The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1869-02-19
BLOOMSBURY, PA, FRIDAY, FEB. 10. 1869
COL. DEM.---V0L. XXXIII.. mo. l..

your lovely Fanny, with whom l have
become quite accidentally acquaint-
ed through your confidential letters.
Are you not jealous? And"-he con-
tinued, pointing out into the garden
81 have brought a couple of guests with
me, my brother and his wife. But my
sister-in-law already knows you. We
unexpectedly met at Dresden, and now
travel in company"
l expressed my pleasure at seeing
him. Just then thick, stout man en-
tered the room where we were speaking
and at his side was lady in travel
ling-dress. Imagine my astonishrnent.
1t was Julia the wife of the count!
Julia was less embarrassed than !, al
though she changed color. After the
first civilities, carried my guests into
the saloon above.-I introduced them to
my Fanny. The tempter, turned visitor,
said the most flattering things to her.
81 have" said he, "already quite
adored you in Prague, where, without
the knowledge Of your husband, / got
to know all the little family secrets
which you communicated to him."
al know ALL" said Fanny to him.
"You paid fourteen hundred dollars for
those secrets. But you are, after all, a
very bad man, for you have caused my
robert restless night"
1--WE have not done with that yet,
Fanny" said 1, "for see, here is the
lovely ptation"-and then / intro
duced her to the counts wife-"Julia." :"
Wemen never suffer long from en-
barrassment. Fanny embraced Julia as
a sister, and placed the tempter on one
side Of her and the temptation on the
other. "As far rs possible from you !"
cried she, in tone of roguish warn
! ing.
Fanny and Julia although they had
never seen each other before, soon be.
came true heart.sisters, and had a great
deal to say to each other, making me
the butt OF their raillery. For my part
it was peculiarly delightful to see these
two together; both lovely-but Julia
only beautiful woman, Fanny an an
gel.
| Julia, as learned from her during q
walk in the garden, was perfectly hap
py. She was truly at ttached to her hus.
band, on account of the noblenesS of
his character; but for her brother.in-
law, the Red-coat, she had the tender
affection Of a child. He had spent much
of his life, as she told me in travelling,
and now resided on an estate in Poland,
near her husbands, dividing his time
between books, and agricultural labors,
and offices of benevolence. She spoke
of him with animation, and insisted
that better man did not exist on earth.
l gathered from all she told me a prac-
tical rehection-that one must not trust
too much to physiognomy.
"Why did you put that mysterious
question to me at Prague" said /, after
awhile, to the worthy Red coat: do
yOu not now knoW ,cho Tam and phat j
rant Of you p" For it was these words
that had struck me so at Prague, and
had afterwards sounded again 50 dis
tinctly in my dream.
''It is plain enough what / meant"
cried he. 81 wanted to tell you, rs
brought back your pocket book, what
wished with you, and wanted also tC
let you know that l was the finder, thai
you should put confidence in me, an(
give me some proofs Of your loss. You
continued to be as reserved as If / were
a suspicious person, and yet saw your
disquiet, and could not doubt that the
f right man stood before me-"
now related to him my dream
Sir" cried he, ''lOng live the Walpur
gis.spirits The dream deserves to b.
a chapter in moral philosophy and psy
f chology. II you do not carefully writ
it down. will do it myself, and sent
it to you in print. There are right gold
. zen lessons in it. l am glad, however
that have the honor to shine at last a
an angel Of light, otherwise | wOult
not listen tOa word more OF your Wal
purgis-night adventure"
We spent happy day together;
with the truly excellent Vaudeville,
and Fanny with Julia.
When we parted at evening, Fanny
said TO me, when we reached the door
"Here we will bid goodbye, aud moi
accompany the beautiful temptation ;
step farther. Your Walpurgis dream
contains good lesson for me too. Do
you not kn wv me, sir, and what you
Fanny wants with you?"
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