The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-02-21

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called TO him ali that had once tempt
cd him to rebel against that parent
whose memory he now SO idolized and
whose wishes. new that he was no
more, he had vowed should be his
guiding principle through the life that
remained to him.
The next DAY Count d'Erfeuil. who
had been st the cornation in the Cap
itol. called upon Oswald and said:
Ny dear oswald, would you like to
visit Corinne this evening? ?" Howl"
exclaimed LORD Nevil visit Corinne? %
WIN, yes" answered the volatile
E'renchman, why not? l wrote this
morning asking permission to visit
her and bring you along with me this
evening. OF course h has said yes,
and, TO The injury OF my self-esteenl,
] may cay that my note spoke more
answer Corinne almost ignores me and
speaks particularly OF you. So come
alon&; perhaps the conquest is for
you o".' not for me after an
Oswald Mas annoyed by h 1evity
of tue tF~reEchman, ult ne coe-eA
and that evening saw hin ut the
house Of Cc,'rnc. The no"en 10y b.
vond the bridge Of st. Angelo and
was furnished with that correct taste
and elegance which might have been
expected. When Corinne appeared
she bowed first to Count d'Erfueil.
Though oohilS 1T IL l1ACh
bowing again said with a perfect Eng
lish accent. Lord Nevil," repeating
il twice as il that name was associated
in her min with some affecting re-
miniscence. Then she said. j few
lords III Italian 10 thank him for
restoring t. he: the crown.
Am / u greater stranger to you
than l was Yesterday: Surely Eng
1ish * your native tongue-tbat which
you speak 10 your friends" II am
al italian replied Corinne. Fer
give me. my lord. but l think ] per
50 often cilaracterizes your country
men. Here we are most lo"ly:
neither .self-oomplacent, like the
French. nor proud Of ourselves, like
the English. A little Indulgence
from strangers suffices US, and we
have the great fault of wanting as
individuals that dignity which is de-
MED Us az a nation. But when YOU
know us YOU may find some traces OF
oar former greatness. such as. though
few ana halt efacad, might Ee re-
stored by haprIe times. / snail, now
AND then. speak 70 YOU III English,
bat Italian is more dear to mel
have suffered much she added. sigh
ing. that / might live in Italy"
in mercy cried the Count,
SPEAK Fwcnch, dear Corinne;> You
are worthy to do So She smiled
at the compliment, and granted the
request witt, ease. But the Count,
who believed that he night say what
he pleased, provided he did So With
grace, imagining that politeueSs dWelt
not IL matter. but in manner, declared
that she spoke French with an Eng
hsh accent, and put the direct ques-
ton to her of the cause of this sim
Sularitv. During the four years that
I nave dwelt in Rome. monsieur re-
piled Corinne with dignity. none OF
my friends, even those most inter
ested in me, has inquired as to my
history-they understood that il was
painful for me to speak of it
The Prince Castle Forte now ar
rived with many Of their mutual ac-
'uai1ltances, men OF lively and anna
bic minds. OF kind and courteous man
hers, SO easily animated by the con
Nersation OF others, SO capable of ap-
pfeciating all that IS deserving Of
eners possible. TIL Italians are too
indo'ent to display in society or, in
Tact, in any way, the wit of which
they arc really possessed. The gen
crafty OF them cultivate not the in
tenectual faculties of their nature, but
reveal them in the mental delights
which are theirs without any trouble
on their own. Corinne had all a
tIenchNOman'S sense OF the ridiculous
and evinced With all the fancy of an
Italian. But she mingled with it
such sweetness Of temper. that nothing
appeared precuncerted or hostile!
for ii most things it is GOODNESS which
ofTends. while vivacity, on the conf
'rary, has alinost invariably the air
Of good nature.
Oswald found in CoTinnc a grace
which he never before met. A ter
ilb!e recOllectior Of his life, it is true.
was associated with a very lovely and
gifted Frenchwoman, bat COriHne i'll
10 way r~ese1nbled her. But while
'orlhne fascinated him Oswald. when
not i'll her presence, judged her after
the standards which lie had been ac-
custoincd to apply to women OF fisi
own country. and many doubts and
lillSSlNingS ueI nleX4l him In Snite of |