The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-01-17

apartment.
II am about tomake D request o.
you,' he began, exhibiting some
confusion, ''aud need scarcely say tc
| You that | would like you to con.
slider II confidential"
] bowed again, and lie proceed
1 ed:
! aThe party to whom you belong
contains i lady that awakens q sin
gular interest ii my mind"
lie might have said ''heart," but
that would not have been proper,
considering the garb he wore.
@Wonld you do mo The favor to
write her address distinctly n
Here he produced q card, on
which | Inscribed Rhoda Burt's ad-
dress Hegazed at il intently, and
then added:
"Aladomoiselle Il very like olleI
have frequently seen IL my dreams"
/ smiled, as | replied
- perceive 4 monks habit can
not bar his heart asailist beauty"
lie coIored to tile very ears.
Glou mistake me, ,pheanswered;
tits not mademoiselle's loveliness
that awakells my interest--it il
simply her resemblance to a face
that for ten years has haunted my
dreams. Ineyersaw the original
until yesterday"
Poor Brother Adolphe! Better
far had he dreamed Oh than met his
vision in earthly guic.
The next day we LETT the hospice,
and | have d distinct recollection Of
getting a glimpse of a purple dress
glide past . door Of the corridor as
| happened topaSby.
Two weeks more, and we were
enjoying ourselyesaiA Turin. Clark
Bntorl had learned lis fate. He
bore up better than expected he
would, but withal, he was suffering
great mental anxiety. He came to
me and nuberthened his heart. IL
distressed me to zee Ills anguish.
by this time | knew tile woman
who had giveL him somuch misery.
When ! undertook to reason with
him and try and persuade him that
Rhoda Burt was aheartless tlirt, be
would not listen to me.
aNot d word against her. here
piled; ait may be as you suspect,
but to me she must ever be sacred.
I cannot hear to hear her associated
with anything that i not good and
true"
A little later and Clark Bnord
went to his own country. After
his departure | would have follow.
"a him, but John Burt made me
promise to continue tic tour with
.Iiem, stating that It would lie hnt
i few weeks longer Ihaye often
wished that | had declined.
We were ready to leave Turin,
when | hle day passed d man upon
lie street whose face | had seen be-
ore. | puzzled myself trying to
all It to my mind, bat It was not
Until | went tu bed, and between i
ny waking and sleeping moments
he fact that | had seen Brother |
Adolphe flashed on my mind. He 1
must have deserted his post. The |
lought brought painful reflections,
Of II such were the case, he would /
probably be arrested aid punished. |
lfcOnrc lie had Int one motive, !
nd tlIat was not difficult ii eum- !
,relelld. | KEEP. my eyes on lshNla 4
lnrt, and saw her steal uut alone q
i a very suspicious manner; but il
ever spicd her waysalil size quick
! returned to The hotel I
Ii Tie meantime Clark lSuhrl /
al saileil for New York. Once 4
snded there, tile poor fellew took n
he downward ConSe very fast. Il
Wk him yearly d dozen years d
hanks 10 4 powerful couStitltioli) i
i, Kill himself, bntIle accomplished ].
I, nevertheless N
ltwas d C,mple If years otter our Il
turn ikan Europe when / was d
10 eeyeping passing by tIleEpsidshce 81
I John Ismt, that / observed q
'rvans iOrribly eiecahlg . nAnffOn 4