Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-27

my sister. Her only fault was not
confding to you my existence. lis
true she had little cause to be proud
Of me, and l hated you all, you aristo-
Gratis -one and all cowardly dogs,
You deserted "a guileless woman; she
died IN grief
Ny companions sat, scarcely able
TO speak from agitation. l. too, was
deeply moved by so sad tale.
But your child, Herr COUNT l
said. thinking to comfort him.
And where is she? God knows
how tenderly [ would love her if He
would give her to met And yet have
found no trace finer. They say she
disappeared with her nurse, whom /
have never seen.
Like a revelation the piteous history
of nv moral came to me; could she
be the child her father sought in
yain1
Herr Count" l said, have you
found the marble face above you like
your dead wifel'
Like he said, 1T is herself;
her face, her look-it is like a miri-
Gle
Then come with me" | replied.
was trembling with interest and
expectation 50 that when we came
upon Fienorella in the garden under
the trees where [ had first seen her, |
could only point to her, and the man
beside me said, God be thankedw
There was but little trouble in estab-
fishing Fienorella's identity. Mani
ma, now Frau Schwalbein, confessed
she had kept the existence of her
a secret for mercenary reasons. She,
with the connivance of the counts
agent, had enjoyed the sum of money
settled upoa the countess.
The sum. it seems, was nearly eX-
hausted. What would have been the
fate Of the innocent girl when it was
quite gomez | trembled to contemp-
late
The chauteau was bright with flow
ers and its parterres blazed in a wealth
of bloom. | passed the little cafe,
which, converted into servants quar-
ters, no longer sheltered the aprthetic
Herr Schawlbein and his intriguing
wife, and when | approached the
marble stairs that led to adoor thrown
Hospitality open, my courage almost
failed me When | at length prese 1T
ed myself before Count Falkenberg,
he, with foreign effusiveness threw
his arms around my neck
But you look worn and sad, my
dear, dear friend, - he said, although
/ hear fortune has favored you above
many of your fellow-artists.
Then | told him # my love hope
less as | felt it to be, now that Fieno-
rella had been reinstated in her proper
rank.
why have I not known this be-
force said the count, half angry,
"Why, my dear fellow, there is no
man in the world, be he prince or
peasant, to whom | would rather give
my daughter She has shown great
indifference to hcr admirers can it
be-but you must ask her yourself.
Go to her; she is in the garden.
~s %--
The Wlndham County Oak.
From the Windham County Conn Transcript
In Brooklyn, near the Preston
House, on land belonging to the
county, there stands a white oak tree,
which for magnificent proportions,
symmetrical form and stately beauty
is unsurpassed, it is believed, by any
tree of its kind in New England, and
would well repay a visit No descrip-
ton can do justice to this grand Titan
Not until one stands by its trunk and
sees the branches spreading, broadly
dividing and subdividing infinitely to
catch the sSn and rain, but thickly
grouped about the parent trunk,
seeming like llnotted muscles, which
the gales had but strengthened and
developed can he have any idea of
its proportions. This tree is about 100
years old, and its history is quite in
teresting When small its top was
cut off to use in pushing i'm hay
seed, which caused it to put out many
branches near the ground. some of
which are sixty feet long and very
large. This tree contains a large
amount of valuable timber for ship
building, and during the late war it
was sold to a Government agen for
this purpose, but before it was c1t
down a most earnest protest and ne
go,iation resulted in inducing the
woodman to spare that tree. The
circumference Of the trunk, as high
as a man can reach, is 15l feet Its
widest spread is 105 feet and it con-
tains from ten to twelve cords OF
wood Gam a mOra noble tree he
found}
Suddenly Rich.