East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-08-26

her brother, her face beaming with
smiles.
How grand and beautiful every
thing is. " she exclaimed. "Tell me,
Michael, do you not feel a pleasant
kind of intoxication; and arc you not
happier here than you were just now?'
Yes said Ritter; ''the physical SEN
sations influence the mind and il
seems to me that / rise above the in
juries of man as / do above his dwell
lings. But what is the matter? What
does the crowd on the esplande mean?
They are waiting for the fireworks,
said the stranger
Yes, and there 60 the first rockets
exclnimed Eloronna
"Why do they go off one after the
other SOP"
so look the woodwork which sup
ported the principal works is falling
to pieces.
"The spectacle has failed !"
Yes; and listen-do you hear those
cries?"
"Gracious heavensr' said Michael,
They are destroying the fences around
the fower-beds.'
at is q students row." said the
stranger; "they are revenging them
selves upon the garden for disappoint-
ment.
"How glad / am that we are out of
the way of the tumult?" added Flor
ence.
Then you are not frightened now?
asked Ritter.
"Not i'll the least"
"Then we will go still higher"
lie made the necessary signal the
several minutes, and then became sta
tionary.
The three travellers uttered at the
same moment an exclamation of ad-
miration. Below them lay on all sides,
as far as the eye could reach, beauti-
full valleys, winding streams, forest,
hill and plain, cultivated fields and
villages. their positions and forms va
rying every minute. The Black For
est formed the Wultemberg frontier,
while the Rhine on the French, sur
rounded the picture with a wavy line
of silver; and beyond lay the serpen-
tine Neckar, winding off into the dis
tance, chequered with bright-glancing
sails.
Happy country" said the stranger,
as if to himself, "where God gives To-
man the fertile field, the navigable
river, and wooded mountain. "
Michael sighed. "llappy above all,
could man be, untroubled with law
suits and lihollous reports" b" uttered he
in low voice.
The unknown turned towards him.
"Ah, no one knows that better than
myself, sir." said he.
''What. are you also condemned to
defcnd your rights before the court?"
yes; and against an adversary who
will leave nothing undouc to ruin me.
I" 1t is my own case, " said Michael.
"If he gain this suit he will deprive
me of all have spent my life i'll ac-
qliring."
"And for my part, all my future de-
pends on it.
"The work of my hands will help
to enrich grasping avaricious, man" j"
"And, pursued the stranger, call
my future prospects will be annihilla-
ted to enrich a hypocrite. "
81 fear the law will not decide in
favor of the cause which has the right
on its side"
"And / ara afraid that intrigue will
be stronger than justice.
"Ah, / see" cried Michael; our po-
sitions are the same: you also have a
cause against sum- Ci..;s.ian Toilman
christian Loliman." repeated the
stranger; why that is my own name.
Yours
"And my adversary's Michael Rit
ter. f"
"Why am he"
The two men regarded each othei
in astonishment; and with such mix
ture of anger and hatred, that Flor
cnce became frightened. Let us de
scend, brother" said she, laying he
hand on her brothers arm; but h,
did not hear her.
"What Herr I.ohman says of his op
ponent is false" he cried, fixing hi
sparkling eyes on the strangsr.
"And what Herr Ritter says of his
is he" fercely returned the youns
, man.
"In the name of heaven, let us g
down." reiterated the girl.
$50 be it," said Michael: 'it will b
oeeie~ 60 o"r"e 10 an explanation ol
the solid ground"
"And | hope it will be decisiv
, one, " added Lollinan, in Il signihcan
tone.
, He had already rung the bell, an,
| all three awaited the descent of th
balloon in silence; but it remained mo
| tionless. The young man rang agaii
{ second time, and then third wit
| no better success.
"The man must have heard, u
murmured, as he again pulled tn
string.
iio nus UiSupp'"iOu' tANiaiiiu
, Florence, who had been looking owe
the car.
, $50 he has" said Michael, looking
, in his turn: the emcute has alarmc
: him. See. they are making a bongr
of the benches.
r "And look at that party Of youn
: men parading in the garden, breakin
+ the lamps.
"See, they are under the balloon
. Good God"
/. "What are they doing9"
: "They are cutting the ropes."
[ What are you saying what d
Q you meap ~
Look for yourselves" f"
!, All three hung over the car, an
; raised fearful cry, waving their hand
| at the same time; but il was TO late
r Imagining that the car was unoccu
a Mol tba etu1ants ho1 c1,t tho ropc