Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-10-11
Sl,5O A YEAR IN ADVANCE.

deceived us. | must admit that you arc
a smart young fellow, and not ill-suited te
the business we have before us. Your
hand, Mr.. Smith. We are not strangers
although we now see each other for the
first time l hope ysu haven't forgotten
the instructions given you by Charles "
"On that point, my dear sir, replied
Rafaelle, "you may be quite easy.
can assure you that / have not forgotten
one word of what Charles has told me"
"Very good. You will recollect my
niecc's name is Emily, and that it is alb.
soluteIy essential to save her in The eyes
Of the world, and particularly in the eyes
of my old cousin Lucy's friends-it is i'm.
pcrative, repeat, in order that our pro-
ceedings may not appear strange, unbc'
coming and abrupt. that you should pre-
tend to have made the acquaintance of my
niece while she was staying with her moth
er in London,a year ago. Do you under
stand ~
Perfectly, major, perfectly"
"Then let US 90 down at once"
Raffaelle Smith experienced considera-
Bile hesitation at this critical moment; but
the singuarity of the adventure, the de-
sire to see the conclusion, and it must al
so be added, the devouring appetite which
tormcnted him, all united in compelling
him to follow in the majors footsteps
The latter led the way down vast and
richly decorated staircase, and, opening a
door ushered him into a magnificent draw
ing-room, where the bewildered painter
found himself in the presence Of brill
liant aud numerous assembly. The en-
trance of the major and painter produced
general sensation.
Il have the honor said the major,
:. to introduce to you Mr. Smith-the tu-
ture husband Of Emily Shuttleworth, my
niece"
At this extraordinary announcement,
Raffaellc felt his knees giving way beneath
him-all the blood in his bod dy seemed TO
be rushing into his cheeks-he was VIC
tim to vertigo-he was fairly stunnel-
and if the major had not supported him,
he would certainly have fallen backwards. "
=" BE COOL" whispered the major; :" be
self possessed, Smith master your emo
tlous.
TO recover himself cost the young ar
tst the greatest effort he had ever made
in his life The major conducted him to-
wards the lady whom he had already seen,
and who was introduced to him as the
mother of Emily In very short time
Rafiaele found himself surrounded by the
relatives and friends of the young lady,
whom he had no more idea Of marrying
than OF allying himself, matrimonially,
with a squaw of the Choetaw Indians
Raffaclle felt himself somewhat Of u cul-
prit, as he stood there receiving congratu-
lations, and overloaded with marks Of re-
spect aud friendship from the well-brcd
people congregated in a house wherein he
had 10 better claim to be present than a
burglar. La an excess of embarrassment
Ratlac,lc turned in search of his military
guide He was resolved to put an end to
an affair which was rapidly becoming too
serious and too alarming for any man of
delicacy to prolong by his silence. The
major. taking him aside into Il recess of
one Of the spacious windows, cut short the
first efforts Of the artist to carry out his
honorable intention.
Tat, tut - sail he, with true military
promptitude; mot word, my dear
Smith. | repeat, your arrival makes me
the haDOicSt man alive !"
But, my dear sir-yQur niece"
My niece thinks as do, sir, and as
her mother thinks Mr.. Smith, just im-
imagine what we felt when ve heard that
a train had bcea run into only few
miles from Cokehampton-several carrl-
ages smashed, sir-and, had you been in
that train, my niece would have lost a
fortune of fifty thousand pounds. "
The perplexed Ratfaelle could only re-
peat the numerals in reply.
Yes, my dear Smith,, continued the
Major, fifty thousand pounds, sir! For
Tomorrow the date given in my old cousin
Lucy's will expires. "
"To-morrow the date given in your old
cousin Lucy's will expires " was all that
Ratiaelc could repeat.
"To-morrow at twelve, sir! Bu: that
stupid dog, Charles should have told you
all this. But perhaps, he has only very
explained to you my cousins
extraordinary will. "
VERY impcrfcctly, replied Ratfa-
ellie.
well | will furnish you with all the
details. You must know that my cousin
Lucy died a year since, leaving sum of
money amounting to fifty thousand pounds.
Now that sum was left to my niece, Emi-
ly, on the express condition that she
should be married woman year and a
day after the date Of the testator's death.
Failing in which, all the property goes to
charities. We loved Emily to much to
force her into hasty and distasteiul
union. Emily has not reached her twen-
ty-tirst year; and she has never yet met
one on whom she could bestow her loving
heart. Time went on, and we were on
the point of resi- gnin. the brilliant for
tune which had been left to her on such
extraordinary conditions, when, few
days since, her brother Charles suddenly
wrote to us--"Emily shall be married be-
fore the appointed timc." We at first
received this intmation as a piece of idle
pleasantly; but Charles spoke of you
with so much admiration-hc drew such a
a favorable picture OF your disposition,
your prinoiplos-he spoke in such touch.
ing manner of the brotherly love which
had united you and himself since your