American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-10-02

of wine and cakes were offered to
him.
Here the pair sat, hour after hour,
the lady enchanting her lover with
talk that caused him to forget all
but her present self. At length he
pulled out his watch and started up.
What !" cried he, "the day is
advanced, and I don't think they
have ever put about ~
The wind, too, was blowing nearly
direct from the coast.
"Come, madam, if you fish at all
to-.lay, it is surely. time to Begin
The answer startled the poor bar
ronet.
8 q haze angled," said she, quietly,
" and what is more, l have caught
my fish !"
What mean you," cried Sir
George. {. t.What fish have you
caught p ...<,
"Twenty thousand poundsn an
swered the lady, with GOODNESS.
:, T" Sir George grewspale, and step
ped hurriedly on deck. 80
Distraction = cried he, as soon
as he had looked around. !" Put
about instantly, pilot! That is Mar
gat--we are off England y
Exactly so, Sir George said the
lady at his back.s,..s
He turned round and looked at
hers
Your purpose then is to take
me-n -
"To London, Sir George, /" said the
lady, interrt,ptlng him with calm
ness, though gratifed flush was on
her cheek. Sir George turned to the
sailors.
!, "My pursew said he. s twenty
Eve louis for you if you put about
for Boulogne p j
" Twenty five louis r said the lady,
disdainfuIly /; 6 when twenty thous-
and pounds are. in the other scale y
sBarbarous, Heacherous woman r.
cried the infuriated baronet, as he
looked round with an eye that threat
ened peril to all, if he but had the
iieans to infiict it but the baroness
gave signal, and in an instant his
arms were pinned to his side by two
pair of brawny arms.
The baronet struggled, but in
vain cord was produced, and he
was only saved from the ignominy
of being bound, by giving his assur-
ance that he would remain in quiet
durance in the cabin.
It. seemed to him that he had
nothing for itbut to submit.
/ Sir George, reduced to this condi-
ton, looked with indignation at his
: captor She had checked the sailors
for harshness in their usage of him,
but otherwise she expressed no yisi-
bic emotion.
Betrayed by you!' said the cap.
tive =" you whom loved so much F'
You love me?'
ayes; well you know it," answered
Sir George. "Since you are an ad
venturess, cruel woman, would not
my whole fortune, with my hand
have better paid you than a miser.
able hire p
The lady spoke not in reply, but
Sir George also held a scornfu
, silence from that moment until ht
landed in the Thames. He was heIS
put into the hands of the sailors anC
conducted to hotel, on giving hi:
| solemn promise that he would no
attempt to escape.
1t was night when this landing il
e the Thames took place. Sir Georg
spent wretched night, moani 4
over that fate which his conscienc
told him was not unmerited.
: In the morning he drew up an ACT
r briefly giving up all to his creditors
t He had scarcely finished this when
visitor was announced. 1t was hi
: betrayer, the baroness.
Wretched woman ! what see
you!" said he sternly. I" Is not yOa
t task donef l have now to do wit
e others" ., u, ;.
f !" With none but me p; said til
I lady, in a low voice, and with a lin
idity of manner most unlike her pre-
e vious department.
j. 81 am your sole creditor !" sal
the lady and she placed in his hang
l. some papers, which he at once sa'
:, to be his own redeemed bonds. b
d looked up III amazement. You ha
cousin once, Sir George ~ said I'll
g lady. with her eyes on the floor.
/ 81 had-Anue Fulton," said S
e George; "we were playmates !
Ic, childhood" aa =.
Of "She went abroad when a me-
Il. child with her family 2" continue
se lady.
% "She did, said the baronet, " an
n l have heard, was married to a vel
le wealthy planter in the island whe
If they settled. 1t panied me to hei
it, for we loved each other even wilt
s. infants"
!" "She welded against her Will
continued tile lady, '' for she too I
n membered old days. She is now
g widow ~
to +, A light had been gradually brea
90 ing upon Sir Georges mind. l.
no started hastily forward and took ho
% % of the ladN's hand, almost THROWN
rs himself at her feet.
v 1ou are"
in 81 am your cousin anne" said t
Lle lady.
ne
" The lady had returned to Engla'
. a rich widow; had learned the sit
m alton and embarrasSments of h
ca aforementioned cousin; had Sc
90 him at Bolllogne; had contrived .
nd overturn at his door, and made l
,t acquaintance. She had only thong
N. of the fishing scheme through a spi
af Of romance in her temperament, a
that she might get him to Englai
be where she might have his debts pa
ev They welded and lived happy
nd and we wish al lOve-tales were
for true.
ne tyO One Of the speakers at the |;
III, ing of the cornerstone of the benz
'ed ol-ut institution. in urging
m Fl lends of the enterprise to make
b.. an immediate success, said: b"
it'll not wait until it succeeds, and Il
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