Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-12-28

him give great jump into the air.
mean with excitement, you know,-and
he very nearly called ont, so as to wake
Countess. However, he did not, but,
whispering to himself, 1.-The river
spoke true he put his hand into his
pocket, took out the silver penny, and
dropped it into the slit OF the little
money box savings-bank that lay by
the side of Countess.
The tinkle of the silver penny against
the copper penny disturbed Countess,
and her limbs Legan to stir. '.Ah
she is going to awake thought the
little count she will want to make
her morning toilet, and [ must not
look Sc l will get behind the hedge
where / cannot see her" This he ac-
cordingly did, but Of course it was not
very far of.
VI.
Almost the first thing Countess did
upon rousIng up was to look into her
savings bank, and great was her joy TO
lind that at last the copper penny had
grown. With great alacrity she leapt
up, and went away few steps behind
leaving her savings shank on the grass,
by the side of her shoes and stockings.
While she was gone, an unfortunate
circumstance occurred, She WAS too
innocent to fear any harm, either to
herself or TO her treasure; and the
young count did not dare to peep
through the hedge the direction
where she lay, and thus there was 10
one to prevent the crime that was now
pcrpetrated.
So little do we know what may be
taking place at our own right hand
that, close to the very spot where
Countess had been sleeping so limo.
Gently, with her savlngs-bank at her
side, there had also been sleeping-if
he could sleep, but, at all events he
had been lying down and doing some
thing very like sleeping-one of the
very wickedest and most greedy men
on the face of the earth. He was a
very ugly man, black in complexion,
and very greedy, and he used to go on
tramp, thinking of nothing but making
money. just when Counties. was max
ing her morning toilet, this nasty old
man crept out of his hiding place, and
in moment, for his cruel little eyes
were very keen, caught sight Of the
savings-bank Now, nothing pleased
him SO much as to steal from the young
people, for he said he thought
that their money was very lucky,
and grew to more and more
very fast. So what did he do but
snatch up the box and make away with
it. In few minutes he was lost in the
thick underwood which stretched for
miles on one side of the river; and
when the Countess came back to put on
her shoes and stockings, she found her
savings-bank was gone. Then she cried
in a loud voice, my savings bank
my savings-banK - And the young
count, hearing her scream, rushed out
of his hiding place, to see what was
the matter. He speedily made friends
with the Countess, bnt the grief OF the
young people was beyond description
Nor was the stout crossbow of the
young count, or the passion he at once
conceived for the maiden, of any avail |
The wicked old tramp was by this time |
far away, and to seek for him in the |
bushes would have been like hunting /
for needle in a bundle of hay, unless |
you knew in which direction he had |
gone.
The confidential conversation which |
now passed between our hero and hero
inc was as follows;
9 Your papa left you siLvorpenny.
says she, $50 | know he was a real |
nobleman.'
And So" replied our hero, care
you a real countess.
Il fear you hatter me, said she,
lifting her sweet eyes to his.
Indeed, no; l always speak truth, -
says the youthful count.
THAT | am sWe YOU do !" says
Countess warmly, letting her little
hand touch his.
"Then you are the most beautiful
creature III the world ~ replies our
hero.
"Oh, sir,--I mean my lord says
the other, Withdrawing her hand and
looking serious. LET rs go and try
and find our savings bank, and on our
road we will help all the sick and weak
people we can.
" Yes, do let u.s." responded our
hero. perhaps we shall finu it has
grown more, wherever it is"
And so they travelled on together in
the most agreeable and friendly man
ner, each doing az each had done be-
fore they met. At last the feeling on