Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-12-01
TALES & SKETCHES.
MARRIED TEE WIRING WO

The following good story is told of an
Austrian General who fell in love with "a
fair Venetian lady:
In spite of the inveterate aversion on the
part of the Vcneiians, it sometimes happens
that some of the dark-eyed daughters ut
Venetia revenge the humiliation OF their
country ay vanQuishug the heart of a blue
eyed German, who, despite the opposition
q Lie fair Italians friends, becomes the life
long slave of his charmer But marriages
lef this Kind are exceedingly rare for the
Venetian woman, to do them justice, have
always ielt and resented the insult and de-
graduation to their country in its subjection
to the stranger, even more keen!y than ;Le
Still, as we have observed, there are in
stances of Austrian officers marrying Vene-
tian ladies for love who rules the court,
the camp, and the grove" is not. always II
respecter of patriotic feelings. His arrows
fly past the lines which statesmen and diplo-
matsts have thrown to mark the bounda-
ries of nations, and transix hearts, whose
sole means of communication is the Ian
guage of the eyes" into eternal unison.
One of these Austro. Venetian marriages
which made considerable noise both in Ven
ice ard Vienna. was between General Ga
u
age. and Signora Morisini, the sole daughter
of the Signor Morisiui, one of the wealthiest
OF the merchant princes of Venice.
The General who was not supposed to be
marrying man, was one day in the autumn
of last year, taking leisurely stroll through
the Giardinc Publico, or Public Promenade
The General was accompanied by young
subaltren, for whom he had evinced great
! liking. 'it
All Mt once the attention of the veteran
was attracted by remarkably stately and
graceful lady walking in advance of them.
"Mein Gottr' said the General, in a loud
harsh tone of voice, but that is u beautiful
figure of woman" ai1' .."t ...
The abrupt loudness Of the voice in which
this was spoken caused the object of the
Generals eulogy to turn suddenly round,
when wave OF wind blew aside her veil,
and revealed a face of the most perfect SYM
metry, lighted up with pair of eyes
"large dark eyes, which fash upon you a
yolley of rays, which seem to say a thousand
things at once" and which certainly dis
charged upon well seasoned veteran fire
which moved and melted him more than
the fire of musketry or artillery to which
he had been exposed in the whole course
of his military life. A slt
There and then old Gablentz owned him.
self completely yaDquished. The next step
was to prevail upon his enslaver or her
guardian to accept the homage of the heart
and hand due to her victory. .En--E
Now, at the time, the General wasla per-
feet stranger to the lady. He had never
cast his eyes on, her before that instant, He
did not know her name, where she lived OIL
| to whom she belonged ua.s5s1sq ia '
Clearly, then, the first step towards the
| accomplishment of his object was to make
himself acquainted with these. u
The General, Therefore, requested his
young friend, as the greatest favor he could
confer upon him. to dog the footsteps oI
of the lady, and if possible discover hei
name aud abode, with as much mon, kin
dred iniormation as he could make himself
master of gs3 -ifas, sg
The y5npg officer fsithfqily executed hi
commission. Without letting his move
nienis he epreceiYed by the object of his pur
suit, ,i.e traced her alapy The Grand Cana.
lin a gondola' hich lle hired. to one OF thu
/. buest maasio ions,nesr 4 lse ,Pslazzo.B
AS soon us the lady dismissed her CONDO
lier, and entered the portals of the palace
sne officer stepped sslnge, and hrst bribeo
1.-The porter. that fuhetiohary Informed hin
THAT the House was the town residence o
1.-The Signor Mcrisini, and that the name o
\ the lady who had just catered was yulian'
| With his information he. FASTENED to ghi
lemployer, old 'Gsblentz. wbo, pserjoyed a
the prospect Of beng son ,ip-law to ih
fatherofso beautiful y woman, lost no tim
10 waiting aponsthe signor SIorisiui.l SO
= The Venetian was surprised at the ardo