sonage who had frightened the vulgar so much. 
Wishing to preserve the game incoginto with the 
mask wich tha latter did with him, he dressed 
himself a* a citizen and commenced his noctur¬ 
nal promenades. lie was not long in meeting 
what he sought. In the beautiful moonlight he 
saw the masked woman standing before the 
charming church of ,Saints John and Paid. She 
seemed to contemplate with adoration the deli¬ 
cate ornaments which decorated the portal. The 
Count approached her with slow and silent steps. 
She did not appear to perceive him, and did not 
stir. The Count stopped an instant to see if he 
was discovered, and then continued his way 
until he arrived close to her. lie heard her sigh 
profoundly; and as he understood Venetian very 
little, but Italian very well, he addressed in very 
pure Tuscan : 
“ Saint said he, “ sahU and happiness to 
those who love Venice! ” 
“ Who are you ? ” answered the mask, in a 
voice full and sonorous as that of a man, but 
sweet as that of a nightingale. 
VI am a lover of beauty.” 
“Are you of those whose brutal love violate* 
free beauty, or of those who kneel captive be¬ 
fore it, and weep with its tears V” 
“ When the lioi den nuits beholds the rose 
dowering joyously under the breath of the 
breeze, he claps bia wings and sings; but when 
he sees it wither under the burning breath of 
the storm, he liideB his head under his wing and 
groans. So is my soul moved.” 
“Follow me, for you are one of my faithful 
ones.” 
And seizing the hand of the young man she 
drew' him toward the church. When he felt the 
cold hand of the unknown, and saw her direct 
her course, with him, toward the somber 
depths of the portal, be recalled involuntarily 
the sinister stories he bad hoard recounted, and 
seized all at oucc with a panic of terror, he 
stopped. The mask turned around, and fixing 
on the paling face of her companion a scrutiniz¬ 
ing look, she said to him : 
“ You are afraid V Adigu.” 
Then lotting go his arm she left him with 
rapid steps. Fit AN 2 was ashamed of his weak¬ 
ness, and, precipitating himself toward her. 
in this prosaic age, of suppressing from her life 
all its miserable realities, leaving behind only 
its poesy. Faithful to the old customs of the 
national aristocracy, she never showed herself 
except at night fall, masked, but never followed 
by any one. 
There is not an inhabitant of the city who has 
not met her wandering about in the places, or in 
the streets; not one who has not seen her gon¬ 
dola fastened In some canal; but no one has 
ever Eeen her leave or enter It, Although the 
gondola w'O* wholly unguarded, no one ever 
heard of any attempt at theft upon it. It was 
bended this ensemble of works which had seemed 
so easy for hint to understand. When she had 
ended the light of the candles was growing pale 
in the morning light which penetrated the glass 
windows. Although she had spoken many 
hours, and had not seated herself for an instant 
during the w’hole night, neither her body Dor 
her voice betrayed the slightest fatigue. Only 
tier head was bowed upon her breast, which 
beat Violently, and she seemed to listen to the 
sighs which it. exhaled. All at once she 
straightened up her head, and raising both her 
arms to heaven, she cried : 
“ 0, servitude! servitude!" 
At these words tlie tears rolling from under¬ 
neath her mask fell upon the folds of her black 
robe. 
“ Why do you weep ? ” cried Franz approach¬ 
ing her. 
•Meet me to-morrow,” said she, “at mid¬ 
night, in front of the Arsenal" 
She went out by the lateral door on the left, 
which closed heavily behind her. At the same 
moment the Angelw sounded. Franz, startled 
by tbiB unexpected noise of the bell, turned 
around and saw that all the candles were 
extinguished. He remained some time motion¬ 
less with surprise; then he left the church by 
the grand door which the sacristans were Just 
opening, and slowly returned home, seeking to 
divine who this woman could be, who was so 
bold, so artistic, so powerful, so full of charm 
In her words, and majesty In her demeanor. 
[Concluded iu our next. 
[The following poem is sent us from Orcensburgh, 
Pa., with this remark:— “ inclosed you will find a 
King written nearly forty years ago by the late Hon. 
Townsrnd Havnk.- 1 of Chester county. Pa. Should 
you approve of its publication in the Rural, I think 
that it would be read with pleasure by your numerous 
subscribers.”] 
BOB FLETCHER. 
The great secret of the unparalleled success of THE 
GREAT AMERICAN TEA COMPANY U In the fact that 
their rate of profit is based upon kxosmovs balks j eith 
a email percentage. The extent of business done enables 
them to buy Teas by the cargo, and, by 
“OUR CLUB SYSTEM," 
As appears below, to sell them at the usual cargo 
prices, thereby saving from three to five profits to the 
consumer, or about one hundred pee cent. The retail 
trade ot the Company Is based upon a sale of 1,000 chests 
a week. 
The Company have leased extensive warehouses in the 
most central locations, and fitted them up In a style of 
magnificence very far surpassing anything ever before 
known In this country. It has been the aJin of the Com¬ 
pany to select localities that cannot fall to convene all 
sections of the metropolis and surrounding cities. The 
price* being uniform, customers can select either of our 
stores mentioned below, as may best accomodate them. 
By examining our list or prices, consumers of Tea and 
Coffee will see that they have been 
PAYING ENORMOUS PROFTS. 
The Company continue to sell at the following prices: 
OOLONG, 40c., 50c., 60c . TOc., 80c., 90c., beet $1 * n>. 
MIXED, 40c.,50o.,Me.,70c.,EflC.,9Cc., heist $1 18 it. 
ENGLISH BREAK FAST, 50c., 6CC., 70c., E0c.,90c.,$l, $1,- 
10, best ft,20 per pound. 
GREKN TEAS, 50c., C0c., 7Cc., Me., 90c.. $1. $1,10, best 
$1,25 per pound. 
YOUNG HYSON, 50c., 60c., 70c„ 80c., 90c., $1. $1,10 best 
$1,25 par pound. 
UNCOLORED JAPAN, $1. $1,10, best $1.28 per pound. 
IMPERIAL and GUNPOWDER, be6t $1,25 per pound. 
These Teas are chosen for their Intrinsic worth, keep¬ 
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ure In drinking them. 
Coffees Kousted and Ground Daily. 
GROUND COFFEE, 20c., 25c., SCc., 85c.,best 40c., V Tb. 
Hotels, Baloons, Boarding-house keepers and Families 
who use large quantities of Coffee, can economize in 
that article by using our 
FRENCH BREAKFAST AND DINNER COFFEE, 
which we sell at the low price of £0c. per pound, and 
warrant to give perfect satisfaction. 
Consumer* can save from 5Cc. to $1 per pound by pur¬ 
chasing their Teas of the 
Great American Tea Company, 
Nos. 81 and S3 Vmr St., corner Church street. 
No. 610 Hboadwav, corner Bleeker street. 
No. SOS Eighth A vk., near Thirty-seventh street. 
No. 205 Fulton St., Hrooklvn. corner Concord street. 
COUNTRY CLUI1S, Hand and Wagon Peddlers, 
and small stores (of which els** wc arc supplying many 
thousand*, all of which are doing well,) can have their 
order* promptly and faithfully filled; and In case of 
cluhs, enn have each party’s name marked on their pack¬ 
age* a* directed, by sending their orders to Nos. 81 and 
S3 Vcsey street. 
Onr friend* arc getting up Clubs in most towns through¬ 
out the country. Some of our Club* send orders weekly, 
some not so often, while others keep u standing order to 
be supplied with a given quantity each week, or at stated 
period*. And in all cases (where a Knfilclcnt time has 
clap*cd) Clubs have repeated their orders. 
Wc. return thanks to parties who have taken an inter¬ 
est in getting up clubs. 
We will send a complimentary package hereafter to 
the party for getting up the club ! 
Our prollts are small, but wc will be as liberal In our 
present as we can afford. 
Panic* w ndlr-g Club or other orders for lex* than thirty 
dollars had betier send Post office Dralta or money with 
their orders, to save the expense of collections by ex 
press: but larger orders wc will forward by express, to 
collect on delivery. 
Clotj Orders should be sent with mime and quantity 
desired, as appears In advcrll-ement of March 24th, in 
the “Rural New-Yorker.” 816-2t 
1 once knew a plowman, Bob Fletcher his name. 
Who was old, and was tigly, and so was his dame; 
Yet.they lived quite contented and free from all strife, 
Bob Fletcher the plowman, and Judy hie wife. 
As the morn streaked the cast, aad the night fled 
away, 
They would rise up for labor, refreshed for the day; 
The soDg of the lark, as it rose on the gale. 
Found Bob at the plow, and his wife at the pall. 
A neat little cottage, iu front of a grove, 
Where in youth they first gave their hearts up to Jove, 
Was the solace of age, and to them doubly dear, 
As it called up the past with a smile or a tear. 
Bach tree had Us thought, and the vine could impart, 
That mingled in youth the warm wish of the heart; 
Tho’ the thorn was still there, and the blossom it 
bore, 
And the song from Us top seemed the same as before. 
When the curtain of eight over Nature was spread, 
And Bob had returned from the plow to his shed, 
Like the dove on her nest, he reposed from all care,] 
If hie wife and hie youngsters contented were there. 
I have passed by hisdoorwhen the evening ww* gray, 
And the hilljnnd the landscape were fadiug away, 
And have heard from the cottage, with grateful sur¬ 
prise, 
The voice of thankpgiving, like incense arise. 
And I thought on the proud, who would look down 
with scorn, 
On the neat little cottage, the grove and (he thorn, 
And I felt that the riches and follies of life, 
Were dross to contentment like Bob and his wife. 
dren would sar, on seeing it, “There is the 
gondola of the Mask.” As to the manner in 
which it went, and the place from whence it 
brought its mistress in the evening, or returned 
her in the morning, no one ever suspected. 
The coast-guard of customs had, Indeed, often 
eeen a dark shadow gliding orer the lagunes, 
and taking it for the boat of a smuggler, had 
chased it luto the open sea; but when daylight 
came they could never see anything upon the 
waves that resembled the object of their pursuit. 
So, at length, they inquieted themselves no more 
about it, and were content with saying whenever 
they saw it: “ There is the gondola of the 
Mask again.” At night the mask would peram¬ 
bulate the whole city in eearch of wo knew not 
what. It would be seen turn by turn in the 
greatest parks and in the narrowest and 
crookedest streets, on the bridges and under 
the archway of the grand palace, in the most 
frequented places and in the most deserted. 
Sometimes it went slowly, sometimes fast, 
without appearing to he inquieted either by the 
crowd or by solitude, but never stopping. It 
appeared to contemplate the houses, the monu¬ 
ments, the canals, and even the sky of the city 
with impaetioned curiosity, arid to breathe with 
joy the air which circulated through it. When¬ 
ever it met a friend it would make a sign to her 
to follow it, and would soon disappear with her. 
It. has many times taken me thus from tho midst 
of the crowd into some deserted place where it 
talked to me of the things wc loved. I followed 
it with confidence because I well knew we were 
friends; hut many of those to whom it made 
the sign dure not accept the invitation. Strange 
stories were circulated In regard to it which 
cooled the courage of tho most intrepid. 
It was said that many young men, believing 
they could discover a woman under this mask 
and this black robe, had become enamored with 
her, because of the singularity and mystery ol 
her life, and her beautiful form and noble at trac¬ 
tions, and having hud the imprudence to follow 
her had never re appeared. The police, too, 
having remurked that these young men were all 
Austrians, had ueed all the means in their power 
to find them again, a«d to capture the person 
who was accused of causing their disappearance. 
But the police were never more fortunate than 
the custom-house officers, and never could 
obtain any news of the young foreigners, nor 
lay hands upon her. An odd adventure had dis¬ 
couraged the most ardent spies of the Venetian 
inquisition. Seeing that it was impossible to 
overtake the mask iu Venice at night, two of 
the most zealous of the officers resolved to wait 
for her in her own gondola, so as to seize her 
when she entered to leave the city. One even¬ 
ing, when they saw it fastened to tho quay ties 
Fsclavom, they descended into it and concealed 
themselves. They remained them all night 
without seeing any one, until about, au hour be¬ 
fore day, they thought they could perceive 
that somebody was uutying the. boat. They 
rose in silence and prepared to spring upon 
their prey; hut at the same instant a terrible 
kick of the foot upset the gondola, ami with it 
the unlucky ageuts of Austrian public order. 
One of them was drowned, and the other was 
only saved by the aid of the smugglers. The 
next morning there was no trace of the bark 
and the police might have believed it to be 
6unk; but the next evening they saw it fastened 
in the saute place, and in the same state as it 
was the night before. Then a superstitious 
terror took possession of all the aryoiuins and 
not one eared to re commence the attempt of ! 
the past night. Since that day the mask 1ms ■ 
never been troubled more and continues its 
promenades as in the past, 1 
At the beginning of last Autumn an Austrian , 
officer named Count Franz Lichtenstein came 1 
here In garrison. He wa6 a passionate and 1 
enthusiastic young man, who had iu him the 
genu oi all the grander sentiments, and some- ) 
thing like an instinct of the nobler thoughts. ‘‘ 
Notwithstanding his bad education as a noble- • 
man, he had known how to preserve his mind s 
from all prejudice, and to keep in his heart a f 
place lor liberty. His position forced him to c 
dissimulate his tastes and ideas in public; but as a 
soon as his duty ivas ended for the day, he would 
hasten to leave oil' his uniform, which seemed to * 
him idissolubly leagued to all the vices of the y 
government he served, aud to mingle with the 
new friends he had made in the city by bis good- F 
ness and spirit. We loved above all to hear him ^ 
talk of Venice. He had viewed it artistically, 
had interiorly deplored its servitude, and had h 
come to love it as much as a Venet ian. He was 
never tired of wandering over it night aud day 1 
—never tired of admiring it. He wished, ns he w 
said, to know it better than those who had had f 1 
the happiness to be born here. In his nocturnal 
promenades he met the mask. At first he paid g 
no great attention to it, but having observed oi 
that it seemed to studv the city with the same a 
O' 
curiosity and the same care as himself, he was a ] 
struck with the strange coincidence and spoke oi 
of it to several persons. They told him the n 
stories which were current regarding the veiled f“ 
woman and advised him to be on his guard, rn 
But as he was brave to temerity, these advertise- in 
rnents, instead of frightening hint, excited his j.j; 
curiosity and inspired him with a mad desire to ^ 
make the acquaintance of the mysterious per- re 
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