The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-06-17

finto the icy stream. Then ensued rare
struggle, every nerve of horse and rider
strained to keep afoat under the fierce resist
ance of the swollen torrent About mid
whrled about like cork. Tom threw himself
into the boiling foam, and supporting his
precious freight upon the saddle with one
hand managed to keep up with the other,
until, by splendid effort, the mare recovered
her balance and struck out for the shore,
planting her hoofs in triumph upon firm
Htground atlast-
Tom Boynton rode into the Indian encamp-
ment where half-dozen of them were busy
around y generous fire of logs. A young
woman, tall, impassive, sta ely, like Diana
done in bronze looked up from her pappoose
at the apparition of this spent and dripping
traveller, who could only muster strength
| to drop from his saddle, walk into the red
glare of the heavenly ring of warmth, and
without words hold out to her the burden
from his breast.
A few years ago some Americans newly
arrived in Paris were lounging in the court
| yard OF the Grand Hotel, listening to the idle
| talk of their compatriots, who dispensed with
| liberal hand the gossip of their colony.
While they. were thus chatting, carriage
drove under the porte-cOcltcre, from which an
elaborate footman proceeded to extract sever
ally middle-aged gentleman of distinguished
appearance, a lady beautifully handsome,
cordial in manner, frankly magnificent in at
| tire, and young girl dressed in gray velvet
with bands of silyery gray fur, the type OF
whose aristocratie beauty would have stamped
her as worthy of adjoining any court in
| Europe.
AS this party passed in, all of the young men
dotted their hats. One of them stood as il
moon-struck by the vision.
| 'Hamersly, you are palpably slain on the
| spot; or is it the re-opening of some old
] wounds Youhav met our American charmer,
I'Oaa rare pale Margaret beforeW
I'd not lSnqli 1 A- Hss.ss = fanatic = eziod
1 nasnersly, coming out of his maze, ''but ]
honestly declare to YOU that never in all my
liiet till now saw girl before whom felt SO
madly inclined to throw myself down and be
trampled on" HH H. 3.. u
/" You may be saved the sacrifice, my dear
fellow,' his friend said, with the pleased air OF
one who has a sensation to communicate.
y Can 1t be that the JOY is reserved for me OF
finding one man in Paris who doesn't know
| that the young lady you have just seen is in
few DAYS to become by h r marriage with the
Due de B member of one of the most
illustrious families in France-that he is as 70.
mantically in love with her MS if he were the
poorest and proudest of je,neS prenaters, which,
indeed, he might he from his looksa-that the
handsome old fellow yonder, with the sort OF
cavalier dash aboit him, and those ferocous
long mustaches and melancholy eyes, is her
father, who worships the ground she treads
upon--a father-in-aw many man besides the
Due has cove ed, let me Tell you-Ton Boyn-
ton, the California millionaire, he well beloved
hero of the Pacific coastH'
"And the ford lady is her mother, l sup
pose!h
Nothing Of the sort. You are arguing
yourself unknown not to recognize the famous
Queen of Diamonds OF our colony, who has
very substantial husband of her own here
abouts. Miss Boynton has had thebeneft Of
her champeronage off and on since leaving her
peaNOR'tGt yearago. Old Tom Boynton mar
ried, indeed dali the women of Y ur acquain-
lance would tell you how unlikely that event
is ever to come to pass. "-Hdrper'S Magazine.