The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-03-28
THE G2OeERS DAUGHTER
BY JOHN POSTER.
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I lN0bCtuStcu.
| What 10 do now lie knew not. His
money was besrly gone, and hope de-
ferred had made Eis heart sick. The
winter passed in a melancholy way;
but one spring morning the servant
| brou ght him two letters, and cluster
Of snow drops. He then remembered ii
was his birth day. The first was from
the Minister;
DEAR SIR: / am sorry you left the
court. cannot do anything for you al
present, but shall alway remain your
! humble servant.
"BrTTKHBLATT."
See the reward OF NY labor r he ex-
! claimed bitterly.
The second was from Gertrude:
/ THE snow drops ! send will remind
! you that this is your birthday. Trust
/ in heaven. nv Casimir. To-day you
are twenty -ei ght, and am twenty-one
/ This ought not 10 weaken our courage,
I our love, or our fidelity"
! Poudering ever some plans, be was
reused by a knocking and the sound Of
/ feet on the stairs. Four porters were
carrying two heavy trunks, which they
/ brought into his room. lmmed stsly
afterwa ard Montague entered; he atfec-
tionately greeted Casimir, saying, u
have been long time absent, but |
have come TO stay with you"
"YOu are welcome said CasimiE
"but have only one room"
"How is that" said his friend.
because l am poor.
/ Poor and you lent me ElO0 :"
! when called Oh TO do a good action,
! il is not al all necessary 10 cOunt ones
| riches
! Cssimir Morn borrowed bed of his
( host and placed IL by the side OF his owR.
They supped together that evening, and
Ii utually opened their hearts. Mou-
fague had loved and been beloved by a
Young person of his own country. H"T
narenrs refused tl,eiT consent. lie had
! a friend Just returned from abroad, who
promised to intercede with the father IL
/ MoDtarue's behalf: but instead Of doing
so. made q proposal for himself, which
! his rank and riches rendered acceptable
+. TO the family. The young girl despised
, him: bnt she was almost carried TO the
altar, whence. before the ceromoD! was
! over. she was borne, 50 broken by grlef
tha; she died before the roses Of that
summer faded. Montague was travel
ing on the Continent TO alleviate the
sense of his sorrow. when Casipir first
met him. Having heard the story OF
young Morn, he said:
You are happi:T than l; your beleN-
ed lives. but mine is lost forever. am
grateful TO you. You shall still possess
! her. if You will follow my advice. The
! Minister Will offer yOu a place, and
every one will gladly serve you, if you
/ viii promise not 60 interfeTe."
CasimIr aSsented.
( Next morning Montague rose early,
bidding his friend by no means TO 60
ont. Soon after noon Count de Hertz
was announced.
Permit me, my friend, 10 eongratC-
/ late ven Oh your good taste IN purebas-
Ing. my handsome horses. The Grand
iDake offered me any money for them,
but refused. because ] would rather my
dear friend, Morn had them"
Are they paid forE' stammered Cas-
imir.
| .'CertaiDIy,- said the Count. Il am
only come to speak 10 you about the
Baron Wolferns estate. III you go 10 q
I deserted solitude like that, you will
commit suicide In three months. Now,
as take great interest IN you, am
leone 70 offer you my country house; II
lis surmounted by beautiful gardens,
parks and forests, and f30,o0o Is the
I price 1t is only u quarter OF IA hours
tdrive from your hotel, and We can SO to-
! gether and see it
The comedy is begun thought Cas-
imir. 20
He promised 10 see the place, and the
Count took tfs leave with q thousand
protestations 0f eternal friendship. Im-
madistely afterwards Montague came
lin, saving the horses were well worth
the money.
81 have told all your friends that you
have inherited large fortune, and the
affair does me good By dissipsting my
melancholy, while in the eBd II caa do
4 no one any HARM
Next morning . splendid chariot, with
noble horses, drove 10 the door Of the
hotel. The servants glittered II gold
hveries, and Casimir was whirled away
like a prince. All the neighborhood
was astonished, because such an equi-
page was never before seen at the door
I of that modest hotel. Even Gertrude
put out her pretty blonde head TO see:
II would give these three coppers,
said the old grocer, Ito know TO whom
that chariot belongs
"You can ask Madame Weber, the
lapdlady," said Gertrude.
'You are right" be replied, locking
up his pence :.
Whist. have You not heard the news r
said Weber, that young Morn la:
come into q prineely fortune =" The
old grocer said nothing, bat came ane
sat for long while N his shop, quite
silent, although his daughter repeated
liz INQUIRED what he had been told Al
last he cried, with great excitement
The son of that old robber, after idling
50 many years, has been left large for-
/. tune, while !, though work all day
!. scarcely keep myself out of the work
house. But stnkiEg kis hand on, the
counter, u will make the son pay The
I fathers debt"
Morn was soon invited to the minis,
teris house -..--
INV friend" said Bi-tenblatt, 81 an
Z kappily enabled TO fulfill my most ~
dent wish. Your name has bcenf LefI
J ont of the list of candidates for an i'm
portant post, bat went TO the Duke,
and represented your high merits, and
his hiEhness has determined 60 place
Won in nv department have the pat
ent in my hand
4 Morn laid down the document un'
: opened, thanked the minister with grea'
politeness, and walked from tes roOln