International Weekly Miscellany, Vol. 1, No. 2, July 8, 1850

he clock was to be adjudged. It was a great fête for the town. At an early hour of the morning the inhabitants began to decorate their houses wi

that the strangers vanity would induce him to make use of the secret confided to him, so he wrote to Marguerite that all would go right. Carl and Krantz arrived early in the morning to accompany her to the great hall. She had within her a secret which she would not have disclosed to the universe,-the secret of her husband's success, of his fame and future happiness. So far Dumige

cend so far as to conceal the ankle, the symmetry of which was well-defined by the silk stocking. The shoe might have stirred the envy of any grisette in Paris-a class which was, even in those days, supposed to enjoy a monopoly of taste and refinement. There was a modesty combined with refinemen

ided which was the predominant color in the dresses of these two worthy citizens; they would have r

ifficult to move through them; but Carl and Krantz were determined, energetic fellows, and what with their elbows and Marguer

ned there to keep back the crowd; but Marguerite had an order for admittance a

n. At one end, toward which Marguerite's eyes were most anxiously turned, the models of the clocks were arranged. Dumiger's was placed in the center, for it was at the same time the largest model, and contained the most elaborate and complicated machinery; but, alas! the works remained still, while all the others were in motion, and showed in the smallest space the movements of the heavenly bodies, and the progress of time. If Dumiger's meant anything more than a confused mass of machinery, it could not for a moment be doubted that it was the work of highest genius exhibited, but in its quiescent state it contrasted disadvantageously

the council. It commenced with reciting the list of the competitors, and when it ment

two stentorian voices from

l and Krantz, whose excitemen

ect," said the gentle

at voice proceeded. Marguerite nearly fainted

e free, and the works put in motion. I will tell them for you," he excla

touch the works of this c

pened a secret spring, arranged two small wheels, on which the accurate mov

med with delight, for he was anxious, with the true spirit of Hamburg jealousy,

of exquisite workmanship appeared and disappeared to mark the seconds, and the dial plate was of elabor

Dantzic-and Dumiger ha

fainted from fear, she

owd; "where is the laurel? where is the triumph?

nt's face, which had been overspread with anger and shame at these shouts, was

is not a citizen of Dantzic, but of Hamburg, and

his family are eminent in the list of our freemen-you are mad! Grand

through Margu

voice trembled with anxiety a

ights of citizenship here by becoming a freeman of that town. The prize, therefore,

e; in one moment, like the bursting of a thunder-

e deed!" th

ed by the arms of Hamburg, and signed by Dumiger. The storm of indignation

with Dumiger-crucify the man who could prefer the free

em. The mob tore out of the hall, and told their friends outside-anger led to anger, the passions rose like the waves at the equinox. Nothing could stop the mob, from so ap

ns, dragged her through the mob; she was taken to a small room ove

me of the smaller streets they were even now fighting; but the crowd in the great square seemed to have a f

Dumiger?

nswered, "He is in

was the dark and threatening reply of th