The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-06-16

perceive by the official stamp arc
p rOpiea. duly altested at the pre-
a-the originals are safe
nd with what objectr asked |, gasp
ID SaES for whatF
81 you. illusirissimo. said he bow.
U when you pay me two thousand
g for them
u knock your brains out 6rst, said
l. h another clutch Of the poker, hui!
III uszlo Otlho pistol was now diEcct'
y front ofme.
pm moderate in my demands, sig
noI said he, quietly; there ore mon in
my osiiiOn would ask you twenty thou
SAD but | am gaIautuOmo'-
ind the friend Of GObCrii, added l.,
vii a sneer.
Precisely so, said no, bOwiug with
mu grace.
Twill not weary you. dear reader, with
my sirugglcs-- conflicts that almost cost
ne seizure on the brain--bul beaten TO
the result. beat down the noble
Counts demand 10 ono.half and for .
thousand fracs possessed myself OF the
fatal originals, written unquostiOnably
nndfndispulably by my wiies hnndi aud
then giving the Count final piece of
advice, never TO lot me see more of him,
! hurried of to SOC Mrs, 0'Dowd.
She va, out paying some bills, and
onlS arrived a few minutes before din
ner hour.
Waat yOu, madam. for moment
here, sad |. with some of olhollo, in
the ast act, in my voice and demeNnor
1auppO'e can take off my bonnet
and lshawl Gnt, Mr.. 0'DOwd,' said she
Sna5pishly.
20. madam; you may probably find
lhas you'll need them both at the end
Of ohT iutOrview.'
What DO you mean, sir asked shO,
her hliiy,
'hisis no time for grand airs or mock
disklly, madam. said /. with the tone
Of te ayengins angel. DO you know
ne : aye these in your haudl Deny ii
2 cam
hakld 1 aapg,iIi o. oOaIao
they're mine
And you wrote this, and this, and
this cried almost 10 a scream, as l
shook forth one after another Of the let.
tess.
Don't you know | did?' saia ahO as
hOtly; and nothing beyond venial mis-
take in one Of Them
q what, woman? a whoth
A mere slip Of the pen. sir. You
know very we'll how used to sit up
half the night a: my exOrcisosi'
'Exercisesf
We'll; themes, il you like better the
Count made me make clean copies Of
them. with al his corrections, and send
them 10 him every day. Here are this
rough ones. and she opened drawer
6lled with a m ass Of papers alb scrawled
over OBd blotted And now, sir, once
more, WhR, do you meant
did not wait 10 answer her. but
rushed down TO the landlord, Where
does that Count CsstrocOro liver ]
asked
Nowhere in particular, | believe, sir,
and for the present he hes left Turin
started for Genoa by the diligence. FIVE
minutes ago. Hes grand gslau,uomo,
sir he added, OS he stood supplied.
4 am aware ofthar said !, as cr0pI
back to my room TO finish packing.
Did you settle With the Count!
ssked my wife OF the door.
Yes, SAID l, with nay head buried
in my trunk.
And he was perfectly satisfied
'0l course no was--hO has every
reason 10 be So.'
4 am CLAN Of H. said she, moving
away; he had a deal of trouble with
those themes Of mine. No one knows
what they cost him. / could have told
what they cost me; but | never did till
the present momenl.'
need not say with what an appetite
| dinod that day, nor with what abjecl
humility | behaved 10 my wife, now how
I skulkcd down in the evening 10 thc
landlord, to apologize for not being
able to pay the bill before left, an un-
expected demand having left me short
of cash. All these, seventeen years age
as they arc, have not yet lost their bit
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