Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-01-19

AANAl Atll AtAll leL DAA N4 AAlt AULLa-fS Lllai
stand hy the roadside. But inquiry Gispel-
led this hope. On the morning before tho
storm, she had made an agreement with her
father 10 walk 10 meet him IN Dummeresel-
stein late IN the afternoon. At about 8
o'cl5cS, according TO Madame Nlbovet, she
had dJnneI her hat and mantle. had said,
" Ny little mother, | shall he in delay for
my father, ID / do 10, hasten myself" and
had set out with very joyous face and gait.
Madame remarked, that she had her sketch
book under her arm, and wondered at this
because she Wouli have p,Ohably no opp0r-
tuEity 10 use Il. This was the last that had
been seen Uf her. The cotageIs along the
road declared that they had not saen the
missing girl 20 by but Ihat they had not
waite 81 tie path tie storm kept them
close Iud01rs. Messengers were sent down
the river almos. az far as the Seven Noun
tsins, 10 see II any corpse had been washed
on shore, or any scraps OF clothing been
found that might give Indications oi poor
AielaIde's fate. Even had no rewards teen
offered, the search would 10; have been hearty
and careful. for every body had been more or
les captyatcd iY tie young Frcnchwoman's :
winning ways. But IN sI:t, Of money, and
IN spite oil looking, md IN spite OF love,
nothing WAS achieved except failure. Nothing
could be discovered. Tie Old father trudgcd
| backwards and forwards, and offered sums
that would have been a little fortune 10 any
Of the Rhine land peasantry The sorrow-
ing mother Was not seen. but everybody felt
for her woe and everybody would have
/ given much 10 bring back the lost glrl, and
/ with her the lost LaIlintss. The young
Euglishman was peculiarly miserable. And
/ II was now remarked that be did not aid,
though he SAID nothing to discourage, the
careful examination of the ground between
his own and the French folks dwelling.
Behind SchwaChkoI lHeIm there Is little
hill ur knoll, tparatei By rayine and run
ming stream from the more Vrecipitous
height Of Teuitllels. /, was here that be
Was most often 20 be seen. looking thorough
Is miserable.
y fortnight went quickly by. No news
was heard Of Madtmoi>ell5 Adelaide The
Engiishmau s companion returned from llol-
lenbaden. The Two rupu- sed students start
ej for Switzerland. The Yankees pleasure
OF business, call, d him ~ the same time
away from DummeroselstUn, and on the
very morning of his embarhing on the DUs-
seldorl b1a;, be saw, he sand, the bent and
broken down figures of Monsieur and Ma
dame NiboycJ helped irto the coupe Of the
diligence, tEeir faces the very pictures Of
grI.r and 6e-. I,fi.n-+b. Urrla -roun ,f
i,uprsrs r1und tho startir- vehicle .tanjin,
r..r,c-6-rI- stint
.lY.u - s,i3T -if- "a v.~v r..l4r,i,.Iv
.-..r.- i.-- ,yiI- las, g.. Will T...t,lrr.'7
IN, 7.-.r.l...4 moo r.r.-.i Of -rs ram,
and t..r,l f.... t,,- .f ,-...7. b-vi,,.. ...n r.
ia 81. +.--..a..r.t .-.r ,..' -.-.. .,.s r.-fir,
a...-r- B.f WIS --..-.ir- ....r i.4-{ n
,1aI.g, ,.arr. o.
...g,-- Won d l.-,ri an IN ti.... sir. :,
-..-If ,y.-r,i-i l-,s. E.-. g..- -., -Ir.,f
+ ;.-. ..r.,y.-,.r ...-f s-,.i mi. -.Itf,..
I..-a- Hs~.s .-.t--e-.t ~.t,ytcfg.rf.eirar
and t-.r F-.I .-.- ,.r with .r. r..-.--I
~.a.. fy. wars .,I--r t., events i.i-. r--
esu.t,. D.. ,..r friend. it .,.aII seem. vl- at
pumma.,-cl-,.iu again. and. atc course. at
tie u ta. D, En-.r-. lie saw one m0rnn.
ac breakfast. an tasii-.mau. whose iacr he
though, was familiar O. uim. seated hv the
side l. O. charming Young leir. obviously
and mlui.c--iv Dis bride.
Adelaide NIhsvlr
'uu- tHe.e. stranger tia- wlu.iu r..
-r-f, wnlIa it.
10. Ale.I aide was dark. The present
young woman was fair Blt i- was Aiel-
aide Young Eu-.ishuau. travelling 20 his
welding tour. ANA lc seemed 90 ie "a I-r-
son ig prosperous Circumstances. iH- there
vi- % carrie -e. AMI g cauTar. and maid
After breakfast tine lady retired, the Yankee
ace 1-tel her .5Id.li5 recalled the ciIcumstan-
cc- whlca ial occurred when they were
las- s.iluTning together under the same roof.
lie begged 90 inquire whether the English
man had heard anything of the lost girl, OF
ot hgr unfortunate parents. Nitu regard 10
Maiemli-olle adelaide, tie Engli-hman was
Just going 10 put the same question to him.
Monsieur and Madame NIblyet, the English
man had heard on uuimueacha5le Authority,
were both dead. The old gentlesIan had
survived the calamity about year; his
wife fingered IN solitude far few months
longer, aud hen died too. Here thc maid
brought message TO her master, and retir-
cd. The bride, II appeared, was tired with
her Journey, and proposed 20 rest IN her
apaltmcnl tor that morning. The Yankee
was projecting. be said, a walk 10 Schwach-
kspthelm. and proposed that the English
man should accompany him. Tu, latter. IL
appeared, had already been once TO the scene
OF the mysterious disappearance in the IL
tcryal between his departure with his fellow
stud,nJ and his return with bis bride. An
irresistible impulse attracted him to the
fatal spot, and though he was tenderly at
tachcd 10 hls new wife, be could not pass
the place 10 which were cnshrined the mem
ories of an early and unfortunate attach
mcnt, without having to make new inquiries
touching the still unknown fate Of it hap
less object lie was glad that his wife was
indIspJsed to walk out on that particular
morning, for he had said nothing to her
about the old love, and her presence would
only embarrass his movements.
The Yankee now leined,-what he had
not known betore,-that on the day OF the
storm, it had been arranged between Adel-
aide and the Englishman, that she should
start, as though going to meet her father IN
Dummcrcselstien, but should betake herself
10 the wooded knoll behind SchwacekoIt
hcIm, and there meet him, who had now
declared himself her lover. The other party
to this contract had been unable to keep
his promise, fOr he had fallen in by chance
with Monsieur NIboyet, and that gentleman
had held him fast. and insisted ON bIs.v.lk-