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Selected for the Boys‘ and Girls’ Catholic Mazagine.
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j ‘lmitated from the German of Abbt Nelk.
Concluded from our last.
CHAPTER VIII.
,y‘s'ronY o r ADELA.
“ Tm: faintly of the Baron of Saint-Martin
lived in case and tranquillity, in a beautiful coun-
try house, situated in the entrance of the town
'of.,Basse-Alsace, when the French revolution
broke forth.,, Afraidgofalosing his head on the
scaffold for the political opinions that he pro-
fessed, the baron privately disposed of his estates,
entrusted’ the. capital to his bankers, and made
preparations forleaving.France.w;He had just
put the finishing stroke to these’ arrangements,
.when he.he,'1rd of the death of Louis the 16th,
and immediately set out with his wife Josephine,
and hislittle daughter -Adela, five years.of age,
taking with hiinasum of about one hundred
thousand”flfancs,3‘ a great part of it in gold.
, , ‘.‘,‘Westphalia, which still remained undisturb<
ed by war, see‘med'to offer a safe retreat. He
settled there. To make . his ,money go the fur-
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‘thest, and ‘thus. to store‘ up a dowryfor his
.daughter, he entered all commercial house, and
being; provided lwith sufficient guarantees of
good conduct, he obtained the situation of . cash-
keeper. H-The mastcriof this establishment was
a severe and covetous man, who with .his son
Henry, yet a child, led so frugal a life, that it was
generally thouglit that theywould in the end die
The baron experienced great diffi-
culty in forming himself to the manners of this
man; but at length succeeded in accustoming
himself to his disposition, and scrupulously ac-
quitted himself of the duties of his, situation;
Thus did he pass many years in content, such
as hchad never hoped to experience in a strange
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I“ “" A Fran’: isjcqual to‘l0l‘.‘Euglish4-Translator; I
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAY 29, 184-7.
104 SOUTH THIRD ST.
N0. 52,
‘‘ At that time it was rumoured abroad, that
the merchant was on very bad terms with one
of his nephews, about some property left them
by.a relation. But suddenly the dissension
ceased, and calm appeared restored, when one
daygsaint-Martin on his way tothe counting-r
house met at the stairs’-bottom a servant, who
, told him that the cash,-box had been forced open
during the night, and all the moneyicarried off;
amounting to 200,000francs. ‘It is impossible!‘
exclaimed Saint-Martin in amazement; ‘I have
the chest keys upon .me.’, He groped in his
pockets for the keys, but could notjfind them.-hi
He turned pale as death, hurried.to-the chest,
but ‘ found that it had,been. carried. off by the
officers of justice. ‘The chest had been opened
with.the keys, which Saint-Martin recognized.
They immediately examined all =th'e,house, but
without discoveringithev least clue to thecrime;
The baron declared his ‘innocence; but of what
avail are words, against the letter of theilawl
Not only did ;they seize on his person, but also-
the whole of his effects, and the merchant made
a parade of great indulgence by putting‘ an end
to the prosecution,’ which might have beenefatal
to Saint-Martin.’ , p ’ I . A , .,
., “Meanwhile the public accused the merchanti-‘e
nephew of this robbery,-who, it was said, " to
revenge himself on his uncle, had carriedoffthc
m0n(‘-Y- W.I!?1FC.0hfi1‘med these suspicions, was
the disappearance and flight of this nephew.-s
Everybody, piticdpoor Saint-Martin, and looked
upon him as the victim of the merchant's averice, 1
Ten ducats,"‘ which the little Adela had laid aside
in a box for pocket-money, and which escaped
the notice of the oflicers of justice,:wassa]1 the
Martin and his family, W)'ith tears in their eyes
and deprived of all earthlyljconsolation, these;
estimable people. removed ‘far from fthc
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where they cl 3
had, till then dwelt, and tooklup
I f‘gAsilv,crducat is etjnal l0‘;lI)O1lI.H‘is4.‘ tld. 1; 1-. 4
A gold ducat cqualabout Us. Gd.-'I‘ranslatoi?.g ah.
fortune that was left to the unfortunate Saint- ’
