The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-31
MINA's HAPPINESS.

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Nina Won yalkenburg's home was
humble one. but love dwelt within It and
made it the abode OF happiness. Her
| fatheV-as the aristocr1tic "van he
] wrote before his Christian name testified
was of gentle blood, and had been well
educated But he had fallen in love with
1 a naii OF Inferior station, and had
married her IN epite OF his parents
opposition.
TLca rs proud and choleric father had
| disiIhS-ised him, and the young couple
| had t,irCcd their steps toward America
and had managed to keep the vol from
| the door.
Gretchen aided her husbands efforts
! by her cacc-Ill industry within doors.
| while he turned to account what had
once been merely tho clnusemcnts Of his
! idle hours, and gave lessons upon the
| guitar AMI also IN the languages he J'-.s
! skilled IL The ancient and modern tongues.
Nina, his only child. united the traits
! OF her pretty mother and scholarly
father. Tho pink that colorcd her dim
! pic 4 checks was ike GTetchen's dainty
! tintiaS when Carl Won Valkcnbagg
had first met her and fourd his heaven
! in her violet-blue eyes. But The spirited
| curves OF her poatinS lips. and the
] short struiSht nose, were vcr- ike her
/ father. as also was the patr:cian state
/ illness OF TIC. .roise Of her head cad neck
| upon her graceful shoulders.
Carl had s,'ared no pains to MAKE Nina
| worthy the name she bore. Much aS he
| loved his wife. he was fully conscious
( OF the advantages he had rhsiSnci for
| her SaEc; ana it was = pro of inc en-
| during ci:arln she held for hin. that lie still
| considered tne = world well LOST - lor her
4 sweet sake.
! Still he would sometimes sigh rs Nina
/; dcye!oocd sonle new graca Inherited di-
reclly from her patrician ancestors; and
/ he would think: 'If oniy ni- father
! couli see Nina he woulG he proud Of
1 her" But there it ended. lie had him
! self full share OF his fathers stubborn
ness of disposition, and also his ua-
| bcQ1ing pride. SO he did not take any
/ steps 10 TDake peace, leaving the
/ family at home in ignorance OF his
| whereabouts.
None the less however. did he dilate
/ to " ina mon the beauties OF the auc,-s-
I tral domain from which he had been
exilcd and the girl was as well informed
! as to hcr pedigree rs though she Iad boon
bora and L-o4sat up on her graadiu,hers
| estate.
one day she took up = paper, and read
/ in IL an item which put her into a brown
study Tor several Gays. Then she OBJ
tanned paper and pen, and wrote a letter,
| even spending her treasured . good
| luck pocket-piece 10 buy sorne stamps
| so IS TO send il across the ocean
| She had told no one not even her
| mother, OF her intention; and when al
last an answer came, 1t had much the
| same effect "a q bomD5hcll bursting over
| the heads OF The little family
For it was from a high official, and
bore the signature Of the beautiful I'm
| press Elizabeth OF Austria; and IL con
| Icturd the Information that the yOun.
! Amcricau girl, whose letter had testified
! so naivcly 10 her pride in her Austrian
extraction, had met with favor, and that
her name had already been curOllcd
among the pupils OF the school under thc
| Empress patronage. the aims of which
| had been truly described in the newspaper
! clipping which Frauiein Nina Won Val
| kenbUr: had enclosed in her letter.
." And so Nina will bc willing 10 leave
her father and mother, and go TO a Ian,
| where ali are strangersI did not thinI
that one could be so heartless g. said
/ Gretchen. with tears brinlnling over her
blue eyes.
Call it not by so harsh a namc. dear
wife. The child is young, and it Is thai
her heart is filed with love OF the 'Fader-
land which her parents have held so
| lightly. II is not that she does not care
for us-say it not! -
! Il love you both dearly, and nothing
| can put you out of nv heart; but l fee.
i that l must some time see the home my
| father has pictured 10 me- a so beautiful.
Then I VIII make peace between h.m an4
| my ErarGfa:heri ] viii become ;t'l Gle
gam, highly bred young l.tdy-,he
beautiful Empress's protea5e-and / wifi
see, an introduction 10 him as q stITln-"r.
and 1 gIll win his hcarti IheI / Will
tell h.m that am his very Own grand
| child-of his own flesh and blood =
| Husband and wife looked at c.sch other
In mute surprise at hearing Miaa thus
explain tho workings OF her miud. She
was 80 enthusiastic in her belief Of what
4 i -H-.
| them with her own Self-coHiid"nc-; 31d
ut last, with fearful eyes and aching;
hearts, thcy consented 10 part wiz
|. her. The next outgoing steamer bore
MiC- with IL, and the nIoie,t home was
t".cis .. the solitary Hover which hao
tscss0nci lPon its hearti~;onc.
- first IL Tas lonely ind'ssi; but aftcr
4 t.-.c H.ua's regularly received letters
| d. Ir,Ic1 10 make UP for her G''sencc-
will cop- n few of thein-jusJ enough t.
tell ti.c story of what came 10 her in heI
new sphere OF lie
..If,l 7 once imagined what pangs o,
| hov-c-5icsncss would assail ne, ard what
! o hcart-e lnccr l should feel after being
separatcd from you and from homo,
should rot have lett you. Eut Eli ert
so kind 10 nc here that / should be IN
J grateful indeed to continue unhappy, ans
I ciIcady L an partially comturss;l- a:
! yOu reducS.cd. keep jour Al, and here
with .sl.clCsc IL 20 nay dearest parents
Nouday, after school rours.-Al
ras = ne Smoothly with me to-day thank
to u,y fat-crs- conscientious teaching
or course, Ccing the child OF parents wh'
! spcal. the German tongue, 1 am no
| criticized in the pronunciation of tina
language; and my French is not bad. Tn
master of singing is not displcazcd Wit
my voice, although he is SO clary OF com
| u1cndatiOn that one can scarcely tel
what his opinions arc But my room:
mate, the young Eraulcin Eiclka vo'
| Nordenwald, tells me that II he scOlds no
he II pleased. So, judging by the test
he Is satisfied l shall do my best Z
1 Keep Up to the standard of the school
which is = high one.
1t is surprising 20 me to find th
types OF girls here 30 much like those c
home ! have picked out counterpart
oi nearly all the American girls wit
whom am acquaintec-hcrcc among thes
hich-bCTa young ladies who viii at som
future Gcy figure at the court fetcs-
an comewhaL Of 9 favorite among tn
GIRLS on account of being IN American
Fraulcin EtClka tells me that to be ths
is 20 bc equal 10 all other advantages. ]
is the fashion to praise everything Amel
lean. As she heard this from her Inothel
think it may be correct"
e-s
TODAY The ErF-eEs Elizabeth yisjte
the school. a gentleman who was IN IL
suite OF attendants was SO grand an
handsome that L thought he must bo OF
Of tho royal family also II not roya
y