The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-06-09
A NOBLE NOVELETTE,.

There was a revel in the ancestral
home of Count Bertram del Durazzo.
The oders of a myraid flowers waited
their incense on the gale, the dazzling
brilliancy of myraid lamps east a halo
Of light over the marble brows of the
fairest danes of Sicily, and as the
proudest Sicilian cavaliers mingled with
them in the mazes of redo wa, the
scene was one which, we have Salvador
Rosa's word for it, he would have loved
to paint. aI
But Count Bertram del Durazzo
walked apart. There was scorn in
his eye, frown On his forhead, and
scant cash in his porte-monaie. He
gazed upon the Jewellers with a mock
ing laugh, a laugh demon would have
grinned to hear
Knaves, varlets that We are ~ spoke
be with closed teeth and clenched fist.
:" Ye drain the best of my vintage, We
fatten on my fruit, and on my poultry,
we clasp me by the hand and swear
eternal frealty, but shall / tell We what
We are? Suckers by the rood -
And he smote his iron heel upon the
mosaic pavement.
"Star of my fathers, has it come to
this; that |, Count Bertram del Duraz-
70, lord of the broad domain of Ste-
pandfetchit, Knight of the spurs and
County Palatine of the four Nations,
should in my youth ere scarce forty-five
summers have wlitend my flowing
ringlets, be compelled to cringe to these
fawnings sycophants and furnish them
free lunches %
He drew a dirk and-sheathed it.
Was it not enough that the lady
Caslida Q. de Montmorency spurned
my suit and drove like cur from her
roof with burning heart and not a
red !? But the insult sank deep into my
soul, yea, scared it as was hot poker.
And kneeling before your lustrious orb
of heaven | took terrible oath that
ere to-morrow's morn she should be
mine Her shrieks shall be music to
me while / feast upon"
"Ham Sandwiches
1--WE deem it necessary to state that
this interruption was the remark of the
old castilian who was serving the
guests M
And the Count went OH
Full we'll / know the upstart strip
ling who has won her favor IT'S Sir
Guy de Biddeford, Knight of the Salt
zer Prietzel! And shall he, that beard
less boy, with craven heart and an
unpaid tailor's bill, shall he stand be-
tween me and my will? Gramercy
nary time J"
Gentlemen, promenade your part
ners, you know where" shouted Jonas
ii Grande, the master of the ceremo-
nies.
And the red wine glittered in the
gas-ight, and bumpers of Burgundy
clashed together as fair women and
brave men spoke with one accord,
'sHealth to Durazzo's lord 20 But Pao-
10 J. Brown the graceful page, kept
aloof from the wassail aud drank only
the love-!ight of his ladies' eyes, and a
glass of very weak lemonade, minus a
stick. a.
Again the Germania Band broke
forth in wild and weird strata, and the
flower of SiciIy's lovliness stood up for
a Virginia reel.
ella, hap broke forth the Count.
'sThe Knight of the Saltzer PrictzeI
would bear her from me, would he
Not once. / have sworn by the cres-
cent flag of Cooney Island that the
lady Casida Q. de Montmorency shall
be my bride. And as truly as the fact
that eat not oysters in May or June,
July nor yet in August, will keep my
word! Even now a trusty minion waits
without. / mnst hold converse with
him. But first to dismiss these brawl
crs. Fair ladies and brave knights, it
grieves me much to interrupt your JOY,
but / must beg We to take your leaves.
Attribute it not ID churlishness, tut to
the rheumatics. Some other time il
shall be yours to renew the joys of this
even. Gentles, ant please you now,
dry up!"
And slowly they wended their way
homewards, some mounted on gaily
comparisoned steeds, others in dainty
carriages, and others yet escorted by
trusty watchman, since the hot air OF
Durazzo's castle had given them mo-
mentary vertigo. Malicious people
said they were drunk)
And then the bold Baron quafed him
glass of lager bier and shouted
What no, without there -