Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-11-20
Am nnernile nonance.

Mile, hef iah uISppeh iInh HNl
hand over tho side II tho carriage,
aud sho ordered her eOaehmsR to
stop and recover il, C0aohy curbed
his high-sleppers 10 halt ~ quick,
ly us pOssiblei but before lao could
descend from his perch, gentleman
Of resplendont black whiskers aud
immaculate costume appeared al
tho side of the vehicle, and with a
eourtly bow, presented tho fan. A
'blushing "thank you, sir" rewarded
the act, and the coachman was d.
rected to head his horses for Bel
grave Square; but the Earl's daugh-
ter carried homo in her bosom a
vivid mental photograph Of tho
knight of the fan, and could not
help iancying that something in
the expression OF the fine black eyes
had silently pleaded for q further
acquaintance, To employ the term
best understood by her sex, sho was,
in fact, "struck" with his distin-
guished appearance, and couldn I
get him out Of her head. II wrs one
of those cases OF instantaneous in
fatuation which are quito rs COM
mon with the gcntler Ms with tho
slcrner sex, Tho young lady drove
in the park, at the same hour, on
every succeeding afternoon Of the
week, for the particular purpose of
catching another glimpse OF tho ele-
CANT stranger. All her efforts to
that end, however, proved vain un.
Ill one evening at the Royal Italian
Opera, where she accidentally drop
ped her lorgncttc from her box.
Upon that cXcltit'g occasion several
white cravatcd gentleman sprang
to pick up the pearl and gold bio;
but there was n quicker one before
them all, and the lorgnette was
presented by tho whiskers unknown
If Hyde Park. Our susceptible
heroine blushed celestial rosy-red
us she received it, and the dark. eyed
cavalier gave her such look of
homage in tho act, that her own
eyes dropped prettily under the
ardent glance. Bowing gracefully,
the unknown retired to a station at
the back of the box, and there
worshiped with his look until the
performance was over. For month
| after this several silent interviews
of the kind took place, until at
length the peers daughter felt her
right hand slightly grasped one
evening, as she was stepping into n
carriage from the opera house, and
on recovering from her alarm, found
q sealed note in the hand thus ava
scd. In II moment she had guessed
who the writer was, and had scarce
ly patience to gain the privacy of
her own room before ascertaining
its contents. The missivc was wrt-
ten in q fine Italian hand, and the
writer aSowcd his honorable passion
in the exaggerated style natural to
q fellow countryman Of the Ccncis.
lie called her his idol, the light of
his soul, the star to bo worshiped
from afar by the idolatrous wretch
who dared not to draw nearer. The
English of tho wording was just cx-
ccrably bad enough to highten the
romance and suggest angicizcd
marbled villas beside tho Po. 1Ic
should "kill himself" said the
knight, if miladi did not conceal II
'lcctlc nota' in the folds Of her fan
on a certain night, and manage to
drop it for him as sho entered her
box at the opera. She did so; and
thus began u secret correspondence
which ended in lrcr promise to clopc
with the man. She had repeatedly
cndeavored tog9in somo information
respecting his rank; though not
until it was too late to save herself,
and when ho assured her that pc
culiar, but not dishonorable, circum-
stances rendered IAN open court
ship impossible" sho could only
give him his own way. Another
month passed on, and, upon n Ger
tain afternoon, the yoting ladys's
Garage returned TO Bclgravia with
out her. For better or for worse,
she had Joined her adorer at q rail
way station, and had gone with him
to the nearest Gretha Green. They
knew each other very intimately in
sentiment, but now the fond foreign.
er had such hard facts TO disclose
as came near throwing his lovely
captive into q swoon. Sinking up
on his knees in the inn OF the village
to which they had come, he confess
ed that he was q hirer-out of hand
organs to the more needy of his
countrymcn about Londonl In hor
rible English he abused himself
unstintedly for daring to pretend
to so fair and noble hand, and Of
fered to escort his victim back tC
London, if she desired; and ther
cast himself hcadlong from the tor
of the monument in Trafalgar
Square. The Earl's daughter was
shocked, but had gone too far to re
cant; so she gave him absolutior
| from his sins against her, and wen
with him TO clergyman. Mex
day there was a sensation in fash
ionable circles because the Earl o.
D-'s daughter chad run of
with an Italian count, whose mem
bership in the Roman Catholic
Church had made him distasteful tC
her noble parents" Such was tho
Court Journals neat way of putin G
the case. Alter writing friendly
account of her mesalliance to hei
family, the young wife made hasty
sail with her doting husband toltaly
/ She found that her new rcla
tives there were not all partricians
by and means; but they received
her with great respecti and, as tb'
ex- organizer was the tenderest o
Iieee lords, she managed TO pass