lclltIw ttsht wants W marry
my daughter ? a pretty food should be 1"
give Annie to a coward like himp So shout
= ed honest Master joss the sacriatan Of the
Athc,lral uf Vienna, as lac stood in the public
of the Adam and Eve" inn, and boxed
slkY the angry retreatiLS figure OF Master
AIQttkar, the head mason.
Q = he spoke. an homes. young gardener
h,brirI entered, aud for n."nlcut the
n,lsome face flushed high. as he
sacristan's words were directed to
was Tie I'D, OLD story. Gabriel and
,laycd together, aud loved caci,
Dthey kneR the mca !ing If the
- and when, few months before,
ii had found Il out, aud Gabriel PROPOSED T.
make Annie his wiEc, her father rejectei him
with sc',rn. Tile young gardener had LITTLE
to offer brai,ies All honest heart and pair
OF industrious harGs while Master Oukar tie
rnason, had both houses aud money. Te
him. then, sorely against her WILL Was the
pretty Annie promised aid poor Gabriel
kept away from the sacristal.'s pleasant cot
tage, naanfully eEdeavorins to rot cut lis
1--we while ext, rmirating the weeds from his
garden. But, somehow it happened that.
sith, ugh the docks and thi tiles wi;trc,i and
died, that other p,r;Inacious plant, ciinsing
AID twininss like the wiid conrovuluS. gre"
anil tourishod-nurtured, percl4ancc, by al
occasional gImpse oil sweet Aulis's pale cheek
and dropping form .f.--fN.
IT So taaiters stossi when. one dag, as Gabrie
was passing through crowded street, 4 Mi 81
br hah-6 iin:
"GreAt news, my b,y gnrious news: Oar
Leopold has been chosen emperor at FrI!ll
fort. Long live the House of Austria! lie
j. to make his triumpllal entry here III a day
or two. Come With me 10 the Adam arsi
r y =. T.. 1. Il = L
- AL about il !" -
It spite OF his detection, Gatrici would have
b NO true sun Of Vic,:ua if he hal refused
Nyita:im; aud, waving his cup III SYM
Ill lis comrades enthusiasm, lie hast
&n t. tie nn.
ready seen how the unexpected
n more unexpected we.',iS Of
him on iiS.sntraucc. III TIKI
9nitioH the Sacrist,n ,!;l no.
and cyDtnuc:; il the same
~, II give, tIs moment, full and
goxva to wo3 and win my daughter
sas[ young fellow who woril wave
in my stead-ay. and think her
/ tina: cowarilv masJn.p
fcEh tine immenor.nl, j! had been :he
dstom III Vienna, wienever the elnperur made
- ulnph entry, for tliG kacristan {! the
bedral to stand on the very pinnacle Of the
highest tower, and wave a banner while tho
! procession passed. But Master joss, WAS oil
stiff and rheumatic, and such an exl,oit wul,l,!
have been quite much out OF MS line as
dancing on a tight-rnpe. 1t was therefore
ne%slfu' tur HIM TO pruvide substitute. and IL
neVc! occurred to him that liis intended son-in-
law, who pruicssed such n devotion 10 his in.
&crcstS, and whose occupation Obliged him tc
climb dizzy heights, and stand on slender scat
Eslding, cOui possibly ctjec, To take his place
What, then, was his chagria aud i..di gna;nli
when. on broachitIS the matter that afternoon
90 Master 0:tkar. he 'was met by u Hat and not
OvsT-cOurtcouS refusal! Tic old man ma,le Il
hasty ;ctCrt, words ran high, and the parting
vollCy, le"rllcd ut the retrtatiug mason, We
lave already reported. ..t' q
"Wouid yoai, dear Master JGss-wn..id YOU
indeed do 50 2 Then, with the help Of Provi-
cence, III wave the banner for yOu as long as
yon please Ronl tie top Of St. Stephens tow
"You, Gabriel 2" said tic old man, looking
at him as Kindly as he was wont to do in for
mer days. "My poor boy you never could
do it--yon, gardener, who has never had ANY
practice In climbing" &c.,. HaeH ..- -
"Ahi now ycu want to draw back from
your word ]" exclaimed the youth, retterinc
ny head Is steady enough; and, il my heart
Is LcavF, Why. Il was you who nla,ie it 81.
Never mind. Master joss; only premise me
on the word 81 an honest man. that You'll not
Interfere airy more with Annie's free choice
ana you may depend on seeing the banner oi
Cur emperor-whom may Heaven long pre-.
serve wave glnGiol,sly on the old pinnacle
i viii. ms brave laGl ] III promise, in the
presence Of all these honest folks, that Annie
Gail be y,urs," said the sacrissan, graspibg
abriefs hand with one If his, willie he vi ped
siiss eye with the hack Of tho ether. ..l--asTs,
d .Qic tfih.g IlE.vc I" ask you.' saiI tho
Anan-"that you will keep this matte!
issn gkGuie She'd never Cu.'seut.
] was tempting Providence; ard
Wheeler the tl.,,a.t!.t ef Ter dis
..i.it not make my had turn sis.siy
wautitt9 lc most trn1 AMI col
err ksss,Sing II, for have sent
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