The Republican journal., 1876-08-10

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abonnded, the proper conjunction c
blonde, spade, and club and diamond wa
wanting, and Florestan jacques was force
to depart in disappointment
On board the yacht in Belfast harbor.
night or two later, as the Prince was sit
ting in the cabin broodng over the IN
fortunate observation of his destiny, fo
he could find in the wide world no othe
place iii longitude 7o that answered thu
"Mon-" requirements, Howgate, whc
Fad been aimlessly turning over the page
of the ATLAS of the World.m suddenly
Whistled
Strange | hadn't thought OF it," ht
said. Here we've been limiting our hun
to Greenwich reckoning, while perhaps
the Vision had Washington longitude il
mind all the ,ime''
American maps and charts were speed
| y procured from the United States Con
| sui ut Belfast, and it was with great salts
faction that Mr. Uowgate, after Il Short
search, pointed out to the Prince a smal
island on the coast Of Maine. laid down
| rs Monhegan and situated between - and
81 East Washington. 1T is little is
| land" said IIoWgate. ''but there's room
on it ipr blonde, Il spade, a club, and a
diamond"
''Get under way to o-morroW morning t0l
the Atlantic. said the Prince. promptly
TIE MoNlIEGAN BLONDE.
Four weeks ago the Santa Maria arriv-
ell at Halifax, and after taking in stores
sailed for Monhegan, and on July 9TH
dropped anchor in the sheltered harbot on
tile landward side Of That island
Nlonhegan is about TWENTY-FIVE miles
east of here and ten or tive sc miles from
the nearest point on the mainland Ii sup
ports q first class lighthouse, and 4 village
of half Il hundred families, chiefly those
of fishermen.
Impatient to solve the ploblem of hi
destiny, The Prince went ashore immtdi-
ately, and had not walked forty rods
along the rocks before he came to u hum
bic but neat cottage close to the water
IN front Of the dwelling was . little
flower garden, and i'll the flower garden
Il Young woman. with hair like sun
shine, was at work with a garden
spade, setting out polyanthusos in da-
monl shtpod border. THE blonde, the
spade the ,IiiymoLlt' exclaimed the
Prince, and rushing forward he placed his
two hands on the girls two shoulders and
pocred down into 4 haedsome but rather
sunburnt face.
Llorestan was Suddenly awakened from
his rapturoUs dream by il blow on the
head and on turning he Wus confronted
by al elderly fisherman who was flourish
ing boat nook and giving every indica-
ton OF lively rage. Then the Prince recug-
nized the spade, the diamond and the club
Of his vision. aud his heart told him that
his WanderingS in search of destiny We're
at an cn}.
The old gentlemau with the boat hook
proved to he no less a person than Mr.
Enoch Peaslce. quarter owner OF the
mackerc schooner 'P0ily f.. and per-
son of consequence on the island. His
daughters name was GeorgianA, and
everybody spoke well of her
Wien after q weeks stay at Ayonhegan,
the Prince. through MIR !Iowgate ap-
proachcd Mr. pe;.sIec with proposition
lor the hand OF Miss tteorgiaul the
worthy iiSherman did not Jump ut The Of
icr with the eagernes- that lloWgate had
expected lie asked time lD consider. and
then with characteristic caution went and
consulted the district ochoolntstcr as to
the geography, political Importance and
standing Of Monaco among tile powers Of
Europe.
1t appears that the result OF the confer
cnce was not entirely satisfactory "From
all | Kin lnrn.' said Mr pra,lre to the
Prince, through IIowgatr, HMonaco ain't
no better than one biz gambling establish
mcnL Now, kecrds is keord7 and my
G"or@iana an't agoing to throw ot hor-
self away ON 10 ganbolier, prince or no
prinre''
When lipWgate urged the Splendor Of
the match, and the hereditary wealth Of
the rdigning family, the old fellow would
only shake his head and say, 'keerds is
ketrts'
But when, after n fortnight, Mr. Peas
lee saw that a real attachment had grown
up between the girl ami the youth, and
that the latter, although 4 prince, seemed
t. be Il right manly fellow at the bottom,
he releutcd u little ana went SO tlr as to
say to llowgatc:
- Pears though there's somethin' in the
boy. AFTER ALL snow, Ill tell you what, if
he'll Stow himself with backbone enough
to airn his own liyin' outside Of keerds
and such leWdness I'll consider. If he'll
sail the SANITY Mariar, to make and bring
back from the Banks 800 bar'ls of mack
crel, salted down and tinkers thrown out,
he shell have Georgiana"
This brings Mr.. llowgatcs narrative
nearly down 10 the date The Prince
was on his way to Join the mackerel fleet,
impatient to earn his bride by honest fish
inc, when Il galc compelled him To put III
to Bootlbay harbor. He hopes by indus
try and strict attention to business to
achieve his five hundred barrels before
the end OF the season, and to sail for Mon
acc with a bride ON board the Santa Maria,
This romantic story, rs told by How
gate to the RostGn gentleman, has excited
the greatest interest among the summer
visitors at this point The ladies especial
ly are delighted with the pluck Of the
Young Prince and his conStancy TO his
ideal, and shower attentions on him with
bewiIdering profnsion. They have ar
ranged Il sailing party tc VISIT Monhegan
a soon rs the blow is over in order to
see Miss Georgiana Peaslee and congratu-
late her on her brilliant prospects
BoOTIIEAY, Me, July 20. This commu-
nifty is greatly excited by the discovery
that the safes Of the Georgetown National
Bank ut Georgetown, a few miles from
here, and the Lnnekin's Bay Savings In
stitution at lIodgdon's Mills, We're robbed
last night by Il daring gang OF English
burglars, who arrived in this vicinity Il
few days ago on 4 schooner from Halifax,
which passed as y pleasure yacht of an
Italian Prince. The Georgetown Bank
losses are about S35 900 in notes and Sc
curitics, while the savings bank Institution
loses everything, the loss falling heavily
on the dcpostors, who are mostly poor
fishermen The leader of the gang, Il
plausible and gentlemanly appearing Eng
lishman, calling himsclfllowgatc, account
ed for the presence OF the yacht in these
waters by some eXtravagant story, and OBJ
tanned entrance to the best society at the
hotels here. Jewelry and valuablcs are
missing from many Of the hotel rooms
this morning, and Il Boston gentleman
named Wiley, who cashed for llowgate
draft amounting to ST., 100. finds himself
the possessor OF q forged. and, of course,
worthless paper Much indignation is eX-