F VHTjaS'l a .''i 1 1t t . : : ':: :' '1 )'C'> ': =_ : "."' ': "' :,.: . ( !( .' ; ; : I .. t ':, .', :/' .J >THE* "',"FLORIDA' MIRROR : NOVEMBER '22, '1884: .- ";: '; :-' ..:",,:' ".. , + t . --- i ' )F'w t$2c I r [ r" GRA XDFA THEKS ROSE \thai )"? ,of and moder- ?" he What for?" he asked .' ciesro language: "Therewere. I Annie, ly'mounted; on a say began. with a responsive - f h "r I tAn' *' iZi;; ;+ course, .certain ,envious_'persons' at ately well appointed coach, was pi- I Oh, let him have, her, by: all grin., r 1 .,,1,, ,; -moors J.o isee j 4em ')"aller.roses clip in'tader ,Scarborough. who: <:broadly-that) lotedbYwellknown:the"triumphant count to a means." Now, you know you are not to ask w M f ., cabin v ali. 6'f'o .-' ,the corinVwas n'o'count at show dozen miles .c But I don't believe he will, unlesshe questions, but to do " ; # l :; r : "ltihar ,deJJrigbt, suns line,twi kle'all de fascinating; -.-. : ; -, 'place, a as you are told ; t g ',all; 'but aiTinaividual in a very muchhumbler 'from Scarborough.MrtDe thinks she is an heiress, and I don't Arriving on the course, Dexter disposed ::' 'J - : rs got ai ,taller. 'rose, dots sweeter. dan dem, station of life. The Baronvon tr omitted to inform,Count intend to perjure myself on her ac- of his niece and began strolling 4S I' .: allt ,I'sgwineto, gibmyyallerrose Stuffguzz, for instance, insinuated Splitzentoff that the young lady under count ; though, of course, I shall give about the ring. Presently he felt a ra ..4. VDat' pesky dandy Jim: wid his button-hole away- .that.he had met him eor..in. a gambling := his charge was not his niece at all, but her something when she marries.." touch on his sleeve. ::.: M //: bouquet, "" ; '.hell. in Vienna, and his, duties the daughter of a defaulting clerk, That is a little awkward," said I -beg your pardon, sare," said 4 t ;.XJIe: I; knows salter- I's gwine, tog. ib my rose, my there were- 'of a character. both;menial who had committed forgery and then ,:Miss Clara, musing. We must thinkit some one with a strong,foreign I !': <-" rose away." ,and disreputable' while the Marquisde blown put'lips brains. Neither did he over. Have you made any inquiries but haf I ze pleasure to address W: s w ,1 rit i'a. i'Ob.. .1 iny yaller' rose, it.grooved close'' *to'' de Tombola Ferrara said he :was:> a say that she had not. sixpence in the about him?" Dexter ?" ," cabiuflo : ' -' It : -s 1' :\:':- .,jAijd.it'4: mammy lef it 'fore it/'gun 'to 'courier; but, as neither of these,,g gen- :world or that he had allowed her to Yes, and I have no reason to ,believe I "That's so," said Dexter, turnino :e l '*'s- -"climb .. tlemen'adduced any evidence .in sup; :assume thename::, of Dexter, owing to that he-is not the man he represents I round. ; :L: ;:} t: i : port, : 1 ] : 'pretty 'universallyNlisbelieyed) ; Moreover 'o'f.her. > father. The excursion was, both to :Paris and. Cannes. And yet I and somewhat distinguished lookintr s"I!) _!I I's uiighty i Ipth to do it, but I hasn'tlong to as both the bafon; and mare uis therefore, highly enjoyable. The believe he is ,a fraud." the other shorter, with a sharp,hatchet t ti4 ""I- ., .!stay---r -and, :,for,::the, matter of that, quite count had asked the Baron von Stuf- That is quite possible ; but if he face and business-like appearance i Y'I "' ,,, ,:,;;;t;j L: *'S6 1"? g rJ3e wne'! ; away to gib m/yy; V'd.rose. my yaller half of'the most, eminent personages in guzz to join the party, too, on the con- really be Count Splitzentoff don'tsee Dexter fancied he had seen the taliman .1j I ),0 ""1. the hotel-had very good -reasons for dition, of course, that he did not make why Annie should not marry him." before. Oddly enough, he was :; low i Sandy'Jim's de. parsons son-dey the "But he thinks she is I wishing that their own. antecedents. himself to a reeable to pseudo- worth a singularly like Count Splitzentoff but side/ . ; b"Towed'p'sid by , ,t. JIyyaller: ( rose an'dat ar harnsorne:boy, and" pretensions should not be .,tootelitfasa1rule r heiress ; and the rich Miss :Mungo and million 1" his whiskers were nearly white, and : r I ;.; A d '.,.1 f An dA,slte's a I \et1 A'MWAAtiavV*,i ip MM't datim,: 'has 'closely-investiga theiere con-' her mother ad been invited for the Let him think so." his face was wrinkled and worn, as if ',. ? ', ,t'.' ,\ .. en.J1erprJde' <1' ;.;r. : to acTupon the excellent baron's amusement. So, after inspecting "I am not going to tell the man a from a recent illness. Moreover, he 'Uu r.oWJi 1 U II': lpW.an'id : y- .which regulates"the con- more or less interesting pack of lies." might have been at least pis;"I } ;;..d.1J..ttt.! ll! 'se I tole ber-twos on'Yr proverb some thirty years W ;'; : .'. t other day= duct of-those who live in glass houses.So ruins, the party paired off in the "I don't want you to," said-the inva- older than the count, but still there j i' Dat Jim had got his cabin done, an' I wasgwine the count increased in favor with grounds, the count, of.course, monopo- lid, with unusual animation. Attend was a likeness. $'r ( :l i away. all his acquaintances, and became lizing Miss Dexter, and the baron Miss to me. When Splitzentoff proposes You are Mr. Dexter," he continued : I She put dem little han's in mine'' her head quite a leader of the local 'society. :Mungo, while Dexter was left to the you must positively refuse to hear of with much volubility and many gesti- < : ,! :I upon my breas', Just when he was at the zenith of his tender mercies of the chaperone. The it, without saying a word about her culations, then you know miserable An dar she ;4-i; ;i' seemed to sort o' sob.an' sigh. i I couldn't tell de matter, but it wasn't hard popularity, there arrived at the Regalia I latter gentleman had decidedly the prospects." who calls himself, the Count Splitzentoff - K r,. ,s .. 1 i ,:. : to guess, > ,Hotel an American gentleman, worst of the bargain, for Mrs :Mungo, And then !1"- and resides at the Hotel Regalia? 1,;, t Dat> she moaning 'cause da ole man gwine ladies. been Halifax will of " y s E+ ,I to die accompanied by two young who had originally a Why they elope course Vere is he-can you tell me ? \j : :; Sojl: coax my; pretty wild rose wid kisses,' The party.attracted no little interest. mill girl, subjected him to a cross-ex- Dexter burst,out laughing. cc Hanged if I know," said Dexter, t ,: ,I and I says ; '* The American was a spare, dried up amination the most searching and .that is certainly an ingenious idea. feeling somewhat uneasy. n : -" Do ole man an'gwine to lib,"perhaps, dese looking man of fifty or thereabouts ; irritating description about himself, But I am'afraid he will. ill treat her Is he not here ?" said the stranger, i ; | -4 ; 1.: 'many many a day. he had an abrupt, decisive I manner, his fortune, his nieces, the amount of when he finds out." excitedly. . ; I I ; OIf! boys, I didn't hab a fought dat bressed and he gave his orders with, an air of money he intended to leave them, Oh, nonsense She is very well No. I don't think he came. Ill , .:R.'; ; .! ; head would lay, one, accustomed to be obeyed with and, in fact, all his most private and able to take care of herself, and you or something." ; : t to;; Ou any oder breas' but Jim's an' mine; : ; .:, I t'ought dat I could hold her, to keep or gibVi promptness and -precision. His name, personal L'------- affairs.- will make her a decent allowance." "Hang the fellow," interposed the ;l. : : to away f [ according to the visitors' book, was "I hope' you. enjoyed yourself, So :Mr. Dexter went to meet the short man.u' given us the slip." x" : r; ; ut.-shine she i )gone to niake some oder garding Julius K. Dexter, and.he had scarcely my dear, said Dexter to his protege, count, having made up his mind to put This, sare, is to you a mystery," ; L }'' i : retired to hisprivate sitting room be- somewhat grimly, when his tormentswere his niece's into operation. The said the other Mi i f i:: Tier ma got tired o' waitin', may be, lonesome plan trembling with rage, ? ,'J f : t so to say, fore he was recognized by the hotel over and he found himself once interview was brief. The count I am ze Count Splitzentoff that : i 1 ;So. she axed rose de King od be garding to take gossips as one of the largest and most more at the Regalia. avowed his devotion to Miss Annie brigand is 'my valet, Jules le; Guillon.nacre .. i it i :: my. away. successful speculators in Wall street. Immensely, answered the young Dexter, and formally asked for her Look, you sare, he is a voleurwhatyou ' ; 1 .'. Dear lamb sties sleeping sofly widout a There was no doubt at all about Mr. lady, with much emphasis. The hand. Dexter, whose repugnance to call pique-pocket. I am at I' ;; 1 tI |.Vid tear de or wild sigh flowers, on her little cabin Dexter's millions ; men looked upon count is simply charming, and he is so the fascinating foreigner rather in- Naples; I catch ze accursed cholera; 4 ; e",'. :: 1 :". bNd: him with awe and admiration, while well off. He has a house in Paris, a creased than diminished, point-blank Le Guillon, he pack me to a hospital ;; c i d, "' ; I 1p :A 1' we's a-settin' side ob her, poor dandy needy scions of nobility hung upon his villa in Cannes, and any amount of refused to entertain the proposal. The I grow worse ; he leave me to die ; he I t ,t ,. ; : Flu: Jim a-wilin'an',I an', a-wishin' we was dead.71'd lips, eager for the slightest indicationo estate in Lithuania and the Caucasus. count waxed eloquent and expostulated go to my hotel ; he steal my luggage, iR :: l! a-gi'n i my life for her an' Jim, why the course of the markets. The A house in Paris and a villla at enlarged upon the splendor of my money, my papers-every thing; wl !. : '. I i couldn't he let her stay? '. two young ladies rather puzzled the Cannes, '' growled Dexter to himself. his family and the extent of his pos- he go off I know. not where. But I + t it' ,:.',= :: i 1 .Ts:: ole he an'took withered my rose, de awajr.Ts Master. knows, but company of the Regalia Hotel. Mr. I must make further inquiries. session, went even so far as to producea recover ; I get on his traces, wis ze '. i i ; Dexter was known to be childless, and Miss Annie Dexter once having inserted number of papers which establishedhis aid of my good friend Monsieur .e ': ;: l! berry lonesome an' so is Jim-he's often he had simply entered his name in the the thin edge of the wedge by identity beyond all reasonable Ferrett, of Scotland yard. At last I j i ober, now, visitors. book Julius K. Dexter and introduction to doubt and invited Mr. Dexter to " ,' .' ; ? :::in' dem honeysuckles faded long ago : as getting an Scarborough come have catch him-is it not so ? .i '' ,"' I;' j "When de sun shines in de cabin, or it's time party, New York. One of the girlswas society, gave her guardian. peace into his private room and inspect a Dexter was not easily surprised ; ." : ". ,, ;I'. to milk de cow, apparently very delicate; she until ne allowed her to go to the ever- quantity'of foreign orders and patentsof but he stared at the infuriated 'I kin .seem to hear her foot upon de flo' ; went to the in bath balls which the almost nobility. But the American 1 always Spa a recurring were was stranger with amazement. Oh, my wild rose my yaller rose! it'si : i mighty hard to stay: :- chair, closely wrapped up, and< \vear- daily brace of the young men 'obdurate ; and, seeing that all his "The devil?". he ejaculated. 1 ,. Jt:; 'seems as if de Lord-forgit when he took irig-a-thick"veil, the other being in and maidens at the various hotels. pleading was'in' vain, the count went Perfectly correct, sir," said :Mr. >r O'--'- : -:;-/, iij y rose'Mary away.;A. Den&on, in Century. constant attendance. The second who She had no difficulty in getting Mrs. off in a terrible rage. Ferrett. But we are wasting time. '$ i i.n ; : was of a sufficiently attractive appearance Mungo, or some other affable matron, The next few days were somewhat Where is the gentleman ?" < } j .,:1 SCAREORUOGHSCANDAL.t dressed plainly, but well, and to look after her, an arrangementwhich trying, both for uncle and niece. As At Scarborough, I believe." :r i a .. seemed to enjoy excellent health. Mr. suited'Dexter and his niece to soon as Miss Annie heard the dreadful By Jove I trust he mayn't have i :t\ The season at1 Scarborough was at Dexter himself never alluded them perfection, as thereby they got rid of news of her lover's rejection she at- got clear off. If I had only wired to ;; i-- ,! '. ; :1 j!'its height. The hotels were crowded, except as Clara and Annie ; and the her for the evening, and were left to tacked her guardian with every speciesof the police? But I wanted to collar 7 .. 1 1and! innkeepers and tradesmen were male visitors grew prodigiously anx- their own devices. argument and abuse she could invent him myself." ''r a'''I E ; .[ .doing;; roaring trade. Notonly were ious to make their acquaintance. Buta Everybody knows what a Scar- and was only pacified by the Dexter promptly found his niece, '.' .::' .; .i: +there the usual holiday makers, York- week 'passed, and the foreign noble- borough hotel ball is. The guests of threat that he would disclose her and. the whole party returned to ,- .' ; i j-shire ;manufacturers sprigs of nobility, men, spring captains, tailors, money one hotel ask those of another alter- identity. Failing to make 'an impres- Scarborough as fast as a special train : ,,1 ::; ti '.:I t! {I.overworked c city men, with their wives lenders and seedy honorables had not nately. There is usually a gentlemanwho sion upon him she restored to Clara, could carry them. The real count _1-1-} ,':' i: i; i[band superabundant families, but the succeeded in attaining the object of officiates as master of cere- whom she pestered for her good offices was frantic at the thought of losing ,, r b(4 I {, : z; J cholera had sent over a goodly contin- their aspirations. :Matters\ were grow- monies, and introduces everybody, and reproached bitterly for having his prey. Ferrett was sulky, while ': : : j gent of foreign notabilities: with high- ing desperate, so the count was dep- whether they like it or not. Henceone marred her prospects in life. Dexter was seriously uneasy about i:' : .i| sounding names, and of more or less uted to devise a scheme which might sees young ladies of title revolv- "My'dear Annie," protested Clara, Annie. -I i '",s-: ..': : : 4--i distinguished appearance. There were produce the desired effect. ing with Hebrew' money lenders, am- I assure you it has nothing to do I never meant to let her in for I "' t: i 11| French marquises and counts, Ger- "Clara, my dear, remarked Mr. bitious mammas gushing over their with me. I should be delighted to see anything like this," he whispered to a <,, ; 1 .man barons, and an Italian duke; Dexter one evening to the invalid, daughters'perfections to the managersof you the countess of Splitzentoff.: Uncle Clara, who was crying quietly in a I,1--r :! i 1 .fv there was; a Russian prince, and there "that black whiskered Italian brigand Haymarket restaurants, and respectable takes such violent dislikes, you know.If !! corner. f ,,:' ? t' : t were dozens of wealthy Hebrews of looking chap, who calls himself a British merchants worship-- I were you I would elope ; he will I Where is Count Spitzentoff?" a +,, 'f ,::: J : +| every nationality, rivaling the sun count, wants us to join in a driving ing at the shrine of French ballet be sure to come round afterward." I shouted the party in chorus, when : d wT "'1" : ( in Oriental splendor. Many of excursion somewhere. dancers and, demi-mondaines. Miss My dear Clara, what a magnificent they arrived at the Regalia. ; ,r.'v, /j :' .; \i\\ these personages accompanied by Of course, you told him you'd do Alice Dexter, was not a young lady of idea !1" cried Annie, embracing her "Went to London this morning on k, ; it' a--- ",, 1 1 jitheir wives and daughters, and most no such thing," answered the young very refined tastes, and this sort of ., effusively. important business," answered the 4 '' .,.;w: : .i Kof them were exceeding 1 affable in lady somewhat fretfully. thing suited her admirably. Her va- As the days passed, the love-lorn manager, and a. volly of imprecationsburst '' ,* ;< ;a t' I ';1 their demeanor, joining in whatever I said I'd ask you-not that I ever rious chaperones impressed upon the young lady's temper improved materi- from the group. Dexter. rushed k ; ';: ; amusement the place afforded, and supposed you'd mix with the tagrag company that she was the heiress to ally ; the count was as devoted as ever up stairs to his ward's room. The ; '5. + k. f .;vdancing away at the periodical assem- and bobtail lot of people there are ; untold wealth, and Dexter's millions in his attentions, though less obtrusive, door was locked. He kicked at it i iI( i iI -:;'.' I l' r blies with an energy which, if somewhat here. I made such a sensation that the young and the Dexters, uncle and niece, pro- violently, and there was a faint I,' 4 i ? j misdirected, was well meant. So you're not going ? said the lady had half a dozen proposals in as fessed to take no notice of the affair. "Who's there?" :;j;, i ''. Miss:Mungos, from Bradford, and the other girl."Certainly. many days. She herself did nothingto The St. Leger week came on, and the Open the door !I" cried the American "/?r 1 / '. t j'j.j Miss Shoddys, of Halifax, grew quite not. Why? enlighten her many admirers as to hotels were crowded to suffocation. feeling thankful that things were 'I ';i: h i ''Satedvith the adulation of foreign no- Nothing, but I thought you might the real state of the case, as.she was The night before the great race there no worse. I : : : K: blemen, and if it had not been for the like a change in the monotony, and quite shrewd enough to know that was a ball at the Regalia of unusual "Oh, Mr. Dexter !1" sobbed the ,'' t I i advent of'the brilliant and fascinating she arose and left the room. any such statements would most ma- splendor. forsaken damsel: Where is Count ,:,' ., ; | amount Splitzentoff at the RegaliaI I wish to goodness some Italian terially decrease both their numbers I I suppose you are going to-night, Spitzentoff? We were to have eloped i i I 'I I Hot l there is no knowing but their brigand or nobleman would take a and ardor. On the contrary she I Annie ?" inquired Clara. to-day 1 1" -. l ;: : Affections might have returned to the fancy to Annie," sighed the invalid. generally borrowed Miss: Clara's "Yes, with Mrs. Mungo ; and I havea You'll never see him again," said t 11, I !somewhat: deserted Toms, Dicks and Her temper: is really unendurable. dresses and diamonds, sometimes with great favor to ask-perhaps it may Dexter, savagely.: He's a swindler.B . l' t t"& I !t Harrys of their native country. But :Italian counts are generally' on the I and sometimes without her' leave, be the last," said that young lady Y' the way,did Clara give you 200?" V! '"*>}$ .;. i ., tbeforethe; count's superior attractions lookout; for heiresses. Why can't you she did her best to confirm the popu- demurely. Yes, arid I g-g-gave it to him to a 4"I !I F :hall minor constellations waned into send her on this expedition instead of lar error. What is it !1" take c-c-care of! And he took Clara'sdiamonds .: i, I"r insignificance. He was young, apparently me? Nobody here knows that she After a few weeks of this 'sort of "I :want you to lend me your be-c-c-cause he said one of I -x 'i 1 !I' about two or three and thirty ; hasn't got a farthing in the world. We life the count's attentions became so diamonds. I am so anxious to look the s-s-stones was loose I Oh,gracious, : \i 1 !f.he was evidently possessed of much might get rid of her, and what a blessing exceedingly marked, that Annie beganto well to-night." what shall I do ?" And Miss Annie ? i I -wealth wore little jewelry anddrove that T would: be_!1"_._ ___ 'expect a proposal daily. The 'count, Oh, you mayhave I them," answereilClara went off in :a violent fit of hysterics. i i !: an admirable mail phaeton and pair i am afraid you are getting un however, was a very wary gentleman, smilingly. 'forget to That was a very excellent joke of ,;, ; p lt of horses. With one consent, there- charitable. It would, however, be and before proceeding to extremitieshe leave them behind, though 1" yours, Clara," remarked Mr. Dexter 1! i: .fore, the maidens of Scarborough! fell rather sport to let these hungry. fellows determined to ascertain from her So Miss Annie went to the ball grimly, as his niece ,came to the dis- i r : -: I