The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-02-17
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very dull; native talent was more es-
teemed. was to be sent on secret
service to Warsaw; declined for obvi-
Gus reasons" ..
"Good! Michael-A!axis;g good, Alcx-
is. This fox is not to be trapped" 1"
And he slapped the courier on the
shoulder, heartily. u. .r-
"And, +" resumed the other, 81 resigu-
ed. Since then have travelled as courier
with noble families, and trust give
satisfaction" f0GI
"Good Alexis; good, Mich-good,
Alexis To yourself you give satisfac,
tion. You are a fine rascal The
prince of rascals So decent; so quiet;
so like the cure of convent. Who
would believe that you had sold the
lives of thirty men for few hundred
roubles %
"And who," interrupted the courier,
"would believe that you, bluff, honest
Conrad Ferrate, had run away with all
the money those thirty men had collect
ed during ten years of labor. for rescue
ing their country from the Russian %
"That was good. Alexis, was it not
| never was so rich in my life as then;
| loved-l gamed-I drank on patriots
money" ..
''FOr how long? Three years?" a
"More-andnow have none left. All!
Times change. Alexis; behold me-"
And the guard touched his buttons and
and belt, the badges of his office.
Never mind here's my good friend
the bottle let us embrace-the only
friend that is always true--if he does
not gladden., he makes us to forget
"Tell me, my good Alexis, whom do
you rob now? Who pays for the best,
and gets the second best? Whose money
do you invest, eh my little fox2 Why
are you here2 Come, tell me while
drink to your success" II. s.'T-
81 have the honor to serve His Ex-
cellency the Count Spez7ato." ..
'"Ten thousands devils My accurs-
ed cousinl" broke in the guard. "He
who has robbed me from birth; whose
birth itself was vile robbery of me-
of me, his cousin, child of his fathers
brother May he be accursed for ever!"
l took most particular pains to ap.
pear only amused at this genuine out
fuASy w lhooiOlli AOl L ohW liit WdtCil~
ful eye of the courier was on me all the /,
time they were talking. ...
The guard drank off tumbler of
brandy. H rUE .a'
THAT master of yours is the man Of
whom l spoke to you years ago, as the
one who ruined me; and you serve himi
May he be strangled on his wedding
night, and cursed, forever l'' Poe .i7H
"Be calm, my dearest Conrad, calm
yourself; that beast of an Englishman ;
will think you are drunk, like one of /,
his own swinish people, if,ycu talk so
loud as this"
"How can help it2 / must talk.
What he is, that I ought to be; l was
brought up to it till was eighteen;was
heir TO all his vast estate: there was but
one life between me and power-my
uncle's--and heat fifty, married girl,
and had this son, this son of perdition,
my cousin. Ard after that, l, who had .
been the pride of my family, became of
no account; it was 'Jdlian,' sweet Ju-
lian!' ''F .-
81 heard" said the courier "that
some one attempted to strangle the
sweet child, that was-2"
"Me-you fox-me. l wish had
done it; but for that wretched dog that
worried me. should have been Count
Spezzato now killed that dog, killed
him, no not suddenly; may his master
die like him 10. ....f ...f. ....a
And you left after that little affair?'
ooh, yes 1 left and became what
you know,me." 4"
"a clever man, my dear Conrad. /
know no man who Is more clever with
the ace than Yourself, and, as to bully
ing to cover mistake, you are an en-
peroi at that Is it not so, Conrad ?
Come, drink good health to my master,
your cousin" ..... Hs H.
"You miserable viper, I'll crush you
II you ask me 10 do that again. I'll
give me the glass
TO DE CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.