Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-03-11
WHOLE NO. 1926.

strstive, my dear p asked her faths
uneasily, as be drew her away fror
the guest, whose faded surtout an
general shabbiness impressed hir
most unpleasantly.
you know the inestim able servic
he rendered me- said the baroness
apologetically.
sYes-yes-I know all about that,
said the general, testify.
Ten thousand bombshells T cries
Bertrand, what q lout l was not I,
recognize my old comrade | If Ger
man beer and sausages hsda't mud
died my brain should have knows
him among q thousand.
And he Rugged his old conrad,
to his heart. Minns, too, received
an affectienate embrace and recog
milton.
And now, SIR said the general
pray tell me what can do for you.
i como, sir said Victor, 'to ash
You for the hand Of your daughter.
The blood mounted to Genera
Won Radstsdt's face.
He eyed the speaker from heae
to foot in speechless indignation.
At last he found breath to say
Upon my word, sir, you are /.
very modest manI,,e
Il await your answer, sir,' ans,
wered Victor, cody.
Are you serious p
Quite serious
Very good, sir. Then | reply
that my daughter, with my consent
bestows her hand on no one who i.
not my equal in rank and position.
That is very fair aud proper,
answered Victor, coolly.
In the first place, them said Vor
Radstadt. Il am q general
so am L. answered Victor, throw
ing open his surtout, and displaying
the uniform and insignia of his rank
But l ou.rank you, for l am a mar
shall of France
Il wear the Cross of the Blacl
Eagle, said Won Rastadt.
'And / the Gross of the Legion o.
Honor answered Victor.
i am q baron of the empire
And / q duke and peer of France
the proofs are at your disposal
Though | followed my Emperor tc
the fatal field OF Waterloo the King
has restored me to the donors and
estates of my race. Az duke and
marshal of France, may I, Victor
st. Bride. call myself your equal,
baron p
Give me your hand, my dea,
duke said the cid man Il shall
be proud of your alliance. Ida wha,
say you ?
The baroness Flushed deeply, but
was silent.
Shall l betray our secret, Ida |?
asked st. Bride, taking her hand.
See baroness nodded assent.
Then know said st. Bride, that
THE lady is already my wife 7
Your wife = exclaimed the as.
tounasd gen general; :. 49,
married in this house by Father
Franz, an aged priest, who is still
alive to testify to the fact 1t was q
night of terror-the night that fol.
lowed the battle of Jena. l saved
yolr daughter from forcible abduc.
ton, but by the act incurred the
deadly enmity of the Count Won At
tenberg. Soldiers were sent to ar
rest me. Only one room in the
house was sacred from search. Tha,
room-sacred as holy shrine-no
man living had q right to occupy Blu,
her husband. She hid me there.
There, that no blot might rest up
on her fame, our hands were united
by priest. But /, a poor soldier,
never dreamed OF calling her my own
though the church would have sane
toned the pretension. / tore myself
away from my generous benefaotress
and followed TEE FORTUNES OF
WAR. l had released her from hel
vows the moment they were uttered
But did not forget her.
Il had before lived for glory
now lived for love. / sought pro
motion in the lannon's mouth, be
cause each step raised me nearer tc
her social position. Then came the
battle field of Waterloo. / survived
the carnage, but l deemed my fort
unes ruined by the event. The in
fuence OF my family, however, now
once mora by the restoration of the
Bourbons, replaced to their former
rank, sufficed to procure an amnesty
for the past and open path to tht
future.
4 was presented to the Kiog
and he was good enough to say tina
he knew o soldier who had been al
true as / had been to Napoleon
would be true to his legitimate SOY
ereign now that the sceptre had ire
socably changed hands. Once Sc
cure in my position I fastened tc
Weimar to find Ida, yet free, yet low
ing, yet trusting, and oh ! more bean
tiful than ever
Very romantic, aud very irregu
lar said Baron Won Rastat. Moth
ing equal to it in the annals of ths
Won Ras.ad.s, and they date bacl
for centuries. But what's done can
be undone, though it may as well re
main family secret. That marriage
was null and void. There must be
public ceremony
But you forgive US, father 2 sale
Ida.
'Of course l do said the old gen
tleman. 'Cordially-entireIy.'
The duke and duchess were pub
licly united in few days with al
the ceremony and parade that th
rank of the parties required.
The grand duke and duchess wer,
present on the occasion, and it wa
remembered long afterwards tina
Goethe kissed the bride.
In the happy years that followe'
they divided their time between
Paris and Weimar. Bertrand an,
Minna followed their fortunes, treate,
always rather as friends than do
mestica. Indeed, when wholly alon
Victor and Bertrand fought thei