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 Ulm. My friend will conduct you to the arms of your father."

I no longer hesitated, but giving my hand to the stranger, incapable then of speaking, was by him placed in a carriage. Recovering, in a short time, from my first agitations, I asked some questions relative to my father's situation, and why he had not come for me himself. The gentleman viewed me with an air of compassion, I thought, and seemed embarrassed what answer to give me; but at length said, "he was sorry it fell to his lot to give an explanation of circumstances that must distress me, but that my father had requested him to prepare me for the disagreeable intelligence which must be communicated. Let me, however, assure you," said he, 'that Mr. Hautweitzer is entirely out of danger, in a state of convalescence that will soon restore him to perfect health."

Without attending to an exclamation I uttered, he went on—"Your father, Madam, some time since, fought a duel; he was dangerously wounded, but happily not