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MARTlNsBURG CvAl THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER H. 1885,

is not to be bought and sold!"
abandon the pursuit then, good my
lord! | know no other means of OBJ
tanning possession of the prize except
| by purchase or force"
81 do, though, Rudolf-and Celia
shall be mine by other means or not at
all. Conquest shall make her mine!
Love shall be the sole weapon; nor
shall gold corrupt, any more than vio-
lence undo her. | swear to win her
to my arms by love alone, or to re-
nounce her quite-to make her share
my passion, not to submit 10 itl''
"Nay, then, count, if this romantic
notion has passed you, my presence
can be but of more harm than helpi"
81 think so too, Rudolf, and | wish
you to leave me to myself. Hasten
back to court, say nought of me,-yot
know not where am nor on what pur-
suit. Remember! you will not betray
mel"
''From this hour no mortal shall
know more of your plans, my noble
master, than my tongue has already
| told"
enough, good Rudolf be staunch
and secret"
And Rudolf was so. He told no
| more,-but he had already told enough
to mar the amorous and romantic plan
| of his young master, not with treach-
erous design, but from over excess of
zeal.
The father of Celia was a husband
man in easy circumstances, tilling his
ground, greatly to the benefit of the
J lord of the soil, and little to his own.
| He was a serf, it is true, but not quite
slave-and his children, though o.
bliged like all their class to work for
their own support, were not absolutely
forced to toll for bare existence
Even in those days, when social life
knew but few shades and extremes
were almost touching, there were still
gradations between the higher and the
very lower ranks. Gela's father stood
somewhere-it would be hard to ex-
actly classify his place--but some-
where between his liege lord and the
mere drudge of the farm yard. His
sons and daughters had the benefit of
his comparative refinement; but one of
them bore that inherent stamp of ma
tural grace, thai patent of superiority
to her station, an instance of which is
even now remarkable, but THEN was
marvellous. This one was Celia.
Besides her there was another daugh-
ter and several sons. The girl was al
ways ailing and at times almost bed
ridden. Celia was her nurse-and she
acted almost the part of mother to
her brothers, though they were older
than she, for her father was widow
err, and on her had fallen all the do
mestic cares and household manage
ment for all. The house which this
family inhabited was at some short dis
lance from the town, on the banks OF
the Rhine, surrounded by vineyard,
and commanding a view of the broad
river, the very habit of gazing on which
might give to the beholders a reflected
character of depth, expanse and dig
nifty.
This is not the place to examine the
question of moral effects produced by
the influences of scenery on the mind.
That mountaineers and sailors are sus.
|. ceptible of strong impressions from con.
slant intercourse with natures wllc
grandeur is admitted. If so, why doub
an analogous sympathy with objects o
lesser proportions? If the boor of thu
, Dutch swamps be dull and heavy, o
, the shepherd Of the sandy deserts o
Gascony no liveler than the flock HI
! guards, why not suppose the dweller
o on the Rhine to catch their placid, Sc
a rious, regular tone of character from
+ the grand object of external nature
y that not even a casual passenger ma.
: gaze on without a deep, calm flow o
feeling stealing on his soull BE tn
O cause what it might, such was the ha
bitual tone of Gela's well regulates
q mind. Her heart and her brain wer
o in constant unison. Feeling and re
Election never Jared. No struggle wa
kept up between sense and sensibllity
4 The whole was harmony, and she it
living type.
,. 1t was at the close of day of usua
i labor followed by repose, that tn
g whole family have described wer
sitting at their evening meal in fror
of their dwelling. Celia was beside he
n sick sister, her constant post; and tn
!, common, perhaps the common place
round of social converse was going OF
when a young stranger in huntln
60 dress and on foot appeared before I'll
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