The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-23

! right tO bc present than IL burglar. In an
excess Of embarrassment, Railac!le turned
in search Of hi, military guide. lie wao
resolved to put IN end 10 an affair which
was rapidly becoming too ,,rions and too
alarming for any man Of dcliracy 70 pro.
long by bis silence. The Major, taking
linn aside into rcrc-> Of on" Of tic pa
cioI> windows, cut short the first efforts
Of the artist to carry out his honorable
! Intention.
Tut. tut said he. with true military
pronpiiudc; 'hota word, my dear Smith.
| repeat yo'r arrival makes me the hap
pi,>t man alive
Bat, my dear sir, your niece
My niece thinks NJ do, sir, and n
her nrt'cr tlirh~. Mr.. Smith, just i'm.
a2inc what - l,it when "" h,ard that Il
/ iiain had been run into only few nil, :
/ from COX 'hnmrton-S several carriages
smashed, ,;r; and had you been III that
train, my niece would have lost II fortune
OF l.l,y ttnn>anl pounds.
The ul!cXcd Rata IIc could only re-
peat the numerals in reply.
Yes, rny dear smith, continued the
Major; !i!ty thon,a!Ii, sir. For to.lnor-
10" t..e date given nny old cousin Luc! ;
vi! ,Xrir,>.'
''io.moirow the dat" ei,,n in your old
cousin Lury's will cArircs!' was all that
kalil,.ic could repeat.
To.mn!rIw at twelve, sir Bat that
stupid dog Charlc, should have told You
AL This. But p,riars hc has only very
implicitly explained to you my con,in
/ Lucy extraordinary wiil!
'N,ry i;npcir.ct,}, replied naI!a"lir.
'Wril, VIII furnish you with all the
details You must know that my cousin
Lucy dice! n year since, leaving sum OF
money amounting to fifty thousand
pounds. Now that sum WAS ;clt to my
nitcc Emily, Oh the express condition that
she should bc married woman Il year
and n day after the date Of ilc Ir>tntor's
death; t.i,iig IN whjrh all :hr property
.rc. 20 Charities. We loved Eniiv too
nurl. t. !icc her into u ha>ty and dis.
,a,t n,l nqi,ia4". Emily la, not reach.
cl Ecr twenty lir,t year; and she has
/ !cvur ytt iIt one on whom she ruu,I be-
sipw her l"riu. heart. linr went on,
and We "crr on the point Of rrsgn,g the
brilliant fortune which had been left to
her Oti ,ttch extraordinary couti,pi.s,
Wariia icW bays ;incr, hpr brother Challc,
I >nldcnly wrote to us--' Emily sIall be
maili'd hci"r, tie appointed time We
at first received thi~ a> Il piece Of idle
ll&-ahtry; but ChallcS spoke Of you
vita 50 En.c., adn,i;allo;.--h drew ,ucI,
a ilyoiab.c picture rl your 'ii.position and
piinriplc-hc spoke in such II Touching
n;auncr Of the brntLcrly love which had
united yoH and himself since Your school
day,,--t!at my sister and rySvll CONSENT.
ed To render Emily rich and happy. You
know the rest. my dear Smith. Charles
sought y"u- lac offered you her baud and
heart, which you accrptcd-and in n few
hours you came here to become my ncph-
rw ana the husband of our dear Emily.
Yourself, Emily, her mother. Charles aud
myself, are all to whom this improlnptu
marriage is yet known. In order to keep
up appearances. We have told every one
that you and Emily have known each 9th
cr since the time Of her Spending some
nol',!> IL London, Il year siurr and
I !!lat l'r "A length # time you have been
soliciting ll,r hand. IImcc y"Y srr my
>i>;'r and my>c.i protcudcd to tai you as
an cd ac lirintancr from the first n,olnrnl
Of your entering this house. That i, my
story, my dear nrphrw.'
At that Instant, when the Major had
concluded Gis speech, and when the ar.
tit va, ah"It 10 avow, with exemplary
Ila'hnr>> hlid honesty, that he VA, not
tie lcal Smith, thtic arose Il great con..
n"i"n IN thc 'iiawiup.rr"m.
Hasten, M dear !ricml, cried the Ma.
.jor, 'ha>ion To- live yuu! hani to yun
wie "a! IT,, altar. The carriages are at
the dorr' RalarlIc reflected moment.
II | speak ont Now, he said to himself,
hiimg trouble, scandal. despair upon
this excellent family. must tell the
truth To til, Major when We enter the
carlia@C -AI"iau lilnr>s--anythiu" to save
my honor
The Major, little Sn>pcctinG what WAS
passing through the mind Of the young
man whose arm was in his own, conduct
ed him to seat in an elegant brougham,
which was drawn upWith several vehicles
before the door Of the villa. Raiarllc
Smith was an honest man, aud his CON
>rcntr rcNulid AT the act lpr was about
topril"im. l,r lcanrd forward au ciui IL
cd the hand Of the Major. who sat "lro.
site him, with "a ruI! and dronvul~lvr"ra>p. T..
II" could bar, y stanrnrr out, in Il trruh-
linz yoicc:
4 must spcah out h,f,rc We proceed Il
step larInr'
The pnliil features and trembling voice
Of tlir Young artist alarmed the old man.
'WhatS the matter = lac erie I, 'what
can you have To say at such Innm,ht us
this
Sir said the artist, : | am not the man
whom you expected "
llrrcupun the painter related. with loyai
iianhhcs>, the incidents whih had CON.
iurt"l him to The home ul i,ui'v'S IN IT.
cr; the error which had kept him there
up to Tie moment OF his inltuhUrlion To
the guests in the drawing room, aud the
real. though apparently trivial nniivr>
whirh had prevented him from 'lrorla;m
! ing tie truth.
An. sir, cried the Major. in despair,
what shall we do now ?--what step can
we take? My niece is ruined. And that
is not tl'4 worst, her reputation is com.
prnlniSrl-loSt--aS well aS her mother :
tnndmy own! Before more than twenty
persons, we have all three declared that
we have known you some time. How can
we rctrnct those words without drawing
upon ourselves the most terrible ridirulr
and scandal? This will kill my niece,
Sirn
Il am ready to do anything said Raf.
Gcllc. How can Ircpair the misfortune
Of this fatal mistaken
1t is too late" cried the Major
There is no way of saving oursclvrS'
At this moment the coach pulled up at
the church door.
What is to he doncy inquired the mr.
tiSt, as he alightcd at the door Of the sa.
cred edificc.
My" dear sir answered the Major,
whose military decision seemed to he re-
stored, this is to be donc--you must
marry my niece. II is true, you are n
stranger to mr-but 80 is my nephew s