, 1876-09-16
A REAL CHATEAU EN- EspAGNE.

HuHGJt
A REAL CHATEAU EN- EspAGNE.
mo, sir; distinctly aud cmphatlcally, mol
decline the honor you propose 10 confer upon
me and m7 daughter. Tho arrangement be.
tweon your fatttgr and me, on which you would
take your stand, WAS conditional, and was
broken by him when he let his folly land him IN
bankruptcy"
"Fofbcar, Mr.. Caspar; forbcar, cntrcat you.
Do not rcv1lc The memory nj my dear departed
father" suppllcat!nEly intcrposcd tho young
nAn TO whom the rOtund and rubscunl host Ut
TIC tondoncr uof, IN xcugstadt, addressed tile
shove pcremptory refusal to givo bin his dnugh-
ter 10 marriage. "My father fell a sacrifice to
an mprudcnt act Of generous friendship for a
worthless cheat; hut he was not a sankrupt,-he
paid to tie lust far,hing OF his liabilities"
"rllc greater fool he. iIo might castly havn
compounded at 20 per cent or 50, and let you
start fairly iu lIfo With The balance, instead Of
heggaslug himself and you. IIad hc taken my
advlco all would have been we'll, and you might
1iavo married Louise, but ho proforred playing
the sentimental fool Of sllu,,or and principle
as i,o hombastically calledit."
~ entrcat you once more, Mr.. Caspar, not
to purauo this thcmo further. And please, Mr.
Caspar, take Into your kind consideration that,
though my dear father has left mo poor In
worldly possessions, have received an excellent
education, md you know II Is said thut knowl-
cdge Is power"
knowledge Is adtilesticks, sirl Hadn'ty your
father knowledge enough for three average
mon, and what did It avail himl Wasn't he
taken IN by scurvy know-nothingi
No, sir; money alone Is power,-money. COM
bincd with prudence and caution In all
dealings with the world. Take advan-
tage Of everybody and Of every chance TINT Of
fcrs, and let no one eyer get the better Of you.
That's tho true philosophy Of life and Of succoss
In IL. Mover put your name 10 paper for any
other man, nor part witt, farthing Of cash out
Of your own purse, unlcss you securely hold
That's my principle. hayo poor opinion of
tho man who Will let b!msclt be bested, or let a
chance slip to Improve his position, because,
foraooth, somc foolish crotchcs OF honor may
stand In tho way. Wide awake Is my motto.
II ever am caught mapping, I give the world
leave to tell INC Of 1t, and give you leave to
WOO my daughter. But am too old bird 10
ba caught by any aort Of cla1 wia togcr. Kuow)-
cdgo power, indccdi Why, look ut yourself;
you profess to know six languages, and what ao
you make by your knowledge .bcggar1y coo
thaler year; nice Income, forsooth, to keep
vito on-n girl who has from childhood boen
accustomed 10 every luxury. poohln
But Louise lovca me, MIR, Cnspar, nnd----h
"But Louise loves good liying and ane
dresses, sir. Love III cottage Is a nice thlnR,
brought up in tho lap of luxury, you'd soon
lnd out how, at tho flrst knock Of short CON-
mons nntl cotton-prints At tho door, your boast
Cd 'ioro, would stralghtway lake flight through
but you may trust my old experience for It;
havo sean it happen every time under such cir
cumstances. Idt, maybe you tl!tnk old Caspar
will rc'cnt, md will do tho handsome thing by
porsuads hor' to make a fool Of hersolf-"
"You wrong me, Mr.. Caspart indeed you do,
IL you believe that l ever would--'
"Well+ II I do, so much tho better for all
Stand, once for ali, tbat you Win never obtain
MY consent to marry my daughter, unless you
aro nble to show mo that your knowledge Is
worth good rornl tangible sum in hard cash,
say Thousand ducats for every one Of your slx
not told you hundred times that will not be
intr,ldcd upon in my private room7 How dura
you disobcy my order, slr-how dare you!'' :,
These angry words weEe addressed to tho
having knocked twice without effect, hld vca-
t1rcd to turn the handle OF the door and to
enter tho sant tum OF "miuo host" with lareo
letter in Ills hnntl.
o5 TIRE ss yoe 1etet ae.;,11 t oasraF about which
IA lcttrrl Why didn't you put 1t In the
racki Why am I to DO troubled about every
tFasam a!F|, ,.,,,, :. ~, nr,,.,,, nx c..n,. n,
tho postman wants 10 gr0sche.i postasSe-"
+8lxtecn deyilsl Here, hand II to mc.''
Mtno host took tho letter from tho watter's
hand, and looked Ut It with 2 pnzzlea express
r+y,tv 1Io1f tc -0T1no uto NJ 7ot%
Ecna aud Madrid impressed OH 1t. It was atl.
donor iIot il 2cugstadt.n @'
Now, It 50 happened TINT ths hotel had
III. Caspar's father and predcccssor was
known to have been on moro than
ono occasion financially concerned for s,ich par-
clAdcl to risk the postage. aud opened the let
ter, which he found, to, his great embsrrass-
lnent, was written in tho beautiful language Of
Csryantcs and Calderon,
who up to this time had not attended, tho least
show Of hospitality to bis unweleomo visitor,
graeiousy told Charles To settle with the post.
mat, md 70 bring up bottle OF etettbcrg
aWa tn s9s ss to satfs ths rs
tccted sntor, with polite request to rcad md
interpret tho missivo to him, which the, young
man at oilco set about to do With chcorful
AtustIkyt uHly Lgo uuppy ~ TtEQcF SGIflco 10 tue
father Of bis beloved. As l.o was perus!ng the
lottcr h!a countcnanco assumed an cxpsosslon
OF profound astonIshmcnt, which soon changed
to QUO OF triumphant oxultation; aud no won-
der. -.
Tic letter was dated from the "Cast!.lo do
Cartagena, 8 SeticIubrc 1871" The writur wgs
Spanish noblclnn,, All ax-ueuoral Of tho SPAN
isll army, devoted body. aud soul to tho lcgiti-
nlat0 King of spaln. A fuw ycare before ho
Ind had to ly from hia native 1uaa. II was At
that time that le had ha1 tho "honor" Of
making Tue ae}nntnitaneo IT. Of Tho Proprietor ot
then been staying for soma tEmo. lla had found
tho proprietor of tho hotel q man OF honor, he
stated, and OF q kind, ubliging disposltton.
Tho remembrance Of thls faet alone gave HIN
now the requisite courage to uldress himself to
the said proprietor In ali a!fAtr of tho utmost
dclicacy, AMI Of thu very highest Importance,
4 few months aQo llo l,al been called back 70
Spain, to tnkn the lead III IN intended Carlist
rls!ng. Most unllappIly, hc hai bccn taken
prlsoier by tho pollco Of Madrid, Of whom,
which Was still more fatal, hc had killed ono and
wounded three In Ills aorco struggle for irce-
dom; 30 hu was close prisoner now In tho