The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-08-10

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thrust? What life grotesque and wick
ed did she lead while within her went on
and on his prenatal moral reformation ?
What Jez ,bel smirked upon him al
birth Whose hag's drugs nourished
him? What pagan bestood him for tu-
tor? What angel Of deepest hell singed
his boys heart and shriveled his mans
conscience2 Into the presence of the
loyeliest, to the betrayal of the most
dove like of Seotland's daughters, what
evil power led him? He has his reward,
and THE madman here upturned two
melancholy eyes-''have mine But !
still cherish in sorrow" i''
The old walters resolution had come
to him in the instant he had seized the
revolver; in the nexthe arose and aim
ed it at the raver's head. Farming away.
the latter ran to the open window, end,
pausng one instant with wild cry aud
gesture upon the sill, flung himself to
death in the manner Of diver, head
foremost, upon the pavement below.
In the latter part Of the seventeenth
century Frenchwoman of extraordina
| ry beauty startled Florence, in Italy, by
the splendor of her equipage and enter
tainments. Her husband, the Count
-, had been dead some two yea 8,
and the brilliant widow made such at
tractive use of the millions he had left
her that SHE soon ceased to number her
courtiers on her fingers One night she
discovered man 10 the assembly at her
palace whom it was her destiny to love
He, too, was remarkably handsome, and
fora time the fairest couple whom the
society of Florence in those stately days
had looked upon were thought to be
destined to a, life of mutual happiness.
Bat one more puissant than the French
Countess, or more dexterons at least,
suddenly descended from the north and
captivated Adonis. This was Russian
woman of high rank, whose residences
and acres were scattered through every
country iE Europe She departed with
her bridegroom At the close of trum.
phant season ofreyels, after inviting her
Galiican rival to become her guest tor a
fortnight in the course of the approach
i ing summer. The Frenchwoman sur.
prised the victor by accepting the invi
tation, and in the brief July of 1862, al
superb summer residence on the south
ern shore of the Gulf of Finland, hard
by the site of the present Peterhof, the
memory of the antagonism at Florence
was apparently laughed and whiled
away ..fi.o lss..s,. = ,.s.4r-..., -
The beautiful Countess did not leave
her friends without obtaining from them
promise to visit her at her own favor
lite retreat the very next year. In. the
following July she welcomed them to an
immense ancient country seat on slope
of the western range Of the Carpathian
Mountains. From the day of their arri.
val they were treated. day and night I'd
a succession Of pleasures far surprising
any that she had received at their hands
Her .retaihers were numerous, trained to
perfection, and obeyed their mistress
with the celerity, silence and humility oil
slaves. Her horses were Of the mobiles,
breeds, and the bride paths led through
wild and charming scenery. Her sup
pers, laid with the gllttering. display oi
that age, offered the dishes aud wines o4
three countries. Harpers and singers
Joined at distance in giving the zest ol
Martins, Pedestrians, Gaspafini's music
to these feasts, which were followed al
most nightly by theatrical representa-
tons, or. performances of magicians, ol
dances by young men and girls, which
sometimes took on disheveled and be
wildering gayety. . i7 = ''i 'ai
The last week of the visit was render
ed still more brilliant and delightful 9by
1.-THE presence Of a large number of dis
tinguished guests from various quarter
of Europe-friends ofthe Countess whit
seldom let q summer pass without &C
cepting her Bohemian hospitality eAnt
the last night before their departure wa
set for an entertainment which promiset
to surpass everything that had precede'
itinfthe respects of novelty and beauty
The Countess had a arranged a serie
of NEUROLOGICAL and Biblical tableau
uiuants, and a number of the guests O
both sexes, including her former lover
the husband of the Russian, had bee
prevailed on to take parts in them. ,a..
| At the close of magnificent feast an,
| wassail the company separated. Thos
who were to appear in the representa-
tons were conducted to their tirine
rooms, whilst the rest stayed to tax
J seats or lie at ease as an audience upo
the vast lounges, stuffed leathern otto
mans, and heaps of skins by which
hundred servants quickly replaced tn
chairs and tables at one end OF the grea
dining hall The, Russian bride occnpie
an elevated seat Of honor in the front G
this throng, and when all was ready til
, hostess entered and sat beside her. Th
entertainment met with enthusiastic az
ceptance, and 20 wonder. The comel
] est men and women whom the Counties
could entice from the circle of he
:. friends and select from her large retinut
displayed in postures initiated from th
most celebrated groups of Greek an
: Italian statuary, and the best known 81
: cred paintings, likenesses breathing wit
t vulgar life, yet not unworthy in the Ell
e raptured eyes of the company,to be con
!, pared withrtheir classic models. + ,F
! AT last the heavy curtains were draw
J close after'a splendid allegorical tablea,
e which had comprised more than or
hundred human figures, and the comps
3 ny prepared to disperse. a =
"Stay!' cried the Courtess, rising wit
a graceful and commanding gesture, 'tt
'r last scene ought always to be the bes
d and the best Isl yet to come. Ipray yol
:. resume your seats."aa9 81 y miofs 3,.-
1t EuAA obeyed, and an interval OF fe
: minutes occurred, during which conve
# sation gradually ceased, 8 and the gre
i hall became profoundly silent n, The
g the curtains we're slowly withdrawn, r
pealing, against back.gfound of storm
u clouds and darkness afaappallingly rea
,f istie representation of the icrucifixion
!, Oh riot "a At the foot of "a r,,oood oroa