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

| Emily pressed her lovers hand, and the tears
| STOOD i'm her sentimental blue eyes.
william" she said, q / greatly fear that all is
over with orr dearest hopes. am oppressed with q
presentiment of misfortune. My father is about to
| execute an ott-repeated threat he VIII ltorce me
"Whom ~ cried the unfortunate lawyer his hair
standing on end with alarm surely not that rat
tlepate Alexis The relationship is too near, and
SYou mistake me. William" replied Emily; al
| mean the EnQlishman. BY fathers strange aglta-
ton his boundless JOY certain hints that he has
let fall anu convinced he has discovered in this
stranger some rich .sOn-in-law, for whom he had
"You pierce my very hearth plaintively. ex-
| claimed Eileen. Unhappy day! Accursed festI,
val date of my last hopes annihilation! How al
this merriment crates upon my soul So might the
! condemned soldier feel marching to execution TO
| the sound of Joyous musicW go
| william! William what fughtful images"
sObbed Emily from behind her handkerchief
"Romance! poetryr continued the incensed at
tomey; snow, indeed, might ! hope to compose.
some tragic history which should thrill each
readers heart. Despair not, dearest Emily. There
is still justice upon earth. will bring an lctlon
| against your father. Or perhaps-from this to the
New Year there is yet time to invent tales and write
volumes As to yonder lame foreigner, will Try
he has got passport l don't think he has, by his
! looks. Respectable people do not travel about on
| horseback l must find out what no is, and his
| name" .
And Eileen was moving off, to commence his in
yestigatons, but Emily detained him, $3.50.
Such means are unworthy your noble nature, my
| William" she SAID. In your cooler moments you
will assurcdly reject them"
Elbcn shrugged his shoulders. "At yonTT
| command" he said, :" even stern Themls would
drop tho sword. But what l dOH Must
l resort to pisol-ball, or to prpssic- acid, as
ness-like, very unbeftting "a respectable attorney.
Nor would 1t rescue you from persecution" 49,
as there no way out of this labyrinth 7" said
her i I9ycrs resoTting to suicide NO flight from
the clutches of this odious foregnerP
aFlight" repeated Eileen, catching 1.-THE word.
Realize it." said Emily speaking low and very
! quickly. Run away with meP
The attorney started
9Raptusv lie exclaimed "Dearest, what do you
| propose The law Furnishes such an act The third
chapter Of orr criminal code"
"YOu have little chiyalry in your nature" inter
rupted Emily reproachfully. "YOu are no Doug
| las Leave me, then. to my fate. Alas, poor
Emily! to be thus sacrificed ere thy twenty-seconu
twenty second p cried tho prosaic lawyer, I'M
needing the implied inferorty to the Douglas;
+" there is something in that. / knew not you were
of age. You have right to decline the paternal
authority. That alters the case entirely Since
you have completed your GOne-andtwentieth year,
an elopcment is less perilons."
The lovers coloquy was here interrupted by the
arrival Of Mrg by ms hegGew c ana
and Wirtig at last missing ibis daughter and hear
ing that she was with Elben, hurried in great alarm
To seek her. He was accompanied IN ms search ny
Alexis and tho lame stranger, who conYerscd IN
a1s the innkcepcr mad ~ inquired he latter.
" Does hc want to borrow money Of me- Or what Is
lie merely desires to mako himself agreeable to
@'fhe devil take his aTeeableness. l hate such
fawning ways. You know the unfortunate ntiye
of my visit TO MiiicStein In my position; c'-4ph-
Jnents and ceremony are quite out of place"
"You must nevertheless endure them. They
insure yOur safety. For few days you must DO
content 10 pass for great man."
"Thcre's none such in my family"
"No matter. Greatness is thrust upon you Try
to persuade yourself that you are the great Scottish
Unknown" =,
Never heard of him. What has he dOnep
lie has written rOmances."
Pshaw! | hate your scrlbblers. For heavens
sake, don't say am an author
Unfortunately, | have said already. For
your own sake, beware OF contradctnB me. IL IS
most unfortunate that yOu forgot you rpassport' II
Prince Hector of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. learns That you
are at Mlclstein, you are no saler here thah III MS
capital
Curse my luck" rowlcd the Englishman b g;
tween his teeth. land cOnfound all smiths .and
boilrrmlkcrs. Had but remained in Old England
There ii a boiler docs burst, money and letter
in the paper will make all right. But tho CONT
nent is worse than slave market. No habeas corpus
herol A foreigner is no better than an outlaw ana
# an accident occurs, he has no bail but leg-Oal"
4" IL is certainly very wrong OF the Prince 70 De
angry at such tribe. You were only within
hairs breadth of drownindhim and hiawhOle Court.
However, il is for you to choose whether or not
shall say who you really are
Not Z certainly not! To get out of this scrape,
would consent to pass for Yankee 10y All means
let me be your Unknown friend. o. -
happiness of two deserving persons. $500.
dCost any II oney" inquired the stranger sus-
not krcuzcr. A few fair words. which will
'' : / am Willing. What Is to DO donoi Who are
That pretty girl you were sitting by just now.
and her lover. worthy young man."
" But | do not know him."
Whatever YOU like, il it costs me neither liberty
nor money. Though would give all the money IN
my pocket for scrap OF passport C ms t6ings
Had only-but in my haste to escape tho gem
darmes, forgot everything" 49,,
II was ut this point of the conversation carried on
in English and therefore unintelligibl 10 to Wirtig;
that the nnkeeper bounced upon his daughter ana
her lover.
means lthisR By 81. Julian of tAvcnel Iwho per,
ntied you to walk with my daughter Icte Dleu
let il be for tho last time trust thee NOT attor-
ncy. But this is happy day, and you snail not 10
excluded from the banquet IN honor OF our ulstln-
guished visitor. You will be welcome NJ tho Dear
OF Bradwardino And what you there shall sec ana
hear will quickly rid you OF your preJuulces
s Alexis trod on the foot of his garrulOus uncle
Eileen looked daggers at the EngIlSIlnan' Emily
smiled, and sighed , .o.,,
Wlrig i'm hugo delight, we will return 10 my poor
house Tie sun is below the horizon and the oven
inQ dews might eudanger yOnr precious healtn:
My rorgctful Caleb has assuredlY forgotten 10 send
us the carriage" NJ,
ii am ready" replied ithe stranger. al have had
enough and to spare 81 your rocket practice, and
your music makes my head ache" ,
O. The bagpipes arc certainly pleasanter to the
car" said Wrtig submissi yey and i am griey;eefG
that forgot to command Caleb's attendance with
them Pardon the omission. At the house, things |
shall be better managed. Amy entertain Sir
VAL
crushing application Of Alexis boot-heel to |
Wirtig's tenderest. toe substituted an eXclama- |
ton OF agony for the second syllable of the forbid
den name. The Englishman offered I'm, Emily his arm
t1,a tifrl,t NJ n
band of music. Observation-Disclosures now moved in long
procession homeward, forming sort OF escort Tor |
The stranger who was in front, attended by Wiring |
and Alexis The attorney marched close behind, |
glaring like n hyena at his supposed rival. Amidst |
.cta lam he