, 1859-11-11
39ress Gt'ihtt1te.
A GERMAN LOVE STORY.


1tEcAato1 i1sm the Ffezch ty Tho. D;QutnccY
CHArEER xr11I-rAN1C.
More than ooc half Of the guests had already
| communicated their names 10 Mr.. Goodchild,
and stood waiting in the utmost 1npatience for
tue examination Of the giant. But the giant,
on his part, was 50 little eager to crafty them
| by passing before others, that ut length, when
oil the rest had gone through their probation
honorablY, be remained the last man, and thus
was, ipso }t1cto, condemned rs the aupe1aumer-
t arr man before bis trial commenced.
The company was oow divided into two great
| classcs,-tEosc Who had marriage garment,
! and the unfortunate giant rho had none. So
much was clear; but, 10 make further discover.
les. the host now stepped up TO him hastily and
said, Your name. II you please:'
| The mas1ue stood Ms mute, as tall, and as lnl-
movable as the gable end of q house. your
name:' repeated Mr, Goodchild III trouble
| you for your uame! No answer coming, a
cold hhiyefiag seized upon Mr. GooJchild. In
fact, at this moment story came across him
| from Ills childish years, TINT, when Dr. Fuus-
| tns was played, il had sometimes happened
that amongst the stage desils there wss sud
denly observed to be one too many. aud the
| supernumerary enc was found TO be no spuri-
ous devil, but true, sound and legitimate
devil.
For The third time, willie his teeth chasterei,
| be said, Your name, if you please:'
I haze none,' said Mr. Tempest, in so hol.
law roice, that the heart Of the worthy mer-
caant sunk down in q moment to his knte
buckles, aud n1 ice wind Of panic Legan to BIOS
pretty freshly through the whole company.
Your faee. then. Il you please, sirt' stan'-
mered oat Mr- Goodchiid-
Ee1y slowly and una i1Iipgly the masque.
being thus importuncly beseigcd, proceeded to
comply: hut scarcely had lie nu1nasIued and
exposed the deaths head, wLen every soul
ran out Of the room with an outcsy OF hor-
Tor.
The masque fprang after them, bounding
like greyhound, and bis grinniny skull nod
ding rs he moved. This he did under pretensc
Of pursuing them, but in fact to take adrau-
to@s of thu general panic for making his exit.
CHAPTER xt1.-1nE PARTING kIsz.-A1ss GuoD-
CHILD IN TIE AnNs or DEATH.
In an anteroom, now totally deserted, Death
was met By Ida, who sald 10 Ain,-'Ah fir
Gods sake make your Escape. On If You dill
but know what anxiety I have suffered on ac-
count Of your stranGe conceit-' Here she 1aus.
cd, aud iu spite of her anxiety she could nut
iofbenr suliting at the thought Of the sudden
coup d@-t1tatrs BY which Mr. Tempest bad tui:-
cd tie tables upon erery soul that had pr=yi-
ously been enjoying his patio. ln the twins-
ling Of an eye he had inflicted a far deeper pa:,-
ic upon them, and she herself had been passed
by tie whole herd Of tugitives,-tall mud short,
corpulent md fansy. halt end lame, young ami
o:d,-all spinning away with cquaf euer-
" before the face OF tue supernumerary
guest.
Dcatl, in lis return told ida how he Ind
been an eyewitness to the game Of questions
aud commands, cnd to the letting down Of ,he
curtains This speclncle{ he acknowledged had
81 tortured him, that he could stapd i no lon
ger, and he had sworn within himself that Ls
would have kiss as well as other persons, ansl
nrtLer, that he would 20 and fetch it h msc'f
from the midst Of the masquerade, though not
expecting to hve been detected as the extra
Passenger or nip. and surely, whena who'll.
company had fasicd the ainbrosia Of herl ip-.
Miss Goodch;!d would not tie so unkind Us 10
disuIiss him alone without that happiness.
Death was just in the act Of applying his lips 10
thu rnsy mouth Of Ida, when otd Gooletl1
came leerlng in at the door TO see if the coaet
was clear Of the dreadful masque. End behind
him Was train Of guests, ail stepping gently
and GU tiptoc from an adjoining c: rr:dor.
Every soul wAs petrited with ustouishment
OH seeing the ;oung. warm breathing Ida on
such close and apparently friendly terms with
tho black gigantic DeatA, Who's skusl was grim
ming just ghs above the youthful pair, and sur
mounting themfike crest at this sight all
became Piaiu, and tue courage OF the company,
which hid 80 recently SINK below the lrcczi,,t;
point, suddenly rose It once to i boiling heat.
3iF. Goodchild levelcd blow ut Deaths bea1
which had caused him so much pain aud agit4-
ti'n; and Sir Tempest sceius that no better
course remained, nude OFT for the front door;
and thus the uutnyited nlasque, who had s0
latel Chased and ejeted the who1e body Of inyi-
ted ones, WINS in turn chased and elected by
them.
The festivities had been too violently inter-
rai'tcd to he now scsumed; the guests too:;
leave, and the weeping Ida WAS banishcd to
close confinement IN her own ro6m.
CHAPTER *.
Here ends our episode It WAS on the very
inorniny after this Jfacns that 1lr- Wheip Wait
cd upon Mr. GoOcclilL, 10 report to hun tie
ii the lale s,uup- p-distributor, his brother; an'i
Epo. that oliu'un to ground au appsal 10 his
Justice.
y worsc season for his visit lie could MT pos-
si1;S have chosen. Mr. (ioodc,lid stotmed, and
said d,-''Tie case hsd been tried aud disno+ed
no further explanations" And SO far did his
uns+r mike him forget tue cosnmen courtesies
Of lite, that he never asked the proprietor of
tic ch:na-worss to sit Go.En. Mr.. Ni.elp, on
his PART, ro l:.s ostonlsbel an1 ltritetel nj such
treatment, inquired "f the footsnan, what was
tie natter with his tna.ttr; aad the tootman
who was 4 Es Away, aud WAS reckless Of cen
sequences, 1t peatsd the whole listory q: the
preceding Hish: with ft- Of laughter; and add.
el. flnt The sport was not yet over, for That Ibis
hloTs;n. s brisk correspondence had cosnnlenc-
I'd b..wcen lis master and sfr. Tcinpsst.--
which. ts the effect produced on the lllan1ers
'ai bo:h, seemed by no means Of the gent!es:
nature.
CHATTER x1t.--7uE IlSG OF uAy1t.
This account was particularly agreeable to
Ar. Whetp. Concluding tint, uudtr tie pres
eat circumstances, ;:r. Tempest wou:I natlra-
II be IN excellent counsellor against Ir. Goud-
child, lie llustcned over to lis apartments; and
said that, his last effort to bring the uerch.rt
over the way TO auy reasonable temper of mind
Aavin: utterly filled, he had uo@ another
scheu1t. But first OF all he wished to have Il
hs should lay himself open t. an action If Ii.
toos the following conrse 10 reimburse himself
tue EXPENSES Of the lhyte dozen OF busts. lie
liz had teen told bg sou4c En.ltshn1an, whose
tame b. could not at Ibis moulcnt cali to mind,
that lhe bust Of the siamP.taaster was 1905:
striking likeness af Ch1istoI,he, the black Hing
of lIavti: nuw this bein;. The case. what he pro-
posed to do was 10 wash orer the late stamp
distributor with black varnish, and to export
one dozcu and half Vi the distributor on spec
uIation 10 st. Domingo, keeping the rest FOR
homc consumption.
En.n Mr. Tempest heard this plan stated, in
spite Of his uwu disturbance Of mind ut tic ad-
ventures of the last night, lie could not fortc1r
laughing heartily at the curccit; Tor he vel!
knrw what was the rca! scheme which !urkcd
under .his pretended expor.at:on to St. Docnn-
20. Some little time back, Mr. Goodchi!d had
addressed to the German perl,.e, through the
General Advertiser, ills question :-'Euw Or
wheuc. it came about 1h2t, IN So nsanJ Eewspa-
| pcrs Of late days mention had been made Of 4
kingdom ef Hasti. when it was notorious 10 ev.
.rybodv that tie island in question was rroper-
| II c.el St. Do,nago:" III therefore e1hor:cl
atl editors of p"'iicA journals to return 10 more
cor1cc: principles On the sumo occasion he
had allowed llun-ef many very disstsprcunl
| expressions against n certain black fellow who
pretended TO be King Of uax';' So tnat it nigh.
readily bc Judged that it would not tc q matter
| nf indifference 70 him If his late brother tic
<'*o,r-n,a,tcr were sold under the name Of King
Of Hayd.
Iuc u4rr;scr's opinion was. t!st as tie heir
oF +hn lo,r.,tor l,a.1 enlar,r1r .lnrnsa1 IL tt,,