Middletown transcript., 1871-06-24
Srlrtt sturp.
A Love Romance and an Unkind
Father.

In April. isj), wbila The young and
lovely daughter OF thr Earl Of b -
was cijnying her usual afternoon airing
along the "Laly's Mile.' her ian lroppc
from her hanl over tha ,ill y? The car
ringc, and sl ordered her rpnchman To-
stop aud recover il. t.achv curlei high.
stcrpcrs 10 halt as qniykl, us possible.
but before he could descend from his perch
a gentleman with rcsp!,tlynt black whs-
kcrs and immaculate costume appeared at
the side Of the yciIlcl =, and with u courily
bow presented the fan. \ flushed thank
you, Sit, rewarded the net. and tho coach.
n.au was directed 10 head hiS horses fir
B,lgra,ia Square; but the Earl, dau,h.
ter carrl"l home in her bosom vivid
mental photograph of the knight Of the
fan. amt could not hip fancy ing that q
something IL ,'c expression of the fuc
black cie- hal silently pleaded fer fur
,hcr acquaintance II employ the trun
best Understood hY lrr scv, she was, in
iaci, "strnrk' will, bis distinguished ap.
pcarance, and could ~: get him cut ot
ner heal II was one ef those eases Of
instantaneous iniarua'ion which are quite
as common with the genilcr as with the
sterntr SIX. The young lads drove Ia
the parl; at the same hour on every sue
cceding afternoon II the week flr tie PAR.
tcnlar purpose ofcaieaing another glin p-r
Of the clrgan, stranger MI her Efforts la
that cGi. however, proved vain until Que
evening, at the Royal Italian Opera,
where She accidentally dropped her lorg.
nctic from her Lux l'pan that exciting
occasion several white.oravatlcd : nilamcn
sprnng 10 pick mp the pcarl-and gold hi.
jou bur there va. laieker enc before
them all. aud the lprsnettc was presented
by the whiskcrca unknown Of Hyde Park
Our susceptible heroine llushcd celestial
rosy red as she received it, and the dark.
eyed cavalier gave her such look Of
homage in the net tha, her own eyes drop
ped prat,ily under the ardent glance
Bowing gracefully, the unknown retired
to station a; the back OF the box, mud
there Worship with his look until the
performance was oy.r For month after
this several silent interviews Of the kind
took place, until a, length The peers
daughter frlt her right hand slightly
clasped une evening n she was steppin.
into her elegant carriage from the opera.
house, aud on recovering from her
alarm found n sealed note in the hand
thus abused. In momcn, she had guess
ed who the writer was and had scarcely
patience 10 gain the privacy Of her own
room before asccr,aining its contents The
missivc was written in fine Italian hand,
aud the writer avowcd his honorable pas
sion in the exaggerated style natural TO n
fellow couniryman of the Cencis Ilc
called her his idol the ligh, of his soul.
the star TO be worshipped from afar by the
idola,rona wretch who dared not to draw
near.
The English Of the wording was Just
cxccrably bad enough to heighien the ro-
nance and suggest nngelicized marble vii
las beside the murmurihg Po. lie should
kill himself" said the knight. If "mila-
dr. did not conceal "lec,le no,a' for
him in the folds Of her fan. aud manage
to drop it for him on u certain night ns
,hc cntescd her box at the opera. She
did 80, aud thus began n secret cores
pondcncc which ended in her promising
10 clore with tho man. She had repeat
cdly endeavorcd to gain some information
respecting his rank. though not until il
was too late to save herself, aud when he
assured her tina, peculiar but not dishon-
ornble circumstances rendered ian open
courtship impossible, she could only give
him his own way. Another month past
on, and upon certain afternoon the
Young lady's carriage returned to Belgrn-
via without her. For better, for worfe.
she had joined her adorcr at n railway
station, and gone with him to the neares,
Grstua Green. They knew each other
vcry intimately in sentiment, but now the
fond Sorsigser had such hard facts to dis
close a. came near throwing his lovely
captive irts 2 syeon. Sinking upon bis