The Beaufort tribune and Port Royal commercial. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1877-1879, 1877-01-11
THADDEUS OF WARSAW;
Or, The Adventures of a Polish Exile.
By MISS JANE PORTER

By MISS JANE PORTER
In the wear 1892 Russian invasion
threatened Poland with all the horrors
of a merciless var. Foremost among the
patriots who rushed to their country S
defense were the noble Palatine of Ma
soyia, and his chvalrous grandson, Thad-
deus Constantine Sobiesh.
For his mother Therese, the gentle
Countess Sobiesb, Thaddeus felt the
tenderest affection, but, although now
nineteen years of age, he had never
known even the name of his father.
Upon his twentieti birthday, however,
{ he learned from sealed packet, given
him by his mother, that she had been
secretly united at Florence to al Eng
lishman, namedSackville, who had soon
after repudiatedthe marriage, and basely
deserted her. Since then she had passed
as q widow, retaining her own family
name Of SobieSi, and living with her
father, the PalaHne, by whom her son
had been carefully educated.
The sensitive Ehaddeus wept at this
discovery of his f.ther's treacheay.
n Forget him, "eried the countess, who
vit1nsed this ernDti<n.
will % answered Thaddeus, "and
" nv mind totiwel only on the vjr
Of my mother"
You are right, said the Palatine,
ID / shall Exe 10 see YOU add glory to
knGS6S :. S.s.isAs 81 s
D,sypSecy US more than fulfilled
M the bloody onpeas that soon en-
snea. In one offhess thaddeus saved
!, from slaughtersd1e Russian carabnleels,
= who fell on the;rfnses to thank his mer-
cy. One very ysung man, however, was
refractory, and wuld have been killed
on the spot. if Hiddeus had not caught
. the blow OF tA sword. The youth
b.ushed and grendered his weapon.
which Thaddeus directly returned, say
ing:
Brave sir, Ieonsider myself ennobied
in restoring this sword to him who has
SO courag ouslYlefended it.
It soon Appea5ed that this brave Young
man was an AgEsh volunteer, named
!, Pembroke Solnsset.
A warn, affection arose between him
and Thadfcuss who invited his new
friend to yilhnew, his grandfathers
magnificent paAee on the banks Of the
YiSttis.
I would dfolow you," said Somerset,
all over the wrldi'
After delightful experience of the re-
f;ned hospitality of Vllanow, Pembroke
wrote two enthusiastic letters to his
!. mother. which lie sent to his governor,
Mr.. Lotus. at st. Petersburg, to be
forwarded 70 hgland. But as Mr..
! Lotus had beef strictly charged to keep
! lis pupil ont Of Poland, and fearing the
displeasure of Somerset's parents, he
coniured hm 10 say nothing of his
Polish advsntlfes, at least for while.
Somerset 'elufantly consented, and,
being suddenly summoned home, bade
an afecioIRte Arewell to Thaddeus and
his mother, ,hophg to revisit them soon,
or to see than d England.
Misfortules sere already crowdlng
! fast upon il l-fata Poland
The bra,e Alatine of Masovia was
Alain in battle, Frague was besieged and
captured, AID tB palace of Villanow was
} attacked blythe hyage Russian soldiery.
Thaddeus, Overd with wounds, hasten
ed from Prague % secure, if possible, his
mothers esapel
"My belGedIson, !" said the countess,
"before our crlel murders can arrive |
j shall have bund refuge in the bosom
of nay God. Sbuld Poland fall, I be-
seech you &c thai very hour to England. "
! Then tying q pSrtrait of his father
round his nck, he added:
"Prize tbs gut, my child try to for
get his mjuSice, and, in memory OF me,
never part With I"
A Sudden vdley of firearms made
Thaddeus s,rmg upon his feet. Loud
cries succeeded and women screamed /:
The ralnpstsme stormed -
a burst O cmnon was followed by
heavy crash end piercing shrieks. The
countess, ex,iriag in the embrace of her
distracted soa, fell from his palsied arms
back upon tie sofa, and General Butzou,
who had dected the defense of the
palace, could scarcely force him away to
place of saety.
Plunglng INTO the Vistula, amid
, shower of mtslat balls, Thaddeus swan
with Butzot 70 the opposite bank:
2 Merging fpn the water he pointed
back 20 Vlihnow, which was now en-
veloped in fanes, and sold, with smile
OF agony:
"See whata funeral pile Heaven has
given to my tsss mother ~
The Russian general. Suwarrow, soon
compelled the lgnominious surrender OF
! Warsaw. Two hours before he entered
! 'the city, Sobissh left it, believing it's
stones with lis tears. Reaching the
frontier, he pheked tuft of grass, and,
pressing it tohis lips, exclaimed:
Farewell, Pclandl Farewell all my
, earthly happiness p
Sailing frea Dantzic to London,
&ddens naturally thought of Penn,
Ske Somerset but as he had received
feply to ts9etters addressed to him.
sshe resa unsEiended as he was,
"'e him noh his memory. Beach