The mountain Democrat., 1864-07-16

| AeNNHhN' N0thpasSu NkCNuO@s Sudb AuC O8'
sinSkis claimed the highest rank, and
owned the largest estate in that part oi
Poland; and that Clementa vas generally
supposed TO be her fathers heiress.
Has the old count no other children,
then ?" said I.
II is believed he has no other chill
hren, " said Duroche. "There wa a son,
Henry Vladimir, a gallant fellow, and
nearly as handsome as his sister. He
joined the insurgents or patriots-I don't
know which you English call them-in
the last rising; did his part in the defense
Of Warsaw; and was one of the corps who
got through Turkey with arms in their
hands, and embarked for Marseilles AT
ter that he spent good deal Of time be.
tween France and England, hoping and
working for Poland as best he could The
Russian government did him the honor oil
special prescription; the rewards pri.
vately offered for his arrest still glitter in
! the eyes OF German policemen in all the
towns Of fatherland, where dirty work is
! done for the Car. But they never caught
their bird in fact"-and Duroche looked
contidential-" it has never been ascer.
tanned what became of poor Henry. Some
say he disappeared suddenly in the midst
of particularly foggy winter in London;
some say he was lost with an English
steamer making the passage to Hamburg.
At any rate, he is believed to be dead -
You see the count and his daughter still
wear Grape round their left arms, in mourn
ing for him and the cause that took him
p frO,V kl1nnN IN l., Oh, ol, ,l,I
ed heireSs OF family honOrs and estate ;
aud you will see Russian count who
knows that, and has bought property
4 bordering on the JasinskiS, which belong.
ed to one of the patriots, and was contis-
I Gated; they say he has got the old counts S
appreciation, and will carry off the fair
prize.
did see the Russian count on my very
! next call to the chateau he was named
krouznf, a tall, handsome man, about
thirty; very ecntlemanly III his manners;
very pleasant to hear and converse with
well informed, particularly on social sub.
j,clS; wonderfully free from pride and
prejudice. and with a sort Of general be.
nevolence in speech and LOOK which made
him agreeo le to every body. He was on
most friendly footing with the JasinskiS,
which attributed rather to the uncom-
munly liberal views that he took Of Polish
di>contehtS and grievances. than to the
success of his designs on Clementa's hand
and heart
Krouzott really appeared to sympathize
with the Poles in their fierce and frequent
struggles for liberty lost no opportunity
/ n druouncing the tyranny OF his own
government. in style which thought al
once courageous and extraordinary for a
Russian. BY the way, | heard rather than
! conversed with him.
Krouzof could speak no English but
/ in common with must Russian gentlemen
he spoke French like native. That, and
; longer acquaintance, made DurOche and
( him quite familiar; they showed each 9th
er " hat might be called high cousidera
tons n and nut oG the chateau; mad
lreudly reetingS whenever they chanccd
/ tn meet had great deal TO say between
! tbrm: vet ! b, came conscious, on nv first
entrance into their society, that my cngi-
neering friend lost no love on the Russian
count.
"Ah, bah, he would say, when sung
the lattrr's raises. there is the Tartar
covered with the MuScovite cunning, and
thin coat of French polish, which he
got from his tutor; and the slight civliza.
! tnu sc were able to establish in st. Pc.
/ tcrsburg. That excellent mans servants
know the weight OF his horSewhip every
one. except II countryman Of mine, whom
| he haS got for a valet, and the Russian
knows better than to try such tricks on
him"
But he is so liberal and sympathiSine
with the Poles" said |.
"Of course he is; hasn't he got one o.
their conti>cated estates, and is he mol
looking ont for another with the hand %
the fair Clementa? .Ah, my friend. there
is no sympathy so genuine as that which
hliugS little profit to a man )" and Du
roche shrugged his shoulders with grca'
energy.
A. time progressed, our survey. went
on, and became more intimate in the
chateau. NV opinion of the sympathiEeI
with Polish grievances and proprietor O
the contiscated estate, became worse every
day; fnr, strange AS it may appear, spirit
Of rivalry took possession Of ME. Gle
menta was Polish countesS,ait is true
hcircSS Of large estate and noble line
| was an assistant engineer from England
with nothing but professional expecta'
tonS and uncertainties, no family to boast
Of, and what was worse, or better, kind
nf engagement on hand. There was a
certain Miss Lucy Anne Patterson, whom
Il local poet had styled the belle Of Birk'
rnhrad, with my entire concurrence, some
three years before the time Of the present
story, when was surveying about one 0t
the Liver pnol docks. There had been a
Slemn introduction al tea party, two OF
three qIIadrilleS danced at houses of diff
frrent friends, two or three takingS down
20 supper, two or three seeings home, al
length an interchange of letters. a ring
and an engagement. But here Miss Lucy
Anne's mamma laid her veto on the bust
ness.
Mrs. Patterson had FIVE girls younger
than my charmer she did not like long
engagements; she had no great opinion OI
ynnng men without position; girls were
often kept from being provided for, and
then LEFT il the lurch; she would have nc
breaches of promise tried in her family
in short, Lucy Anne was commanded tC
take off the ring. and return the letters
| was to do likewise, and We compromised
matters with the ingenuity Of young peo.
pie, by locking up our respective treasures
ut Of all sight but our own, vowing eter.
nal conStancy, and keeping servant maids
and errsnd boys in private employment
with our secret correspondence.
But that Polish girl, with her stately
beauty, her polished but easy manners
her magnificent voice, and the English
she spoke to mel am clear that it was
not her estate and title that did the busi
ness-rapped the out Norks ofmy pliGhted