Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-10-13
p 5 rs EATON OHIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1870.

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. Beside the sofa stood the two ladies
. together with an elderly man, whose eye
. were fixed upon him with evident sym
. pathy. ~ D8gfBfgg - 7.2iiG G'i-
3 "The wound" )" said the surgeon, "is bJ
no means serious; in few days it viii
! EsSIaam heartily glad to hear you say so
and ID turning turn 9agg, to & the patient he asked
l. / feel quite recovered, n replied Emile
$50 well, indeed, that think i may re
turn to my hotel, and give you no further
!; BY no means you must remain with
Us until you are fully recovered. YouI
generous conduct has placed me under q
} debt Of gratitude can never repay"
"NOt 80, sir. Under the circum-
stances how could have done less { II
was all my fault" rr. ze~ss
" No, no l'' cried the elder lady. q You
exposed yourself to the greatest danger
but for your courage and presence OF
mind, we might have been killed"
i What the mother expressed In words
the daughter confirmed with a sympa-
thetc glance. The whole family, father,
mother and daughter, were 80 earnest in
their solicitations, that Emile, In order not
to appear unmindful of their kindness, de-
cided to remain In the house Of the rich
merchant, Braunfels, until he should feel
fully recovered from the shock his chival-
rous action had cost him.
Emile saw himself treated as an old and
familiar friend of the family, in conse-
/ quence of which he laid aside q certain
reserve and bashfulness that was native
| to him.
with the merchant he spoke freely Of
his position and prospects with the Ia
dies, Of the social life of his little pro-
Yincial city, and especially of his mother,
for whom his affection seemed to have no
bounda The cordial invitation of the
! family to remain to dinner he declined,
| pleading want of appetite and slight
headache He could not refuse, however,
an invitation to dine with them at their
villa in the suburbs Of the city on the fol-
lowing Sunday.
When Ihe fnaIlF rose to take leave,
Madame BrAunfels pressed his hand as if
it were that Of an old friend. As her ex-
ample Was followed by Miss. Agnes, the
| lovely daughter, q close observer would
have peroefved that her cheeks slightly
heightened N color. Slowly and thought
fully Emne fetufned to hin 19tel, paid his
Teckonips 5n1 g, called 2 cab and erove to his
himself ID q mirror, he found NOT only
that his left temple was covered by
plaster, hut that bis cheek IN the neighbor-
hood of the left eye presented al the col
ors of the rainbow.
"An kd7enture Of this sort could only
happen TO me, he sighed, inyoluntarily
am and shall always remain the child
of misfortune. With sach q visage I
cannot even show myself In the stresAz
much less call on my exsr.iasfE They
would think me n -ArsFc1ass b1lly." rgs
Durins rnfs unsought leisure, he made
tsn6 necessary preparations for his exam
inations which was not TO take place till
some day during the next week. raj
On the following Sunday, Emile dressed
himself in his best, and took the road to
the Braunfsls villa, which was situated on
one side of the SO called 1Kisyy0rten, the
largest park of the PrusAian capital.
Besides nearly losing his way In the
numberless paths in the park, he had to-
day no mishap to complain of. He ar
rived at most quarter-hour late, which
did not prevent his receivinga very fat
tering reception, not only from his host.
but also d from the ladies. The
guests were not numerous, and consisted
of only intimate friends of the family,
among Hnom was the family physician,
DR.. Holm. As stranger and hero, Emile
was placed at the table next to the daugh-
ter Of the house, which was far from be-
| ing disagreeable to him, as the pretty Ag-
mes pleased him beyond measure. .
A few glasses Of wine and the graceful
sfability of his fair neighbor, gave him
\ an unwonted ease of manner, and had
such q favorable effect on his organ Of
| speech that the conversation never for q
moment tagged. To his own surpriee, he
displayed more wit and cleyernees than
he had ever supposed he possessed, which
was in q measure due, doubtless, to the in
! spring influence of Miss Agnes.
They were engaged in an animated dis
cussion when the signal was given, much
to his regret, to repair to an adjoining
saloon, where coffee was served Agnes,
at the request of her father, cheerfullY
sung several ballads, which were highly
complimented by all the guests. and ex-
cited real enthusiasm in Emile, which
he gave her to understand by his manner
les well as by his Worda
"" Judging from your enthusiasm" said
she, with smile, conclude that you
yourself are musician"
/ tOh," said he, modestly, in reply, 81
have not cultivated the art very success
fully, although am very fond of it.
should have achieved more, perhaps, had
/ had more time to devote to it. n .r
"We shall see, If you please, what pro
ficiency you have made. You must allow
Us TO judge for ourselves"
i GNot so am not prepared to sing In
circle of strangers. l beg that you viii
excuse me. Another time perhaps"
"No time SO good as the present be.
.
among your very good friends" -
/ sT win listen to no rbuts' If you re.
fuse shall be seriously out of humor
I with you" - s...5s..
In order not to be accused of affecta-
tion, he was forced to comply. He chose
"The Wanderer," by Schubert, and be
gan at first timidly, but soon, inspired by
the beauty of this wonderful composition,
4 he sung with 80 much feeling and delica-
j cacy Of expression that he achieved
q real triumph. He even astonished him
self for, often as he had sung the ballad, he
! had never before produced so great an eff
feet either on his auditors or himself In
j deed, everything he said or did to-day
4 seemed to him to be well said and well
done, and the world appeared to him IN
4 such pleasing colors that, for the moment
he even forgot his approaching examina-
ltion and the voracious Wolf
Thus passed the day and evening, until
i the hour reminded: him that 1t was time
to take leave. His host, of course, ex-
pressed q wish to see him soon again,
which Emile very willingly promised.
"And next time" added Herr Braun
fels, "you must sing q duet with my
daughter"