Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-04-23
WILMINGTON, DEL, THURSDAY, APRIL 49, 1868.

distress on Nathales face; but in that case
should have To keep many, many secrets
from you. will tell you Of one that have
kept from you entirely until now-and the
strange thing is that it is your secret, not
mine"
'sNIine!" said Nathalie, hlushing from sur
prise-and then from another feeling, when
she began to suspect what the secret referred
to might be. At last she exclaimed tHow
could he have told, when begged him to
respect my confidence!
He had left London fnr Warsaw before
your letter recched him. He has never seen
your letter"
g Is he safe p Nathalie eagerly inquired.
No Pole, said the countess. " is safe in
Poland but he is alive and at liberty. AT
least he was the day before yesterday, when
my husband saw him.
How did you know of this, Marie p
asked Nathalie, after moments hesitation.
You letter was marked immediate it
was opened in presence Of my husband.
But how did you know my writing?"
''In any case SHOULD have recognized it.
] found your envelope among his papers
when he returned to Poland With the ex-
eepiion of my husband and myself no one
knows that you wrote to young Ferrari at
all he does not even know it himself"
Nathalie thought that on the whole she
would have liked Ferrari to know that 1t
was she who had been the means of saving
him from the clutches of the police.
II have to thank you, by-the-bye, on
Konradin's part, though he was not in such
serious danger as the others,
s'IfI had only known where to write to
him!" said Nathalie shut had not the
least idea; and when he called on us a day
or two afterwards lie already knew every
thing"
'.You did all that was necessary" said
the countess. "And now go 10 your faith
cr, and insist on his putting off the ball
| Discretion, mind and great firmness.
Nathalie had only left the countess II few
minutes when one of the counts servants
rode up TO the house with letter for his mis-
trcss, which he had brought all the way
from Stanitza 1t was the briefest commun
ica,ion possible, and simply said; "Al
things considered, you had better go to thu
ball. God bless you.
sDid you meet any one ~ said the coun
tess to the messenger.
The man said that he had just passed TIN
governors carriage, in which there was
voung lady; and that few versis from
Wlkovo he had met troop OF Cossacks
but that the officer in command, recognizin.
him as a servant of Count Konradin's, lat
not searched him, and had only stoppe,
him for moment to ask whether there wa
any news.
"And was there ?" asked the countess.
'.None that could tell him." replied TIL
servant "But the preparations are goin
on well. A few scythes were found da
or two ago in barn hut they had bee
left there for that very purposc,and in orde
TO turn away the scent from very muc
larger collection of arms which are concea
ed in one Of your forests.
"Is the count quite well!"
"By the blessing Of heaven, countess, h
was locking better than ! ever saw hir
before.
.Tcll the coachman 10 have the carriag
at the door at ten o'clock, she said; an
she went up stairs to write few letters, t
arrange some papers, and to dress for til
ball.
Il wish Nathalie could succeed in maxim
him put il off all the time, she said To he
self. But quarter Of an hour atlerwaI
she received II letter from Malta ie, sayin
TINT her father was ineXorabe, and that til
ball would take place. Nathalie hcggc
her to send back word that she would com
and the countess did so.