Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-03-21
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you MI, uncl4."
III had been at Detroit" reto
ted The old patriot. "Ilull bad di.
d a. my hand before be should ha'
9 disgraced the name he won 10 ii
g Revolution; and if ] had been II,
j ron st. Maur, Id remained chi
q tive rather than accept liberty wi,
e my sword 10 limbo. But max
$ ready, my boys. fur the wedding :
Be happy while you can, for the Bl
. ton is q tough dog, and may Civ
: us another bait before the week
OUT
;. So saying the noble old soldi'
5 FASTENED to change his drtss an'
, scatter his orders, while bis som
with William Ayern, hurried to ,bei
apartments to exchange their wa
stained garb for garments befittinl
the occasion
Huron ST. Maur, coward in heart
villain in mind, had, as he said
given his paiole at Detroit giyen
it before the dotard Ii ull dis.
eraced the American arms, with a
bloodiess surrender to IN inferior
io.ct; for Huron ST. Maur was II
traisor as well rs poltroon. He
had long loved his cousin Clara,
both for the wealth that would be
hers and for her loveiv person. he
was The son of the Gen. rails young
est sister. and his father had been "A
French Clfictr WHO served und r La
iayette. Bo.h father and mother
sprang from brave and yailike line.
bot the son had iul erited uoBe Of
their noble, iiaiis A shrewd sche-
mer, n cowardly plotter, and a selfish.
unscrnpulors man. Huron ST. Maur
bad lived Thirty years, and not done
one worthy deed. The uame'and in.
1uence of bis uncle had obtained
for him csptnin's mission, but
the tap of the drum and The fume
OF gnnrowder always drove his Wa.
terry bloody from hi, checks. Glad
10 torsake the field for the carpet. he
had returned to his uncle's to urge bis
suit for the heart aud hand o! Clara
Dainemert. But be met blank re-
pulse. Cor both were already pledged |
to the brave and handsome Willism
Avern, a3 Dung man OF noble cbarae-
ter. good descent, and iisIug fame. |
Had he dared, Huron ST. Maur would /
have fought his rival for 'be prize, !
but his craven soul instincliveiy !,
,hrark from combat with he young
St Maur had already
wealth enough to content any but a
nercenary spi,it, but grasping eager
y for more, and infatuated with the
beauty Of his cousin, he would have
,old his salvation to call her and her
fortune his own.
When left by his uncle 10 the par
lor, as | have related, be hurried
rem the house with throbbing
heart and burning brain. He had
Tot dreamed that ibe marriage WAS
10 be so sudden, and all that day /
,ad prayed 10 the evil spirits be wor-
shipped, TO guide lead and steel TO
he heart Of his iival. Now he saw
.im retnrn.d iriumphant-n victor
md bridegroom. He hastened
10 do what his wicked MUD had
been plotting. Ere many minutes,
pad passed, he stood in the private
,flice Of an ltalisn apo,hesary and
chemist, a bastard who would have
aiken thousand hunnn lives Tor
10 msny gold pieces, if no danger
f detection should menace inm;
lean and wiihered mis-r. who looked
,pon all mankiud as so MA ny yermin.
ireming gold the only valuable
hing on earlh. SO said report, aud
Huron believed it. Who can explain
be vanity OF such a,aricp, for Carlo
3eIbi made no use OF his wealth. save
o gloat over il in grim solitude.
IL baye come ior the almond. said
Huron, as the chen,is; raised his
mali black eyes to his.
.Haye you brought The price,
Ionng man" 4
Huron threw a purse upon the
able. Carlo counted out the yellow
ipins. one by one, trying the weight ,
I'D ringing of each, until be had
numbered one hundred. !;
..Right, said he. as be swept them
MO bis bosom. Il enly wish
ould sell = sack OF double almonds
!. thar price $500 ~
Carlo Berbi then produced large
lmcnd, neatly hsived, apd contain 4