The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1869-12-18
A LoUe Romance and an Unkisssl
Father.

Rather.
In April, lsG0, while the young and lovely
daughter OF the Earl Of D. was enjoying hel
usual afternoon airing along the ''I.ady's Mile.
her fan dropped from her hand over the side ol
the carriage and she ordered her coachman le
stop and recover il. Coachy curbed high.step.
pcrs 10 a bal, as quickly as possible, hu, hefors
he could descend from his perch gentleman o
rcsplcndcni black whiskers and immaculate COS
tune Appeared at the side Of the vehicle, aud
with cOurily bow presented the fan. \ blushed
thank you, sir rewarded the aci, and The
coaChman was directed to head his hors>s fos
liclgravia Square but the Earl's daughter car.
riei home in her bosom vivid mental photo.
l graph OF The knight Of the fan, aud could mol
help 'antying that a something in the expires
I sion OF the tine black eyes had silently pleaded
Tor further acquaintance. To employ the term
btsi understood by her sex, she WAS in fact
struck with his dniinguished appearance, u
and eondn't get him out of hcF head. 1, waa
Que ~ those eases Of instantaneous infatuatiou
which ATE quite Us common with the gtnil,r al
( With the si,Fngr SEA. The young lady drove 10
! Tut tlth AZ tie ,aine hour on every succeeding
afternoon OF lhr wctk fOr the pariiculsr purposs
OF catching another glimpse vi the elegant siran.
ser III hef cnafts to that end. however, proved
vain uni' uuc evening AT the ROya Italian
ul,sI, wittc she accidentally dropped hei
/ lufgnrtlv tom ars boa tpOn that exciting &C.
Cusicn stvtUi uLite-cIaNstied grntlsmeu spIaug
1" iieA W th Itatl aud gold b,jpn bat there
Was = 'lf4',b pue h,'stt iicn all. aud the l"rg.
u,t', Wa rt,,'bi,d ., the WhisktI,d uhknnwu
u lild, i'agA ~ susie nblr heroine flushed
',>'ni it.5 4 81. she received IL, aud th, lark.
,1,i c,t s.t.t ave hrt .eh a lnok oi hom+sr ia
tho ",i tD.t ..st o"u ,,. dropped prciI,'y un,leS
The .td.at. ta' liu~ius gracefully. tie un.
hL"wu .a.ttu 81 d station a. tie .a,A % The
Il. al. A. ..-..l
i.0 int...,f.t. Was over. fug q month strs
sbss st.r..l Fl. "a 1n;,iNics.s % ,hc Kind took
i.-. t.rf .l 18th lsr pert dagghi,r 'rli her
u.tl 40 sh-i ~ ,la!ed oac evening as shs
Ha- .f,ip p,a- 10 uacaftisgc fruu the uIeta huuse.
aud d ir,utet.ug from bet alarm found sealed
hut. tu ~ haul thus atasti Ia moment she
'ai .p,,.r' NAo he ~tit,r was aud had scarcely
raa,nc {, -~tu ne privacy Of her osn tu"u
h"it=r astrt ~ ~ contents The misaivs
w., Wttu,a iu FIRE lisliAL hAud and The
~tii' afuW,d hi- huuornllc passion IA the II.
esg,tsts. j .'s nsfGtal tu a ieiiow ,uuaitN man
u d, Ctu,s H. ctii.d her hts idol IA, ii.hi
% h,' soul, ID, s'tr iu ee ~orshipped irum aiar
ht 81, ilo'utuu. wretch Who dar,d not 10 df.w
urtf
Tt hnga-h 81 the ~oriius a.. just sxscr .bly
tad enough 80 hsieh'en tie romance and sugg -,
augeieiged marble villss b-siie the mufmutiug
10 ile should 'kill himself " said the kuight,
Il "maadi lid not conceal i@r'le no's for
him in the 'ul u - her fan on a certain night
and manage 10 d-op u for him - she entered her
tus A. the 0p~th she did - and thu. hegan
a secret curtesrnr leuce which euded 10 her
promising 20 e'op" w.'h the msn She had rr-
psateily cndeasorrd 20 gain some iuformation
respecting his rtnk though NOT until IL sas too
late 10 save hei.s.' and when hc assured her
that peculiar bot uot d,.honofabir circumstances
rendered an ofxn eoartship impcssiblr" she
rnuiA only tstNa him
month past on. and upon cet,sin afternoon the
Young lady cArriage re'ufnea to B~lgfa,ia
wi,h0a, her For better for wcfse she had
lgiue1 her adortf a. a raitNat station, and gone
N,ih ham 10 ihe uesr,s, Grrtna Gfecn They
knew zach other very intimately IN sentiment
bat noN ,he fouI fofeignsf had such hard 'sc,s
10 disclose came near throwing bis lovely cap
tive into swuon Siuking upon bis kns~s 10
the inn ~ the village 70 which they bad come,
be eonfessed ihst he Vas hiref.ou, Of hand OF.
gtns 20 'he mote needy 81 his couniry men aboa,
London 10 horrible Eaglish be abused h,m.,li
sus'4aieAly ior daring 80 pretend 10 so far sni
noble baui aud offered - escort his Vlctn
back 10 T. ndon u she d-s,rel and thee cas-,
himself hea4lone from the top 81 tbe monumeni
10 Trafalgar square The kar. dAagh,s, wss
shocked has bad gone too far 70 recaui ~ she
gAre him Ahsolstion from bis sius agains her
all ueui alih him 20 a clergyman
Ntsi day there rs scasA1lon 10 ,Ash,onAhgs
citc.es-beeause the Eafl Of D--'s daughter
Lad ran - 9Th a. Italian Coani who's mem.
befshih ia the Roman Catholic church had ma ds
bin . 1.staste'4l 10 bcr noble parents such
Was the Cotrs JsursHl neai wsy u pa,ung the
case After wri'ing frien4ly accom-, of hs,
uis alliance 20 Ter family ihs yoang wife made
+ hAsty sail lih her 4nting husband 20 Italy She
found 'ha' her new relatives there wsfe no, %.
if4e.Aas T. Auy means bu, ihey received hsf
NltA gfeatNespcc' and a. the eI-orgAnlzsf uAs
the enlerts' II ltigs lords she managed 10 pas
pyous honey moot Before se,:ling dow for
good however she ~rote another letter 10 her
faiLeT for forgiveness aui thereby TIRES iha,
noble loii is,o fresh paroAyms Of urA,h lie
seut a crushing aaswtf. reiasing 70 Logger re-
cogu.ke her a. a ch,lI u has, aud hsAp,ns esrses
upon hcf aud her Italian Like a snsibIs
Engl4sA gir. oar heroine l0oA this all VERY
pbiiUsophlca.t anl sAug mstrily ira, ls Ia, to
tLr music Of . guitar until the peculiar pnutv
and freshness % her voice attracted the critical
aiteatlon Of her husband lie called 10 a oele.
bta,ed maestro 10 hear her sing and vas r,joiced
10 learn that bis wIfe bad voice worth . for
tune to her A good master was a. once secured
for the lively ads shs studied ihe Italian lAa-
suage and artistic method With Avidi,y and, al
( he r,qae., q her of1 consented 10 sing 10
public Asa result the who.e city wsni wild 10
cnthusAsm over . new fri aud she received sn
invitation 10 bs.oDe second eAsatsss 81 Ia ccalA.
q hN0FFflNFf sNF hNAu q &Itt4 OF utNhupne
hat her husband was frantic With mingled ptide
and Joy Ga the occasion Of her btneEi hs
e'inced this spFi, by giving grand supper TO
/ the hletl,.i % Milan, retired TO bed ia al sI.
Alie4 state OF intoEiea,ion. ard died Of apopiexy
before morning His lady buried him with sin.
cere sorrow, and was hardly conscious Of wha,
would bs heT next step, wats she resolved 81
offer % an eusagemeui At the English Royal
4 Italian Opera With sabdged JOY she took I'D.
3 .fs he ~ IN aae anes sf,ors he,
native land aud under her fancifal Italian stage
name ws4 soou captivating the music l.ondoners
+ by her glofiors voice When her English fame
was a, is heig,h the Earl Of D., hearing par.
I ticulafiy OF her tsagty, went 10 the opera 10 oh
serve for himself lie recognized bis ungrAiefsl
4 daughter. and even swelled With pa,ernsl pride
when showers ot bouqeis and whirlwnds Of Ap.
piausc greeted her at the termination OF each aei
o. the "Figlia" 4 surprising magnAnimiiy took
possession Of his noble breast lie would reclaim
ihe or gan. grinders widow he would raise hes
10 bis own sphere again he would restore hil
tathefly favor TO the idol Of art and the Aasi ioa
and would finally marry her on 10 some titled
poole Filled with thess generoas Intentions, hs
depulsd friend to bear bis card 10 the dressing.
room Of the prima donna, and Was much aston.
ished by her refusal 10 see him. She fears my
reproAehes, said he, after due considssation
and on the morrow caused the same fsssaa q
before TO bear his offer Of parental recognition Il
the goddess Of song The friend was readily I'D
mi,ted To an audience, and became ,herefrom 40
ionished for the remainder OF his life. The iady
said Ny father cas-, me OF for marrying ID,
gentleman Of my choice. lie refused 10 recogais'
me In my days OF poverty and obscufity. Nov
that am rich and famous, | refuse 10 recognize
him let us be strangers 10 each other" Al
further advances we're unavailing, and my lor.
and his daughter remains strangers TO this day.
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