Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-12-11
LIES vICIssITuDEs.

tai Rubens was born, A.. ID. 1877. Sixty years
later than this date, the ground. floor was occupied
by two old people-a shoemaker and Ills wife,
The upper story, which was usually let to dodgers,
was empty at the time we write of. Two however,
occupied the garrett. The evening was cold and
wet, and the shoemaker and his wife we're sitting
together in the room below.
"You had better go up stnirs again. said the
man to his wife, "and see how the poor lady is
The old gentleman went out early, and has not
been in since. Has she not taken anything?"
1T is only half an hour since | was up stairs,
and he had not come in. / took her some broth
up at noon, but she hardly touched it. and I was
up again at three she was asleep then and at
five she said she should not want anything mora"
Poor lady! This time of year, and neither
fire nor warm clothes. and not even a warm bed to
lie on and yet | am sure she is somebody or 9th
old man treats her ="
If she wants anything it is her own fault. That
ring she wears on her finger would get her the
best Of everything"
There came a knock a. the door, and the woman
admitted the old man they had just spoken Of,
whose grizzle1 beard fell down upon his furnished
velvet coat. The hostess sadly wanted TO have a
little gossip with him but he passed by. and, bid.
ding then a short goodnight" CROPPED his way
up the steep and crooked staircase. On entering
the chamber above a feeble voice inquired the
cause of his long absence.
II could not help it,, he said. II had been
copying manuscript, and as / was on my way here
q servant met me, who was to fetch me to raise
the horoscope Of two ladies who were passing
through they wero ladies whom l have known
before. l thought l could get a little money to
pay for some simples, which will be of service to
you"
II an cold"
ut is fever cold. will make you something
which you must take directly"
The flame of a small tin lamp suficed to heat
some water, and the patient, having taken what
the old man had provided. was diligently covered
up by him with ali the clothes and articles Of dress
he could find. lie stood by her motionless, till he
perceived that she was fast asleep, and, indeed,
long after he then retired into q small closet, and
sought repose on the bare floor.
The next morning the lady was so much better
that her attendant proposed she should endeavor
to leave the house for n moment or two,
and he succeeded in getting her forth as far
as the Place St. Cecilia. 1t was seldom that
she left the house for, Notwithstanding the mean.
ness Of her dress, there was that about her car
rage which rendered it difficult to avoid unpleasant
observation.
I'D, you see that person youderf" she said.
suddenly. IF | am not much mistaken, 1t is GER
tainly the Duke of Guise."
The strangers attention had also been attracted,
and he now approached them
"Pdrbleu !" said he 'why, that is Mascali.-
What, are you married 2"
"IIe does not know me-" sighed the lady. ~
must Indeed be altered"
Mascali had, however, whispered a single word
in the dukes ear, and he started as u if struck by a
thunderbolt but instantly recovering, he hastily
uncovered, and bowed nearly to the ground. /
beg your pardon, he said but my eyes are grow.
ing so weak, and ! could SO little expect to have
the honor of meeting jour-"
"For the love of God, " interrupted the lady has.
tily, "name me not here. A title would 500
strangely contrast with my present circumstances
Have you been long in Cologne 2"
Three days. l am on my way from Italy. l
took refuge there when our common enemy drove
me forth, and confscated all my earthly goods. l
am going to Brussels"
"And what are your advices from France? Is
the helm still in the hands of that wrstche ed cal.
tiff p"
"He is in the zenith of his power"
"See' my Lord Duke, your fortunes and my own
are much alike. You, the son of a man who, had
he not too much ~despised danger, might have SCI
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the m~ightiest nation in the universe, and now both
of us alike. But adieu," she said, suddenly, and
drawing herself up; "the sight of you, my LORD
Duke, has refreshed me much, and | pray that for
tune once more may smile upon you !'
Permit me to attend your Majesty To-"
A slight color tinged the lady's features, as she
answered, with a gently'commanding tone, Leave
Us, my Lord Duke, it is our pleasure"
Guise bowed low, and, taking the lady's hand
he pressed 1t reverently to his lips. At the corner
of the stree: he met some one, to whom be pointed
d out the old lady, and then FASTENED away.
The next morning a knock at the door announc
ed a person inquiriug for Monsieur Mascali sh,
n had a small packet for him, and also a binit. In
side this was distinctly written =
1.-TWO hundred louis d'ors constitute the Who'll,
Of my present fortune one hundred | send fol
your use. GUISE."
And the packet contained a hundred loui
d'ors. rs,s .r.r- sf
The Gum thus obtained suficed to supply th,
wants of the pair two long years. But the las
louis had been changed, and the lady and he
III companion were still without friendly succor. TIL,
e. shoemaker and his wife had undertaken a iourne,
10 to AK la Chapelle, to take up some small legacy
IN 1t was the thirteenth of February, 1882. A Low
sound Of moaning might have been heard issuin.
from the garnet; a withered female form, NOR
rs like a skeleton than a thing of flesh and blcod
It VAS lying on a wretched bed of straw, in the ago
n. MES Of death. The means grew more and NOR
I'd indistinet ss!ight rattle in tho throat was. a
in length, the only audible sound, and this ais
Of ceased. Al hour later, an old man, dressed j,
g. rags and EATERS, entered the chamber. One onl,
es word had escaped his lipe, as he tumbled nm tb'
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