Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1858-06-10
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away from your mother, my son. said
she, in tone of gentle reproaeh.
Before Michael had time to invent
falsehood, which he would not have
scrupled to tell, carriage stopped at
the garden gate, and a young lady, fol-
LEVIED by an elderly one stepped out of
it. They entered the house, and APP
preaching the fire, exclaimed, show very
cold it is?'
The moment Michael saw them he
tried to escape, but the younger lady
stopped him, saying: well, my friend,
have you sold your porcelain to NJ. Levi?'
NO madame stammered he.
Gracious princess, do you know my
SOM asked the poor woman, whose
name was Salson.'
How can this Pole be your son?' in
quired the princess in her turn. But,
seeing the confusion of the son and the
anger of the mother, she added kindly,
f understand it, all, Madame Salson;
pray forgive him, as | do deception
which was only meant to gain relief for
yeu and Louisa. Certainly if he had
told nae the truth, and not invented the
story about NJ. Levi, but said simply,
my mother and sister are perishing,' l
would have given my louis-d'or to him
as gladly as | gave it to you. So she
continued, addressing Michael, your
ornaments are not sold?'
ALAS, no, madame!
my son! my son' cried the widow
Salson, in tone of grief, Il fear you
are greatly changed for the worse
Y GU mix with bad company, and you
have forsaken the honest shoemaker
with whom / placed you. And now,
where did you get this porcelain
'From a friend--from real Pole, re-
Piled the boy, with downeast eyes and
an embarrassed air.
'Thon your friend, said Maria, is, /
suppose, still in great want
'Ah, yes, madamep
Happily am rich enough to relieve
him. My grandmother had the kind
ness yesterday to replenish my purse, so
that will purchase all the spntents of
your basket Let me see,' she added,
taking out the articles, the snuff. box
for my father, the vase for my grand
mother, the six cups for my dear moth
err
'And what will you keep for yourself,
princess?" asked Mockzinska.
sAh! l will ask papa for pinch of
his Spanish snuff And so saying, she
opened the box, and was going to smell
its contents, when Michael, who was
anxiously watching her movements,
darted towards her, snatched the snuff
bow from her hand, and threw it into
the fire.
What do you mean?' cried in va
rious tones the spectators of this daring
action.
The princess alone was silent; with a
proud indignant air she looked tixedly
at the cuIprit.
Michael, are You mad; said his moth
er.
Brother, said Louisa, don't you know
the princess, the angel who cured me'
Speak, Michael, l command you,'
said Maria, in a tons that became her
royal birth.
The guilty boy covered his face with
his hands, and cried, in choking voice,
Il am monster; deserve nothing but
death. While she was saving my moth
er and sister, | was trying to bring an
guish to her heart
! wretch, that snuff was poisoned,
and you meant my father to receive it
through my hands = And the princess
would have fallen to the ground, had
not Mockzinska received herinher arms.
'Ah, it can't be true, princess, it can't
be trucn cried poor Madame Salson.
Speak SIR said Maria, recovering
from her faintness.
1T is true murmured Michael.
1T is true p repeated the princess:
true that you meant to kill nay father,
my dear, noble father What evil
had he ever done you?'
None, madame; but, oh, do
not implore your pity for myself,
but tor my mother and my little
sister! Listen to me- and the boy fell
Oh his knees before Maria; 'the men who
employed me for this accursed purpose
said to me without ceasing, while
Stanislaus lives your mother, sister, and
yourself will endure cold and hunger
them
who are these men?' asked Maria,
siencing her Indignation, in order to
discover her fathers enemies.
Il know neither their names, their
rank, nor their NUMBER replied Michael;
but tomorrow ] have an appointment
to meet, under the castle wall, him, who,
during the last eight days has been my
evil genius. You now, princess, know
as much oil them as do. AS to implor-
ing your pardon, it would be useless; my
} fate is fixed, my life is doubly sold,-
forfeited to those who avenge your faith
er's death, and to those who conspired
against him.
/ i will take you under my protection
said the princess; no harm shall happen
to you. But keep your appointment at
the castle. My good father 20, God,
preserve him, and grant him the reward
of his virtuesn
He has it already in you, dear prin-
cess said the weeping Madame Salson.
Have YOU not been his preserver? and
that through your great goodness to usn
sAh. Mockzinska 2 cried Maria, let
us hasten to the castle;. | long to see my
father after the danger he has escaped
Thus were the days of Stanislaus pre-
served by the kindness of his daughter;
and she, after the lapse of few years,
was destined to reap the reward OF her
virtue. The exiled family OF Poland
were still living in retirement al w els
/ semburg, when one day the Cardinal de
Rohan, bishop of Strasburg, arrived at
1.-The castle with important news for the
, King. After his departure, Stanlslaus
entered the apartment where his wife
and daughter were working with their