New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-06


"Emily! dear cousin p cried Alexis, springing TO
meet the blooming dansel, though eighteen years
instead of nine had elapsed since we parted SUI,
should have recognized your bright blue eyes"
Bright the eyes certainly were and at that moment
they sparkled with surprise and pleasure ut the wan
derers return: but before Alexis had cohcluueu NE
somewhat bOisterous greetings their brightness was
yelled by expression OF melancholy, ana Ie niO
mentary flush upon the maldens cheek was replaced
by pallid hue. which seemed hahtual, but unnat-
| ural The change did not escape the cousins OBJ
servant glance, and le pressed her with inquiries as
to its cause. At first he Obtained no IepIy nuI
sigh and a faint smile. His solicitude would not DE
Upon NV word, cousin" lie said l leave you no
peace till you tell what is wrong. see very well
that during nv absence house and furniture, master
| and servants have all been turned upside doWh;;
| But what can have caused this change IN you
| Have you too been Tebaptizedf Has the DarpaIous
Englishnlan driven YOU too through the wilderness
of his cOuntrymans romanccSf Have you p pei
| compelled like this poor devil TO swallow heuo
gauntlet in daily doses. like leaves of sennaE
Speak out, dear cousin, my old friend ana pI i
Assuredly, little expected to find You sun MISS
Wirtig. Ere now. thought some fortunate Jason
daring and deserving, would have horne away the
treasure from the Mifcstcin Colchis"
Emily cast sdc-gance at Taas VINO sTooH an
| with an air OF respectful sympathy. AS II taxing
hint, the old man left the apartment. When Emily
again turned to her cousn her eyes giis'eneu VIII
Dear Emily" said Alexis, laying aside his head;
! long bantering Tone and speaking earnestly, auu
ahectiOnately, "pace confidence III me- and rely OH
NV zeal to serve you aud desire to see yOu HAPPY.
True left this house candeStinely because your
! father would have made n tradcsnian oil me, THen
my head was full of Euclid and Nltruvius, ana my
| fingers Iitched to handle scale and conpasses. DuI
| 1t is not the worst sort of desertcr who returns
Voluntarily to his regiment. Think not III of me,
therefore, and cOntde to me your sorrows ~ -
nearly three years since William Elben wrote to
me that lie hoped speedily to take you nome as HIS
| bride. Bnt now ] see that he deceived me" -
@William spoke the TRUTH the maiden hastily
replied; "the hope was then Jps!ed' lie f no nS
| otherwise dccreed. The author of 'Waverley is
the evil genius who prevents Jour union iand causes
aT'he devil he does ~ cried Alexis, starting hack.
1Alas! good cOnsin," continued Emily sentiment
| ally. who knows how the threads OF our destiny
! are spunW 49,, ,
"Thcy are not spun in the study at Abbotsford, at
any rate" cried the impetuous Alexis. But II IS
| all gibberish to me. tOur neighbors beyond the
Channel have certainly sometimes had finger IN IN
our affairs but never knew till now that their
novelst's permission was essential 70 tne maIrlagc
of Mifelstein maiden and Mifelsteln attorney
But
He was interrupted by Tobias, who threw open
the door with much unnecessary noise ana thrust III
his head with an Ominous winking OF his eyes ana
| a finger upon his lips. The next moment the nm
keeper entered the room:
more particularly struck, by his strange stih man
ners, which resembled those of Caleb, but were
more remarkable in the master than the servant, ny
reason of the solemn and magnificent style IN Whlch
they were manifested. Herr Wlrtlg welcomed ms
nephew with infinite dignity et d1 fe T bous "
few others of appreciation of his return, and IN
quired concerning the young mans present plans
II am an architect and engineer, replied Alexis;
any assduity has won me friends; have learned
my craft under good masters, and have done my Des
to complete my education during my uaNeIS III
SEngiand II cried Wrtig, pricking his ears at the
word Did you visit Scotland3"
With suppressed SMILE Alexis replied In inc
negative. His uncle shrugged his shoulders YIN
an air of pity. "And what prospects have you lie
2Prince Hector of Rauchpfeifenheim has given
Inc lucrative appointment in his dominions. BE
fore assuming its duties, have come 10 pass &c"
DAYS here, and trust | am welcome"
Wirtig shook his nephews hnnd. . ~
"Welcome You are !" sald he kindly ch99sn
MS IL please ye remain under this poor roof. by the
honor of a cavalier! would gladly have you with
me IN the Spring when tinX OF , TG3" fd ,a my
changes here knsnan Alexis. Come, hll your
glass: A health to the Great Unknown! He has
been my good genius Bnt We VIII talk Oh 'a' On
The innkecpeTs conversation on the road to the
plete accordance with Caleb's account of lhis
vagaries. He was perfectly mad on the snDlect OF
the author Of Wayerley WTiis Identified d hp I'M
Scottish novels. He assumed the tone by turns oil
a stern Presbyterian, gosslplng and eccentric
a ahsifqa" wysrk6 ahand chief Ills intense study
of the Waverey Novels, at time when he was
much shaken by his WIGS sudden aGat inh ncf
Combined with this lnOnOmania was feeling OF
boundless gratitude to the Scottish bard Tor the
prosperity the inn had enjoyed under the auspices
Of the Blessed Bear. Ills portrait hung IN the
diningrooni where his birthday was annual y celc-
brated Wirtig scarcely ever emptied q glass but
70 his health or uttered n sentence without gar
nishing it with his fayOrte oaths ana EXPRESSIONS
In his hour of sorrow, the honest German had made
himself new world out of the nOvcstS creations.
The sorrow faded away, but the illusion remained.
And Wirtig deeply resented every attempt 10 de-
stroy it,
FmiIv,s lover. Elbcn. a thriving young attorney,
Id 1or Cd IN or increasing
future fatherin-law and had boldly taken the hed
against his Scottish idol lie paid dearly for his
temerity Argument sharpened into irony, ana
IRONY led to a quarrel, whose consequence was a
sentence OF Punishment from the territory Oh the
Clan Wirtig pronounced against the unlucky lover
who then heartily bewailed his raslneSs3thc more
SO that, whilst he himself was excluded from the
presence Of his mistress, ho was kept n constant
alarm lest some one of the numerous English visitors
to the Bear of BradwaTdinc should scduce her
affections, and bear her off to his island. In yam
did he endeavor, through m 1tna friends 10 monty
SCOTS furious partisan; In vain did Emily. i'll
secret cOnsert with her lover exert all her powers
of coaxing. At last Wirtig declared he would no
longer oppose their union when Eileen SHOULD nave
atOned for his crime by presenting INN WIN novei
from his pen, written i'll the exact style OF tat
stupendous genius whom the rash attorney had
EIben was horrifed at this condition, but never
theess remembering that love works miracles, ana
las even been known to make tOerable painter
out of a blacksmith, lie did not despair. lie SHUT
himself up with complete edition OF the WavcrleY
novels, read and re-read, wrote altered corrected
times lie was on tho point of abandoning the task IN
despair; hundred times stimulated by tie t pro-
labor was frniticss. A year elapsedi he had con;
sumed sundry reams CfpapeF bottles Of INK am. and
pounds Of CANISTER, the result was nil. The time
Poor Emiys Cheeks had lost their roses through
anxiety and suspense. The Mhelgtejn g9Ssips
EIbon himself, whom Alexis encountered gliding
like pale and melancholy ghost amidst the tlrOng
Of hoiday-makers, confded to his former School;
Tho uofb wOp Alexis
and laughed at him, M
am no novelist to write Your book for You, nor yet
maGnifcent barbarian from tho Scottish hills, to
snatch your mistress from her fathers tyranny and