North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1867-09-04
Tho Wrong w oman.

Tho Wrong Woman. Haar
The following good story is told Of an
Austri,n General who fell in love with a
fair Vqitian lady:
In sIite of the inveterate AYERS: on on the
part of the Nenetians, it sometimes hap
pens tlAt some of the dark-eyed daughters
Of Nenfia revenge the humiliation of their
country'by vanquishing the heart o: blue
eyed German, who, despite the opposition
4 Of the fir Italians friends, becomes the
| lifelong slave of his charmer. but mar
ria.es d this kind are exceedingly rare !:
for the ienitian women, to do them just
ice, have always felt and resented the in
suit and degradation to their country in its
subiectbn to the stranger, even more keen
ly than the men.
Still,as we have observed, there are in
stances Iof Austrian officers marrying We
nitian ladies; for Love, who rules in
the ''cburt, the camp, and the grove" is
not always respecter of patriotic feel
ings. Ills arrows fly past the lines which
statesmen and diplomatists have drawn to
mark the boundaries of nations, and trans
fix hehearts, whose sole means of COM
munication is the Language of the eyes
into eternal unison.
One Of these Austro-N Nenitian marriages
which made considerable noise both in Vi
emma and Venice, was between General
| Gablent, a grim veteran OF some fifty years
of age, and the Signora Morisini the sole
daughter of the Si@nor Morisini, one of the
weathest Of the merchant princes of Ven
ice. .n#
The General, who was not supposed to
be marrying man. was one day, in the
autumn of last year taking a lcisurely stroll
through the Giardino Publico, or Public
Promenade The General was accompani-
ed by young subaltern, for whom he had
evincsd a great liking. sa
! All ut once the attention Of the veteran
was attracted by remarkably stately and
gr; ceful lady walking in advance of them.
Mein Gott y said the General, in a
loud, harsh tone OF voice, ''but that Is q
beautiful figure of a woman q.
| The abrupt loudncss 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
hur veil, and revealed a face of the most
perfect symmetry, lighted up with pair of
eyes-"larse, dark eyes, which seemed to
say "A thousand things at once" and which
certainly discharged upon the well-season-
ed veteran fire which moved and melted
him more than the fire of musketry or ar
tillery to which he had been exposed in
the whole course of military life.
There and then old Gablentz owned him.
self completely vanquished. 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.
Now, ut the time, the General was a per-
feet stranger to the lady. He had meyer
cast his eyes on her before that Instant
He did not know her name, where she liv-
ed, or to whom shS5elonged.
Clearly, then, the first step towards the
accomplishment of his object was to make
himself acquainted with these.
The General, therefore, requested his
young friend, rs the greatest favor he cod
confer upon him. to dog the footsteps of
the lady, and, if possible, discover her
name and abode, with us much more kin
dred information as he could make himself
master of.
The young officer faithfully executed his
commission Without letting his move
ments be perceived by the object of his
pursuit, he traced her along the Grand
Canal, in Il gondola which he had hired,
to one of the finest mansions near the Pa
lazZo. i"
As soon as the lady dismissed her Condo
lier, and entered the portals OF the palace,
the officer stepped ashore, aud having first
bribcd the porter, that functionary inform
ed him that the house was the town resi-
dence of the Signor Morisini, and that the
name of the lady who had just entered was
Juliano Moris:ni.
With this information he FASTENED to his
employer, old Gablentz, who, oyerjoyed
at the prospect of being son-in-law to
the father of so beautiful a women, lost
no time in waiting upon the Signor Nor
isini.
The Venitian was surprised at the ardor
Of the General but, contrary to the ex-
pectation of the lover, he made no ohjec-
ton to the match. The preliminarics were
soon over, and the happy bride and bride
groom appeared at the altar. The BRIDE
groom had just repeated the vows after
the officiating priest, and the lady had rails
ed her veil in order to pledge herself to
" everlasting love, honor and obedience"
when the amorous General gave a loud ex-
clamation, of nature more suited to the
atmosphere of the barracks or the mess
room than to that of the sanctuary.
g A fraud ! vile fraud Il mean, ours
ed trick T. shrieked, rather than spoke,
the bridegroom. &t
Intense was the astonishment of all pres
ent, but no one, excepting the bridegroom
himself, and the gentleman who had acted
the part of friendly spy for him, under
stood the cause of the Generals extraordi-
nary and unseemly behavior.
The latter gentleman, however, though
greatly marvcling at the affair, readily
sympathizcd with the inluriated bride
groom for there, before the altar, arrayed
in bridal costume, stood, not the fresh and
radiant beauty of the Giardino Publico,
but dry and faded-we might almost say
withered and scraggy faced, th.ugh tall
and stately in her person--lady, old enough
to be, at least, the mother OF the young
and blooming creature whose destinations
had van1uishcd the poor old General.
When the officiating priest had recover
ed the composure disturbed by the BRIDE
groom's outburst of fury, he demanded to
know the cause Of such conduct.
Cause! p echoed the General. "Causc
enough That is not the lady that barr
gained for y
81 But that lady is my daughtcrr' said
the Venetian, stepping forward and con-
fronting the warrior with a mein as fierce
and stern AS his own. That lady is my
daughter and though we are subjects of
II foreign rule, l, ut least, am not so cow