Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-02-24

A3HEasr, Mass. Feb. D.
Seldom has such degree Of excitement pre-
vsiiei IN this quiet town - thar, the conclusion
OF which am now enabled to chronicle Boiled
down The story Is briefly this In 1850 or
therctaouis, Mr.. Lester, a banker At Rochester,
y. Y, shuflei of this mortal coil with II part
iug benehctiou of $4,000 % his wife and
daughter. The latter, Carrie. wss then a girl Of
twelve, and IL was necessary to appoint guar
dian FOR her. and an administrator OF the estate
Prof. " =. Tyler, Of Amherst College 2 broth
er Of Mrs. Lester, discharged the functions Of
both Offices, AMI took the girl hone TO bis house
- endeth the first lesson. In the course Of years
Miss Carrie grew 10 be tail, graceful young
lady with wealth of hair, long sweeping eye
iashes, and rather a sentimental cast of couute-
nance. Her mother deemed this the proper mo-
ment TO introduce her to the world At large, aud,
IN 1863. took her to Washington for that pur-
pore. There she met Count Mikeweiz sn
attsche of the Russian legation. and an engage
ment Of marriage was effected Th-s, mind
you, was without the knowledge Of either the
mother or guardian. The young couple did not
meet again for two years, and their next encoun-
ter was IN PARIS. Mrs and Miss Lester were
doing the continent, snd the Count is said 10
have been d" doing HE creditors However
that may have been, it is certain that he occu-
pied sn elegant residence there, and that Mrs
and Miss Lester were for two months guests st
his house. 1. Was during thai visit that the
secret Of tue engagement leaked out Mrs
Lester took her child home at once, and, with
Prot. Tyler, sought to wean Carrie from her love
for her Russian dancee Bu; their labor was
useless Their utmost efforts in the way of in
tercepting letters and the ike failed to utterly
destroy Communication between them, and only
served TO draw closer their bonds Of affection.
Prot. Tyler informed his ward that her lover
was vsgsbond and an imPostor, and refused to
let her see him. After that, you know, she
wouldn't be woman if she didn't see him.
Smuggling herself cut Ct the back door, few
weeks since, she went to the telegraph Office snd
despatched the following message;
- To Count Eugene Mitkeiweiz, Warsaw, Po-
land:
Dangerously i'll. Come Amherst Immediately.
CARRIE"
The message was received, and speedily the
Count became passenger on the steamer City
Of Antwerp, arriving in New York on Friday
morning, the 81 inst. lie breSkfasted at the
Clarendon, telegraphed Carrie Of his arrival,
dinei at the Union Club with young Jim Ben
nett Of the Herald, and, at eight o'clock, de-
parted hitherwards When he arrived at Palm
er, where be was to change cars, he was in
not responded to his telegram and he dreaded
the worst. Even the single hour ir which he
was to wait for the train was uncomfortable, so he
paid a countryman twenty dollars to drive him
here. In the meantime, almost the entire facui-
ty of the college had assembled at the depot to
prevent his leaving the cars, Prof Tyler having
intercepted his telegram TO Miss Lester. The
Count arrived before the train and did not meet
them. Just after he had entered the hotel, the
Professors learned that their game was blocked,
and in solemn procession waited on the Count,
when q scene ensued, in which love. oaths and
dismal threatenings were profusely distributed.
The professor ordered the Count to leave town
he consented to 60 if they would LEI him see his
fsrcee hslfsn hour in her mothers presence
they denied this boon, and be told them to 20
to the devil. | grieve to state that this latter
injunction has not yet been complied with.
There we're several interviews Of a similar ma
ture to the above, resulting finally in the ap-
pearance Of Miss Lester at the hotel and
invitation to the Count TO take tes and spend
the evening at Prof. Tyler's house. He accepted,
and, during the meal, it was agreed that the
marriage should take place on the following
morning. All passed pleasantly enough after
that, until. Just As the Count arose to take his
leave, Miss Lester, who nearly crazy on
the subject Of her love, and feared that she
would never See him again, sprang from her
chair and begged him TO take her to the hotel.