Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1839-06-13
THE IDRIAN MINER.
AN AUSTRIAN TALE.
concluded. !

: 10 you determine 10 Hollow AfDesL Al
BERT TO the mines of ldria as his wife, and
to resign your rank and possefsons3" BIZ
anca sunk on her knee, she raised her
clasped hands, and exclaimed, " ] am but
too favored by God and my sovereign, if
may follow him. [ resign my rank and
property with joy, with gratitude d Again,
once again, the Empress fixed on Blanca
an earnest and searching look, and appear
/ ed to think deeply. i am satisfied
am quite satisfied" she said at length, and
the sternness of her look disappeared; 81
cannot countenance but shall not oppose
your marriage" Blanca had been com
paratively calm before, but now she cover
ed her face with her hands, and sobbed al
most Historically. Maria Theresa would
have raised her, but Blanca sprang up from
the ground, her face beaming with delight,
though the tears hung upon her checks
ooh forgive me, she said eagerly; your
hiehness will forgive me. Do net mistake
my tears for solrow, | am so happy that |
must weep"
Blanca went, and with her husband to
the mines. The dismal hut 0, workman
in the mines of Idria, was but poor eX-
]
Count Albert, on the banks of the Dan
ube, which was now conhscated to the
crown; ; though small estate vas given to
the venerable and respected Countess dur
ing her life But Blanca smiled with a
smile of satisfied happiness, as leaning on
her husbands arm, she stopped before the
hut which was to be their future home.
The miners hut became daily a more
happy abode; the eyes of its inhabitants
were soon accustomed to the dim light, and
all that had seemed so wrapt in darkness
when they first entered the mines, gradu-
ally dawned into distinctness ard light.
Blanca began to look with real pleasure on
the walls and rude furniture Of her too
narrow room. She had no time to spend
in useless sorrow, for she was continually
employed in the necessary duties Of her sit
uaton; she performed with cheerful allc-
rity the most mental offices, she repaired
her husbands clothes, and she was delight
ed if she could sometimes take down from
an old shelf, orc Of the few books she had
brought with her. The days passed on
rapidly; and as the young pair knelt down
at the close Of every evening, their praises
and thanksgiving were as ierVent as their
prayers. Ernest had not been surprised
at tie high and yirtuous enthusiasm which
had enabled Blanca to support, at frst, all
the severe trials they underwent without
shrinking; but he was surprised to find
that in the calm, the dull hopeless calm, Of
undminished hardship her spirit never
sank; her sweetness of temper and unre-
pinng genteness rather increased.
Another trial was aproachiug Blanca,
the young and lender Blanca was about to
become a mother; and one evening, on re-
turning from his work, Ernest found his
wife making clothes for his unborn infant.
He sat down beside her and sighed; but
Blanca was singing merrIy, and she only
left off singing to embrace her husband
with smiles he had ever seen.
The wife Of one Of the miners, whom
Blanca had visited when lying i'll of dan
gerous disease, offered to attend her during
her confinement; and from the arms of this
woman, Ernest received his iirst-born son;
the child, who, born under different Cir
cumstances, would have been welcomed
with all the care and splendor Of noble
rank. But he forgot this, in his JOY that
Blanca was safe, aud stole on tlptoe to The
room where she was lying. She had been
listening for his footstep, and as he approach
ed, he saw in the gloom of the chamber
her white arms stretched towards him. 81
have been thanking God in my though )"
said Blanca, after her husband had bent
down to kiss her; "but am so very weak!
Dear Ernest, kneel down beside the bed,
and offer up my blessings with your own"
Surprising strength seemed to have been
given TO this delicate mother, by Him "who
tempers the wind to the sborn lamb" and
she recovered rapidly from her coniine-
ment
Shortly after this an express arrived from
Vienna ,inquiring if Albert or his wife were
still alive. A few hours after, another per.
son arrived with the same haste, and on
the same errand: they were, the one near
relation of Blanca the other Aibert's fellow
soldier and most intimate friend Pardon
had at length been granted to the young
exile, at the petition of the general officer
whom he had wounded and Albert was
recalled by the Empress herself to the
court of Vienna.
The bearers Of tbcse h7npv tidings imme-
ala'ely descended into lhe miaes. Ashley
approached Alberf's hot, The light which
ahmmered through some aper,ures ia the
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