The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-09-09
ssTFTADDEUS OF Warsaw
BY JANE PORTER
Condensation by Miss Sara Ware Bassett

ing the charges beyond the scope o.
his meagre purse he is forced to take !
cheaper lodgings with a kindly woman !
he encounters in the street. Forum |
ately. this worthy soul proves herself |
true Samaritan for on reaching her |
house Thaddeus, overcome by the |
strain through which he has passed, |
at once falls i'll and but for the care of
his faithful nurse would have died. !
AS it is he slowly RECEIVERS and in
order to meet the expenses of his sick
ness is driven to pawn almost every
| treasure he owns. On the heels OF
! this misfortune the child of Mrs. Rob-
| son, his good landlady, dies and since
she has no money to defray the bills
| OF physician and undertaken Thaddeus
or Mr.. Constantine as he now styles
! himself, assumes them. In the mean
time the refugee secures the address
of Pembroke Somerset and writes him
two letters; but much to his grief
these are returned unanswered. He
even meets his former comrade on
the street and the Englishman passes
him by. What choice has Sobieski but
to believe Pembroke a fair weather
friend wo scorns his defeat and pow
friend who scorns his defeat and pow
further regard or him?
! d
his faith in humankind.
Life now begins in deadly earnest
! for our hero.
While he is still without money, a
beloved old general from the Polish
army-a man whom he had pledged
the King he would always befriend,
comes to him in want and illness.
Thaddeus takes him into his lodgings
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The young nobleman's financial con-
dition is now desperate. He pawns
what scanty possessions remain to
him. But he must do more. He makes
some drawings and sells them. Still
he has not money enough to sup
port himself and General Butzou.
1t is just when he reaches the end
OF his resources that he meets Lady
Tinemouth. a rich Londoner, who be-
comes interested in him and suggests
that he teach the languages to a group
of her friends.
Thaddeus is only to glad to accept
this means of earning livelihood but
the result Of the venture is not alto
gether fortunate since two Of his pu-
pills at once fall in love with him and
do not hesitate to tell him so. One
Is Lady Sara Ross who already has
!
and sentimental Euphemia Dundas
The forwardness and patronage of
these women of fashion disgusts Mr.
Constantine. Neverth eless he is pen.
niless and cannot afford to cast aside
the position. Hence it taxes all his
J wit to maintain his dignity, and his
} honor as a gentleman,
Yet his path is not entirely without
sunlight for at the Dundas' residence
he has the good fortune to meet Lady
! Mary Beaufort, a charming heiress
who is cousin Of Pembroke Somer.
sets and as good as she is rich.
OF course Thaddeus falls deeply in
love with her and she with him.
During his acquaintance with these
many English people all of them have
suspected that Mr.. Constantine is
, something more than an impecunous
teacher of languages and they try to
, make him reveal his identity Had
: he yielded to their wishes he would
no longer have been without friends
r for England is ringing not only with
} the fame of Kosciusko, but also with
that of the brave and dauntless So
: bieski. But Thaddeus is too modest
5 to thus court recognition. He will
! stand upon his present merits or mot
t at all
Therefore when General Butzou dies
! and Mr.. Constantine is unable to pay
5 for his burial he is arrested for debt
, and borne away to Newgate
! Did ever hero endure such a chap
r ter of calamities?
Y From his dilemma Mary Beaufort
: Pembroke to go to the Jail and release
2 the unfortunate foreigner. Pembroke
: however. believes the stranger to be
; an imposter and therefore instead OF
V going himself sends messenger with
, the money. Had he gone he would at
/ last have met Thaddeus face to face.
, Nevertheless such a meeting can,
: not be avoided indefinitely Lady Tine
] mouth is an old friend of the Somerset
: family and at her house the two men
: finally confront one another. On rec
' ognizing his friend Pembroke is filled
S with JOY and Immediately reproaches
Thaddeus for never having searched
/ him out. 1t is then that Sobieski tells
! him of the letters that have been re
] turned to him. Pembroke is puzzled
b. He admits, however, that his father
v has always cherished a hatred fol
s Poland and forbidden his son ever tc
, visit that country. Hence Pembroke
1 has never told him of his stay with the
y Sobieski family.
e But having now discovered Thad
. deus, the young Englishman confesses
t everything to his father, and begs him
to welcome to his home the Polish
s noble who has saved his life.
Y Sir Robert Somerset flies into q
g passion.
III He tries by every means in his pow