The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-12-06
THE FRNTEFEST.
ny MRS. rlLxT.

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mark, and directed her TO parchass dozen
hike il Of 6ne cambria and bring she tisss
hall dozen 10 me when1inishsd. Issss hsrsal
%, money for the parchase. Before che lsis me-
Iveutured 10 ask her 70 remove hsf veil. Dr.
conplied, altar little hss.sAaion, but found
1 hsd nj esips1 nd. n appGHktcf
her face Us entirsly eoqceeIsd by vene.
tian hall. Dask n hfack. dks lhs mouth and
chin saly vere len axpessd hut ~ Ax4oie-
IL beauty Of the0o, ~ 10 dolkca1ely 1nfosod
throat, dsEsisgsy white, ss6esd 70 eoevince
me that the face vas one Of fAt6 loveliness.
| could see that she blushed deeply g
scanned her features. When Ssked her
Why she wore the mask under her veil, she
said her mother bad been used to wesr such
in her own country, and had charged her
never to 60 ont alone without ose OF
them
.Hsw often did you see her afterwards?''
asked Madame Won Schonhold.
.sOnly twice-when she came 70 bring nae
her work resolved, on our next .neetine
to visit her mother, but urgent basins.'
called me Unexpectedly from Paris to Lon
don, where was detained BY the illness o.
my father. L had charged my unknown
damsel. in case of any such occurrence, &c
come TO the place Of rendezvous on the srs,
and fifteenth Of each month. Ny First cars
on returning to Paris was 70 seevrh for her J,
but saw her no more. Ny inquiries we're
fruitIess and month sitter mouth / ws1t H.
vain to the Place de- PEcole do Me6icine. -
Two years after this was at St1tnAfd. Aan
struck BY painting that bore - s1snAee re-
eemblance to the girl whose image fl66 ~
heart, Al least - - much II heE face ~ 1
had seen, procured copy, which ! havs
treasured ever since. The only memorial /
possess OF her 10 Ibis, aad he kaadk ascAiSf.
she wrought for me. ees--tsrs 10 oses oi
them With my iniGAls MARRIED in the cor
ner
The Baroness examined il. LAnbeck cop.
timed
al do not scrnple to avcw that have felt
and still Il el mn interest IN the girl. which !
have experienced Tor no other. The mysie.
~ about her-her masfortunes her pat,pnc,
under ihem-Ler besu,y-her artlessness =
her devotion to her mother-sll contributed
strongly to enlist my feelings
"Woud you have married a beggar g,rIy'
| asked the Baroness quickly, and in q lo~
| tone.
| Her poverty surely, was no crime An
swered Lanbeck .'if had found her wha,
supposed her to be. and OF rrspectabl.
pa, entage, that would have been no OBJ
stacle'
aGenerous man. exclaimed the lady
but instantly checking hsrseli, she turret
and walked towards the saloon. Lsnbecl
followed, entreating that she would not be
tray him.
10 make long story short, be vent /,
| rest that night mors thao hall in love viii
the Baroness approaching himssIf for hi
want Of fidelity to his unknown damsel, an,
still more for his presamption in thinking 0
one whom he could not approach wiihou
suspicion Of mcrcenary motives. Full Of he
his own pride, yet dissatisfied with himself
he rose early the next morning. Many Q
the guests, ike himself, had remained at III
villa, prepared to renew the festivities Of th
preceding day.
Lanbeck wandered istlessly through III
grove that sloped toward the river, and see
ing no ono, threw himself on the green swar
and, lulled by the murmur Of the waters an,
the rustling OF the foliage, at length fairl
fell into Q doze. How long be remaine
asleep is nothing TO the purpose; but he VA
aroused by = slight touch on the hand
sprung up, and saw just before him femal
hgure in dark CLOAK and hat, with gree
vail Catering in the morning breeze. S,ran
ger tEan all, the face WAS partly covered by j
saken mask, and the features left exposes
were the features Of the beggAr girl Of Pom
des Arts
For an instant Lanbeck thought he vas It'll
dreaming. The stranger waved her han,
and vanished amidst the thick foliage. i
sealed note had fallen NJ bis feet; he e,oppe,
to pick it up, and then hastened after the re
Treating figure. To his astonishmeM il NJ
dressed 70 himselE and ran as follows:
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